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[Mainter]

rusty dont play stupid (if you want $800 in free software illegally you have to tell us then just then maybe we will help you(but we do not premote illegal software to just anybody (you have to grow a close connection to the 12oz family

[228.504.562]

yes, $800 in free photoshop software would be nice!

 

:)

[lord_casek]

wow! i spent $15 at compusa on a solid copper heatsink/fan for the vga.

came with some minisinks for the ram. i lowered my temp a good 10c or more.

fucking awesome!

[After School Special]

This is a pretty noob question.

 

I got an xBox 360, and my girlfriend gave me a tv when she moved to her new spot.

 

The back of the tv has ports for dark green, dark blue, and dark red, along with the standard red white and yellow ports.

 

I plugged 5 ports into my tv (the exception being the yellow video cable).

 

I was hoping that this meant that my new TV was HD, but when I flip the HD switch on the video cable it stops showing picture.

 

What gives? What are these wires?

[After School Special]

my bad

[lord_casek]

http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-7608_7-1016109-5.html

 

scroll down on that page.

[After School Special]

3 of those options look the same to me... =(

[lord_casek]

this would be it, man

the progressive component

http://www.projectorcentral.com/component.htm

[lord_casek]

in other qwords, what i'm trying to tell you is that those aren't hidef connectors.

they will improve your colors, though.

[Mainter]

lightning sucks major ass, computer got struck (my UPS"uninterrupted power supply" saved the day well almost anyway, i was using partition magic to expand my partitions (when it was in the middle of it BLAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! took a straight hit blacked out the computer for like a millisecond because it got hit so hard ............so anyway the computer got all fucked up it was in the middle of moving clusters to one partition to the other and i could not do shit had to format it.

 

thank you backups i don't know where i would be without you

[lord_casek]

ouch. good deal on the backups.

[Mainter]

google to buy facebook (((((yeah!@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! KILL MYSPACE))))))))))))))))

[Mainter]

bump

[Guest R@ndomH3ro]

Beep Boo Boo Beep Boop

 

Not really computer oriented but anybody got a good place to buy a laptop bag....mine went kaput and I need a cool replacement that will hug my laptop with saftey and also carry all my shit. (ie: Books, Notebooks, Mp3 Player, Goverment Secrets) Need one not to big cause I will also use it to travel.....

 

So far looking at this thing

 

but its a little pricey.

[lord_casek]

[Guest R@ndomH3ro]

 

I found a bag just for you Casek, now you can be the talk of the drum circle! :)

[Guest R@ndomH3ro]

Dood and how did I get affiliated with Fox News?? I dont even like Fox News....

 

Casek you and I are more alike then you know. :shook:

[lord_casek]

hahahaha. excellent.

 

we are alike, except it's like that movie twins.

you're danny devito.

 

[earmuffs]

I need a program for converting avi and such files to dvd.. need to get files off my computer.

[lord_casek]

I need a program for converting avi and such files to dvd.. need to get files off my computer.

 

 

i'll send you a PM in just a moment.

[After School Special]

I have a program called mac the ripper.

 

It rips dvds into TS and TV files?

 

Wait that's not right, but I know you'll understand what I mean.

 

Anyways the problem is that when I later go to put them on a DVD the files are WAY bigger than the dvd.

 

Any ideas?

[defyoner]

wow! i spent $15 at compusa on a solid copper heatsink/fan for the vga.

came with some minisinks for the ram. i lowered my temp a good 10c or more.

fucking awesome!

 

 

i gots to do that too.

 

interms of all the video cable questions.

 

--Ranked Lowest to highest in Video Quality--

 

RF Modulator. (old school)

Composite (Red White Yellow)

S-Video (single connector, use Composite audio)

Component (not quite HD but as close as most will get)

HDMI (true HD)

[lord_casek]

I have a program called mac the ripper.

 

It rips dvds into TS and TV files?

 

Wait that's not right, but I know you'll understand what I mean.

 

Anyways the problem is that when I later go to put them on a DVD the files are WAY bigger than the dvd.

