• Streaming Costs

    From Jeff Gaines@jgnewsid@outlook.com to uk.tech.digital-tv on Wed Jan 21 12:03:16 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.tech.digital-tv


    I am a fan of Hawaii-50. Trying to stream it means I can subscribe to
    whatever channel has each series, pay for the series or pay episode by episode.

    I went to Amazon and got the box set, 10 series, 6 DVDs per series so 60
    DVDs cost u79.99.

    Males me wonder if streaming subscriptions are a complete rip off.
    --
    Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
    This mess is what happens when you elect a Labour government, in the end
    they will always run out of other people's money to spend.
    (Margaret Thatcher on her election in 1979)
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  • From Roderick Stewart@rjfs@escapetime.myzen.co.uk to uk.tech.digital-tv on Wed Jan 21 14:12:05 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.tech.digital-tv

    On 21 Jan 2026 12:03:16 GMT, "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com>
    wrote:


    I am a fan of Hawaii-50. Trying to stream it means I can subscribe to >whatever channel has each series, pay for the series or pay episode by >episode.

    I went to Amazon and got the box set, 10 series, 6 DVDs per series so 60 >DVDs cost u79.99.

    Males me wonder if streaming subscriptions are a complete rip off.

    Depends on what you like. There's a lot of great stuff available to
    stream for nothing from the terrestrial catchups (and quite legally
    without a licence as long as you don't include iPlayer) and it's
    entirely up to you if you think it's worth an extra payment to watch
    it without adverts. You pays your money and you takes your choice.

    Rod.
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  • From JNugent@JNugent73@mail.com to uk.tech.digital-tv on Sat Jan 24 12:05:35 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.tech.digital-tv

    On 21/01/2026 12:03 pm, Jeff Gaines wrote:

    I am a fan of Hawaii-50. Trying to stream it means I can subscribe to whatever channel has each series, pay for the series or pay episode by episode.

    I went to Amazon and got the box set, 10 series, 6 DVDs per series so 60 DVDs cost -u79.99.

    Males me wonder if streaming subscriptions are a complete rip off.

    Convenience is what a lot of consumers are after these days, which is
    part of the reason you see so many DVD collections offered for sale on FaceBook or eBay, usually at quite low prices.

    I would like to watch the first fifteen seasons of "Law And Order"
    (original series), mainly for Richard Belzer's continuing portrayal of Detective John Munch, shifted across to NYC from the Baltimore-based "Homicide: A Life On The Streets", but at present they're available only
    at what I regard as disproportionate prices, whether for DVD box sets or streaming.
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  • From Davey@davey@example.invalid to uk.tech.digital-tv on Sat Jan 24 12:39:17 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.tech.digital-tv

    On Sat, 24 Jan 2026 12:05:35 +0000
    JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:
    On 21/01/2026 12:03 pm, Jeff Gaines wrote:

    I am a fan of Hawaii-50. Trying to stream it means I can subscribe
    to whatever channel has each series, pay for the series or pay
    episode by episode.

    I went to Amazon and got the box set, 10 series, 6 DVDs per series
    so 60 DVDs cost -u79.99.

    Males me wonder if streaming subscriptions are a complete rip off.

    Convenience is what a lot of consumers are after these days, which is
    part of the reason you see so many DVD collections offered for sale
    on FaceBook or eBay, usually at quite low prices.

    I would like to watch the first fifteen seasons of "Law And Order"
    (original series), mainly for Richard Belzer's continuing portrayal
    of Detective John Munch, shifted across to NYC from the
    Baltimore-based "Homicide: A Life On The Streets", but at present
    they're available only at what I regard as disproportionate prices,
    whether for DVD box sets or streaming.
    I used to enjoy "Homicide...." when I was living in the US, I knew
    the area of Baltimore where it was based, but I missed the
    double-length finale. One day I'll catch it somewhere.
    --
    Davey.
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  • From Abandoned Trolley@that.bloke@microsoft.com to uk.tech.digital-tv on Sun Jan 25 10:11:52 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.tech.digital-tv



    Convenience is what a lot of consumers are after these days, which is
    part of the reason you see so many DVD collections offered for sale
    on FaceBook or eBay, usually at quite low prices.
    so its not surprising that a number of charity shops have stopped
    accepting them, along with vinyl records
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  • From JNugent@JNugent73@mail.com to uk.tech.digital-tv on Tue Jan 27 18:29:40 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.tech.digital-tv

    On 24/01/2026 12:39 pm, Davey wrote:

    On Sat, 24 Jan 2026 12:05:35 +0000
    JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:
    On 21/01/2026 12:03 pm, Jeff Gaines wrote:

    I am a fan of Hawaii-50. Trying to stream it means I can subscribe
    to whatever channel has each series, pay for the series or pay
    episode by episode.

    I went to Amazon and got the box set, 10 series, 6 DVDs per series
    so 60 DVDs cost -u79.99.

    Males me wonder if streaming subscriptions are a complete rip off.

    Convenience is what a lot of consumers are after these days, which is
    part of the reason you see so many DVD collections offered for sale
    on FaceBook or eBay, usually at quite low prices.

    I would like to watch the first fifteen seasons of "Law And Order"
    (original series), mainly for Richard Belzer's continuing portrayal
    of Detective John Munch, shifted across to NYC from the
    Baltimore-based "Homicide: A Life On The Streets", but at present
    they're available only at what I regard as disproportionate prices,
    whether for DVD box sets or streaming.

