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Subject: Re: EXPERT HELP PLEASE - using a Mac computer can I copy avi files from a DVD and write to FAT32 Flash drive?
From: Sara Bellum <Sara@cortex.com>
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ALHNot@Home.com wrote in
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> On Sun, 27 Dec 2015 10:13:50 -0600, Colonel Buckshot
> <buckshot@buckshot.com> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 27 Dec 2015 00:44:19 GMT, Sara Bellum <Sara@cortex.com> wrote:
>>
>>>noone <noone@nowhere.net> wrote in
>>>news:567f2639$0$4459$b1db1813$79461190 @news.astraweb.com:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 26 Dec 2015 21:21:01 +0000, Sara Bellum wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I know there are brilliant experts here.
>>>>>
>>>>> My niece has a Panasonic DVD player, which has a USB port on it.
>>>>> Rather than keep making separate Video format DVDs for each film
>>>>> and posting them to her, as I have always done up to now, at great
>>>>> postal expense, I wish to put more than one film, as avi files, on
>>>>> a DVD and post just the one DVD, at a time.
>>>>>
>>>>> I will put the avi files on a DVD using my Windows7 PC.
>>>>> Using her Mac computer, does anybody now if she will be able to
>>>>> copy
>>>the
>>>>> avi files from the DVD and paste on the fat32 flash drive?
>>>>>
>>>>> Any guidance would be appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, she can. It's just a simple file copy. But why go to the
>>>> trouble of burning a DVD with the risk of damage in the post and
>>>> not just send her a flash drive in the first place? It's smaller,
>>>> less likely to get damaged in the post and can easily have a larger
>>>> capacity and cuts out the time you both take at each end to copy
>>>> to/from the DVD.
>>>>
>>>> You can certainly format with FAT32 up to 32GB in size but you have
>>>> to watch out for very large files. Individual files over about 4GB
>>>> will break
>>>>
>>>
>>>Thanks for the guidance.
>>>The USB function on the video player will only read FAT32 formatted
>>>Flash Drives. I am aware of the size limitation on FAT formatted
>>>drives. The postage cost will be OK, as I can get 3 DVDs in one
>>>envelope and pay for one stamp. My DVDs have always travelled safely
>>>as they are inserted between two layers of cereal cardboard and the
>>>whole package has immense strength. I have been doing this safely
>>>for years. It was just I am not familiar with Mac computers and did
>>>not know if you can copy files on them and paste on other drives.
>>>
>>>I would not post the flash drive itself as things tend to go astray
>>>in the post. The Blank DVDs only cost me 11p each. Also postage will
>>>be incurred sending the flash drive both ways and doubling the risk
>>>of it being knicked.
>>>
>>>I cannot just transfer the files themselves via the Internet as she
>>>has a limited data download package.
>>>
>>>Thank you again for your input.
>>>
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>Sara
>>
>>I'm not a MAC user but I don't see any reason why she couldn't
>>transfer the avi files from your disk to the flash drive, assuming she
>>can transfer any other kind of file from a back-up disk to a flash
>>drive, ie, jpgs, spreadsheets, documents, etc.
>>
>>The more important point is whether the player can handle media files,
>>such as avi, mp4 or mkv. I'm not familiar with particular models of
>>DVD players in the UK, but I've never known one that would play media
>>files at all. Some might display jpg graphics using the USB port, but
>>not media files of any sort.
>>
>>That capability, however, is a feature of most, nearly all, new models
>>of BluRay players. In addition to BluRay and standard DVD disks, they
>>can play media files (avi, mp4, mkv, and several others) either via a
>>flash drive (which I frequently do), via a portable hard drive, or
>>directly from the disk, which is recorded in standard 'back-up' mode,
>>that is, the way you would record the avi's on the disk you would send
>>to your niece. It's important to note that the disk must be 'closed'
>>or 'finalized' when you burn it, or most players will not be able to
>>read the file table, and the disk will appear blank to the player.
>>
>>She may not be interested in buying a new BluRay player, though the
>>prices are coming down quite a bit these days; but I would not expect
>>her current DVD player to play any sort of media video file, the USB
>>port notwithstanding.
>>
>>In fact, I don't think the media player on the MAC computer will play
>>avi files (the player on a friend's MAC does not. Hers only seems to
>>handle mp4 and mov files. There are players, such as the free VLC
>>player which will, and I believe the VLC has a free MAC version, as
>>well.)
>>
>>If she does consider buying a BluRay, she may want to also consider
>>buying a 'region-free' player, so that she would be able to play disks
>>coded for the US as well as the UK. My current LG player is one such
>>machine, which lets me play our standard DVD's and BluRays from the US
>>as well as those I pick up from Amazon UK which are coded for use in
>>your country.
>>
>>The other aspect of a 'region-free' machine is that many (most, but
>>not all) have circuitry to convert the image between NTSC, the US
>>broadcast standard, and PAL, which is used in the UK. Without that
>>circuitry, you'll either get a messed up image on the television, or
>>an error message from the player saying 'this disk is not compatible
>>with this player.' when playing disks intended for outside your
>>region. Having this circuitry should also eliminate any problem your
>>niece might experience in playing an avi, mp4 or mkv which was created
>>using a video of US source (30 frame per second image) versus a video
>>of UK source (25 frame per second).
>>
>>Because of the custom modifications done to add the conversion
>>circuitry and remove the region code restriction, region-free players
>>are somewhat more expensive than regular off-the-shelf models; but I
>>also understand they are more popular in the UK than here in the US,
>>as there's a greater demand for US disks there than there are UK (or
>>other nation's) DVD's here. I don't know of any sources in the UK
>>(probably online sellers, as they are here), but I'm sure some of the
>>other UK visitors to newsgroups like this can suggest sellers to you
>>(or your niece). I'm sure many visitors to these groups already have
>>one.
>>
>>Other than getting a Bluray player, or a standalone media player,
>>(there are many listed on Amazon UK, though I'm not familiar with any
>>of the players available on your side of the pond), your niece would
>>pretty much be restricted to playing media files on her MAC with VLC
>>player replacing her 'stock' MAC player. Not much fun for a two hour
>>movie.
>>
>>Length reply, but I hope I've anwered a few questions. If you have
>>others, please feel free to ask.
>>
>>Colonel Buckshot
>>
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>
> Heads up folks. The reason flash drives can disappear in the post is
> because the sortation equipment tends to destroy the envelope its in.
> Flash drives don't flex at all as it passes through the sorters. The
> DVD's on the other hand have a better chance. NETFLIX seems to get it
> done although they may be producing disks that are more robust than
> disks available to the public. That being said, even NETFLIX disks
> can be destroyed during processing. If you're going to mail a flash
> drive, don't simply put it in an envelope.
>
>
Those are my sentiments exactly.
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