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Countdown to Wrath Giveaway: Day 7 - Wrath Collector's Edition box {WOW Insider}
Nov 7th 2008 7:23AM Geif Loot
Countdown to Wrath Giveaway: Day 7 - BlizzCon Polar Bear Mounts {WOW Insider}
Nov 7th 2008 7:23AM Me Me Me let me win
Countdown to Wrath Giveaway: Day 7 - 60-day game time card {WOW Insider}
Nov 7th 2008 7:22AM Am I too late?
Countdown to Wrath Giveaway: Day 6 - BlizzCon Aunthenticators {WOW Insider}
Nov 7th 2008 7:21AM Free things... Fun!
Windows 7 to natively support DivX and transcoding? {Engadget HD}
Nov 6th 2008 11:17AM I have tried playng Xvid/Divx with the M3 build and it does indeed play. Unfortunatly it plays horribly. This is probably
because of early drivers and beta code but I guess its a step in the right direction. I will see what happens when
I stream it to the 360 and report back.
Ask a Beta Tester: Professions and Primals {WOW Insider}
Sep 10th 2008 11:39AM Thanks very much, will try tonight.
I'm thinking that a new Graphics Card might be the order of the day if its nice.
Ask a Beta Tester: Professions and Primals {WOW Insider}
Sep 10th 2008 11:14AM Where are the dynamic shadows that were talked about. Are they in the beta and if so how do I go about turning them on?
John Mellencamp to release high-resolution audio DVD {Engadget HD}
Jul 17th 2008 9:43AM dj496 you seem to have answered my question... Dam you no delete button.
John Mellencamp to release high-resolution audio DVD {Engadget HD}
Jul 17th 2008 9:40AM Hold on... 24bit 96Khz "CODE" encoded music (from the link) on a DVD that I can play on my DVD player.... What the Duce!!!
Last time I checked my DVD player could handle DTS and AC3 16bit 48Khz. I guess it could coutput the Bitstream of "CODE" to a reciever but last time I checked there was nothing about "CODE" on the front or in the manual.
Can someone please explain how this works?
Got any tips for archiving / streaming DVDs? {Engadget HD}
Jul 12th 2008 7:41AM Personally I Rip using DVD Decryptor, bung the files on my NAS and then stream to my TV using an Xbox with Xbox media Centre. This works really well for SD material.
Archiving DVD's - 3 options:
1. Full Rip
2. Film only
3. Film only compressed
1. Just use DVD Decrypter in ISO Mode
2. Rip Just the Movie using DVD Decrypter then run VOB2MPG on the results
3. Rip and then use AutoGK to compress to Xvid
Storage - 3 options:
1. On your PC
2. On your NAS
3. On the player
1. Storage on the PC is ok but it does mean you need the PC on. Also if the front end player doesn;t support SMB then you will need to run a Upnp or DLNA server.
2. NAS storage is expensive but works well can be vast and uses less power. The Synology D207+ is quite nice as a two disk solution.
3. A lot of play back devices have HDD's in them and with 1tb drives getting cheaper its a lot of media in a small space.
Playback: Too many options :-)
1. Media Centre PC
2. XBOX Media Centre
3. SD Network media player
4. HD Network media player
1. Expensive but can be a very nice experience.
2. Cheap but a hassle as you need to softmod the xbox. Also getting HD output can be a right pain and can brick the box (Trust me).
3. Cheap and cheerful, based on older chips these devices can be had for $60 (£40). Interfaces are not great but they work well enough (don;t play well with ISO's a lot of the time)
4. The Popcorn Hour or the EGreat M31A are fantastic but can be pricy. based on a standard firmware (NMT).
5. PS3 ... Not tried it, can it do ISO playback and Xvid?
My ideal set up would be:
Ripping
DVD -> DVD Decryptor -> AutoGK
Playback
NAS -> EGreat -> HDTV
