Listening to the Voices in My Head

So I decided to buy a movie, HD, of course. Little did I know that I would be forced to play it in the iTunes video player. Oh well, fine, do what I have to do.

Then, I got this cute gem: if I wanted to play it full screen on my secondary monitor, it would blank out my primary monitor. Ooookay, so I tried playing it full screen on my primary monitor instead, only to find out that it would blank out the secondary monitor. I checked every forum, every FAQ and this cute bullshit is a 'feature', to keep focus on my video playing. Really? Apple has never heard of 'multi-tasking'?

Can't play it in VLC or DiVX because you know... iTunes "Play Fair" DRMing (a misnomer if I ever read one). If I can play my iTunes music purchase in other players, why the hell should I be forced to use the cludgy crappy iTunes video player? I bought it, I should be able to play it with any program (VLC and Divx can handle non DRM mv4 files)

I looked around for solutions to this. Many of them are slow and cumbersome. Audials One will record the video while playing it in iTunes. BUT it keeps the programs on top of everything on Primary monitor, and you can't switch it to your secondary, it keeps reverting back to primary. So, I tried running it overnight, and of course it crashed. :/ I checked other software brands, and just about all of them seemed to do the same thing. Record it while it played in iTunes, making your computer pretty much unusable until it was finished.

I managed to find one, TunesKit. Unlike the others, it removes the DRM so you can play it in other players, rather than recording it live, and saves the result as an universal MP4 video. I tried it, and it converted the first 5 minutes of the movie in about 5 seconds. I watched the result; crisp, clean, audio perfect.

I can now play the movie, FULL screen, on secondary monitor, without blanking out the primary. And it's NOT for distribution, but for my personal use.

Iron Man, Thor, Avengers, Captain America, Hulk

Captain America
Hulk
Iron Man
Iron Man 2
Thor
Avengers
Iron Man 3
Thor - Dark World

That looks about right, yes?

Not going to spoil, or go into a detailed review, but I have to say this much. The movie RAWKED. Even Aikidomayland liked it! I was surprised that he did, as he tends to be a purist when it comes to Star Trek.

And, on advise of ShadoutCarver, we stayed until the very end of the credits. Was worth it.

Hoping to go to archery tomorrow, but not too sure. Eyes are still playing up, red and itchy. Last thing I need is to have them irritated more by dust and even more pollen.

Flat ginger ale settles the tummy nicely. aikidomayland is being a dear. Think I will keep him. :)

Watching an old old movie with him, one of my favorites. "Auntie Mame" with Rosalind Russell. I saw this movie when I was about 10 yrs old. It had a big influence on me to not be the mundane or 'normal'.

Comparatively speaking.

Had my hydrotherapy session today. That was typical, push until I could no more, come home, remove the stink of chlorine. Take pictures of goofy cats.

_meegan_ came over, and we went to the shops to pick up my trial pair of contacts, and some more Nurofen PLUS (the plus is codeine) for me. Stopped by BlockBuster and rented "Monster In Law", got some lunch and came back. Both _meegan_ and I were in stitches laughing at the movie, as we could relate to the bride to be's dilemma, and battle with the soon to be mother in law.

She also let me borrow "Hellboy". Watching that now.

Have also been shopping around for a waterproof MP3 player, and after careful price comparisons, and checking specs, I managed to get a good price on a decent 1 gig player. No more Donna Summer version of " McArthur Park", or elevator music rendition of "When I'm 64" while at hydrotherapy.