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  1. Member monoxide77's Avatar
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    ... From This Site?

    Personally, I've made a few bucks transferring home movies and such for people to DVD with stuff I learned from this site. Anybody else?
    Laserdiscs are cool, but laserdiscs on DVD-Rs are cooler.
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  2. I've made a few bucks from selling the Official VCDHelp.com Demo VCD: https://www.videohelp.com/vcd ... however, I do it more for fun/interest than money.

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    From video knowledge, yes, it's part of my career. From this site? Not likely. It's good up to a point, but I learned advanced techniques elsewhere. This site is mainly good for DVD copying techniques and how to use cheap consumer stuff.
    I'm not online anymore. Ask BALDRICK, LORDSMURF or SATSTORM for help. PM's are ignored.
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  4. Made a few beers from transferring some home movies for friends but apart from that nothing else
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  5. I made $20 one time for transferring an old 8mm to DVD. If you consider $3 for the DVD and the 5-6 hours I put into it cleaning it up, making the menus, and adding a sound track, I figure I came out around $100 in the hole

    But, hey, what kind of price do you place on the awe and admiration of those that don't have a clue as to how to create a DVD?

    Next time someone wants something transferred, I'm going to insist that he or she comes over to help (With a gallon or two of wine !)
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  6. Originally Posted by txpharoah
    From video knowledge, yes, it's part of my career. From this site? Not likely. It's good up to a point, but I learned advanced techniques elsewhere. This site is mainly good for DVD copying techniques and how to use cheap consumer stuff.
    Jeeeez, tx -- does that chip make yr shoulder sore? "Not likely?" "Cheap consumer stuff?" Dollars may make the difference, but they don't make the man...

    I generally respect your opinion, but that's a little harsh. Not everyone can be the ideal professional, and econo freelancers like myself have actually picked up a few new tricks here at dvdrhelp. I would have never come across Smart Ripper w/out this site, and that freeware app saved me some trouble once when I needed to do some small edits to a business' DVD before transferring it to VHS.

    There's something to learn everywhere...and every bit of knowledge could help you make money some day, even if only indirectly. At the very least, it helps make you a better person.
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  7. Bucketload's, but not legally.

    Legally though I have made a few bucks here and there just doing odd stuff. Mainly from setting up home theatre's for friends etc not actual encoding or anything.
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  8. well I must say that I'm still not driving the BMW that I would like but,
    I did manage to recover the money invested in blank DVD's.

    I think this is a great site for both newbies and experts. their is always room for improvement and learning some new techniques.
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  9. I got some sex out of it.. woohoo
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  10. You got two (or more) partner sex from a vcd/dvd WEBSITE?!! That doesn't need to be printed in a web forum...that needs to be printed in the Guinness Book of World Records!
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    You mean the Penthouse Forum, don't you?

    I make some pretty good scratch off of converting home videos to VCD/SVCD/DVD. Lots of cool tricks learned here.

    I've actually cut down on the conversion and authoring steps using tools and tutorials found here, and of course TIME = $$
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  12. This site has been a great help for many things, especially sorting through DVD creation issues. In fact, I make my living providing video services. I don't get rich, but it's usually enough and always a lot of fun:

    http://www.videomakersonline.com

    As for method of payment, I suppose I could list sex as one of the options, but you've never seen my customers! Ack! I think I'll stick to credit cards...

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    I got my job because of the information I've learned here. I do dvd production, and if it hadn't been for this site I wouldn't have had the required knowledge for this job.
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    I haven't made any money, but I did learn that the correct word to use is "aquired", not gotten!

    On a related subject, how have you guys "gotten" your customers?

    Do you advertise (if so, where)?

    I'd like to make back some of the money I've invested. I've been working in Video for years, but as an employee. I suck at marketing.
    I don't have a bad attitude...
    Life has a bad attitude!
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    It's good up to a point, but I learned advanced techniques elsewhere. This site is mainly good for DVD copying techniques and how to use cheap consumer stuff.
    While I do respect your opinion, I also dont think its fair to put down those who are just starting out in video and DVD production. Everyone was a beginner at one time, and while there are some who can achieve the professional level of production, there are many other people who may not want to learn at that level. And i know there are alot of consumer-level stuff that does a pretty decent job in most cases. Most people dont have thousands of dollars to spend on professional-level stuff, and two, stuff like that takes alot more time to learn.

    Take for example...the best DVD authoring software package out there and the DVD's made from it is pretty much compatible with just about all DVD players is Sonic's Scenarist. How many people do you think can afford $8000 for that kind of software? Not very many. And software like that has an extremely steep learning curve because you have to learn the entire DVD spec. There are plenty of non-professional software packages that will do the job just fine, without having to know so much material.

    As for the topic thread, I have recently made a video for a friend of mine for their website to sell.....making money from it is good, but I learn alot in the process as well. I dont have a DVD burner yet, but when I do then I can get into putting stuff on DVD. Granted I came to this site to learn more about DVD production and as far as I can say i think its a valuable resource.