    I used to enjoy "Homicide...." when I was living in the US, I knew
    the area of Baltimore where it was based, but I missed the
    double-length finale. One day I'll catch it somewhere.

    It's available on Sky Atlantic at the moment.

    I was watching L&O on 5USA last night and one of the episodes featured
    Munch and Falsone, with cameos from Giardello and another H-ALOTS
    character. Obviously set sometime between the start of the final season
    (when Falsone arrived) and the feature-length final|-.
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  • From JNugent@JNugent73@mail.com to uk.tech.digital-tv on Tue Jan 27 18:32:02 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.tech.digital-tv

    On 25/01/2026 10:11 am, Abandoned Trolley wrote:

    Convenience is what a lot of consumers are after these days, which is
    part of the reason you see so many DVD collections offered for sale
    on FaceBook or eBay, usually at quite low prices.

    so its not surprising that a number of charity shops have stopped
    accepting them, along with vinyl records.

    Cancer research UK near here sells all vinyl for -u1 and CDs at 5 for -u1.
    The CDs are worth buying just for the jewel cases.

    Oxfam and Shelter seem to think that every vinyl LP ever issued is now a collectors' item, priced at -u5 minimum.
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  • From Davey@davey@example.invalid to uk.tech.digital-tv on Fri Feb 13 11:36:35 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.tech.digital-tv

    On Fri, 13 Feb 2026 10:57:09 +0000
    JNugent <jnugent73@mail.com> wrote:
    On 27/01/2026 19:26, Davey wrote:
    On Tue, 27 Jan 2026 18:29:40 +0000
    JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:

    On 24/01/2026 12:39 pm, Davey wrote:

    On Sat, 24 Jan 2026 12:05:35 +0000
    JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:
    On 21/01/2026 12:03 pm, Jeff Gaines wrote:

    I am a fan of Hawaii-50. Trying to stream it means I can
    subscribe to whatever channel has each series, pay for the
    series or pay episode by episode.

    I went to Amazon and got the box set, 10 series, 6 DVDs per
    series so 60 DVDs cost -u79.99.

    Males me wonder if streaming subscriptions are a complete rip
    off.

    Convenience is what a lot of consumers are after these days,
    which is part of the reason you see so many DVD collections
    offered for sale on FaceBook or eBay, usually at quite low
    prices.

    I would like to watch the first fifteen seasons of "Law And
    Order" (original series), mainly for Richard Belzer's continuing
    portrayal of Detective John Munch, shifted across to NYC from the
    Baltimore-based "Homicide: A Life On The Streets", but at present
    they're available only at what I regard as disproportionate
    prices, whether for DVD box sets or streaming.

    I used to enjoy "Homicide...." when I was living in the US, I knew
    the area of Baltimore where it was based, but I missed the
    double-length finale. One day I'll catch it somewhere.

    It's available on Sky Atlantic at the moment.

    I was watching L&O on 5USA last night and one of the episodes
    featured Munch and Falsone, with cameos from Giardello and another
    H-ALOTS character. Obviously set sometime between the start of the
    final season (when Falsone arrived) and the feature-length final|-.


    Thanks, but I'm not going to subscribe to Sky just for that one
    episode!

    How does FOC sound?

    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rpMz4E1RYw>



    That's better, thanks! Now all I need to do is find a method of
    recording it to my PC, after something borked Kazam. On Ubuntu 22.04.
    --
    Davey.
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  • From SH@i.love@spam.com to uk.tech.digital-tv on Fri Feb 13 12:12:40 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.tech.digital-tv

    On 13/02/2026 11:36, Davey wrote:
    On Fri, 13 Feb 2026 10:57:09 +0000
    JNugent <jnugent73@mail.com> wrote:

    On 27/01/2026 19:26, Davey wrote:
    On Tue, 27 Jan 2026 18:29:40 +0000
    JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:

    On 24/01/2026 12:39 pm, Davey wrote:

    On Sat, 24 Jan 2026 12:05:35 +0000
    JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:
    On 21/01/2026 12:03 pm, Jeff Gaines wrote:

    I am a fan of Hawaii-50. Trying to stream it means I can
    subscribe to whatever channel has each series, pay for the
    series or pay episode by episode.

    I went to Amazon and got the box set, 10 series, 6 DVDs per
    series so 60 DVDs cost -u79.99.

    Males me wonder if streaming subscriptions are a complete rip
    off.

    Convenience is what a lot of consumers are after these days,
    which is part of the reason you see so many DVD collections
    offered for sale on FaceBook or eBay, usually at quite low
    prices.

    I would like to watch the first fifteen seasons of "Law And
    Order" (original series), mainly for Richard Belzer's continuing
    portrayal of Detective John Munch, shifted across to NYC from the
    Baltimore-based "Homicide: A Life On The Streets", but at present
    they're available only at what I regard as disproportionate
    prices, whether for DVD box sets or streaming.

    I used to enjoy "Homicide...." when I was living in the US, I knew
    the area of Baltimore where it was based, but I missed the
    double-length finale. One day I'll catch it somewhere.

    It's available on Sky Atlantic at the moment.

