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| From | despen@verizon.net |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Re: devede? is t me, or is it rubbish? |
| Date | 2011-04-27 13:08 -0400 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <ic39l3vcz0.fsf@verizon.net> (permalink) |
| References | (2 earlier) <icaafcwuxg.fsf@verizon.net> <ip7hr4$rvj$1@news.albasani.net> <icfwp4v4zx.fsf@verizon.net> <ip8g87$2ni$1@news.albasani.net> <ic7hafvdoc.fsf@verizon.net> |
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. 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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