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From: Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com>
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Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2025 14:07:27 -0400
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Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> looked up from reading the
entrails of the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs
say:

>On 6/5/2025 4:55 AM, Xocyll wrote:
>> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> looked up from reading the
>> entrails of the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs
>> say:
>> 
>>> On 6/4/2025 1:21 PM, Xocyll wrote:
>>>> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> looked up from reading the
>>>> entrails of the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs
>>>> say:
>>>> <snip>
>>>>> As for ripping discs, I have been using MakeMKV for years.
>>>>
>>>> Just last night I remembered why I dislike .mkv format
>>>>
>>>> I tried fast forwarding though one (on the HDD, via the dvd player) and
>>>> it could only go up to 3x speed (3 arrows), vs the 6 arrows an mp4 will
>>>> go at, and it seems like a logarithmic progression in the speeds.
>>>>
>>>> So to get an hour plus to a specific spot in the movie if it's and mp4
>>>> takes 2-3 mins maybe but mkv takes 20 or more.
>>>>
>>>> No Thanks!
>>>>
>>> As I said, there are multiple mkv->mp4 converters out there.
>> 
>> Oh I know, I have one.  I just can't see where I would want to
>> deliberately rip to .mkv format only to then have to convert it
>> afterwards when I could just rip to .mp4 in the first place.
>> Why generate more work for myself to no gain?
>> 
>Ah, I missed that you are able to rip directly to mp4.  Apologies.

Most disc software will rip to multiple formats.

Xocyll
-- 
I don't particularly want you to FOAD, myself. You'll be more of 
a cautionary example if you'll FO And Get Chronically, Incurably, 
Painfully, Progressively, Expensively, Debilitatingly Ill. So 
FOAGCIPPEDI. -- Mike Andrews responding to an idiot in asr