A RiffTrax On Demand Short!

[Bob]

Yes there is a difference between DivX Certified and "registered."

It's actually pretty easy, you do it right from the software player. No need to have an Internet-enabled device.

It should be easy, however my infamous "8 digit divx code" is not in the DVD player set up menu like they stated, so I sent an e-mail to their tech support team.   I am not holding out much hope!   Stupid Samsun DVD-HD860!

Oh well, watching from my laptop only is not the end of the world.

[Msampo]

Does this work with Macs? I'm having no luck.

Same here. I've created an account, and installed the player. I open the .tix file with the player and nothing happens. Help!

Sampo

[torgosPizza]

Does this work with Macs? I'm having no luck.

Same here. I've created an account, and installed the player. I open the .tix file with the player and nothing happens. Help!

Sampo

Did you try with the Beta player? Last time someone had an issue with this (we got an email at tech support), they isntalled the player from Labs.Divx.com, and then redownloaded the file, and it worked for them.

[Chaos]

Oh well, watching from my laptop only is not the end of the world.

Well, I don't know what RiffTrax's stance is on re-authoring DivX files to put it on a DVD for personal viewing, but they certainly don't seem to have a problem with us re-authoring copyrighted DVDs for personal use (to include the RiffTrax audio), given the various threads on just that subject... so, I'll go ahead and say this and if the mods do not feel it is appropriate, they can delete my post.

There are any number of software programs available for less than $25 (many of which have free trials) that will allow you to rip DivX files to a DVD... the thought, as always, being that once you have bought and paid for a file on your computer, it belongs to you and you can do what you like with it, so long as you are not breaking the law by giving it to other people or showing it for personal gain. Just search google for DivX rippers or DVD rippers (some programs do both).

I haven't read it in some time, but as far as I remember the U.S. DMCA (Digital Millenium Copyright Act) specifically allows creating a copy of something you own, for personal use. This covers such things as copying a DVD, taping / recording shows off of TV, moving / copying mp3s from one place to another, etc. In fact, many companies that use DRM are actually in violation of the DMCA by preventing you from making legal copies of their media that you are entitled to. The RIAA and MPAA would like people to believe that it is against the law to even copy an mp3 or video file from your iPod to your computer's hard drive, but as is often the case with big companies and organizations, what they tell you is not the real story.

As always when the law is in question in matters such as this, I would recommend that you check out the DMCA for yourself if you are concerned about the legalities of the issue. Canada does not actually have an equivalent to the DMCA, but our general copyright laws also specifically allow making personal use copies of media in various (unspecified) formats.

Hmm... why do so many of my posts turn into diatribes against the unlawful practices of big companies in the digital age? Must be subconscious or something...

[Msampo]

Does this work with Macs? I'm having no luck.

Same here. I've created an account, and installed the player. I open the .tix file with the player and nothing happens. Help!

Sampo

Did you try with the Beta player? Last time someone had an issue with this (we got an email at tech support), they isntalled the player from Labs.Divx.com, and then redownloaded the file, and it worked for them.

Okay, doing that allowed me to sign in and open the file. The sound is fine but the video is all pixelated and distorted? Re-help!

Sampo

[MrTorso]

There are any number of software programs available for less than $25 (many of which have free trials) that will allow you to rip DivX files to a DVD...

Plenty of those for ripping DivX encoded files but not DivX DRM files.

[Chaos]

There are any number of software programs available for less than $25 (many of which have free trials) that will allow you to rip DivX files to a DVD...

Plenty of those for ripping DivX encoded files but not DivX DRM files.

They're out there. Mine works.

*shrug*

To "rip" means to take from the original source and port it to a new source, regardless of "copy protection." While it is true that some programs claim to be rippers when they are, in fact, only encoders or converters, actual "DivX Rippers" do exist.

[Edward J Grug III]

Sweet! I can't wait to get home and watch this!

[Kenotic]

That was really funny and very reminiscent of the shorts on MST3k (something I found was the easiest way to get people to watch the show). I'd love to see more!

That being said, the Divx program is a little on the buggy and cumbersome side. I fully respect the need for some copyright protection (even for something free!), but that's a lot of hoops to jump through - and I can't even burn it to a normal DVD.

None the less, Rifftrax is pretty creative and innovative, so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt for now. Thanks again!

[BEERxTaco]

Maybe they'll release the whole thing as a legend DVD so we can buy it...

[Conor]

The whole thing isn't going to be released.  This was the only section of it we recorded, just so people could have a more interesting free demo of the VOD section than the first few minutes of Reefer Madness.

[Bob]

The whole thing isn't going to be released.  This was the only section of it we recorded, just so people could have a more interesting free demo of the VOD section than the first few minutes of Reefer Madness.

I did not think you would riff on a short that has dead people laying on the road or screamng in pain..   

[Bob]

Stupid goddamn online "support" help desk staffed in India   

Since my Samsung DVD-HD860 dvd player is listed on the Divx site as being certified, they said to go to the setup menu and find the 8 digit certification code.   I go do do that, run down EVERY SINGLE menu option on the DVD player and see it no where.

So, I send a support desk ticket to both Samsung and Divx asking the same thing "where do I find the Divx activation code?"  Seems simple enough.

Samsung blew me off.

Divx DID respond, but all they sent me was a link to an AVI on how to add the code online and said I should power on the DVD player to find the code.   Well no shit idiot.   But WHERE is the god damned code?        

Looks like the Divx revolution will leave me behind.   

[PlayMSTie]

  I think I was part of the last generation to see these kind of movies in Driver's Ed. I don't remember this one in particular, at least yet.

  The two things I do remember from these films are; One scene where a lady teacher was ejected from her car, through the windshield, and had a nice trail of blood from where she hit the ground all the way up to where she was dead on the ground several feet away and the fact that some girl in our class was scared so bad by these movies, she refused to get behind the wheel and failed Drivers Ed.

That SO would have been me. Thank God I never had to see any of those. My poor grandfather had to watch one, after getting too many speeding tickets, and passed out cold.

[SuperMappy]

The whole thing isn't going to be released.  This was the only section of it we recorded, just so people could have a more interesting free demo of the VOD section than the first few minutes of Reefer Madness.

I did not think you would riff on a short that has dead people laying on the road or screamng in pain..   

Especially after viewing the entire thing

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3 (The part is way too gruesome to riff)