dear Alt.Slack windows codec-sodomising guru
Correspondent:: nikolai kingsley
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 17:08:54 +1100
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these days, a person will be forced to deal with a bewildering array of
codecs if they want to view the crap that's being thrown around the net.
i've installed DivX and XVid and Matroska and so many different MPG
decoders that now, only one of my many media players will do anything.
Media Player Classic just crashes. Windows Media Player... well, you
don't expect it to actually do anything useful, do you?
it gets worse if you want to convert one format to another; formerly
reliable SwissArmyPocketKnives like VirtualDub, TMPGEnc and GordianKnot
just throw up their tiny sick hands and say "format not supported", or
usually just "error". wow. informative.
i found a utility called Sherlock that informs me several of the codecs
i have installed are damaged. unfortunately, it can't tell me where they
are, or how to get rid of them.
when MPC crashes, it says there's a problem with a module called
something.ax; Sherlock tells me that some of the codecs installed are
also .ax files.
should i locate these files and do harm to them? will i need to edit the
registry, something akin to performing surgery on your own brain in the
bathroom mirror?
or should i knock over the nearest ten 7-11s and buy a Mac with the
proceeds?
Correspondent:: König Prüß, GfbAEV
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 06:47:30 GMT
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nikolai kingsley wrote:
>these days, a person will be forced to deal with a bewildering array of
>codecs if they want to view the crap that's being thrown around the net.
>
>i've installed DivX and XVid and Matroska and so many different MPG
>decoders that now, only one of my many media players will do anything.
>Media Player Classic just crashes. Windows Media Player... well, you
>don't expect it to actually do anything useful, do you?
>
>it gets worse if you want to convert one format to another; formerly
>reliable SwissArmyPocketKnives like VirtualDub, TMPGEnc and GordianKnot
>just throw up their tiny sick hands and say "format not supported", or
>usually just "error". wow. informative.
>
>i found a utility called Sherlock that informs me several of the codecs
>i have installed are damaged. unfortunately, it can't tell me where they
>are, or how to get rid of them.
>
>when MPC crashes, it says there's a problem with a module called
>something.ax; Sherlock tells me that some of the codecs installed are
>also .ax files.
>
>should i locate these files and do harm to them? will i need to edit the
>registry, something akin to performing surgery on your own brain in the
>bathroom mirror?
>
>or should i knock over the nearest ten 7-11s and buy a Mac with the
>proceeds?
I use a variety of media players, and had run into some problem
with conflicting codecs.
There was a download of BSPlayer 0.86 that I got as freeware
(net the newest "Pro" version) and it came with a HUGE package
of codecs! It works for most stuff, but I still use MediaPlayer, MPlayer2,
a "classic" version that seems to play RealMedia files with this weird
codecs package--
http://divxstation.com/softwareId.asp?sId=100&svId=430
Correspondent:: nikolai kingsley
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 19:03:53 +1100
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> http://divxstation.com/softwareId.asp?sId=100&svId=430
"Bob"'s blessing be upon ye, sir. may your ShorDurPervObject appear
before you and drop to their knees between yours.
Correspondent:: König Prüß, GfbAEV
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 15:16:05 GMT
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nikolai kingsley wrote:
>
>> http://divxstation.com/softwareId.asp?sId=100&svId=430
>
>
>"Bob"'s blessing be upon ye, sir. may your ShorDurPervObject appear
>before you and drop to their knees between yours.
I hope that does it for you--it seems that is the BSPlayer and some codecs,
but under 2megs, I swear that I d/l'd the same from a .hu address,
hungary I guess, and it was closer to 20megs! I'll keep looking.
Everything's a bit screwy on my machine, I run dual-systems with dual-drives,
so some things work with one install and some stuff I have to load .dlls and codecs
and stuff in both systems files.
And they're always coming out with more codecs, and I've found that sometimes
it matters what order they're installed, trial and error.
Ah! It's called "Ace Mega Codecs Pack"
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/ACE_Mega_CoDecS_Pack.htm
Wow! Freeware, but 49.2 megs! of Codecs and stuff!
