Stick with MP4, it's the most universally compatible with really nice overall quality. Video files tend to be big due to compression (you don't want to over compress audio or video, or it looks bad/sounds bad), and with space becoming a non-factor, who cares. We are already using handheld devices with 32gigs+ on them, and PC's with multiple terabytes. Space is the last thing you should be concerned with when doing audio/video work right now. Do it at the highest quality you can, because in a few years, that space you're trying to save won't matter.

 

I just meant for time saving purposes, since it appears I will spend every waking hour of the end of my summer doing this project, just wanted to see if another compression would be smaller, aka, faster to convert.

f***, you're not helping. lol. Angel avatar vs. devil avatar

Do you want to wait until xmas for delivery or do you want it by the weekend?

Do you want to wait until xmas for delivery or do you want it by the weekend?

Here you've re-phrased my dilemma. I really like the current iPad Mini, but the last time I got an iPad 2 right before the HD came out, like a month before... I could've waited that month. So, I'm trying to weigh expected improvements vs. time that I'm going to wait but Apple is not exactly jumping at the idea to share details, other than "we'll make improvements on the next one" and sort of passively acknowledging their last couple of updates on their products was kind of underwhelming.

Here you've re-phrased my dilemma. I really like the current iPad Mini, but the last time I got an iPad 2 right before the HD came out, like a month before... I could've waited that month. So, I'm trying to weigh expected improvements vs. time that I'm going to wait but Apple is not exactly jumping at the idea to share details, other than "we'll make improvements on the next one" and sort of passively acknowledging their last couple of updates on their products was kind of underwhelming.

 

You realize you could just consider it a rental, right?

 

I bought my iPad2 and a year later when the retina iPad3 came out, I sold my iPad2 for 425$, turned around and bought the iPad3 for 599.

 

Sure it cost about 175$ more, but I looked at it like I rented my iPad2 for a year for 175$.

 

Apple stuff has pretty high resale value on it.

I just meant for time saving purposes, since it appears I will spend every waking hour of the end of my summer doing this project, just wanted to see if another compression would be smaller, aka, faster to convert.

 

Not really...this is all up to your computer's horsepower.

 

My old iMac took about 60 minutes to rip a DVD, my new iMac takes 15 minutes to do the same.

You realize you could just consider it a rental, right?

 

I bought my iPad2 and a year later when the retina iPad3 came out, I sold my iPad2 for 425$, turned around and bought the iPad3 for 599.

 

Sure it cost about 175$ more, but I looked at it like I rented my iPad2 for a year for 175$.

 

Apple stuff has pretty high resale value on it.

There's an idea, I'll just keep the box and sell it on Amazon Marketplace.

Not really...this is all up to your computer's horsepower.

 

My old iMac took about 60 minutes to rip a DVD, my new iMac takes 15 minutes to do the same.

 

Yeah, I kind of regret putting that conversion software on my extra laptop, but I also didn't want my main laptop out of use because it's converting videos all day. Welp, the good news is I have moved from DV tapes to mini-DV tapes, and a digital camcorder. Not only are these tapes only 60 mins, but the thing rewinds 10x faster, and the quality is very good. Looks like I'll still be up until at least 3-4 AM again tonight though.

f***ing windows

 

was working on a very important proposal on which I was already past due...had left my computer open for a nap...

 

computer updated by itself and I lost all changes I had made (pretty much an entire day of work) because the autorecover apparently f***ed up

f***ing windows

 

was working on a very important proposal on which I was already past due...had left my computer open for a nap...

 

computer updated by itself and I lost all changes I had made (pretty much an entire day of work) because the autorecover apparently f***ed up

I had to shut off automatic updates a year or two ago when Windows started downloading 15 or so updates in the middle of the day and then Microsoft's website went down mid-download for a couple hours, or at least I couldn't reach it, and the computer kept trying to restart downloading to the point that it jammed up everything else for the entire day.

f***ing windows

 

was working on a very important proposal on which I was already past due...had left my computer open for a nap...

 

computer updated by itself and I lost all changes I had made (pretty much an entire day of work) because the autorecover apparently f***ed up

They have this nifty little function now called "save." Like Balta said, disable auto updates.

They have this nifty little function now called "save." Like Balta said, disable auto updates.

 

Kinda not the point. I'm sure he realizes "save" exists. The point is your computer shouldn't do this kind of stupid s*** by default. I never lose where I am on my OSX regardless of a power outage or otherwise. My iMac reboots and automatically reopens everything I had opened to the same spot it was before the reboot, regardless of why it rebooted. This should be default OS behavior in 2013. I haven't had to click on "save" in more than two years now to avoid losing work.

