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| From | goarilla <kevin.paulus@mtm.DOTremove-thisDOT.kuleuven.DOTbe.invalid> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Re: devede? is t me, or is it rubbish? |
| Date | 2011-04-28 11:05 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <ipbhl3$nd6$2@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | (3 earlier) <ip7hr4$rvj$1@news.albasani.net> <icfwp4v4zx.fsf@verizon.net> <ip8g87$2ni$1@news.albasani.net> <ic7hafvdoc.fsf@verizon.net> <ic39l3vcz0.fsf@verizon.net> |
On Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:08:35 -0400, despen wrote: > despen@verizon.net writes: > >> The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> writes: >> >>> despen@verizon.net wrote: >>>> The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> writes: >>>> >>>>> despen@verizon.net wrote: >>>>>> philo <philo@invalid.not> 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. >>> >>> The actual tunable turned out to be 'video bit rate' or something. >>> >>> >>> The 'adjust disk image' does nothing, it seems. >> >> I seem to remember it doing something for me. I had a file that was >> just over 4.7... >> >> But as long as you found a solution. >> >>> And the telltale that goes from 0-100% is valueless. It goes to 100% >>> about 1/4 of the way through. >> >> I'd have to look at the code, but likely the underlying library doesn't >> provide good numbers so they are taking a wild guess. You could see if >> there's a place to file a bug report. > > Follow up. > > Progress is calculated off file size. > > An approach that is sure to fail. > out of curiousity how would you design an accurate progress meter ? > They should never let the number hit 100%, perhaps a message, "still > running, taking longer than expected..."
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devede? is t me, or is it rubbish? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-04-26 21:43 +0100
Re: devede? is t me, or is it rubbish? philo <philo@invalid.not> - 2011-04-26 16:23 -0500
Re: devede? is t me, or is it rubbish? despen@verizon.net - 2011-04-26 17:43 -0400
Re: devede? is t me, or is it rubbish? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-04-26 23:43 +0100
Re: devede? is t me, or is it rubbish? despen@verizon.net - 2011-04-26 21:48 -0400
Re: devede? is t me, or is it rubbish? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-04-27 08:22 +0100
Re: devede? is t me, or is it rubbish? goarilla <kevin.paulus@mtm.DOTremove-thisDOT.kuleuven.DOTbe.invalid> - 2011-04-27 10:41 +0000
Re: devede? is t me, or is it rubbish? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-04-27 17:58 +0100
Re: devede? is t me, or is it rubbish? despen@verizon.net - 2011-04-27 13:10 -0400
Re: devede? is t me, or is it rubbish? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-04-27 18:18 +0100
Re: devede? is t me, or is it rubbish? despen@verizon.net - 2011-04-27 16:59 -0400
Re: devede? is t me, or is it rubbish? despen@verizon.net - 2011-04-27 12:53 -0400
Re: devede? is t me, or is it rubbish? despen@verizon.net - 2011-04-27 13:08 -0400
Re: devede? is t me, or is it rubbish? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-04-27 18:17 +0100
Re: devede? is t me, or is it rubbish? goarilla <kevin.paulus@mtm.DOTremove-thisDOT.kuleuven.DOTbe.invalid> - 2011-04-28 11:05 +0000
Re: devede? is t me, or is it rubbish? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-04-28 12:20 +0100
Re: devede? is t me, or is it rubbish? despen@verizon.net - 2011-04-28 09:10 -0400
Re: devede? is t me, or is it rubbish? goarilla <kevin.paulus@mtm.DOTremove-thisDOT.kuleuven.DOTbe.invalid> - 2011-04-29 08:20 +0000
Re: devede? is t me, or is it rubbish? goarilla <kevin.paulus@mtm.DOTremove-thisDOT.kuleuven.DOTbe.invalid> - 2011-04-29 08:20 +0000
Re: devede? is t me, or is it rubbish? Mark Hobley <markhobley@yahoo.donottypethisbit.co> - 2011-04-29 21:11 +0000
Re: devede? is t me, or is it rubbish? Mysterious Traveler <mysterious.traveler@dot.net> - 2011-04-27 02:20 -0500
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