ah, so you ARE a child. just as I thought. hopefully, you'll grow up someday and become a real man with real life skills
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ah, so you ARE a child. just as I thought. hopefully, you'll grow up someday and become a real man with real life skills
Netflix is okay, although I found today that they can be very slow in receiving a movie and sending out the next one. Sure, it was a holiday, but I sent my last DVD back on Friday and only today did they indicate they received it. If the movies I wanted to see were available via instant streaming, I'd just do that... but they aren't. I might switch to Blockbuster, but the option is less appealing without physical stores (idk about kiosks) in my area. If I want the newest stuff and can't wait for availability, I'll bite the bullet and rent it from Hastings (the whole 50 cent rental thing is BS, though).
And to the legal BS so far in the thread... it's funny how both sides of the debate see themselves as higher than the other. Well, it was. Now it's just old and sad. Pirating is stealing, no one is truly a full-time law-abiding citizen (if you say you are, you're lying; traffic laws are still laws), the MPAA, FCC, and RIAA are jerks... did I miss anything there, or is there something NEW to add to the debate?
And to the legal BS so far in the thread... it's funny how both sides of the debate see themselves as higher than the other. Well, it was. Now it's just old and sad. Pirating is stealing, no one is truly a full-time law-abiding citizen (if you say you are, you're lying; traffic laws are still laws), the MPAA, FCC, and RIAA are jerks... did I miss anything there, or is there something NEW to add to the debate?
So since you don't have a reasonable answer to that, you resort to the cool story bro retort? Weak... Stealing is stealing.
I use icefilms and im not ashamed
I also have Netflix
The walking dead has just been added to Netflix
Very good show
I also have Netflix
The walking dead has just been added to Netflix
Very good show
No thanks reminds me of work too much.
I have found my self using torrents as my DVR, I will pick up last nights episode of Office, modern family etc.. And use HB and iDentify to dump it into iTunes so wecan watch when we have time.
Pass Thru audio? Yes, this has been supported for a while now. Pass Thru video? No, but there's no reason to imo if you have the right quality settings in the h264 encoder. Of course, if you want pass thru video quality in a different container, you can always see if the video streams in the file (assuming it's an mkv, this shouldn't be too difficult) are compatible with the m4v container and remux everything.
It has just been easier for me to just dump in HB ( use the que and do several once) use the ATV 2 preset and let it do it's thing.
The whole process (torrent, HB and iDentify) takes about an hour for three 30 min shows.
If you are downloading .mkv files you don't necessarily have to use Handbreak (which can take a while to re-encode). You can use Subler which will "re-wrap" the mp4 content within the .mkv in an .mv4 container which is compatible with the AppleTV. This takes a lot less time than re-encoding (just a minute or two). Subler has other useful features such as the ability to automatically tag your show/movie from online databases.
