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Help To Fit DVD Shows Onto a CD-R

Oct 29, 2005 10:20PM PDT

Is there any easy way to burn some shows from a DVD onto a CD-R? I have a DVD with old public domain shows on it. It has the following type files on it: BUP, IFO, VOB. When I first start to play it a menu comes up to select the shows. I managed to transfer the files to my hard drive but when I tried to burn them onto a CD-R the program said there was not enough room on the CD-R.

How can I seperate the shows? What do the file types mean? Maybe I can take two of the shows at a time and burn them onto a CD-R? I mainly want to do this as a precautionary backup since I do not have a DVD burner on my computer. (am I making any sense?) Thank you

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Oct 29, 2005 10:32PM PDT
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dvd to cd
Oct 30, 2005 5:12AM PST

In order to put dvd files onto a cd you need to compress them with an mpeg4 format. divx is the most prevelent standard. A whole movie can be fitted onto a cd with reasonable resolution. The only problem: you have to play the cd on your computer with the proper codec installed, or get a dvd player certified to incorporate the divx standard. Check them out here:

http://www.divx.com/