D2 is pretty amazing! (And some video questions)

[CZ-75]

Thanks to everyone who answered my questions earlier... I bought a D2 and I'm really enjoying it! Great sound!

I was originally after a great sounding audio player. But the D2 has really good video capabilities too.

Forgive the newbie question...

What's the best way to get video onto the D2? Can I use Jet-thingie (can't remember the name of the software that comes with it) to translate DVDs?

Also, what is the best source for online downloads of music videos? I would liek to download video clips from things like The Eagles Hell Freezes Over tour and things like that.

[CrowdAds]

[AirTimid]

You can you handbrake to convert the DVD files after they've been ripped to you computer. You can use Jetaudio to convert AVI's

[dfkt]

I'd do it that way:

DVDs: DVD Decrypter > iRiverter
Online videos (YouTube, etc.): Ripzor (or Video Downloader plugin for FF) > SUPER (c)

[Almoxil]

Originally Posted by dfkt

I'd do it that way:

DVDs: DVD Decrypter > iRiverter
Online videos (YouTube, etc.): Ripzor (or Video Downloader plugin for FF) > SUPER (c)

Hello!! Why do you use DVD Decrypter before iRiverter? To keep the decoded DVD files for later use?

[dfkt]

iRiverter doesn't handle copy protected DVDs, afaik - did you get iRiverter to work directly on a commercial DVD?

(I'm not doing any DVD rips like this, I just suggested the most hassle-free way. I'm using R4R/DGIndex/BeSweet/GKnot/AVISynth/VDubMod, for absolutely best quality possible - then use Badak to convert the good rips to the D2's specs.)

[Almoxil]

Originally Posted by dfkt

iRiverter doesn't handle copy protected DVDs, afaik - did you get iRiverter to work directly on a commercial DVD?
...

Actually, I ripped my Matrix DVD to AVI and copied it to my Meizu M6. Worked just fine. Of course, that doesn't mean it will work with every commercial DVD out there.

[dfkt]

You don't have DVD Region Free (or any other CSS/MV unlocker) running in the background? Interesting, I didn't know iRiverter's Mencoder backend has any internal DeCSS routines.

EDIT: found this in Mencoder's manual:

DVD decryption. DVD decryption is done by libdvdcss. The method can be specified through the DVDCSS_METHOD environment variable, see the manual page for details.

Maybe iRiverter links to that library internally, I don't know... I've only seen threads by people having trouble ripping directly from a protected DVD with iRiverter.

[Almoxil]

Well, my PC has lots of stuff in it... actually, my PC is a real mess ! I have DVD Decrypter, AutoGK, DVD Shrink, compilers, HTML editors, a handful of games, syncing software for my Creative players... the list goes on and on. So, maybe iRiverter is using some library it found in my computer.

But I don't have DVD Region Free or similar software installed (unless it was installed by some of the above programs).

[CZ-75]

Did you all start speaking Greek or something?

Remember... I'm a complete newbie with video. I think I understood maybe 1/3 of one post so far.

[dfkt]

Don't worry, try either iRiverter alone, as Almoxil suggested, or if it doesn't work, try DVD Decrypter before that. That's all you need to know.

[CZ-75]

OK, thanks for speaking English that time.

[CZ-75]

Alright.... I tried last night... I pulled a random DVD to test it on... Shreck

I downloaded iReverter. After trying to read the chapters for 15 minutes, I decided to try DVDDecoder instead.

DVDDecoder took about 20 minutes, and I ended up with a bunch of files. I then pulled up JetAudio, and clicked on "convert Video." I added one of the files, just to see what it was. It was a scene part way through the movie.

So now I know that I have many files, which together comprise the DVD as a whole.

I started to convert the file, just to see what would happen, but 15 minutes into I decided it was already too late (1:30), hit cancel and went to bed.

Based on the above, do any of you have any suggestions? Did I do anything obviously stupid to make converting a fraction of Shreck take over 15 minutes?

BTW, iReverter does not support D2 output, only X5, which ends up looking like a postage stamp on the larger D2 screen.

[dfkt]

You have to tell DVD Decrypter to write the DVD's content to a single file. Choose mode > IFO mode -- then go to settings > IFO setting > file splitting > none.

Then use my D2 profile for iRiverter to convert the huge VOB: http://www.anythingbutipod.com/forum...ad.php?t=11687

[CZ-75]

Seems like a real hassle...

So, I'll forget about full length movies.

Is there a web sight like iTunes where you can buy music videos?

[dfkt]

You only have to do these setup steps once. After that, you click one button in DVD Decrypter, and one button in iRiverter.

[this2shallpass]

Originally Posted by dfkt

I'd do it that way:

DVDs: DVD Decrypter > iRiverter
Online videos (YouTube, etc.): Ripzor (or Video Downloader plugin for FF) > SUPER (c)

Okay, I'm pretty much a newbie so please clue me in on how to "download" youtube videos.

AFAIK you have to email it to yourself, or is there some other way. There are quite a few I would like to play on the D2.

Thanks.

this2

[dfkt]

Go to ripzor.com, download the video according to the info found on that site.

Then use SUPER to convert it to a format the D2 can read. (AVI container, DivX or XviD, 320x240px, ~500kbps, MP3 audio)

[CZ-75]

By hassle, I mean it takes forever.

I have found a few music videos here and there.

[HipHopScribe]

I use Handbrake for DVDs, I had sync problems with iriverter, none with the few times I used Handbrake (don't really use the video feature much).