[Slamman]

What has no audio inputs? You have to be more clear in what you refer to there Illegal Lug
As for the HDMI, the TV should support it, you can't use both component and HDMI at the same time, unless it's two different inputs, two different devices.

I live in the US, we don't have SCART here, but it's pretty old, pre-HD, should be the same as composite NTSC delivery I believe
S-video is a standard over there I imagine, they make S-video (Separated Y/C) for all sorts of video electronics, your basic VIVO on a graphics card is of the DIN associated with S-video, to clarify

Anywho, if you can, give details about your TV's jack-pack, what alls connected, what brand/model helps a lot! What outputs are used on the Xbox?

This post has been edited by Slamman on Monday, Apr 2 2012, 13:53

[Wolf68k]

@illegal_luggage
MSE might find some but I would still use Spybot and MalwareBytes to search and remove anything it finds.

[Rebel]

Hey guys, I've got some DVD's that I'd like to watch often but I've noticed it takes a little longer than I'd like to load from just the DVD drive itself. So I'm looking for a programme that will let me write my film onto my HDD so I can watch it straight from my hard drive without the CD itself. So basically, I'd like to burn the film onto my pc.

[Slamman]

Any DVD burning tool that's worth it's salt should allow you to do that already, The burn Direct to DVD is a feature subset

[Gareth Croke]

QUOTE (Rebel @ Monday, Apr 2 2012, 19:02)

Hey guys, I've got some DVD's that I'd like to watch often but I've noticed it takes a little longer than I'd like to load from just the DVD drive itself. So I'm looking for a programme that will let me write my film onto my HDD so I can watch it straight from my hard drive without the CD itself. So basically, I'd like to burn the film onto my pc.

Providing were talking original DVD's here, like your own works that aren't subject to Copyright etc etc etc or depending on your copyright laws in your country (... just covering my back) then just do a google search for "DVD Rippers" and there'll be a host of them available that will convert the DVD content to a more universal format like AVI, MPG, MKV etc etc etc.

[Slamman]

One nice tool is software that reads DVDs to convert to PSP files, though that might not be what you need, You can do conversion with commercial DVDs. Region 0 Macrovision Free DVD players have been around for years.
Apex's infamous model needed a particular ROM chip and it was good to go AD-600A ?!? Something like that, and Skyworth 1080P, another model I wound up owning (not sure I remember the model, but it does read like an HD format) They are home DVD players that allow all DVDs to play without the original copy protection for dubbing. It's not really a secret, the early Macrovision has been around since 1986, and it lies in the VBI as I recall, and there were ways to strip that from the video signal, as digital ushered in HD on DVD, things like HDMI allowed digital rights management to be sent with the the signal on the cable.

In the early days of DAT audio, a protection scheme allowed you one copy off a master, no other copies could be made from that copy, only an original allowed you a backup

[jackass2009]

How do I run a game in compatability mode on Windows 7 64 bit Home Premium? I'm basically ignorant when it comes to this kind of stuff, so thanks in advance.

[abottig]

QUOTE (jackass2009 @ Tuesday, Apr 3 2012, 01:13)

How do I run a game in compatability mode on Windows 7 64 bit Home Premium? I'm basically ignorant when it comes to this kind of stuff, so thanks in advance.

Right click on the .exe, and navigate to the "compatibility" tab.

Just choose a mode from there.

[jackass2009]

QUOTE (abottig @ Monday, Apr 2 2012, 21:22)

QUOTE (jackass2009 @ Tuesday, Apr 3 2012, 01:13) How do I run a game in compatability mode on Windows 7 64 bit Home Premium? I'm basically ignorant when it comes to this kind of stuff, so thanks in advance. Right click on the .exe, and navigate to the "compatibility" tab. Just choose a mode from there.

Of course. Thanks for the help.

[fred]

Just a (hopefully) quick hardwarey question: are there any cheapish upgrades I could do to speed up video editing / rendering with this setup?

Gigabyte motherboard GA-870A-UD3 AMD AM3 DDR3 ATX(S029973)
AMD CPU AM3 Athlon II X4 630 2.8GHz
Corsair DDR3 1333MHz 4GB 2x240 pin DIMM Unbuffered 9-9-9-24 Matched XMS3
Sapphire Radeon HD 6850 1GB GDDR5 PCI-E 2.1 (x16)
Samsung 1TB 1000GB F3 hard drive HD103SJ SATA II 300 32MB cache 72000rpm
TOSHIBA MK1237GSX (HDD2D62) 120GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Notebook Hard Drive

[Wolf68k]

@fred
Better/faster CPU, which depending what you call cheap may or may not be so cheap.
More RAM might help, but only if while you're working with your editor you see that you're using up all of the RAM.


