[Spelling Correction - This is identical to torrent 11006991 except for Readme.txt]

Perhaps this is just personal taste, but I prefer a single AVI file over the contents of a DVD's VIDEO_TS folder which, when actually copied in a "special way" onto a "special plastic?!?!" DVD disk, would automatically start playing the content upon insertion of said piece of plastic into a "special DVD reader". At least, that's what's supposed to happen in theory… in theory… never mind.

Actually, even though I never asked for it, I have a DVD reader taking up space inside my laptop. I've never used it for anything like music or movies, but it was required in order for me to install a program once (that was a few years ago). For in order to make the device do its magical "music / movie" playing thing, I would be required to install "special software" (device driver software) that would allow the hardware to recognize and read "specially formed data" from an *actual* DVD disk. Not a "CD" disk. A "DVD" disk; the distinction being contingent on software running at such ridiculously high IRQL's [pronounced "Er-kls"] as 2! … or perhaps … maybe … EVEN BEYOND‼‼).

Actually, truth be told, having software run at extremely high priorities is not always a good thing. For one thing, CTRL-ALT-DEL could stop working. If anything bad happened (or "seemed to happen" as it usually goes with these things), it's pull-the-plug and no way 'round it. But there *are* benefits to having software run a extreme priorities too. For one thing, if it's a movie and there's a lot of action going on, then now is not the time to start downloading your mail or checking if Windows Update has reached the requisite 2000 potential and critical failures before starting a new update cycle.

But I do babble. The point is, an AVI file (and proper codec configuration) gives you the best of both worlds. Your AVI player should defer all that important high priority stuff to a whole other processor (the video card's processor) so that, evidently, there's little or no impact on your computer's performance while at the same time the action can be as packed as action-packed-possible! Your machine could even decide, on a whim, to download your mail and you would not notice a hitch. CTRL-ALT-DEL will work as normal.

So that's why I copied the contents of the VIDEO_TS folder from this Billie Holiday DVD into an AVI container. I HAVE NOT MADE ANY CHANGES WHATSOEVER to the data. In fact, as you can see below, it is still in "interlaced" format, just like a regular old DVD. 

Because it *is* a DVD. Only without the plastic and the special software.

And the pain.

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Track List (See cover.jpg for authors):
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01. GOD BLESS THE CHILD -                       2:36
02. NOW BABY, OR NEVER -                        2:14
03. MY MAN -                                    3:21
04. PLEASE DON'T TALK ABOUT ME WHEN I'M GONE -  1:55
05. BILLIE'S BLUES -                            1:30
06. EASY TO REMEMBER -                          2:56
07. WHAT A LITTLE MOONLIGHT CAN DO -            2:27
08. FOOLIN' MYSELF -                            2:24
09. I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU -                  1:50
10. TRAVELIN' LIGHT -                           3:11
11. STRANGE FRUIT -                             2:23
12. I LOVES YOU PORGY -                         3:24
13. FINE AND MELLOW -                           8:50

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Video Details:
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General
Complete name                            : Billie.Holiday.Strange.Fruit.MPEG-2.AC3.480i.avi
Format                                   : AVI
Format/Info                              : Audio Video Interleave
File size                                : 1.84 GiB
Duration                                 : 37mn 54s
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 6 933 Kbps

Video
ID                                       : 0
Format                                   : MPEG Video
Format version                           : Version 2
Format profile                           : [email protected]
Format settings, BVOP                    : Yes
Format settings, Matrix                  : Custom
Format settings, GOP                     : M=3, N=15
Codec ID                                 : MPEG
Codec ID/Info                            : Chromatic MPEG 1 Video I Frame
Duration                                 : 37mn 54s
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 6 472 Kbps
Maximum bit rate                         : 7 500 Kbps
Width                                    : 720 pixels
Height                                   : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 4:3
Frame rate                               : 29.970 fps
Standard                                 : NTSC
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Interlaced
Scan order                               : Bottom Field First
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.625
Stream size                              : 1.71 GiB (93%)
Color primaries                          : BT.601 NTSC
Transfer characteristics                 : BT.601
Matrix coefficients                      : BT.601

Audio
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AC-3
Format/Info                              : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension                           : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness              : Big
Codec ID                                 : 2000
Duration                                 : 37mn 54s
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 448 Kbps
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Channel positions                        : Front: L R
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth                                : 16 bits
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 121 MiB (6%)
Alignment                                : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration                     : 32 ms (0.96 video frame)

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Joking aside, as I said, it *is* a DVD so all of those great big numbers don't imply any sort of "high quality". This imagery has NOT been retouched or remastered. It is raw, archival footage. The size of the data merely reflects the quality of the reproduction of these *very badly beaten up*, but VERY PRECIOUS artifacts.

- user101966