Jessica,
I believe VLC can play a disc image on PCs and Macs. I've done it before, but I'm not sure if they changed anything on the new version.
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le nubian - Dec 04, 2008 6:17:16 am PST #8244 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Jessica - Dec 04, 2008 7:57:28 am PST #8245 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Yes, the disc image--> VLC method works! Score!
Now to convince IT that I need 15TB of storage space...
Based on my sample size of 1, encoding to Quicktime would be about a third of that, but would take 4 times as long. ICK.
Or I could just put my foot down and demand a budget for encoding so we can send the DVDs offsite and pay someone else to do it. Hope springs eternal.
Tom Scola - Dec 04, 2008 7:59:52 am PST #8246 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I said at least 15TB. Depending on how many of the DVDs are double-layered, it could end up being as much as double that.
Jessica - Dec 04, 2008 8:29:45 am PST #8247 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The hourlong prog I just tested came out at 3.2GB. 4000 DVDs of that length (and not all are that long - VERY few are longer) works out to about 12.5TB. I also haven't weeded any out yet - I can probably junk about 10% of these before we even start.
Vortex - Dec 04, 2008 8:50:46 am PST #8248 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Or I could just put my foot down and demand a budget for encoding so we can send the DVDs offsite and pay someone else to do it. Hope springs eternal.
or you could just use the money to buy a bookshelf.
le nubian - Dec 04, 2008 8:55:20 am PST #8249 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Do you need a whole DVD or could you convert video to avi? It would take up a heckuva lot less space if it is just 1 video you need as opposed to a true dvd with extras/subtitles, etc.
Jessica - Dec 04, 2008 8:56:09 am PST #8250 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
You'd think so, but that would require me to be working for a company not operating under the Insane Troll Logic Manifesto.
Jessica - Dec 04, 2008 8:56:52 am PST #8251 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
These aren't commercial DVDs, LeN - all that's on them is the video.
le nubian - Dec 04, 2008 9:10:30 am PST #8252 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
then, I think you should compress the video some if it is allowed. It would take up a whole lot less space and would be easier to download and stream.
Jessica - Dec 04, 2008 9:17:57 am PST #8253 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Well...huh. According to the math I just did, the disc image method would take 217 business days.
Encoding to QT would take 700.
Eep.
(This is assuming my co-worker and I have 2 person-hours a day each to do this, which is optimistic given our current workload. Did I mention EEP?)