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Greetings Geeks!  :)

Now I have a complete Deep Space 9 box set that I'd like to eventually get onto an external HDD (I just got a Samsung 2 TB one!)

I have the DVD reader on the PC and I have burnt numerous musik CD's over the years on it using Windows Media Player software.

I have NEVER burnt a DVD though! So I presume I burn the episodes from the DVD first onto my PC HDD then transfer them back to the External HDD.

So, as I'm a complete nub at this! If you have done this before, could you give me a bit of advice?  ;D


As in what FREE programmes are out there to do the burn/transfer. I'd consider purchasing something if it's really good?

And what movie file is best .avi .wmv  .mp4  .m4p Mpeg
  etc.........   :o ???


I think the whole set is 700 minutes viewing time. Can all that fit onto 2 TB?  ???


Thanks folks, hope you can guide me!  :D

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 *HELP! - needed getting Monitor speakers to work

Greeting chaps!  :)

I need a bit of tech knowledge regarding my Samsung Syncmaster monitor. I do hope some of you can oblige me with some wisdom!

Up until a week ago, I had my desktop speakers and headphones connected to my motherboard Jacks via a splitter cable.

The audio on the Headphones was fine, but for some reason I would lose sound on the speakers intermittently and for no apparent reason, a little BANG to the side of the case and more often than not the sound would come back..for a while! >:(

Anyway, due to me starting to mess about with Elite: Dangerous space sim I purchased a mechanical keyboard with the snazzy led keys!

The keyboard came with a USB connection AND Mic/Audio jacks.

So I plugged them in and the headphones worked great.

Now to my monitor, which has on-board speakers, but I have never used/connected them.

I went and got a HDMI cable and thought it was a simple case of connecting the monitor to the HDMI socket on my motherboard and lo and behold I could get sound from the speakers when I fancied watching a Youtube vid or something without headphones.

BUT, I can’t get sound?!  ???

I have tried switching the monitor from Analogue to Digital settings, but it’s not that. I have read something about a S/PDIF connection, but I’m out of my depth regarding that…

There are mic and audio jacks on the monitor backside, but I shouldn't have to use these again surely as they are analogue?


What should I do to get these damn monitor speakers to wake up ? 

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Off-Topic / 5+6x14=
« on: 20-07-2014, 22:07:17 »
Right what the hell I'll make a mathematical arse of myself!  :D

Now I could do Trig pretty well, but most maths I was in 2 short planks class!  :D

So this woman on a shopping channel just now was showcasing a new smartphone. Then she showed the Calculator app and inputted 5+6x14 and the answer was 89.

Mmm, is that right? I thought. So in my head I do a rough one....  5+6 well that's 11, then x14...by gum that's about errrr well 154!

So I get out my Samsung and do the same 5+6x14 and hey presto 89!  ::) :-\

So now I do it on the Win7 Calculator thing, 5+6 (it automatically says 11 before you input the x14) and it's 154 on that!

Some trickery going on here! Simple explanation for a simple fellow plz Einsteins!!


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Hi folks,

My Hattrick football team Corbalengi needs a fresh new Crest/Badge. http://www92.hattrick.org/Club/

Here's a version on the current one:


If any of you have the time, and have the skills (Because I don't know where to start and have given up on Gimp!) I'd be very grateful!  :)

Let's see what you can come up with. Free license and all that  ;D

Criteria.

1.The club and badge is based around a pre 6th century standing stone. So the Stone needs to be in the badge. It can be cartoonized etc or whatever looks best.

2.Needs to have the Latin characters IACIT & ORDOVS & CORBALENGI

3.Needs to be made within a football badge shield frame type, like most clubs. Club founded 2004.

4.Room somewhere for a Red Dragon in the motif.

5. Club colours and predominantly white with blue

Stone template pic.



Well, I hope someone has a go, and comes up with something snazzier than my efforts!  8)

P.S. (If you need inspiration)

30 Coolest Club Logos in World Football http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1082319-coolest-30-club-logos-in-world-football/page/20






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Gaming / Little Alchemy - Arrrrghhh ADDICTIVE!
« on: 25-01-2013, 20:01:29 »
http://littlealchemy.com/

111/350 so far  :P  :o :D

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Is there a foolproof way of adding album art/pictures (well just pictures I have in .jpg form) to mp3 music so that it shows up when you play the tracks on mp3 players etc? (I have the tracks on a USB drive and play them i n the car....car radio has a screen for showing album art)

I have iTunes, but don't want to convert the mp3's, and some tracks I have iTunes can't find the covers anyway.

