yes, mkv should remain as the extension and try vlc player.
I HATE mkv files - 1) they usually are of poorer video/sound quality than avi and 2) they are ALWAYS bigger. Goodness.
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le nubian - Dec 09, 2007 6:27:00 am PST #3730 of 25497
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Juliebird - Dec 09, 2007 6:33:23 am PST #3731 of 25497
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Okay, by changing the file name I am changing just the name or the file type?
I got rid of VLC cuz it fucked up my DVDShrink software, and I don't want to just play the file, but edit it.
eta fluffy buddha, I just went to videohelp.com and looked up how to convert, and it's ridiculously convoluted with the need for five different kinds of software (at the least that's the first thing I've found so far)
DXMachina - Dec 09, 2007 6:58:40 am PST #3732 of 25497
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I HATE mkv files - 1) they usually are of poorer video/sound quality than avi and 2) they are ALWAYS bigger. Goodness.
But... But... They're open source! ;)
le nubian - Dec 09, 2007 7:08:15 am PST #3733 of 25497
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Julie,
I don't think you need to change the filename. If it is mkv, that's what extension should remain.
I don't know jack about converting mkv files. I've only worked with avi.
Juliebird - Dec 09, 2007 8:08:20 am PST #3734 of 25497
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
okay, another tact: if I dl'd the torrent from one particular site, would other sites possibly have different torrents, and therefore different, non MKV file formats? (don't know if I'm using the terms correctly)
DXMachina - Dec 09, 2007 8:22:03 am PST #3735 of 25497
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
It's certainly possible, especially if the show in question is at all popular.
Juliebird - Dec 09, 2007 8:31:08 am PST #3736 of 25497
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I used mininova, and piratebay, what other sites are recommended?
DXMachina - Dec 09, 2007 8:33:27 am PST #3737 of 25497
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Those are the two main sites I use. Another thing you can try is a place like isohunt, which is a search engine for torrent sites.
Juliebird - Dec 09, 2007 8:35:14 am PST #3738 of 25497
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
okay, I didn't know if there were some that were better than others. Found some with Swedish subtitles at pirate bay, argh!
Dana - Dec 09, 2007 8:43:59 am PST #3739 of 25497
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Is it my imagination, or is it substantially harder to compare laptops than it is for desktops? Or is it just that my husband did the brunt of the research when we bought a desktop?
AMD Athlon dual-core vs. AMD Turion dual-core. Is the only difference that the Turion is newer?
Am I correct that it's better to get more memory (say, 2GB) than a better processor (say, AMD vs. Intel), all things being equal?