Computers and Related Hardware/Software

deseipher wrote:
Regardless of whether you get a dual or quad core, it will certainly be a whole lot faster than a P3 :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
True that. :victory:

I deserved that. :beaten: What can I say, I'm a computer dinosaur.

Any ideas what good programs for hardsubbing/multipass divx that will take advantage of multi-core processors?

Kijinnmaru wrote:Any ideas what good programs for hardsubbing/multipass divx that will take advantage of multi-core processors?

Not that I know of.

When it comes to hardsubbing, I've been using VirtualDub from the get-go... It's been uber-reliable and pretty easy to use. :victory:

Kijinnmaru wrote:
I deserved that. :beaten: What can I say, I'm a computer dinosaur.

Any ideas what good programs for hardsubbing/multipass divx that will take advantage of multi-core processors?

That you're running on a P3 is impressive honestly. My first computer was a 633MHz Celeron with 256MB of RAM. I used that for a good six years before finally upgrading a couple of years ago. I just had to learn how to make sure it ran as smoothly as possible. It made me understand that efficiency is just as important as having a fast CPU or more RAM. You can have those things, but you can still bring a computer down to a crawl with spyware, bloatware, fragmented drives, etc. I'm sure you've learned how to make the most of your system, and having that experience can only help. The next system you get will be plenty fast, but you also have the experience to get the most out of it. :victory:

As for programs, that's something 'racer can help you out with a lot more than I can, as I hardly ever do any video encoding.

deseipher wrote:That you're running on a P3 is impressive honestly. My first computer was a 633MHz Celeron with 256MB of RAM. I used that for a good six years before finally upgrading a couple of years ago. I just had to learn how to make sure it ran as smoothly as possible. It made me understand that efficiency is just as important as having a fast CPU or more RAM. You can have those things, but you can still bring a computer down to a crawl with spyware, bloatware, fragmented drives, etc. I'm sure you've learned how to make the most of your system, and having that experience can only help. The next system you get will be plenty fast, but you also have the experience to get the most out of it. :victory:

Yes.

Having all that junk on your machine can bring any system to its knees, no matter how big and fast it is. :sweat:

Sucks to hear that Virtualdub won't take advantage of the dual cores, but I found out that divx might be able to. Apparently, if you install the latest version on a multi-core computer, it'll detect it and use a version optimized for it.....or so some folks say.

Kijinnmaru wrote:Sucks to hear that Virtualdub won't take advantage of the dual cores, but I found out that divx might be able to. Apparently, if you install the latest version on a multi-core computer, it'll detect it and use a version optimized for it.....or so some folks say.

That might speed up VirtualDub, since it's basically just a GUI for various filters and encoding schemes like DivX.

I always use xViD for whatever reason instead of DivX. :headscratch:

Please excuse me for being dumb here :beaten:, but what is the best software to use for converting VT_S to avi?

It seems like I have no problem doing anything else when it comes to computers but converting. What's wrong with me? :sweat:

shoujo22 wrote:Please excuse me for being dumb here :beaten:, but what is the best software to use for converting VT_S to avi?

It seems like I have no problem doing anything else when it comes to computers but converting. What's wrong with me? :sweat:

We have a thread for that here: http://jdorama.com/viewtopic.5900.htm :)

bmwracer wrote:
We have a thread for that here: http://jdorama.com/viewtopic.5900.htm :)

A- Please don't kill me bmw hon. Sorry :sweat:

shoujo22 wrote:A- Please don't kill me bmw hon. Sorry :sweat:

I'll reply to you post in that thread. :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
I'll reply to you post in that thread. :victory:

Man I love you! We should totally get married. :glomp:

Anywho, thanks a lot!

shoujo22 wrote:Man I love you! We should totally get mearried. :glomp:

Hmm, can I think about it first or do you want an immediate answer?:beaten:

I found a little program to help with syncing subs to video files: http://www.ireksoftware.com/ta/ Very handy when you get raws where someone decides to chop out the 12 or so seconds of advertising in the middle of an episode, like someone did with the Haken no hinkaku raws I downloaded :sweat:

Anime Dad wrote:I found a little program to help with syncing subs to video files: http://www.ireksoftware.com/ta/ Very handy when you get raws where someone decides to chop out the 12 or so seconds of advertising in the middle of an episode, like someone did with the Haken no hinkaku raws I downloaded :sweat:

Ahh, TimeAdjuster... :victory:

I used that to adjust the timing on the subs Geez and I were working on for Jiko Keisatsu... :)

bmwracer wrote:
Hmm, can I think about it first or do you want an immediate answer?:beaten:

Perhaps I should learn to spell "married" properly before I propose to you again :beaten: :hehe:

It worked! Thank you thank you thank you! :applaud:

shoujo22 wrote:

Perhaps I should learn to spell "married" properly before I propose to you again :beaten: :hehe:

It worked! Thank you thank you thank you! :applaud:

Sugoi...! :victory:


BTW, I accept cash, but bills only, please. :mrgreen:

Nvm. I think I figured it out....

Madoka wrote:I'm looking for a free mp3 editor to trim mp3 down for ringtones. IIRC, when I had a Mac, it came with software to do that (edit mp3s, that is).

Audacity. http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Free and works great. You might just need lame.dll, but you can Google that.

Anime Dad wrote:

Audacity. http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Free and works great. You might just need lame.dll, but you can Google that.

LOL, that's exactly what I ended up finding, thanks!! Been playing with it since. You replied so fast, I didn't even realize you had answered when I deleted my post.

Merging the Mac thread with the Computers thread.