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	Commanders Post at The Warpath > Commanders Football > Locker Room Main Forum > How do I record games onto DVD? PDA How do I record games onto DVD? Pages : [1] 2 mooby 08-04-2005, 02:15 AM I wasn't sure if i should put this in here or in film room, or possibly warpath cribs. If this is in the wrong place, could a mod please move it. Anyways, i was wondering if i wanted to record regular season games onto dvd, how would i do it, what equipment would i need, i.e. blank dvds, dvd recorder, etc. That Guy 08-04-2005, 03:04 AM tv capture card (starting at $20-30) dvd recorder + blank dvds (starting at $40-60 and $20 per 100) massive massive hard drive + a decent cpu to speed up compression... some software packages will let you record straight to DVD, that takes some cpu etc to do in real time though. I've found the best way is to record to a hard drive and remove commercials/worthless crap (random announcer babbling etc) then compress it to a divx .avi file (HD quality at 350mb/hour... you could get up to 6 games on ONE dvd, but to play those back on a tv you'd need a tv out or a dvd player that'll play divx (which exist but aren't common)) TheMalcolmConnection 08-04-2005, 08:38 AM There is a Phillips DivX player on amazon.com. It's one of the top sellers, I HIGHLY suggest it. It will play anything you throw in it. cpayne5 08-04-2005, 08:48 AM Or you could get one of these (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?type=category&id=pcmcat13900050019). TheMalcolmConnection 08-04-2005, 09:22 AM Wow, those have really dropped in price! I might have to invest in that... It would be nice not to have to wait for encoding... That Guy 08-04-2005, 11:39 AM wow, as low as 112$ and thats at best buy... if you can connect it to a computer or external hard drive that'd make it even better (since it probably only encodes to mpg video) TheMalcolmConnection 08-04-2005, 12:01 PM Yeah, I mean maybe two games on a disc. But that's still good... That Guy 08-04-2005, 12:24 PM the big thing about transfering is cutting out the commercials and downtime, dropping a full game from 3 1/2 hours to under 2 as well as compression... 6 games per DVD :) cpayne5 08-04-2005, 12:28 PM I was looking through a best buy catalog a few days ago and was kinda suprised at how cheap they've become too. Just a few months ago they were atleast double that price. TheMalcolmConnection 08-04-2005, 12:33 PM That guy, in my advancing years, I'm looking for simple. Hahaha. I've been doing Family Guy eps by encoding and it just takes too long. I WOULD love to have all my games being very pristine copies though... Decisions, decisions.