Correspondent:: Artemia Salina
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 12:17:48 -0500
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On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 15:16:05 +0000, König Prüß, GfbAEV wrote:
> I swear that I d/l'd the same from a .hu address,
You must be thinking of MPlayer:
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/news.html
This is what I use to view and transcode video on this Linux box.
It has been ported to Windows.
MPlayer has handled every codec I've run across so far.
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Correspondent:: König Prüß, GfbAEV
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 17:47:02 GMT
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Artemia Salina wrote:
>On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 15:16:05 +0000, König Prüß, GfbAEV wrote:
>
>> I swear that I d/l'd the same from a .hu address,
>
>You must be thinking of MPlayer:
>
>http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/news.html
>
>This is what I use to view and transcode video on this Linux box.
>It has been ported to Windows.
>
>MPlayer has handled every codec I've run across so far.
>
Yeah, I've still got an old version of MPlayer, when all else fails,
I use that. The RealPlayer .ra and .ram have gotten real proprietary
or something, or maybe all of the codecs from the Ace Mega Codecs Pack
have somehow neutralized the RealPlayer, but now I can play .ra and
.ram streaming on a version of MPlayer "Classic" that came with Ace Mega
Codecs--
Hmmm--another question?
A friend moved to Thailand, and offered me his web-server hardware,
but I didn't have space nor the air conditioning at the time. So, a few years
later, I mentioned that I always regretted not having taken the server equipment.
He said parts of it remained, but that most of the junk is now outdated,
but have at it. So, now I have some old motherboards and multiport serial cards
and boxes of rams and the like. I am thinking about building a server, or a robot,
or a weird retro computer with extra flashing lights. What would you do with an
assortment of junk left over from old server boxes?
Correspondent:: Artemia Salina
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 13:12:55 -0500
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On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 17:47:02 +0000, König Prüß, GfbAEV wrote:
> What would you do with an
> assortment of junk left over from old server boxes?
Throw it out? Sell it on Ebay saying that it's haunted?
Although I don't have the hardware, I like the idea of experimenting
with parallel computing; taking a bunch of boxes and networking them
together via firewire so that they operate invisibly as one huge
computer.
In fact, if I had the spare hardware I'd get a copy of Plan 9
http://www.cs.bell-labs.com/plan9dist/ and experiment with it.
That, or Tannenbaum's Amoeba OS http://www.cs.vu.nl/pub/amoeba/
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Correspondent:: König Prüß, GfbAEV
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 18:25:45 GMT
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Artemia Salina wrote:
>On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 17:47:02 +0000, König Prüß, GfbAEV wrote:
>
>> What would you do with an
>> assortment of junk left over from old server boxes?
>
>Throw it out? Sell it on Ebay saying that it's haunted?
>
>Although I don't have the hardware, I like the idea of experimenting
>with parallel computing; taking a bunch of boxes and networking them
>together via firewire so that they operate invisibly as one huge
>computer.
>
>In fact, if I had the spare hardware I'd get a copy of Plan 9
>http://www.cs.bell-labs.com/plan9dist/ and experiment with it.
>
>That, or Tannenbaum's Amoeba OS http://www.cs.vu.nl/pub/amoeba/
>
Some of the boards have lots of card bays for sticking in extra stuff,
so maybe between the old cards that I've got with the junk and some
new cards, I can evolve something. Fortunately, the collection of junk
came with a bunch of tools and testing meters.
I'll check the links for juicy bits, too. Parallel computing is interesting,
I've looked at the "Beowolf" stuff some.
http://beowulf.cheme.cmu.edu/photos/
Maybe I can make my own "render farm"
Or at least a very scuzzy overclocked parallel series.
Also, in the junk was included several sets of computer shop
alarm systems, electric eyes, sonic detectors, strobe lights,
and fire alarm bells. So, far I've hooked-up the srtobe lights
and fire alarm bell, and it makes a lot of noise and blinking.
Correspondent:: Artemia Salina
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 13:51:32 -0500
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On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 18:25:45 +0000, König Prüß, GfbAEV wrote:
> Some of the boards have lots of card bays for sticking in extra stuff,
> so maybe between the old cards that I've got with the junk and some
> new cards, I can evolve something. Fortunately, the collection of junk
> came with a bunch of tools and testing meters.
