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More info?)
Liz wrote:
> "John in Detroit" <Blanked@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
> news:iBHBd.9317$by5.858@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com...
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>>Liz wrote:
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>>>What software can I use to put downloaded shows on CD ? Will my regular
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>>>DVD player (not in computer) play them on the television ?
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>>I use NERO BURNING ROM with Elcard Moonlight decoder codecs.
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> what do they do and where do I get them ?
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>>In short... Most any DVD Burning software
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> I guess just burning a CD with Nero will do it in most cases then ... ? But
> what I need is a way to compress, say a 1.5gb down to 700 MB, with a minimum
> of hassle .... all I want it to do is compress as little as needed to fit
> the MPEG on a CD
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> what does DVD have to do with any of this if I'm not burning DVDs ? (and my
> source material is just MPEG on disk)
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I can not help you with compression, though you can burn an MPEG direct
to CD and you may be able to re-compress it. The only program I have
that will re-compress a DVD file is DVD-SHRINK and it insists on DVD
files to begin with (either on your HD or on a disk)
One possibility would be to use NERO to burn to DVD-RW and then use
DVD-SHRINK to re-burn to VCD.
As for the elcard decoders... I followed the links in the DVArchive FA@
of course (www.dvarchive.org and follow the FAQ link) lots of good info
there. They also list other codecs and some other software. You should
read them