Van Halen 2012 Tour - Master(batory) Audio/Video List of Circulating Shows

[Mr Walker]

What is that.?

A media server is the bridge between your computer & your device (PS3). If you do a google search on PlayStation Media Server or TVersity, you can download them onto your computer. I found TVersity to be the easiest to get up and running, but added PS Media Server because I had some .mkv files that TVersity couldn't stream.

[Mr Walker]

I have two WD 1TB drives. Each has the same files. I only hood them up when I want to clear my laptop every few months. Hopefully they won't BOTH crap out at the same time. Gigs and gigs of baby pictures/videos. When one goes, i'll get another one. What are they, $60 now?

I think when I said 'tend to' it was a poor choice of words... I didn't mean to imply that most hard drives will fail. Like I said, I've had a couple WD drives that have been stable for years.

[Jagermeister]

A media server is the bridge between your computer & your device (PS3). If you do a google search on PlayStation Media Server or TVersity, you can download them onto your computer. I found TVersity to be the easiest to get up and running, but added PS Media Server because I had some .mkv files that TVersity couldn't stream.

I'll look into it. Thanks.

My son is going to be pissed if I am streaming Van Halen to his tv and PS3 all the time.

[Mr Walker]

The only 'con' to streaming DVD files (.VOB files) is that there is a slight pause when it goes from one .VOB file to the next to the next... not as seamless as when you burn them and watch them from a DVD. You could convert the DVD files into 'one' video file, but I've never found one that worked to my liking... i find that the conversion takes a real long time and if you don't know what you are doing (which I don't) the quality can be effected.

[Jagermeister]

The only 'con' to streaming DVD files (.VOB files) is that there is a slight pause when it goes from one .VOB file to the next to the next... not as seamless as when you burn them and watch them from a DVD. You could convert the DVD files into 'one' video file, but I've never found one that worked to my liking... i find that the conversion takes a real long time and if you don't know what you are doing (which I don't) the quality can be effected.

Shit that's why I just drag the files into Nero and hit burn. It does sound interesting to me though. I'm going to try it. Thanks.

[Jagermeister]

I'm on he Indy DVD at JTT. My share ratio is going to be in the shitter because I got on late. Might need some help with that. Maybe someone can jump back on the Cafe Wha? DVD so I can seed it up.

[twonabomber]

The only 'con' to streaming DVD files (.VOB files) is that there is a slight pause when it goes from one .VOB file to the next to the next... not as seamless as when you burn them and watch them from a DVD. You could convert the DVD files into 'one' video file, but I've never found one that worked to my liking... i find that the conversion takes a real long time and if you don't know what you are doing (which I don't) the quality can be effected.

i've been using DVD Fab 8 to create one big movie file. works pretty good, similar to the old DVD Decrypter.

i did try to rip a Blu-Ray disc to the hard drive, but i don't like the way the resulting file looks. the blacks are more of a gray. i plan on getting a Blu-Ray burner soon, i will have to burn the whole folder to disc and see if it looks like the original.

[Jagermeister]

i've been using DVD Fab 8 to create one big movie file. works pretty good, similar to the old DVD Decrypter.

i did try to rip a Blu-Ray disc to the hard drive, but i don't like the way the resulting file looks. the blacks are more of a gray. i plan on getting a Blu-Ray burner soon, i will have to burn the whole folder to disc and see if it looks like the original.

How much are Blue Ray burners? Can they burn anything?

[twonabomber]

they're about $100 and up.

i have an LG that reads Blu-Ray and burns everything else. probably will trade up to another LG that will burn Blu-Ray, DVD, and CD. local Micro Center has been out of stock, i'm waiting for more to come in.

[jhale667]

How much are Blue Ray burners? Can they burn anything?

Currently pricing them for my PC rebuild...they're around $100-200 bucks for an internal drive.

[Jagermeister]

they're about $100 and up.

i have an LG that reads Blu-Ray and burns everything else. probably will trade up to another LG that will burn Blu-Ray, DVD, and CD. local Micro Center has been out of stock, i'm waiting for more to come in.

Currently pricing them for my PC rebuild...they're around $100-200 bucks for an internal drive.

I guess that's not too bad. I just wonder how many Blue Ray's I would burn if I had one. Probably not many.

[Jagermeister]

Lou's recording is up at JTT.

[twonabomber]

I guess that's not too bad. I just wonder how many Blue Ray's I would burn if I had one. Probably not many.

i probably won't, either. but i will burn a couple just to see if i can figure out the authoring part and do something more than just plain menus.

[Mr Walker]

I'm pretty realistic about the sound on live recordings, but I'm listening to one of the Philly recordings (nickyc neumannkm150 24b96k) and it sounds really good... Dave comes through loud and clear.
Nowhere near a soundboard, but very good IMO.

[Mr Walker]

I was hoping I would be able to add updates to the second post, but I don't think it will be possible... as of today, here's the audio I have (i think it's everything that's been shared between dime & JTT)...

021812 - KFC Yum! Center - Louisville, KY - ironchef
021812 - KFC Yum! Center - Louisville, KY - arcme262
021812 - KFC Yum! Center - Louisville, KY - arcme262+ironchef matrix
021812 - KFC Yum! Center - Louisville, KY - ironchef
022012 - The Palace - Auburn Hills, MI - VH Drummer
022012 - The Palace - Auburn Hills, MI - arcme262
022212 - Bankers Life Fieldhouse - Indianapolis, IN - ironchef
022412 - United Center - Chicago, IL - ironchef
022812 - Madison Square Garden - New York, NY - Drgiggles1 24b96k
022812 - Madison Square Garden - New York, NY - Drgiggles1
030112 - Madison Square Garden - New York, NY - weedwacker 24b96k
030112 - Madison Square Garden - New York, NY - weedwacker
030312 - Mohegan Sun Arena - Uncasville, CT - Ringfedder
030512 - Wells Fargo Center - Philadelphia, PA - nickyc neumannkm150
030512 - Wells Fargo Center - Philadelphia, PA - nickyc neumannkm150 24b96k
030512 - Wells Fargo Center - Philadelphia, PA - Lou
030512 - Wells Fargo Center - Philadelphia, PA - nickyc schoepsmk4 24b96k
030512 - Wells Fargo Center - Philadelphia, PA - nickyc schoepsmk4