Comments on: .nrg on Mac OS X http://www.metacomment.com/blog/2008/01/29/nrg-on-mac-os-x/ because you said it yourself... Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:33:12 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: James http://www.metacomment.com/blog/2008/01/29/nrg-on-mac-os-x/comment-page-1/#comment-42903 James Mon, 18 May 2009 17:24:20 +0000 http://www.metacomment.com/blog/2008/01/29/nrg-on-mac-os-x/#comment-42903 First off, <3 to vlc. I agree it is the best player ever! Secondly, the inclusion of Nero as crapware may be one reason it is popular, however I find nero to be simple and useful. It does everything I need on my windows computer and never gives me problems. Nero are well within their rights to have THEIR program write by default in THEIR format and I hardly think that the lack of built in .iso ripper is Windows' biggest flaw! If someone uploads the .nrg instead of using a .iso then it is their lack of common sense that lead them to do it, not a fault with Nero or Windows. First off, <3 to vlc. I agree it is the best player ever!

Secondly, the inclusion of Nero as crapware may be one reason it is popular, however I find nero to be simple and useful. It does everything I need on my windows computer and never gives me problems. Nero are well within their rights to have THEIR program write by default in THEIR format and I hardly think that the lack of built in .iso ripper is Windows’ biggest flaw!

If someone uploads the .nrg instead of using a .iso then it is their lack of common sense that lead them to do it, not a fault with Nero or Windows.

]]> By: Callum http://www.metacomment.com/blog/2008/01/29/nrg-on-mac-os-x/comment-page-1/#comment-40626 Callum Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:13:47 +0000 http://www.metacomment.com/blog/2008/01/29/nrg-on-mac-os-x/#comment-40626 Sebhelyesfarku, .nrg is a proprietary format which can only be read by a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NRG_(file_format)" rel="nofollow">very few applications</a>. As you pointed out Nero is a very popular app, that's great. I wonder if that has anything to do with years of inclusion as Crapware with every new Dell? hmm. Anyway, there's a great alternate, universal, tried and tested format out there- its called .ISO. Why anyone would encode and share (that's the point here) a format that is not universally accessible is beyond me, Gitmonger. Oh, Doesn't Windows have its own built in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_image" rel="nofollow">.ISO</a> 'ripper'. Really?! It doesn't? Holy crap Batman- its 2009. Hey, when you buy Windows 7, 8 and then upgrade to 9 (and after the software patches and driver installations) will you let us know if the world's most popular operating system has support for this international standard? Sebhelyesfarku, .nrg is a proprietary format which can only be read by a very few applications. As you pointed out Nero is a very popular app, that’s great. I wonder if that has anything to do with years of inclusion as Crapware with every new Dell? hmm.

Anyway, there’s a great alternate, universal, tried and tested format out there- its called .ISO. Why anyone would encode and share (that’s the point here) a format that is not universally accessible is beyond me, Gitmonger.

Oh, Doesn’t Windows have its own built in .ISO ‘ripper’. Really?! It doesn’t? Holy crap Batman- its 2009. Hey, when you buy Windows 7, 8 and then upgrade to 9 (and after the software patches and driver installations) will you let us know if the world’s most popular operating system has support for this international standard?

]]> By: Sebhelyesfarku http://www.metacomment.com/blog/2008/01/29/nrg-on-mac-os-x/comment-page-1/#comment-40571 Sebhelyesfarku Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:43:23 +0000 http://www.metacomment.com/blog/2008/01/29/nrg-on-mac-os-x/#comment-40571 "Why someone chose to encode Porco Rosso as a NRG and torrent it, I don’t know." Well because the Nero DVD ripper/burner is a popular application on Windows and it creates this disk image format, Mactard. “Why someone chose to encode Porco Rosso as a NRG and torrent it, I don’t know.”

Well because the Nero DVD ripper/burner is a popular application on Windows and it creates this disk image format, Mactard.

]]> By: Matt http://www.metacomment.com/blog/2008/01/29/nrg-on-mac-os-x/comment-page-1/#comment-40491 Matt Sat, 27 Dec 2008 04:56:04 +0000 http://www.metacomment.com/blog/2008/01/29/nrg-on-mac-os-x/#comment-40491 found the solution. vlc is found here: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html works great, thanks! found the solution. vlc is found here: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html
works great, thanks!

]]> By: Matt http://www.metacomment.com/blog/2008/01/29/nrg-on-mac-os-x/comment-page-1/#comment-40490 Matt Sat, 27 Dec 2008 04:52:27 +0000 http://www.metacomment.com/blog/2008/01/29/nrg-on-mac-os-x/#comment-40490 What is VLC? I tried renaming it .iso, and double clicked, then got an error that it failed to mount citing that it is not recognized. What is VLC? I tried renaming it .iso, and double clicked, then got an error that it failed to mount citing that it is not recognized.

]]> By: Sebastian http://www.metacomment.com/blog/2008/01/29/nrg-on-mac-os-x/comment-page-1/#comment-36138 Sebastian Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:24:56 +0000 http://www.metacomment.com/blog/2008/01/29/nrg-on-mac-os-x/#comment-36138 Rick, you may need to select the appropriate audio track in VLC. Should work. Rick, you may need to select the appropriate audio track in VLC. Should work.

]]> By: Rick http://www.metacomment.com/blog/2008/01/29/nrg-on-mac-os-x/comment-page-1/#comment-35035 Rick Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:40:18 +0000 http://www.metacomment.com/blog/2008/01/29/nrg-on-mac-os-x/#comment-35035 I tried your suggestion. Didn't work at all. VLC played it, but no audio nor video came out. I tried your suggestion. Didn’t work at all. VLC played it, but no audio nor video came out.

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