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Continue reading →: Ogg Vorbis instead of MPEG 3
Doom9.net – Ogg Vorbis Guide. One thing that is pretty neat is if you use Ogg Vorbis, a much more efficient encoding, rather than MP3 for Xvid movies. Here’s the guide from Doom9. So, the state of the “art” open source movie uses the open source xvid codec and then…
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Continue reading →: DVD to DVD Conversion
Doom9.net – The Definitive DVD Backup Resource. OK, a new guide that tells you how to backup a DVD to a DVD recordable. Good stuff. complicated as usual, but great for geeks.
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Continue reading →: Ripping DVD Soundtrack to MP3
Audio-Only DVD Ripping Guide – How to Convert DVD Video to MP3 or Audio CD Format. A very useful guide that explains how to take the AC3 soundtrack and get it into MP3 format. This is tricky because AC3 is at 48kHz whereas CDs are at 44.1kHz and are in…
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Continue reading →: What is Hyperthreading?
Ars Technica: Introduction to Multithreading, Superthreading and Hyperthreading and “Tom’s Hardware”:http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/20021227/. _Well, the Intel site was confusing on the topic of what is this hyperthreading thing, so a quick google search found an article that someone with a 30 year old computer science degree like me can understand_ The basic…
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Continue reading →: First Shuttle SN85g4's coming
I’ve been looking for this so sweet barebones system and the first ones are coming up for sale. Here are some folks who are starting to carry. They are not yet at the big guys like newegg.com: * Directron. Never heard of these guys, but doing preorders for $349. *…
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Continue reading →: More on the Shuttle ST61G and SB75G2
X-bit labs – Hardware news – New Shuttle XPCs ST61G and SB75G2 – Targeting Gamers and Enterprises?. _Another hat tip to Xbitlabs_ The XPC ST61G barebone ? first SFF PC powered by the RADEON 9100 IGP core-logic with integrated graphic core supporting DirectX 8.1 capabilities unveiled this Summer ? is…
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Continue reading →: Shuttle to ship 600K systems in 2004
X-bit labs – Hardware news – Shuttle Projects Further Growth of XPC Shipments in 2004. _Amazing how big a business these XPCs are getting to be_ Shuttle said in an interview to DigiTimes web-site that its XPC shipments this year will be between 550 and 600 thousands of units, 50…
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Continue reading →: CPU Utilities
CPUID. This is a great utility set for tweaking your PC and knowing how it is performing. For instance PC Wizard tells you what machine you actually have and how it is performing. Like Sisoft Sandra, but just for the CPU. There is also CPU-Z which tells you exactly what…
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Continue reading →: Another Game…
Another potential game are to have a name on your back and then you have to go find the other person who matches. Kind of a mixer and there is a prize you get if you find your opposite: * Famous Couples. An entire web site. * “Famous Movie Couples”:http://www.imdb.com/Couples/.…
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Continue reading →: Xvid Settings (Con't)
Sectie B & D: Hoe MP3, DivX maken. Well, I tried some new Xvid settings and now the second pass won’t work. Here are some more recommendations. I’ll give these a try. This is true since Xvid defaults are single pass, so you have to understand something about what to…
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