I warned you :wacko:.
I warned you :wacko:.
hey I had to try if it worked I got a free a game if it didn't I still got me refund.Quote:
Originally Posted by Slacker Magician
Aye.
I was going to try and play through FF VIII on PC but the port really blows.
yeah I recently heard the pc port is bad. maybe that's why it was an epic exclusive :pwacko:Quote:
Originally Posted by Slacker Magician
The original 2000 version :revwacko:.
https://www.mobygames.com/game/windo...l-fantasy-viii
I forgot about the original pc port :lol
No support for HW synths, low framerate, locked res., no analog support.
that sucks
You can use the software synth included with FF VII but it's Win98 only.
does it work with compatibility mode on xp or 7?Quote:
Originally Posted by Slacker Magician
Yeah, At best it's trading the type of scratches. I had it work for me when I tried it, but I was attacking a particular spot on the disc. I immediately sold the "fixed" disc though :whistle:Quote:
Originally Posted by Grouch
It's a driver for W98. You can install it but it isn't usable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grouch
oh ok. I thought it was an extra installable.
Snowed a crapload here.
Some neat older stuff on Gamepass/EAplay only for pc. Thought I'd take a browse.
Found an X96 Mini tv box, no remote or psu but I already had a crappy old MXQ Pro and the remote & psu from that are compatible.
So I've turned my old 1080p tv into full smart tv now :lol
Only thing I really want from this is playback of video formats (Hi10 and x265) that I've needed to convert back to standard x264.
Testing it out now, works fine :)
So guess I'll save some space and look at x265 now... Not sure if I'll try replacing everything I already have backed up atm though :dread: It's TB's of stuff.
You can run the installers but not the drivers :wacko:.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grouch
It doesn't sound like it's worth the trouble unless quality is improved and/or you can save a lot of space.Quote:
Originally Posted by deadlegion
Guess who's back? Yeah I broke up with another boyfriend lol that's why I'm here again, so he is the one you have to blame, not me.
A bit too late but wish all of you a happy and grateful new year, hope it's a good one. :)
I've got a bunch of tv series that I haven't finished recoding to x264 so it saves me the hassle of finishing them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Slacker Magician
Plus in x265 the total size is much smaller, based on the few episodes I did convert to x264 for testing.
Hi10 x264 actually works on this player, the quality is better than regular x264 (DVD rips).
And yeah, for tv series BD source it makes a difference. Much smaller size, I can free up some space on my current drives to make room for other stuff.
is x265 any different in quality over x264?Quote:
Originally Posted by deadlegion
that's messed up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Slacker Magician
I'm so bored today I went back to morrowind but couldn't decide what I wanted to do so I quit. maybe I should try to finish anachronox gotta do something while I wait for my controllers to get here fucking slow ass DHL >.>
Quality should be improved at the same bitrate and no worse at lower bitrates. I've not messed with it but that's typically the goal of new codecs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grouch
What controllers did you order?Quote:
Originally Posted by Grouch
Generally speaking the x265 rips are mostly the same quality, 1080p stuff ends up being much smaller sizes. I don't have a 4k panel so I obviously can't look at the really high quality rips anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grouch
Even the Hi10 x264 DVD rips I have look really nice but at the same time aren't ridiculously huge sizes.
a pair of generic wireless ps2 controllersQuote:
Originally Posted by Slacker Magician
Yeah most of the 1080p rips aren't aiming to be vastly better looking tho, it's more about the same or slightly better quality for much smaller size.Quote:
Originally Posted by Slacker Magician
eg
Star Trek TNG S7 (BD source)...
x264 8bit 1080p 6ch DTS = 85GB
x265 10bit 1080p 6ch AAC = 18GB
With the above, x264 rip has better audio but lower quality video.
The x265 rip audio isn't massively inferior (but it is noticeable), it still has 6 channels and does the job well enough for most people.
The size difference for just one season is quite large.
For this above example I own the BD's anyway, so it's just the convenience of having rips I can play on my tv and them not taking up hundreds of GB's.
atm I'm looking at replacing my X-Files 1080p rips. A lot of space to save there.
Macgyver I can easily replace my 720p rips with 1080p and save space.
I'll have to browse through my drives... I probably have some 1080p>SD rips I can upgrade to higher quality.
Hello, haven't seen you for a while.Quote:
Originally Posted by Moana
Great reduction in size. I always preferred giving extra bitrate to audio when I ripped stuff. Nowadays I rip the whole disc :lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by deadlegion
that's a huge reduction in size.Quote:
Originally Posted by deadlegion
package didn't show up today checked the tracking # it hasn't been updated since yesterday at 3am
Yeah DTS is good and all but if I'm just using my tv speakers it's kinda overkill :shrug: Now I have a choice to use x265 but I didn't in the past.Quote:
Originally Posted by Slacker Magician
If I want really good audio through my theatre system I can spin up the BD's.
This little thing seems to upscale pretty well too, I'm running 576p Hi10 x264 DVD rips through Kodi on it upscaled to 1080p atm and it looks better than anything else I have that upscales DVD. Yeah it still has some artifacts like the crazy lines you can sometimes see (eg fine wire mesh on flyscreen doors, also some types of clothes but it isn't common) but there's no sign of blocking and nearly no jagged shit even for action scenes. Basically the common stuff you see is hardly there at all. Pretty impressive for a cheap bit of Chinese Android crap :lol
I think this can run straight DVD dumps and maybe BD too... might have to check that out maybe. Don't really have the space for a collection like that but it would be interesting to see for possible future use.
I can't imagine it would have any trouble with playing those, maybe BDs.Quote:
Originally Posted by deadlegion
Checked out the first 2 eps of Boba. Not great but not bad. Ming-Na still looks pretty good for a woman pushing 60 too.
It is great tho.
:lou:
Started drinking coffee again :ahhh: Why did I give this up :pwacko: