Dear folks,
I got some good collect...
Dear folks,
I got some good collection of VCD's which i would lik to save it on my PC ( size matters) . I 've seen lots of movies converted in the .MKV format of 300MB and XViD resolutions and are pretty good in sound and resolution even the new h264 vide codec is also crisp and good. What can i do to convert my .DAT files to a good single .MKV or .XVID avi format. I tried using xilisoft video converter but was confused. Do i have to convert the DAT files to legal MPG or AVI format before going for these formats. I want the whold 700mb movie compressed to say 300 to 400 mb and in good quality so that i can view it when and where i want instead of making big DVD discs .A good tutorial on the subject would be of great help.
Thank you.
Hi.
I'm sure you guys get a lot of ...
Hi.
I'm sure you guys get a lot of beginners building their HTPCs for the first time flooding you with questions... well, I'm one of them! Your responses will be much appreciated.
Ok, uh, I already have a PC and I want to convert into an HTPC:
AMD X2 Dual-core 4800+ 2.4GHz
2GB Kingston Hyper-X DDR400
ATI X1900 512MB + ATI X1900XTX 512MB Crossfire cards
CL SB Audigy 2 Value
WD 150GB Raptor X + 750GB extra space (Maxtor/Seagate) -- I know I need more for HD video capture.
Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit
1. My most important question (since I'm fairly new to all this) is whether I can capture 720p res video (x264 encoding (mkv?)) in realtime whilst watching TV with these specs. Is it even possible to record in 720/1080 resolution in Vista Media Center?
2. As for playback I should be able to use that Media Control plugin / FDShow (not that I know how) for mkv x264 playback via Vista Media Center right?
3. I'd like to stop having to use my TV's digital freeview tuner, satellite box and add a OTA HDTV receiver at the same time. I'm not sure if I'm asking for too much from one card but is there a PCI or PCI-X card that's Vista 64 compatible that does all these things?
4. Do I really need the two 512MB ATI cards in there or will one do the job just fine? I hear rumors that only 3D applications (games etc.) take advantage of multi-GPUs... I was thinking of replacing both with one card that has an HDMI out port (not even sure how this works -- how do you get the 5.1/7.1 audio from soundcard to video card for HDMI out) but I don't know which card to get (I prefer to go with NVIDIA this time).
Any other relevant tips always welcome.
Love to add more stuff to my HTPC like a Blu-ray writer and so on once I know what I'm doing and have the money. :)
Okay, now that I've spread my newbie-ness, feel free to correct me / guide me and feel good about your expertize!
Thanks in advance.
Firstly, 3d acceleration is not very important to ...
Firstly, 3d acceleration is not very important to me, as I don't plan to play games, but it appears that a few minor X problems I am experiencing are related to my video driver installation. I'm completely new to linux, so please be patient. Now, I have checked my Xorg.0.log and noticed a number of warnings:
(WW) Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such file or directory)
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(WW) fglrx(0): board is an unknown third party board, chipset is supported
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(WW) fglrx(0): could not detect XFree86 version (query_status=-3)
(WW) fglrx(0): ***********************************************
(WW) fglrx(0): * DRI initialization failed! *
(WW) fglrx(0): * (maybe driver kernel module missing or bad) *
(WW) fglrx(0): * 2D acceleraton available (MMIO) *
(WW) fglrx(0): * no 3D acceleration available *
(WW) fglrx(0): ********************************************* *
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(WW) fglrx(0): Option "AGPMode" is not used
There are no errors and only the above warnings. My hardware is a mobility Radeon 9000.
Can you walk me through a solution? Thanks.
I recently hired a professional service to transfe...
I recently hired a professional service to transfer 1950s 8mm film reels onto miniDV tapes. I don't own a miniDV camcorder, but plan to borrow one. My question is, should I worry about the quality of the miniDV camcorder I borrow to transfer the tapes onto the PC? I read on these forums that transferring DV video is like transferring a file and there is no analog interference. So should I not worry about the quality of the heads reading the miniDV tape? The people I could borrow from own rather low end miniDV camcorder models. But is the quality difference confined to the recording quality and not the tape playback? Any suggestions?
I am using Dual 1.42 G4 with 2gig Ram, 10.3.5. I...
I am using Dual 1.42 G4 with 2gig Ram, 10.3.5. I am able to backup DVD with DVDbackup without much problem. But about 2 months now, DVDBackup produce quite a bit of video distortion ( like pixelated) even old movies that have less thatn 4.4 gigs. I would appreciate any suggestion. thanks
hi
I install capture card named "PV110" fr...
hi
I install capture card named "PV110" from company "PowerVideo".
And i have graphic card "nVidia Geforce FX 5200".
and i gave motherboard "ASUS P4P800-E".
when i start capture with pv110 after minutes system have been restart.
I change the slot of pv110 hardware but i again recieve restart.
And when i install "GEFORCE FX 5200" driver and software in device manager i have a hardware "nVidia WDM Video Capture (Universal)" with famous shape "!".
what i must do?
help me thanks.
hi i wana ask that before i install hi i wana ask that before i install ffdshow codec, the switching of left & right channels option is available using windows media player 10 when playing a video clip. But after installing ffdshow the option is not selectable anymore..so can anyone explain why is this happening?
thanks in advanced.
Is it possible to rip the "Circuit City" DivX DVDs...
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