Quote from Stefani24 :

I cant start xp because my pc reboots before it starts, safe work doesnt work too.

On XP you must install an UDF 2.5 driver for the BDROM to work. There is a native UDF 2.5 driver on Vista and Win7.
The Toshiba one seems to work fine in most cases, but there are other ones.
However it's not supposed to be installed on non Toshiba systems but it's working fine if you use this trick:
http://forum.slysoft.com/showthread.php?t=15597

Quote from Stefani24 :

And it wont recognise my bd-rom so how could i reinstall windows?

Use IDE mode in the BIOS.

Button onboard video:
http://www.zshare.net/download/605224359cfbcca6

Quote from DeadWolfBones :

Somebody wanna introduce me, assuming she's >18 years old?

AFAIK she's 22 so that part should be OK but hurry up! There are persistent rumors that she's going to get married during this summer.

Quote from DeadWolfBones :

Who was the cute girl handing Barrichello the trophy?

I believe it was Charlotte Casiraghi, also known as Charlotte de Monaco, who is the daughter of Princesse Caroline de Monaco and Stefano Casiraghi (who died in 1990 during an offshore powerboat race, he was the second husband of Princess Caroline).
She is actually fourth in the line of succession to the throne.

Quote from 5haz :

Anyway, the Monaco GP isn't the same on TV, you have to be there for it to not be boring I'm sure.

I'm living at about 20 km from Monaco and I went there twice for the GP. Believe me it's a real nightmare at many levels: incredible crowd on such a small territory, accesses, parking (better to use train), you see almost nothing and overall the noise of the engines reflecting on the buildings is just crazy.
Now that I'm not a young man anymore it's much better on TV


Anyway, fast made video of Button's win:
http://www.zshare.net/download/604572267c5b4f42

Quote from Mp3 Astra :

Ahhhh so Rubens got a smash up the rear at the start.

Hm, I can't see that on this replay of the start:
http://www.zshare.net/download/5786080567c475b9/

Quote from fujiwara :

17 - Yes - Owner a Lonely Heart ?? not sure

Nope, 17 is: Robbie Williams - Tripping

02 is: Robert Palmer - Johnny and Mary
04 is: The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian

Old but still one of the best ever made:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV-io9kX9X0&fmt=18

Quote from senn :

Remember this?

And this ?

Quote from amp88 :

well, that's not what it's looked like for me since I can remember...

In Firefox menu go to Tools -> Options then open the Content tab and in the Fonts & Colors section click on the Advanced button.

The default settings for western countries are like these:


Set the settings like that and make sure that the "Allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of my selections above" option is ticked. Then close and restart Firefox.

More informations can be found here:
http://support.mozilla.com/en- ... s+window#Fonts_amp_Colors

As Lateralus said the default font for this forum is Verdana so check in the Windows Control Panel -> Fonts if this font is installed and if the files are physically present in the \Windows\Fonts folder (4 files: Verdana.ttf, Verdanab.ttf, Verdanai.ttf, Verdanaz.ttf).

Quote from Xaid0n :

Twelve Monkeys

Quote from NightShift :

if you liked the mood be sure to check out Brazil by the same director.

+1

Terry Gilliam is a genius and Brazil is still one of my top 5 favorite movies of all times

BARAKA on Blu-ray Disc.

It's the best movie I've ever seen, image quality wise.

Quote from http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=1941 :

Film Critic Roger Ebert recently reviewed a copy of the upcoming Blu-ray release of 'Baraka', which is due to hit store shelves on October 28th. Calling it "the finest video disc I have ever viewed or ever imagined," the famous critic concluded that "Baraka by itself is sufficient reason to acquire a Blu-ray player.

The movie has been transfered to BD by using a 8k scan of the original 70 mm (65 mm) film.
More about the Baraka transfer to Blu-ray:
http://www.studiodaily.com/main/topstory/10332.html

Reviews:
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/ ... p?id=1055&show=review
http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/1659/baraka.html
http://www.spiritofbaraka.com/baraka.aspx
http://www.thehdroom.com/news/Baraka_Blu-ray_Review/3886


The BD bit is important because the movie looks crap on DVD. Do NOT get a DVD of this movie, it would be waste of money.

