On 2010-04-18 18:51:03 -0500, insane_for_boys! <nevermind@notsaying.net> said:
> On 2010-04-18 01:15:13 -0500, Mover <Mover@Watch-Me.com> said:
>
>> In article <00a9d574$0$2323$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com>,
>> insane_for_boys! <nevermind@notsaying.net> wrote:
>>
>>> 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. :)
>>>
>>
>> It IS in widescreen. It plays so as a DVD on my Mac, and with the
>> extracted file in QT, and in my DVDR attached to my BIG screen TV. I
>> checked all that before I dared to say I could post it.
>> It looks like you might need to look at the settings of your DVD player
>> (and/or TV), and see if you can tweeeeeeek them a little.
>> How a DVD plays might be different between a computer DVD drive, a
>> stand alone DVD player, a DVD player/TV combo, a "set-top" DVD player
>> hooked up to a wide screen TV, or a "set-top" DVD plater hooked up to a
>> 4:3 screen TV. I don't know what you have available and its settings,
>> but if you can try it in a computer DVD drive and software player, you
>> should see it is wide screen. If your non computer equipment setup is
>> capable of displaying a true 720i wide screen image, you should be able
>> to see it like that, one way or another. In any case, we have reached
>> the limit of my video conversion abilities, so good luck!
>>
>> I don't need you to love me, so don't worry about that. LOL
>>
>> Mover
>
> The TV I have is a normal NON-widescreen TV and usually when I watch
> widescreen movies on it, there are black bars above and below the
> picture, but with the Jimmy video, the left and right sides are cropped
> off like a non-widescreen movie. Also, you mention 720i. Like I said, I
> have an older TV, but I'm still able to watch the video. Anyway, what
> I'm going to do is change the aspect ratio on my DVD player and see if
> that makes a difference. Thanks again.
>
> OK, I'll make you a deal. If you some how develop magical power and
> turn yourself into an 8 year old boy who never grows up, I'll love you
> FOREVER! LOL! :D
I was right! It was the aspect ratio. YAY!
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