Shamus_McFartfinger

Soooooooo........ you'll probably be capturing in either AVI or MPEG format, depending on your hardware. I won't go into the details on how this is done as it *is* outside the scope of this forum and this software but once you have your video in a format and size you can use, VSO DivXToDVD will convert it to the VOB, IFO and BUP files you need. It's then just a matter of getting ImgBurn to create an image file (ISO) from your source files or burning directly to disk.

Red is faster. Everyone knows that.

It actually told me defragging would be a good idea..... which I did. 90 minutes later and the drive looks the same now as it did before. I knew there was a reason I just don't bother anymore.

Welcome aboard and all that. Honestly, the first thing I'd do is ditch your media. Get some Verbatims or Taiyo Yuden media and see if it helps. Riteks just ain't what they used to be.

Check it out! How cool does this look?

LOL!! I know what it is. I bought my first computer the same year you were born. I gotta ask though, what the hell do you do with your 5 1/4" floppy drive? I haven't used one of those in so long I can barely remember them. I actually cleared out one of my "computer bits" cupboards about a month ago and found hundreds of them full of Soundtracker modules. (Amiga music modules).

Oh contrare, Your Munificence. Regardless of what the name of the new version happens to be, the old, free version specified above in my short (and obviously overlooked) diatribe is still VSO DivXToDVD. Even as we mortals tremble and quiver with the merest mention of your true name and that by correcting you I condemn myself to eternal torment in the pits of The Abyss where, on a daily basis, my testicles shall be removed and sewn to my armpits, I humbly submit that even one of your greatness cannot change the past. So there. <testicles in ready mode>

Authoring video DVDs is outside the scope of this software. Hence, no guides. If you need to convert a home movie, for example, from mpeg to dvd format then try VSO DivxToDVD. (The old, free version). Then load the newly created VOB files into ImgBurn. http://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=vso_DivXtoDVD

Defrag? What's that?

I often wondered this myself. After much searching last year (or whenever it was) I came to the conclusion that it couldn't be done. Anyone else?

I've always been a huge fan of freeware/shareware and PD software. Not becuase it's cheap but it's usually better supported, updates are frequent and the software does exactly what it says it'll do. ImgBurn, for example. There's some great stuff around if you look around a bit. Media Player Classic, Opera, ImgBurn, AudioGrabber and Open Office are proof that you don't have to fork over a furtune to enjoy your PC.

You're right about the brightness thingy. It's about the only thing MPC has missing. With the K-Lite codec pack installed, Media Player Classic will happily view Quicktime videos as well as bucketloads of other formats. MusicMatch is a great program but I find it bloated and slow. Afterall, it's basically an mp3 player/cd extractor with a few bells and whistles attached. I still use on old version of WinAmp for mp3s because it's fast. Newer versions of WinAmp can do internet radio just like MMJB. For extracting /ripping cds, AudioGrabber is a brilliant, simple and free tool.

Give me Media Player Classic anyday. It's faster and more flexible. It doesn't want to connect to the net every 5 minutes. It doesn't collect and transmit data about the user. It doesn't want to copy protect everything on your drive and it works on every windoze OS. Why would anyone want to use Windows Media Player?

Yep. Queensland (where I am for those who don't know), is one of the culprits still living in the 1900s. The latest reason given for not having daylight savings here is an expected increase in skin cancer rates because of longer hours spent in the sun. (Queensland is the skin cancer capital of the world). This truly brilliant fact comes from the same government who didn't institute daylight savings 15 years ago because it makes curtains fade more quickly and that milking cows would have been confused by it.

I can't make out any detail from the picture you've posted as it's way too small. Is it Qwix?

