Best iPhone/iPod Apps

[falafel]

Another dumb question:

Would DVDFAB work to make copies of my kid's X-box discs? The thing might actually be worth the cost if that is the case. We already have a scratched WWE 2011 disc, which I don't mind because I hate seeing my boys trying to reinact the game. However, I'm sure other discs will follow the soon follow.

No. Copying video games is almost impossible, unless you have modified your xbox or ps3 to be able to play burned discs. Copy protection works much, much better in the video game arena than it does in the movie one.

[falafel]

Wow. No kidding, it costs 100 bones !

I'm not sure what combinations you're looking at, but if you were to buy all of the DVDFAB products, it would cost you about $350 for a lifetime license.

Thus, why so many have decided to go the torrent route.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Another dumb question:

Would DVDFAB work to make copies of my kid's X-box discs? The thing might actually be worth the cost if that is the case. We already have a scratched WWE 2011 disc, which I don't mind because I hate seeing my boys trying to reinact the game. However, I'm sure other discs will follow the soon follow.

I would never have guessed the Vandelay's to be WWE people. Eastern Washington I guess.

[Art Vandelay]

I would never have guessed the Vandelay's to be WWE people. Eastern Washington I guess.

My 10YO loves it. He mainly watches stuff on youtube and the website since the actual program is verboten as per Mrs V. I tolerate it, but the video game was incredibly annoying. I'm not sorry to see it go.

[Jeff Lebowski]

DVDFAB will do all of that in one package (strip DRM, rip the DVD and convert it into a number of different formats, including apple-friendly ones). DVDFAB is not cheap however. And since its mainly used to do illegal things, many people have decided that it makes sense to illegally download DVDFAB itself.

I bought a copy 2-3 years ago for $50 (copy plus ripper). I decided that I was wasting too much time messing with the free apps. It has been a good investment. That combo goes for $100 today, but they seem to have sales occasionally.

If you use DVDFab for iPad ripping, be sure to use two-pass encoding and double the bit rate. The default settings give you a small file but the picture is lousy.

[falafel]

If you use DVDFab for iPad ripping, be sure to use two-pass encoding and double the bit rate. The default settings give you a small file but the picture is lousy.

I use DVDFAB mostly for ripping DVDs to my hard drive and then streaming them to my xbox and ps3. The process is pretty time consuming already. How long does it take to do two-pass encoding? And what does doubling the bit rate do for the size of the file? Double it?

[Jeff Lebowski]

I use DVDFAB mostly for ripping DVDs to my hard drive and then streaming them to my xbox and ps3. The process is pretty time consuming already. How long does it take to do two-pass encoding? And what does doubling the bit rate do for the size of the file? Double it?

It takes longer, but I am not sure how much. I usually just let it run while I am working.

Yeah, it doubles the file size. I can't stand to see the pixelation when there is some semi-rapid motion on the screen. Well worth it, IMO.

[falafel]

It takes longer, but I am not sure how much. I usually just let it run while I am working.

Yeah, it doubles the file size. I can't stand to see the pixelation when there is some semi-rapid motion on the screen. Well worth it, IMO.

That's nice to know. I've got plenty of space (right now), so I think I'll give that a try.

[Art Vandelay]

It takes longer, but I am not sure how much. I usually just let it run while I am working.

Yeah, it doubles the file size. I can't stand to see the pixelation when there is some semi-rapid motion on the screen. Well worth it, IMO.

Can you notice a difference when viewing movies on your iPad?

[CJF]

Wow. No kidding, it costs 100 bones !



Can you point me to a Filipino knock-off version for a few less dollars?

No dice. If I get caught with pirated software or dvd/games I can lose my job. My company replicates about 75% of the discs in circulation. They don't look kindly on that kind of thing.

[TripletDaddy]

No. Copying video games is almost impossible, unless you have modified your xbox or ps3 to be able to play burned discs. Copy protection works much, much better in the video game arena than it does in the movie one.

Copying video games is actually incredibly easy. You just need to know how to install a mod chip into your device. This is also surprisingly easy.

[CJF]

Copying video games is actually incredibly easy. You just need to know how to install a mod chip into your device. This is also surprisingly easy.

It's too bad I can't have those games anymore because before I worked for the new company I had purchased about 150 X-Box games for about $2 here in Manila. Half of them worked and half didn't but it was still a pretty sweet deal.

[old_gregg]

Does anyone connect to a VPN with their iPad? I live on a VPN on my laptops and phone, but have not been able to connect using either the iPad's stock client or Cisco's client using all the correct settings.

[TripletDaddy]

It's too bad I can't have those games anymore because before I worked for the new company I had purchased about 150 X-Box games for about $2 here in Manila. Half of them worked and half didn't but it was still a pretty sweet deal.

Seriously?

I don't work for your company. I could go for that deal.

Why do some work and some not?

[CJF]

Does anyone connect to a VPN with their iPad? I live on a VPN on my laptops and phone, but have not been able to connect using either the iPad's stock client or Cisco's client using all the correct settings.

I've been using VPN Express. Works very well.