On 2010-04-17 18:59:36 -0500, Mover <Mover@Watch-Me.com> said:
>> On 2010-04-17 16:27:37 -0500, Mover <Mover@Watch-Me.com> said:
>>
>>> In article <4bc9ef7e$0$12566$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com>,
>>> insane_for_boys! <nevermind@notsaying.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2010-04-17 02:46:20 -0500, Mover <Mover@Watch-Me.com> said:
>>>>
>>>>> In article <4bc95ec0$0$14258$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com>, gizzmo
>>>>> <gizz@invalid.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> The only way I can watch videos is on my DVD player which
>> supports Divx
>>>>>>> and VCD. When I tried to watch the recent Jimmy video, my DVD
>> player
>>>>>>> said the resolution was not supported. :( Is it possible for
>> someone to
>>>>>>> convert the video to a lower resolution similar to the past
>> Newstar
>>>>>>> videos and in Divx or VCD format? Thanks VERY much in advance if
>> you can
>>>>>>> help me! :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You have a PC and can't watch Video's on it? What for a machine is
>> that?
>>>>>> Steam Powered?
>>>>>> Download vlc player:
>>>>>> http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> He has a Mac, not a PC. I can tell that from his newsreader that's
>>>>> listed in his post's header.
>>>>>
>>>>> VLC is a good app for looking at vids, but Perian is a QT plugin
>> that's
>>>>> pretty good at helping QuickTime play almost everything. Both are
>> free.
>>>>> He can get Perian here:
>>>>> http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/30931
>>>>>
>>>>> VLC here:
>>>>> http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/10210434
>>>>>
>>>>> Mover, the Mac user!
>>>>
>>>> It's not my computer. I live with other people in the house and don't
>>>> have my own computer. Just a DVD player that plays Divx, mpegs, and
>>>> jpegs. So, if anyone can take the time to do what I am asking of, it
>>>> would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks again. :)
>>>>
>>>
>>> How do you want it? What can your DVD play? I can do:
>>> VCD, SVCD, DVD, in PAL or NTSC, in disk image, or just the extracted
>>> movie file. Disk image is better for your situation. The movie is
>>> short, so the file size in these formats isn't very large. DVD is
>>> 221MB. The others are much smaller.
>>> I can't do DIVX.
>>>
>>> VCD (mpg) is 320 resolution. DVD is 720. The original movie is H.264
>>> 1920 HiDef resolution, 3'23" duration, 25 FPS, music soundtrack, and
>>> NOT pornographic (would be "G" rated, I suppose, or I wouldn't admit to
>>> having it LOL).
>>>
>>> PAL and NTSC are different TV formats. The frames per second and
>>> resolution are different. Your DVD player will likely play only one of
>>> those standards. If you are in North America or Japan (I think) you use
>>> NTSC. In Europe it is probably PAL. I would need to know which one, and
>>> I can make and post a disk image of any of those three type I listed in
>>> what "I can do", in that TV standard. Actually, I already did them. I
>>> had to know if I really could before I said I could, right? LOL
>>> When you download the disk image, you just drop it on Toast, and burn
>>> to the proper blank disk type (VCD and SVCD to CD, DVD image to DVD),
>>> or select the disk image in Disk Utility and burn it.
>>>
>>> Mover, possible volunteer video converter
>>
>> If you could do disc image in DVD NTSC format, that would be great! I
>> can't thank you enough for helping me!
>
> DVD image it is!
>
> The file extension is ".toast", but Disk Utility will recognize it too,
> and PC users can change it to ".iso" for their DVD burning programs.
>
> I'll try to post it in a zip file that is split into 19 10MB parts,
> with par2 files. It's been a while, so it may take a few tries to get
> this posting thing working.
>
> Mover, now a real poster!
Thank you VERY much! It plays and looks great! However, it seems to no
longer be in widescreen. BUT, I found a program to convert it to divx
so I'll give that a try. Still, Thanks again!
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