Comments for William Frantz

Comment on Russian Gear by Sergey

Sergey — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:53:42 +0000

It also is funny that people outside Russia often pronounce Sochi as Japan sushi meal. I think later this will change.

Comment on Team America Costumes for Sale by Louie

Louie — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:40:12 +0000

i tryed to find them but they are not there are there any other sites i can get them?

Comment on Get a Free DivX Cartoon by Davis Freeberg

Davis Freeberg — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:43:45 +0000

I tend to view myself more as a foaming lunatic than any kind of sage, but can appreciate the challenges that you are up against. Here’s hoping that purchases get cheaper than rentals sooner than later.

Comment on Get a Free DivX Cartoon by wfrantz

wfrantz — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:50:15 +0000

Thanks Davis, although I was hoping for feedback along like lines of, "that settings menu was hard to find" rather than "you should bring harmony to this incongruous world."

IMHO, renting digital media doesn't make sense. It's become an artificial construct anyway. There are widely available tools and laptops that make it easy to practice "rent, rip and return" without even leaving the Blockbuster parking lot. So why pretend there is any difference between renting a movie and selling a movie? I would rather see Download-To-Own become so cheap that offering a rental service isn't a practical business model. I believe Hollywood should sell digital copies for about the same cost as renting a physical disc.

Alternatively, as you suggest, a subscription model makes a lot of sense and DivX is one of the few technologies that supports a New-Replaces-Old rental model that seemed to work so well for Netflix. Unfortunately, NRO for digital media does not neatly fit into the business models of Hollywood studios and digital NRO is just hard for most consumers to wrap their head around.

In any event, your advice is better targeted at Film Fresh and/or Hollywood. DivX doesn't create or sell media. Nonetheless, I take it to heart and endeavor to chip away where I can.

For those who don't know Davis Freeberg, he is a prolific blogger on all things digital media. Sometimes I envision a foaming lunatic but usually he dispenses sage wisdom. I'm honored he stopped by my site and certainly encourage everyone to visit his.

Comment on Get a Free DivX Cartoon by Davis Freeberg

Davis Freeberg — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:27:11 +0000

I think that the biggest thing that you could do to improve the service would be to create some kind of a monthly rental program instead of having everything be 24 hour rentals or download to own. I understand that not every film could be included, but even if it was just all you can eat indie movies, it’d be worth paying $5 – $10 a month. I think that Jaman also supports DivX and they have a ton of great content in need of an audience. At $20 a download the current prices are just too much for the DivX;) savvy customer.

Comment on William Frantz Elementary School Address by Marlene Bryan

Marlene Bryan — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:12:29 +0000

I attended Wm Frantz in the mid 60’s as Marlene Ann Lawler. We moved often so I am not certain the exact year. Are school records available? If so, how can I obtain info.? Thank you, Marlene L. Bryan

Comment on Impressive Bird Brain by Teri

Teri — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:40:42 +0000

I have an Umbrella Cockatoo named Kaimana means Diamond in Hawaiian I call him aka Bin ladin… In pubic…adorable….Everyone wants Kaimana….He lies on his back, you can blow on his tummy, you can actually leave him there, and cut his nails……..I’ve had him since he’s 2 mths old….he’s 9yrs old now. I can’t have a boyfriend….no one can sit on -furniture in my house, he’s a terror. I send him for like 3- to -4 -days *a week *-to a day care where there’s -is -lots *of birds for- him t-o pla-y——–just want you t-o see -he is- t*yping on my computer. I baby sit another umbrella Mulican, she is a dream. When they are together, he+ is 85% better, yes I would have another bird ju+st -s+o -he’ll- +haveafriend besides me. I am his flock. If I had to do it all over aagin. NOPE NO BIG BIRDS…I do like senagals though. But, Kaimana is with me forever. I just need a bird whisperer. Oh yes he does whisper Aloha, and I love you, in the morning before he yells MOMMY!!! twenty million times and I tell him I changed my name. My roommate doesn’t believe he hs the mind of a 4 yr old…FOREVER!!!!!!! OUCH!!!!!!!! Such is life……Happy Holidays….Teri & Kaimana

Comment on William Frantz Elementary School Address by Ebony Hill

Ebony Hill — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:14:14 +0000

William Frantz Elementary was once an all white school. Ruby bridges went there and white people was threatening to poison her.

Comment on Difference between DivX and Xvid? by Gandalf

Gandalf — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:14:42 +0000

Perhaps.. just a shame that all of those videos I have designated Xvid does not play on my DivX certified i8510 :/

Comment on Difference between DivX and Xvid? by wfrantz

wfrantz — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:42:09 +0000

Most of those videos were probably created using the Xvid encoder (because it's free) so people put "xvid" in the name of the file even if the file was actually created to DivX Home Theater profile specifications.

It's like I hand you a copy of a paper document and casually say, "here's a xerox of the contract." In fact you don't know if I used an actual Xerox machine or a Canon or a Sharp. In the end, it doesn't really matter to you although I'm sure some forensic experts could probably figure out truth.

Regardless of which encoder was used originally, you'll probably get the best results by using DivX to re-encode your videos into the Mobile profile (320x240) before watching them on your Innov8.