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Subject: Re: Info for post of "Jimmy for IFB.zip"
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 22:26:50 -0400
From: Mover <Mover@Watch-Me.com>
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In article <4bcbb263$0$9593$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com>,
insane_for_boys! <nevermind@notsaying.net> wrote:
> 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!
>
No, *I* was right. You needed to manage the settings of your DVD
player. Yay for ME! LOL
Once I was 8.
But I didn't taste very good.
I've been told I've had bad taste ever since. LOL
Mover, the deservedly unloved
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