[ZeroGravitas]

You'd rather pay again than watch existing content you already bought? Is this just video or is it not worth your time to rip CDs or import live FLACs either?

His point about .avis is interesting. At first I thought he was playing dumb, but on second thoughts why should people understand that file A is part of Apple's blessed ecosystem and file B isn't.

It's basically the same reason I don't have an Apple TV (though my friends with them have "hacked" them in some manner to allow this). And I've never figured out why I can't even find a good step-by-step guide for getting mpeg-4 part 2 video plus mp3 audio in an .avi container onto my iPod. It can play the video and audio if presented in the right manner and I understand that remuxing might be required but it appears everyone just gives up and re-encodes.

[GHFigs]

You'd rather pay again than watch existing content you already bought?

Where did anybody buy movies in AVI format?