Downloading a DVD for the intranet

Xavion wrote on 3/28/2006, 2:45 PM

There's a promotional DVD that needs to be downloaded so that it can be posted to veiw on the intranet at work. The A/V tech's are having a problem with this request.

Can't I just record the DVD using Vegas 6 to my hard-drive and render it to an MPEG-2 file.

Any Idea's will be appreciated.

Comments

johnmeyer wrote on 3/28/2006, 3:15 PM

If each client computer has a DVD software player, you can just copy the files to a shared drive on the network, and they can play the disc just like the DVD was inserted in their local DVD drive. They'll probably have to have some sort of DVD software player in order to play MPEG-2 files, so even if you take the extra, unnecessary step, to convert to an MPEG-2 file, they'll still need the player. Thus, I'll stick with my first recommendation: just copy the files to a shareable resource and you're done.

Coursedesign wrote on 3/28/2006, 3:30 PM

If they're all PCs, Windows Media should be a better choice.

Just about every PC already has the player, so they can just click on the file to view it.

Xavion wrote on 3/28/2006, 3:38 PM

So copying the files to a shareable resource would work. I believe all
of the computer at work have a Window's Media Player .

Are do I need to render the movie file as a W M File?

jrazz wrote on 3/28/2006, 4:14 PM

Don't re render, just copy the files from the DVD to the server that is networked to the computers at your work.

What John is referring to I think is that without some sort of DVD player installed on the computers, Windows Media Player won't play it b/c it does not have the available codec for reading VOB files. I am sure there is some open source DVD player for windows out there- just do a search for it on the web, that is, unless you have DVD players installed on the computers. (if they came with a DVD ROM drive, they most assuredly will have a DVD player installed on them.

j razz

rs170a wrote on 3/28/2006, 5:54 PM

If you go the MPEG-2 route and need a player, get either VLC media player or Media Player Classic. Both are free and will play DVDs.

Mike

farss wrote on 3/28/2006, 6:24 PM

The only other issue you might hit is generating a lot of network traffic if everyone starts watching it at once.
Encoding the video as WMV would alleviate this to some extent.
Bob.

FrigidNDEditing wrote on 3/28/2006, 6:55 PM

You could just use an ISO and mounting software

but I HIGHLY suggest VLC for just about anything - it's like vegas, "it just works"

Dave