New Release Movies on sale for $1 in video store!!
- The 99 cent sale started around Thanksgiving. Sorry for those that missed it. In addition to the high prices, they would not disclose the DRM license folder you would need to backup the movies. I really don't know how they expected a 16 gb PB owner to buy more than one or two movies if they could not back them up somewhere else for storage purposes. Really bad business model.jcbrunson likes this.01-01-14 08:28 PMLike 1
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In any case, when one downloads a movie from the Blackberry Video Store, the largest file (by far) is an .ismv file. (One or more DRM files or files in DRM folders may be created but any such files are very small.) This .ismv file can be found by using file/folder managers such as “File Browser,” “Ghost Commander,” and others.
One can also use the “Blackberry Desktop Software” program on a Windows (and other OS’s?) desktop/laptop connected to a Playbook to find .ismv files for any movies downloaded from the Blackberry Video Store. I find those .ismv files in the “Devices/Videos” subfolder. Then, one can move those .ismv files off the Playbook to another device to save storage space on the Playbook.
When one wants to watch a movie for which the .ismv file was moved off the Playbook, one moves that file back to the “Devices/Videos” subfolder, using the “Blackberry Desktop Software” program.
The above process has worked for me. Admittedly, it takes 10-15 minutes to move an .ismv file off the Playbook and another 10-15 minutes to move that file back to the Playbook.
If using the Playbook’s Video Store app to play movies whose .ismv files have been moved back and forth, the first time one tries to play such a movie the “Watch Now” button may not be evident. However, my experience is that if one activates the “Download” button, the app then finds the transferred .ismv file and the “Watch Now” button then reappears.
NOTE: I last tried the above on January 2, 2014--with only one .ismv file. In light of language the Video Store was providing when I originally downloaded these movies, I wasn’t sure if moving .ismv files off and back on the Playbook after 1-1-2014 would be trouble free.
Even though I first had to press the above “Download button” and the ismv file’s date changed to January 2, 2014, the movie still played as before. No guarantee that others will share this experience.
This thread addressed the above matters and more:
forums.crackberry.com/blackberry-playbook-f222/how-store-playbook-video-store-movies-883712/
However, this thread hasn’t been updated as of 2014.01-03-14 01:39 AMLike 0 - As long as I don't do a full wipe of one's Playbook or otherwise delete DRM folders and files, that isn't true in my case. (I have never been able to execute a "full backup" of either of my Playbooks, so I don't know how a full backup, then a full wipe, then a full restore would work.)
In any case, when one downloads a movie from the Blackberry Video Store, the largest file (by far) is an .ismv file. (One or more DRM files or files in DRM folders may be created but any such files are very small.) This .ismv file can be found by using file/folder managers such as “File Browser,” “Ghost Commander,” and others.
One can also use the “Blackberry Desktop Software” program on a Windows (and other OS’s?) desktop/laptop connected to a Playbook to find .ismv files for any movies downloaded from the Blackberry Video Store. I find those .ismv files in the “Devices/Videos” subfolder. Then, one can move those .ismv files off the Playbook to another device to save storage space on the Playbook.
When one wants to watch a movie for which the .ismv file was moved off the Playbook, one moves that file back to the “Devices/Videos” subfolder, using the “Blackberry Desktop Software” program.
The above process has worked for me. Admittedly, it takes 10-15 minutes to move an .ismv file off the Playbook and another 10-15 minutes to move that file back to the Playbook.
If using the Playbook’s Video Store app to play movies whose .ismv files have been moved back and forth, the first time one tries to play such a movie the “Watch Now” button may not be evident. However, my experience is that if one activates the “Download” button, the app then finds the transferred .ismv file and the “Watch Now” button then reappears.
NOTE: I last tried the above on January 2, 2014--with only one .ismv file. In light of language the Video Store was providing when I originally downloaded these movies, I wasn’t sure if moving .ismv files off and back on the Playbook after 1-1-2014 would be trouble free.
Even though I first had to press the above “Download button” and the ismv file’s date changed to January 2, 2014, the movie still played as before. No guarantee that others will share this experience.
This thread addressed the above matters and more:
forums.crackberry.com/blackberry-playbook-f222/how-store-playbook-video-store-movies-883712/
However, this thread hasn’t been updated as of 2014.
playbook:/var/drm
playbook:/base/etc/drm
playbook:/etc/drm
playbook:/pps/services/multimedia/drm
playbook:/base/seed/rootfs/var/drm
playbook:/base/seed/rootfs/var/pps/services/multimedia/drm
I suppose I could chance it and just back up those and see but we have to find this out for ourselves. You are limited to 5 d/ls with license with most of the movies (that's where the "you can d/l to five different devices" comes in, e.g. each device must have the license installed on it for the movie to play). However, the ones that said no d/ls after 1/14, those will all be unplayable if you don't do a license backup somehow and you have to do a wipe. Just sayin.
Here's the Video Store documentation I'm going off:
http://rovicorp.force.com/PublicKB1/...e/RES000001642Last edited by Gooseberry Falls; 01-03-14 at 08:46 AM.
01-03-14 08:29 AMLike 0 - As long as I don't do a full wipe of one's Playbook or otherwise delete DRM folders and files, that isn't true in my case. (I have never been able to execute a "full backup" of either of my Playbooks, so I don't know how a full backup, then a full wipe, then a full restore would work.)
In any case, when one downloads a movie from the Blackberry Video Store, the largest file (by far) is an .ismv file. (One or more DRM files or files in DRM folders may be created but any such files are very small.) This .ismv file can be found by using file/folder managers such as “File Browser,” “Ghost Commander,” and others.
One can also use the “Blackberry Desktop Software” program on a Windows (and other OS’s?) desktop/laptop connected to a Playbook to find .ismv files for any movies downloaded from the Blackberry Video Store. I find those .ismv files in the “Devices/Videos” subfolder. Then, one can move those .ismv files off the Playbook to another device to save storage space on the Playbook.When one wants to watch a movie for which the .ismv file was moved off the Playbook, one moves that file back to the “Devices/Videos” subfolder, using the “Blackberry Desktop Software” program.01-03-14 08:52 AMLike 0 - Reviving this thread! Movies on sale for $1 for Playbook! The list includes:
- World War Z extended cut
- Star Trek Into Darkness
- Alien Resurrection
Keep looking people! Add to the list!Monsterlad likes this.04-18-14 06:12 PMLike 1 - I just bought Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters in the last week for a buck. Unrated cut. Decent flick, definitely worth that price.04-18-14 06:56 PMLike 0
- also out there but hard to find by searching:
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes
- Paranormal Activity: The Marked OnesMonsterlad likes this.04-18-14 07:10 PMLike 1 -
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