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Toast 8
Toast is the comprehensive, all-in-one DVD and CD burner software that enables you to create, organize, share and store all of your digital content on CDs or DVDs on your MAC. Turn DivX files into DVDs. Create stunning multi-image HD slideshows with collages, motion effects, titles and background soundtracks.

Guide for extracting menus for editing, and reinserting edited menus
I don’t use commercial authoring programs, so others will know better the answer to your question. You can reauthor, creating a completely new menu, with many programs, commercial or free. A lot of people here like TMPGEnc DVD Author . It accepts VOB input I believe. I also believe it has a 30 day trial. Maybe you’ll like it better. I like DVDAut…

Lightscribe - CDs (Philips) look great, DVDs (HP) look crappy
Verbatim, eh? Don’t flame me, guys, but of all the lightscribe media that I’ve burned, HP discs seem to fade the least. Memorex LS discs, that I’ve labeled less than a year ago, have completed faded, to the point of non-recognition (labels have nearly disappeared)! Next, worst, TDK, then comes verbatim. Is anybody else experience this kind of f…

The *NEW* DVP642/37 manufactured Oct ‘06
My point is simple and not trolling … the Philips DVP-5140 and DVP-5960 are far superior to the DVP-642 and both have been out since at least late summer 2006 if not earlier. Several people in this thread indicated that they only somewhat recently bought a DVP-642 so my answer to them is WRONG DECISION and since some retail stores offer up to …

Consoles: PS2 - DVD backup discussion: how do I back up the following files to disk
Latest post to a thread “how do I back up the following files to disk” has been made by orthogonl at 8 January 2007 20:04

DivXLand Media Subtitler 2.0.5
DivXLand Media Subtitler allows the user to manually subtitle movies and videos while viewing the applied captions on the fly. It includes some features like automatic timing limit, easy caption edition, and offers 2 modes for applying of captions.

Net Transport 2.27b
Net Transport is the fastest and most powerful downloading tool and streaming media download tool that you ever saw, now support the most prevalent Internet protocols, including: HTTP / HTTPS, FTP / through SSL / SFTP, MMS , RTSP, PNM and streaming media like ASF, WMV, MOV, RM, RAM, RVB, etc.

WinFF 0.23
Winff is a frontend for FFMPEG that runs on Windows XP. It will convert most any video file that FFmpeg will convert. WinFF does multiple files in multiple formats at one time. You can for example convert mpegs, flvs, and movs, all into avis all at once.

Miss Potter 
(2006) Starring: Renee Zellweger , Ewan McGregor Director: Chris Noonan Synopsis: Children’s author Beatrix Potter battles an overbearing mother and the sexism of Victorian England so she may be able to pursue her art.

Harvey Karten Movie Review: “Night at the Museum” (2006) 
Night at the Museum (2006) — A good-hearted but bumbling security guard at the Museum of Natural History accidentally trips an ancient curse which causes the animals and gigantic insects along with Mayans, Roman Gladiators, and cowboys on display to come to life, causing havoc in the city.

Pan’s Labyrinth 
(2006) Starring: Maribel Verdu , Ivana Baquero Director: Guillermo Del Toro Synopsis: A lonely young girl concocts a fantasy world in which to escape from her dreary life in 1940s Spain.

Grokster ‘comforts’ BitTorrent 
—– Ashwin Navin

Thrills come from `Thr3e’s’ sources 
A whacked-out serial killer, obsessed with the number three and telephone terrorism. A seminary student who may be his next victim. Riddles that, if answered properly, might keep death at bay.

Sohu.com fined $140,000 
‘Acknowledgment of wrongdoing’

DivX, Inc. Joins Russell 3000 Index 
SAN DIEGO—-DivX, Inc. announced today that it will join the Russell 3000 Index and the small-cap Russell 2000 Index when Russell Investment Group reconstitutes its family of U.S. indexes on December 15.

Hackers Claim HD DVD Encryption Circumvented 
BackupHDDVD may be this generations DeCSS…

Netgear EVA700 Digital Entertainer 
To latch onto Intel Viiv technology, here’s the new Netgear EVA700 digital entertainer that offers both wired and wireless streaming of media content.

DVD-copying format OK’d 
A new arrangement allows consumers to burn digital movie downloads to disk. Hollywood studios have approved a new technology and licensing arrangement that should remove a major obstacle consumers now face with burning movies they buy digitally over the Internet onto a DVD that will play everywhere.

Cinematic box sets from 2006 pack a lot of punch 
The first week of January is typically dead for DVD. Before we take on a new year, though, here’s a sampling of 2006 DVD releases that were available only in box sets devoted to stars or directors. I don’t like the all-or-nothing trend, but I was still extremely grateful to see:

Battersby tops slimming DVD chart 
Vicky Entwistle, Corrie’s Janice Battersby, is topping the fitness DVD charts.