 

Any ideas?

 

 

to convert to dvd, they need to be in vob, mpeg2, etc.

.vob is the standard.

 

MACINTOSH DVD RIPPING TUTORIAL BY MEDIAGURU

 

After reading through some message boards I realized there

were many newbies who simply didn't know the process. I

typed this up quickly and I'm sure it's not perfect. I'll revise it

if I find mistakes sometime....

 

There are several good ways to rip and burn a dvd on the mac

in OSX. I'm able to rip/compress/burn with my dual G5 in

less than an hour. These steps are fairly detailed but once

you have your preferences set it will be as simple as a couple

of mouse clicks per rip/compress/burn.

 

There are 3 basic applications you will need to backup a

commercial dvd:

1. A RIPPER such as Mac The Ripper, DVDBackup1,3 or OSEX

2. A COMPRESSOR: If the ripped files are over 4.3GB then

you'll need to compress to reduce the file size.

3. BURNING SOFTWARE: burn with toast.

 

MY FAVORITE WAY TO RIP/COMPRESS/BURN: (Mac The Ripper

+ DVD2ONEX + Toast)

 

RIP

 

I prefer to use Mac The Ripper to rip. It has many great

features including the ability to rip full disc, movie only,

titlesets, chapter selction, disable user operations, de-

macrovision, reset RCE Region and more. It has come to my

attention however that using MTR in "main feature only" mode

may result in an unplayable rip. If that is the case rip the

whole disc just to be sure.

Update: There is a new version of MTR: 2.6.6

I don't know if the movie only problem is fixed

but there are other improvements. Download MTR here: http://www.speedisc.com/downloads/

 

1. Put the dvd in your mac.

2. Quit dvd player if it starts up

3. Run Mac The Ripper (MTR)

4. MTR will default with full disc rip (Movie only doesn't work

currently up to version 2.6. So don't rip movie only for now!)

5. Hit "GO" and MTR will rip the disc to your hard drive.

6. I usually title my rips like this STAR_TREK_RIP

 

COMPRESS

 

SKIP the compress stage if your RIP is 4.3GB or less! (Unless

you want to strip some extras or use some of the features of

dvd2onex).

 

1. Run DVD2ONEX

2. Decide if you want to compress the MOVIE ONLY, WHOLE

DISC or use the JOIN MODE

 

MOVIE ONLY mode is usually what I use. I want to preserve

the quality of the MOVIE and I don't usually care about the

extra features. If you can strip the extras and unwanted

languages ect, you can have more space for higher quality

DVD video.

 

WHOLE DISC mode is obviously for compressing the entire

dvd. It is to be used if you wish to preserve all extras,

previews, fbi warnings and subtitles. You can still de-select

some audio tracks.

 

JOIN MODE is good for RIPS that may contain several

"episodes" on one DVD. For instance a Star Trek dvd will have

4 episodes. I used join mode to "Join" two episodes together

onto ONE dvd. Using join mode in this way preserves ALL of

the video quality. You could also use join mode to COMBINE

TWO DVD'S. Say you have two DVD's that are 1 hour each.

You could "join" them and make 1 dvd. HOWEVER, using join

mode to combine titles could result in lower quality video.

 

YOU CAN SPLIT A DVD INTO TWO, OR SELECT A PORTION OF

THE DVD WITH CELL/CHAPTER/LAYER (under the selections

tab).

If you want to split the disc you can select layer to split where

the layers switch. OR you can select chapter and select the

first half of the chapters for disc one and the 2nd half of the

chapters for disc two. This would most likely result in split

disc with no quality loss at all.

 

3. Once you've selected the correct mode you may need to

select which chapters, audio tracks and subtitles you want.

4. Select START and DVD2ONEX will ask you for a location for

the new compressed data.

5. Create a new folder and DVD2ONEX will put the VIDEO_TS

and AUDIO_TS folder in there!

