Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.dougwise.org!nntpfeed.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: despen@verizon.net Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: devede? is t me, or is it rubbish? Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 21:48:34 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 32 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="jHG/q4CDuHQ12inYDCpZIQ"; logging-data="21327"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18MGD3jcB1AYeiixW6FQVRRCfsa3e/LNUE=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:pvmSJaMinMib5sVXXiXHHUEukRY= sha1:b00u8nZ6Iu2Ua+vh49obgQx9u0E= Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.os.linux.misc:937 The Natural Philosopher writes: > despen@verizon.net wrote: >> philo writes: >> >>> On 04/26/2011 03:43 PM, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>>> I am trying to make an DVD ISO of a 3.5GB mpeg. >>>> >>>> Devedee is still going 4 hours later saying 1/4 and 100%. >>>> >>>> at least 7 GB of mpg has built up in the temporary directory. >>>> >>>> WTF is happening? will it ever stop? where is the ISO? >>> >>> I'd stop it and get rid of any temporary file created >>> Personally I use k3b for burning iso burning... >>> Unfortunately many of the other burning apps I've tried just did not it >> >> devede creates isos, not burn them. >> >> I've had it take a long time but 4 hours is a lot. >> It does need a lot of CPU. > > well its finished BUT it said the size would be 2.3GB. but the actual > ISO is 7.3GB!!! WTF is happening? Hard to say. There are 8.5GB DVDs to put the file on. There's an "adjust disk usage" thing that lets you control the ultimate ISO file size.