Sefy's & Pinoy2201's Newbie Guides!

[Sefy]

Question to the Guide Users: Should the menu bar stay or should I remove the menu bar completly ?

[Sefy]

Well, inspite of the fact that only kwag said to keep the guide, no one else said anything about it, so it's going to stay, if anyone is interested then both new guides are now officialy online at:

http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/articles/index.html

soon to be followed by labDV, hopefully VCDhelp, and also a new webpage that will support the guide at the MST3K Digital Archive Project.

I'm still hoping to hear suggestions for improvments on the guide.

[pinoy2201]

wow i havent been here for awhile but hey i was in canada and i got the exams on my back but im here now to answer more question and sefy great idea about the name on the forum post for better searching....and great news about the guide but i think LabDv will soon charge for acess for your guide too so i suggest u ask them to keep it free for view to the public or take it down......and page 4 woooo hooooo

[Sefy]

I'll ask Jim from labDV to make the guide accessible if there is any payments, I want the guide to be free for the users, that's why I made it.

[Sefy]

Great News!
I've just completed the last sections of the guide (well, for now!) and it now includes all the requested programs: VirtualDub / VideoServer / CCE & LSX Standalone versions.

Updated Guide is currently accessible on my homepage, soon will be updated on the supporting webpages (VCDhelp, Digital-Digest, labDV, MST3K and hopefully the http://www.sefy.help4u.org/)

[Manoj]

Sefy, I've read ver 2.0 of your guide and used it successfully to create VCDs. Thanks for all the effort you have put in creating the guide.

I notice that only garbled text is available at this site:
http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/articles/index.html

Perhaps it's down for maintenance.

Also, is there a tutorial that would tell a total newbie how to include subtitles in a VCD format? I just want to keep the English subs that come on most movies. The basic tools I wanted to use are: CladDVD, DVD2AVI, TMPGEnc, and anything else required to rip and then hard-code the subtitles.

Finally, stay safe with all the craziness going around in your part of the world.

Manoj

[Sefy]

Thank you for responding Manoj, i've checked the links, it seems to be working, so here is a direct link to the new complete guide:
http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/articles/dvdtovcd/index.htm

If you follow the links IN the guide (and not the Menubar) you will be able to choose which programs to use and you can add subtitles into TMPGEnc as well, if you are having problems, and you need help, let me know!

[bilbogod]

Sefy - Just wanted to say a very belated thankyou for all of your help. I tried to do a little job of it here:-

http://forum.vcdhelp.com/viewtopic.php?p=236969#236969

Your guides are essentially the lifeblood of this forum. There is one part of the U.K that owes you a debt of gratitude.

[Sefy]

Thank you very much! that is very appriciated!

Just wanted to mention here as well, the reason we ask for feedback, is that we can improve the guides, so even the most minor feedback ,regarding a step in the guide you got stuck on, will help us improve it for you.

[Sefy]

Well, i'm glad to say that Baldrick has posted the latest guides on VCDhelp!

Here is something to bring back old memories, someone send me an email with a link to a guide which has my signature on it, I don't know what language it is in, but it's one of the FIRST guides I wrote, go here for the fun of it

http://203.162.17.98/weblh/sdpm/2001/ti/dvd2vcd/

[Sefy]

Good News:
Alot of webpages now host the guides, so here is a complete list of access, so this way not too many people will get croweded on the same page and kill it

http://www.kvcd.net/ - kwag's homepage
http://www.kvcd.net/guides/sefy/index.htm - Complete Guide
http://www.kvcd.net/guides/sefy/ClassicalGuide.html - Classical Guide

http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/index.html - Digital-Digest webpage
http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/articles/dvdtovcd/index.htm
http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/articles/dvdtovcd/ClassicalGuide.html

http://www.vcdhelp.com - VCDhelp!
http://www.vcdhelp.com/sefy/ - Complete Guide
http://www.vcdhelp.com/dvdtovcd.htm - Classical Guide

http://mst3k.dapcentral.org/ - MST3K Digital Archive Project
http://www.dapcentral.org/faqs/vcd/ - Complete Guide

http://www.labdv.com/ - labDV webpage
http://www.labdv.com/sefyguide/index.php - Complete Guide

http://www.sefy.dns2go.com - My Homepage (56k modem!)
http://www.sefy.dns2go.com/main_frames.htm - Complete Guide
http://www.sefy.dns2go.com/ClassicalGuide.html - Classical Guide

http://www.pinoy2201.cjb.net - Pinoy2201 WebPage
http://www.stormpages.com/pinoy2201/ - Classical Guide

UPDATE:

Great News for those who are in Australia and New Zealand! I know found a local server there to host the guides! so you will have a faster connection

http://guides.dvdvideo.co.nz/

Also, the webpage www.mpegx.com will also soon be hosting the guides!

I hope this helps everyone one!, I might get some more web hosts soon!

