AB
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Re: [Update] SUPER v2008.build.25
said by B  :. . I don't know -- these guys keep striking me as fishy, even if they really aren't violating licenses after all. They are fishy. Or just weird, or something.
The dev only answers questions in his forum that he feels like answering.
It's difficult to impossible to return to a previous version once a newer one is installed.
The install itself requires damn near all security be disabled.
It constantly wants to 'phone home'. No amount of messing with the .ini files let me stop Build 24 from searching for a port to open. I finally had to block it in the hosts file.
This is the kind of thing that makes me not anxious to install Build 25-- though from a functionality and ease-of-use standpoint, I absolutely love the program.
said by dolphins :. . Wow... 1800mhz required! Why so much processing power? Movie conversion is a resource-intensive activity. |
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B
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| Ugh! I'm still steering clear of "SUPER".
It's too bad MediaCoder has its own problems. It's completely reliant on having Firefox, of all things, installed, and it's sorta-adware.
»[Need] DVD to WMV or MP file format
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AB
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| said by B :Ugh! I'm still steering clear of "SUPER". It's too bad MediaCoder has its own problems. It's completely reliant on having Firefox, of all things, installed, and it's sorta-adware. » [Need] DVD to WMV or MP file format Yes, I remember that thread. I still hate MediaCoder. There was nothing about it I liked. I'll take SUPER over it any time.
K-Lite has a media conversion program going now-- it's not too shabby. I'm still learning the ins & outs of it, but I like it fine.
And Squared5 Software has a program out, too. Somewhat limited, but pretty easy to use.
And there's this other program I haven't tried yet.
Links:
»codecguide.com/video_conversion_pack.htm
»www.squared5.com/
»www.dvdvideosoft.com/products/dv···-Dub.htm |
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B
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| Re: the last, new one, it sounds like we're better off with the original VirtualDub instead...
»forum.videohelp.com/topic344740.html
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AB
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1 edit | May be. They have a few other conversion apps on that page (my link) as well, though. And we are talking conversion here, not just editing.
I also have VideoDub installed but find that I have real use for it only rarely, so don't know that app too well, either.
Between SUPER and the Squared5 clipper/converter, most of my modest needs are handled nicely.
*Edit- And the K-Lite/GTK Conversion app. I like all three.
SUPER is weird but functions extremely well, and the other two aren't weird at all and also seem to get their jobs done properly and efficiently. |
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B
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join:2000-10-28 | Cool. (I used to use Virtualdub a bit and it always worked well.)
I've got to play with handbrake too. I'll get around to it eventually.
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La Luna
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said by AB :The install itself requires damn near all security be disabled. It constantly wants to 'phone home'. No amount of messing with the .ini files let me stop Build 24 from searching for a port to open. I finally had to block it in the hosts file. I didn't have to disable any security to install it...Avast, ZA, Trojan Hunter, ThreatFire, all running at time of install.
I also noticed this install is not asking to phone home. I checked against TcpView to make sure it wasn't doing something sneaky past ZA (which always previously alerted me that it wanted to connect), it's not there.
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AB
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| said by La Luna :I didn't have to disable any security to install it...Avast, ZA, Trojan Hunter, ThreatFire, all running at time of install. I also noticed this install is not asking to phone home. I checked against TcpView to make sure it wasn't doing something sneaky past ZA (which always previously alerted me that it wanted to connect), it's not there. Thanks, Luna. That's good news.
I meant allowing it to phone home during the install, and allowing virtually all ActiveX and javascripting on the machine during the install.
As well as the later 'phone home' behavior every time the program is opened, and the attitude it gives off that it's going to do what it wants, not what you want it to do.
I'm glad to hear some of the 'phone home' behavior has been curtailed. That certainly makes me less hesitant to install it.
Even with all the weirdness, it's just tough not to like this program-- it works so darned well! |
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anonin
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Anybody checkout the hidden 'system' files (very small .avis) in SUPER's folder and the output folder?
Why should the .ini files in SUPER's folder be hidden 'system' files? I also see some strange videos list in the 'super.ini' file which I am sure I haven't seen and even if I did, I would not have used SUPER to watch those videos. I use it primarily for conversion. I sure would feel more comfortable with the program if someone can explain this. |
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AB
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| said by anonin :
. . Why should the .ini files in SUPER's folder be hidden 'system' files? I also see some strange videos list in the 'super.ini' file which I am sure I haven't seen and even if I did, I would not have used SUPER to watch those videos. I use it primarily for conversion. I sure would feel more comfortable with the program if someone can explain this. I don't see an '.avis' file off-hand in my SUPER folder, but I think that/those are 'dummy' files, fwtw.
And sometimes programs choose to make their .ini files 'hidden' so the user doesn't mess with them, for whatever reason.
That list of videos (above) I also have in my backup (original) SUPER.ini file.
I don't know, unless they're 'test connections' during the install or something.
I do know that I eliminated them in the SUPER.ini file that I edited and use.
Did I mention earlier that there's a lot of weirdness with SUPER?  |
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B
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join:2000-10-28 | The mysterious developer's probably cutting and shipping a snapshot of his or her current working environment, and those were the media he or she had recently viewed.
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