Tech-related problems

[chera]

I'm thinking the disk is not actually running, or it can't read.
Maybe the heads are 'stuck'? try tapping it (on the desk), softly first!

Thanks for the tip, but that's not working either...

[reine]

Heyas, does anyone know if there is some kind of program (or windows setting) that limit the ul/dl speed of a shared connection? I have one computer that connects through ethernet card to my computeer, and I'd like to limit the usage, thanks in advance

[ohbahsan]

Heyas, does anyone know if there is some kind of program (or windows setting) that limit the ul/dl speed of a shared connection? I have one computer that connects through ethernet card to my computeer, and I'd like to limit the usage, thanks in advance

The only one I know of is NetLimiter Pro.

[maliciel]

Er, not really a problem, but i found that

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mplayer -vo null -vc null -ao pcm input.avi allows me to rip a video's audio, but I can't seem to find anything on getting it from only a certain part of the video. Pray tell, is this possible?

[Janihan]

Er, not really a problem, but i found that

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mplayer -vo null -vc null -ao pcm input.avi allows me to rip a video's audio, but I can't seem to find anything on getting it from only a certain part of the video. Pray tell, is this possible?

You can start playing the video from a specific point with -ss. For example -ss 45 to start at 45 seconds or -ss 3:45 to start at 3 min and 45 seconds.

Stopping at a specific point is done with -endpos. -endpos uses the same time format as -ss.

If you use them together the video will play will start from the position specified in -ss and play for the time specified in -endpos. If you wanted to play from 1:25 to 6:34 you'd use -ss 1:25 -endpos 5:09.

Atleast for me -endpos didn't work at all with -vc null but it might be because I use a development version. Dropping -vc null will only make the process a bit slower.

[Masabi]

@Maliciel:

You could always rip the full audio then use Audacity to cut out the part that you want or delete the parts that you don't want.  That's what I do.

[Biggie578]

@Maliciel:

You could always rip the full audio then use Audacity to cut out the part that you want or delete the parts that you don't want.  That's what I do.

but when you save it, it re-encodes it and doing so reduces the quality

[Janihan]

but when you save it, it re-encodes it and doing so reduces the quality

"-ao pcm" outputs a .wav file so he'll probably want to encode it anyway.

-dumpaudio outputs in the original audio format but I'm pretty sure you can't seek when using it.

[maliciel]

Indeed. I tried using -dumpaudio, but I didn't know what to do with the resulting file, lol.

Anyways, the reason I use the commandline is so I could just rip a part without having to rip out all the audio. Clipping the audio in VDub takes too long to be worth the effort, and with mplayer I can just do a simple re-encode to mp3..

[Janihan]

Indeed. I tried using -dumpaudio, but I didn't know what to do with the resulting file, lol.

The resulting file is just the compressed audio stream from the video. If the video had mp3 audio then the resulting file will be a mp3 file. Just rename it to file.mp3 or whatever the format is.

[Asmodai]

This is weird - Windows Media Player display videos with the colours over-saturated.

VLC works fine though and the problem goes away when I open the nVidia control panel and click on video settings - even if I don't touch anything.

Having to do so is annoying though. Suggestions?

[Flyp]

I had the same problem myself when i got my nvidia card.  The problem is in your overlay video card settings, they're not being reapplied when you reboot... Make sure the nvidia control panel taskbar program is set to run when Windows starts, and that should fix it

[Asmodai]

Make sure the nvidia control panel taskbar program is set to run when Windows starts, and that should fix it

How did you do that?

[Flyp]

How did you do that?

first, Display Properties->Settings->Advanced->Geforce tab... this will take you to the nvidia control panel.  

If you got the newest drivers, you'll just see two options on the left, "Launch Page" and "Control Panel User Interface."  The option you're looking for, I cant find on the new interface, so go to the Control Panel User Interface and set it to the Classic NVIDIA Control Panel, and then click Apply.  

Under the Tools option on the left panel, check the box next to Enable Taskbar Icon and click Ok.  That *should* fix your problem

[Asmodai]

Already, checked. I unchecked it and rechecked it though. Hopefully it'll work.

EDIT: Nevermind. Googling revealed the fix is to go the overlays and change the settings to "Default"...

[bolivar]

Is there a way i can optimise my RAM, Currently running 512mb DDR2 ram notebook. My notebook had been lagging like tortoise these days.Or should i free up the unwanted background program?(but i m not sure which one is critical)

[chera]

Is there a way i can optimise my RAM, Currently running 512mb DDR2 ram notebook. My notebook had been lagging like tortoise these days.Or should i free up the unwanted background program?(but i m not sure which one is critical)

The least hassle way would just be to buy more RAM.... A 1 gig stick of DDR2 can go for less than $75 these days, depending on the exact spec you need.  Memory expansion slots on laptops tend to be a limited, so you might as well load up on 1 big stick rather than 2 small sticks.

That being said, Firefox is a horrible memory hog.  So are MS Outlook and iTunes.  To check what is using the most ram, call up the Windows Task Manager: hit ctrl-alt-delete and then hit "T".  In the processes tab, you can get a list of apps and the memory they use.  Just choose the one you want to kill, make sure everything is saved, and hit "End process."

[bolivar]

Yes, Firefox is occupying almost 50% of my total memory. But i dun trust I.E, so gotta bear with it.  My notebook only support max 1gb DDR SD RAM memory. Guess i will go & shop for 1 this weekend.

[Asmodai]

Is there a way i can optimise my RAM, Currently running 512mb DDR2 ram notebook. My notebook had been lagging like tortoise these days.Or should i free up the unwanted background program?(but i m not sure which one is critical)

Well you can manually play with your RAM timings in the BIOS - but I wouldn't recommend it unless you really know what you're doing. The performance gains would be negligible anyway.

Check to see what background apps are running and if they're any you can clear out - pre-loaders like Quicktime, Real, Adobe Reader, etc. can start adding up when you've only got 512mb.

[bolivar]

I do not have any application running background except firefox. Anyway to reduce firefox usage of memory? Does defragging of HDD really improve system speed?