Dreamcast Movies/DVD/VCD/Video/.....VHS?

Post by **RyaNtheSlayA** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:15 pm

nateup2 wrote:The Lasrcast uses high quality, non-fading LDs only. You won't need to throw these ones away after a few plays - the data will not fade like ordinary LDs.

Thank god. My dad has an old laser disk player and we used to watch Starwars untill it faded about 5 years ago. GRRRR.

Post by **RyaNtheSlayA** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 12:58 am

GrandMasterJimmy wrote:Technicaly, if I got bored enough I could make custom a disk for each movie. It wouldn't fast forward, rewind, or pause though

If you really wanna watch a movie on DC, you could probably just encode it to the native format for the DC to read, and make the 1st_read.bin start the movie when it loads. Overall it wouldn't be worth it because of the resolution of the DC and just how loud the DC is. I love my DC, but damn it's loud. It sounds like a jet engine.

Also any movies would need to be degraded in quality to fit on a cdr. Your better off with a DVD player.

You think thats a jet engine go up to a 360 0_0.

Post by **Zer** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 2:09 am

RyaNtheSlayA wrote:
GrandMasterJimmy wrote:Technicaly, if I got bored enough I could make custom a disk for each movie. It wouldn't fast forward, rewind, or pause though

If you really wanna watch a movie on DC, you could probably just encode it to the native format for the DC to read, and make the 1st_read.bin start the movie when it loads. Overall it wouldn't be worth it because of the resolution of the DC and just how loud the DC is. I love my DC, but damn it's loud. It sounds like a jet engine.

Also any movies would need to be degraded in quality to fit on a cdr. Your better off with a DVD player.
You think thats a jet engine go up to a 360 0_0.

Or any respectable PC that isn't full of watercooling and heatsinks or something...

Post by **Funk, E** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 9:34 am

You're probably thinking of laser rot--that happens when a laserdisc is stored improperly and the data-storing part of it begins to oxidize. Doesn't have anything to do with playing it.

Post by **D.D.D.** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 10:02 am

Funk, E wrote:You're probably thinking of laser rot--that happens when a laserdisc is stored improperly and the data-storing part of it begins to oxidize. Doesn't have anything to do with playing it.

It's not just how you store it, it has to do with the original manufacturing process. DVDs had the same thing happen when they came out~

Post by **Funk, E** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 10:03 am

True, that, but you can avoid it through proper storage. Low humidty, low temperature, rotate them so they don't warp, all that good stuff. And it definitely has nothing to do with simply playing them.

Post by **D.D.D.** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 10:16 am

Funk, E wrote:...And it definitely has nothing to do with simply playing them.

Quite true~ If it did happen by playing, that would be a laser too powerful for viewing pleasure.