Well to make things a little more clear, I have been learning all there is to know about DVD media and creating DVD backups of movies, audio, data and software.
The first stop was to own a respectable DVD writer so I chose the best there was in the market (check the confidence I’ve shown in that sentence – its all because the best there is costs under a hundred bucks ;)). The best part is that writers today come with dual layer DVD writing support that really helps either copying DVD movies that are dual layer or saving nearly 2 DVD’s in the space that would allow just one.
Next stop was the software that helps write the DVD’s. Here, Nero and Roxio Easy Creator 7.5 are the best that are available. So as long as the movies are not encrypted, I could now make legal backups of movies. Songs and software were as easy as they come ;)
There are software’s that help you decrypt CSS titles as well, but I won’t delve into that for obvious reasons. The web is big and free and is open to discovery!
The other thing that dominated proceedings this weekend was the immense hair loss I’ve been having of late. There’s hair, hair everywhere!
Apparently I’ve three alternatives: Do something about it, Lose it and keep smiling, Go for the bald look before I actually look bald! (If you thought I would have quoted medicine names, you don’t know me well yet ;). I have kept the last option till a little later when my tennis is pro-quality which might take a few centuries. The penultimate one is something I would never do- ok the smiling bit is me all the way, but that’s carrying things a bit too far. As far as the first option; after trying numerous things like mud from a pig sty, the urine of a desert scorpion, and a medicine prepared out of a hummingbirds dandruff, I’ve decided I will try one last thing. Duh, how can I tell you before I try it. So shut that gaping mouth and wait till I reach a conclusion. Give me some more time, okay?! The things I tell ya….
Hmm… I am also into quality music of late. Please, not in terms of award nominees and such! I was talking purely about the quality of recorded sound. Digitally. I’ve discovered the best that digital can play. Its AAC 192kbps. There is no need for anything more. Its essentially MPEG4. The format of the future and as expected the format Itunes is pushing people to use. If only they listened. The sad part is that music originally coded into MP3 from CD audio when converted into AAC will not benefit much since the data has already been deteriorated. Though you will find a drastic reduction in file size without loss in audio quality one-on-one. So either way it helps.
Unfortunately, except for Ipods, very few other players actually support this format. And most of the world has all their sound recorded in MP3. MP3 at highest qualities is also good, there is no doubt there; but takes far bit of extra space. So it’s a simple decision to convert to an AAC 192kbps for any future imports to ensure that you get the very best audio that there is!
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