FOAK: DVD to my laptop?

Hog wrote:
>
> Conversion to DivX perhaps?


Good point - DivX comes in way smaller than your typical
mpeg, but requires more processing power to decode from
what I understand, so you may find playback choppy on an
underpowered laptop.

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antonye wrote:
> elyob wrote:
>>
>> I've come across loads of cheap stuff .. but was wondering whether I
>> could DVD shrink stuff and then just mount it? Or am I missing some
>> fantastic alternative?
>
> Yes, if you want the full DVD then that would probably
> be the easiest/quickest way to do it.
>
> If you just want the film then look for something that
> will rip out the video only (can Shrink do this? I can't
> remember) and transfer just that as it will be much
> smaller than a .iso file.

Conversion to DivX perhaps?

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On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 22:46:22 +0100, elyob wrote
(in article <453d382b$1@news1.homechoice.co.uk>):

> I just bought a 4GB USB key and want to watch DVD's etc on my laptop .. any
> suggestions how I can easily convert to AVI etc?
>
> My DVD player takes up a lot of power I guess and my USB key can be swapped
> in and out of my home machine. I can also torrent stuff directly to this
> key. Hopefully it'll be lower power than the DVD.
>
> I've come across loads of cheap stuff .. but was wondering whether I could
> DVD shrink stuff and then just mount it? Or am I missing some fantastic
> alternative?
>
> Thanks

Assuming you're happy with just one movie on your USB stick (let's face it,
you're not going to get more than 3 or 4) I'd be tempted to use DVDShrink to
extract the main feature rather than arseing around with recompression. Most
movies should compress nicely into 4Gb without an appreciable loss of
quality.

Most DVD player s/w will let you open a "DVD folder" of .VOB files, or even
just a straight MPEG file, but if in doubt, there's always VLC.

Power-wise, who knows: might be just as efficient to play your movie back
from the HDD.

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In uk.rec.motorcycles, elyob belched forth and ejected the following:

> I just bought a 4GB USB key and want to watch DVD's etc on my laptop .. any
> suggestions how I can easily convert to AVI etc?
>
> My DVD player takes up a lot of power I guess and my USB key can be swapped
> in and out of my home machine. I can also torrent stuff directly to this
> key. Hopefully it'll be lower power than the DVD.
>
> I've come across loads of cheap stuff .. but was wondering whether I could
> DVD shrink stuff and then just mount it? Or am I missing some fantastic
> alternative?

www.winavi.com

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On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 22:46:22 +0100, "elyob" <newsprofile DeleteThis @gmail.com>
wrote:

>I just bought a 4GB USB key and want to watch DVD's etc on my laptop .. any
>suggestions how I can easily convert to AVI etc?

http://www.divx-digest.com/software/dvd2avi.html
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