Linux Nvidia drivers support GPU accelerated playback and AMD/ATI isn't far behind. AMD's solution is behind primarily because it lacks software support. However, mplayer (and I assume other players) support VDPAU. On the other hand, I found that VDPAU wasn't compiled into the Fedora version of mplayer, requiring me to compile it myself.
At any rate, the point is that the *drivers* are fine in this area. If something is lacking it's probably either your distro or MythTV's software support. (I don't know enough about MythTV to say if it supports VDPAU or not, maybe somebody else can clarify.)
If by marketing you mean buying airtime on the radio and MTV, then yes, that's expensive.
Personally, I'd argue that crap like that is very much a part of what's wrong with music today.
(and yes, no videos on mtv, whatever, they still do the countdown every day... I think.)
You do know there are minor labels, digital distributors such as Jamendo and Magnatune, as well as unsigned/independent artists, right?
Some of music you'll find there is quite good. Subjectively, I'd even venture to say the good/bad ratio is better than the major labels.
It looks like you want dvdisaster. You only lose 15% of your storage (as opposed to 50-67%) and I suspect that it has a better chance of working that of any of three separate files (especially if they're very large) being 100% whole.
Not that the Voyagers aren't tough, but saying that is a disservice to the Mars rovers, many of which have kept going long after their original missions were complete.
No, none of them have lasted as long as either Voyager, but the environmental factors aren't really the same either.
This technology along with the implementation of infiniband and some tricks like routing autopilot around busy systems has all but solved EVE's lag issues.
Ratio matter so much that it's impossible to get. I love What.cd for hard to find torrents, but I try not to use it for anything else. I uploaded about 20 of my own albums, approximately half in FLAC, and I still have a 0.74 ratio. All of the torrents have 4+ seeds and no peers and half the members are running torrent boxes with nearly unlimited up speed.
Private trackers are overrated.
If we're being that pedantic, then the answer isn't wav either, it's redbook. Even with CD sales slumping, their popularity far outstrips anything else. 326 million albums were sold in 2008 and that doesn't count burned CDs or non RIAA sales.
In all actuality, if you take away the CD numbers that I think you were counting for WAV, FLAC is probably beating it. Being well-known is not the same as being the most used. Most people know what a phonograph is, after all.
And remember, ac-3 doesn't count because it's lossy.
Like FLAC? FLAC is certainly not as popular as mp3, but that's hardly a fair comparison. It is, by far, the most popular lossless audio codec. A simple search on any torrent site will show that.
It's been said before, but the reason (good or bad) that the standard response begins with "bring up a terminal" is not often because it can't be done via GUI. The reason is that saying, "Press alt+F2 and run 'nm-applet'," is far easier than saying, "Click Start, then Control Panel. Now click Administrative Tools, then Services. Now look for 'Wireless Zero Configuration', right click it, and hit start."
I don't think it's fair to compare MP3 to WAV, since WAV is completely uncompressed. It'd be more fair to compare a 20 MB FLAC to a 5 MB MP3.
Besides, I'm fairly sure he was talking about perceptible difference anyway.
"Since you are locked into a certain format, what do you do when technology changes and you can't convert your media into the new format or the company behind the DRM folds and there's no way to port the authentication system to a new system?"
Buy everything all over again, duh! That's half the point of DRM isn't it?
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Linux Nvidia drivers support GPU accelerated playback and AMD/ATI isn't far behind. AMD's solution is behind primarily because it lacks software support. However, mplayer (and I assume other players) support VDPAU. On the other hand, I found that VDPAU wasn't compiled into the Fedora version of mplayer, requiring me to compile it myself.
At any rate, the point is that the *drivers* are fine in this area. If something is lacking it's probably either your distro or MythTV's software support. (I don't know enough about MythTV to say if it supports VDPAU or not, maybe somebody else can clarify.)
ditto... However (offtopic, I know), some unions do get out of hand. (UAW, anyone?) I'm not entirely sure what to do about it, though.
First thing I do on my Linux desktop: install OSS v4.
No sound problems at all.
Select "Notify Only" or "Download but don't install" and then manually select which updates to install.
If by marketing you mean buying airtime on the radio and MTV, then yes, that's expensive.
Personally, I'd argue that crap like that is very much a part of what's wrong with music today. (and yes, no videos on mtv, whatever, they still do the countdown every day... I think.)
Wait, so you've only got 1GB of RAM and 128MB on the GPU? Why are you on XP 64 again?
You do know there are minor labels, digital distributors such as Jamendo and Magnatune, as well as unsigned/independent artists, right? Some of music you'll find there is quite good. Subjectively, I'd even venture to say the good/bad ratio is better than the major labels.
It looks like you want dvdisaster. You only lose 15% of your storage (as opposed to 50-67%) and I suspect that it has a better chance of working that of any of three separate files (especially if they're very large) being 100% whole.
Not that the Voyagers aren't tough, but saying that is a disservice to the Mars rovers, many of which have kept going long after their original missions were complete. No, none of them have lasted as long as either Voyager, but the environmental factors aren't really the same either.
I meant this technology. Apparently I'm bad at using the preview function.
This technology along with the implementation of infiniband and some tricks like routing autopilot around busy systems has all but solved EVE's lag issues.
Ratio matter so much that it's impossible to get. I love What.cd for hard to find torrents, but I try not to use it for anything else. I uploaded about 20 of my own albums, approximately half in FLAC, and I still have a 0.74 ratio. All of the torrents have 4+ seeds and no peers and half the members are running torrent boxes with nearly unlimited up speed. Private trackers are overrated.
If we're being that pedantic, then the answer isn't wav either, it's redbook. Even with CD sales slumping, their popularity far outstrips anything else. 326 million albums were sold in 2008 and that doesn't count burned CDs or non RIAA sales.
In all actuality, if you take away the CD numbers that I think you were counting for WAV, FLAC is probably beating it. Being well-known is not the same as being the most used. Most people know what a phonograph is, after all.
And remember, ac-3 doesn't count because it's lossy.
Like FLAC? FLAC is certainly not as popular as mp3, but that's hardly a fair comparison. It is, by far, the most popular lossless audio codec. A simple search on any torrent site will show that.
That may be an Ubuntu issue rather than a Nexuiz issue. Either way, hope it works for you!
It's been said before, but the reason (good or bad) that the standard response begins with "bring up a terminal" is not often because it can't be done via GUI. The reason is that saying, "Press alt+F2 and run 'nm-applet'," is far easier than saying, "Click Start, then Control Panel. Now click Administrative Tools, then Services. Now look for 'Wireless Zero Configuration', right click it, and hit start."
Speaking of the venerable Mr Clarke, does anybody know why the reason the design in Firstborn wouldn't work?
I second the AC. Designing software to sell hardware encourages bloat and is unequivocally wrong. For an example, see Vista.
Because ATI is now owned by AMD? I'd say that gives them a clean slate. AMD is clearly trying to turn things around.
Short answer: Yes. Long answer: Hell yes!
I don't think it's fair to compare MP3 to WAV, since WAV is completely uncompressed. It'd be more fair to compare a 20 MB FLAC to a 5 MB MP3. Besides, I'm fairly sure he was talking about perceptible difference anyway.
Bah! Keep your antiquated warp technology. Transwarp is where it's at.
I stopped reading when you spelled Picard as Pickard :(
"Since you are locked into a certain format, what do you do when technology changes and you can't convert your media into the new format or the company behind the DRM folds and there's no way to port the authentication system to a new system?"
Buy everything all over again, duh! That's half the point of DRM isn't it?
It could always crash into Planet X.