Okey dokey. 2 January 1967 Your date of conception was on or about 11 April 1966 which was a Monday. You were born on a Monday under the astrological sign Capricorn. Your Life path number is 8. Life Path Compatibility: You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 2, 4, 8, 11 & 22. You should get along well with those with the Life Path number 6. You may or may not get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 1 & 5. You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 3, 7 & 9. The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2439492.5. The golden number for 1967 is 11. The epact number for 1967 is 19. The year 1967 was not a leap year. Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 1/21/1966 and ending 2/8/1967. You were born in the Chinese year of the Horse. Your Native American Zodiac sign is Goose; your plant is Bramble. You were born in the Egyptian month of Famenoth, the third month of the season of Poret (Emergence - Fertile soil). Your date of birth on the Hebrew calendar is 20 Tevet 5727. Or if you were born after sundown then the date is 21 Tevet 5727. The Mayan Calendar long count date of your birthday is 12.17.13.6.8 which is 12 baktun 17 katun 13 tun 6 uinal 8 kin The Hijra (Islamic Calendar) date of your birth is Monday, 20 Ramadan 1386 (1386-9-20). The date of Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 26 March 1967. The date of Orthodox Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 30 April 1967. The date of Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent) on your birth year was Wednesday 8 February 1967. The date of Whitsun (Pentecost Sunday) in the year of your birth was Sunday 14 May 1967. The date of Whisuntide in the year of your birth was Sunday 21 May 1967. The date of Rosh Hashanah in the year of your birth was Thursday, 5 October 1967. The date of Passover in the year of your birth was Tuesday, 25 April 1967. The date of Mardi Gras on your birth year was Tuesday 7 February 1967. As of 10/28/2006 4:32:15 AM EDT You are 39 years old. You are 477 months old. You are 2,077 weeks old. You are 14,544 days old. You are 349,060 hours old. You are 20,943,632 minutes old. You are 1,256,617,935 seconds old. Celebrities who share your birthday:Kate Bosworth (1983) Taye Diggs (1971) Christy Turlington (1969) Cuba Gooding, Jr. (1968) Tia Carrere (1967) Gabrielle Carteris (1961) Alan Beckwith (1952) Dennis Hastert (1942) Jim Bakker (1939) Roger Miller (1936) Isaac Asimov (1920) Sally Rand (1904) Top songs of 1967 To Sir with Love by Lulu Daydream Believer by Monkees Windy by Association Ode to Billie Joe by Bobbie Gentry Somethin' Stupid by Nancy & Frank Sinatra Groovin' by Young Rascals The Letter by Box Tops Light My Fire by Doors Happy Together by Turtles Hello Goodbye by Beatles Your age is the equivalent of a dog that is 5.69236790606654 years old. (You're still chasing cats!) There are 66 days till your next birthday on which your cake will have 40 candles. Those 40 candles produce 40 BTUs, or 10,080 calories of heat (that's only 10.0800 food Calories!) . You can boil 4.57 US ounces of water with that many candles. In 1967 there were approximately 3.7 million births in the US. In 1967 the US population was approximately 179,323,175 people, 50.6 persons per square mile. In 1967 in the US there were approximately 1,800,000 marriages (9.3%) and 479,000 divorces (2.5%) In 1967 in the US there were approximately 1,712,000 deaths (9.5 per 1000) In the US a new person is born approximately every 8 seconds. In the US one person dies approximately every 12 seconds. In 1967 the population of Australia was approximately 11,912,253. In 1967 there were approximately 229,296 births in Australia. In 1967 in Australia there were approximately 100,000 marriages and 9,688 divorces. In 1967 in Australia there were approximately 102,703 deaths. Your birthstone is Garnet The Mystical properties of Garnet Garnet is used as a power stone Some lists consider these stones to be your birthstone. (Birthstone lists come from Jewelers, Tibet, Ayurvedic Indian medicine, and other sources) Emerald, Rose Quartz Your birth tree is Fir Tree, the Mysterious Extraordinary taste, dignity, cultivated airs, loves anything beautiful, moody, stubborn, tends to egoism but cares for those close to it,rather modest, very ambitious, talented, industrious uncontent lover, many friends, many foes, very reliable. There are 58 days till Christmas 2006! There are 71 days till Orthodox Christmas! The moon's phase on the day you were born was waning gibbous.

Never tried it but this one looks alright. http://www.burnatonce.com/

Definitely a case of too many anal probes.

Yes......... but not on a Friday.

Pah! Let them try, I say. It all seems pretty dependent on WMP - which I don't use anyway. As for not working on Linux - that may be stretching it a bit. Besides, do you not think that companies such as Cyberlink will take this to court? I know I would if a large chunk of my income came from royalties derived from inclusion of my software with the sale of DVD drives.

I still think it's the anal probes.

Alot depends on how the things are setup by the manufacturer. For example, some HP computers (like the crappy pavillion I once had) would only recognise a drive as master if it was connected to the middle of the IDE ribbon cable and slaves attached at the end (which is different to every other PC I've ever used). The CD-ROM would not boot the recovery CD unless the drive was configured as drive M: (which took me a while to figure out). More info would help alot.

Scully: Are you sure it's aired on a Tuesday or have the martian anal probes (and subsequent disorientation and unexplained time loss) convinced you that it's Tuesday when it's really Friday? Inquiring minds wish to know....... The truth is out there.

It?s basically the by-product slop produced during the fermentation of beer. The impurities, I suppose you?d call it. People either love it or hate it. I grew up on the stuff and still love it.

I know what you?re talking about. I remember someone doing this as part of a video aid for DVDD a few years ago. Was ?Blink? the name of the s/ware used?