[Biblical Calvinist]

Sure.. I've done the same thing too..ain't Divx wonderful ? I've been able to get Casablanca, which is 1 hour, 42 minutes, into a great looking 565 meg file. Just did it just to see if I could do it..heh ~ but, I d'ruther watch my original DVD copy of Casablanca on the TV set..

[Paul C. Jesup]

Actually I sometimes record movies off the TV (which is legal) at my computer to a super high bit rate (see post 35 of this thread). Later I use Virtualdub to edit out the commercials and I recompile them to a much lower bit rate, but I can still maintain most of the quality.

Then after backing them up to a Data CD, I use Windows Media Player 7.1 to create playlists and I watch them on my computer like someone people listen to MP3s Winamp playlists on their computer. It is very cool. ;D