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John and Dave are joined by TekRevue's Jim Tanous (aka MGGJim here at TMO). Jim's been managing his movie library digitally for years, and he talks through his workflow for ripping, storing, and playing back all this data; all while keeping it freed from any ecosystem lock-in (and future-proofing and other buzzwords, too). That plus your questions answered. Enjoy! Sponsor: Go to Squarespace.com/mgg and click “enter an offer code” under the pricing and put in the code BRAUN for this week's show. Note: Shownotes are in progress… Stuff mentioned:  TekRevue (1:12) MGGJim on Twitter Mac 30th Event (2:16) Apple’s Celebration of 30 years of Mac AngryIP Scanner (6:34) Broadcast Pings to Discover IP Addresses Spot Maps Apple Updates Mail for Mavericks to Address Gmail Issues, More (15:04) MailSteward Plex (27:01) Synology Diskstation MakeMKV DMCA (Digital Milennium Copyright Act) Handbrake Handbrake Nightly Builds AnyDVD (Windows only) VLC Forced Subtitles SubScene MPEG 2 MPEG 4 H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Bit Rate DS2413+ MCE Slot-loading BluRay Drive Blu-Ray USB Reader iFlicks Subler DTS Decoder DLL info (for MakeMKV) FLAC About Wireless Diagnostics (59:34) How to fix YouTube buffering (1:01:49) Video playback checklist The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app  – You're downloading today's show from CacheFly's network BackBeat Media Podcast Network MacGeekGab AAC Enhanced Feed – Thanks to Michael Johnston of We Have Communicators (formerly the iPhoneAlley podcast) and Applr.

John and Dave are joined by TekRevue's Jim Tanous (aka MGGJim here at TMO). Jim's been managing his movie library digitally for years, and he talks through his workflow for ripping, storing, and playing back all this data; all while keeping it freed from any ecosystem lock-in (and future-proofing and other buzzwords, too). That plus your questions answered. Enjoy! Sponsor: Go to <a href="http://www.Squarespace.com/mgg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Squarespace.com/mgg</a> and click “enter an offer code” under the pricing and put in the code BRAUN for this week's show. Note: Shownotes are in progress… Stuff mentioned: <ul> <li><a href="http://www.tekrevue.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TekRevue (1:12)</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.twitter.com/mggjim" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">MGGJim on Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mac30th.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mac 30th Event (2:16)</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.apple.com/30-years/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Apple’s Celebration of 30 years of Mac</a></li> <li><a href="http://angryip.org/w/Download" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">AngryIP Scanner (6:34)</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.xsanity.com/comment/22337" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Broadcast Pings to Discover IP Addresses</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.equinux.com/us/products/security/spot/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spot Maps</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/apple-updates-mail-for-mavericks-to-address-gmail-issues-more" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple Updates Mail for Mavericks to Address Gmail Issues, More (15:04)</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mailsteward.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">MailSteward</a></li> <li><a href="https://plex.tv" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Plex (27:01)</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.synology.com/en-us/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Synology Diskstation</a></li> <li><a href="http://makemkv.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">MakeMKV</a></li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">DMCA</a> (Digital Milennium Copyright Act)</li> <li><a href="http://handbrake.fr/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Handbrake</a></li> <li><a href="http://handbrake.fr/nightly.php" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Handbrake Nightly Builds</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.slysoft.com/en/anydvd.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">AnyDVD</a> (Windows only)</li> <li><a href="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">VLC</a></li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subtitle_(captioning)" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Forced Subtitles</a></li> <li><a href="http://subscene.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">SubScene</a></li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG-2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">MPEG 2</a></li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG-4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">MPEG 4</a></li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264/MPEG-4_AVC" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">H.264/MPEG-4 AVC</a></li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_rate" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bit Rate</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.synology.com/en-us/products/overview/DS2413%2B" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">DS2413+</a></li> <li><a href="http://store.mcetech.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&amp;Product_Code=BDC4XSLU2&amp;Category_Code=STORBD" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">MCE Slot-loading BluRay Drive</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001QA2Y9S/themacobs-20" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Blu-Ray USB Reader</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.iflicksapp.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">iFlicks</a></li> <li><a href="http://code.google.com/p/subler/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Subler</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.makemkv.com/dtshd/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">DTS Decoder DLL info</a> (for MakeMKV)</li> <li><a href="https://xiph.org/flac/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">FLAC</a></li> <li><a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5606" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">About Wireless Diagnostics (59:34)</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.pocketables.com/2013/08/how-to-fix-youtube-buffering-on-rooted-devices-windows-etc.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How to fix YouTube buffering (1:01:49)</a></li> <li><a href="https://support.google.com/youtube/checklist/3480866?p=video_checklist&amp;rd=1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Video playback checklist</a></li> <li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mac-geek-gab/id551440150?mt=8&amp;partnerId=30&amp;siteID=p8StJ7oxYpg-OcLxYt38ZD0gQu4327dDCg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app</a></li> <li><a href="http://web.cachefly.com/CDN-BackbeatMedia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a> – You're downloading today's show from CacheFly's network</li> <li><a href="http://www.backbeatmedia.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BackBeat Media Podcast Network</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.macobserver.com/rss/mgg_aac.xml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MacGeekGab AAC Enhanced Feed</a> – Thanks to Michael Johnston of <a href="http://www.wehavecommunicators.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">We Have Communicators (formerly the iPhoneAlley podcast)</a> and <a href="http://getapplr.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Applr</a>.</li></ul>

MGG 485: Jim Tanous Talks Movie Ripping and Management