If DVD quality movies were easily available to legally download at a sensible price I'd happily do so. As they are not I find ways to rip them that give me an ad-free movie in a format I can control.
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Damn non-pirated DVDs
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostIf I ripped my own legally bought DVDs, could I also then cram them onto writable blu-rays to avoid having a whole bookshelf full of box-sets? BR disks store 6X as much AFAIK so most boxsets would then fit on a single disk. I never found anyone selling DVD-quality on a BR to conserve space, to me it's a great idea.
Popcorn Hour - Networked Media Jukebox"A life, Jimmy, you know what that is? It’s the s*** that happens while you’re waiting for moments that never come." -- Lester FreamonComment
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Originally posted by Freamon View PostWhy bother with the hassle of physical media when you could just buy one of these:
Popcorn Hour - Networked Media Jukebox
I bought a 1TB WD Mybook NAS drive for £90 a couple of weeks back, it handles all my backups via synctoy and pipes music, pictures and video to my TV via Xbox without the need to switch a computer on.Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave JohnsonComment
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or the thunderlizard lo-tech solution: chuck away the boxes and keep your DVDs in little plastic wallets or on a spindle. Instant 80% space saving.Comment
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Originally posted by gingerjedi View PostOr a media streaming NAS drive?
I bought a 1TB WD Mybook NAS drive for £90 a couple of weeks back, it handles all my backups via synctoy and pipes music, pictures and video to my TV via Xbox without the need to switch a computer on.
Runs Linux and has a dedicated MPEG decoder chip, nice GUI, remote control to select files and play/pause etc. You can fit a hard drive and turn it into a NAS device, or just mount any other network shared drives to play video off."A life, Jimmy, you know what that is? It’s the s*** that happens while you’re waiting for moments that never come." -- Lester FreamonComment
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Originally posted by Freamon View PostThat's what that does, except without the need for an Xbox.
Runs Linux and has a dedicated MPEG decoder chip, nice GUI, remote control to select files and play/pause etc. You can fit a hard drive and turn it into a NAS device, or just mount any other network shared drives to play video off.
I looked at one about a year back but they were hard to get hold of then, now it looks expensive considering you don't get a HDD or the games console for much the same money.Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave JohnsonComment
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Originally posted by gingerjedi View PostCan you play CoD4 on it?
I looked at one about a year back but they were hard to get hold of then, now it looks expensive considering you don't get a HDD or the games console for much the same money.
This gives you an idea of the functionality:
"A life, Jimmy, you know what that is? It’s the s*** that happens while you’re waiting for moments that never come." -- Lester FreamonComment
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Originally posted by Freamon View Post
Why bother with the hassle of physical media when you could just buy one of these:
Popcorn Hour - Networked Media Jukebox
In a few years, you'll find mysterious glitches popping up in films copied to disk, until they soon become unplayable, unless perhaps you record copious PAR files to go with the VOB files or whatever.Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ hereComment
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostBeckause a properly recorded, or (far more so) commercially produced stamped, DVD is orders of magnitude more reliable than disk storage, I reckon.
In a few years, you'll find mysterious glitches popping up in films copied to disk, until they soon become unplayable, unless perhaps you record copious PAR files to go with the VOB files or whatever."A life, Jimmy, you know what that is? It’s the s*** that happens while you’re waiting for moments that never come." -- Lester FreamonComment
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Originally posted by Cliphead View PostShrink emplies encoding double layer to single layer, I think. Is it possible to have the necessary files on the hard drive and play from there (and backup of course)?Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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