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| Thread ID: 88697 | 2008-04-06 02:37:00 | Avi to DVD player? | zahmad (8963) | Press F1 |
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| 656350 | 2008-04-06 07:03:00 | Wainuitech , I see you are a computer tech. If someone wanted to pay you to fit a DVD burner would you fit it or would you put them under a bright light for 2 hours. All computers now days come with DVD burners , surprisingly they get used. Yes, there are forum rules, however do you have some some evidence that the poster is breaking the rules And assumptions are not evidence He does not have to prove anything to you or other members yes I am A tech, and no its not illegal to install A DVD writer, There's no problem what so ever installing hardware or software( as long as the software is Legal) What I saw in the original post was this the avi file I have downloaded of the net Most of the movies and I'm meaning pirated are in the avi format. I have seen this sort of question on many other forums and surprise they are not legit, and the moderators sometimes even close the threads before any one can answer. As I said I see pirated movies from the internet every day on other peoples computers. I currently have 7 customers PC's in the workshop, ALL have either "downloaded Movies" or a pirated copy of Office 2003 Pro. Thats why I asked for a link to where it came from, because family movies are generally downloaded from the net unless its some sort of storage. Had the question have been worded something like " I have a family movie and want to put it on DVD" that right away would indicate the source. A few months back there was a similar thread asking more or less the same question about converting AVI to DVD - and it wasn't until someone asked where it came from that it was discovered it was a illegal download. Heres a question - IF someone ( and I'm not assuming the original poster) did download illegal content, and PC World allowed help on illegal content, how soon do you think it would be before PC world got into BIG trouble (legally) ? There has even been several posts in the forums from members asking why they have had warnings from their ISP regarding downloading of certain content - go figure what the content is. Personally I don't give a Sh*t If someone downloads Movies, its not me that if they get caught will be getting into trouble, But what I do care about is if people ask for advice and IF they are being dishonest, then get PC world into trouble. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 656351 | 2008-04-06 07:37:00 | Yep, I understand that Wainuitech. As a member of other forums I have seen what happens when rules are not followed. But at the same time unless we ban all discussion on DVD burners or downloading programs we have to accept that what people are doing is legal unless it is show otherwise . Then we stomp on them I cant see how a PC World can get into any trouble unless the post was actively discussing illegal activity |
Paul Camford (10007) | ||
| 656352 | 2008-04-06 07:43:00 | I started a flame session :D? | zahmad (8963) | ||
| 656353 | 2008-04-06 07:43:00 | Just to answer the comment made Well, to be perfectly honest, I don't think they'd be too impressed to find you snooping through their multimedia and private files . Looking through their software in the program files I can understand . . . movies and music . . more personal effects don't you think? If I have to do a complete reinstall of a persons data, believe it or not MOST people don't have any backups . So as for "snooping" if you call making sure I recover a persons data before giving them back a Their PC then yep guilty . When you look for any data they want back its kind of hard not to notice what it is . Out of the the PC's that have the Illegal Office, all the PC's have the same product key, and a "mate installed it for them" - No actual Office CD, and its a known illegal office product key that if you looked on certain CD cover sites is shown, along with the actual download from some torrent sites . I'm not risking my business just because some clown wants to install illegal software . If they want it back on they can install it - I WONT . If some one is not bothered and doesn't have backups, they get really pissed if the person who is repairing their PC, simply wipes out years of data and doesn't give a hoot . Since several here are assuming I'm just being ignorant, Ill tell you right now I have had several two firms I do regular work for ASK to look through their company data and save remotely so its off site, and I do sign non disclosure forms regarding this, and 2 other companies I do work for that require police clearance and non disclosure's to be signed before ANY work on the PC's is done . So did I assume the original poster had illegal movies - NO - I asked if it was . Simply pointing out, theres lots of illegal movie downloads, and PC world would be in trouble if their members helped, and got caught esp if the files in question were not legit . - Hence I simply asked . |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 656354 | 2008-04-06 08:17:00 | Im just about to burn my latest home movie, Its called Die hard 4.0......:banana | Metla (12) | ||
| 656355 | 2008-04-06 08:40:00 | Im just about to burn my latest home movie, Its called Die hard 4.0......:banana :thumbs: Good on Ya, at least you qualify "Suitable for Mature Audiences 16 years and over" :D Was looking at that in the video shop last night actually. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 656356 | 2008-04-06 09:29:00 | Im just about to burn my latest home movie, Its called Die hard 4.0......:banana Now thats always a good Movie :drool :punk :thumbs: |
password (5384) | ||
| 656357 | 2008-04-06 09:50:00 | :thumbs: Good on Ya, at least you qualify "Suitable for Mature Audiences 16 years and over" :D Was looking at that in the video shop last night actually. Metlas definitely over 16, but the mature bit could be argued. As for the movie, bloody good |
plod (107) | ||
| 656358 | 2008-04-06 11:08:00 | Seems to be plenty of free easy to use video converter programs about, I think in part due to the presence of Youtube and ipods, and the open source software FFmpeg. A few years back the free converters involved a bit of a manual process using more than 1 program sometimes, and a few comprehensive tutorials...often found at video help com (http://www.videohelp.com/)... As for illegal downloads, I have seen numerous members request everyday on the popular Yahoo Answers (http://answers.yahoo.com/) (page rank of 8) where or how to download paid for software, and torrents, etc. Yet Yahoo Answers still moves along... |
kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
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