    I was watching L&O on 5USA last night and one of the episodes
    featured Munch and Falsone, with cameos from Giardello and another
    H-ALOTS character. Obviously set sometime between the start of the
    final season (when Falsone arrived) and the feature-length final|-.


    Thanks, but I'm not going to subscribe to Sky just for that one
    episode!

    How does FOC sound?

    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rpMz4E1RYw>




    That's better, thanks! Now all I need to do is find a method of
    recording it to my PC, after something borked Kazam. On Ubuntu 22.04.


    use youtubedl :-)

    You might need to run a Win 11 VM if a Linux version of youtubedl is not available.

    S.
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  • From Indy Jess John@bathwatchdog@OMITTHISgooglemail.com to uk.tech.digital-tv on Fri Feb 13 17:25:30 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.tech.digital-tv

    On 13/02/2026 11:36, Davey wrote:
    On Fri, 13 Feb 2026 10:57:09 +0000
    JNugent <jnugent73@mail.com> wrote:

    On 27/01/2026 19:26, Davey wrote:
    On Tue, 27 Jan 2026 18:29:40 +0000
    JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:

    On 24/01/2026 12:39 pm, Davey wrote:

    On Sat, 24 Jan 2026 12:05:35 +0000
    JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:
    On 21/01/2026 12:03 pm, Jeff Gaines wrote:

    I am a fan of Hawaii-50. Trying to stream it means I can
    subscribe to whatever channel has each series, pay for the
    series or pay episode by episode.

    I went to Amazon and got the box set, 10 series, 6 DVDs per
    series so 60 DVDs cost -u79.99.

    Males me wonder if streaming subscriptions are a complete rip
    off.

    Convenience is what a lot of consumers are after these days,
    which is part of the reason you see so many DVD collections
    offered for sale on FaceBook or eBay, usually at quite low
    prices.

    I would like to watch the first fifteen seasons of "Law And
    Order" (original series), mainly for Richard Belzer's continuing
    portrayal of Detective John Munch, shifted across to NYC from the
    Baltimore-based "Homicide: A Life On The Streets", but at present
    they're available only at what I regard as disproportionate
    prices, whether for DVD box sets or streaming.

    I used to enjoy "Homicide...." when I was living in the US, I knew
    the area of Baltimore where it was based, but I missed the
    double-length finale. One day I'll catch it somewhere.

    It's available on Sky Atlantic at the moment.

    I was watching L&O on 5USA last night and one of the episodes
    featured Munch and Falsone, with cameos from Giardello and another
    H-ALOTS character. Obviously set sometime between the start of the
    final season (when Falsone arrived) and the feature-length final|-.


    Thanks, but I'm not going to subscribe to Sky just for that one
    episode!

    How does FOC sound?

    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rpMz4E1RYw>




    That's better, thanks! Now all I need to do is find a method of
    recording it to my PC, after something borked Kazam. On Ubuntu 22.04.

    I have Linux Mint which comes complete with the Firefox browser.
    I ran Firefox and searched the available Add-ons for Video Download
    Helper which I installed. Now when I play a Youtube video I have the
    option of also saving it to disc. It isn't particularly quick, but it
    works.

    Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu, so you should be able to do something
    similar.

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  • From Davey@davey@example.invalid to uk.tech.digital-tv on Fri Feb 13 17:46:49 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.tech.digital-tv

    On Fri, 13 Feb 2026 17:25:30 +0000
    Indy Jess John <bathwatchdog@OMITTHISgooglemail.com> wrote:
    On 13/02/2026 11:36, Davey wrote:
    On Fri, 13 Feb 2026 10:57:09 +0000
    JNugent <jnugent73@mail.com> wrote:

    On 27/01/2026 19:26, Davey wrote:
    On Tue, 27 Jan 2026 18:29:40 +0000
    JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:

    On 24/01/2026 12:39 pm, Davey wrote:

    On Sat, 24 Jan 2026 12:05:35 +0000
    JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:
    On 21/01/2026 12:03 pm, Jeff Gaines wrote:

    I am a fan of Hawaii-50. Trying to stream it means I can
    subscribe to whatever channel has each series, pay for the
    series or pay episode by episode.

    I went to Amazon and got the box set, 10 series, 6 DVDs per
    series so 60 DVDs cost -u79.99.

    Males me wonder if streaming subscriptions are a complete rip
    off.

    Convenience is what a lot of consumers are after these days,
    which is part of the reason you see so many DVD collections
    offered for sale on FaceBook or eBay, usually at quite low
    prices.

    I would like to watch the first fifteen seasons of "Law And
    Order" (original series), mainly for Richard Belzer's
    continuing portrayal of Detective John Munch, shifted across
    to NYC from the Baltimore-based "Homicide: A Life On The
    Streets", but at present they're available only at what I
    regard as disproportionate prices, whether for DVD box sets or
    streaming.

    I used to enjoy "Homicide...." when I was living in the US, I
    knew the area of Baltimore where it was based, but I missed the
    double-length finale. One day I'll catch it somewhere.

    It's available on Sky Atlantic at the moment.

    I was watching L&O on 5USA last night and one of the episodes
    featured Munch and Falsone, with cameos from Giardello and
    another H-ALOTS character. Obviously set sometime between the
    start of the final season (when Falsone arrived) and the
    feature-length final|-.

