Posted by jeffambrose424 on 08/09/07 13:00

On Aug 9, 5:39 am, "Gary" <Garys...@spamasmailorder.com> wrote:
> <jeffambrose...@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
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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 .
> Other products by Philips
>
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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

Thanks, I'll put that at the top of my list.

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