So you’re looking to get in on 2003’s hot new trend, watching bootleg movies
at home with your Mac?
Well, to start with, you have to get the films.
There are myriad ways of doing this, everything from
mlNet to
Gnutella. Some of the linked
utilities can utilize multiple networks.
Odds are you chose a film in DivX or XviD format. These formats are
known for their high quality, [relatively] small file size, and
cross-platform portability. You have several methods of watching these
files on your computer screen.
and VideoLAN will read these and
many other files out of the box [and if you’re viewing oneathem fancy
imported cartoons with the optional subtitles in a separate file, you’ll
need to use one of the above].
If you really like the Metal Look, you
can use QuickTime to play these files too.
You’ll need to install
and DivxDoctor to “pre-treat” each
movie so QuickTime will understand its soundtrack.
If you want to play the movies on your TV but don’t have a DVD burner,
make sure you have a DVD player that can play VCDs or SVCDs [VCD is
about the same quality of an average VHS tape, SVCDs are like a really
nice VHS tape]. You can
use MPEGWorks to convert
the files, then use
VCDBuilder to turn it into
an image you can burn with the desktop Disc Burner.
Alternately, you can buy
player that plays the DivX files off a CD or over your network, but
that’s kinda pricey still… what? I AM talking like a pirate. Oh, you
mean “Talk Like a Pirate?” I
remember that from last year, it was funny for a good five, ten minutes.
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