downloaded films

[Addict]

if i was too dwnload a film of the net n it was in .avi format would i have to find a codec or sumin to make it run??

 

[James]

Assuming you are talking about legitametly downloaded publicly downloadable films that are all above-board and do not violate any copyright laws:

Try DivX or XviD

But only if what you downloaded is legal

James

 

[Titch]

DivX should do it, thats what i use anyway!

 

[Addict]

what else would i have 2 do so it could be played on a dvd player?

 

[Zephyr]

get VLC player (videolan) works great with many formats without any extra codecs can be used to even play ogm files n such type a search in google its a freeware dl

 

[Jim]

i'm currently trying to do similar things. i've tried using DVD Santa which does the lot all in one programme. But it took 3 minutes to convert 1 minute of footage, so it would have taken about 36 hours in total to convert what i wanted

anyone any idea why it takes so long? i've tried the conversion with cucosoft too and it's converting at a crappy 6fps. why is it so slow?

 

[goldstar0011]

http://home.hccnet.nl/h.edskes/mirror.htm

Here you can get a codec bundle so should contain all the most common and most of them have a program called Gspot (no idea why) that detects the codec used for a movie file

 

[Ed]

you will always need a powerfull cpu to encode to mpeg2. There is an awful lot to codecs. Far to much to go into here.

 

[NiteSite]

if you want to convert a film you've (legitimately, of course) downloaded to dvd format so you can burn to dvd and watch in your play use WinAVI Video Convertor - http://www.winavi.com/. takes about 35-45 minutes to convert a 90 minute film

 

[Layla]

www.amazon.co.uk
www.play.com
www.stopbeingtight.co.uk

just buy it

 

[kev_mono72]

www.stopbeingtight.co.uk

lmao

 

[Ed]

True though youll never get DVD quality unless you buy the DVD and its pretty clear this is intended for copyright covered films.

 

[Herr_spl1ff]

Does anyone have any similar recommendations for something to rip DVDs to pc? For legitimate backup reasons obviously...

 

[Layla]

so you can legitimately be illegal?
i took a photo of the message in the cinema telling me not to use a camera but thats about as far as my copyrite law breakings go

 

[Herr_spl1ff]

No, because I own DVDs but not a DVD player. I want to encode them on a friend's pc so I can watch them. If I had the money I would buy a DVD player... And a TV as I don't own one of them either. But I don't. Legitimate enough?

 

[Ed]

When players can be brought for less than DVDs now - not really lol

 

[goldstar0011]

Another question?
Whats the best program to encode to DivX including ripping my DVD's?

And if I have to defend my reason (which is stupid as I'm innocent till proven guilty) is that I'm planning to get a DVD DivX player (portable if possible) so I don't have to run the risk ruining my DVD's like I do for my CD's in the car

 

[Herr_spl1ff]

Check out www.doom9.org . Very comprehensive at all levels...

 

[Zephyr]

i "think" you can make "a" personal backup of stuff you have gone out n brought..."i think"

 

[kev_mono72]

as far as im aware you can make backups, but they have to be kept in the same building as the original or in a building owned by the same person... or something like that

 

[Retepetsir]

Does anyone have any similar recommendations for something to rip DVDs to pc? For legitimate backup reasons obviously...

DVD Decrypter.........

www.doom9.net has loads of stuff