whats the probelm with 'direct encoding'

[jonas]

Hello,
this is probabbly a stupid question, but anyway.
After reading that the opendvd plugin for dvd2avi should only be used for preview, I read through the forums yesterday and only found the comment that encoding directly from dvd is not good for player and disc,
why is that so?

tanks,
jonas

[avih]

most notably, it causes the dvd drive to work for many hours, and more than one person reported of a dvd drive that went dead.

it may also increase the total time of encoding, but that's prob a minor problem.

[jonas]

thanks,
are the reasons for this behavior known at all? cos I can't realy think of a reason why this is happening.

but good to know that is does...

jonas