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Message: [QUOTE="Gorse, post: 48716, member: 73"] Thanks for all the answers so far – you've given me some great tips! Keep it coming – I'd love to hear more on this topic from people smarter than I am (everyone). Wow, thank you so much for writing all this up! I've actually used FFMPEG before, but I'm always afraid that it'll lower the video quality of the file I put through it, and I don't like that at all. I'm also not quite sure how it handles subtitle files, which causes me grief when I'm watching foreign media. I'll test this code out with a few things and get back to you. I wish! Unfortunately, new PCs in Canada (for what I need) are upwards of $1500 for even low-tier models. o_O (And, as a matter of fact, I'm probably just staying with Mac the rest of my life – I'm too old to be dealing with the shit modern version of Windows.) I'm sure I'll have to upgrade eventually, but for right now, I'm trying to spend as little as possible. I've got a 2015 Macbook Pro, a 2020 Thinkpad X1 with a non-functioning keyboard (long story), and an iPhone 15. Aside from the phone, which is subject to the same Apple restrictions I mentioned, the laptops aren't going to be doing much in terms of connecting to my TV. (They can still play videos just fine on their own, thankfully, but they're both at the age where they struggle with external displays, especially 4K ones.) I doubt I'll get far with any of 'em. Mine doesn't, it's a proprietary Samsung OS, and a rather shit one at that. ? If I were someone who only watched stuff on streaming services, I'd be just dandy, but I unfortunately was born under the massive nerd star. After reading through this thread and a few other resources, I'm [I]preetttyyyy [/I]sure I agree, but I'll keep an eye out if anyone has anything else to add. This is something I think about a lot. I'm not [I]too [/I]worried, unless the people at Samsung are keeping tabs on which 90s puppet sitcoms I'm watching, but I wouldn't be surprised if they've got my entire house bugged. ? [/QUOTE]

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