Julie,
what software are you using? Are you on a pc?
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le nubian - Jun 21, 2008 4:17:08 pm PDT #6693 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Juliebird - Jun 21, 2008 4:22:02 pm PDT #6694 of 25501
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
le nub, PC, HP Pavillion dv6000 laptop. I've been able to download tons of things since I got the laptop last year, and I can't think of what software I downloaded in the last month that would affect it like this. A virus or trojan coming in from a website or a download, maybe? I have Trend Micro-Antivirus and Spy Sweeper, and both their expirations are coming up, so maybe I should go with something different?
eta that I also haven't added any new software in the past month or deleted any software in the last month, or even updated any software. Not that I can recall, at least.
Anne W. - Jun 21, 2008 4:22:57 pm PDT #6695 of 25501
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
this is an obvious question, but do you have the subtitle track turned on?
I looked for a place to turn it on but didn't see one. I'll dig around in VLC again.
le nubian - Jun 21, 2008 6:11:52 pm PDT #6696 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Anne,
it is under the Video menu, Subtitles Track.
Julie,
are you using Firefox to download stuff? If so, close it and restart - that often helps. You also may need to create a new profile if that still doesn't work.
I also think you need to restart your computer.
Deena - Jun 22, 2008 1:19:25 am PDT #6697 of 25501
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Julie, if you recently upgraded Firefox, that may be doing something. Firefox set itself to automatically download to my 'downloads' folder even though that's not how my old settings were, and my downloads were disappearing until I put it back to the old way.
Juliebird - Jun 22, 2008 5:20:37 am PDT #6698 of 25501
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I don't use Firefox, but I did reboot the computer and did a test download and it's working.
Now for a really ditzy question: where is the Downloads/Temporary Downloads folder usually located? Cuz I can't find it!
eta that I found a previous link that wouldn't dl and now it is, so problem fixed. Rebooting, who knew? Oh, right, le nubian did, thanks!
Anne W. - Jun 22, 2008 6:04:07 am PDT #6699 of 25501
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Thanks, le nubian! It worked!
§ ita § - Jun 23, 2008 5:36:25 am PDT #6700 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
HD TiVo owners--do your cable providers give you both HD and non-HD versions of your stations? If so, did you delete the non-HD stations? I worry if I do that the green thumbs-up automatic record functionality won't work anymore. But if I don't, the keyword record catches the low def version instead.
Jessica - Jun 23, 2008 5:23:57 pm PDT #6701 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I just installed Firefox 3 and suddenly I have no scroll bar. I've tried three different themes, so I know that's not the issue. Help!
(Also, mouse gestures appear to have been enabled. Must turn those off NOW.)
[eta: Ok, it's there when I use the default theme, but none of the others. And the default theme is unforgivably fugly. Anyone know of a nice simple theme that works in OSX *and* will give me a visible scroll bar?)]
DebetEsse - Jun 23, 2008 6:31:04 pm PDT #6702 of 25501
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I'm using Phoenity Reborn, and it's alright, if not spectacular.