German iTunes 1080HD episodes Season 1 [24 files]

[Victoria]

iTunes HD episodes Season 1

Haha. Try playing those .mkv files in QuickTime.

......QuickTime? QUICKTIME?! Bahahahaha.

People actually USE QuickTime? That's the first time I've ever heard of people actually using that piece of shit.

Here's an idea: try using a real video player instead of one of Apple's toys.

Why don't I try playing those .mkv files in a Video-CD player next? Because those have just about as much relevance as QuickTime. Using QuickTime to play video files in this day and age is like still using Netscape as your browser...

[boredjedi]

iTunes HD episodes Season 1

Among pirates.

Yar.........

..Thanks for the translation BJ.

You're velcome. :)

Haha. Try playing those .mkv files in QuickTime.

Exactly let me refer to Xizer's comment above

And every proper piece of video editing and playback software has Matroska support.

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What Xizer means by proper I don't know. Perhaps products for the masses? Playback is one thing and editing is another. As far as I'm aware, from no to very little support for MKV exists in profession products.
From Avid media composer (used by Lazytown studios and the most widely used NLE for professional film and video editing) to Final Cut pro. MKV needs to be either remuxed (as Xizer rightly pointed out is the best way to go) or converted. Most professional software is going to focus on one thing and that is what the camera makers put in their products. Again, as far as I'm aware, no commercial camera (pro or for the masses) uses an MKV container. On a side note, Avid did come out with some sort of video editing product for the masses called Avid Studio ($99) and from what I understand, it had/has MKV support but on the downside it's a horrible piece of software always crashing. On a side note, the professional software also has preferences to what the video inside these containers are encoded (codecs). AVID recommends DNxHD for editing along with XDCAM but their first choice is DNxHD. And that brings me back to a point earlier about commercial cameras using the mkv container. Once that happens if it ever does, MKV will pick up support for professional software.

[SportaKandy]

iTunes HD episodes Season 1

.mkv is the standard container format for all scene x264 releases. It is one of the most widely used containers.

Among pirates.

And every proper piece of video editing and playback software has Matroska support.

Haha. Try playing those .mkv files in QuickTime.



..Thanks for the translation BJ.

[boredjedi]

iTunes HD episodes Season 1

Let me rewrite that for you in a more civil tongue.

Nah bro. ASF has never been remotely popular.

.mkv is the standard container format for all scene x264 releases. It is one of the most widely used containers.

Matroska is not a video codec, it is a container. And every proper piece of video editing and playback software has Matroska support. The Unique ID generated by MKVToolnix is not personal data. It is a randomly generated number created every time a .mkv is.

Thanks BJ for the mp4's. But why are you re-encoding these releases instead of remuxing into a different container? There's a better way (see below). pooky, please refrain from re-encoding the video. Your current method of remuxing to a .mkv is fine. It preserves the original quality. The quality of these files is already bad enough; it doesn't need to be made any worse.

Here's the first episode properly remuxed to a .mp4 container.
https://mega.co.nz/#!v8g3HZwb!j3YNNc...-DPlTmrU7OgUj0

Note how it's almost the same size as the .mkv. That is because I have left the video untouched.

That isn't so hard now is it. I did forget there is going to be some quality loss no matter how good you are re-encoding. however, my experience in the past with those demuxers and remuxers was one of one big pain in the ass and figured the situation hadn't changed. Would be nice if you could recommend one the way nindan recommended the DRM removal program for Pooky. Personally I really didn't want to re-encode these files I was doing them for myself and thought it would be nice if someone else could use them. Also, it's not that I know little about video it's just that I forget stuff you could call me the absent minded professor when it comes to video. I spend most of my time working on manipulating images or working on 3D or working on a billion other things without having to worry about video crap so can you blame me. We are after all all here to learn from each other are we not?

Also, thanks for the mp4 link.

NOTICE: Reworking the MP4 files in the OP. Thanks Nindan for the help with the remuxing program recommend.

[Victoria]

iTunes HD episodes Season 1

Ok, so the person who originally bought and downloaded the file had an old version of iTunes installed on their computer. But no mkv support isn't surprising at all. It's even less popular than ASF.

That is bullshit. What year are you living in? ASF? That format has never been remotely popular.

.mkv is the standard container format for all scene x264 releases. It is one of the most widely used containers.

