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From: Rowland McDonnell on 5 Jun 2010 07:41 Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > Once upon a time, there was another video format converter optimized for > > slapping the output onto an iPod. But the author dropped development a > > while back, turned it into an open-source project, I can't recall the > > name of the blasted thing, and I've failed to find the copy of the old > > one that I had on the G5 (lots of discs here, it's on one of them > > somewhere, but I've got things I'm trying to do other than find an old > > app on spec that I half-recall and can't recall the name of). > > iSquint? became visual hub I think. Different thing AFAICT - this has links to the current open-source projects: <http://www.isquint.org/> Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: jim on 5 Jun 2010 07:47 Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > >> Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> > > wrote: >> >>>> I should point out that although Handbrake and VLC are > > > > multiplatform, >>>> RipIt is certainly Mac only, as is almost certainly Fairmount. >>> >>> DVDRemaster/Fairmount go together as a pair - the former to do the > > > video >>> data processing, the latter to get access to the data in the first >>> place. >>> >>> <http://www.metakine.com/products/> >> >> However, Fairmount is free whereas DVDRemaster costs. > > Handbrake costs whereas DVDRemaster costs - they do the same job. Handbrake most certainly does NOT cost. > Fairmount does a job that you recommended using the pay-ware RipIt > for. > > Your point being? I've had Fairmount fail on more than one DVD. RipIt so far hasn't. .. Jim -- Sent from my iPad
From: Rowland McDonnell on 5 Jun 2010 08:03 jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > > >> Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> > > > wrote: > >> > >>>> I should point out that although Handbrake and VLC are > > > > > multiplatform, > >>>> RipIt is certainly Mac only, as is almost certainly Fairmount. > >>> > >>> DVDRemaster/Fairmount go together as a pair - the former to do the > > > > video > >>> data processing, the latter to get access to the data in the first > >>> place. > >>> > >>> <http://www.metakine.com/products/> > >> > >> However, Fairmount is free whereas DVDRemaster costs. > > > > Handbrake costs whereas DVDRemaster costs - they do the same job. > > Handbrake most certainly does NOT cost. Eh? Oh, really? Erm... <quick web search> Oh yes. Ooops. So much for my memory. > > Fairmount does a job that you recommended using the pay-ware RipIt > > for. > > > > Your point being? > > I've had Fairmount fail on more than one DVD. RipIt so far hasn't. Oh! Righto - details? 'cos I'd like to make a backup of both Noggin the Nog discs and that failed using Fairmount (I think they used some extra consumer rights denial tech on Noggin the Nog disc 2). .... some things are important and included on that list is everything that Oliver Postgate ever did. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Woody on 5 Jun 2010 09:10 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > > > Once upon a time, there was another video format converter optimized for > > > slapping the output onto an iPod. But the author dropped development a > > > while back, turned it into an open-source project, I can't recall the > > > name of the blasted thing, and I've failed to find the copy of the old > > > one that I had on the G5 (lots of discs here, it's on one of them > > > somewhere, but I've got things I'm trying to do other than find an old > > > app on spec that I half-recall and can't recall the name of). > > > > iSquint? became visual hub I think. > > I've still got iSquint knocking around here somewhere. Is Visualhub any > good? It was a bit beta for my tastes last I tried. I don't know, never used it -- Woody www.alienrat.com
From: Jim on 5 Jun 2010 09:48
Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > I've had Fairmount fail on more than one DVD. RipIt so far hasn't. > > Oh! Righto - details? 'cos I'd like to make a backup of both Noggin > the Nog discs and that failed using Fairmount (I think they used some > extra consumer rights denial tech on Noggin the Nog disc 2). If I remember which one it was I'll let you know - it was a while ago. Fairmount (or rather Handbrake via Fairmount) saw a large number of big-but-fake sections and just got sort of hung up. It might have got there eventually but only after, say, a day or so of churning away. What I like about RipIt is that if you find a DVD that doesn't work you can let the authors know and they'll buy it, then modify the app so it works with it. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/ |