The Netflix device from Roku works pretty well. Easy enough to connect to wireless. I only had to wait about 7 minutes for Young Frankenstein to buffer enough to watch, and it's been nice. I'm watching on a smallish, non-HD TV at the moment, so I can't really speak to quality just yet. It looks good on this TV, but so would iPod video.
They should film that story and show it every Christmas.
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Gris - Aug 10, 2008 5:55:59 pm PDT #7386 of 25501
Hey. New board.
Atropa - Aug 11, 2008 9:27:28 am PDT #7387 of 25501
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Possibly clueless ringtone questions! I have achieved shiny shiny iPhone, and now I must have some custom ringtones. What's the best way to create ringtones out of songs I've already got in iTunes? (Specifically, I need the theme to Beetlejuice as a ringtone.)
Vortex - Aug 11, 2008 9:51:59 am PDT #7388 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Jilli, easiest way I've found is this:
1. find song.
2. figure out the 30 seconds or less of the song that you want. Note start/stop time of the selection (i.e. from 1:21 to 1:44)
3. right click on song, pick the info tab.
4. Change start/stop time to the bit of song that you want,
5. Right click on song, select "convert selection to AAC"
6. After a few seconds, you'll get a "bloop" and see another version of the song.
7. Rename selection something that you'll remember
8. Close itunes
9. Go into Explorer (or whatever on a Mac), and find the file
10. Change file extention from "m4a" to "m4r"
11. open iTunes
12. Drag file into iTunes. It should automatically figure out that it's a ringtone and put it into the ringtone library.
The one caveat is that you cannot do this with a song you've downloaded from iTunes unless you strip the DRM protections.
Atropa - Aug 11, 2008 11:15:49 am PDT #7389 of 25501
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Oooh, thank you, Vortex! That will make my life much, much easier.
tommyrot - Aug 11, 2008 11:18:02 am PDT #7390 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
That will make my life much, much easier.
And also more awesome!
megan walker - Aug 11, 2008 11:33:13 am PDT #7391 of 25501
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I'll file that under things I always wanted to know about my cellphone but was afraid to ask.
Vortex - Aug 11, 2008 11:39:47 am PDT #7392 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
For the record, there is not yet an easy way to change your text message notification sounds. At this point, you have to go into the files of the phone itself and change the name of your file to one of the current names (i.e. tritone) and substitute it in. That may change, but we're stuck with the lameness for now.
megan walker - Aug 11, 2008 11:41:09 am PDT #7393 of 25501
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
For the record, there is not yet an easy way to change your text message notification sounds.
You mean the "juliana called" sound?
Cass - Aug 11, 2008 12:49:05 pm PDT #7394 of 25501
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
You mean the "juliana called" sound?
Hey! Texting is a valid form of communication for some of us.
(full disclaimer: the last person I texted was juliana about ten minutes ago.)
megan walker - Aug 11, 2008 12:53:38 pm PDT #7395 of 25501
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
(full disclaimer: the last person I texted was juliana about ten minutes ago.)
See!