Muchos gracias mi amigos!  8)

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Off-Topic / Media Streamers - wtf?
« on: 21-10-2012, 01:10:14 »
Hey tecky folks, bit of a tech dullard myself.  :-[ Need your help!

What I'm looking for is something that can magically send Youtube videos I'd like to watch = on to my tv in the lounge.  8)

I have a fairly modern tv with the hdmi connections. And I have a WiFi modem!


So just to reassure myself before buying one, that's what these media streamers actually do yes?

Youtube from PC - onto your TV? So you just connect these little boxes to your tv and it's as SIMPLE AS THAT? (Personally I think there's witchcraft involved somewhere!)  ;D


======AND======

Which is the best type to get?

Can you recommend a good reasonably priced one?

I'm just looking for something for Youtube docu watching. But can you actually use these boxes to access files or music that's on your PC too? And see them on your TV screen?

Can you surf the web easily on your tv using these?  ???

Does your PC even have to be on to use these devices?


I'm looking at this one (roku 2xs) http://www.amazon.co.uk/Roku-XS-1080p-Streaming-Player/dp/B006VTASW4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1350776019&sr=8-1

But it's all a bit bewildering at the moment, as I only thought about getting something like this 10 minutes ago! :D


Cheers!  :)



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Off-Topic / Why haven't Modern Airships "taken off" ?
« on: 26-05-2012, 18:05:17 »
Thought a little light discussion was in order for interested and more learned parties than myself!  ;)

Saw an ad for a docu. on the Hindenberg Zeppelin on my mates Satelite tv yesterday.

So did a bit of modern concept Googling and there are some fantastic StarWars-esque designes out there!  :)

Airships have no need to compete directly with airplanes since they fulfill entirely different roles. Airships can rely on their buoyancy to take off and land vertically as well as hover in mid-air and use less fuel. An airship does not require the same degree of infrastructure that an airplane requires and therefore can fly direct to nearly any point on the surface of the earth. Most airplanes today require large quantities of fuel and very resource intensive airports with long runways to get around. A very large airship also has the potential to carry far heavier and bulkier payloads than an airplane. The airplane's advantage is in speed, while the airship's advantage is in logistical versatility.

So, shouldn't we by now, in 2012 with all this tech and light material technology be seeing skies filled with modern Airships? Not to mention using owning and pleasure tripping in our own little mini-airship-cars?  ???  ;D

Aeroscraft Technology Animation - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9Jl3MJh0lI&feature=related

I know bugger all about modern aviation stuff, so what's your take on what's holding humanity back on this one folks?


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I was flicking through channels earlier and  stopped on one of those tv shopping ones.
They had an Archos tablet for sale @ around £180 Eur 200 $280. http://www.archos.com

Not sure what model it was, can’t have been the newest, but  for someone that sits on their arse late into the night reading forums and watching docu’s on youtube etc I thought (now I’ve had WiFi modem  for the last 2 months) hell I can just go to bed and browse there!  :)

I’m not very clued up on these tablets though, so thought I’d ask if any of you lot know of one to look out for that aren’t necessarily the new ipad4 or whatever costs a huge wad of ca$h.  ::)

So, to re-cap!

Basically looking for a tablet that I can browse forums, watch youtube, check email, and that actually “works” without hiccups, isn’t to bad on speed has a nice bit of ram/ hard drive/processor, does the basics in a fair way etc. (Skoda Fabia not a Ferrari G40!)

Right, over to YOU!  8)

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After recently suffering a HDD failure I decided to spend a “bit”  and upgraded to have the full Win 7 experience.
I now have an 1155 Sandybridge motherboard with Realtek HD Audio Manager.

With my old XP rig I had a splitter cable at the rear for my speaker/headphone sounds, and the mic was just plugged into the regular mic jack.