    Thanks, but I'm not going to subscribe to Sky just for that one
    episode!

    How does FOC sound?

    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rpMz4E1RYw>




    That's better, thanks! Now all I need to do is find a method of
    recording it to my PC, after something borked Kazam. On Ubuntu
    22.04.
    I have Linux Mint which comes complete with the Firefox browser.
    I ran Firefox and searched the available Add-ons for Video Download
    Helper which I installed. Now when I play a Youtube video I have the
    option of also saving it to disc. It isn't particularly quick, but
    it works.

    Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu, so you should be able to do something similar.

    Sounds good, I'll give it a try.
    --
    Davey.
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  • From Davey@davey@example.invalid to uk.tech.digital-tv on Sat Feb 14 00:14:25 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.tech.digital-tv

    On Fri, 13 Feb 2026 17:25:30 +0000
    Indy Jess John <bathwatchdog@OMITTHISgooglemail.com> wrote:
    On 13/02/2026 11:36, Davey wrote:
    On Fri, 13 Feb 2026 10:57:09 +0000
    JNugent <jnugent73@mail.com> wrote:

    On 27/01/2026 19:26, Davey wrote:
    On Tue, 27 Jan 2026 18:29:40 +0000
    JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:

    On 24/01/2026 12:39 pm, Davey wrote:

    On Sat, 24 Jan 2026 12:05:35 +0000
    JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:
    On 21/01/2026 12:03 pm, Jeff Gaines wrote:

    I am a fan of Hawaii-50. Trying to stream it means I can
    subscribe to whatever channel has each series, pay for the
    series or pay episode by episode.

    I went to Amazon and got the box set, 10 series, 6 DVDs per
    series so 60 DVDs cost -u79.99.

    Males me wonder if streaming subscriptions are a complete rip
    off.

    Convenience is what a lot of consumers are after these days,
    which is part of the reason you see so many DVD collections
    offered for sale on FaceBook or eBay, usually at quite low
    prices.

    I would like to watch the first fifteen seasons of "Law And
    Order" (original series), mainly for Richard Belzer's
    continuing portrayal of Detective John Munch, shifted across
    to NYC from the Baltimore-based "Homicide: A Life On The
    Streets", but at present they're available only at what I
    regard as disproportionate prices, whether for DVD box sets or
    streaming.

    I used to enjoy "Homicide...." when I was living in the US, I
    knew the area of Baltimore where it was based, but I missed the
    double-length finale. One day I'll catch it somewhere.

    It's available on Sky Atlantic at the moment.

    I was watching L&O on 5USA last night and one of the episodes
    featured Munch and Falsone, with cameos from Giardello and
    another H-ALOTS character. Obviously set sometime between the
    start of the final season (when Falsone arrived) and the
    feature-length final|-.

    Thanks, but I'm not going to subscribe to Sky just for that one
    episode!

    How does FOC sound?

    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rpMz4E1RYw>




    That's better, thanks! Now all I need to do is find a method of
    recording it to my PC, after something borked Kazam. On Ubuntu
    22.04.
    I have Linux Mint which comes complete with the Firefox browser.
    I ran Firefox and searched the available Add-ons for Video Download
    Helper which I installed. Now when I play a Youtube video I have the
    option of also saving it to disc. It isn't particularly quick, but
    it works.

    Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu, so you should be able to do something similar.

    Yes, that worked. I used to have Video Download Helper on my
    laptop, until it had a brain-fart. But I never added it to my desktop.
    The next thing is to work out how to include the subtitles, but if I
    can't, so be it. Tomorrow.
    --
    Davey.
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  • From Indy Jess John@bathwatchdog@OMITTHISgooglemail.com to uk.tech.digital-tv on Sat Feb 14 15:03:05 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.tech.digital-tv

    On 14/02/2026 00:14, Davey wrote:
    On Fri, 13 Feb 2026 17:25:30 +0000
    Indy Jess John <bathwatchdog@OMITTHISgooglemail.com> wrote:

    On 13/02/2026 11:36, Davey wrote:
    On Fri, 13 Feb 2026 10:57:09 +0000
    JNugent <jnugent73@mail.com> wrote:

    On 27/01/2026 19:26, Davey wrote:
    On Tue, 27 Jan 2026 18:29:40 +0000
    JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:

    On 24/01/2026 12:39 pm, Davey wrote:

    On Sat, 24 Jan 2026 12:05:35 +0000
    JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:
    On 21/01/2026 12:03 pm, Jeff Gaines wrote:

    I am a fan of Hawaii-50. Trying to stream it means I can
    subscribe to whatever channel has each series, pay for the
    series or pay episode by episode.

    I went to Amazon and got the box set, 10 series, 6 DVDs per
    series so 60 DVDs cost -u79.99.

    Males me wonder if streaming subscriptions are a complete rip >>>>>>>>> off.

    Convenience is what a lot of consumers are after these days,
    which is part of the reason you see so many DVD collections
    offered for sale on FaceBook or eBay, usually at quite low
    prices.

    I would like to watch the first fifteen seasons of "Law And
    Order" (original series), mainly for Richard Belzer's
    continuing portrayal of Detective John Munch, shifted across
    to NYC from the Baltimore-based "Homicide: A Life On The
    Streets", but at present they're available only at what I
    regard as disproportionate prices, whether for DVD box sets or >>>>>>>> streaming.