[pinoy2201]

Hey sefy u forgto about me im also hosting your Classical Guide..i wish i can upload your ultimate guide but since my webhost for the guides does not support Frames so im only limited to your Classical Guide

Pinoy2201 VCD/DVD Site:
Go: Classical Guide

[Sefy]

I'm terribly sorry, I couldn't contact you for awhile there, can you give me the link address ? my apologies, I didn't mean to!

[pinoy2201]

dont worry about it http://www.stormpages.com/pinoy2201 or just go to www.pinoy2201.cjb.net

[Sefy]

Yup, thanks, i've edited the message both here and on kwag's homepage, so it contains all the links!

[pinoy2201]

No Problem

[Sefy]

Great News!
mpegx.com now also hosts the guides, i believe that covers just about all DVD releated respectable webpages that host the guide, no more the need to crowed just one webpage, here are the links:

http://www.mpegx.com/videoguide.asp
http://www.mpegnews.com/files/guide/sefy/index.htm - Complete
http://www.mpegnews.com/files/guide/sefy/classicalguide.html - Classical

That's about it! now i gotta keep all those webpages updates

[Sefy]

Bad News:

I've lost 6000 emails, so anyone who emailed me in the last week, please send it again if you did not get a reply from me yet.

[pinoy2201]

hey Sefy nice avatar ...you are the Superman of VCD help

hey i have the same problem as Sefy i lost 5( not as big)emails yesterday nite to anybody that didnt get a reply send them again!

Ok i started a small project a small gui for Wav2mp since other guis are to hard to understand...it will be a bat file (im no programmer but im learning delphi rite now)

And i have also started my update on my Guide..im styll thinking wat to add..i thinking to remove the vob2audio since alot of people are haveing trouble

[Sefy]

To VCDhelp members, it has recently been brought to my attention that DVD Wizard is selling MY guide as an Ebook! for those of you who paid, you just paid money for a free guide! and that was ripped badly as well!

If you were ever in the webpage below and bought off their "DVD Wizard", you were ripped off, and I suggest you sue them!

http://www.easternisp.org/

This kind of stuff I do not approve, I may not be a programmer, but writing the guide took me alot of time and effort, I wasn't even contacted for any permission by those people.

Because of this development, i'm going to stop doing any updates to the guides untill further notice, please accept my apologies, but I do not approve someone copying things and selling them without even asking for approval.

[pinoy2201]

To VCDhelp members, it has recently been brought to my attention that DVD Wizard is selling MY guide as an Ebook! for those of you who paid, you just paid money for a free guide! and that was ripped badly as well!

If you were ever in the webpage below and bought off their "DVD Wizard", you were ripped off, and I suggest you sue them!

http://www.easternisp.org/

This kind of stuff I do not approve, I may not be a programmer, but writing the guide took me alot of time and effort, I wasn't even contacted for any permission by those people.

Because of this development, i'm going to stop doing any updates to the guides untill further notice, please accept my apologies, but I do not approve someone copying things and selling them without even asking for approval.

This damn people make me sick! sorry for that Sefy..i suggest wat Sefy said sue them! this people get money off other people's hard werk and they get the money! im surprised people are actually getting fooled by this fake thing...when they can go any search engine a type DVD-VCD and get VCDHelp...hate this kind of people!!!

[Sefy]

Thanks Pinoy2201, but for now i'm afraid i'm gonna put the guide on hold till i figure out what to do, I have no idea how or if I can sue them, and to be honest, i can't afford a lawyer for this kind of thing.

Has anyone noticed there is no place to email that company ?

[pinoy2201]

umm your correct about the email thing and have you noticed the site is hosted(wat it think) by there ISP...it may be callled easternisp.com....i kno money is a issue here too

[kitty]

I would hate to loose Sefy's expertise because of the turkeys.

Here is a WHOIS of the site:

Domain name- EASTERNISP.COM

Name servers-
DNS1.NAME-SERVICES.COM
DNS2.NAME-SERVICES.COM
DNS3.NAME-SERVICES.COM
DNS4.NAME-SERVICES.COM
DNS5.NAME-SERVICES.COM

Start of registration- Mar 18 2002 00:00:00
Registered through- Mar 18 2003 00:00:00

Registrant Contact-
easternisp
Will Hakaras (info@easternisp.com)
937-477-5623
FAX- none
456 main
Dayton, OH 45063
US

Billing, Administrative Contact-
easternisp
Will Hakaras (info@easternisp.com)
937-477-5623
FAX- none
456 main
Dayton, OH 45063
US

Technical Contact-
easternisp
Will Hakaras (info@easternisp.com)
937-477-5623
FAX- none
456 main
Dayton, OH 45063
US

Status: PROTECTED
Note: To help prevent malicious domain hijacking and domain
transfer errors, the registrar has protected the registrant
of this domain name registrant by locking it. Any attempted
transfers will be denied at the registry until the registrant
requests otherwise. The registrant for the name may unlock
the name at any time at the current registrar in order for
a transfer initiation to succeed

The address looks kinda bogus...

