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[methylatedspirit]

Huh. For the hell of it, I tried using HandBrake anyway. Despite the garbled mess of a preview, it actually worked, just that it scaled everything up to a fixed resolution. The video files seem to be so poorly optimized that using the Ultrafast preset actually decreased the file size.

[Starver]

Having heard about it, but never used the package myself, I looked it up out of interest:

HandBrake is available for Linux, macOS, and Windows.[3] It uses third-party libraries such as FFmpeg, libvpx, and x265.

[Iduno]

I happen to have a bunch of surveillance footage recovered from a surveillance hard drive. They're in FLV format. The problem is that the videos switch resolutions midway, which makes it hard to re-encode with HandBrake, since it assumes that videos are at a constant resolution throughout.

What software can both work with FLV files and doesn't have problems with variable resolutions?

Break the file in 2? My video editing experience is very limited, but I can manage finding the right time and split. Fixes some weirdness.

FFMPREG for the command line.

I can't be the only one that read that, right?

[Reelya]

... I think you are. MPEG is an extremely common video format. It's the basis of all DVD encoding for example, as well as being what MP3 is short for: "MPEG-1 Audio Layer III". I think the number of people who see that and immediately think it's "MPREG" is very limited. You'd have to be into an extremely niche form of porn for that specific shorthand to occur to you :/

Edit: MPEG gets 139 million hits on Google, MPREG gets 4 million hits. It's not actually that well known. BTW I realized I didn't actually know precisely what it meant until googling it just now:

Mpreg stands for male pregnancy, and it's a subgenre of gay romance where men can become pregnant. Broadly speaking, there are two main categories within mpreg: shifter and non-shifter.

Seriously? you got confused by MPEG and thought it meant that? Maybe steer clear of the seedier niches of the internet.

[wierd]

It would be even kinkiner than that reelya.


FF means Female on Female.

So, FFMPREG would be "Female on Female with male pregnancy"
It could be missing a comma though, and be "Two girls, one dude, both girls pregnant"

Why oh why do I have to remember these kinds of things, and or, get exposed to them in the first place? Why?



But no, I meant FFMPEG, the free software mpeg processing library.

[Reelya]

At least it's not FFMPed then, which would have worse connotations.

[Iduno]

It would be even kinkiner than that reelya.


FF means Female on Female.

So, FFMPREG would be "Female on Female with male pregnancy"

Which is why I was confused enough to ask. 4-letter MPEG I read easy enough. 2 extra letters? No idea what that says.


Edit:

Maybe steer clear of the seedier niches of the internet.

That's what you think the seedier parts of the internet are? You can find weirder stuff than that by searching for sonic fan-art.

[methylatedspirit]

What GPU would be good to pair with an i5-4460 system so that it's a decent gaming machine, something that can play modern games at Medium at 1080p? The PSU is rated at 460W, so I probably can't go with anything too power-consuming.

[BigD145]

What GPU would be good to pair with an i5-4460 system so that it's a decent gaming machine, something that can play modern games at Medium at 1080p? The PSU is rated at 460W, so I probably can't go with anything too power-consuming.

You should be fine getting up to a GTX 1060. A 1660 Super might barely work. You're pushing some limits at that point.

I know how hard it is to find a 500W right now, which is ideal for a midrange system. A good bronze UPS is around $50. Great price point for what you get. But supplies are limited. Some estimates put certain brands shipping out as far as September.

[Lord Shonus]

I recently set up a Hamachi network between me and an acquaintance, and had to set Windows Firewall to ignore that network connection and that network connection only to get it to work correctly. Now Windows is constantly nagging me with "YOUR FIREWALL IS OFF TURN IT ON NOW" notifications. Again, the firewall is on for internet and my regular LAN. Is there any way to disable this notification?

[methylatedspirit]

Is it worth it to replace the thermal paste on a new laptop with something better? Will it dissipate any more heat than it does stock, or would I basically need to do something else to get the cooling system to perform better? I realize this is guaranteed to void any warranties, but I'm just curious if it would even work as intended.

On the more practical side of things, how do I get the option to hibernate back on my laptop? Going under 'Choose what the power button does' under Power Options doesn't show the option at all.

[wierd]

when brand new, thermal pads are perfectly adequate. However, after about 2 years in service, they dry out and turn into little plastic crisps that do more harm than good.

The decision to replace with compound should be one of personal acceptance of risk vs reward, IMO.

[Starver]

In general, I'd say you shouldn't mess with new kit (at that level) unless you otherwise need to. Most suppliers are going to anchor the heatsink down more consistently than you can redo it (without your own prior experience, and if you were confident in this then you probably wouldn't be asking), because if they don't then they're probably noticably bad from all prior sales and had to recall and/or been visibly badly reviewed.

Yes, things might still go south months or years down the line, and if nothing beats the practiced hand that takes great care over whatever man/machine might have just slapped the original together in the most time-efficient way.


Also consider that laptops are tricky buggers (even without any intentional barriers to user-servicing) beyond the replacement of memory modules or drives (where strategic hatches or modular caddies are implemented) so I wouldn't be surprised if you had to remove the whole back to access the screw to remove the keyboard to unhook the screen ribbon-cable to allow you to shift the heatpipe-and-integrated-fan-housing, but only after undoing three or four other screws (probably beneath the keyboard) that tie it to the mobo and unclicking a further jumper-wire or three. Just one of the issues I have with laptops (acknowledging that it's often necessity due to packing rather than just awkwardness applied by design). But doesn't stop me (carefully!) diving into them where necessary. 'Necessary' is the key, though. YMMV. Caveat Tinkor.

(Sorry, no idea about hibernation. Avoid it at all costs myself, for historic reasons, but also haven't expunged it as an option yet. May look to adding that to my repertoire, when I can, but by then someone else will probably have helped.)

[BigD145]

I recently set up a Hamachi network between me and an acquaintance, and had to set Windows Firewall to ignore that network connection and that network connection only to get it to work correctly. Now Windows is constantly nagging me with "YOUR FIREWALL IS OFF TURN IT ON NOW" notifications. Again, the firewall is on for internet and my regular LAN. Is there any way to disable this notification?

Unfortunately I do not. I think it's one of those issues like sticky cursors across multiple monitors that's been around since at least Windows 8 and has no solution.

[Iduno]

Unfortunately I do not. I think it's one of those issues like sticky cursors across multiple monitors that's been around since at least Windows 8 and has no solution.

"Install Windows 7."