I didn't come here to start some kind of flame war.
I saw a guy who was trying to be as PC as possible in order to try to avoid being slammed by the typical forum full of I-bullies.
Q: "I download movies. How do I do [such and such]?"
A: "Don't download movies. Your are a menace to society."
Q: "I want to do a conversion but I don't want to buy software."
A: "Buy this heavily sponsored software and quit bitching about it."
Etc.
I went through the same bullcrap and basically had to learn it all myself. No one wants to help, certainly not here at Afterdawn where the mere mention of something that might have boobies might just get you banned or the thought of downloading something from a p2p network gets you nothing but sideways looks.
The answer is simple and free and only requires an occasionally helpful poster to point people in the right direction. A casual glance across the net will show you exactly what I mean.
I usually recommend Afterdawn because it usually has quite a lot of good information and is usually not riddled with the typical mindless bickering and posturing by members who wear their post counts like badges of honor.
I'm sorry I wrote a lengthy post that had an error in it. Xvid beats out Divx. I didn't know. I bow to those who do. I guess saying that it was just my perception of facts wasn't enough of disclaimer.
If I ever write a helpful post again I'll keep that in mind.
I can't speak for everyone else, but the thing that stood out to me was how after many of us had posted, you came in on some high horse with one of your "famous" guides after we had the problem solved, the original poster was happy. Don't get me wrong, that's fine if you had something to add. Except you came in, wrote your guide as if your way was the only way and everyone up to that point was an idiot. You never said it was your perception, it sounded like you solved the problems of the world that everyone else in this thread caused.
you said:
Quote:Q: "I download movies. How do I do [such and such]?"
A: "Don't download movies. Your are a menace to society."
Q: "I want to do a conversion but I don't want to buy software."
A: "Buy this heavily sponsored software and quit bitching about it."
First the guy I think you are talking about was telling the original poster to get a crack for convertxtodvd. I like many others in her don't support stealing programs. He was not trying to be politically correct.. he was trying to beat around the bush and drop "hints"
I'm sorry if some of us on here suggest pay programs, some of us also suggest the free ones... most of us suggest both from time to time. We never told the original poster he was a menace for downloading anything... we gave him the proper tools to do what he wanted, not once was he chastised for downloading anything. Once again, you have the facts wrong...
you also said:
Quote:I went through the same bullcrap and basically had to learn it all myself. No one wants to help, certainly not here at Afterdawn where the mere mention of something that might have boobies might just get you banned or the thought of downloading something from a p2p network gets you nothing but sideways looks.
if we are all so terrible and give bad advice (we don't want to help?) so much so that you have to learn it all on your own, please don't feel like we are holding you hostage and you have to stay.
