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zilla31 · 04-04-05, 06:18 PM

i'm having a lot of luck w/ this but have 4 more questions :)

1. Is there a way to tell (maybe a rule of thumb) which file is the widescreen and which is the full screen version? trying to rip top gun and there are 2 equal files found (both 1:32). i want to get the full screen - is it typically the first or second for example?

2. Star Wars Clone Wars episodes (cartoon network) are 15 mins long - what's a good starting size for this (taking into account that it's a cartoon too which supposedly compress better w/o losing quality).

3. does SD or CF matter for any reason (one vs. the other)? now that i know how to do this i want to buy me some media!!!

4. i've downloaded and installed betaplayer 0.5 - do i also install "mpc.setup.STABLE.0.5.exe" (this file is from their "plugin" dload section) to get this x50v chip plug-in or does it just come w/ the stable ver?

THANKS!!! very happy to have finally figured this out thanks to this great tut.

EDIT: I answered my own question #2 if anyone's interested - i tested it at 50mb and 75mb and couldn't tell the difference.

04-04-05, 06:18 PM	#68 (permalink)
zilla31 Aximsite Rookie Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 37 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	i'm having a lot of luck w/ this but have 4 more questions :) 1. Is there a way to tell (maybe a rule of thumb) which file is the widescreen and which is the full screen version? trying to rip top gun and there are 2 equal files found (both 1:32). i want to get the full screen - is it typically the first or second for example? 2. Star Wars Clone Wars episodes (cartoon network) are 15 mins long - what's a good starting size for this (taking into account that it's a cartoon too which supposedly compress better w/o losing quality). 3. does SD or CF matter for any reason (one vs. the other)? now that i know how to do this i want to buy me some media!!! 4. i've downloaded and installed betaplayer 0.5 - do i also install "mpc.setup.STABLE.0.5.exe" (this file is from their "plugin" dload section) to get this x50v chip plug-in or does it just come w/ the stable ver? THANKS!!! very happy to have finally figured this out thanks to this great tut. EDIT: I answered my own question #2 if anyone's interested - i tested it at 50mb and 75mb and couldn't tell the difference. Last edited by zilla31; 04-05-05 at 12:29 PM.