[Hidden-tech] DVD Conversion

[Aaron E-J]

I should think that Umass or the Town of Amherst should certainly have a 
DVD burner or you could go to NOM (Northampton Open Media, formerly 
Northampton Community Television) in the Northampton High School.

Aaron E-J
The Other Realm LLC
http://otherrealm.org
http://theotherrealm.org (Blog)

On 2019-10-29 2:23 PM, The San via Hidden-discuss wrote:
> I hope I’ve reached the right people here; I send a copy of the 
> following from a friend and brother who greatly needs a solution; ANY 
> solid reply will be appreciated. Thanks!
>
> “Request for Assistance:
>
> I need help from a local to me (Northampton), to convert this DVD into 
> a format compliant for upload to my YouTube channel.
>
> Unfortunately my ultra modern HP Spectre doesn't have an optical 
> drive, which I've not needed in nearly 8 yrs.
>
> Our PS4 won't recognize the disc, because the writer used an ancient 
> codec.
>
> My ancient Dell Inspiron 6000 does recognize the disc, but it runs 
> WinXP Pro (!) and I can't find a proper ancient software to 
> decode/encode into a YT compliant MOV file.
>
> I'm stuck among various degrees of technology without a solution. 
> Other than ordering an external optical drive. Which I do not want to 
> do for this once in a decade effort.
>
> I do have rights to the video so there is no impropriety issue there.
>
> It is the 2011 UMASS freshman orientation 'Welcome to UMass at 
> Amherst' community outreach video. I was approached by the 
> administration and asked to volunteer toward this per my then many 
> community 'town & gown' Projects that I developed and coordinated.
>
> If any of you can help please DM or text me direct.
>
> Thx!“
> -- 
> Sent from Gmail Mobile
>
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