The "Official" Disc to Digital Discussion Thread
 

here we go. i don't think we necessarily have to post what doesn't work, but just taking this away from regular Vudu discussion thread to discuss all things disc to digital.

why don't they count Star Wars and bundles as more than one movie? that disturbs me a bit...

660 now.

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almost 800 now as of a few minutes ago. funny thing. i put the DVD of Stanley Kubrick's A Life in Pictures for kicks to see if it would work. it let me download every movie in his catalog practically in HDX. i nabbed 2001, Lolita, Full Metal Jacket, Eyes Wide Shut and i think How to...

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That happens sometimes when there's a box set. A few of the Hitchcock discs also offer a big list of movies.

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Yeah, I've had movies that are part of a box set let you redeem for many other movies. One of the Alien movies, lets you redeem all of them in the series. I also had an Elvis Presley movie that lets you redeem for 8 different Elvis movies. Don't remember which were the titles that did it. I just remember that the Elvis movie that did it was part of a Warner four film favorites dvd set. A Life in Pictures is included in a Stanley Kubrick dvd set so that's what happened with that one also.

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i know so cool. i did want A Life in Pictures too, but oh well. why wouldn't it give me the docu and give me the rest of catalog? weird...

i am trying these that i think will never work and wala. i wish i could get the DVD of Big Fan to work though :(

and why is MGM, Miramax so stubborn? i have gotten a couple Miramax to work though and when MGM is producing with another company sometimes works...

i tried one Kino Lorber and one Shout! Scream Factory and those don't work either...

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Shout! Scream Factory versions of The Funhouse, Halloween 2, and Halloween 3 worked for me. Those are Universal Studios movies. They Live did not work for me and that's also a Universal title that's supposedly eligible.

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i tried They Live too to no avail. actually tried a few Shout and they all didn't work.

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Thanks for starting a new thread but not providing any info because you figure everyone had read the old thread! :rolleyes:

I read through the last few pages of the VUDU thread, and let's see if I have the general idea:

• For VUDU, you can convert physical media to digital, $2 for same-def (DVD>SD, BD>HD) or $5 to upgrade DVD to HD.
• Converting a batch of 10 online gets you half-price.
• You can do this on your computer if you have a compatible drive and just pay via your VUDU account, or you can go inside a Walmart and have them do it if you can find someone who actually knows what they're doing.
• Most discs are eligible other than Disney, MGM, Criterion, and some smaller studios.

http://www.vudu.com/in_home_disc_to_digital.html

Flixster looks like they have a beta service as well.

https://video.flixster.com/d2d

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Check your local library. They often have 1000's of DVDs. You might be able to find the original Universal release.

If they don't have it on the shelves, check their online catalog. It might be at another branch. They'll transfer it to your local branch and hold it for you.

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Yeah, I'm a little lost here too. So OP is in the process of paying for all those movies to get the streaming option, is that what's going on here?

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I rented the original Universal release from Netflix by mail to do the disc to digital. I did not mention it since some people might think it's immoral.

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Yep, pretty much the case. And at 660 movies at 50%, he's spent probably over $350-$400 by now (I'm sure he did quite a few DVD's as well).

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820 and I'm done!

finished the immediate Bluray collection. will most likely not convert any DVD's as i don't have ready access to them because they are in storage. we'll see...

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Pretty much. Just a couple additional items that are good to know:

• They are not really adding any new movies to the D2D-eligible list, so nothing newer than 2014 or so is going to happen.
• There are a number of otherwise-eligible titles that will not be recognized or will be misidentified by the software. VUDU has shown no interest in fixing these issues, so either give up on those or take them in to a Walmart to do in-store D2D. Or you can try doing it through Flixster or CinemaNow's D2D programs.
• For in-store D2D, you do not get a 50% discount, nor can you use any VUDU credit balance on your account to pay for it.

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If you're doing the In-Store D2D, you have to use this link. It's different from the At-Home D2D link.

http://www.vudu.com/disc_to_digital.html

Use that page to make a list of titles and print it out. Then take your printout and stack of DVDs to your local Walmart Photo Center.

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Flixster has stopped offering Disc-to-Digital conversions.

Their software has removed the option. I contacted customer service, and they confirmed that it's no longer available.

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I wonder what's up with that?

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i wish i had more discs to go through. it was so addicting...

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Then go into your storage and pop a few boxes open of your DVD's. Glad you get something out of it. As for me, it just beat buying digital codes for $3-$4. $1 is easy to do, but any more and I feel like it's to much.

