DVD Backup & Video Encoding Blog

Winamp Full v5.34 Build 1239
Nullsoft Winamp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity media player for Windows.

Weird Question
So as long as it has a DVD-ROM drive, it can read it and then I can burn it with dvd burner? ok, thanks!

ffdshow r1090 2007-04-05
ffdshow is a DirectShow decoding filter for decompressing AVI, DivX, XviD, WMV, MPG, MPEG2(SVCD, DVD), H264, AC3, DTS, AAC with image postprocessing like video noise removing filters and audio postprocessing like output all kind of audio as ac3 using the SPDIF. It also has subtitle features.

‘Free’ music has its price 
If you’ve had a recent conversation with friends about the music scene, one person in the group will usually admit to illegally downloading music from the Internet.

Avishai Cohen-Live at the Blue Note - April 17-22 
. . . one of the best double-bassists in the world. - Kerstan Mackness, Time Out London He’s a genius musician . . . a great composer with a really solid vision of the music he wants to make. Working with him has been very refreshing.

adaptec gamebridgetv cant install!!!!!!!!????
theres noone that knows how to fix this? and noone that knows of sofware that works with it?

DVDauthorgui question.
From the manual: Up to 99 titles total can be added. These titles should be the same resolution and framerate in order to keep the dvd compliant. DVDAuthorgui will not warn the user of this. Regards, George Actually, I’d heard that … but that the 99 titles have to be “split” among different titlesets. I want to keep them in the sa…

TSO’s ‘first lady’ dies 
Retired Florida State University voice professor, soaring soprano and Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra “first lady” Janice Harsanyi died Wednesday of heart failure. She was 77.

Avishai Cohen-Live at the Blue Note - April 17-22 
. . . one of the best double-bassists in the world. - Kerstan Mackness, Time Out London He’s a genius musician . . . a great composer with a really solid vision of the music he wants to make. Working with him has been very refreshing.

Plextor Ships 12x DVD-RAM Burner 
Plextor has started to ship the TurboPlex PX-800A DVD Super Multi Drive.

Hardware Blu-ray Sales Continue to Lead HD DVD
DailyTech - She sees the Blue Ray display, purhase done. Or, she may even check out the available movies and see more available on the Blue Ray format, purchase done. But she’ll never say, “nah, I’m going with HD-DVD player because of that protective coating

Long list of Vista bugs that will keep me off Vista
ZDNet Blogs - This might be caused with a bad interaction with the DivX and XVID CODECs from the K-Lite mega pack , but it doesn’t change the fact that I still need to be able to play those videos. Media Center can’t play DVD folder rips on the Hard Disk Drive

Samsung YP-M1 Portable Media Player
CNet - Compatible video formats are MPEG-4, DivX, XviD, AVI, and WMV. JPEG and BMP images and TXT files are also viewable on the device. The YM-P1 works as a video recorder as well, so you can record directly from your TV and unprotected DVDs. And you can

CeBIT 2007: Linksys KiSS 1600 Networked Media Player announced
Pocket-Link.co.uk - Video formats supported include DVD, Windows Media 9 HD, Windows Media 9, H.264/AVC, MPEG, MPEG2, MPEG4, DivX 3.11, DivX 4, DivX 5, Nero Digital, XviD, while audio formats are CD, WMA, WMA9-Pro3, AAC-LC, MP3, Ogg Vorbis. The Linksys KiSS 1600 is now

SK C&C’s Air Portable Media Player proves Asia gets all the cool stuff
CNet - XviD; WMV 9; H.263; and H.264, as well as a host of audio formats, such as MP3, WMA, AC3, OGG, WAV, and PCM. And of course, you can view photos and e-books (text files, probably), and there’s a TV-out feature that lets you view and listen to

Does this device exist?
Digital Spy - DivX;-) 3.11, OpenDivX 4.0, [color=#0000ff]DivX[/color] 5.x/6.x (Pro), [color=#0000ff]XviD[/color] 1.x and [color=#0000ff]Nero Digital ASP[/color] [color=#0000ff]MPEG-4 AVC - Advanced Video Coding (H.264)[/color] ; [color=#0000ff]Nero Digital AVC[/color]

Upgrade Wish List: Media Matchup
Popular Mechanics - With the Creative Zen, all we had to do was drag-and-drop a folder with five one-hour XviD TV episodes in, and they were ready to watch within minutes. To transfer the same files for Zune’s limited abilities, we needed to install expensive video

Compression - how?
More than likely, the videos are in a reduced resolution of 352×480 (NTSC) or 352×576 (PAL). Reducing the resolution this way, which in turn will reduce the bitrate, is the only way to retain “quality”. By doing this, the image will be less “blocky”, but may in turn be slightly soft.

Sony Vegas assistance… Itunes music to videos.
I am guessing it is some sort of Protected file, does anyone know how to unprotect it??

Kaleidescape Prevails in DVD Copying Suit 
DVD jukebox company Kaleidescape has prevailed in its court case against the DVD Copy Control Association (DVD CCA).

DVD REVIEWS 
RATING: (WILD APPLAUSE) GALAPAGOS The Galapagos Islands are volcanic formations moving slowly along a kind of tectonic conveyor belt with ecosystems that are not only unlike any other on Earth but that also undergo a kind of geological mortality…

Disney’s Little Einsteins - The Legend of the Golden Pyramid 
Playhouse Disney has another delightful DVD release in Disney’s Little Einsteins: The Legend of the Golden Pyramid . Three adventures from this entertaining and educational series are included on this disc, along with a fun, interactive bonus game that the kids should like.