Quote from http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/movies.php?id=1055& :

The creature's fur is so detailed that one can practically count each strand

DVD: http://i166.photobucket.com/al ... adzez/Baraka/fe679574.png
BD: http://i166.photobucket.com/al ... adzez/Baraka/c095dcc7.png


DVD and BD comparison screenshots:

DVD: http://i166.photobucket.com/al ... adzez/Baraka/c6f7b6f9.png
BD: http://i166.photobucket.com/al ... adzez/Baraka/30284251.png

DVD: http://i166.photobucket.com/al ... adzez/Baraka/a769af94.png
BD: http://i166.photobucket.com/al ... adzez/Baraka/5728fd39.png

DVD: http://i166.photobucket.com/al ... adzez/Baraka/dd7c7baf.png
BD: http://i166.photobucket.com/al ... adzez/Baraka/7f9545cb.png

DVD: http://i166.photobucket.com/al ... adzez/Baraka/8a235b06.png
BD: http://i166.photobucket.com/al ... adzez/Baraka/ef81f976.png

DVD: http://i166.photobucket.com/al ... adzez/Baraka/53b62722.png
BD: http://i166.photobucket.com/al ... adzez/Baraka/86ca5850.png

DVD: http://i166.photobucket.com/al ... adzez/Baraka/fb68b25e.png
BD: http://i166.photobucket.com/al ... adzez/Baraka/53f6a97a.png

DVD: http://i166.photobucket.com/al ... adzez/Baraka/b7e77dde.png
BD: http://i166.photobucket.com/al ... adzez/Baraka/93c69301.png

Some other screenshots from the BD:
http://pic.phyrefile.com/a/an/ ... napshot20081110153124.png
http://s300.photobucket.com/al ... napshot20081110195445.png
http://images.blu-ray.com/reviews/723_8_1080p.jpg (but JPEG thus lossy)

Quote from amp88 :

Alternatives to packages you use or new things altogether.

Some thoughts:

The free version of RealVNC does not allow file transfers which is a must have IMO. Use TightVNC instead, which is free, full featured and open source.

Foobar2000, with the Kernel Streaming support (don't forget to select the KS output in the Preferences), is the best audio player quality wise.

Codec Pack xxx: get rid of codec packs. Use Ffdshow with Media Player Classic - HomeCinema and its internal codecs. That and VLC and I bet you can play any video.

AutoGK: have you tried AviDemux ? It's not that hard to use and despite of its name it can open, convert and save from/to many more containers than AVI only. Backup your DVD's with H264 video + AAC sound and enter the HD world with a higher quality than DivX/XviD + MP3 for the same file size

You shouldn't run an OS from an USB stick because you are going to fry it quickly due to too many write accesses.

Quote from Shotglass :

im pretty sure at the time of posting it was much easier to find it anywhere else than on ms technet

You're wrong, the patch has been posted one day before the beta has been made public.

Quote from Shotglass :

btw you guys better grab the mp3 patch somewhere too

Best place is the Microsoft site

Quote :

Update for Windows 7 Beta (KB961367)
Brief Description
Install this update to resolve live and recorded TV issues in Windows Media Center, recorded TV playback issues in Windows Media Player, and MP3 file corruption issues in Windows.

32 bits:
http://www.microsoft.com/downl ... a242b7&displaylang=en

64 bits:
http://www.microsoft.com/downl ... 55626d&DisplayLang=en

http://www.boston.com/bigpictu ... 008_in_photographs_p.html
http://www.boston.com/bigpictu ... hotographs_part_2_of.html
http://www.boston.com/bigpictu ... ear_in_photographs_p.html

Quote from Töki (HUN) :

I have the same problem with Mozilla though.

I'm using different versions of Mozilla based browsers (SeaMonkey, Firefox 2, Firefox 3) on different computers and on both Linux and Windows and I have no problems so far to log in to LFSWorld, and never had any.

So I guess there must be something wrong in your configuration (Antivirus, anti-spyware, script blocking tool, etc).

Quote from J.B. :

That's more like it. See how much better it looks even though the bitrate isn't much higher than youtube "HD".

25% more bitrate than Youtube, that's not negligible especially at such low bitrates for this resolution.
But yep, I guess the deeper analysis and processing options are also making the difference.

Quote from Fastwalker :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p6gxnAaaxY

tried to test the HD thing
original file was 1280*720 with wmv9 codec

youtube still messes up the quality :s

It looks better with the &fmt=22 tag:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p6gxnAaaxY&fmt=22

But yes, it still a bit blocky.
WMV9 is not a good idea though for a video master, except if it's WVC1.
WMV9 can be either WMV3 or WMVA or WVC1 but the first two ones are buggy and also may cause problems when transcoding to another format.
Keep in mind that Youtube will always recode your video even though the one you send them is within the specs they are using.