DVD Backup & Video Encoding Blog

Frans releases live DVD
The Swazi Observer, Swaziland - Oct 16, 2006By Nhlanhla Mathunjwa. The live DVD recording was done a year ago at the Royal Swazi Spa Convention Centre. It features some of the …

GRAVE: ‘Enraptured’ DVD Bonus Features Detailed - Oct. 17, 2006
Blabbermouth.net, NY - Oct 17, 2006… Vocalist Ola comments: “The ‘Enraptured’ DVD recording in Warsaw, Poland went very well. Great production crew and organisation from Metal Mind. …

Arnie takes a stand for judgement day
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - Oct 12, 2006… to “whoever comes in after me”, the vaguely embittered allusions to “what the FFA wants to do”, the constant spruiking of his DVD recording talents - all were …

Watch the ‘News Idol’ auditions
Lancashire Evening Post, UK - Oct 5, 2006… The winner will also receive a DVD recording of their television debut, which will take place on the launch day of the new lep.co.uk site later this month. …

Win or lose, Cardinals fans stay true
Christian Science Monitor, MA - Oct 24, 2006… Days later he auctioned the frozen hot dog on eBay, with his DVD recording, for $300. Get all the Monitor’s headlines by e-mail. …

Always willing to lend a hand or leg around Halloween
Chicago Tribune - Because of that movie, `Pirates of the Caribbean.”‘ That gave me an idea: hooks. Online, I found the Deluxe Pirate Hook (”Captain Hook would be proud”) at DeadMenTellNoTales.com ($3.95). It was shiny silver; unfortunately, when I enlarged the image for

Here & Now
Herald News - Francis invites the community to view the movie, “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest ” at a Topnotch Theater event. The movie will be shown at 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. Oct. 27 and 28 in the university’s Moser Performing Arts Center auditorium, 500

Fireworks Fantasia to launch torpedo-like firework
Scoop - The Christchurch City Council-funded public fireworks display will run about 10 minutes, synchronised to music from the movie Pirates of the Caribbean and heard live on The Breeze radio station. Paul Collins of Fireworks International says the

New York City, MPAA, ‘piracy’ 
New ‘initiative’

Base of the Bridge Technology: Advancing SmartCD’TM’ Technology 
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA– - Base of the Bridge Technology is pleased to announce that it has secured ownership and control of www.baseofthebridge.com and www.baseofthebridgetech.com URLs.

Piracy gets top billing on visit 
Can Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa save Hollywood? The Los Angeles mayor, who is leaving for a 14-day trip to Asia this weekend, said Tuesday that rampant DVD piracy, which costs the major movie studios nearly $300 million a year, will be among the topics when he meets Chinese leaders.

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Pegasus Offering Apple iTV Clone, Now
PC Magazine - The Cynalynx functions as an a/b/g access point and will support most popular video for-mats, such as MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, and WMV, and audio formats including AVI, AAC, WAV, and MOV. The device cleverly packetizes and transmits the bits making up a

Cramer’s ‘Mad Money Lightning Round’: No Smirking at Merck
Street.Com - DivX ( DIVX - news - Cramer’s Take ): “I’m not backing away, DivX is in just the right spot, as is Akamai ( AKAM - news - Cramer’s Take ).” Sony ( SNE - news - Cramer’s Take ): “I cannot bless Sony. Why not go buy Apple Computer ( AAPL - news - Cramer’s Take

Cougars face Bruins in battle of the beaten-ups
Seattle Times - Alex Brink (10) will lead his Cougs today against UCLA, with the hopes of coming closer to a bowl bid and extending his streak of completions. PASADENA, Calif. The home team is trying to recover from a heart-ripping defeat that coach Karl Dorrell

Defense tries to block release of film before trial of alleged
Los Angeles Times - Storytellers have been ripping plots points from court files at least since the days of Shakespeare and television and movies lean heavily on courtroom procedurals. Bestseller lists, meanwhile, are replete with lawyers turned novelists such as

IN DEATH AS IN LIFE
Pioneer Press - Relatives and friends are ripping away old walls and getting the house ready for show. The kitchen is bare studs, and the family cooks with the crock-pot and the microwave in the dining room. Arellano’s stepbrother, Tony, walks down for a break. “What

