My new Vista Business laptop has a very large hard drive
and long battery life.
Apparently I can watch movies on long flights by
in-advance pulling videos from DVDs and storing them in
some efficient format more suitable to the screen.
Therefore, I need some software that will read a DVD and
convert or compress it for viewing on a small screen.
I know absolutely nothing about the methods and tools
available.
"Hank" <noguru.delete@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:g1p0ng$s5u$1@registered.motzarella.org...
> My new Vista Business laptop has a very large hard drive and long battery
> life.
>
> Apparently I can watch movies on long flights by in-advance pulling videos
> from DVDs and storing them in some efficient format more suitable to the
> screen. Therefore, I need some software that will read a DVD and convert
> or compress it for viewing on a small screen.
>
> I know absolutely nothing about the methods and tools available.
>
> ???
>
> Thanks,
>
> Noguru
On Fri, 30 May 2008 06:49:59 -0700, Hank <noguru.delete@yahoo.com>
wrote:
>My new Vista Business laptop has a very large hard drive
>and long battery life.
>
>Apparently I can watch movies on long flights by
>in-advance pulling videos from DVDs and storing them in
>some efficient format more suitable to the screen.
>Therefore, I need some software that will read a DVD and
>convert or compress it for viewing on a small screen.
>
>I know absolutely nothing about the methods and tools
>available.
>
>???
>
>Thanks,
>
>Noguru
Why do you think you need to "pull" a video from a DVD? Just play the
video straight from the DVD, no preparation is needed. Most PCs have
Windows Media Player already installed. It not the best software, but
it works. You can even stop a movie and start it the next day and it
will remember where it left off. For some reason unclear to me you
still want the video on your hard drive (why bother?), then DVD
decrypt will do it (free) or you can purchase DVDFab.
On May 30, 2:49 pm, Hank <noguru.del...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> My new Vista Business laptop has a very large hard drive
> and long battery life.
>
> Apparently I can watch movies on long flights by
> in-advance pulling videos from DVDs and storing them in
> some efficient format more suitable to the screen.
> Therefore, I need some software that will read a DVD and
> convert or compress it for viewing on a small screen.
>
> I know absolutely nothing about the methods and tools
> available.
>
> ???
>
> Thanks,
>
> Noguru
BlazeDVD Professional 5.0.0.1 http://www.blazevideo.com/dvd-player/
Register with any name and e-mail
Serials:
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MVX6AGMNJF35J3
6EGR47JJSQN4J3
6B33PDVJESM3J3
7HTJ89EQQMJ3J3
6B99C3W9CHE3J3
LECMKTW9SXL4J3
7VHHFNVBYHB4J3
6PJT8HXWPND4J3
Good Luck Guru :-)
I want the videos on my hard drive because the DVD/CD
drive dissipates considerable energy, and battery life
is part of the equation. And, my laptop has an LED (not
LCD) screen that uses power proportional to the
illuminated area. The idea was that the DVD might be
converted to a lower-resolution/smaller display while
it's being pulled from the disc, thus saving further energy.
As an old (8th decade) software writer, I respect those
still in the business - but thanks for the serials anyway.
Weeks and weeks. I'm an old mainframe guy with a PDP-8
in the living room, then Mac, then Linux. I'll apologize
for my ignorance if you'll consider your (lack of) courtesy.
And I do thank you for the pointer to "sleeping" the
hard drive. It's voluntary ignorance that's a sin.
On Fri, 30 May 2008 12:21:23 -0700, Hank <noguru.delete@yahoo.com> wrote:
>I want the videos on my hard drive because the DVD/CD
>drive dissipates considerable energy, and battery life
>is part of the equation. And, my laptop has an LED (not
>LCD) screen that uses power proportional to the
>illuminated area. The idea was that the DVD might be
>converted to a lower-resolution/smaller display while
>it's being pulled from the disc, thus saving further energy.
>
>As an old (8th decade) software writer, I respect those
>still in the business - but thanks for the serials anyway.
>
>Hank
A DVD drive spindle motor uses far less energy than a hard drive
spindle motor does.
I would sleep the hard drive and watch by DVD.
If you do not believe me, you can test it. Put a live Linux distro
onto a thumb drive, and remove the hard drive. Boot the dongle, and time
how many DVD play-time hours you get.
Then, put the drive back in, and playback a huge downloaded video file.
I'll bet your up-time is about the same.
Dedicated "laptop styled" DVD players are cheap, and run for 4 to 8
hours per charge.
DVDs --> hard drive? (Help-a-Newbie) 
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