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14 Jun 2006
Since we got our EyeTV unit, we've accumulated quite a collection of recordings that we'd like to burn to DVD. Some fit neatly on a disc, but others are just a tiny bit too long to fit on a single disc, and with a film it's annoying to have to cut it in half and split it over two.
I wanted to make a disc for my Dad for Father's Day, but I couldn't fit the 15 episodes of a particular show on one disc (I can't say which show in case he happens to read this before next Sunday), and I only had one blank DVD left. What to do...
Fortuitously, I came across VisualHub, which not only converts a huge range of video formats into a number of other formats (for iPod, TV, DVD, PSP etc.), but also claimed to be able to compress video so that 18 hours could be fitted on a single-sided DVD. So I tried it and found that it works really well. The automatic compression required to fit more than 5 hours of footage on to a DVD resulted in no noticeable decrease in quality, and it was really easy to use. I can see that I'm going to get a lot of use out of that.
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Jonathan: the interestiong question is, of course, would she be in a similar legal position if she's just recorded them all on VHS?
by Damien @ 14/06/2006 5:07 pm • Permalink •
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Yes, as Ms Bsag had not recorded them for her own use. (Well, I couldn't say "She" could I, although Ms Bsag sounds clumsey and altogether too formal.)
by Jonathan Briggs @ 14/06/2006 7:07 pm • Permalink •
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Nice blog - really like your writing (was just scrolling down there and saw your lovely post about your blackbird...which led me to your review of Kate Bush's album, which I love too!)
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Jonathan and Damien: Let's not get into that particular can of worms. I will say that I wasn't copying but transferring (i.e. I copied the video onto DVD to give to my Dad and then deleted the files from my hard drive to save space, as we've already watched them). So is that different to watching a DVD a few times and then giving it to my Dad?
Jo: Thanks!
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Had your site accepted JPEGs you would have received a picture of me with my tongue firmly in my cheek........
by Jonathan Briggs @ 17/06/2006 3:06 pm • Permalink •
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Tongues in cheek don't always come across well...by butshesagirl @ 18/06/2006 5:07 pm • Permalink •
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by download movie onto psp @ 24/06/2006 1:07 pm • Permalink •
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You did, of course, pay the Copyright fees.......
by Jonathan Briggs @ 14/06/2006 5:06 pm • Permalink •