Tom AZ
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Here we go again . . .
Sorry to resurrect this subject, but I'm still looking for a good file sharing/hosting site -- one without all of the pop-ups and borderline questionable photos and images. Bottom line is that I need a very "Professional" service -- both in appearance and function. I share files all the time in my business and don't need all the junk that comes with so many of them. I've tried a lot of services, but still haven't found one I'm happy with.
Any suggestions would be helpful.
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I've never used Mitsui before however I've heard good things about them.
Actually, I've only used Mitsui CD-Rs -- don't know if they make DVDs -- but possibly they do. Regarding DVDs, I don't think Verbatims are too bad. Have had pretty good luck with them and know several other studios that use them.
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I'm glad for you, however the PX-760A has seemed like a lemon from the get-go.
That's too bad. Maybe I've just been fortunate, but I've had pretty good luck with them. One older model I still use quite a bit is a PX-716UF. It has performed exceedingly well for me. However, I don't use many of the most common CDs (Sony, TDK, Memorex, Maxell, etc.). Rather, I lean heavily on Taiyo Yuden and Mitsui (not always found at Best Buy, Circuit City, etc.) -- never have had a recognition problem with either of these brands.
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Plextor PX-760A is starting to die.
I really like the Plextor external drives. They seem to be very accurate and very reliable -- a cut above many of the others (although I'm sure there are other good drives). I do professional audio work and use Plextors quite a bit -- they just seem to hold up very well.
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For those of you who use Firefox and have it store your logins and passwords, have you ever had a situation where that information has been compromised, or is it relatively secure?
Also, how important is it to use the "Master Password" feature in conjunction with that?
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A followup question, JD . . . per your suggestion, I uninstalled Updates 2 and 3 and discovered that "Java SE Development Kit 6 - Update 4" was also installed -- almost 290MBs worth. Just what is that and do I need it -- or can that also be uninstalled?
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Just updated to Java 6 Update 4. Noticed that I still have Java 6 Updates 2 and 3 installed. Can they (2 and 3) now be uninstalled?
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Hi Tom, re-authoring just means change things to the way you want them.
That may be stripping everything out to make the compression as little as possible for best quality, or leaving stuff in that you want to keep in, such as subtitles, or directors commentary. Whatever.
It's a term that sounds more complicated than it is.
You can substitute DVD Decrypter with DVD FabHDDecrypter, which you can configure to rip the "Main Movie" only, with relevant sound track, as opposed to DVDDecrypter ripping everything.
This means there will no reauthoring neccessary. All you would do with Shrink is compress whatever the file size is to fit onto a single layer DVD.
I've backed up a lot of DVD's that didn't need any compression at all, but usually there's some compression needed. And you can't configure Shrink to burn automatically with DVD Fab as you can with the original Decrypter.
Try the process with a rewritable DVD if you're not too sure, to save wasting disks, but bear in mind that writing to a rewritable disk is much slower than writing to a DVD-/+ R.
Give it a try, and if there's anything in particular that isn't working, or still puzzles you, just pm me, and we'll get it sorted.
Hope this helps.
Thanks, Dennis, this does help!
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Tom, the home made tutorial I sent you a while back explained how to use DVD Decrypter and Shrink 3.2, and explained exactly what re-authoring is and how to do it with Shrink 3.2.
In case you lost it, it's available here:
http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?act=fi...=&pid=59745
Hope this helps.
Thanks, Dennis. I've read and still have the article -- it was very helpful. I guess I was looking for a comprehensive definition of the term "re-authoring." From the article, it appears that re-authoring is limited to "shrinking." Is that it -- or can there be other things involved with the re-authoring process as well?
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What I've preferred doing lately is using DVD Shrink to do all the decrypting and re-authoring in one go
Here comes another dumb question
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If I remember correctly you can't burn gapless audio Cd's with it but I use Burrrn for that anyways.
That's correct. However, I was told by the developer that the yet-to-be released Home Edition would include that feature. But as you mentioned, Burrrn is also a great little app for that.
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What I like about ImgBurn is that it will warn if something is wrong, and in many cases can fix it with just one click of a button, whereas with many other burning apps they'll let you burn a non-functional DVD Video disc.
Do ImgBurn and DVD Decrypter essentially do the same thing?
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DVD43 and DVDDecrypter are better, but are not updated as regularly as AnyDVD which is the most current fair use enforcement tool available.
Is there a freeware version of AnyDVD? By the way, is this a ripper or decrypter -- or both?
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Anyone have any experience with Ashampoo's "Movie Shrink & Burn 3" (not freeware)? However, now available for $24.99)
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DVD Decrypter, and I've never had a failed burn, and you can configure DVD Shrink to use Decrypter, so all you have to do is change disk.
OK . . . so I'm not a video guy -- which I'm sure is obvious
. Can you help me understand the basic functions of each of the following applications. At this point, I'm particularly interested in (DVD) movies:DVDShrink
DVD Decrypter
DVDFab HD Decrypter
ImgBurn
Also, will a program like Ashampoo's Burning Studio burn movies/video?
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Lately I've been using solely DVD Shrink after I noticed it decrypts. Since it can decrypt and re-author all in one go it makes things faster.
If I'm not mistaken, DVDShrink doesn't burn. So, what do you use for a burner?
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Use the link Dennis provided for the free version
Thanks, JD, I missed that. For some reason, I didn't use the link from Dennis -- rather, I just went to their site.
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Thanks to all. I checked out these suggestions and have pretty much decided on Faststone Capture -- although it's not a freebie (shareware). It's very straight-forward and clean -- and easy on resources. I've only used it for a day or two, but it seems to do everything that I need (and more).
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Has anyone here tried Burnaware?
This is a great little straight forward, intuitive and easy-to-use app with a very clean user interface. Only problem is that it doesn't allow for gapless (dao) CDs. However, I was informed by the developer that a forthcoming edition (Home Edition) would include this feature.
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What's a good, simple and lightweight program for screen captures -- preferably a free one?
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I PERSONALLY like DVDFab express.
Is DVDFab Express a free or commercial product -- and, is it still available?
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Which file sharing/hosting sites are the best (free, reasonably fast uploads and easy to use) for sharing large files (100MB-2GB)? And, which are the worst (complicated, slow, congested and unreliable)?
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Thanks for the clarification, Andavari.
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Does DVDFab burn as well, or just rip?
. . . just exactly, what is re-authoring?
. Can you help me understand the basic functions of each of the following applications. At this point, I'm particularly interested in (DVD) movies:
File Sharing/Hosting Sites
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As I use this as a business tool, and I didn't like some of the inappropriate and "scantily clad" images. It didn't exactly send the type of message I wanted to send to my clients.