08-02-2009, 03:22 PM

Hello,
I'm backup up some dvds becuase they are getting scratched. I have ripped htem as avi's i believe and iDVD is re-encoding them. Im' curious as to what iDVD re-encodes them to, so maybe i can not have iDVD re-encode them with a faster re-encoder. I'm trying to burn these dvds the fastest way possible and iDVD re-encoding them doesn't seem to be the fastest way. Or would Toast be faster to burn movies to a DVD? If so can toast do simple menu's? Maybe with a song, picture and a the name or something?

THanks,
Kamron

08-04-2009, 09:25 AM

any ideas why it's doin thi guys?

08-04-2009, 09:47 AM

You may find it hard to get help on the topic as you are describing what appears to be an illegal activity (yes, I know it's a hotly debated topic, but the website follows US laws, and ripping commercial dvds without permission is illegal).

As a general response to what iDVD will use - and for that matter, ANY dvd authoring package, the video will be converted to mpeg1 or preferrably mpeg2 and the audio to pcm or AC3. avi is not a valid format for a dvd. to learn more - read here: DVD-Video - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

08-04-2009, 04:43 PM

Thanks,
and sorry if this sounds illegal just trying to understand how iDVD works the best to get the fastest downloads for some backups.