> My movies/show are in .mp4 and no problem, so long as the original is a
> good print.

My problem is if the originals are MKVs, my converter uses the current codecs  to convert to MP4 & those are not playable on my tv.

Ditto if I convert to .AVI or .MPG (size/space not a consideration unless I'm  trying to be greedy/lazy)


> put a lot more .mp3's on a DVD, but if one fails they are all lost.  (This if
> is for my old time radio collection).

I lost all my old time radio files (had some good ones -- several seasons of  the Bickersons, & lots of Laurel & Hardy's full radio shows)

> I use the Windows media player as a rule for .mp4's with Real Player
>sometimes.  I also use VLC from time to time if one others can't read the file
> RP is used mostly for old radio shows.

I use KMPlayer for pretty much everything.

> My problem is getting around to watching something I might rent.
> I have movies I'll collect over the years and watch whenever I want or
> have time, etc.

Same. I can't commit myself to watching X in a Y time frame.

I'll be watching a movie in KMP, & be done for a while (real life things arise) so I just close the player & when I open that movie file next time, it resumes  at timepoint.

> I prefer watching movies in order over the years.  I'll start in say

I only insist on ewatching all in a franchise in order & usually in close time  to each (I'll spend a week watching one a day maybe, or binge for a weekend)

YV sderies, I'll start one & watch whenever I feel like spending the time in  gtont of my computer, until I'm caught up to current (I love finding a show I  like & binging a whole series (like I did for "Small Wonder")

Lots of good stuff out there I've not found yet. Can't find any free online  sources for older(pre-1980) TV series. I want to binge watch MASH from s01e01  to the end, then the movie. . .  & possibly same for "Hogan's Heroes."

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