On 2010-04-18 00:28:53 -0500, insane_for_boys! <nevermind@notsaying.net> said:
> 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!
Well, the divx version looked messed up to. It kind of scrunched it. If
you know how and could possibly re-do it and keep the original
widescreen aspect ratio, I would love you forever! If not, I'll enjoy
what I have. :)
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