Matroska is not a video codec, it is a container. And every proper piece of video editing and playback software has Matroska support. The Unique ID generated by MKVToolnix is not personal data. It is a randomly generated number created every time a .mkv is.

Lastly BJ, why are you re-encoding these releases instead of remuxing into a different container? That shows how little you know about video, clearly. pooky, please refrain from re-encoding the video. Your current method of remuxing to a .mkv is fine. It preserves the original quality. The quality of these files is already bad enough; it doesn't need to be made any worse.

Here's the first episode properly remuxed to a .mp4 container.
https://mega.co.nz/#!v8g3HZwb!j3YNNc...-DPlTmrU7OgUj0

Note how it's almost the same size as the .mkv. That is because I have left the video untouched.

[LazyPooky]

iTunes HD episodes Season 1

Ok, so the person who originally bought and downloaded the file had an old version of iTunes installed on their computer. But no mkv support isn't surprising at all. It's even less popular than ASF.

I believe the removing of the DRM requires an older version of iTunes. That's why it was also downloaded with an older iTunes version.
If you have a tool to remove it from the m4v file I will use it, otherwise the rest will be in mkv format first. If I have the time I will convert the 1080p's to MP4.

[SportaKandy]

iTunes HD episodes Season 1

Yeah it did. It has the email save in the video file, I can see it with software like Media Info.

Ok, so the person who originally bought and downloaded the file had an old version of iTunes installed on their computer. But no mkv support isn't surprising at all. It's even less popular than ASF.

[boredjedi]

iTunes HD episodes Season 1

It is just mentioned in the info within the file. Somehow this info is removed by that MKV tool.

Oh okay you were referring to the original M4V file in the previous comment

[LazyPooky]

iTunes HD episodes Season 1

Is that what the Unique ID is?

It is just mentioned in the info within the file. Somehow this info is removed by that MKV tool.

AppleStoreAccount: [email protected]
AppleStoreCatalogID: ########
AlbumTitleID: ########
PlayListID: ########
GenreID: ########
AppleStoreCountry: Australia
HDVideo: Yes

[boredjedi]

iTunes HD episodes Season 1

Yeah it did. It has the email save in the video file, I can see it with software like Media Info.

Is that what the Unique ID is?

[LazyPooky]

iTunes HD episodes Season 1

The new versions of iTunes don't save your email in the video file.

Yeah it did. It has the email save in the video file, I can see it with software like Media Info.

[boredjedi]

iTunes HD episodes Season 1

I don't understand how software in the adobe price range can have worse media support than VLC media player.

Yeah go figure. Well with After Effects that was designed to be working with raw footage to add special effects ect... However, their Adobe Premiere which was bought up by them from another company is
suppose to be a true video editor and it's pretty much the same issue with the MKV (not supported) though they did add VOB support a few versions ago and with CS5 they seem to have gotten that right finally.

Some of the other converters I've used are dodgy at best with the MKV which is why I hate the format. I'm using Power Director 10 now to convert MKV's and other formats the editors have issue with. It does the job.
The only downside with that program is whomever programmed it decided that anyone who uses below 6000 kbs bit rate should be shot and they don't allow it in their program. Hence, the reason why my converted files
are bigger than pooky's original. I do love it's converting speed though one of the fastest out there. Converts these iTunes in under 13 minutes on my rig.

The bottom line is even after all these years it's still a wild wild west out there with these programs. You end up having to have multiple programs on hand in case one fails.

The new versions of iTunes don't save your email in the video file. Why did they have to be put in a mastroksa container anyway?

Because people who use MKV want to be a pain in the ass

[SportaKandy]

iTunes HD episodes Season 1

The new versions of iTunes don't save your email in the video file. Why did they have to be put in a mastroksa container anyway?

[moomoo]

iTunes HD episodes Season 1

I updated the OP with an mp4 link. I'm slowly uploading the converted MKV files so everyone doesn't have to do that themselves. Not everything supports MKV including After Effects.

I don't understand how software in the adobe price range can have worse media support than VLC media player.

[boredjedi]

iTunes HD episodes Season 1

I updated the OP with an mp4 link. I'm slowly uploading the converted MKV files so everyone doesn't have to do that themselves. Not everything supports MKV including After Effects.