@Rebel
Depends on how much of the DVD you want.
If all you want is the movie, then there are tons of programs that can rip and convert them to a video file and then it depends on which video format you want. Handbrake is good if you want H.264 MP4s, more so if you want it to be playable on a mobile device but you can make it so it'll play on a desktop as well. I also like AutoGK for ripping and converting to DviX/Xvid.
DVDShrink and ShrinkTo5 (now called DVD next Copy) can rip the whole DVD and make it an ISO that you can then mount and play (VLC can play ISOs without mounting them first) but you could also have them forget all of the extras and just have the movie yet retain the chapter points. I have run into problems with some DVDs not ripping because of copy protection so I had to use DVD Decrypter it's old but works but there is also DVDFab HD, these will rip the VOB files to your HDD while also removing the copy protection and region info.

[Craig]

Does anyone have any recommendations on USB microphones?

[abottig]

QUOTE (Craig @ Tuesday, Apr 3 2012, 23:15)

Does anyone have any recommendations on USB microphones?

I can't recommend a usb mic... I was looking for a usb mic, when I found the $9 zalman clip on mic. The clarity is excellent, and it clips straight on to your headphones. Sorry if this doesn't address your needs:



http://www.amazon.com/Zalman-Zm-Mic1-Sensi...e/dp/B00029MTMQ

[fred]

QUOTE (Wolf68k @ Tuesday, Apr 3 2012, 18:43)

@fred Better/faster CPU, which depending what you call cheap may or may not be so cheap. More RAM might help, but only if while you're working with your editor you see that you're using up all of the RAM.

Thanks. Yeah, think a new CPU would be too expensive unless I'd get some pretty huge improvements from it. I occasionally run out of RAM so a bit extra might be worthwhile.

It looks like I can get 1 x 4GB for the same price as 2 x 1GB. If I don't think I need all that extra 4GB, would I be better off with the 2 sticks of 1GB? Or should it all be the same as what's currently there (so another 2 x 2GB)?

[Wolf68k]

@Craig
A bit more detail to the type of thing you're looking for or what you plan to use it for. Also budget could help as well.


@fred
It's hard to say. The way you wrote your specs for what RAM you currently have is confusing. Corsair DDR3 1333MHz 4GB 2x240 pin DIMM Unbuffered 9-9-9-24 Matched XMS3
The way this reads is that you have 4GB of RAM and but some magical way it has 2x240pins which is 480pins. However I translate it to mean that you have 4GB of RAM 2x2GB sticks. The only other solution is that you means to say 2x4GB meaning you have 8GB total.
Ok now that that mess is out of the way. I would say go with the 1x4GB stick. You have the easier option to add more later. Plus when working with video editors, and as you said you have run out of RAM already, the more the merrier. Plus you said the 1x4GB is the same price as 2x1GB, that's simple math you get more bang for you buck out of the 1x4GB.
Also can I assume that you are looking at the exact same make and model RAM you have now, or at the very least the same make and close enough to the same model?

[fred]

Yeh, sorry I meant I had 2x2GB. I just dug out the original order confirmation and copied and pasted from there.

Right, I'll go for the 4GB then. Thanks for the help. Guess it was a bit of a stupid question, but I thought I'd heard something about it being better in pairs or something!

[Wolf68k]

Yes pairs does seem to be better. I've seen an article that took 2 sticks of RAM and ran them in both single channel and dual channel modes. The performance difference was minimal.
Mean while I'm still waiting to see someone take a single stick of X-amount of RAM and benchmark it against 2xX-amount of RAM that equals the single stick to see if there is any difference.

[4 Bagger]

If this should belong in the Gaming Chat, meh....

I'm looking to buy a Sony PSP slim. It doesn't have to be new, it could be used and even with some visible wear and tear. As long as it works and comes with a charger and leads [etc.]

Anyway, what would be a suitable price for something like this? I've seen many different prices for the same thing basically. I found a couple in CEX for £75 - £80, found a few on eBay that went from £40 - £80, some with games and extras, and I had seen one on GumTree for about $47 on its own. I hate being ripped off so what would a suitable price be for a Sony PSP slim with a charger? <--- (any colour)

[leik oh em jeez!]

QUOTE (fred @ Wednesday, Apr 4 2012, 10:48)

Yeh, sorry I meant I had 2x2GB. I just dug out the original order confirmation and copied and pasted from there. Right, I'll go for the 4GB then. Thanks for the help. Guess it was a bit of a stupid question, but I thought I'd heard something about it being better in pairs or something!

Might want to play with the RAM timing a bit as well. Great way to get a free performance boost that helps with everything you do on the system.

[Exxon]

So it isn't possible to properly add GTA IV to Steam if it isn't a Steam version?
If I add it to Steam, I can't use Shift+Tab