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As for media delivery, I do think that the DVDs, CD, and such are going away
They might be but storing that information on even the tech I have isn't space effective.
I don't even have a true dvd player any longer. I can technically watch through my generally unconnected Xbox (which I hate that interface and I don't want to hook it up just to watch an episode of Buffy) or through my laptop (ripped and converted and then sent through iTunes to my Apple tv if I want to watch on my actual tv). But my last player died and it's just not a sound financial idea to buy a new one. Each disk is 5-9 GB. I can't just have my collection at my fingertips.
I've been going through the process of putting all my DVD and BluRay media onto a server. It's sitting at about 4 TB right now. It's a bit daunting getting there, but once it is done it is so nice to be able to grab anything in the collection from anywhere in the house on any of our devices.
This is my ideal. Without the having to rip them all. And without having to pony up for server space to translate that to 20 seasons of tv shows and less than 20 movies. My collection is really small, considering. But no way it'll all fit on what I currently run.
That said, I just bought Duran Duran's Sing Blue Silver because it's available on DVD and hell yes, I want that. I have a copy on Betamax that I can't watch and this is sort of preferable. I will rip that and accept it takes time and space.
But that's just not currently workable for every disk I own. And I'd kinda like to be able to randomly rewatch things I bought. Not plan for them and then rip and convert and wait the not insignificant time those things take. I want simple.
That said, I just bought Duran Duran's Sing Blue Silver because it's available on DVD and hell yes, I want that. I have a copy on Betamax that I can't watch and this is sort of preferable. I will rip that and accept it takes time and space.
LOVE. Possibly my favorite D2 tune. (The Chauffeur, I mean)
Ok. I just downloaded a book from the library as an Adobe PDF, figuring it would be a PDF file I could put on my Kindle.
Unfortunately, it is an ACSM file which I gather from the intertubes is some kind of DRM wrapper. Calibre doesn't recognise it as an eBook format.
Anyone know how I can get this dang thing on my Kindle? (Or my iPad, I suppose. But I'd prefer the Kindle.)
Calibre doesn't recognise it as an eBook format.
Yikes, that's not promising. I wonder if there's any kind of extension that might help.
so, here is what calibre's faq is saying about it:
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sounds like you need to download a program and export it as epub
AHA - ok, apparently the problem is I don't have Adobe Digital Editions. The ACSM file isn't the book at all, it's just a link that Adobe Digital Editions reads to connect to the server. What a stupid system.
You should be able to read it on your iPad. Either with adobe digital editions or if you library uses overdrive, their app.
Huh. Well that didn't work. Digital Editions doesn't recognize it either.
at this point, I think they are just fucking with you.
There are THREE YEARS of Adobe forum posts on this problem - apparently ADE is just a shitty piece of software with broken DRM.
Crap, I wonder if there's a way to "exchange" the eBook I borrowed for the ePub version instead. Probably not.
