[mythtv] DVD iso image autoloader

[Neil Davidson]

In theory you could transcode to a lower bit rate MPEG-2, but I don't know
what tools you would need. In Windows I think you can use DVD Shrink, never
used it though so I'm not 100% sure it preserves the menus etc.

You could also strip out language tracks and subtitles you have no use for.

-----Original Message-----
From: mythtv-dev-bounces at mythtv.org
[mailto:mythtv-dev-bounces at mythtv.org]On Behalf Of Joseph A. Caputo
Sent: 21 September 2004 21:32
To: Development of mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv] DVD iso image autoloader


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
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