This system worked beautifully for the last few years, all I had to do was make sure “Stereo Mix” was ticked as “off” and my in game sounds would be nice and clear, and my mic would be very legible in Voip.

I have tried the same configuration with my new set up and now the in game sound is very weak and my voip isn’t very clear (CB radio type of sound), according to player feedback.

I have played around with settings in the last few days.

I had the speakers in the rear jacks, and headphones/mic in the front jacks. This seemed to work fine, in-game sounds were really sharp and loud (which proves that the Realtek really can output some nice sound quality) and I could switch between speakers and headphones for music listening etc.
 However my mic in Voip would suffer from “in game sound feedback”.  And the mic would not work at all if I had “Stereo Mix” switched to off, which didn’t really make sense since this was the way to do it in Win XP.
Also the “buzzing” sound I would get when I had the mic in the “off position” was like having a mosquito in my eardrums!  ::) (Only happened when mic was in the front jack)

Anyway does anyone happen to have Windows 7 with Realtek HD Audio Manager  set up for headphone/mic and Stereo speakers? That works in BF2/FH2 ?

I’ve tried most combinations so far, but  I must be doing something wrong. All I know is the sound “can be” clear and crisp. And the mic “can” work (works fine in Windows voice recorder).

Any tips Windows 7 users?  :)

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FH2 Help / Support / Unzipping the FH2 patches - help
« on: 26-05-2011, 23:05:34 »
Just getting ready to re-install FH2 onto Windows 7 64 bit.
I don't have a file extractor to unpack the patches. Where can I get the best least hassle one for free AND after a quick google will I need a 64 bit or 32 bit one?  ???

Thanks  :)

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Pffft, I've Googled but there's a lot of junk popping up  :-\
Basically, is there a downloadable programme out there that you can cut the outline of an image from one picture, and stick it onto another? That's free, and easy to use?  ???  ;D
Danke.

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Off-Topic / Hattrick.org - anyone here managing a side?
« on: 14-03-2011, 14:03:00 »
http://www78.hattrick.org/

I've had a team since 2004 (177902). Mostly struggle to get my head around the tricks and strategy.  :-\

I was stuck in a league for a few years and couldn't get promoted, so I lost interest in the game. But was promoted last season and came second in my new league on the first attempt!  ;D

Looking to get my average players age down for next season, and hoping to sign a new World Class striker if I can sell some of my old crocks in the transfer market!

Anyway if you haven't heard of it, it's free and it's a bit of fun as you tinker with your clubs daily goings on!  :)

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I've played FH2 ever since it came out.  :D

I've done a lot of squadleading during this time, mostly erratic play, but still I have many 100's of hours as a SL.
I am so used to pressing Caps Lock to get the terrain map up, to set orders etc whilst running and driving that it's  second nature, and plays an important part in "on the move" SL'ing.

Anyway around a month ago I loaded up and I was unable to get the map up whilst running and driving which made me stand still alot just to get the map up, and consequently getting shot all the time!  >:(

Anyway out of game the Caps Lock was working fine, I checked for any fluff and faff under the key on the keyboard, and I reset the player controls in BFHQ etc

But still the same annoying problem, no map display whilst running and driving  :(

So just when I'm trying to grudgingly adjust to this annoyance for over a month, low and behold, tonight I can get the map up again whilst running and driving  ???

What's going on? Anyone else had this problem? Is it  server settings? Corrupted install?  ???

I hope it's back for good!  :)

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A friend of mines Dell printer scanner has just gone kaput after about 4 yrs.

So they are on the look out for a new one, that does the basic stuff i.e. print b&w + colour and scan images.
They probably print no more that 100 pages a year so it’s all light user stuff.

As we all know, printer ink is more expensive in equal ratio than Silver encased in Gold and plated in Rhodium!
 
And most new printers have made it bloody hard to use those wonderful cheap refills so we have to suck it up and buy the overpriced underfilled branded ones!  >:(

Kodak have some inexpensive printers (e.g. ESP 3250) out reputed to be the best value ink cartridge wise, so I’ve pointed them in that direction. But as usual, the Amazon reviews are 50-50 Brilliant / Piece of crap!

Any experience of a “good one” out there?? Before I tell them to buy the ESP 3250.

Cheers  :)

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