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paint it black wrote:what do you use, preferably free, to rip DVD to AVi? In particular on occasions where there are many 'blocks/chapters'? within the source DVD

thanks in advance :D
handbrake ;D

http://handbrake.fr/

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paint it black wrote:what do you use, preferably free, to rip DVD to AVi? In particular on occasions where there are many 'blocks/chapters'? within the source DVD

thanks in advance :D
I like Format Factory - rip DVD files to AVI, MPEG, rip the audio off, whatever you like. You'll want to rip the DVD to the HD first, though - use DVD Decrypter for that.
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Lion OS X

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Pista wrote:Lion OS X

;D
Nice? :D

I should ready myself for a laptop switch now this is out :D
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It's very nice Z

The only gripe I have is that I need to get used to scrolling the other way, but that'll pass.
Very fast download & installation. No probe at all.
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Agreed in all counts, although I have been trying a snow leopard plugin called Scroll Reverser for a few weeks now - it mimics Lion's inverted scrolling, so I'm pretty much used to it. Confuses people trying to use my work MacBook though ;D
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Quiff Boy wrote:Agreed in all counts, although I have been trying a snow leopard plugin called Scroll Reverser for a few weeks now - it mimics Lion's inverted scrolling, so I'm pretty much used to it. Confuses people trying to use my work MacBook though ;D
Wish I'd known about that.
I ran that Monolingual program too, just to get shot of all the help languages I didn't really need.
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http://pilotmoon.com/scrollreverser/

also, if you don't like the new ipadesque "leather" look and feel to ical and address book (it's a bit tacky innit), here's how to swap them back ;D

http://macnix.blogspot.com/2011/07/chan ... in-to.html

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Woah! there boys, what's all this 'reverse scrolling' malarky?
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Quiff Boy wrote:Agreed in all counts, although I have been trying a snow leopard plugin called Scroll Reverser for a few weeks now - it mimics Lion's inverted scrolling, so I'm pretty much used to it. Confuses people trying to use my work MacBook though ;D
Took me about a minute to get used to :D
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Obviousman wrote:
Quiff Boy wrote:Agreed in all counts, although I have been trying a snow leopard plugin called Scroll Reverser for a few weeks now - it mimics Lion's inverted scrolling, so I'm pretty much used to it. Confuses people trying to use my work MacBook though ;D
Took me about a minute to get used to :D
I'm still getting used to it.
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Pista wrote:
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Quiff Boy wrote:Agreed in all counts, although I have been trying a snow leopard plugin called Scroll Reverser for a few weeks now - it mimics Lion's inverted scrolling, so I'm pretty much used to it. Confuses people trying to use my work MacBook though ;D
Took me about a minute to get used to :D
I'm still getting used to it.
i seem to have adapted really quickly to it while browsing the web, but in Mail or Word it still confuses me :oops: :lol:
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James Blast wrote:Woah! there boys, what's all this 'reverse scrolling' malarky?
You know when you're using a touch pad & when you drag your fingers down, the page scrolls up?
Well, with Lion it works t'other way round.
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quick guide to the new gestures in lion:

http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo ... /1569.html

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Pista wrote:You know when you're using a touch pad & when you drag your fingers down, the page scrolls up?
Well, with Lion it works t'other way round.
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nope, well not with my itOuch! it don't

I won't be upgrading for the foreseeable future as it doesn't have a workaround for FreeHand MX :|
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nope, well not with my itOuch! it don't
That's the thing.
They've made it to mimic the touch & pad interface.
Getting the hang of it now
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Quiff Boy wrote:quick guide to the new gestures in lion:

http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo ... /1569.html

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think of it as moving the document, not the viewing port onto it:

scroll up and the doc moves up
scroll down and the doc moves down

rather than the established method whereby:

scroll up and your view of the the doc moves up (the doc itself actually moves down)
scroll down and your view of the the doc moves down (the doc itself actually moves up)

if you see what i mean...

it's an interesting shift and one which i'm not sure works on non-touch screen devices where there is a physical disconnect between what you touch and what moves :|
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how does it fair with a Magic Moose?

edit: I think I get what you mean and I've been doing it that was since I got my Big Fukk Aff iMac :D
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James Blast wrote:how does it fair with a Magic Moose?

edit: I think I get what you mean and I've been doing it that was since I got my Big Fukk Aff iMac :D
you can try it under snow leopard using this menubar app: http://pilotmoon.com/scrollreverser/

give a whirl and see how quickly it confuses the sh*t out of you :lol: ;D
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Sometimes it seems to come natural to scroll upside down, sometimes I wonder what the hell is wrong with my computer :lol: Oh and left to right feels simply wrong!

I do think there's a chance fresh pc-to-mac switchers won't be too happy with this switch, though?
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bloody nora, how long does it take to download?
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*nb MacFolks - stick yer downloaded 'Installer' on a USB or disc for future use before you install, it's a 'one trick pony' otherwise
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emilystrange wrote:bloody nora, how long does it take to download?
About half an hour
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it's only just damn well finished. poop. oh well.
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