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playing downloaded movies

  • 22-06-2009 6:34pm
    #1
    normanbond
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 340 ✭✭


    anyone got the 'fools guide' to downloading movies and converting them onto the tv.
    am told to get an external hard drive. also mininova is a good start and Divx also mentioned!
    Any help appreciated!


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  • #2
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,316 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    I have a cheapo-de-luxe DVD player I got in Tesco for about 20 euro that plays DivX (avi) files without needing any conversion.


  • #3
    MiCr0
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,265 ✭✭✭MiCr0


    i'm presuming you're looking to buy movies, from somewhere like itunes?


  • #4
    SouperComputer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭SouperComputer


    normonbond, kindly read the charter and think carefully before your next post. I'm sure there's lots of guides out there on how to convert "elephants dream".

    www.videohelp.com is a good resource for video conversion.


  • #5
    lewis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,401 ✭✭✭lewis


    normanbond wrote: »
    anyone got the 'fools guide' to downloading movies and converting them onto the tv.
    am told to get an external hard drive. also mininova is a good start and Divx also mentioned!
    Any help appreciated!

    What I usually do is I get the movies from Bit Torrent then hook up me laptop to me telly via HDMI and bobs your sister, I use VLC player to play them and it has worked every time, plays movies that Win media player cant play.


  • #6
    Tea_Bag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,983 ✭✭✭Tea_Bag


    No recomendations from me on where to get movies.. treading on a fine line there.

    however, do you have a XBox 360 or PS3? it gets a bit more complicated on the old XBox, but it can be done too. streaming the movies over your network is simple and quick, no need for new HDD or cables (might need a cat5 for the XBox?) or anything. Tversity does the job fine.

    also +1 on VLC player, maybe from a laptop using an HDMI cable, that is, do you have a laptop, and does it have HDMI out?


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  • #7
    lewis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,401 ✭✭✭lewis


    Tea_Bag wrote: »
    No recomendations from me on where to get movies.. treading on a fine line there.

    however, do you have a XBox 360 or PS3? it gets a bit more complicated on the old XBox, but it can be done too. streaming the movies over your network is simple and quick, no need for new HDD or cables (might need a cat5 for the XBox?) or anything. Tversity does the job fine.

    also +1 on VLC player, maybe from a laptop using an HDMI cable, that is, do you have a laptop, and does it have HDMI out?

    Ps3 man and got a laptop with HDMI output and its hooked up to the telly, easy a pie,I hate streaming,


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