    I used to enjoy "Homicide...." when I was living in the US, I
    knew the area of Baltimore where it was based, but I missed the
    double-length finale. One day I'll catch it somewhere.

    It's available on Sky Atlantic at the moment.

    I was watching L&O on 5USA last night and one of the episodes
    featured Munch and Falsone, with cameos from Giardello and
    another H-ALOTS character. Obviously set sometime between the
    start of the final season (when Falsone arrived) and the
    feature-length final|-.

    Thanks, but I'm not going to subscribe to Sky just for that one
    episode!

    How does FOC sound?

    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rpMz4E1RYw>




    That's better, thanks! Now all I need to do is find a method of
    recording it to my PC, after something borked Kazam. On Ubuntu
    22.04.
    I have Linux Mint which comes complete with the Firefox browser.
    I ran Firefox and searched the available Add-ons for Video Download
    Helper which I installed. Now when I play a Youtube video I have the
    option of also saving it to disc. It isn't particularly quick, but
    it works.

    Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu, so you should be able to do something
    similar.


    Yes, that worked. I used to have Video Download Helper on my
    laptop, until it had a brain-fart. But I never added it to my desktop.
    The next thing is to work out how to include the subtitles, but if I
    can't, so be it. Tomorrow.

    There is currently a mismatch between the current Youtube and the
    Windows version of Download helper I have on my desktop. It finds the
    video and sets it up to download but then permanently stays at 0%. I
    left one trial recording for 24 hours and the 0% never changed.

    That is why I thought of testing it on my Linux laptop, and I discovered
    that the Linux version works OK. I have never bothered to investigate
    the difference, but I know that Windows records things in Registry and
    Linux doesn't use a Windows style registry.

    I think I have seen the option of having subtitles showing on some
    Youtube videos so if you select the subtitled option it should be part
    of the Download Helper recording. I have never tested that though.

    If you get an unusual video format, VLC Media Player seems to handle any format I have thrown at it, and that software also has a convert format
    option and I have used that to convert uncommon formats to MP4. Those
    MP4 formats seem to play on any other player packages.

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  • From Davey@davey@example.invalid to uk.tech.digital-tv on Sat Feb 14 16:39:23 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.tech.digital-tv

    On Sat, 14 Feb 2026 15:03:05 +0000
    Indy Jess John <bathwatchdog@OMITTHISgooglemail.com> wrote:
    On 14/02/2026 00:14, Davey wrote:
    On Fri, 13 Feb 2026 17:25:30 +0000
    Indy Jess John <bathwatchdog@OMITTHISgooglemail.com> wrote:

    On 13/02/2026 11:36, Davey wrote:
    On Fri, 13 Feb 2026 10:57:09 +0000
    JNugent <jnugent73@mail.com> wrote:

    On 27/01/2026 19:26, Davey wrote:
    On Tue, 27 Jan 2026 18:29:40 +0000
    JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:

    On 24/01/2026 12:39 pm, Davey wrote:

    On Sat, 24 Jan 2026 12:05:35 +0000
    JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:
    On 21/01/2026 12:03 pm, Jeff Gaines wrote:

    I am a fan of Hawaii-50. Trying to stream it means I can
    subscribe to whatever channel has each series, pay for the >>>>>>>>> series or pay episode by episode.

    I went to Amazon and got the box set, 10 series, 6 DVDs per >>>>>>>>> series so 60 DVDs cost -u79.99.

    Males me wonder if streaming subscriptions are a complete
    rip off.

    Convenience is what a lot of consumers are after these days, >>>>>>>> which is part of the reason you see so many DVD collections
    offered for sale on FaceBook or eBay, usually at quite low
    prices.

    I would like to watch the first fifteen seasons of "Law And
    Order" (original series), mainly for Richard Belzer's
    continuing portrayal of Detective John Munch, shifted across >>>>>>>> to NYC from the Baltimore-based "Homicide: A Life On The
    Streets", but at present they're available only at what I
    regard as disproportionate prices, whether for DVD box sets
    or streaming.

    I used to enjoy "Homicide...." when I was living in the US, I
    knew the area of Baltimore where it was based, but I missed
    the double-length finale. One day I'll catch it somewhere.

    It's available on Sky Atlantic at the moment.

    I was watching L&O on 5USA last night and one of the episodes
    featured Munch and Falsone, with cameos from Giardello and
    another H-ALOTS character. Obviously set sometime between the
    start of the final season (when Falsone arrived) and the
    feature-length final|-.

    Thanks, but I'm not going to subscribe to Sky just for that one
    episode!

    How does FOC sound?

    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rpMz4E1RYw>




    That's better, thanks! Now all I need to do is find a method of
    recording it to my PC, after something borked Kazam. On Ubuntu
    22.04.
    I have Linux Mint which comes complete with the Firefox browser.
    I ran Firefox and searched the available Add-ons for Video Download
    Helper which I installed. Now when I play a Youtube video I have
    the option of also saving it to disc. It isn't particularly
    quick, but it works.

    Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu, so you should be able to do
    something similar.


    Yes, that worked. I used to have Video Download Helper on my
    laptop, until it had a brain-fart. But I never added it to my
    desktop. The next thing is to work out how to include the
    subtitles, but if I can't, so be it. Tomorrow.

