BlueAdept

My FTP server is still up... feel free to put it on there for other people to download...

80.2.190.202 U/P rx8/mazda

zoom44

it is 13.7 mb. thanks blue i'll see if i can get it there i've only done this once before. by the way i'm not sure how to convert it to an mpeg or divx format but i'll see if i can get it done before i post it to your ftp server. i have people around to help me if i cant figure it out on my own.

zoom44

update! i just finished converting it to an .avi format. now i'll work on posting it. by the way it is @ 25 mb in its curent form

zoom44

if any body knows about posting to an ftp server i could use some help here. the address blue posted is fine but i dont know what the u/p rx8/mazda is and when i try to connect to the server it says i need a pass word. help:o

Grimace

u = user = RX8
p = password = mazda

zoom44

ok im an idiot. now that we know that i think i uploaded the trailer to that server. it says it waas succesful so somebody try it and let me know.
wait scratch that i dont think it actually worked i'll have to try again tomorrow. sorry:o

Grimace

Oh you're not an idiot. As a teacher of mine used to say "The only stupid question is an unasked one."

Who understands this whole internet lingo anyway? :D

zoom44

ok i did it. woo hoo! i'm starting to get the hang of this. any body that wants the xmen 2 trailer with the rx8 in it, it is up on blue adept's ftp server. its the .avi file but i think i saw the .mov file there as well. happy downloading.:D

BlueAdept

Cool,

That's fine... it's a good conversion too.... The shot of the car is very fleeting though... not sure it's worth a download unless you've got broadband and aren't bothered about 20 megs for 2 seconds of blurry black rx8.

I hope we see more of it in the film, as it could be a markeying boon for Mazda! I wonder if they'll release in May to benefit from the free advertising?

zoom44

after much searching i came across a free downloadable program called rad video tools. that is what i used for the conversion and it made it really simple. it also does some kind of compreession stuf which i haven't really tried to use yet but it seems to be an excellent piece of software.
it is quite a short and somewhat blurry view of the rx8 since it is moving but im on a dsl line so it made the uploading and downloading quite quick. i wouldnt even attempted it at home on my modem.
this process has be an education for me. a challenge to my computer skills that im glad i took on.

block911

Jeezus for crying out loud you all sound like the three stooges



Enjoy

http://www.jpdatabase.net/news_graph...-men2_m480.mov

Toadman

well considering you posted a QUICKTIME .mov file, we don't feel one ounce of guilt. :D

BlueAdept

That was the point block911, the link you posted was a quicktime file... and since Apple neither document the format so others can write players... or provide any players for any platform other than Mac and Windows.... it's completely useless... I hate M$ but Apple should be made to suffer for Quicktime... even the windows users I know refuse to install the quicktime player since it repeatedly takes over file associations for files it's not very good at playing and generally screws the machine up (So they tell me)...

The file Zoom44 posted was MPEG4/DivX which is at least pretty standard and cross platform...

There are 3 things in IT that really bug me:-

1. Undocumented file formats.

2. HTML pages that "Require" a specific OS or Browser before you are allowed to look at them (Mazda!). The only thing worse, is the "You must have IE 4.0+ or Netscape 4.7+. Please upgrade before looking at this page"... My elimentary math might be rusty, but last I checked Netscape 7.0 is greater than Netscape 4.7.

3. People who THINK that Windows is, and forever shall be the only platform.

zoom44

uhm, block? sorry you were unhappy with my attempt to convert the .mov file to a .avi file. part of the problem stemmed from the way the original was posted on the net in the first place and then removed the day i found it, so it took a couple of days and tries to find it again. also none of my freinds that i was able to talk to that are tec people could help me out with the conversion and that took awhile to find a free software to do it with. and since i was attempting to do all of this and the ftp transfer at work during what turned into a very busy week and using ftp software that i was not familiar with it took some extra time. my posts in between were just trying to keep everybody updated as to my progress. a couple of times i just edited my post so as to keep my post count down, don't want to look too much like a post *****.

oh by the way i clicked on your link several times this afternoon and it doesn't seem to work. you should check that. maybe the server is just down. :p

danger

wow... new rx8 in the new x-men2 movie?

maybe i'll ask my friend/co-worker (who is in the new x-men movie, and has an actual role) to take a few snap shots if he can of the beauty....

block911

urm no offense but I could care less if you can or can't see it.

BlueAdept

He was talking about the car....

zoom44

actually blueadept i think he answering my post. apparently he did not take my reply to his "three stooges" comment very well.
i thought since he posted a link that he would appreciate knowing that it doesn't work apparently i was wrong

NOTA V6

Let's play nice kids. If you don't like te conversation, you can always unsub from it...

Thanks,

BlueAdept

Yeah zoom... mabe.... I'm not sure now which post he was replying to...

It's all a bit of light hearted fun as far as I am concearned... I might be passionate about my opinions, but by that same tolken I don't get offended when people passionately disagree with me!

zoom44

sorry notav6, i'll try to bite my tongue from now on. i just didn't take my efforts being called a three stooges act very well. truce block911.

block911

urm again I could care less ....I don't troll this board 24x7



anyway

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