Posted on 06/01/2011 4:23:05 PM PDT by Jabba the Nutt
I have various tech needs that I'm looking for solutions for. Ideas? Bueller....Bueller....Bueller....
There’s a village about 1.5 miles as the crow flies. That’s where the rural telephone company is with maybe 2000 customers. The had DSL for a year without telling me. Last I heard, 3 of us pay for their fastest DSL. Yeah, it’s not Wagonwheel Montana, 60 miles from Riley. Wagonwheel has 1 blinker and Riley had 2 blinkers, this from memory 20 years ago.
I was at the local home show, they were saying Satellite was about the same speed as DSL. They were talking up Wireless Internet. I learned that for that option, you need a direct line of sight. If trees are in the way, no can do.
WackySam, I have no idea what you’re talking about with the rabbit. BTW, I’ve seen more rabbits today along the roads, than I ever have. The turtles are migrating too and I brake for turtles.
Thanks for the ideas. I’ll let you know which way I go. It may be in a month or so.
Greysard reports that top internet speed is 25 Mbps, but you get 160 mbps. What’s the technology and will it come to the US and to the rural areas in my lifetime? (rhetorical question)
I have cable Internet. These are fairly standard speeds. 25 Mbps is probably the upper limit for DSL. We also have a huge fibre infrastructure here, so high speed cable is ubiquitous.
I can’t help with hints regarding your internet service, or cell phone; but I can hopefully offer some ideas regarding dvds.. some here have mentioned DVD-Decrypter..this was a great software..when it was continually updated. However, DVD-Decrypter has not been updated for YEARS now; in reality, it’s a dead software. Sure, it may work for dvds that were released 5 years ago. But there have been many new encryption schemes developed since DVD Decrypter was last updated. I’d stay away from DVD Decrypter.
A poster has recommended ANYDVD; this is a great software, continually updated, and works well with all fairly new releases. ANYDVD is PAYware. Sure, it’s free to use for 21 days. Then it locks, until you PAY their fee. ANYDVD is available on a SUBSCRIPTION basis only. I think it’s 55 dollars per 3 years. More for use of ANYDVD HD. Yes, it works well, and is highly recommended. But it IS payware. (ANYDVD and ANYDVD HD is essentially a driver..it will allow the clean transfer of DVD and Blu Ray content (movie only OR full dvd) to your hard drive.) Here is their website = http://www.slysoft.com/en/anydvd.html
The only OTHER software worth considering is DVDFAB. (www.dvdfab.com) It too is PAYWARE. This software is not considered to be as good as ANYDVD. However, it is continually updated, so anyone is able to cleanly copy movie only or full dvds and blurays to the hard drive. Their priceing structure is sort of convoluted. The website says that the cost is 50 dollars. But it’s not clear if that is merely a cost of subscription. I think it’s free to use for 30 days, then it also locks. DVDFAB can rip the dvd, then “Shrink” it to fit a blank dvd, then burn the content to a dvd. HOWEVER, after the FREE TO USE period of 30 days is up; DVDFAB can STILL be used to rip dvd content directly to the hard drive for FREE. This is a great thing, especially if that is what you intended in the first place.
Many people are doing what you’ve suggested, placing dvd content on hard drives, then watching this content on their tv sets. however, most dvd CONTENT can be anywhere from 5-8 gigs PER DVD. So, many people COMPRESS this content to a manageable level. A LOT of people use the MKV container to do this. Many people use a software named MAKEMKV to do this. While this software is in BETA mode, it’s free to use. Here’s the website = http://www.makemkv.com/
There are other MKV softwares available. Do the research. The best site to learn how to do video is www.videohelp.com One word of recommendation.. if you wish to watch these videos on your HDTV set..please use a HDMI cable..you may well have to install an HD VIDEO CARD that has a HDMI port in your computer, then you can use the HDMI cable to transfer the video to your tv set, to see great looking video on your HDTV set.
I’ve suggested software that will work for standard dvds. A lot of people are also storing BLU RAY content as well. If you have a BLU RAY player in your computer, you can rip Blu Ray content to your harddrive, then use MAKEMKV or BDRebuilder to convert the blu ray content to different containers.
Yeah, this is a lot of information to digest. However, it’s fun, and easy to do IF you follow instructions well. Again, the BEST place to learn about video is www.videohelp.com
Have fun with your video projects ! :>)
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