DVD Burning Question

[larry]

i use an older version of dvd-shrink. if the dvd is copy protected with a new algorithm tho, it will fail.

 

[enyaw]

does it do new/modern movies? I guess dvdfab could save it as an iso and off you go

 

[odie999]

(EDIT: somebody suggested this above too, I realized later)

Figure in the time it takes, and the risk that a DVD will not be readable 2 weeks or 6 months from now, and the 2tb hard drives might work out cheaper in the end.

Depends on how much your hourly rate is for swapping DVDs in & out & waiting for the burn.

$80 for a Seagate 2tb SATA, 6gig/second transfer rate. 2 terabytes is a LOT of DVDs. Even the 3tb Western Digital might be cheaper (but those are more expensive per byte than the 2tb)

And of course there's the online backup - I hear backblaze is good

A major benefit of hard drives over DVDs, especially with Linux, is easy RAID.

 

[s0yntgreen]

"Figure in the time it takes, and the risk that a DVD will not be readable 2 weeks or 6 months from now, and the 2tb hard drives might work out cheaper in the end.Depends on how much your hourly rate is for swapping DVDs in & out & waiting for the burn"

i agree -when it comes to governement standards - dvd storage are considered to be unstable after 5-10 years

 

[odie999]

"Figure in the time it takes, and the risk that a DVD will not be readable 2 weeks or 6 months from now, and the 2tb hard drives might work out cheaper in the end.Depends on how much your hourly rate is for swapping DVDs in & out & waiting for the burn"

i agree -when it comes to governement standards - dvd storage are considered to be unstable after 5-10 years

There have been horror stories of tape not being either read-able (and tape was WAY better than the dyes used for most CDs and DVDs), or worse, no one could FIND THE RIGHT TAPE. ONce that shit is out of sight, large parts of it will get lost, even if the storage media is eternal.

Even if you entrust the stuff to the most pack-rat-ish employee, all you might guarantee is they have it ... somewhere ... but which one is the one you're looking for?

 

[s0yntgreen]

totally - the backup tapes may be around for 5-10 years
but the tape drive to read it? the same backup/restore program/computer to read/tech to do the work
nightmares....