DVD to Mobile Back to Fully Functional DVD

[maineman]

I was about to buy a WD for what was then about $120-130, but stumbled across this one...
Argosy HV335T Mobile Video HDD Media Player for $89, no tax, free shipping to boot.
It seemed to be a bit more versatile as far as file formats, but I really don't know...never having fooled with the WD.

It's the cat's meow...

[GregiBoy]

As far as I am concerned all the WDTV models are POS's !!!!

Just have a read of their forum.

My current favourite player that I referred to, besides playing nearly everything in full HD at full HD that I can throw at it, acts as a Network Attached Storage and a BitTorrent client.

When WD get to that stage, I'll have another look.

[IPopov50]

C'mon GregiBoy, what is wrong with you!!!! Where is your loyalty to WD TV!!!! Shame on you!!!

[GregiBoy]

I think Maineman has an Astone but I use a variety of players (up to 10 at any one time).

My favourite at the moment is a Measy E8HD ()

[IPopov50]

WD TV baby, is way to go!!!!! $89 in Sam's Club or WD TV Live - $109 in Costco

[emagine]

Well, I suppose there are many reasons, but try sitting around the pc with your kids and grandkids for an evening at the movies...
I will watch some stuff on my pc, but I much prefer watching movies from my media player ---> HD TV.
I can park my tired, old arse in my lazy-boy and navigate to any one of a thousand movies...all without ever moving.
This all courtesy of my pal and mentor GregiBoy ...the King of Mobile....

So Gregiboy is kind of a legend around here? I use a roku but that is not a full blown media center. What do you guys use?

[maineman]

Yeah. And what did the player cost ya? About $90 if I remember rightly?

You got it pal...I think it was $89, no tax and free shipping to boot.
SWEET!!!

[GregiBoy]

Yeah. And what did the player cost ya? About $90 if I remember rightly?

[maineman]

Well, I suppose there are many reasons, but try sitting around the pc with your kids and grandkids for an evening at the movies...
I will watch some stuff on my pc, but I much prefer watching movies from my media player ---> HD TV.
I can park my tired, old arse in my lazy-boy and navigate to any one of a thousand movies...all without ever moving.
This all courtesy of my pal and mentor GregiBoy ...the King of Mobile....

[emagine]

Sure you can. You can do anything you want from your hdd.
Most of us recommend VLC, but there are a variety of software players that'll work just fine

Yes, I love VLC. So burning an image is the best way to be able to watch a dvd on your computer like how it is when you put it in a dvd player and watch it on your screen. From the image I can access the menu and everything? Why do people not just do this. Is it lower quality/take up more space?

[maineman]

Sure you can. You can do anything you want from your hdd.
Most of us recommend VLC, but there are a variety of software players that'll work just fine

[emagine]

Maineman, I think he's talking about VOB's, etc.

@emagine.

You would use DVD to DVD to rip the full disk to your hard disk and it will give you VOB, IFO & BUP files of which the DVD structure is comprised.

To burn the DVD structure to a blank disk, you use the Write Data mode and this will write the structure correctly to a blank DVD.

If you use DVD to Mobile to rip to your hard disk, Fab has no way of recreating the DVD structure from the AVI, MKV or MP4 files produced.

OOOOOOO......Now I get it. Can you watch the "image" on your computer or is that only for burning it to a dvd?

[maineman]

Maineman, I think he's talking about VOB's, etc.
...

Right, which is why I told him this "re-creation" won't work and to use the original dvd in clone mode. Then the world is his oyster...

[GregiBoy]

Maineman, I think he's talking about VOB's, etc.

@emagine.

You would use DVD to DVD to rip the full disk to your hard disk and it will give you VOB, IFO & BUP files of which the DVD structure is comprised.

To burn the DVD structure to a blank disk, you use the Write Data mode and this will write the structure correctly to a blank DVD.

If you use DVD to Mobile to rip to your hard disk, Fab has no way of recreating the DVD structure from the AVI, MKV or MP4 files produced.

[IPopov50]

Ok, this sounds more like what I want. But when I do a "clone" can it still be accessed on my hard drive like a regular file?
Basically, i am trying to backup certain dvd's in their entirety. Not just the file containing the movie. I want to be able to have it on my computer and then if I need to, reproduce the dvd exactly from the backup on my computer by burning a new copy on to a blank dvd.

You can easily do it by choosing .iso (image file) as your output format. In this case you will have absolutely full copy "picture" of your disc on your HDD.