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Yeah, that price point is a no brainer...
I think I will start going through but most I upgraded anyway so not sure what I'll find.

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Does twilight time work?

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No. Pretty much all boutique labels (Twilight Time, Criterion, Shout, Synapse, etc) aren't part of the program.

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figures. thanks. too bad too since they have most of the TT titles i wanted (The Blob, The Believers, Sexy Beast, etc...).

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so when i put in Almost Famous Bootleg Cut, how come i don't get that cut and only 124 inferior theatrical edition? is this something i can get? the disc even reads as Director's Edition, etc...

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I thought it was all inferior....

I guess only the theatrical cut is available on digital...?

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You didn't like AF? The hell u say!

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Don't get me started on that movie. Simply just pisses me off.

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how do series' disc to digital work or do they not work at all? i want to pop in GoT S4 and stuff and want to see if it works or what...

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I've never attempted really. I doubt it'll be $1 per disc on those. But give it a shot and report back to us.

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TV Shows are not eligible for D2D. Only movies.

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I have worked in a competitive retail market for 10 years, and Walmart have bar none the worst customer service I have ever seen, and Vudu's is barely better. I went to 6 Walmarts, don't see them reimbursing me for the gas, two couldn't do D2D, two couldn't even though I'd called ahead they'd told me they could, and the other two converted my discs and deleted my D2D queue TWICE, including some stuff I sold and no longer fucking own.

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I'm surprised you found 4 out of 6 Walmarts that knew what D2D was, and 2 out of 6 that could actually do it.

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Well last night, I actually went to a wally to attempt my first disc to digital on 10 discs that just wouldn't be recognized by the program (and there wasn't a free2d equivalent either). I had the discs with me, I had my list on vudu to just those 10, everything they recommend pretty much.

I made my way to the photo center and there was nobody around. Finally find somebody over in electronics, he has no clue whatsoever. An assistant manager shows up around this time and says the photo guy is on break, come back in 15 minutes. So I go to Subway inside the Wally, eat my dinner (I'm in another state on business) and go back in actually thirty minutes there. Finally, they page the guy since they recognized I was back.

After about another 10 minutes, the guy finally shows up and I keep trying to be nice and hand him some instructions I found on Free2d. He stares at them, goes to the back PC and tries for about 10-15 minutes to get it going (he had never done it obviously). Then he starts looking through binders underneath the counter. Finally found one with the instructions. He goes back to the PC....asks for my email and phone...give it to him. Doesn't work, I tell him back out the phone number and try just the email. Works.

Then we go through the process of verifying my disks (no biggie, I was organized). He clicks, gets the barcode, checks me out, I pay. He hands me the barcode just in case and as I'm walking out the store, I'm refreshing Vudu. On the third try, the ten titles show up. Hallelujah. The guy was nice despite taking a very long break, and I do think my patience and organization was helpful.

Needless to say its a rough process and I hope that the guy (his name was Brent and he works at the Wally in Baton Rouge on Burbank) actually learned something new today, so maybe the next person who shows up will be a lot quicker.

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I keep thinking I should try this service but it sounds like a PITA. :lol:

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Getting a blu ray drive is way easier. No way in hell would I go to Wal-Mart, especially with the sole purpose of using this service in-store.

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So true. Trust me!

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Lots of Blu-rays don't work even at home.

I called ahead to two of them to specifically ask if they could. They said yes. They couldn't. I've sent complaint to Vudu and they're "Yeah, sorry." I've sent two complains to Walmart's corporate offices, but I don't see them answering before hell freezes over.

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Of course not I never said a drive at home would make all discs work, but Wally World doesn't have any special equipment to make those discs that don't work magically work either. And again, I'd rather never step into one if I can help it.

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Well, Wally doesn't need any special equipment because all they do is click your titles into the basket after it's verified.

But with all these issues is why I do use Free2d, not because I'm trying to cheat the system (I'm really not, I've only used it for discs I actually own) but because they basically already figured all of the grunt work. Without it, I would have probably converted maybe 1/4 of the discs I wanted to.

It makes life a ton easier, especially for those of us who keep their discs away from their day to day lives (Upstairs for me in the "ManCave") and don't want to run up and down stairs every time they want to convert a batch of discs.

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Plus, the 50% discount is only available using the software, not in-store. You should only use in-store for discs that can't be recognized by the software.