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ChodeMasterJ
Perpetual Marxist

5405 Posts
4/03
Posted - Jul 3 2008 : 3:43AM
I was looking at SpermSwap.com tonight and it's interesting that they offer full 1080p vids that you can download and "play on your HDTV". I've noticed a lot of other Euro sites have started doing this, too. Once you pay for the membership and DL the HDWMV's (what format the 1080p's are in) how do you burn them and watch them? (Dumb question, I know, but I'm wondering if HD is any diff than normal definition in that regard).
I know you can hook up your laptop or comp to your tv with a HDMI cable, but I have a PS3 so would I just need to burn the HD files on a disk with like Toast (I'm on a Mac) or something equivalent and just pop the disc in the PS3? Will it recognize the burned disk and HD vids?
Notice that I'm going about this legally...not stealing them or anything. I'm just curious because a LOT of euro sites are offering full HD vids that you can download and own and it'd be nice to watch them on a bigger screen than my 20" computer monitor. Hopefully this thread wasn't breaking any forum rules or anything since I'm talking about buying the clips from the site and then burning them. Thanks for any info.
RandomPrecision
Senior Member

Enjoy!
8175 Posts
3/06
Posted - Jul 3 2008 : 4:49AM
This is only a guess, as I don't know much about Blu ray. But I would guess you would have to convert the WMV files into whatever format is the Blu Ray standard and then burn them to a Blu Ray disc.
You'd probably be better off just connecting your computer to your TV. But like I said. Just a guess. If they say you can do it, it's possible the thing is just set up to work naturally. But with computers, the simplest solution is usually the wrong one.
Zoid
Senior Member

Boobies and Anal
2004 Posts
5/04
Posted - Jul 3 2008 : 4:53AM
SpermSwap.com offers vids without DRM (according to them) which is good news for you.
According to this, PS3 can play a variety of video formats, including unprotected VC-1 WMVs, so in theory that means that you can burn spermswap's WMV file to disc and simply playback it in PS3 without having to re-encode or author dvd/blueray.
ChodeMasterJ
Perpetual Marxist

5405 Posts
4/03
Posted - Jul 3 2008 : 4:57AM
ok cool. thanks for the suggestions guys. :)
it just ocurred to me that the HD vids off of Sperm Swap and other website is in 1080p. If I burned those onto a disc and popped em in the PS3 connected to a 720p tv, would that pose any problems in viewing them? like would it scale it down any and make it lower quality or how would that work? thanks.
Zoid
Senior Member

Boobies and Anal
2004 Posts
5/04
Posted - Jul 3 2008 : 5:07AM
This shouldn't be a problem, it should just scale it down to fit the screen.
edit:
SpermSwap have a HD clip sample which you can download for free. Perhaps you should burn it to a CD to test it. Just in case.
Edited by - Zoid on 7/3/2008 5:11:29 AM
 
ChodeMasterJ
Perpetual Marxist

5405 Posts
4/03
Posted - Jul 3 2008 : 5:56AM
yeah, i was thinking about that. I should be getting an HD next week so I'll try it then. I was just preplanning.
Harry Joystick
Member

740 Posts
8/02
Posted - Jul 3 2008 : 1:12PM
I'm curious to know which Blu-ray burner you have. They're all still pretty expensive, aren't they?
Flash All-Star Supporter
Golden Age Classic

11018 Posts
5/01
Posted - Jul 3 2008 : 4:41PM
Harry Joystick:
An HD WMV file doesn't have to be burned onto a blu-ray to retain it's high definition and should fit on a burnable DVD-9 as long as it isn't too big.
ChodeMasterJ:
Make sure you use the HDMI cable for the PS3. If you use any of the other available cables I believe the PS3 scales it down to 480i.
However, doesn't the PS3 have internet access. Mine isn't hooked up to the router at the time but I believe that it does at which point couldn't you just download the files straight to the PS3 harddrive and skip the whole burning process?
ChodeMasterJ
Perpetual Marxist

5405 Posts
4/03
Posted - Jul 4 2008 : 1:02AM
Harry, I don't have a Blu-Ray burner. I've just got a Macbook with a regular dvd burner. I've looked for external Blu-Ray drives but haven't seen any, but I'm sure they're expensive as fuck. Hell the individual Blu-Ray discs at Office Depot are like $25 for 1.
Flash, I'll remember that about the HDMI cable. I'm honestly not sure how to do that with the PS3. It's connected to my wireless network via my Apple-brand router (Airport Extreme, I believe...the one that's like $200). I don't know enough about PS3's to know how to DL from the net. :) I'll just use it to play GTA4 sometimes. haha. and watch dvds, of course. it's only a 40GB, too, which isn't a lot of room for a lot of HD stuff.
Bill All-Star Supporter
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Posted - Jul 4 2008 : 1:29AM
Right now, that's not the case with Blu-ray discs, although the studios have the ability to code Blu-ray discs so that this will happen. There are still too many HDTV's being used, that only have component inputs, that the manufacturers of Blu-ray players and discs don't want to cut out of the market that they are attempting to grow.
What is true is that no DVD player that upconverts regular DVD's (including all Blu-ray players) to a resolution greater than 480p can do so without HDMI or DVI with HDCP. So, while you can watch Blu-ray discs in 1080i via component, you can't watch standard DVD in 1080i via component.
The only exception to this rule is with some of the Oppo upconverting DVD players. There is unauthorized firmware available that will allow some of these players to upconvert via component.
Flash All-Star Supporter
Golden Age Classic

11018 Posts
5/01
Posted - Jul 4 2008 : 6:59PM
Sorry about that ChodeMasterJ, I thought I'd finally gotten my PS3 figured out.
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