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General Software Discussion / Re: Converting from FLV to AVI
« on: June 02, 2007, 02:22 PM »
I will relegate my off topic comments to spoilers
like Riva, Super is also based on CLI tools like ffmpeg but i prefer Riva because of its clean, well-designed layout.. :)
-lanux128 (May 09, 2007, 08:27 PM)
What's Riva? Is it this: http://rivavx.com/


[edit]LOL, I see now, there it is in the first post... (I skipped it because I have very little interest in converting web video)... [/edit]


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General Software Discussion / Re: Converting from FLV to AVI
« on: June 02, 2007, 01:12 PM »
I will relegate my off topic comments to spoilers
If you suspect a program is merely changing the file extension, it's easy to check: compare the old and new files with Beyond Compare.

I'm certainly no expert, but "AVI" is a "container" format. AVI files can contain audio/video streams that use are compressed with all kinds of different codecs. You can get AVIs with mp3 audio and xvid video, ac3 audio and divx video, etc.

Incording to KMPlayer the AVI I happen to be watching right now uses Xvid and MP3.
Screenshot - 6_2_2007 , 12_11_01 PM.png

There are other container formats out there. A notable one is matroska. It lets you have DVD style chapters, multiple audio streams, built in subtitles, etc. Definitely worth a look if you're about to convert a lot of video.

BUT, what Curt is saying brings up a good point, why convert and loose quality if you don't have to. Before converting, drag the FLV into your media player of choice, if it works just associate FLVs with that player...


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Living Room / Re: Microsoft's proposed new user interface
« on: May 31, 2007, 04:06 PM »
Attempted IP theft? Sounds fair to me, so long as intellectual property theft is illegal.

I suggest they up the penalty though! Screw this $250,000 business, give the police the power to execute intellectual thieves on sight!

Anyway, it looks cool, but your arms would get in the way! After a while they'll invent a super cool transparent pointing device that will simulate finger presses. Later they'll invent a new wireless version, it'll be a little rodent sized peripheral with multiple buttons that will track the movement of users' hands off screen!

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General Software Discussion / Re: RAID explained ?!
« on: May 31, 2007, 08:40 AM »
I love that there is also "JABOD" (or is it "JBOD"?)! Just a Bunch of Drives! Haven't used it, but I guess it's like RAID except that it doesn't require the same capacity drives.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Firefox 2.0.0.4 released
« on: May 30, 2007, 09:51 PM »
I just got it, hit Help > Check for Updates... in FF. Thanks cthorp!

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