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Detailed HDD content displaying progam? CD/DVD drive question also.
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Thanks for the help with the dvd to ipod question, now I am looking for another program.
Looking for a program that will display in a more easy to comprehend way the full contents of my hard drive and where they are. I remember seeing a program that would do this around a year ago in either PC Gamer or PC Magazine, but I can't find it. Any help in finding this or a similar program would be appreciated. Also, I've noticed my CD and DVD drive (I took them from old cheap gateway to put in new fast computer) are both slow and loud, would buying a newer one of each improve this or is that pretty much standard for those?
Looking for a program that will display in a more easy to comprehend way the full contents of my hard drive and where they are. I remember seeing a program that would do this around a year ago in either PC Gamer or PC Magazine, but I can't find it. Any help in finding this or a similar program would be appreciated. Also, I've noticed my CD and DVD drive (I took them from old cheap gateway to put in new fast computer) are both slow and loud, would buying a newer one of each improve this or is that pretty much standard for those?
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I second the visit to videohelp.com. That forum is full of the nicest, most helpful people ever to grace the internet. Surprising considering it's mostly just people creating accounts to ask questions already answered in previous threads.
Videora will work with DVD Decrypter / DVD Shrink quite well. These programs, while not READILY available, are still available in many countries on tons of sites on the net. Start at doom9.org.
There are tutorials specific to decrypting a movie to iPod format in Videora, which basically have you rip the DVD in IFO mode.
I've found a few really nice tools for automating the process (e.g. Handbrake), but they are all unfortunately Mac-only.
DVD Decrypter is probably the best Windows-based tool for getting the data off the DVD so you can plug it it into Videora. DVDx is reportedly good too.
I've found a couple of guides:
- DVD Decrypter: http://www.anders.com/guides/convert/video/iPod/windows.html
- DVDx: http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/14/how-to-convert-a-dvd-for-your-ipod-with-video-in-windows/
Contrary to the above, it's on Windows now too. It says mediafork there because Handbrake died, got forked into MediaFork, and then promptly came back to life with mediafork merged back in.
On a semi related topic I've been trying to find some decent DVD burning software for awhile now. I was planning to burn some random videos that I've taken over the past few years as a gift for a friend who moved away since his birthday is coming up at the end of the month. My DVD drive came with some packaged in software but not suprisingly it kind of sucks. So far all the attempts I've tried have failed to produce something that will play in an actual DVD player which is kinda the whole point. I've used up 6 dual layer DVDs (out of a ten pack) and still have nothing to show for it. Very frustrating.
There's a nice list of utilities for doing this on Google Directory:
http://www.google.com/Top/Computers/Software/Disk_Management/Usage_Analysis/
Yes.
Varies. I just bought a new SATA NEC drive that's as noisy as fuck. My old (but still fairly new) NEC PATA drive was near silent. So I guess you're going to have to read individual reviews to find out.