Author Topic: Tech-related problems (Read 580606 times)

SacredCultivator · « **Reply #320 on:** September 30, 2006, 10:11:46 PM »

Hehe maybe, bah, now I am back to the old way as I can't find a 'fix'. Whenever watching something have to switch monitor to 1024x768 in order to watch on TV right.. And for .ts files.. I can only watch it on pc ><

tiny · « **Reply #321 on:** September 30, 2006, 10:31:50 PM »

You could try a tool like multires. It makes switching resolutions easier.

Otherwise, maybe take a look at: the official nVidia guide for their ForceWare Control Panel

SacredCultivator · « **Reply #322 on:** September 30, 2006, 11:36:20 PM »

I'll try Multires as that Guide didn't help at all.

sayumi_fan · « **Reply #323 on:** October 01, 2006, 12:14:07 AM »

Quote from: chera

... errrr... I think I uploaded that file. Have you tried:

- plugging in headphones? It might be a problem with your speakers.
- seeing whether line output works OK? Again, it might be a problem with your speakers.
- using a different application? Changing applications (winamp, wmp, mpc, vlc, etc.) might do the trick.
- diverting sound to disk? In winamp, there is an output plugin called Disk Writer that diverts audio output to a file. If the sound in that file is distorted (check with an external MP3 player), its probably a SW problem, but not related to DirectSound.
- when your computer boots itself up, does it give a "beep"? Does the beep sound OK?
- last but not least, have you checked to make sure your speaker cables are plugged in snugly?

Thanks for the quick reply on that - and very comprehensive too. I checked out all of those things and nothing identified the problem. Then someone here suggested trying the system volume controls - I hadn't bothered because it seemed more like something else, and I knew no-one had touched those on this comp. But anyway, I was desperate so... basic Volume Control looked ok, so I went into Adjust Audio Properties... increased the slides on Device Volume and Speaker Volume by about 10% of the length of the slide (from about 70% to about 80%) ... and the volume went from almost nothing + distorted, to apparently normal... hmmmm... It didn't seem enough to be likely, and yet... it works

Computers can be soooo weird sometimes. Maybe this info will help someone else in the future, if they search this thread for the word sound - which is why I just wrote it, and then they'll get your tips too Chera! Thanks again for your help...

As for your file - thanks for that, I doubt it caused the problem, and it's a great vid!!!

Masabi · « **Reply #324 on:** October 01, 2006, 02:05:45 AM »

Freakin' Video Problems (So many):

1) every video I play is laggy. When I open it in Windows Media Player, the music is out of sync with the video. When I open it in VLC, it lags every two seconds, the video trying to catch up with the music. This has never happened before so surely it's not my graphics card ( S3 Graphics ProSavage DDR ).
2) Whenever I try to burn an ISO with DVDDecrypter (something I've done before and it works fine) it says "Incompatible media" or something. What?! I've burned it to the same type of DVDs before the same exact way. Also, I tried to use two different files, so it isn't a corrupted ISO. And I can't watch it on my computer because of 1) (the playback is laggy).

Aaah..

BTW, my computer usage is 80% even when idle. I've ran anti viruses and spybot: search and destroy and Adaware and nothing comes up. . That was a month or so ago though, so I'll rerun them. If anyone has any sort of solution for this problem PLEASE tell me. I think it might be related to the lagginess.

~Dan~ · « **Reply #325 on:** October 01, 2006, 02:21:59 AM »

Quote from: agrayrainbow

BTW, my computer usage is 80% even when idle. I've ran anti viruses and spybot: search and destroy and Adaware and nothing comes up.

I just helped someone else on another forum who had a smiliar problem. Spybot etc found nothing but it turned out he had loads of trojans.
Download hijackthis and do a scan and if you can't understand the readout, save a log and post it here and I can see if its found anything nasty which needs deleting.

Masabi · « **Reply #326 on:** October 01, 2006, 02:35:12 AM »

Quote from: ~Dan~

I just helped someone else on another forum who had a smiliar problem. Spybot etc found nothing but it turned out he had loads of trojans.
Download hijackthis and do a scan and if you can't understand the readout, save a log and post it here and I can see if its found anything nasty which needs deleting.

^ That's Task Manager..