 

For as much as everyone makes fun of us Apple people, things like this make me LOL.

 

By your rational you shouldn't need airbags in your car since they have that nifty function called a "break", too.

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Kinda not the point. I'm sure he realizes "save" exists. The point is your computer shouldn't do this kind of stupid s*** by default. I never lose where I am on my OSX regardless of a power outage or otherwise. My iMac reboots and automatically reopens everything I had opened to the same spot it was before the reboot, regardless of why it rebooted. This should be default OS behavior in 2013. I haven't had to click on "save" in more than two years now to avoid losing work.

 

For as much as everyone makes fun of us Apple people, things like this make me LOL.

 

By your rational you shouldn't need airbags in your car since they have that nifty function called a "break", too.

I save every 15 minutes if I'm doing anything productive. If you fall asleep and your computer updates while its in sleep mode, that's not the OS's fault. It's not like it just updated without warning and starting a countdown. It's more like blaming a car for running into a wall after you fell asleep at the wheel. The computer doesn't do anything you don't want it to do.

I save every 15 minutes if I'm doing anything productive. If you fall asleep and your computer updates while its in sleep mode, that's not the OS's fault. It's not like it just updated without warning and starting a countdown. It's more like blaming a car for running into a wall after you fell asleep at the wheel. The computer doesn't do anything you don't want it to do.

 

Technically, it is. But it could also be that whatever program he was using screwed up during auto-recovery.

 

Windows doesn't do auto-recovery the same way Mac does ATM, and I can't imagine how many resources that would use as you literally have to copy all the currently running program data in an efficient way, keep that on the HDD at all times, do an update every so many minutes (you can't predict when the computer will all of a sudden turn off and when the power cuts, you can't react fast enough to copy).

 

Either way, Jake definitely should have saved at least once if the work was THAT important. I subconsciously press Ctrl + S every 10-15 minutes when I code or use MS Office. Or you could just use a cloud-based service like Google Docs or SkyDrive, those save periodically by default.

By your rational you shouldn't need airbags in your car since they have that nifty function called a "break", too.

 

[brake]

Basically, I was unexpectedly pulled away from my work. I only save when I'm done with work normally because I have autosave set up to automatically save every 10 minutes.

 

I was able to find a corrupted autosave file with about 10% of my work in it, broken up with symbols and other random BS with huge chunks missing. I was able to recreate things, but yeah it's frustrating. One of those times I miss my Mac. Yes, there are times when I would miss Windows on Mac too. Don't mean to start a war here too. I will say I'd probably buy a Mac if price wasn't a question or if I simply had a grand or so lying around.

 

 

Finished 76 videos before I headed off to school today. 5 more to go whenever I get back. That's $405 my dad owes me for this. At least I made SOMETHING this summer.

Finished 76 videos before I headed off to school today. 5 more to go whenever I get back. That's $405 my dad owes me for this. At least I made SOMETHING this summer.

 

$400 to rip DVDs? Where do I sign up?

$400 to rip DVDs? Where do I sign up?

 

I'm not sure exactly where, but someone I worked with this summer took her VHS's to a place to be transferred. They charged her $25 a tape! If I those 76 tapes for her, she'd owe me $1900!

 

I heard Walmart's is like $20 for the 1st tape, and then $8 a tape after that.

Picking up my Verizon HTC One tonight. Pretty stoked. It's already been rooted on day one which I plan to take advantage of.

Anyone know if there is a way to print from a Galaxy Note 10.1? I love the device in general but I think this may be a weakness.

Anyone know if there is a way to print from a Galaxy Note 10.1? I love the device in general but I think this may be a weakness.

 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?...print&hl=en

 

You need to connect your ePrinter via Google Cloud Print though.

Picking up my Verizon HTC One tonight. Pretty stoked. It's already been rooted on day one which I plan to take advantage of.

 

Get that Google Play Edition firmware on it.

Get that Google Play Edition firmware on it.

As soon as it's available.

Losing the camera app and beats audio make me hesitant to put GE on my One. At some point, when I decide rooting and such is worth it, I'd probably go with MoDaCo switch.

Losing the camera app and beats audio make me hesitant to put GE on my One. At some point, when I decide rooting and such is worth it, I'd probably go with MoDaCo switch.

 

That's the way to go.