Toshiba readies desktop HD DVD drive 
( InfoWorld ) - Toshiba will release a desktop PC version of its HD DVD writer next month in a move to boost support for the next-generation optical disc format. The release will follow the launch of a notebook version last year. Both the new SD-H903A desktop drive and last year’s notebook drive provide read and write support not only for the new HD DVD format but also the CD and DVD …

Corel(R) Announces Update to InterVideo DVD Copy(TM) 5 
LAS VEGAS—-Corel Corporation , a leading provider of digital media software, today announced an update to the InterVideo DVD Copy 5 Platinum software. Featuring simplified copy, conversion and burning capabilities, DVD Copy 5 is designed for consumers who want a fast, easy way to safeguard and share their personal video, music, photo and data files and for those who want to enjoy their …

The Nativity Story
Birmingham News - Lambert and Stuart Levy; production designed by Stefano Maria Ortolani; music by Mychael Danna; produced by Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey. A New Line Cinema release. Running time: 1:42. MPAA rating: PG (some violent content). Mary - Keisha Castle-Hughes

‘Home of the Brave’: Portrayal of Iraq vets honorable, but film’s
Jackson Clarion-Ledger - Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Brian Pressley, Jessica Biel, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson. Director: Irwin Winkler. The skinny: **1/2 (of 4 stars). MPAA rating: R (war violence, language). Home of the Brave wants to do for Iraq war veterans what The Best

Freedom Writers
Variety - MPAA Rating: PG-13. Running time: 123 MIN. Variety is striving to present the most thorough review database. To report inaccuracies in review credits, please click here . We do not currently list below-the-line credits, although we hope to include

Sort by MPAA Ratings: G PG PG-13 R NR
Detroit News - When a young seminary student is targeted by a psychopathic killer, he joins forces with a criminal psychologist whose brother was murdered by the same madman. Together they must unravel the killer’s riddles and catch him before he strikes again, but

Latest News
dBusinessNews.com - BitTorrent has worked closely with the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) to remove copyright infringing content from its website in order to create a safe place for consumers to interact with the technology. Over 20 film studios and

FT Briefing: HD-DVD and Blu-ray 
What are HD-DVD and Blu-Ray? Both Blu-Ray and HD-DVD are new types of laser-disc technology for storing high-definition video, using shorter-wave blue lasers rather than the red lasers used in todays DVDs.

Panasonic Introduces New 3CCD High Definition AVCHD Camcorders 
SECAUCUS, N.J., Dec. 7 /PRNewswire/ — Panasonic today announced two all- new High Definition video camcorders designed to keep pace with the continued evolution in video toward larger TV screens and higher definition video content.

Jersey Journal Update 
Jersey City burglars were ready to party on New Year’s Eve after taking a case of champagne and a total of more than $11,000 in cash and other merchandise from a city liquor store, officials said today.

Lilburn council pushes for tax allocation district 
LILBURN If the Lilburn City Council gets its wish, Lilburn residents may be voting on a special tax allocation district next November. As part of state law, the council must request the state legislature allow the issue to appear on the next ballot.

Aleratec Captures Editor’s Choice for Scaleable LightScribe DVD/CD Publishing System 
CHATSWORTH, Calif., Dec. 4, 2006 — Aleratec, developer and manufacturer of Aleratec Award Winning DVD/CD Duplicating and Publishing Solutions, is very pleased to announce that the “Only from Aleratec” 1:2 DVD/CD Copy Cruiser Pro LX has earned EMediaLive’s Editor’s Choice distinction.

Panasonic Introduces New 3CCD High Definition AVCHD Camcorders 
Two New HD Video Camcorders For SDHC or DVD Recording

Cyberlink denies PowerDVD problem created BackupHDDVD
Cyberlink, the company behind the infamous PowerDVD line of software has denied that there is a vulnerability present in its software that would ultimately allow the decryption of AACS on a HD DVD disc…

Mobile devices: Nokia: Unlock a 6102i
Latest post to a thread “Unlock a 6102i” has been made by Steelgaze at 2 January 2007 14:18

Quick question about conversion
In Nero Burning ROM: File -> New:

MeGUI 0.2.4.1026
MeGUI is the most comprehensive GUI based ISO MPEG-4 solution. It suports MPEG-4 ASP (XviD & libavcodec MPEG-4) using mencoder, MPEG-4 AVC (x264) using x264 CLI or mencoder, (HE)AAC audio using BeSweet & Nero AAC encoder and MP4 muxing using mp4box.

Bounty Hunters
Egypt Today - When a representative of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) recently met with Egyptian distributors, producers and filmmakers to discuss the protection of American films in Egypt, he was asked in turn: What about protecting our films

Hard questions for the entertainment industry
Ars Technica - The entertainment industry and the EFF have been at each other for years , and the EFF has just launched the latest salvo in the war of words between the two groups. It’s a list of “tough questions” to ask MPAA and RIAA reps, questions designed to

Liberty Media secures DirecTV stake
Advanced Television - China piracy crackdown with MPAA China has agreed with the Motion Picture Association of America and other groups to do more to tackle copyright piracy on the Internet. China’s National Copyright Administration said the country would

Falcon Northwest Mach V (Quad-Core)
ABC News - Dec 5, 2006… Mach V. Not surprisingly, the Mach V proved equally adept on our non-gaming benchmark tests particularly in video encoding. The …

Three Apple patents surface
ipodnn, CA - Dec 5, 2006… media storage device,’ ‘Computer controlled display device,’ ‘Computing Device,’ and ‘Dynamic selection of field/frame-based MPEG video encoding.’ The ‘Hot …

Not So High on High Definition
Multichannel News (subscription), NY - Dec 16, 2006… moving to switched broadcast video, which transmits a program only when one or more subscribers are watching it; or adopting MPEG-4 video encoding, which is …

Motorola Plans To Boost IPTV Set-Top Boxes With Tut Acquisition
TechWeb - Dec 21, 2006… Tut, based in Lake Oswego, Ore., sells digital video encoding, processing, and distribution products that support local ad insertion, real-time conditioning of …

Fujitsu to Release H.264 Format Video-Processing LSI Chip …
Japan Corporate News (press release), Japan - Nov 30, 2006… 2. 1. H.264: A video-encoding format, noted for offering more compression than MPEG-2 and other earlier formats. Jointly promulgated …