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Jason Dunn
10-13-2005, 03:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.jakeludington.com/downloads/20051009_ratdvd.html' target='_blank'>http://www.jakeludington.com/downloads/20051009_ratdvd.html</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Occasionally I create DVDs and want to share them with other people. This requires one of two basic solutions: sending a burned DVD through the mail or creating an ISO file and posting it online somewhere for the recipient to download. Neither of these scenarios is perfect. Sending DVDs through the mail requires extra time and the expense of postage. Sending an ISO requires a long upload time followed by a long download time (even if a solution like BitTorrent is used). The other alternative is to output the video in a compressed format like WMV and send a link to the file location. This last alternative is great if all I'm trying to send is a video. If I invested time in creating menus for the DVD, added some extra stuff to my movie and generally put time into the whole package, sending just a link to a video download won't cut it. ratDVD bridges the gap for this problem, acting as a tool to compress an entire DVD into a smaller package, menu navigation, special features, alternate language tracks, AC-3 audio and all. The file size is still bigger than a video-only download, but DVD sizes are cut dramatically..."</i><br /><br />Sounds like an interesting tool, and hey, it's freeware!

jeffd
10-13-2005, 07:00 PM
More like a last gasp of breath from those who want to copy/download dvd's but don't have a dvd burner yet. ;)

If you truly..truly put time into a dvd's menues and features so much that you wanted it to be "complete" with the people you shared with, then sending a dvdr in the mail isn't that big of a problem. ;)