Computer questions you'd be embarrassed to ask any where else!

ozmo · 08-06-2023 5:35pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120691328#Comment_120691328

depends - If you copied a .mp4 or .mkv to the dvd and you can see this file when you look at the disk in file explorer - then yes - its a copy paste this file to usb stick... job done.

But if you burned it as a disk so that can play in a regular tv dvd player - then it will have downgraded it to mpg 2 - quality and screen size will likely be worse

- you would be better finding the original source video.

But if you really want/need to you can

a) copy the .vob files only to the usb stick - and rename them to have an .mp2 file extension

b) copy all the files across to usb stick and use a pc video player like power dvd to view it

c) use some dvd ripper software (lots free ones out there) that will give you more options

muffler · 08-06-2023 7:17pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120691476#Comment_120691476

Thanks for that ozmo. On the desktop pc when I click on the dvd drive and then properties it says "file system: UDF" Would that be the right name for a file? The dvd is a copy of the original disc and I was thinking of passing it on to a relation to view. So just wondering what the handiest way is. I do have 2 copies of the dvd so I can give one of these if necessary. But I have some photos already on a usb stick and as there is still lots of free space I just decided to lump everything together.

ozmo · 09-06-2023 10:04am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120691886#Comment_120691886

UDF if I remember correctly allows you to keep adding files to a dvd - the alternative way would have been to burn a disk in one go and its a regular readonly dvd.

How do you use the disks? Are the contents of the disk visible on a computer in file explorer... Can you see the names of the files on the dvd drive?

If you can see the files - You could try copy pasting these to a usb stick - from file explorer right click on file and copy and paste on the usb drive.

Its possible depending on the how it was recorded - the disk might need to be "finalised" before its readable - preferably on the pc that made it - but try the above first.

muffler · 09-06-2023 11:36am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120693606#Comment_120693606

So I was probably clicking on the wrong bit. I went into the folder and see that the files are listed as "VOB Video File (VLC). When I made these copies the actual copying process would have been completed as I recall the message saying something like "finalizing session". I see an option now when I right click to "send to" so I can select the usb stick. Ill give it a go later. Thanks.

looksee · 29-10-2023 11:13pm

Is anyone else finding YouTube impossible? I have ABP and Ghostery switched off for Youtube, but still it tells me every time that I need to switch off my ad blockers. They are switched off. Sometimes I can get it to work by going through the motions of switching it off again and refreshing the page, but mostly it does not work. There is a page that ghostery opens and plays the video but there are ads - the same mindless nonsense - every five minutes (literally) and meanwhile the video continues in the background.

I am thinking I might allow myself to be nagged into getting Premium (€12 a month) but in the meantime, has anyone else got the same issues?

fritzelly · 29-10-2023 11:15pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121300115#Comment_121300115

Just get Brave

DeepBlue · 29-10-2023 11:18pm

I got so fed up with that "Dis is not a vater bottle" ad that I went and installed the Brave browser. YouTube works perfectly on it, no ads and no need to pay for YouTube Premium.

Spear · 29-10-2023 11:20pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121300115#Comment_121300115

Ublock Origin sorts the youtube nagging in Firefox and Chrome at least. Make sure the filter lists are freshly updated in it though.

con747 · 29-10-2023 11:23pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121300115#Comment_121300115

Have you looked at this thread? https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058148923/youtube-premium-thread-see-op#latest I renewed for €2.58 a month yesterday.

Masala · 30-10-2023 12:39am

Guys…. Been using a IOL.IE email for years. Any idea who runs it now? Am looking to protect myself if it closes down. So am looking at getting a ‘paid’ subscription of some sort that will protect me going forward. What are Boardies using outside of Gmail?

Spear · 30-10-2023 12:44am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121300324#Comment_121300324

Blacknight took over the email service from a few legacy ISPs, such as IOL, 4 years ago.

fritzelly · 30-10-2023 12:49am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121300324#Comment_121300324

Why not just use GMail?

Masala · 30-10-2023 12:55am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121300341#Comment_121300341

To be honest…. Am thinking of doing that going forward. Will have to advise all future correspondents on my iol.ie to change my details to gmail. So… a good years work ahead of me

fritzelly · 30-10-2023 1:05am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121300352#Comment_121300352

Just keep hold of the IOL address for the time being and get everything forwarded to your gmail address, if its for business then maybe get an email only hosting domain, cost a pittance per year

30-10-2023 1:07am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121300115#Comment_121300115

I'm uilsing Firefox and uBlock. Never had an adblock alert

looksee · 30-10-2023 10:18am

Thanks for the Brave suggestion, I have installed it and it looks good. Its also sorted YouTube. I have Firefox but I don't use it as I don't like the look of it.

I appreciate that YouTube and other sites are there as a business and I don't object to reasonable ad content but the YouTube stuff was a mess.

jj880 · 30-10-2023 10:36am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121300364#Comment_121300364

I haven't used Instagram ads but Ive used Facebook ads years ago. Usually targeted based on your browsing history, other ads youve clicked on, your age, location etc.

It doesn't mean you're being labelled a perv or anything by mistake 😆. More like sellers are trying to guess what would catch your attention.

jj880 · 30-10-2023 10:48am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121300773#Comment_121300773

Yip started using Brave recently myself. Really like it. Somehow it manages to run quicker and use a lot less resources than other popular browsers (on my system anyway. Win 10 64 bit).

looksee · 30-10-2023 10:50am

Just got a new laptop so I am using Win 11, not entirely sure what the differences are yet.

Flinty997 · 30-10-2023 11:03am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121300773#Comment_121300773

Opera also blocks it. Brave works well.

YouTube has become unusable with ads. The irony of Google more ads in YouTube (and everywhere tbh) causing people to switch from Chrome.

Flinty997 · 30-10-2023 11:12am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121300364#Comment_121300364

Usual trick is to bait you into looking at something say woodworking but it's really a smut channel. Then it will bombard you with smut until you click ignore on a ton of those channels.

I think it's weird behaviour for a mainstream app.

AndrewJRenko · 30-10-2023 11:37am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121300341#Comment_121300341

Because you don't want to give your private information to a company who's core business model is about making money from your private information.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121300324#Comment_121300324

Try Protonmail - secure, encrypted email service, where they have zero access to your content, hosted in Switzerland, so very difficult for anyone to get at, even with Court orders. €8 a month for the basic service, which I think includes the VPN. You'll get yourself a nice neat @pm.me email address.

cobham · 30-10-2023 1:56pm

I have been using Adblocker for few years and yes in last month Youtube have been warning me etc and eventually stopped access unless I allowed ads or signed up to Premium. Someone suggested logging out of youtube account.... that worked but my settings did not carry over. I found I had also inadvertently logged out of gmail so had to log back in to that and lo and behold, I am also logged back into Youtube.... but no ads! Yes I use Chrome and adblocker is an extension on that. It is a salutary lesson that I am addicted to Youtube :( Adblocker is 'free' but I give them a few euro whe requested as value the service they provide.

cobham · 30-10-2023 2:00pm

I have a proton account but have not paid anything for it? It is just there as a back up. I have been using gmail for over 12 yrs now and it is a record of my life as I keep 'sent' email tho I see I will soon reach the limit of storage with free account. Previously I had a hotmail and got fed up with the spam there so moved but there is a feature that will forward hotmail to gmail but the porn etc does not get thru.