Posted by nmorson on 12/20/07 21:40

On Dec 19, 8:05 pm, b...@wjv.com (Bill Vermillion) wrote:
> In article <JtB5At.1...@wjv.com>, Bill Vermillion <b...@wjv.com> wrote:
> >In article <Jt9yv8....@wjv.com>, Bill Vermillion <b...@wjv.com> wrote:
> >>In article <ea952fc5-d01d-44e6-8031-ed4435123...@e23g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
> >> <nmor...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> >>>Many thanks people - always rely on deja to come up with an answer!
>
> >>>I checked out TMPGenc Express yesterday under someones recomendation,
> >>>but it wouldn't handle AC3 - obviously I got the wrong trial!
> >>>Currently using SimpleDivX which seems to work well, but frequently
> >>>crashes under Vista.
>
> >>>Will give TMPGEnc DVD Author 3 - I like their software as I have an
> >>>old copy and it's the only program I've yet found which will rip RAM
> >>>format to DVD - very handy if you have a Panasonic DVD recorder
>
> >>>Bear :-)
>
> >>That is good to know. I've been using isobuster to do that.
>
> >>Bill
>
> >>--
> >>Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com
>
> >A followup. I tried to get to the tmpgenc update, and I found I
> >was not registered as a user.
>
> >So I went through the procedure where they will send me a linke
> >for registration.
>
> >NOTHING. Tried about 20 minutes later. Still NOTHING.
>
> >Checked at the ISP [where I'm the head tech-no-nut] and found
> >that tmpgenc really has their mailer screwed up.
>
> >Instead of sending mail to b...@wjv.com it is sending mail
> >to tmpgencdvdauthorin...@wjv.com. Since there is no user
> >by that name it gets tossed away.
>
> >I've modified the filters at the ISP and will probably get a ton of
> >junk until I get the registration email, and can revert that
> >'new' user I just added.
>
> >I've never seen anthing like this before. If anyone else is hvaing
> >problems like this, I thought you should know.
>
> >Bill
> >--
> >Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com
>
> Final followup.
>
> The IP of Pegasys was in a blocked list of know SPAM IPs from
> China. Got that fixed and got the registration.
>
> I will say that the Pegasys purchase/download is one of the most
> convoluted operations I've ever seen.
>
> If the SW weren't so good I'd have probably given up :-( & :-)
>
> Bill
> --
> Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com- Hide quoted text -
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I agree - this is a very easy to use piece of software. As to the
issue of ripping DVD's that an earlier post mentioned, this is indeed
a pain. My understanding is that you are legally allowed to make a
copy of your original DVD for backup purposes only. Only in the event
that the original is destroyed or becomes unusable are you allowed to
use it. But will all of the CSS and Macrovision that is now applied to
DVD's this is becoming increasingly more difficult.

I always rip my original DVD's upon purchase to my hard drive (I have
a 1 year old son and they don't last very long if left lying around!)
and have to use a combination of Slysoft AnyDVD and DVD Shrink. I was
using DVD XCopy Platinum until I upgraded to Vista upon which is
doesn't work! Ultimately, I intend to reencode all of these DVD's to
DivX to play on a hacked Xbox running XBMC. Interesting to know that
the menus will still function using DivX player but not others

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