Sounds like quite a bit of stuff.
> I'll check the links for juicy bits, too. Parallel computing is interesting,
I think I'd go with Amoeba. I know Tanenbaum's code from running Minix
back in the old days (that's how I got into Linux), and it should be
rock solid.
> I've looked at the "Beowolf" stuff some.
> http://beowulf.cheme.cmu.edu/photos/
Beowulf is really more of a collection of techniques to use
multiple UNIX boxes as a parallel system, rather than a unique
purpose-built OS.
> Maybe I can make my own "render farm"
Imagine rendering complex POVRay animations in real time!
> Also, in the junk was included several sets of computer shop
> alarm systems, electric eyes, sonic detectors, strobe lights,
> and fire alarm bells. So, far I've hooked-up the srtobe lights
> and fire alarm bell, and it makes a lot of noise and blinking.
That's another thing I'm interested in: controlling stepper motors
for robotics. Once again, lack of hardware (and time) prevents me
FROM TAKING OVER THE WORLD!
My brother once took a remote controlled toy military tank and
mounted a solid state TV camera board on it that TX-ed live video
to a receiver in his house. He could run the tank around in his
back yard from indoors and watch where he was going on TV.
Very fun for scaring stray cats!
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Correspondent:: König Prüß, GfbAEV
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 19:08:06 GMT
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Artemia Salina wrote:
>On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 18:25:45 +0000, König Prüß, GfbAEV wrote:
>
>
>> Some of the boards have lots of card bays for sticking in extra stuff,
>> so maybe between the old cards that I've got with the junk and some
>> new cards, I can evolve something. Fortunately, the collection of junk
>> came with a bunch of tools and testing meters.
>
>Sounds like quite a bit of stuff.
>
>> I'll check the links for juicy bits, too. Parallel computing is interesting,
>
>I think I'd go with Amoeba. I know Tanenbaum's code from running Minix
>back in the old days (that's how I got into Linux), and it should be
>rock solid.
>
>> I've looked at the "Beowolf" stuff some.
>> http://beowulf.cheme.cmu.edu/photos/
>
>Beowulf is really more of a collection of techniques to use
>multiple UNIX boxes as a parallel system, rather than a unique
>purpose-built OS.
>
>> Maybe I can make my own "render farm"
>
>Imagine rendering complex POVRay animations in real time!
>
>> Also, in the junk was included several sets of computer shop
>> alarm systems, electric eyes, sonic detectors, strobe lights,
>> and fire alarm bells. So, far I've hooked-up the srtobe lights
>> and fire alarm bell, and it makes a lot of noise and blinking.
>
>That's another thing I'm interested in: controlling stepper motors
>for robotics. Once again, lack of hardware (and time) prevents me
>FROM TAKING OVER THE WORLD!
>
>My brother once took a remote controlled toy military tank and
>mounted a solid state TV camera board on it that TX-ed live video
>to a receiver in his house. He could run the tank around in his
>back yard from indoors and watch where he was going on TV.
>
>Very fun for scaring stray cats!
>
I worked with Vicarm robot arms some at the Naval Research Lab--
There are likely plently of them junk and surplus.
It would be fun to make a body suit with sensors to remote
a servo-motor system robot!
Kawasaki Robots sound scary!
http://trueforce.com/Industrial_Manipulators_&_Automation/Industrial_Robotics_Companies/Staubli_Profile.htm
Correspondent:: "Rev. Ivan Stang"
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 12:29:35 -0500
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In article ,
König Prüß, GfbAEV wrote:
> nikolai kingsley wrote:
> >
> >> http://divxstation.com/softwareId.asp?sId=100&svId=430
> >
> >
> >"Bob"'s blessing be upon ye, sir. may your ShorDurPervObject appear
> >before you and drop to their knees between yours.
>
> I hope that does it for you--it seems that is the BSPlayer and some codecs,
> but under 2megs, I swear that I d/l'd the same from a .hu address,
> hungary I guess, and it was closer to 20megs! I'll keep looking.
>
> Everything's a bit screwy on my machine, I run dual-systems with dual-drives,
> so some things work with one install and some stuff I have to load .dlls and
> codecs
> and stuff in both systems files.
