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Hi I want to copy from DVDs or off internet movies to play on TV . But i am struggling ,can anyone help please? Or anyone know where i can get a load of movies downloaded onto the USB at a cost of course. So i can then ply them on TV. Thanks Bikerman
Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2017 4:59pm
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Big subject!
First check what formats your TV can play. Our (several years old) Panasonic will only play a wierd format, but the satellite receiver box will play a wide range of formats, so I plug my memory stick and external hard drive into that.
If you want to pay for movies, then I think the place to start would be Amazon, but it's not something I do, and I don't know what formats they provide.
You can download most movies for free using torrents - just search for torrent and the name of the film you want. You need a torrent program on your computer - I prefer uTorrent. There are also lots of download sites, like bolt.cd, but the problem with these is that for a movie you have to do a lot of downloads.
I'm not interested in movies, but I am interested in music videos. For these I either use torrents, or I download YouTube videos, using a YouTube download site like https://www.onlinevideoconverter.com/video-converter, which lets you choose the format to download.
If I download a video in DVD format, I use the free program Handbrake to convert it to the format I want.
If I download a file in a format my satellite receiver won't play, I use Xilisoft to convert it to a format I can play.
Over the last few days, I've downloaded an Andre Rieu concert DVD, picked out the tracks I want, and converted them to a format I can play.
phew jim,i cant do any of that.all i can do is get a movie on my laptop from fmovies.to and hdmi it to my tele but of course that means that its not recorded just streemed i dont know how to put it onto a doofer.
Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2017 4:54am
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Following on from what Pete says, the Handbrake program I mentioned will rip unprotected DVDs to a single video file. With a few tweaks it can also rip protected DVDs. There's a good article about the subject here:
https://www.howtogeek.com/102886/how-to-decrypt-dvds-with-hardbrake-so-you-can-rip-them/
Bob - I've never bothered to try and capture streaming videos. I know it can be done, but I don't know how to do it well. I do know that some programs only capture what's on your screen, which is usually just low resolution. Apart from that, if you want a demo or lessons on what I do, or there's anything you want me to do for you, you know where I am.
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