6. I'll usually title my compressed files like this:

STAR_TREK_DVD

 

AN ALTERNATIVE TO COMPRESSION THAT SHRINKS THE

DISC SIZE AND KEEPS THE MAIN MENU! ALSO A "MANUAL"

WAY TO SPLIT THE DVD WITH MENUS ON BOTH!

(before you do this you may want to try the way I describe to

split above with dvd2onex).

 

WARNING: this may result in an unplayable dvd however so be

warned!

 

If you have a DVD that is larger than 4.3gb but contains tons

of extra features, deleted scenes etc you can try a little

experiment.

 

The basic structure of the DVD will have:

 

DISC_TITLE

-VIDEO_TS

(inside video_ts are some files with .IFO .BUP .VOB)

The ifo file has the basic "instructions" for the player. It is

basically a text file telling the player what to play when.

 

The .VOB is a "Video Object" which contains the mpeg2 video

and audio.

 

There will be several VOB files: VTS_01_1.VOB, VTS_01_2.VOB

etc. The max size for 1 vob file is about 1GB. If you have say

6 or 7 VOBS and you want just the main feature try this: Take

out VOBS 5, 6 & 7. See if you are under 4.3GB. If you are

then load up DVD Player and try to play the VIDEO_TS folder.

Go to the last chapter or two of the disc and try to play them.

Play it out to the end of the movie. If it is all there you are

good to go. If not, then the mpeg2 compression is too big

and you'll have to compress it.

 

If you want to save the extras the opposite of the above works

as well. Just make a version with the .IFO .BUP and the last

few .VOBs. You'll retain the main menu and have a disc with

the extras!

 

If you have a DVD with basically NO special features or extras

and you want to split it into two discs and thus have NO

compression then you can do the same. Make disc one with

the .IFO and .BUP files along with the first half of the .VOBs.

Then make the 2nd disc with the .IFO and .BUP with the 2nd

half of the .VOBs. You won't know where your split is until

you play it though and there may be some overlap but hey it

will work!

 

If you want to save the extras the opposite of the above works

as well. Just make a version with the .IFO .BUP and the last

few .VOBs. You'll retain the main menu and have a disc with

the extras!

 

In these scenarios you may need to keep the first VOB if your

menus are not there! EXPERIMENT!

 

Once again I warn you that you may make some coasters this

way. Test your VIDEO_TS folders with DVD Player!

 

BURN

 

Using TOAST 6

 

1. Run toast 6.X

2. Select the DATA tab

3. Under the disc options window tab, select ADVANCED

4. Select "DVD-ROM (UDF)"

5. Select "New Disc" and name it with CAPS_ONLY_LIKE_THIS

(no spaces)

6. Add your new VIDEO_TS folder to the disc.

7. Add or create an AUDIO_TS folder, even if it is empty.

(Some players like to see this folder)

8. Burn (Use slowest speed you can stand to wait for)

DO NOT USE THE "VIDEO" TAB. This is for creating VideoCD,

or DVD from video files such as MPG, AVI etc. It is NOT for

burning DVD from ripped files!!! This is something MANY

people don't understand!!!

8.5 In version 6.0.7 I believe you CAN burn a "DVD From

VIDEO_TS Folder" from the Video tab.

 

That's it!

 

YOU CAN'T USE DISK UTILITY TO BURN DVD VIDEOS!:

DVD video discs are "UDF" format. Disc utility doesn't do UDF!

 

OTHER APPS:

 

You can use DVDBackup1.3 or OSEX instead of MTR. OSEX is

kind of buggy but sometimes can drip a DVD that other

programs can't. Use OSEX as a 3rd option.

 

USING DVDBACKUP1.3:

 

1. Put DVD in player

2. Play the DVD in apple's DVD player for a few seconds. I

usually start the main feature and scan through some of the

chapters. The encryption keys are stored IN the DVD player.

If you don't do this your rip may not work.

3. Quit DVD player and run DVDBackup1.3

4. Drag the dvd's disc icon from the desktop to the window in

DVDBackup. You'll then see the files in the dvd.

5. Hit "Process Files" and the program will ask you to create a

new VIDEO_TS folder. It will then decrypt the files to that

folder.

