If you've been holding out, you're running out of excuses. Starting today youi can download Firefly episodes from iTunes.
The whole season is $25.99, but you can get individual episodes for the usual two bucks. Including the two-hour pilot episode. Check it out and see if you'll want the rest.
(And once again, FOX has the episodes listed out of order )
It's under TV Shows > SciFi or TV Shows > FOX > FOX Television Classics. You can also get the first season of Buffy!
Edited to add: oh, and there's also 24, Prison Break, Unan1mous, and Stacked. Didn't notice those the first time
[ May 09, 2006, 09:47 AM: Message edited by: Chris Bridges ]
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I don't have an ipod, but how difficult is it to take, say, an episode from a DVD and turn it into something that you can watch on your ipod?
Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :
Not difficult so much, but time-consuming and it requires you to assemble all the software needed.
Posted by Ben (Member # 6117) on :
i just use DVD Decrypter and 3GP Converter. It takes about an hour and a half from start to finish getting a movie onto the ipod. It should take half that time for a one hour episode i would think. But it's not that difficult.
Posted by Stephan (Member # 7549) on :
I don't know, something about paying $2 for something that was broadcast for free. You can even get Firefly off of Ebay for $20.
Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :
Hey, if you can do it knock yourself out. Many people prefer the ease of just clicking and downloading.
Me, I'm happy to see it because it proves there's still an interest.
Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
Is there a way to convert downloaded shows to a format that you can put on a DVD and actually use your TV?
Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :
Not that I'm aware of, and not legally. Wouldn't surprise me, though.
However, the resolution is pretty small since it's meant to be viewed on your iPod or in your iTunes program. Probably wouldn't look good blown up.
This is for a) people who watch video on their iPods, b) people who watch video on their computer, and c) people who wouldn't mind watching an episode before committing to buying the DVD set.
Edited to add: unless you meant shows downloaded from other sources than iTunes, and then the answer is yup. Still not the best resolution, though.
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
Chris: the legality is somewhat up in the air, but there's good reason to believe it might come down on the side of the consumer, provided of course you didn't distribute the result or the method for achieving the result.
In fact, so long as you're just capturing the video stream somehow to get it into a more malleable format, you're pretty certainly okay, legally.
Though there might be problems depending on what terms are agreed to in using the iTMS; Apple's position that you own the files suggests it might still be okay, though.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
I then use DVD Shrink to create a backup copy of the files I want on my hard drive, then burn it (it can burn in conjunction qwith DVDDecrypter or Nero, and a few other options as well I think),
[ May 09, 2006, 01:19 PM: Message edited by: Kwea ]
Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
quote: Edited to add: unless you meant shows downloaded from other sources than iTunes, and then the answer is yup. Still not the best resolution, though.
I was thinking of any source, like BitTorrent. I would like to do it, but I don't really have any desire to watch a TV show on my computer screen. Actually, it's not so much my computer screen as it is the chair, which just doesn't match the couch for comfort.
Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :
I've watched downloaded shows/movies on a TV and they were fine. Generally not as crisp as a DVD, and sometimes pretty fuzzy (depending on the quality of the downloaded file) but watchable. I use Nero when I make DVDs from files.
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
Ah, getting the shows from BitTorrent is illegal from the start (in almost all cases), so yes, that would be illegal.
Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
That was an example. I understand ABC is making shows available for download now.
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
BitTorrent isn't a source, it's a P2P program: the users are the sources.
Also, Sleeper Cell was easily the best money I ever spent on iTunes. Everyone should check it out.
Posted by DarkKnight (Member # 7536) on :
So now I've bought 6 copies of Firefly on DVD (1 for me, 1 for a gift and 4 for 'recruitment; purposes) 10 copies of Serenity (1 for me, 9 for people who have suffered through watching the Firefly DVDs and my forcing them to see Serenity with me) and NOW I have to get the Firefly episodes from iTunes as well?!?!?!?!!
Cool! Posted by ricree101 (Member # 7749) on :
I wish there was a good quality download. I don't have a video ipod, and the price is way too steep for a poor copy. Oh well, looks like I just need to finally get around to buying the dvd.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
I have had problems using Nero by itself...I can't seem to figure it out, although I am sure I could if I had to. DVD Shrink is great, and the VSO Divix to DVD has been able to convert any format that I have encountered to a DVD format .
Posted by dantesparadigm (Member # 8756) on :
Awesome!
I just bought a 60 gig video iPod and I've been looking for good things to download.
I love having the ability to download so much content, but it's a little frustrating because I live in Maine and I end up getting nailed for sales tax.
I didn't realise you could transfer DVD's to iPod format. What software do I need to accomplish that on Tiger (Mac OS X 10.4)?
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
So if I have iTunes on my macintosh, will it play these things? The whole benefit of having a macintosh is freeing up the parts of your brain needed for knowing stuff about computers, right?
Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :
You can play these with iTunes, yes.
And you can do screen captures! Yay! Most PC DVD players won't let you do screen captures and using the Print Screen option just gets you a black box. I guess Quicktime is configured differently? Or else I'm missing something obvious.
Posted by Ben (Member # 6117) on :
dante. here is all you need to rip DVDs to your ipod.
Posted by dantesparadigm (Member # 8756) on :
Perfect.
Thanks Ben. Finally I can see what Pulp Fiction is like when SLJ is two inches tall!
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