A.R.M. ([info]kinkyturtle) wrote,
@ 2008-05-09 16:43:00
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Laptop file transfer: Success!
Thanks to [info]mycroftb for the tech support I needed to network my laptop. Now I've got all my favorite music on there! I won't have to bring CDs on the plane. (I will still need DVDs, of course.) Also all my favorite furry art is on there. :}

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[info]strredwolf
2008-05-10 01:55 am UTC (link)
If you want those DVDs in the laptop, all I will say is: Handbrake.

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[info]yakko
2008-05-10 06:13 am UTC (link)
And I'll second the motion. Saves having to take extra baggage with.

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[info]mycroftb
2008-05-10 11:53 am UTC (link)
Thirded! If you're watching movies untethered, it'll save on power (and heat). Since your hard drive is spinning anyway, it won't eat as much juice as spinning the hard drive and disc drive at the same time.

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[info]strredwolf
2008-05-10 12:58 pm UTC (link)
Plus, if you put it in the iPod/Apple TV compatible MP4 format, you can move it around from PC to the iPods (5th/6th gen Classic, 2nd gen Nano, iPod Touch, iPhone), play it on a Neuros OSD, and more. Half tempted to make a Linux distro which just plays music and media on a flash drive...

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[info]mycroftb
2008-05-10 01:08 pm UTC (link)
I personally dislike the MP4 format, simply because I can't find any way to play it via DirectShow-compatible players (such as Windows Media Player, Media Player Classic, etc.) on Windows. VLC works, but MPC is my player of choice, it's smoother at 'catching up' when I hit a CPU usage spike than VLC is.

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[info]strredwolf
2008-05-10 01:14 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, that's Microsoft for you, not liking the MP4 container format. Must be because it's similar to Quicktime's MOV's.

Doesn't matter to me. MPlayer plays it nicely in Linux.

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