    There is currently a mismatch between the current Youtube and the
    Windows version of Download helper I have on my desktop. It finds
    the video and sets it up to download but then permanently stays at
    0%. I left one trial recording for 24 hours and the 0% never changed.

    That is why I thought of testing it on my Linux laptop, and I
    discovered that the Linux version works OK. I have never bothered to investigate the difference, but I know that Windows records things in Registry and Linux doesn't use a Windows style registry.

    I think I have seen the option of having subtitles showing on some
    Youtube videos so if you select the subtitled option it should be
    part of the Download Helper recording. I have never tested that
    though.

    If you get an unusual video format, VLC Media Player seems to handle
    any format I have thrown at it, and that software also has a convert
    format option and I have used that to convert uncommon formats to
    MP4. Those MP4 formats seem to play on any other player packages.

    I have selected Subtitles in the stream before downloading it, but it
    doesn't have the subtitles when saved. A bit of research shows that this
    is a known problem, there are various fixes offered, such as installing
    YouTube Studio, which seems to be an 'app' based thing. Somebody else
    suggested using ffmpeg to try to find the .srt file on the server. I
    think I'll just put my hearing aid in, and set my hearing
    interpretation to American English.
    --
    Davey.
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  • From Indy Jess John@bathwatchdog@OMITTHISgooglemail.com to uk.tech.digital-tv on Sat Feb 14 16:47:37 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.tech.digital-tv

    On 14/02/2026 16:39, Davey wrote:
    I have selected Subtitles in the stream before downloading it, but it
    doesn't have the subtitles when saved.

    That is something I didn't know and is worth remembering.

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  • From Davey@davey@example.invalid to uk.tech.digital-tv on Tue Feb 17 10:56:48 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.tech.digital-tv

    Snip


    How does FOC sound?

    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rpMz4E1RYw>




    That's better, thanks! Now all I need to do is find a method of
    recording it to my PC, after something borked Kazam. On Ubuntu
    22.04.

    If only I had a valid email address for you, I could suggest just the
    (FOC) tool for exactly that.

    I sent you my e-mail address.
    --
    Davey.

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  • From JNugent@JNugent73@mail.com to uk.tech.digital-tv on Tue Feb 17 12:17:58 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.tech.digital-tv

    On 17/02/2026 10:56 am, Davey wrote:
    Snip


    How does FOC sound?

    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rpMz4E1RYw>




    That's better, thanks! Now all I need to do is find a method of
    recording it to my PC, after something borked Kazam. On Ubuntu
    22.04.

    If only I had a valid email address for you, I could suggest just the
    (FOC) tool for exactly that.

    I sent you my e-mail address.

    Thank you. I'll check.

    The email address I use for usenet is valid but quite separate from my
    usual ones.
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  • From JNugent@JNugent73@mail.com to uk.tech.digital-tv on Tue Feb 17 12:22:07 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.tech.digital-tv

    On 17/02/2026 10:56 am, Davey wrote:

    Snip

    How does FOC sound?

    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rpMz4E1RYw>

    That's better, thanks! Now all I need to do is find a method of
    recording it to my PC, after something borked Kazam. On Ubuntu
    22.04.

    If only I had a valid email address for you, I could suggest just the
    (FOC) tool for exactly that.

    I sent you my e-mail address.

    OK, but nothing yet received at the email address JNugent73@mail.com

    All I need do is send you a URL, though not one I want to share widely.
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  • From Davey@davey@example.invalid to uk.tech.digital-tv on Tue Feb 17 15:58:56 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.tech.digital-tv

    On Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:22:07 +0000
    JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:

    On 17/02/2026 10:56 am, Davey wrote:

    Snip

    How does FOC sound?

    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rpMz4E1RYw>

    That's better, thanks! Now all I need to do is find a method of
    recording it to my PC, after something borked Kazam. On Ubuntu
    22.04.

    If only I had a valid email address for you, I could suggest just
    the (FOC) tool for exactly that.

    I sent you my e-mail address.

    OK, but nothing yet received at the email address JNugent73@mail.com



    Message sent on 15/02/2026 at 14:15.
    No bounce messages received.

    Lost in Space? Maybe Elon has grabbed it with one of his Starlink
    thingies.

    Davey,

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  • From JNugent@JNugent73@mail.com to uk.tech.digital-tv on Tue Feb 17 16:42:39 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.tech.digital-tv

    On 17/02/2026 03:58 pm, Davey wrote:
    On Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:22:07 +0000
    JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:

    On 17/02/2026 10:56 am, Davey wrote:

    Snip

    How does FOC sound?

    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rpMz4E1RYw>

    That's better, thanks! Now all I need to do is find a method of
    recording it to my PC, after something borked Kazam. On Ubuntu
    22.04.

    If only I had a valid email address for you, I could suggest just
    the (FOC) tool for exactly that.

    I sent you my e-mail address.

    OK, but nothing yet received at the email address JNugent73@mail.com



    Message sent on 15/02/2026 at 14:15.
    No bounce messages received.

    Lost in Space? Maybe Elon has grabbed it with one of his Starlink
    thingies.

