"Don't Delete Any Files" - would unchecking significantly lower required disk space?

[davidh44]

I noticed encoding a typical 2 hour movie takes up around 14GB with the "Don't Delete any files" option checked .

Would unchecking "Don't delete any files" lower the amount of disk space that needs to be available to DVD2SVCD for an unattended encode? Or would there be some point in the encode in which close to the 14GB of disk space is needed anyways before any of the more sizeable files are deleted?

[Jason28]

I dont think that it would need as much space. Basically that option deletes the intermediate files that DVD2SVCD uses as it goes from one format to another. Also don't forget that if you do uncheck that box then you wont be able to do any recovery on the misc tab.

[r6d2]

Originally posted by Jason28
I dont think that it would need as much space. Basically that option deletes the intermediate files that DVD2SVCD uses as it goes from one format to another. Also don't forget that if you do uncheck that box then you wont be able to do any recovery on the misc tab.
Actually, you can do a pretty good recovery even with "Don't delete any files" unchecked. That restriction is no longer valid.

If you uncheck this option you will not save too much space though, only the muxed files (after the images are created). You still will have to live with the 1.4GB MPV + 1.4GB Pulldown. The AC3 will still be there, too, and the subs, if any.

But if you want to save space, uncheck that option. Too full discs are a bad companion for encoding (for any task that does several GB of IO, actually). Also, try to keep the disk defragmented or at least do a "compress free space" before the rip.

Regards,