types of movie downloads and burning
 

hi, i'm lucie. i've been using limewire now for a few days. i've managed to download a movie in mpg type, can play it on media player but can noe burn it to disk or transfer it to different files on my desktop. any ideas on what to do? also if someone can let me know what the different film types are i'd be grateful.

Hi Lucie
The most dependable video files are .avi, then mpg,mpeg. Qfiles .mov are mostly Krap or porno.

USE BITZI LOOKUP
when you see a file in search eg.. avi,mpg,mpeg you want
Right click/advanced/look up file with BITZI, if its not reported on leave it, till it is,
Now music, is not so easy,
The Newer they are, the more careful you must be.
The Spam company's are putting swarms of fakes on the network,
Take note of size, Songs less than 2000kb with 128kb bit rate, must be less than two minuets.
THINK!!, how long is the song I'm looking for ?
so what size SHOULD it be,
If it dos'nt have a bitrate! LEAVE it,
Scan every File before OPENING them
Don't D/L exe,rar,zip,or wma files. I am expert at using LimeWire & I don't touch them they are 99.9% viruses.
We only use these for testing anti virus programs.

P.S.. Try typing only the key words of the file, & leave out the small words (small words trigger SPAM results)

P.P.S.. Add these words to your word filter .exe .rar .zip .wma That will stop 50% of crap search results, Don't forget to apply.

Try downloading & using the VLC media player (Its Free) & recommended by us here
at the limewire forums. VLC player has most all of the codec's built into the player &
plays above average quality for music & excellent quality for video files, (It plays most everything)

If you wish, VLC player can be set as the default player for your computer, to do this
In Limewire Library, highlight a file mp3, avi or whatever you wish then click on
explore, in the bottom left corner.
This will take you to the shared folder outside of Limewire, right click on a file,
choose, open with, highlight VLC player, then tick the box to always use this program
to open this type of file. Repeat this action to include all the file types you wish VLC
to be the default player.
USE THIS LINK IN BLUE (download from the nearest mirror site to you)
Http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Your servant.
Peace.

thanks for the advice. i've downloaded the player you suggested but it doesn't seem to copie dvds. am i doing something wrong? i 'm okay downloading the films just can't get them onto disk.

Hi Lucie, You will need burning and converting software to do this. I use AVS media.com for this but its not free. Some people on the forums suggest DVD Santa. You may Google dvdburning software and see what you come up with. Hope this helps.

.mpg files are 'old' technology meant for easy conversion to VCD format, which is able to be burnt to CD and played in a DVD player...

visit VideoHelp.com and do a little reading on the subject...

.avi files are the best for kwality for various reasons, but since you already have said file in said format I would say just go with it for this moment and in the future try to find files in .avi format and then convert them to DVD format (I prefer Nero7 as it is real easy to use..a free trial version can be downloaded from their website)