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The Power of Nightmares [message #28811]

Sun, 30 January 2005 12:39

lon
Messages: 760
Registered: May 2009

Illuminati (2nd Degree)

I am a total n00b at downloading video. But there is a
documentary I'd like to acquire from some sites that use
Bittorrent. I only have dialup so I don't even know
if it's practical. The doc. is called The Power of Nightmares
from BBC by Adam Curtis.

But BBC says it's have this big problem making a dvd release.

That leaves BitTorrent for getting a version for personal
use.

How does the d/l handle formatting? If the doc. was
done in European Pal format, will the BitTorrent d/l
make something like a vcd file from the source? I'm
wanting to make it playable on a zone 1 dvd system or
run it through a laptop w/projector hookup.

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Re: The Power of Nightmares [message #28812 is a reply to message #28811]

Mon, 31 January 2005 00:12

Wayne Parham
Messages: 18791
Registered: January 2001

Illuminati (33rd Degree)

There is a difference between PAL and NTSC, so it may not work for you. But MPEG is universal, so you may not have a problem. It depends on what format they've used. In any case, converters and editors are available, so if the file is some sort of format you can't use, you can easily convert it.

There are a lot of other programs like that out there too, so you might look around. I use a hardware converter, which is nice when dealing with composite video. But since yours will be a file, you can probably grab one of these programs as a demo, use it for your conversion, and then let the evaluation period lapse.

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Re: The Power of Nightmares [message #28813 is a reply to message #28811]

Mon, 07 February 2005 10:48

Mark Margiotta
Messages: 5
Registered: May 2009

Esquire

Ion,

All BitTorrent does to the file is redistributes the cost of the uplaod to the downloaders. It does not change the file in any way. When a file is made available using HTTP, all upload cost is placed on the hosting machine. With BitTorrent, when multiple people are downloading the same file at the same time, they upload pieces of the file to each other. This redistributes the bandwidth and the cost of upload to the downloaders. So the file format will not be at all changed. If it was PAL to start with, its going to be PAL when you get it. If it is PAL you could burn it to DVD, but it would be unplayable in most DVD players in this country. What you could do is render the file from MPEG or AVI to raw video in a video editing program such as adobe premiere or final cut pro. Then you could burn it onto a DVD in NTSC with region 1 coding.

Mark

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Re: The Power of Nightmares [message #28814 is a reply to message #28813]

Mon, 07 February 2005 11:51

lon
Messages: 760
Registered: May 2009

Illuminati (2nd Degree)

That's Lon BTW.

Yes, the subject of digital video is a complex one. I have a lot of questions about it.

Over at a place called afterdawn, I put out the request to
have someone with BT cut a set of disks for me-- someone who knows
what they're doing. Afterdawn looks like a good site like AudioRoundtable only focussing on video more than audio. I feel fortunate to have found it after the poor start I had with some
BitTorrent sites.

After Dawn

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Re: The Power of Nightmares [message #28838 is a reply to message #28811]

Sat, 20 October 2007 23:27

Crystal
Messages: 110
Registered: May 2009

Viscount

Once you've downloaded this movie thought bittorrent. Try using a program called convertxtodvd. Im pretty sure that you can load the movie file there and use it to burn to a blank dvd. The default setting should be set to convert files to region 1 settings.

Crystal

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