I'm doing a batch encode right now of 4 episodes of Seinfeld-Season 1-2. I'm making 2 at 100mb each and 2 at 80mb each to see if there is much difference. Encoding at 80kps mp3 audio.
I posted a question at the Afonic forums about supertitles that were appearing with a "rip" or "backup" of the Lord of the Rings, and that post went unanswered for some time, and bumped it yesterday, and the administrator wrote back that I downloaded a copy that was for media and critics and that is why they appeared.
I want to mention that I paid for the full version of FairUse, and that my original copies of any of the Lord of the Rings extended versions are legitimate originals as well.
Downloaded a copy for media and critics?
And then the administrator closed the message with a negative face (similar to this one: :realmad: ) and locked my account on those forums.
What in the world? I hadn't flamed, I hadn't complained, and I've been a big proponent for FairUse and its use here on Aximsite for PPCs.
Crazy.
Have you heard any more yet?
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Thanks for asking. I didn't hear anything back from the administrator (there was only one way to contact them, as there is no private messaging on the afonic website), and I spent a little bit of time reading through the postings rules there. I can only think of four possible explanations:
1) The administrator was having a bad day, and took it out on me.
2) I mentioned that I used FairUse to copy a DVD in a public setting, thereby breaking some kind of confidentiality law (what do they think FairUse is used for)
3) I bumped the thread after not hearing any response for more than a week
4) The administrator thought I was trying to rip illegal copies of LOTR...which I wasn't. I was (am) fully within FairUse's purpose of making backups for personal use. And as I said, I paid the 10 Euros for a full version of FairUse.
In any of the four cases, I would think an administrator would tell you why you were being locked out, your post was being locked, and maybe even give you a warning. And in the case of #2 above, perhaps even delete a thread. Oh well.
My account seems to have been re-enabled, but I've decided that the afonic board just isn't a good place for me, especially when it is "afonic" him/herself that bumped me in the first place. I won't be going there again. I know that TanKiller is a moderator there, and encouraged us to post there with questions, but if that's how legitimate questions are handled, I'll just figure it out on my own.
I've now made personal back-ups of perhaps 60 of my 300 or so movies. Only one wouldn't go through the process (The Great Outdoors), and only the Lord of the Rings Extended version (which are NOT demos or illegal downloads) shows the supertitles from time to time. Beats me. I still like the actual product very much, and at 250 MB file sizes and 80kps audio, I'm quite happy with my X30 and watching movies. Now...for that PDAir extended battery aluminum case and a couple additional 2000 mAh batteries...
1) The administrator was having a bad day, and took it out on me.
2) I mentioned that I used FairUse to copy a DVD in a public setting, thereby breaking some kind of confidentiality law (what do they think FairUse is used for)
3) I bumped the thread after not hearing any response for more than a week
4) The administrator thought I was trying to rip illegal copies of LOTR...which I wasn't. I was (am) fully within FairUse's purpose of making backups for personal use. And as I said, I paid the 10 Euros for a full version of FairUse.
I'm a member of that forum and after I saw your earlier post here, I took a look at the rules again too. I suspect that it was number 4 - he misunderstood that your DVDs were not illegal downloads. I guess we have to be mighty careful how we word our posts there.
Okay, I tried this program on The Alamo Wides Screen last night, and I must say the quality is amazing. 2 Hour 12 minute movie reduced to 506 MB. The only problem I have with it is that it preserved the black bars at the bottom and top of the screen.
Dr. Gonzo
P.S. Do most of you usually just rip using shrink first to make your movies fit onto a DVD-R and then use Fair Use to encode from your burned disc? I would think re-encoding the video twice would reduce the quality some.
Not a fix just an observation-FU is a designed to let you use files on a computer. The 700MB widescreen files I watch on my X50v have bars but the same files played on my laptops WMP do not.
I wonder if we all visited the FU forum and commented on this if a PPC WMP10 hack to fix this issue might appear?
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I'm doing a batch encode right now of 4 episodes of Seinfeld-Season 1-2. I'm making 2 at 100mb each and 2 at 80mb each to see if there is much difference. Encoding at 80kps mp3 audio.
I have the Seinfeld set also, and when I use Fairuse, I only get one episode to rip onto ppc. How are you ripping each individual episode? I have looked at other methods, and they are far too complex for me.
if you rip in non-auto mode, you can rip each episode on the disk to its own file. Caution, though...the size of file that you set will be the resulting size for all files.
It can be done. I ripped the Third Season of Alias in this fashion. But each episode was 250 MB...far larger than it needed to be.
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How do you rip each episode to ppc?
How are you ripping each individual episode? 
you can give me is much appreciated.
