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Posted by Gary on 08/09/07 09:39
<jeffambrose424@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Aug 8, 9:51 am, "Gary" <Garys...@spamasmailorder.com> wrote:
>> <jeffambrose...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:1186577750.314793.104220@o61g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
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>>
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>> > On Aug 7, 4:48 pm, Colin Wilson
>> > <REMOVEEVERYTHINGBUTnewsgr...@phoenixbbsZEROSPAM.co.uk> wrote:
>> >> > What is the best program to make the conversion balancing loss of
>> >> > quality with ease of use ?
>>
>> >> There are several apps that will rip to mpeg / divx (autogk.me.uk for
>> >> instance), but for general file conversion I use "Super"
>>
>> >>http://www.erightsoft.com/S6Kg1.html
>>
>> >> Sadly, the owner of the site tried to make it as f*cking hard as
>> >> possible to find the download link for some reason...
>>
>> >> What might be really useful would be to buy a divx capable player -
>> >> that way you should be able to dodge most conversion problems !
>>
>> >> I still find I have to re-convert from divx5 to divx4 for my player
>> >> though to get the best compatibility :-/
>>
>> > Ah, I'll look into that, thanks. I had bad experiences with Divx.
>> > Don't know
>> > why. I tried some encoding on it a while back, and it just produced a
>> > picture
>> > that was not as good as regular VOB or MPEG2/4, or even AVI. It was
>> > bloody
>> > slow to process also.
>>
>> > What I've done lately is use IFOedit and VOB Blanker and manually edit
>> > the
>> > VOB files on my HD. Guess what? It worked. Almost. The PAL disc
>> > works
>> > in my player now, but the problem is I lost the reason I wanted it to
>> > work.
>> > The subtitles. So the picture, menus, audio is ok, but I lost the
>> > subtitles.
>>
>> > But when I pop the disc in my computer - subtitles are there.
>>
>> > I think I'm going to pull out my wallet, thin as it is, and buy a
>> > multi region player.
>>
>> You probably meant to say MULTI SYSTEM i.e. PAL and NTSC not multiregion
>> i.e. Australia -USA
>>
>> What you really need is REGION FREE and MULTI SYSTEM.
>> I know Amazon.co.uk do these but I don't know if they ship overseas.maybe
>> Amazon.com do them
>>
>> Cheers
>> Gary
>
> Recommend any models over others?
>
> Region free and multi system....got it.
>
> Oh my, shipping from UK would be murder, the s&h costs that is.
> Have to find something domestic. Maybe a model with a confirmed
> unlock code (fingers crossed)
>
just found this on Amazon.com
PHILIPS DVP 5140 MULTI SYSTEM ALL REGION CODE FREE DVD PLAYER. PLAYS
PAL/NTSC DVDS ON 110V NTSC TV .
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Price: $72.99
Availability: In Stock. Ships from and sold by VCT ELECTRONICS.
9 used & new available from $38.99
looks like all you need and at a fair cost also. no need to copy the
DVD just put in and play.
Gary
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