[revjake]

So why don't we just fight fire with fire? Grab copies of everything this DVD Wizard is selling and provide 'em on the forum?

Maybe even set up domain names that are very, VERY close to easternisp.com and just GIVE the stuff away?

Not that I'd do it PERSONALLY... that stuff might be a li'l bit illegal.

[playndirty101]

i tried pinoy's page to download vcd templates... not available?

please email me jarrett808@Hawaii.rr.com

[Sefy]

Thank you kitty for your support, and also for the information, i've sent an angry email to that Mr Will, requesting him to stop selling MY guide as his eBook, I know of a few people that will take legal actions against them, will see how this goes.

However, untill further notice on this subject, I won't continue the guide untill the rip off is not being sold anymore, I haven't done all this hard work to cover every single program, just to let a misreable company like that take the credit and get money on my work.

What pisses me off they didn't even contact me to ask for permission, and they didn't even bother changing the text, they simply ripped it off of my guide! while I always give credit to those who wrote the programs and if I used any portions from someone else's guide or asked for help, I give them credit as well, I don't pro-claim i'm the one who did it.

Update: the email is false, see here -
----- The following address(es) had permanent fatal errors -----
<info@easternisp.com>; originally to info@easternisp.com (unrecoverable error)
The recipient 'info' is unknown at host 'easternisp.com'

[DoctorVanGogh]

Well, it seems, someone checked easternisp.com and not esternisp.org

Well, here's THEIR whois info (they even got some nice, friendly US postal address)

Registrant id#: 1
The Data in the VeriSign Registrar WHOIS database is provided by VeriSign for
information purposes only, and to assist persons in obtaining information about
or related to a domain name registration record. VeriSign does not guarantee
its accuracy. Additionally, the data may not reflect updates to billing contact
information. By submitting a WHOIS query, you agree to use this Data only
for lawful purposes and that under no circumstances will you use this Data to:
(1) allow, enable, or otherwise support the transmission of mass unsolicited,
commercial advertising or solicitations via e-mail, telephone, or facsimile; or
(2) enable high volume, automated, electronic processes that apply to VeriSign
(or its computer systems). The compilation, repackaging, dissemination or
other use of this Data is expressly prohibited without the prior written
consent of VeriSign. VeriSign reserves the right to terminate your access to
the VeriSign Registrar WHOIS database in its sole discretion, including
without limitation, for excessive querying of the WHOIS database or for failure
to otherwise abide by this policy. VeriSign reserves the right to modify these
terms at any time. By submitting this query, you agree to abide by this policy.


domain: easternisp.org
status: production
origin-c: harald.buchmann@lycos.de 0
organization: Audiobooks Star
owner: Harald Buchmann
email: harald.buchmann@lycos.de 0
address: Euclid Ave 9958
city: Miami
postal-code: 33102
country: US
admin-c: harald.buchmann@lycos.de 0
tech-c: harald.buchmann@lycos.de 0
billing-c: harald.buchmann@lycos.de 0
nserver: ns1.balubalu.com 200.73.180.17
nserver: ns1.featuremail.com 200.73.180.18
nserver: ns1.harlekinmail.com 200.73.180.19
registrar: JORE-1
created: 2002-05-15 22:40:38 UTC JORE-1
expires: 2003-05-15 16:40:31 UTC
source: joker.com


db-updated: 2002-05-27 01:23:51 UTC

The previous information has been obtained either directly from the
registrant or a registrar of the domain name other than VeriSign.

I'd suggest you get yourself a nice greedy lawyer and sue the hell out of them - I always thought America was the country with more lawyers than people in it

[Martok]

Sefy,

The address in Dayton could be N. or S. Main St.
The ZIP code is a Hamilton, OH Post Office. The town is Shandon OH., located between Okeana and Ross, OH on S.R.s 126 and 748.
The phone # is a Verizon cell phone.
Looks like interstate fraud and plagiarism, since your guides HAVE been published by YOU and vcdhelp.com.
This appears to be a case for the FBI and the US District Attorney, since both are federal offences.
If you inform them of this, I’ll bet that website disappears in about 0.5 ns.

Good luck,
Dave Kern

[Sefy]

Thank you guys for this co-operation, I highly doubt I can afford a lawyer, do recall i'm from Israel, and i'm practicly supporting my whole family because of the situation right now.

But i'll see what can be done to stop them.

What would you guys say if ontop of the free guide (which will ALWAYS remain free on the webpages) i'll sell an eBook for 10$ ? I want your honest opinion on this, basicly the reason i'm asking is, if I sell it, you'd know I won't bullshit you, you'll know what you are getting, and maybe it will also stop the rip-offs off the net, and we might even get to support VCDhelp and all the authors of the programs if the eBook version will sell well (if it sells at all).