    Davey,

    I do receive messages at that address (it is used only for usenet
    purposes). Want to try again?
    --- Synchronet 3.21b-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Davey@davey@example.invalid to uk.tech.digital-tv on Tue Feb 17 19:39:44 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.tech.digital-tv

    On Tue, 17 Feb 2026 16:42:39 +0000
    JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:

    On 17/02/2026 03:58 pm, Davey wrote:
    On Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:22:07 +0000
    JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:

    On 17/02/2026 10:56 am, Davey wrote:

    Snip

    How does FOC sound?

    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rpMz4E1RYw>

    That's better, thanks! Now all I need to do is find a method of
    recording it to my PC, after something borked Kazam. On Ubuntu
    22.04.

    If only I had a valid email address for you, I could suggest just
    the (FOC) tool for exactly that.

    I sent you my e-mail address.

    OK, but nothing yet received at the email address
    JNugent73@mail.com


    Message sent on 15/02/2026 at 14:15.
    No bounce messages received.

    Lost in Space? Maybe Elon has grabbed it with one of his Starlink
    thingies.

    Davey,

    I do receive messages at that address (it is used only for usenet
    purposes). Want to try again?

    I will do that.
    --
    Davey.

    --- Synchronet 3.21b-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Davey@davey@example.invalid to uk.tech.digital-tv on Tue Feb 17 19:42:15 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.tech.digital-tv

    On Tue, 17 Feb 2026 16:42:39 +0000
    JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:

    On 17/02/2026 03:58 pm, Davey wrote:
    On Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:22:07 +0000
    JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:

    On 17/02/2026 10:56 am, Davey wrote:

    Snip

    How does FOC sound?

    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rpMz4E1RYw>

    That's better, thanks! Now all I need to do is find a method of
    recording it to my PC, after something borked Kazam. On Ubuntu
    22.04.

    If only I had a valid email address for you, I could suggest just
    the (FOC) tool for exactly that.

    I sent you my e-mail address.

    OK, but nothing yet received at the email address
    JNugent73@mail.com


    Message sent on 15/02/2026 at 14:15.
    No bounce messages received.

    Lost in Space? Maybe Elon has grabbed it with one of his Starlink
    thingies.

    Davey,

    I do receive messages at that address (it is used only for usenet
    purposes). Want to try again?

    Just gone right now.
    --
    Davey.

    --- Synchronet 3.21b-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From JNugent@JNugent73@mail.com to uk.tech.digital-tv on Wed Feb 18 13:32:28 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.tech.digital-tv

    On 17/02/2026 07:42 pm, Davey wrote:
    On Tue, 17 Feb 2026 16:42:39 +0000
    JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:

    On 17/02/2026 03:58 pm, Davey wrote:
    On Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:22:07 +0000
    JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:

    On 17/02/2026 10:56 am, Davey wrote:

    Snip

    How does FOC sound?

    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rpMz4E1RYw>

    That's better, thanks! Now all I need to do is find a method of
    recording it to my PC, after something borked Kazam. On Ubuntu
    22.04.

    If only I had a valid email address for you, I could suggest just
    the (FOC) tool for exactly that.

    I sent you my e-mail address.

    OK, but nothing yet received at the email address
    JNugent73@mail.com


    Message sent on 15/02/2026 at 14:15.
    No bounce messages received.

    Lost in Space? Maybe Elon has grabbed it with one of his Starlink
    thingies.

    Davey,

    I do receive messages at that address (it is used only for usenet
    purposes). Want to try again?

    Just gone right now.

    Didn't receive it.
    --- Synchronet 3.21b-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Davey@davey@example.invalid to uk.tech.digital-tv on Wed Feb 18 13:58:52 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.tech.digital-tv

    On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:32:28 +0000
    JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:

    On 17/02/2026 07:42 pm, Davey wrote:
    On Tue, 17 Feb 2026 16:42:39 +0000
    JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:

    On 17/02/2026 03:58 pm, Davey wrote:
    On Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:22:07 +0000
    JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:

    On 17/02/2026 10:56 am, Davey wrote:

    Snip

    How does FOC sound?

    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rpMz4E1RYw>

    That's better, thanks! Now all I need to do is find a method
    of recording it to my PC, after something borked Kazam. On
    Ubuntu 22.04.

    If only I had a valid email address for you, I could suggest
    just the (FOC) tool for exactly that.

    I sent you my e-mail address.

    OK, but nothing yet received at the email address
    JNugent73@mail.com


    Message sent on 15/02/2026 at 14:15.
    No bounce messages received.

    Lost in Space? Maybe Elon has grabbed it with one of his Starlink
    thingies.

    Davey,

    I do receive messages at that address (it is used only for usenet
    purposes). Want to try again?

    Just gone right now.

    Didn't receive it.

    What can I say? It's certainly being sent to the correct address. Once I
    send it, I have no idea what happens to it.
    I have received nothing to alert me to a failure to deliver.

    Apart from wanting to receive your information, this raises a serious
    question as to what is going on here.
    I could find the Message ID and post that.
    --
    Davey.

    --- Synchronet 3.21b-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Davey@davey@example.invalid to uk.tech.digital-tv on Wed Feb 18 14:02:27 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.tech.digital-tv

    On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:32:28 +0000
    JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:

    On 17/02/2026 07:42 pm, Davey wrote:
    On Tue, 17 Feb 2026 16:42:39 +0000
    JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:

    On 17/02/2026 03:58 pm, Davey wrote:
    On Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:22:07 +0000
    JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:

    On 17/02/2026 10:56 am, Davey wrote:

    Snip

    How does FOC sound?

