Can you email a small dvd file

[model mum]

Hello,

I refer to my previous post about viewing dvd's on overseas equipment.

because i sent an DVD-RW to montreal and it will not play on their equipment, they have asked me to email it. Does anyone know how this can be done. I have the image on digital video camera film and also now on a DVD-R.

This what they wrote," You could send me image of the dvd on my email and i should be able to see it. You have to send me an image... I don't know how to do it but i know its works."

Anyone know if its possible and if so how to do it. Unfortuantely i haven't even been able to try because my computer doesn't play dvd's but i could go somewhere if necessary.

[jokiin]

The file would generally be too large to supply like that, particularly in DVD format, you may be able to convert a small sample to a compressed format such as AVI, DivX or similar which would be small enough to email. Of course there would still be a reliance on them having the necessary equipment to deal with this type of file.

[Lord Smelly]

Generally my rule of thumb with email and attachments is that if it is more than 5mg then it isn't for emailing. Though like with the company I work for, the maximum file size for attachments the mail server will accept is 2mg. I believe hotmail and the like limit attachments to 2mg also.

[andw]

Perhaps you could ask them if they have an FTP server that you could send it to.

[model mum]

Thanks again,

the file wasn't as small as i thought 312mb and i tried to send it from a friends computer and had to ring a tech to help me stop the bloody thing.

I would like to thank everyone once again and when things pan out i will post and fill you in.

take care all

Chris

[termite]

maybe using one of the international file sharing sites could be an option eg WinMx.
could even be grabbed straight from the drive.

[Salamander]

Image could be a still picture (frame capture), saved as JPG format.
Person needs to have proper equipment to view the DVD, obviously due to the fact that PAL discs need PAL-compatible playback system. (There's only PAL or NTSC to choose from for making a DVD, so obviously one of these can play back on the client's system.)