Well, either that or else wrong forum - this is more a question for the Digital Photo/Video forum The purpose of a DVD Rip is to re encode a DVD video to create a file small enough to fit on a CD, either as a data file, or VCD/SVCD - as well as making it a quicker download via bittorent (or whatever) Creating a data CD is pretty simple, re encoding to create a VCD a little trickier - Nero can do both, although some file formats are less easily converted (such as RMVB) Putting DVDRips onto DVDs seems.... a little backwards, since there is (obviously) a loss of quality involved in shrinking them down in the first place - but you could fit many 700Mb video files onto one DVD Saying that XP is the most stable MS OS is like saying that asparagus is the most articulate vegetable

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thanks jboy "but you could fit many 700Mb video files onto one DVD" thats exactly what i want to do. .is it ok to write these files to dvd as data dvd in nero?

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Well... yeah - that's really the simplest method, just copy the files to the DVD and use it as a removeable disc. Reencoding a bunch of files as a DVD video would be complicated and ill advised Saying that XP is the most stable MS OS is like saying that asparagus is the most articulate vegetable

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thanks a lot for all the help jboy..

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Sure thing. If your intention is to only watch these videos on your computer, then burning them as data is the way to go. Encoding as DVDs, VCDs or SVCDs is really just for the purpose of playing the movies on a standalone player - those tend to be somewhat fussy about what they will recognize as a video, whereas a computer can play pretty much any file, provided the right software is installed. You can always use the files to create a video disc at some later date, if the need arises. DVDRips are generally better for burning as VCDs or SVCDs - if you want to make a full length DVD, then you'd use an actual DVD image or file, for best quality and for any 'DVD extras' that may be on the original Saying that XP is the most stable MS OS is like saying that asparagus is the most articulate vegetable

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yes ,i only watch them in my pc ( VLCmedia player ) ...i just wanted to backup these movies so i could format and reinstall xp..i hope i wont lose any quality when i copy those movies back to my pc . .thanks again 4 all those info . . :)

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Not to worry, copies of digital files are exact duplicates - it's only when you get into reencoding & compressing (codecs) that data may be lost That's what was done to get those DVDRips from the original ~4.7Gb down to ~700Mb Anyhow, it's advisable to have backups, so good plan Saying that XP is the most stable MS OS is like saying that asparagus is the most articulate vegetable

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