Anyone Rent Movies On iTunes?

[Madi100]

Looking ahead for our trip, just wondering how it works to rent movies on iTunes? Do you get them for so many days, or once it's watched you can't watch it again.

 

[simonkodousek]

I think the movie rental program on iTunes is a complete waste of money. You have each movie for 24 hours from when you begin watching, which means that if you watch 30 minutes now and want to save the rest for tomorrow, you'll have to re-rent the movie. It runs a lot like Disney's internet connection 24 hour continuous period of time.

 

[Madi100]

I think the movie rental program on iTunes is a complete waste of money. You have each movie for 24 hours from when you begin watching, which means that if you watch 30 minutes now and want to save the rest for tomorrow, you'll have to re-rent the movie. It runs a lot like Disney's internet connection 24 hour continuous period of time.

Thanks for letting me know. That doesn't sound like it's a very good deal. Yuck!

 

[drakethib]

I wouldn't use it again. The 24 hour time on it is dumb IMHO.

There is a program where you can transfer your dvd's to your IPOD

I believe it is called handbrake.

 

[shaeJB]

I rented Juno through Itunes. You have 30 days to begin watching it but once you start, you have to finish it within 24 hours. Although, you can watch it multiple times in that 24 hours.

I thought it was kind of cool, but I don't think I'll do it again.

 

[dadof2]

I do it all the time for flights. It works out great for those 2-3 hour trips.

 

[GBShorts]

I second the Handbrake thing. www.handbrake.fr

that way you can take stuff you already have on dvd and convert it. It might take all night for one dvd, but it's still worth it. I'll never rent...or buy... movies from iTunes.

 

[mousy_in_canada]

I second the Handbrake thing. www.handbrake.fr

that way you can take stuff you already have on dvd and convert it. It might take all night for one dvd, but it's still worth it. I'll never rent...or buy... movies from iTunes.

I have used Handbrake for some DVD's and it is nice but I find that I have a hard time with Disney movies. It says that the movie is protected or something. Is there a way around this for disney movies? TIA

 

[simonkodousek]

I recently started using Handbrake to put DVD's on my iPod. It's a really easy to use program once you get the hang of it.

 

[GBShorts]

I have used Handbrake for some DVD's and it is nice but I find that I have a hard time with Disney movies. It says that the movie is protected or something. Is there a way around this for disney movies? TIA

Yes, there is! There's something called DVD43 that breaks the encoding. I've used it to rip "Catch Me If You Can" onto my hard drive and it started as write protected.

Google it-last I checked, it was free!

 

[mousy_in_canada]

Yes, there is! There's something called DVD43 that breaks the encoding. I've used it to rip "Catch Me If You Can" onto my hard drive and it started as write protected.

Google it-last I checked, it was free!

That is great, I will check it out!
Thanks
Mousy

 

[luke]

I get all my movies/TV shows from elsewhere, already in mp4 format, and a simple drag and drop (or sync if you're that way inclined) puts it onto my iPhone

 

[drakethib]

I get all my movies/TV shows from elsewhere, already in mp4 format, and a simple drag and drop (or sync if you're that way inclined) puts it onto my iPhone

Do tell.

 

[luke]

Do tell.

PM sent

 

[mousy_in_canada]

Yes, there is! There's something called DVD43 that breaks the encoding. I've used it to rip "Catch Me If You Can" onto my hard drive and it started as write protected.

Google it-last I checked, it was free!

Looks like they don't make this for a Mac.. I heard Mac the ripper works but you have to convert it and put it on your hard drive then use handbrake to get it in mp4.. seems annoying to me.

I get all my movies/TV shows from elsewhere, already in mp4 format, and a simple drag and drop (or sync if you're that way inclined) puts it onto my iPhon

Where do you get this?? inquring minds want to know??

 

[Madi100]

I somehow missed that this thread was still alive. I'm downloading that program. I am definitely going to have to try it.

 

[luke]

Looks like they don't make this for a Mac.. I heard Mac the ripper works but you have to convert it and put it on your hard drive then use handbrake to get it in mp4.. seems annoying to me.



Where do you get this?? inquring minds want to know??

PM Sent again

 

[Madi100]

I downloaded the program. Can someone please tell me how to use it? It's not working for me.

 

[luke]

I downloaded the program. Can someone please tell me how to use it? It's not working for me.

I'll be honest, i could never get Handbrake to work well for me - it either wouldn't find the dvd source, or if it ever did, took sooooooooooooooooooo long to convert

 

[Madi100]

I'll be honest, i could never get Handbrake to work well for me - it either wouldn't find the dvd source, or if it ever did, took sooooooooooooooooooo long to convert

So, what do you use?