Okay, so I am currently encoding some content from a .avi source into a mpeg2 dvd compliant disk using a product by Nero, called Nerovision. Basically you throw it the files and create a menu etc, and it generates a dvd disk that will play in a standard player, assuming you can read those disks in your unit.
All very well and good.
Now, this encode is taking a while, and i've got a considerable amount of content to encode - so I thought, why don't I install the software on my flatmates machine, his machine is similarly spec'ed - 2x the cpu, I can encode 2 lots of content at once and it should only take half as long (total time).
Wrong. He doesn't have a dvd burner in his machine, so when I start nerovision, it doesn't allow me to create a dvd project, for the purposes of creating a .iso file I can then flick across the network and burn (the encode is what takes the time, not the burn - I could have screeds of machines creating iso files)
Here's the problem.
I've done a bit of looking on the net for virtual dvd drives etc, and wasn't able to find anything. I found ONE virtual cdrw drive, which does exactly what I just described above, but for cds, but NOTHING for dvd.
Anyone got any other suggestions?
I have 3+ machines that could be encoding right now, and only one with a dvd burner, which is currently the only one that can do the crunching.
All the machines are running windows xp.