Marks256

I just am trying out DVD::RIP on a two hour movie. Ripping took 20 minutes, and the 1st pass transcode took an hour. The second pass is estimated to finish in about 3 hours... I need a ripping cluster...

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theinfamousbob

Build a cluster out of Z80s?

On a side note, has anyone ever tried ripping the DVD to an image and mounting it? I'll try it next time I'm home (no DVDs here). Guessing the file would be quite large, but storage is no object for me.

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Marks256

At what? A whole whopping 10MHz parallel?

Yes. It works fine. DO NOT try to rip the mounted image with a DVD ripping program, though... It doesn't like it...

I use Gmount-iso. It is in the ubuntu repository (linux)

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theinfamousbob

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_computing
Get enough of them and you'll be fine...

On Windose I use ImgBurn for image read/write/creation and Daemon Tools for mounting back( www.imgburn.com and www.daemon-tools.cc respectively.)

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wmmullaney

YES, thats one more reason I like Macs more, they are cheaper to run.

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Marks256

Ok. These next words to come out of my mouth(or fingers) should be put in the history books... I think Apple is beginning to look better and better.... I KNOW! I KNOW! It goes against everything i believe in (especially if some of you know how much i hate apple....)

I think it would be interesting to get Linux going on a Mac Book Pro. I have heard a lot of good reviews on the mac book.

anybody care to leave some feedback?




It took ~5 hours total for me to finalize that 2 hour movie. 20 minutes to rip it, 30 minutes for me to figure out how the hell to use the program (), 1:30 to do the first pass and about 2:50-3 hours to do the second pass.

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theinfamousbob

Right now I'm dual-booting 10.4 and WinXP on my Macbook. A friend (who has the Pro) is doing the same thing, but he's thinking about tri-booting with Linux as a posibillity. I know it can be done, and I'm sure Google will be able to help you on this one.

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Marks256

can you both get the accelerometer working under both os's?

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theinfamousbob

Don't know about Windows...I have a LightSaber program for OSX though...it's a "blast..."

It reacts to sudden acceleration changes with the hit sound, and anything else under that threshold makes a lightsaber hum.
http://isnoop.net/blog/2006/05/20/ma...a-jedi-weapon/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK4AonfnFaM
Wow...just found this one (was planning on doing it; somebody beat me! )
http://lifehacker.com/software/gamin...ter-181203.php
Might use this one:
http://lifehacker.com/software/mac-o...uch-176167.php
This looks a little more feeble:
http://uri.cat/software/netPong/

I can't really find any drivers for Windows, but I'm assuming some exist somewhere for Linux.
EDIT: Found this right before posting. I'm guessing it's running Parallels full-screen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpWiW...eature=related

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Marks256

I hate neverball, or whatever that game is called! I never win...


Now i want a macbook... I don't know if i should be happy, or want to kill myself...

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wmmullaney

I dual boot xp and 10.5 on our macbook too, could do Linux also...

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