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Oh Microsoft, you kill me! An older computer is updating Win10, and has taken several hours already. Figured I'd go online and see if the 'Modem Setup Host', that was at the top of the process stack, was a Windows component. The first google link goes to social.technet.microsoft.com. I get, "Because you're accessing sensitive information, you need to verify your password" ![Elephant | [mastadon]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/elephant.gif) them! The stupidity!
/rant
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Your elephant? That is, indeed, sensitive (not to mention TM) information. 
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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David O'Neil wrote: Figured I'd go online and see if the 'Modem Setup Host', that was at the top of the process stack, was a Windows component
If you would have searched for 'Modern Setup Host' everything probably would have worked out. 
Best wishes,
-David Delaune
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yeah, that.... seems the drones have gone full retard.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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After finding out recently that one of my X-Files blu-ray discs, purchased last Black Friday (and unopened until now), had a crack in it, starting from the middle hub and extending far enough to reach the recording surface, and render the disc unplayable, I decided I should rip all my discs to hard drives.
While drive storage is cheap these days, 40+GB for a single disc is rather excessive, especially considering I mostly have TV series that span multiple discs each.
I know some of you have mentioned compressing HD video before, and also converting full-disc images into single files for individual episodes.
I already have a bunch of discs ripped to ISO, but stripped of the original copy protection. Here's my question: What tool(s) can I use to convert episodes into individual files, and what settings are typical for preserving decent audio/video quality at full 1080p/5.1?
Perhaps more importantly - are these tools you'd actually vouch for, and would blindly trust so you don't have to verify each and every conversion? This is a sticking point for me, as I have (from years ago) a bunch of DVD rips converted to AVI/MP4 that, it turns out, have audio and video slowly drifting out of sync with each other over time. I'd hate to go through that again with my blu-ray discs.
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I use various Prof. Media modules from Leawo Software. Check out their offerings to see if any meet your needs.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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I am surprised people actually buy physical Blue-Ray.
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Every time I see updates to the list of movies offered by streaming services, I read the "Movies removed" part, and most times say to myself: "That movie I still have available, and that one, and that one ... Luckily, they are available in my bookshelf!"
I should mention that for most movies I watch, "spoilers" are irrelevant: If a movie isn't wort watching a second time (and a third...), even when you know the story, it isn't worth the time for watching it the first time. My favorite movies are among my best friends 
Actually, I have had a similar problem with books: When I want to buy, as a gift to a friend, a copy of one of my favorite books, I frequently am told in the bookstore that the book hasn't been in print for several years. (Also, this can be a problem if a friend has borrowed my copy and doesn't return it, and I want to buy a replacement copy for myself rather than ruining the friendship.) This is a much bigger problem in a small language community: In the English speaking world, there are so many potential buyers that you can afford to keep a book in print for ages. For Norwegian language books that might sell a dozen copies a year after the third one, it is not economically feasible to keep all books in print (or in stock). So for books that are so good that I am 100% sure that I will want to give to somebody, I rush to buy two or three extra copies while they are available.
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If you're suggesting streaming as the alternative - then that's a non-starter for my 5mbps connection. To me, if something's worth viewing in 1080p/5.1, then I just don't have the bandwidth for it.
And as others have mentioned, legitimate streaming services have a real problem with things "disappearing" over time.
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Video.NET looks promising enough, and the price is right. It's too bad it won't let me choose multiple chapters at a time, but I can certainly live with that if it produces good results. I'll have a look at your other suggestion too.
Thanks!
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I've used dvdfab (www.dvdfab.cn) for removing copy protection and ripping DVDs for many years. I understand that they also have modules for blu-ray as well.
The program isn't cheap, but it is regularly updated to support the latest encryption, and it can handle every DVD that i've thrown at it.
Ad astra - both ways!
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Thanks. The discs have already been ripped to ISOs, so I don't need to pay a premium for that. Considering the number of free options that exist for re-encoding...I'll keep it in mind, but right now it's probably at the bottom of my list of things to try.
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The world was much more simpler in the good ol' days.
No C#, no javascript (?), full stack doohickey, no mobile development, , no gazillion weird SDK/Toolkits ...
I'd rather be phishing!
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Is this[^] why you left for Canada
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Oh man. That makes me quesy just watching it. I hope the guy was OK but it looks like he was out cold.
It's just as bad in Canada[^].
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Apparently she needed some stitches to the knee and the arm in a sling. Could've been much worse though.
In Sweden we have moose as well, a cow with a calf is the worst animal you can encounter in Sweden. And we do have both wolves and bears.
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Yikes.
See, Australia is WAY safer!
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote: Australia is WAY safer!
You've got murderous spiders, snakes, 'roos, fish, birds, and drop bears! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Yeah, but only the dropbears are really an issue.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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The late, great Pterry wrote: Rincewind shrugged. “I don’t mind putting my hand up to killing a few spiders,” he said. “But it was me or them. I mean some of those come at you at head height—”
“You changed history.”
“Oh, come on, a few spiders don’t make that much difference, some of them were using their webs as trampolines, it was a case of ‘boing’ and next moment—”
And we all know where he was talking about!
(And I just found a new reason to hate Edge: highlighting text...)
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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