Hijack This! logfile

SacredCultivator · « **Reply #327 on:** October 01, 2006, 02:53:12 AM »

@Tiny: Can you happen to teach me how to use MultiRes? Because when I use it... And set it to my Monitor Resolution and on my tv it showspretty much everything right BUT the bottom is cut off.. So in a sense.. for MultiRes would I have to set my Monitor Res to match the tv's? 1024x768? If so then haha MultiRes proved to be useless as I was able to do that before.. So not too sure what I am doing wrong...

~Dan~ · « **Reply #328 on:** October 01, 2006, 03:48:36 AM »

The hijackthis log is clean.

Quote from: agrayrainbow

^ That's Task Manager..

Ad Aware is using 74% of your cpu. Is it running all the time? I only run ad aware once every few months. It shouldn't be running all the time unless they brought out a new version I don't know about.

Masabi · « **Reply #329 on:** October 01, 2006, 04:24:41 AM »

Quote from: ~Dan~

The hijackthis log is clean.

Ad Aware is using 74% of your cpu. Is it running all the time? I only run ad aware once every few months. It shouldn't be running all the time unless they brought out a new version I don't know about.

No, that's how it is even when it's idle....

~Dan~ · « **Reply #330 on:** October 01, 2006, 04:37:57 AM »

Quote from: agrayrainbow

It was Ad Aware in the previous scan (which you must have been using at the time), this one is "System Idle Process". That's how it's supposed to be.
93% idle means that only 7% of your cpu is being used, and the other 93% is... erm... idle.

Masabi · « **Reply #331 on:** October 01, 2006, 04:46:50 AM »

Quote from: ~Dan~

It was Ad Aware in the previous scan (which you must have been using at the time), this one is "System Idle Process". That's how it's supposed to be.
93% idle means that only 7% of your cpu is being used, and the other 93% is... erm... idle.

But it's still at 61% usage. It should not be at 61% usage when I'm not doing anything.

~Dan~ · « **Reply #332 on:** October 01, 2006, 04:58:43 AM »

System Idle Process isn't usage. System Idle Process is the part of your cpu that's not being used.

Masabi · « **Reply #333 on:** October 01, 2006, 05:10:05 AM »

Quote from: ~Dan~

System Idle Process isn't usage. System Idle Process is the part of your cpu that's not being used.

Usage, NOT System Idle Process. x____x Please don't try to tell me usage is the part of the computer that is NOT being used, because it was at 100% when I was using Ad-Aware.

~Dan~ · « **Reply #334 on:** October 01, 2006, 05:15:31 AM »

Quote from: agrayrainbow

No, that's how it is even when it's idle....

Oh sorry, I never noticed the "cpu usage 61%" at the bottom. I always subtract idle from 100 get the usage, I've honestly never noticed that before. It's impossible to have 93% idle and 61% usage. System Idle + Usage should = 100%.

Masabi · « **Reply #335 on:** October 01, 2006, 05:51:53 AM »

Quote from: ~Dan~

Oh sorry, I never noticed the "cpu usage 61%" at the bottom. I always subtract idle from 100 get the usage, I've honestly never noticed that before. It's impossible to have 93% idle and 61% usage. System Idle + Usage should = 100%.

Apparently it's not impossible. o___o

frblckstr1 · « **Reply #336 on:** October 01, 2006, 08:31:43 AM »

^ Maybe because 'Show process from all users' is unchecked? then all services/programs not running under your name are not shown.

taiyou · « **Reply #337 on:** October 01, 2006, 08:49:21 AM »

What's the best free/crack program for converting some clips to Moving GIFS, like you see some in the signatures? I could only find crappy ones. :evil:

SacredCultivator · « **Reply #338 on:** October 01, 2006, 06:31:34 PM »

@Tiny: Can you happen to teach me how to use MultiRes? Because when I use it... And set it to my Monitor Resolution and on my tv it showspretty much everything right BUT the bottom is cut off.. So in a sense.. for MultiRes would I have to set my Monitor Res to match the tv's? 1024x768? If so then haha MultiRes proved to be useless as I was able to do that before.. So not too sure what I am doing wrong...

tiny · « **Reply #339 on:** October 02, 2006, 12:34:16 PM »

@SacredCultivator: argh, I don't work much with multi display configurations and MultiRes. But in my experience MultiRes is a very simple program (it just sets the resolution), so there should not be much to teach (I hope).

Regarding the cut off bottom: analog TV has overscan, perhaps that's what your experiencing?