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  16. It's actually "acquired". a-c-q-u-i-r-e-d.
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    Hey everyone you know what we should all do is we should have like a video quality contest you know like everyone rips like a chapter of any dvd and then they convert it using any software and the only rule is the max bitrate is 1,600 kbs. i know that this has nothing to do with this whole thing but just for fun
    An all in one guide for DVD to CVD/SVCD/DVD by cecilio click here--> https://www.videohelp.com/forum/userguides/167502.php
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  18. you know thats not a bad idea....
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    yea so how about it come on plz dont say its childish cause we all just wanna see whos what they say they are and who isnt and if you dont wanna see it that way think of it like this Hmm im very good at this if anyone can make this any better WOW. so WHOS IN
    An all in one guide for DVD to CVD/SVCD/DVD by cecilio click here--> https://www.videohelp.com/forum/userguides/167502.php
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  20. I have definitely made money from what I've learned, not just from this site, but also from kvcd.net. Learning how to fit 2-3 hours of quality video on a single CD has been very profitable!
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    Originally Posted by txpharoah
    From video knowledge, yes, it's part of my career. From this site? Not likely. It's good up to a point, but I learned advanced techniques elsewhere. This site is mainly good for DVD copying techniques and how to use cheap consumer stuff.
    Wow that was blunt. True though.

    There just aren't many threads indepth on the science of encoding like there use to be. Instead of 9 page threads on DCTs, GOPs, and Quantize Matrices, it's about

    DVD2ONE, DVDShrink, Instant Copy, DVD2DVDR, and other DVD Copy.

    Perhaps the site should be re-named to dvdcopyhelp


    This site was beyond great in the past, but here lately, it's become very ho-hum, with all the DVD Copy crap.

    how to use cheap consumer stuff
    I haven't seen a thread on any Matrox products for a long time. They make some low cost consumer stuff. Or even Premiere, it's bundled with most good capture cards.

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    the only rule is the max bitrate is 1,600 kbs
    1600? you gotta be joking right.

    How about DVD compliant video stream from a clean DV source?

    Who will host the mpegs, and who will judge?
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    Originally Posted by ckdexterhn1
    I have definitely made money from what I've learned, not just from this site, but also from kvcd.net. Learning how to fit 2-3 hours of quality video on a single CD has been very profitable!
    you can fit 3 hours of perfect quality video or just good quality and if it is perfect damn how the f**k can you do that i have tried the KVCD templates but i thought they werent that good or i probably just didnt do it right oh well anyways write back
    An all in one guide for DVD to CVD/SVCD/DVD by cecilio click here--> https://www.videohelp.com/forum/userguides/167502.php
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    there are a number of people on this site who do DVD production (or film work) and/or video editing work ... myself included .. as a job ..

    a lot of them will not always admit it publicly though
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    I have lost money when i have bought something without checking it out on this site first!
    I have saved money when I have researched products first here!
    So in my book this site helps my cashflow, at least when I use it!
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  25. im on this site constantly, during school, and at home and after researching how to do stuff i had avoided making some "coasters" and saved money there
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  26. I almost made some cash until my friend realized he could watch MacGyver on his own TV..... Damn TVLand...
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  27. @Disturbed:

    I was just thinking the same thing as I was scrolling through these posts! I thought I was the only one who was feeling that way. I got started here because I really loved MAKING movies and turning them into something really valuable.

    The topics here really used to be so much more focused on that kind of stuff- i.e. editing tricks, etc. And now it's really all DVD copy stuff. Not that it's a bad thing- I finally learned how to back up my discs, and you've all got to love the look on your friend's face when you say, "yeah, I can do that!"

    But my visits here aren't as frequent anymore because the conversation is never really going in the direction I am interested in going. Although I can never pass up picking on my buddy Defense, though!

    Regardless, this site has been invaluable to me, and I still love checking it out when I can.

    To answer the question- YES! I've learned some easy tricks that are really paying off. Helps me justify buying the Sony burner and Canopus advc-100! (Now my wife isn't so upset with me!)
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    Originally Posted by disturbed1
    There just aren't many threads indepth on the science of encoding like there use to be. Instead of 9 page threads on DCTs, GOPs, and Quantize Matrices, it's about
    My point exactly. Now this is the high-end conversations. Unfortunately, I don't think most people care, preferring to mostly copy DVDs or figure out how to use their buggy hardware (which is not surprising since you get what you pay for). Maybe we should start a topic on some advanced stuff (in May at least, I'm leaving for a while as of tomorrow).

    Originally Posted by disturbed1
    I haven't seen a thread on any Matrox products for a long time. They make some low cost consumer stuff. Or even Premiere, it's bundled with most good capture cards.
    That's what I'm talking about. Good stuff from ATI, Canopus and Matrox. Nothing external. Also, those setups from Panasonic, Canopus, Matrox and Apple that cost more than our cars. Also advanced usage of Premiere, MainConcept, and Cleaner. Maybe some advanced editing tricks. If those things were discussed, I could both contribute AND learn for once. I'd also like to see information on some of the proprietary hardware and software from makers such as Canopus (like the DVstorm setup) and others.

    Originally Posted by Cecilio
    Hey everyone you know what we should all do is we should have like a video quality contest you know like everyone rips like a chapter of any dvd and then they convert it using any software and the only rule is the max bitrate is 1,600 kbs. i know that this has nothing to do with this whole thing but just for fun
    That sounds fun. Pointless, but I enjoy pointless fun.
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  29. Originally Posted by disturbed1
    This site was beyond great in the past, but here lately, it's become very ho-hum, with all the DVD Copy crap.
    It seems to go that direction.....
    Originally Posted by disturbed1
    How about DVD compliant video stream from a clean DV source?
    I would liike to do this too..... Not realy as an competition, more like to see what each sofware can produce. And space ? Hmm... What about short DV clip here with some good footage and results whenever everybody can ? Or here too ?
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    Why not set up a sperate subdomain DVDCOPY.DVDRHELP.COM and put ALL the copy stuff there so that we don't become overwhelmed with it!
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