wrote:
> > If you happen to be a Netflix subscriber,=20
I'm sure there must be other (non P2P) sources out
there that have not yet come to my attention. =20
I'm a bit hobbled at the moment: my primary computer
just had a seizure -- I think the HDD controller on
the MB died. So I'm flying on half of one engine, for
the time being. (An old laptop that I inherited.)=20
Unlike you, I did not have ready alternatives . . .
although they were very much in the planning stages.=20
Just bad timing, I guess.=20
=20
> I have been using Blockbuster. I briefly looked a
> Netflix. There are=20
> sites that sell DL movies for $3-5. They MIGHT even
> be legit.
Not if their stuff is from the major studios . . . .
=20
> > (Earlier, I told you about Orbit Downloader=20
>=20
> I just got that, haven't done anything with it, no
> source yet.
>=20
> FFMPEG
>=20
> I got lost trying to find an executable.
Yeah, that's kind of a maze -- at least on the eCS
side, maybe across the board. On the Dark Side, I
like the payware CONVERTX2DVD, which makes heavy use
of the FFMPEG library. But it is mostly for
converting those formats that were intended for
PC-based playback, so that you can author such
material directly to in-spec, standalone-player-ready
DVD format, with minimal user knowledge or
intervention. The result quality is extremely
dependent on the quality of the source files (DIVX,
XVID, FLV, or whatever), and unfortunately those
sources are typically not very good, because they were
intended to be played in small windows on a PC.=20
(Remember that 72 dpi is often -- though poorly
misconstrued, in my view -- regarded as sufficient
quality for a smaller still picture displayed on a
website.) But it doesn't *have to* be that way: I
downloaded an FLV format trailer for the upcoming Bond
film that looked surprisingly good, even after
conversion and playing it on a good TV.
> > IMGBURN
=20
> Just got that.
I could send you a link for a nice guide or two that
makes that program a lot easier to use. (Particularly
if you need to use it with double layer DVDs.
=20
> I want to burn DVDs at home that I can play on the
> road. And I am=20
> assuming a lot of the older stuff should be cheap to
> DL.
I wouldn't really know, not having heavily traveled
the DL route.
Jordan
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