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You've had a long week, these things happen ... at least it didn't get out into the outside world, where 10.46 Million members might find out. Oh...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Time to check recent posts in Weird and Wonderful forum. I guess it would have made it there.
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Oh, so you're indisposed now?
I'll get my coat, officer...
Software Zen: delete this;
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'There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.'
Sherlock Holmes Quote
-The Bascombe Valley Mystery
Along with Antimatter and Dark Matter they've discovered the existence of Doesn't Matter which appears to have no effect on the universe whatsoever!
Rich Tennant 5th Wave
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Chris Maunder wrote: I wasn't using a using No, you weren't, definitely.
Veni, vidi, vici.
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From Auntie[^]
Iconic image and the timing was just right.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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We're almost to the end of an era. R.I.P.
Along with Antimatter and Dark Matter they've discovered the existence of Doesn't Matter which appears to have no effect on the universe whatsoever!
Rich Tennant 5th Wave
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I great way to begin the weekend!
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I believe that should be W H !!
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Congratulations!
And now the bad news...You've been overtaken by two people, one of them me, and I was asleep in bed the whole time...sorry!
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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... thus proving the notion that you can code in your sleep.
Also do support.
Never moon a werewolf.
- Harvey
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Victim of success? or scared of legal action?
"“Popcorn Time is shutting down today. Not because we ran out of energy, commitment, focus or allies. But because we need to move on with our lives,” reads the website and a post on Medium.
Days after its quiet launch, word about the magical Popcorn Time program was everywhere. The program was an overnight success. “Popcorn Time got installed on every single country on Earth. Even the two that don’t have internet access,” reads the blog post. But success can be counterproductive. Ask Dong Nguyen, the man who created and then took down Flappy Bird.
The creators long stressed that Popcorn Time was legal. Yet I know from my own interactions with the developers that the constant questioning of the legality was taking a toll on them — a cost that they likely didn’t anticipate."
http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/14/popcorn-time-is-dead[^]
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Last week my father in law explained me that he had a DVDrom with a lot of films that he stored there in DVD format (VOB...).
It seems that DVDRom died and he took it to a recovery service.
The people in that recovery service recovered only 4 films which are now stored as VOB files in a new DVD.
As in that new DVD there are only 4 VOB files the DVD player that lies under the TV can't play them...
I tried a couple of free programs to create a DVD with menus but both failed miserably...
Any idea on what software to use to be able to créate a new DVD that could be played in the DVD player?
Thank you in advance!
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If you want to spare your wife the humiliation of watching those old baby-movies again, just tell FIL that it can't be done!
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant Anonymous ----- The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine Winston Churchill, 1944 ----- I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy. Me, all the time
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No, I'm just seeking revenge for some pictures and videos that I still have not found how to delete...
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Try renaming *.vob to *.mpg and opening them with your preferred media player. If you can see the videos, you should then be able to burn the movies to DVD properly.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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That would be the easiest solution of all times...
I'll try it, thank you!
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Physical media are kinda dead...better to convert your VOB files to MP4 and get a media player like Boxee Box[^] to play them.
Use a program like HandBrake[^] to convert the VOB to MP4 in the latest codecs like H.264.
You can convert your whole DVD collection, store them and make them all accessible to the media player on a network...you can have more than one media player access a shared drive...sky's the limit, really. The Boxee does Netflix as well, so you can download your latest shows and movies.
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Agreed - I don't even own a DVD player any more. I just convert my DVDs to MP4 (or MKV or AVI, whatever floats the boat) on the PC and use an external USB drive which plugs straight into the TV.
Can't be bothered with Netflix - only a 4Mb internet connection out here!
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I don't know exactly your configuration and I'm sure you have a pretty good solution, but, time ago I asked how to connect my PC to my TV using DLNA here at and someone came with a free and really nice option for me:
Serviio[^].
With Serviio, I can have the films directly in as many folders, hard disks... in my computer and it serves them through DLNA to my TV and other devices on the network.
It works wonderfully and from the TV I can select which film, serie,... to see and start, top, ffwd, rewind... as much as I would like to.
And all this without moving a hard disk or having to store the film into a pendrive which is always slow...
In case of series it is super convenient as it automatically stores the last seen chapter...
That needs a DLNA TV, of course or a Raspberry PI connected to the TV acting as a DLNA client.
Also in my laptop I can access all the files from XBMC (another free software that works as a DLNA client) and other devices (cell phones...) from where I can listen to music, see all our pictures and/or view some films.
In fact time ago you helped me configuring the router to set all this up.
The only drawback: unless you have a really powerful PC (which would make on the fly conversion to an allowed format in your TV) you will have to convert some films to a format that the TV can handle.
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What I'd really like is a USB/HDMI device that let me access my NAS direct from my TV, but that probably means Raspberry Pi and me writing something to serve network shares are local USB HDD content (my TV plays most formats, but doesn't have any network connection)
And that means me finding the time...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Why not looking at Raspberyy Pi and XBMC? http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Raspberry_Pi[^]
That would leva you with a small Pi behind your TV that could be controlled using your cell phone using the XBMC control app, the Pi should be connected to your NAS directly or through your PC using something like serviio.
This would be easy to set up, powerful and nice on any TV.
OT: Our TV is a Philips one which can play almost every file under the sun (it has problems with DTS only) but the GUI that it shows is not pretty, using a raspberry pi and XBMC this can be solved by using many of their skins, which usually are gorgeous.
PS:
Serviio takes a max of 10 minutes to set up.
XBMC also takes that amount of time.
I don't know about Raspberry Pi... but the RASPBMC looks promising...
modified 17-Mar-14 7:47am.
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I agree you, I have only the wedding day DVD at home, all other things are digital or mere backup copies...
I'm using Serviio in my PC and it works wonderfully, but in this case, my FIL wants it to be on the DVD so...
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