|
Introducing ratDVD: A new way to compress your DVDs
|
|
The following comments relate to this news article:
article published on 31 May, 2005
Would you like to be able to compress an entire 9GB DVD to 1 single file about 1GB-3GB (depending on the DVD and your settings) in size, keeping menus, bonus features, multiple audio and subtitle tracks as well as video Angles? Well students from the university of Aarhus, Danmark and St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University "LETI", Russia yesterday released a new Compression format ... [ read the full article ]
Please read the original article before posting your comments.
|
|
Betatestr
Junior Member
|
1. June 2005 @ 04:40 |
Link to this message
|
|
This is freaking insane, im going to download it now and see how long it takes. what i would like to see is a ratDVD version for xbox games or ps2 games. alot would rely on the modchips to come up with a new bios to read it but it would be really cool
|
|
Advertisement
|
 |
|
|
|
bkick
Newbie
|
1. June 2005 @ 06:19 |
Link to this message
|
I just finished transcoding a DVD to ratDVD and back to DVD again, and all I can say is cool. The .ratDVD file plays back great on the PC's, just right click and there you have access to all your original menu's. And the DVD created from the .ratDVD file is great, picture quality is really good! And the compression is good too. The original DVD was 4.12 GB, the ratDVD file was only 805 MB. This was with all default settings. Yeah, the DVD > ratDVD conversion was slow, but I don't think it was any slower than any mpeg-4 codec I've tried this with. And this is a whole lot easier to use.
|
|
pevelius
Junior Member
|
1. June 2005 @ 08:26 |
Link to this message
|
|
i don´t get it. do some people actually like menus and extras?
i would actually buy more dvd:s if they contained only the movie. at least all discs should be made so that when you insert it, the movie instantly starts to play. menu´s and animations are just plain stupid.
|
|
akkuma
Junior Member
|
1. June 2005 @ 09:03 |
Link to this message
|
|
hoorraaaay Rat! and its free, why is it that freeware is better?
|
Member
|
1. June 2005 @ 10:45 |
Link to this message
|
|
I bet RATDVD will have it's own forum real soon. It will need it.
|
Senior Member
|
1. June 2005 @ 11:36 |
Link to this message
|
|
if only there was ratdvd player
|
AfterDawn Addict
|
1. June 2005 @ 12:15 |
Link to this message
|
|
yeah that would be cool, I just can't bring myself to use WMP regularly
|
|
arisia
Junior Member
|
1. June 2005 @ 12:43 |
Link to this message
|
Actually you can use almost every player that renders... Just throwing a .ratdvd file into Graphedt.exe works... as well as Zoom Player if you install the "MediaGraph" file - just have a look at the ratDVD FAQ.
|
|
mikey_ray
Suspended due to non-functional email address
|
1. June 2005 @ 13:01 |
Link to this message
|
the above post about the 4.12 gig movie becoming 800mb
is in incredible--cause again you could decrypt a DVD-9 with dvd decrypt--and render with DVD2One-or DVD Shrink to a decent 4.4 movie and then render with ratdvd to 1gig movie with menus---and save on a pc harddrive---300gig drive means 300 movies at the above compression----that would be around well its a theater on a pc connected to home tv set
|
|
bkick
Newbie
|
1. June 2005 @ 16:51 |
Link to this message
|
While you need to use something to decrypt the DVD to the harddrive, there's no need to use DVD2One or DVDShrink, just go straight from the rip to a ratDVD file. The FAQ indicates ratDVD use constant quality, so the actual compression you get varies with the video content. Not every 4.12GB DVD will compress to 800MB, some will be larger, some will be smaller. But I agree, it would be nice to get all your favourite DVD's on one hard drive on a PC connected to your TV, a video jukebox!
|
|
lovebeta
Newbie
|
1. June 2005 @ 19:12 |
Link to this message
|
|
For those who are looking for a ratDVD player, I think we could build one by porting this to Xbox Media Center. (Not sure if PIII 700/64M is powerful enough though.)
|
Junior Member
|
1. June 2005 @ 20:25 |
Link to this message
|
|
This will be great! Imagine if it had a full ripper, region free program, player and burner all in one easy interface program. This is exciting stuff. I hate Microsoft Windows Media Player and don't use it. Will RatDVD play using Cyberlink's PowerDVD? If not will it work with Windows Media Player 9? I don't have version 10. By the way well done to the Boys and Girls from Russia !! A great utility for all to use free !!!!
|
Senior Member
|
2. June 2005 @ 02:37 |
Link to this message
|
"Just throwing a .ratdvd file into Graphedt.exe works... as well as Zoom Player if you install the "MediaGraph" file - just have a look at the ratDVD FAQ."
BazNZ read this.
|
Admin
9 product reviews
|
2. June 2005 @ 06:16 |
Link to this message
|
|
|
|
lajr1980
Suspended due to non-functional email address
|
2. June 2005 @ 08:24 |
Link to this message
|
|
I will try this out and see if it's any good...
|
|
dbennion
Junior Member
|
2. June 2005 @ 11:12 |
Link to this message
|
The key for me, and I'm sure for many others, is how the compressed movie looks played on a large-screen HDTV?
I'm fussy about video quality, and I'd like to hear from someone else who is likewise fussy.
How does the video quality compare with, say, output from DVDShrink or Nero Recode?
Thanks.
|
|
mytchm
Newbie
|
2. June 2005 @ 12:23 |
Link to this message
|
|
So whats the big deal...doesn't pinnacle Instant copy do the same thing..and has for a while????
|
|
arisia
Junior Member
|
2. June 2005 @ 12:43 |
Link to this message
|
|
No. InstantCopy, DVDShink and others stay in the MPEG-2 space and so end up at 4,7GB (and sometimes can't even do this). ratDVD goes into high-efficiency encoding (who knows what, something like H264, but without patents) and so end up at 1.x GB - ideal as an intermediate format for file sharing.
|
|
S2K
Member
|
2. June 2005 @ 13:07 |
Link to this message
|
I dont know how it is going t look on a 50" HDTV, but you bet is it going to look pretty good played off a one gb mem card on your pda phone.
|
|
jayz
Newbie
|
2. June 2005 @ 19:26 |
Link to this message
|
|
|
|
woolyman
Suspended due to non-functional email address
|
3. June 2005 @ 06:55 |
Link to this message
|
I am concerned with quaility as well. I am looking forward to seeing how it copes with the larger size movies 2.5/3 hours. that DVD Shrink and clone dvd struggle with to keep quality. I am in the procces of finding out now will tell.
|
|
tamhunter
Suspended due to non-functional email address
|
3. June 2005 @ 16:51 |
Link to this message
|
|
WELL DONE rat dvd, it certainlly works for me !
thank you !
|
|
Idleman
Newbie
|
3. June 2005 @ 21:23 |
Link to this message
|
I use DVD Shrink and it works well...however if I can save space what a pleasure...If I use ratDVD, and I want to burn the dvd, does it convert to and .iso file?
|
|
simon6467
Suspended due to non-functional email address
|
4. June 2005 @ 08:43 |
Link to this message
|
Look this product is great for one thing mainly and that's copying series DVD with episodes. DVD Shrink is not good at this and DVD21 is not much better but this product just rocks. I've backed up my whole Father Ted Collection and Black adder and no jams or menu flick backs etc.
It's free it's great and it works!!!!
|
|
Advertisement
|
|
|
|
tamhunter
Suspended due to non-functional email address
|
4. June 2005 @ 15:19 |
Link to this message
|
|
hi there , not to sure about RAT DVD now !how do you play it back and how do you record it ?
|