>
> And they're always coming out with more codecs, and I've found that sometimes
> it matters what order they're installed, trial and error.
>
> Ah! It's called "Ace Mega Codecs Pack"
> http://www.free-codecs.com/download/ACE_Mega_CoDecS_Pack.htm
> Wow! Freeware, but 49.2 megs! of Codecs and stuff!
>
VLC Player is free, open source, plays everything I ever encountered,
versions available for all pratfalls, even Windows.
http://www.videolan.org/
Some will want to avoid it because it is free (not shareware, FREE) and
works well.
But you might need to remove old versions of new codecs though.
I noticed when last I hit the DivX movies newsgroup that several
participants mentioned the $80 Phillips 642 DVD player, which plays
DivX avi movies. I have one of those and I can vouch that a DivX movie
played on your TV from one of these looks better than any internet
format displayed on a computer screen. The copies generally look ALMOST
DVD-quality, and way way better than VHS.
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Correspondent:: König Prüß, GfbAEV
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 17:58:01 GMT
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"Rev. Ivan Stang" wrote:
>In article ,
>König Prüß, GfbAEV wrote:
>
>> nikolai kingsley wrote:
>> >
>> >> http://divxstation.com/softwareId.asp?sId=100&svId=430
>> >
>> >
>> >"Bob"'s blessing be upon ye, sir. may your ShorDurPervObject appear
>> >before you and drop to their knees between yours.
>>
>> I hope that does it for you--it seems that is the BSPlayer and some codecs,
>> but under 2megs, I swear that I d/l'd the same from a .hu address,
>> hungary I guess, and it was closer to 20megs! I'll keep looking.
>>
>> Everything's a bit screwy on my machine, I run dual-systems with dual-drives,
>> so some things work with one install and some stuff I have to load .dlls and
>> codecs
>> and stuff in both systems files.
>>
>> And they're always coming out with more codecs, and I've found that sometimes
>> it matters what order they're installed, trial and error.
>>
>> Ah! It's called "Ace Mega Codecs Pack"
>> http://www.free-codecs.com/download/ACE_Mega_CoDecS_Pack.htm
>> Wow! Freeware, but 49.2 megs! of Codecs and stuff!
>>
>
>
>
>VLC Player is free, open source, plays everything I ever encountered,
>versions available for all pratfalls, even Windows.
>
>http://www.videolan.org/
>
>Some will want to avoid it because it is free (not shareware, FREE) and
>works well.
>
>But you might need to remove old versions of new codecs though.
>
>I noticed when last I hit the DivX movies newsgroup that several
>participants mentioned the $80 Phillips 642 DVD player, which plays
>DivX avi movies. I have one of those and I can vouch that a DivX movie
>played on your TV from one of these looks better than any internet
>format displayed on a computer screen. The copies generally look ALMOST
>DVD-quality, and way way better than VHS.
>
I am amazed at how cheap all of the hardware is getting!
DVD players are so cheap now! And even the portable DVD players.
And Mac has a new small box for around $400
I still think that I want to go looking for a couple of the
old Mac G4 Cubes, I like that design, and that it doesn't
have the power supply next to the vital organs to keep
the heat separate. A good idea.
It's -85F in Frost Bite Falls, Minnesota!
Correspondent:: nikolai kingsley
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 15:56:10 +1100
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> But you might need to remove old versions of new codecs though.
YES! RIGHT! Aye, there's the rub! indeedly-doodly. frickin'-A. give the
fuckers a good scrub with Solvol.
"How" was really my question.
Correspondent:: König Prüß, GfbAEV
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 06:35:02 GMT
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nikolai kingsley wrote:
>
>> But you might need to remove old versions of new codecs though.
>
>
>
>YES! RIGHT! Aye, there's the rub! indeedly-doodly. frickin'-A. give the
>fuckers a good scrub with Solvol.
>
>"How" was really my question.
I found that the Ace Mega Codecs Pack solved everything!
And the thing is, they still seem to be updating it from time to time,
so I think that if you load one of the more current Ace's, it'll have
the windows rolling up and down for a while.
http://www.divx-digest.com/software/acemega_codec.html