Proceed to Compress or Burn mode when the rip is done.

 

OSEX

 

OSEX is one of (if not THE) the first mac OSX rippers. It has

some

nice selections like extracting to quicktime, chapter selections

etc. It does like to crash when there is dvd-rom data for the

computer on the dvd. Sometimes OSEX will extract a dvd

when other apps won't. Nice as a 2nd or 3rd backup for

ripping.

 

DVDRemaster:

 

I usually use DVD2ONEX but DVDRemaster has very high

quality compression. It does lack many of the features

DVD2ONEX has like join, movie only etc. But for a full disc

recompress it works quite well. It does allow you to select

two different ways to recompress and different audio track

selection.

 

The M2VDownsizer is a very high quality mode that actually

recompresses the video. I can't tell a difference in the video

quality of a dvd-9 or a dvd-5 with m2vdownsizer

compression! It can take a LONG time depending on your

machine. On my dual G5/2ghz it takes about 4 hours.

 

DVDXDV:

 

Use this great program to extract parts of a DVD to quicktime.

Works awesome, but doesn't decrypt. So if you want to

convert part of a commercial dvd, you'll need to rip it first.

 

FAST DVD COPY:

 

Nice for 1 click copying of a commercial dvd!

 

If you simply want to click one button and have virtually NO

control over the content then take a look at FastDVDCopy. I

don't recommend this way personally.

 

WHEN NOTHING ELSE WORKS

 

I have a couple of macs that can boot in OS9. There's an old

app (I believe the very first on the mac) for ripping. It is called

DVDExtractor.9b. It will rip the disc and make a disc image of

it. I've had discs that couldn't be ripped with any of the osx

rippers but DID rip correctly with DVDExtractor.

 

 

 

P.S.

http://forums.afterdawn.com/forum_view.cfm/56%A3%AC%C0%EF%C3%E6%B5%C4%D7%CA%D1%B6%D2%B2%D0%ED%BB%E1%B6%D4%C4%E3%D3%D0%B0%EF%D6%FA:)%C8%E7%B9%FB%C4%E3%D3%D0%B8%FC%B6%E0%B5%C4%B7%A2%CF%D6%A3%AC%BB%B6%D3%AD%BB%D8%C0%B4%BA%CD%B4%F3%BC%D2%B7%D6%CF%ED%A1%A3

[lord_casek]

i gots to do that too.

 

interms of all the video cable questions.

 

--Ranked Lowest to highest in Video Quality--

 

RF Modulator. (old school)

Composite (Red White Yellow)

S-Video (single connector, use Composite audio)

Component (not quite HD but as close as most will get)

HDMI (true HD)

 

 

man, compusa has those pure copper vga coolers. dude! what a value!

$15 for pure copper! i felt awesome as i picked it up to inspect it. seems to work

pretty well, too.

[defyoner]

nice. im getting more ram in the mail tommorow to replace the busted joints.. still havent decided if i should return the 2 gb dual chan that only has 1 stick working or if i should just push 3gb.

[lord_casek]

nice. im getting more ram in the mail tommorow to replace the busted joints.. still havent decided if i should return the 2 gb dual chan that only has 1 stick working or if i should just push 3gb.

 

 

push 3 gigs man. btw: eXPerience just release a verison of windows server 2k3.

boasts better frame rates in games, better loading speed (1/3 the time it takes windows xp to load half life 2), etc. etc.

only 300 megs.

[After School Special]

thanks casek

 

I could use google

 

But I prefer the human interaction

 

; )

[lord_casek]

thanks casek

 

I could use google

 

But I prefer the human interaction

 

; )

 

at the bottom of that big schpiel is a link to afterdawn forums.

that place is the shit. it taught me a ton about video/audio

and ripping/converting.

 

i don't know much about macs, but they do. join the forum after you find your solution.

it's worth it for people to know how to do that type of stuff.

[defyoner]

meanwhile.

 

[lord_casek]

haha. man, i need to go drink beer and place another ad in the paper.

mo' money, mo' problems.