    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rpMz4E1RYw>

    That's better, thanks! Now all I need to do is find a method
    of recording it to my PC, after something borked Kazam. On
    Ubuntu 22.04.

    If only I had a valid email address for you, I could suggest
    just the (FOC) tool for exactly that.

    I sent you my e-mail address.

    OK, but nothing yet received at the email address
    JNugent73@mail.com


    Message sent on 15/02/2026 at 14:15.
    No bounce messages received.

    Lost in Space? Maybe Elon has grabbed it with one of his Starlink
    thingies.

    Davey,

    I do receive messages at that address (it is used only for usenet
    purposes). Want to try again?

    Just gone right now.

    Didn't receive it.

    I just tried a third time.
    --
    Davey.

    --- Synchronet 3.21b-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From JNugent@JNugent73@mail.com to uk.tech.digital-tv on Wed Feb 18 19:08:52 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.tech.digital-tv

    On 18/02/2026 02:02 pm, Davey wrote:
    On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:32:28 +0000
    JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:

    On 17/02/2026 07:42 pm, Davey wrote:
    On Tue, 17 Feb 2026 16:42:39 +0000
    JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:

    On 17/02/2026 03:58 pm, Davey wrote:
    On Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:22:07 +0000
    JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:

    On 17/02/2026 10:56 am, Davey wrote:

    Snip

    How does FOC sound?

    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rpMz4E1RYw>

    That's better, thanks! Now all I need to do is find a method >>>>>>>>> of recording it to my PC, after something borked Kazam. On
    Ubuntu 22.04.

    If only I had a valid email address for you, I could suggest
    just the (FOC) tool for exactly that.

    I sent you my e-mail address.

    OK, but nothing yet received at the email address
    JNugent73@mail.com


    Message sent on 15/02/2026 at 14:15.
    No bounce messages received.

    Lost in Space? Maybe Elon has grabbed it with one of his Starlink
    thingies.

    Davey,

    I do receive messages at that address (it is used only for usenet
    purposes). Want to try again?

    Just gone right now.

    Didn't receive it.

    I just tried a third time.

    Try: kiremah843@bitonc.com

    [temp email address]



    --- Synchronet 3.21b-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From JNugent@JNugent73@mail.com to uk.tech.digital-tv on Wed Feb 18 19:11:11 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.tech.digital-tv

    On 18/02/2026 02:02 pm, Davey wrote:
    On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:32:28 +0000
    JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:

    On 17/02/2026 07:42 pm, Davey wrote:
    On Tue, 17 Feb 2026 16:42:39 +0000
    JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:

    On 17/02/2026 03:58 pm, Davey wrote:
    On Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:22:07 +0000
    JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:

    On 17/02/2026 10:56 am, Davey wrote:

    Snip

    How does FOC sound?

    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rpMz4E1RYw>

    That's better, thanks! Now all I need to do is find a method >>>>>>>>> of recording it to my PC, after something borked Kazam. On
    Ubuntu 22.04.

    If only I had a valid email address for you, I could suggest
    just the (FOC) tool for exactly that.

    I sent you my e-mail address.

    OK, but nothing yet received at the email address
    JNugent73@mail.com


    Message sent on 15/02/2026 at 14:15.
    No bounce messages received.

    Lost in Space? Maybe Elon has grabbed it with one of his Starlink
    thingies.

    Davey,

    I do receive messages at that address (it is used only for usenet
    purposes). Want to try again?

    Just gone right now.

    Didn't receive it.

    I just tried a third time.

    I got it.

    And you have mail.


    --- Synchronet 3.21b-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From JNugent@JNugent73@mail.com to uk.tech.digital-tv on Wed Feb 18 19:11:38 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.tech.digital-tv

    On 18/02/2026 07:08 pm, JNugent wrote:
    On 18/02/2026 02:02 pm, Davey wrote:
    On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:32:28 +0000
    JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:

    On 17/02/2026 07:42 pm, Davey wrote:
    On Tue, 17 Feb 2026 16:42:39 +0000
    JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:
    On 17/02/2026 03:58 pm, Davey wrote:
    On Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:22:07 +0000
    JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:
    On 17/02/2026 10:56 am, Davey wrote:
    Snip
    How does FOC sound?
    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rpMz4E1RYw>
    That's better, thanks! Now all I need to do is find a method >>>>>>>>>> of recording it to my PC, after something borked Kazam. On >>>>>>>>>> Ubuntu 22.04.

    If only I had a valid email address for you, I could suggest >>>>>>>>> just the (FOC) tool for exactly that.

    I sent you my e-mail address.

    OK, but nothing yet received at the email address
    JNugent73@mail.com


    Message sent on 15/02/2026 at 14:15.
    No bounce messages received.

    Lost in Space? Maybe Elon has grabbed it with one of his Starlink
    thingies.

    Davey,

    I do receive messages at that address (it is used only for usenet
    purposes). Want to try again?

    Just gone right now.

    Didn't receive it.

    I just tried a third time.

    Try: kiremah843@bitonc.com

    [temp email address]

    Ignore that!
    --- Synchronet 3.21b-Linux NewsLink 1.2