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Hmmm? · 30-07-2002

Thanks to All. [i did say the question was basic!, & i wasn't pulling your leg, i just needed to understand the concept..being new to all this ]. Yes Breezy i was referring to DVD movies, and although i was aware you could convert a dvd movie into a VCD or SVCD i guess I was hoping that once you use that ripping and converting s/w the difference between a CD-R and DVD-R would end there, and from there you could just write to CD-R or DVD-R using another s/w independant of the hardware. I guess I now know that the concept of DVD (and similarly CD) involves 3 things: a) Hardware, that reads or writes the media b)Software to decode/encrypt the media, and c) the media itself ie the DVD discs or CD discs. None of the three can be used interchangeably, unless you are changing the format (eg DVD to SVCD). I hope all this i am assuming to be correct is in fact correct. Thanks.

30-07-2002	#9 (permalink)
Hmmm? New on Forum Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Sydney Posts: 4	Thanks to All. [i did say the question was basic!, & i wasn't pulling your leg, i just needed to understand the concept..being new to all this ]. Yes Breezy i was referring to DVD movies, and although i was aware you could convert a dvd movie into a VCD or SVCD i guess I was hoping that once you use that ripping and converting s/w the difference between a CD-R and DVD-R would end there, and from there you could just write to CD-R or DVD-R using another s/w independant of the hardware. I guess I now know that the concept of DVD (and similarly CD) involves 3 things: a) Hardware, that reads or writes the media b)Software to decode/encrypt the media, and c) the media itself ie the DVD discs or CD discs. None of the three can be used interchangeably, unless you are changing the format (eg DVD to SVCD). I hope all this i am assuming to be correct is in fact correct. Thanks. __________________ Please explain?