You should also check to see if you have the latest codecs. That can sometimes make a difference.
I'll continue to recommend videohelp.com. Loads of tutorials.
Buffy: You tossed that vamp like he was a... little teeny vamp. Riley: You wanna go again? C'mon. I bet this place is just teeming with aerodynamic vampires.
'Help'
Buffistechnology 2: You Made Her So She Growls?
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DXMachina - Jan 05, 2006 11:30:15 am PST #6297 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Abby - Jan 05, 2006 11:31:01 am PST #6298 of 10003
Thanks DX! I'll look at that tonight.
DCJensen - Jan 05, 2006 11:37:04 am PST #6299 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.
I would also suggest the use of VLC player until you get the kinks worked out in your other player.
Katie M - Jan 05, 2006 11:42:03 am PST #6300 of 10003
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Any ideas why the VLC sound quality is incredibly awful for me? I know so many people who swear by it, but it sounds to me like a mis-tuned radio station.
Abby - Jan 05, 2006 11:45:56 am PST #6301 of 10003
Thank you Daniel, that looks interesting. The things you learn here.
Jessica - Jan 05, 2006 11:58:10 am PST #6302 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Any ideas why the VLC sound quality is incredibly awful for me? I know so many people who swear by it, but it sounds to me like a mis-tuned radio station.
VLC always sounds awful to me too. I'm not sure I can blame the software though, since I only use it to play things that were so badly encoded I can't play them on anything else.
Dana - Jan 05, 2006 12:22:18 pm PST #6303 of 10003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
My home computer just downloaded a Windows update to fix that most recent large and horrible flaw. Guess they decided to rush.
evil jimi - Jan 05, 2006 2:31:41 pm PST #6304 of 10003
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
VLC works perfectly fine for me on 99.99999% of files I run through it.
DXMachina - Jan 05, 2006 2:38:27 pm PST #6305 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I could not find this. Hmmm.
Turns out it's only in the very old version of WMM I have on my office machine.
§ ita § - Jan 05, 2006 4:49:15 pm PST #6306 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Is anyone up to talking me through Ubuntu dependencies? Man, whoever told me that .debs were easier than .RPMs lied like the cheapest of rugs. Or perhaps, nah, it must be Debian's fault.
When I run vnc4server, it barfs at me. Starts vnc, but with no x server. Says:
Xvnc: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
xsetroot: unable to open display 'ororo:1'
vncconfig: unable to open display "ororo:1"
Window manager error: Unable to open X display ororo:1
(gnome-terminal:26135): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
xstartup was automatically generated. It reads:
#!/bin/sh
[ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
xsetroot -solid grey
vncconfig -iconic &
x-terminal-emulator -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
x-window-manager &
I know gnome's properly installed, because I'm running it right now.
Versions: vnc4server=4.0-8, gnome 2.6