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Leeching & Technical Problems / Re: Nana the movie

« on: June 25, 2006, 08:12:17 am »

It uses the original AC3 sound from the DVD.  Look for AC3 filter on www.sourceforge.net .

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Leeching & Technical Problems / Re: Using the RSS feed in Thunderbird?

« on: June 25, 2006, 08:09:13 am »

That doesn't work either.

Thank you for trying to help, though.

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Leeching & Technical Problems / Re: Using the RSS feed in Thunderbird?

« on: June 22, 2006, 09:41:47 am »

Thank you for replying

The files linked to in that post work just fine in Thunderbird, but they are for the Forum's feed.  What I want is the feed for the news page, located here http://www.live-evil.org/rss

The only problem is that Thunderbird will not accept http://www.live-evil.org/rss as a valid feed since it is not linked to a file.

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Leeching & Technical Problems / Re: Playing videos freezes my computer

« on: June 20, 2006, 06:37:39 am »

I don't know about the OP, but nobody touches my computer, I am so protective of it.

I have a nine character password that no one would guess, and when I have to leave it unattended I switch it to the login screen.

If someone wants to use it, they get a Limited user account, so they can't install anything or change system settings.

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Leeching & Technical Problems / Re: Playing videos freezes my computer

« on: June 10, 2006, 09:12:05 am »

I have that problem after viewing a video or playing a game in Steam (Valve logo is an AVI).  So now whenever I want to watch a game trailer, I right click on it and select "Play with associated player".

I don't know what causes it, but a reboot fixes it.  It is annoying, especially if you don't want to reboot.

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Leeching & Technical Problems / Using the RSS feed in Thunderbird?

« on: June 10, 2006, 09:03:53 am »

I can't seem to get the RSS feed for the news page to work in Thunderbird.  It gets stuck at "Verifying the RSS feed".  I have no problems with other feeds that actually link to a .xml file, but yours doesn't seem to link directly to one.

Is there any way to get this to work?  A direct link to the .xml file perhaps?

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Current & Future L-E Projects / Re: request: sailor stars.

« on: May 25, 2006, 11:07:32 pm »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvd_regions

Region codes are a stupid idea and are just a minor annoyance.

And yes there are DVD's that are "region free" and players that are "region free".

Now what this means in the context of fansubs is, a fansub group will not sub shows that have been licensed and released in their native country.  So when an Anime is licensed and released in the US, it is a region 1 disc.  Distributing those is a violation of US copyright, and would get the group in big trouble.

Now Japan is in DVD region 2.  Distributing those is a violation of Japanese copyright, but the companies don't seem to care much.  Because if they wanted, they could push the issue under the Berne Convention.

Now the UK is also in region 2, so if an Anime was licensed in the UK, any fansub group based out of there would also drop those projects.

So in short region codes are intended to hinder people from importing DVD's from other regions instead of getting the release that was intended for their region.

I hope I explained that well.

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Current & Future L-E Projects / Re: New Series: Sailor Stars - REMASTERED!

« on: May 25, 2006, 10:17:22 pm »

Codec packs like that are not really good.  They just throw a bunch of codecs together and let you pick through a bunch of them during install, most of which are for the exact same thing.  If your not careful, you can screw things up with them.

The CCCP uses only the relevant DirectShow filters for anything that's needed, and comes with optimal settings.  And you don't have to use Media Player Classic with it, Windows Media Player, as well as any other player that supports DirectShow will work with it.  But MPC is one of the preferred players.  Please look over their FAQ, it can explain it much better than I can.

Now, with 867Mhz, you should get good playback.  Unless your using on-board video.  If you are using onboard, getting a cheap video card can help you quite a bit.

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Current & Future L-E Projects / Re: New Series: Sailor Stars - REMASTERED!

« on: May 23, 2006, 10:00:14 pm »

U can just get Kazaa Lite Codec Pack and all codecs are there.

Eww, that's disgusting.

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Current & Future L-E Projects / Re: New Series: Sailor Stars - REMASTERED!

« on: May 07, 2006, 08:43:22 pm »

Preferred means of viewing h264 is using media player classic.

Recommended setup is ffdshow latest build + haali media spliter + media player classic for any and all h264 type files.

MKV -
Yes it supports AC3 but not everyone can get it to work right and dislike it on princple

-gumbaloom

Haali media splitter should handle the MKV container nicely.  MKV is s a great container and I use it when I do any encoding for myself.

Have you thought about looking into the CCCP, it uses the things you mentioned, and it would get everybody on the same page as far as playback is concerned.

What it installs:
   

* Haali Media Splitter 2006-02-25 (MKV,MP4,OGM,AVI)
          o Required for compliant MKV playback. Attempts to disable other MKV splitters on the system. This filter is also used for MP4 and OGM, as well as AVI. AVI is not used by default in the pack and is not recommended to do so. You will, however, need the OGM and MP4 parts for playing those files, as Windows doesn't understand those formats by itself.
* VSFilter 2.37 (SSA/ASS,SRT,VOBSUB subtitles)
          o Displays subtitles. It will attempt to disable any previous DirectVobSub installations you might have.
* ffdshow 2006-04-30 CCCP build (H.264/AVC,DivX,XviD, various audio formats etc.)
          o Decodes H.264, XviD, DivX, and generic MPEG-4 video. Also used for audio decoding with the following formats turned on by default: AAC, Vorbis, MP3, AC3, DTS, FLAC, TTA. If you would like to turn off ffdshow decoding for a specific video or audio format, read further down for instructions on how to do it properly. Note: this is a stripped-down and well tested ffdshow build. Do NOT assume that you can replace it with any other ffdshow version.
* WMV9VCM
          o Required to play WMV9 content if you don't have Windows Media Player 9 or 10, Windows Media Format SDK, or Microsoft Codec Installation Package for Windows Media Player 7.1 installed - ffdshow can't decode WMV9. If any of those are installed, then WMV9VCM will be ignored during playback (even if it was installed by CCCP) and the WMV9 codecs that come with them will be used instead (which is a good thing).
* Gabest's MPV (MPEG2) Decoder 1.0.0.3
          o Decodes MPEG2 video (the stuff on a DVD). Used instead of ffdshow for a number of reasons.
* Media Player Classic 6.4.9.0
          o Media Player Classic, one of the two recommended players. Choose this one or Zoom Player according to your preference.
* Zoom Player Standard 4.51
          o The other recommended player. Other players are NOT supported; see the Media Players page.

Edit: fixed typo

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Current & Future L-E Projects / Re: File format question

« on: May 03, 2006, 06:13:09 am »

Hi, my first post. First I'd like to say you guys rock .  It's good to see a new translation, rather than a rehash of the VKLL ones.  And the remastered audio is awesome, good job and thank you.

What file format would you prefer to have for the h264 version?

Here are the choices:

1) MP4 file with h264 video and bog standard remastered aac audio but not 5.1 (2.0 stereo) - CURRENTLY USED FORMAT

2) MKV file with h264 video (hard subbed) with 5.1 surround ac3 audio

3) AVI file with h264 video with 5.1 surround ac3 audio

I don't mind AVI, but I have grown quite fond of MKV so I'm picking option 2, MKV.