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ok so im unratting this carlos mencia video, and i tell it to output to my D:\ drive, no big deal right? well then i get hungry for a burrito, so i decide to QUIT the unratting so i can dedicate cpu time to find a cure for cancer and stuff. I come back with a full stomach, but notice i have an EMPTY drive!!! OMG! i lost a ton of downloads from what seems to be a complete random drive-by erasing! so i back track my moves, what did i do, what was running, how long did my burrito take to make, who was in the house, step by step etc etc. Then i remembered the ratdvd. so to test my suspicions i make a new folder name "D:\tacobell\" and stuff random files in it like notepad.exe, a few temp files from internet explorer like borderbanger1.mpg and sombrero.jpg and such. then i tell ratdvd to use that folder as my OUTPUT folder now, instead of D:\ , i let it run, no big deal, it makes a video_ts folder, thats normal, so then i press quit. BOOM! All files, not just the ones it made, get erased!!! :( omg the heart break.
SO the lesson is, when you unrat a video, be sure to specify a NEW unique folder, NOT a folder you have files in. also the ratdvd only erases files, not folders, so my FOLDERS in D:\ were saved.
AGAIN:
step1: press start conversion button
step2: when browsing for folder to output, SELECT a new folder/CREATE A NEW FOLDER
step3: go make burritos
step4: come back later later and enjoy unratted DVD.
Dont go through the pain and suffering i just have, well not to much pain... since burritos bring me such great joy *sniff*
I would like to say also that RatDVD is cool, it does what it says and i hope the lam3rz dont fill this board with questions about quality. it seems to me that ratdvd is on par with hq xvid, and im cool with that.
I can so see everyone using this for archiving DVDz (keeping menus, extras, structure) that can take massive compression (cartoons,anime) without suffering so much from quality loss. and if you cant live with loss of quality then dont compress anything people!!!
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