All-in-one DVD copy software DVDFab 3.0.3.0 is out
CD Freaks.com, Netherlands - Oct 27, 2006… MP4 file. Remove all DVD copy protections, like CSS, RC, RCE, APS, UOPs, ARccOS, RipGuard, FluxDVD, CORE X2, etc. Constantly updated …

OOKING FOR A LITTLE INSPIRATION for this year’s Halloween costume?
Free Lance-Star - Pirates were hot last year, and with the new Johnny Depp movie ['Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest'] coming out this year, they’re a natural,” said Bonnie Seay, co-owner of Fantasy in Falmouth. The look can be as simple or elaborate as

Inky Fingers: Venturing into the Haunted Forest
Pine And Lakes News - My favorite fright station was the octopus pirate aboard the Black Pearl from the movie “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.” My friend jokingly called out “Where’s Johnny Depp?” Things became nostalgic when we sang The Itsy Bitsy Spider in

S.J. leading goal scorer Bianco embraces new role
Courier-Post - Favorite movie: “Pirates of the Caribbean, I actually think the second one was better than the first.” Music: “I’ve been listening to this new band called Hinder that I think is pretty good.” Food: Chinese (General Tso’s chicken) TV show: “Monk’ Best

February 2006
Out-Law - accused of failing FOI duties Patent Office ruling boosts BlackBerry case Consultation on checking for trade mark clashes Nominet responds to rule-change concerns FTC settles with CardSystems over data breach New police unit targets movie pirates Man fined

YoHoYoHo It’s a Pirates Costume for SCV
Signal - Reena Newhall, co-owner with her husband, Tony, of A Chorus Line Dancewear and Costumes in Valencia, said pirates are the big winner this year, due to the popularity of the summer movie “Pirates of the Caribbean: Deadman’s Chest.” “All the kids come

Convert youtube, Google flash video to DVD
Super does not let me select anything other than gif, the drop down list is empty and transparent. I ran regsvr32 C:\Program Files\ flvsplitter \flvsplitter.ax command and used the extract program to get mp3 and avi tmpgenc plus does not support the avi and you cannot play the avi in media player. I do have flvplayer 1.3.3 installed so hope …

Read Steve Coad’s football picks in our Sports pages 
Sooner or later, you’ll find yourself watching a fully computerized TV set in your living room. But hey –why wait? You can get your hands on a Mac mini right now. It can record digital videos and you can play games on it, get music online and surf the Internet right from your living room.

Go for the mini 
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Digital rights and wrongs 
Consumers are collateral damage in the war against pirates, writes Michael Dwyer. -

Panasonic DMR-ES45V 
Excellent recording quality and an HDMI output make the Panasonic DMR-ES45V a top contender in the DVD/VHS recorder market.

Software Provides DVDs on Demand 
Sonic and Macrovision’s program would enable retailers to download and burn films legally.

Briefing: Sonic and Macrovision offer on-demand discs 
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DeCSS author recreates FairPlay DRM 
The author of DeCSS — which circumvents Macrovision protection on movie DVDs — has successfully recreated Apple’s FairPlay DRM (Digital Rights Management), and has spoken with Apple CEO Steve Jobs about potential plans to offer legal licenses to ot…

DVD Jon opens Apple DRM for profit and pleasure 
With Jobs’s blessing? Umm… DVD Jon is back in the public eye with a method of reverse-engineering Fairplay, Apple’s digital rights management software. He thinks Apple won’t stop his efforts to turn his technology into cash.

DVD Jon reverse engineers Apple’s FairPlay 
DVD Jon is probably most well-known for cracking the copy protection code for commercial DVDs using his DeCSS program. On top of that, he walked away from an Oslo court without charges relating to breaking that protection (see our previous coverage ).

Hacker ‘DVD Jon’ claims to have cracked iPod, iTunes restrictions 
SAN JOSE, California (AP): A Norwegian hacker known for cracking the copy-protection technology in DVDs claims to have unlocked the playback restrictions of Apple Computer Inc.’s iPod and iTunes music products and plans to license his code to others.