jerry Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 A group of anonymous programmers has released a new software tool online that threatens to raise the stakes for Hollywood studios fighting Internet movie-swapping. Dubbed RatDVD, the new software crunches video from movies into small packages, while creating a single file that keeps intact DVD "extras"--alternate endings, outtakes, director's commentary and the like. Because it retains all these extra features, allowing them to be burned back onto a DVD or browsed on a computer, the software is already being discussed in video-focused Net circles as a potential successor to the most popular formats used for trading movies online today. News.context Complete Article ratDVD :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejn Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 What am I looking at? An empty quote box and an icon. Great work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNRambo Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Your quote doesnt show up, all i see is a quote box with nothing in it and your attachment edit: now it works :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry Posted June 3, 2005 Author Share Posted June 3, 2005 What am I looking at? An empty quote box and an icon.Great work. 586011650[/snapback] Wow, courteus people with lots of patience ... :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertobaggio2k Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 i see everythin perfectly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+StevoFC MVC Posted June 3, 2005 MVC Share Posted June 3, 2005 it works fine for me... A group of anonymous programmers has released a new software tool online that threatens to raise the stakes for Hollywood studios fighting Internet movie-swapping. Dubbed RatDVD, the new software crunches video from movies into small packages, while creating a single file that keeps intact DVD "extras"--alternate endings, outtakes, director's commentary and the like. Because it retains all these extra features, allowing them to be burned back onto a DVD or browsed on a computer, the software is already being discussed in video-focused Net circles as a potential successor to the most popular formats used for trading movies online today. News.context http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/6481.cfm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KZWings Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Sounds like DVD Shrink to me. :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metallithrax Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 works OK for me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Lyle Global Moderator Posted June 3, 2005 Global Moderator Share Posted June 3, 2005 you guys are off topic... it shows up fine.. and cool program.. only i wish i still burned movies :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hupp Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 cool program Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECU Tekkie Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 It sounds exactly like DVD Shrink, it does the same exact thing...essentially just making an image of the DVD, but crunching it down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arckon Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 This does sound like DVD Shrink...unless some of us are missing something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 sounds pretty good (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrk Reviews Posted June 3, 2005 Reviews Share Posted June 3, 2005 Can someone say dvd shrink but with a name that makes it dsound dirty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LispyGlitter2 Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 sweet. I shall have to see this in action very soon :ninja: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhav Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 I'm just gonna say this again for the hell of it: Sounds like DVD Shrink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamilboy86 Posted June 4, 2005 Share Posted June 4, 2005 Here is a very interesting project, just released and there is very little user information around so far. Yet, it is enticing to say the least. RatDVD was developed as a result from the authors negative experiences of downloading movies, (which is a no - no!). Yet, the guy was frustrated because he could not get the movies he wanted in his country for months or even a year, and since movies are his hobby, he turned to the Internet. Sound familiar?Anyway, he wanted to watch it on any DVD player - without losing any features of the original DVD and he says this is what ratDVD can do. In fact, he is touting this as a method of making movies as easy to share as MP3's due to the remarkably small file size it produces, with claimed great audio and video quality. You can even convert them back to a DVD if you like and play it in a stand alone player. Most of the time the reconstructed movie will fit on a single layer DVD. If not, you can select features to remove, alter the audio or the program can sacrifice quality to make it fit. Supposedly, this application can take an entire full length DVD movie, regardless of extras and create a single file of around 1 gigabyte in size with no noticable loss of quality. Is it true? I don't know. Does it work? I don't know that either. But it's freeware so what the heck. Here's some info from the website. Just make sure you have WinXP, DirectX9, Windows Media Player 10 and a DVD software player installed. You'll also need about a half a gig of RAM and a 2.6 class processor with a "decent" video card. Features: ratDVD takes a full featured DVD movie and puts it into a highly compressed .ratDVD container format file - while preserving all the features of the original DVD such as: - Full anamorphic picture, seamless branching, multiple video angles, multiple audio channels, subpictures, etc. - Keep movie versions (Directors Cut, Theatrical version, etc.), Alternate story endings, making of, video commentary , cut scenes, etc.. - Keep complete menus, navigation and features - Reliable high quality, valid check-summed container. Source: CD Freaks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hupp Posted June 4, 2005 Share Posted June 4, 2005 already posted https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=327851 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamilboy86 Posted June 4, 2005 Share Posted June 4, 2005 I don't think its DVDshrink. Cuz with ratDVD you can compress movies without removing anything... :D You can't do that in dvdshrink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secretlyrobotic Posted June 4, 2005 Share Posted June 4, 2005 wow, someone who finally read the entire post and understood it! this sounds very cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNay Posted June 4, 2005 Share Posted June 4, 2005 Yay for DVD Copying! I mean DVD Backing up... lol... *Hates the MPAA, corporate goonies!* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Dorr Veteran Posted June 4, 2005 Veteran Share Posted June 4, 2005 Threads merged Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexx Posted June 4, 2005 Share Posted June 4, 2005 he software is already being discussed in video-focused Net circles as a potential successor to the most popular formats used for trading movies online today. ha! They're still using MP3 for audio and they'll be using XviD+MP3 AVI for a long time to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckerfan Posted June 4, 2005 Share Posted June 4, 2005 it's like shrink, except with far better compression abilities, at least thats what it looks like. promising none the less, especially since shrink isn't getting any development now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shartman Posted June 4, 2005 Share Posted June 4, 2005 sounds awesoem, now i can fit more porn on every dvd! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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