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  • July 28, 2011 at 9:59 am #23689
    KCMT
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    Hi folks,

    I just made a back-up of my DVD, it came out as about 6GB. I moved it accross to my portable HDD connected to the wii. WiiMC played it perfectly for a while then froze so I had to reset the wii. Then it froze again 5mins later.

    I’m thinking 6GB is just too big for it, is this right?

    What’s a good size to compress movies to? Perhaps in GB per hour.

    I was also wondering if I should have converted it to another file format and codec – folders with various VOBs etc are a bit confusing for the family 🙂 and single files are just so much neater.

    So basically what should I convert DVDs to and what size to aim for. I have plenty of space so I’m looking for quality over size.

    Cheers

    July 28, 2011 at 6:26 pm #29308
    cadbusca
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    Same as any downloaded SD movie that will fit on a CD. XVID ~700MB.

    July 29, 2011 at 7:31 pm #29306
    KCMT
    Participant

    Cool thanks mate.

    Any suggestions on a prog to convert DVD to XVid?

    I have Nero but I can never find what I need on that darn prog 🙂

    Cheers

    July 29, 2011 at 7:41 pm #29307
    KCMT
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    Sorry scrap that I just downloaded DVDX 4.0.0.5 and Xvid codec. I guess that’s right?

    So does everyone use this format? I’ve heard of it but don’t know much about it.

    It seems a lot smaller to me… 6GB down to 700MB? I don’t need to compress that much.

    Cheers

    July 30, 2011 at 10:00 am #29309
    KCMT
    Participant

    OK, looking in to this a bit it seems DVDx reduces the resolution to 624×352. And there’s no way to change it.

    So basically can WiiMC play larger, better quality files than this reliably? Or is that the best quality I can expect?

    Cheers

    July 30, 2011 at 12:40 pm #29310
    cadbusca
    Participant

    Yup, SD resolution is all the WII can handle. For HD vids use VLC-Shares which will transpose and send an SD stream to the WII.

    July 30, 2011 at 1:03 pm #29311
    KCMT
    Participant

    Thanks again.

    But I’m not talking about HD, I’m talking about PAL DVDs which are 720×576.

    So reducing to 624×352 is quite a major downgrade.

    I think Wiis can kind of play off DVD so they must be able to handle a higher res than 624×352, can’t they?

    July 30, 2011 at 4:03 pm #29312
    rodries
    Keymaster

    Sure, the Wii can handle DVD video at 720×576 just fine.

    August 1, 2011 at 4:21 pm #29313
    KCMT
    Participant

    Thanks,

    But I’m still not sure on the best format.

    The 6GB DVD file froze. I guess I could shrink it but I don’t know what size and a single file would be so much more convinient.

    The Xvid sounds good, and everyone raves about it but it seems a lot smaller to me.

    Is there a happy medium?

    Cheers

    August 2, 2011 at 2:33 am #29314
    cadbusca
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    size has nothing to do with quality.

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