[mythtv] DVD iso image autoloader

Adam Kennedy fuzzy at fuzzydice.net
Tue Sep 21 17:06:36 EDT 2004


On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 16:31:50 -0400, Joseph A. Caputo wrote
> On Tuesday 21 September 2004 16:07, Dave K. Packham wrote:
> > So... The question is.  Can one compress the MPG2 streams of and DVD
> > ISO image to get the file to a managable size and still have the menu
> > structure intact?
> >
> > Dave
> 
> A DVD is already compressed... in MPEG-2.  I doubt you'll save much 
> more space by trying to compress the disk image.  If you're 
> wondering whether you can transcode the entire DVD (menus and all) 
> to a smaller codec like MPEG-4, that's possible, but I don't think 
> there's any way to do that and preserve the ability to navigate the 
> DVD menus.
> 
> -JAC

It's windows based, but you could use AnyDVD along with CloneDVD to re-encode
the entire DVD including menus down to a smaller size. It can burn the dvd
then to a blank DVD, or write out an iso file.

- Adam



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