Comments on: Gameday – Are you ready?

By: Raptor Torrents.net » LeBron will have spotlight all to himself

Raptor Torrents.net » LeBron will have spotlight all to himself — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:59:54 +0000

[...] The lone bit of good news for the Raps is the status of Shaq who’s going to be out with a sprained thumb. Maybe not having to guard Shaq all night will allow Andrea to step up like he did on opening night. [...]

By: Raptor Torrents.net » Raptors back at work against Grizzlies

Raptor Torrents.net » Raptors back at work against Grizzlies — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 04:33:41 +0000

[...] final time this season. The last time they met, Memphis brought Toronto back down to Earth after a surprising season opening victory against the Cavs. The Grizzlies have been a Cinderella story for most of the year by staying in the playoff hunt in [...]

By: raptormage

raptormage — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:46:29 +0000

@therapture: I’m glad to know you’ll be able to watch all the games this year.

By: therapture

therapture — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:34:14 +0000

Raptormage, you are so nice. Uploads, guidance, your karma must be phenomenal. The video worked perfectly. Thank you. I will make a donation to your site on my next pay day. Thanks again.

By: raptormage

raptormage — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:20:44 +0000

@Davide Rossi: It's looking like the single core atom isn't suited for HD content. Maybe boxee is doing something that VLC isn't. Edit: There are also a few reports of success with 720P content with an Atom in this thread.

By: Davide Rossi

Davide Rossi — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:33:00 +0000

@raptormage: I'm using VLC, not XMBC. As far as I know, however, both use decoders based on ffmpeg for AVC streams so I do not expect any relevant difference in speed between the two.

By: raptormage

raptormage — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:25:59 +0000

@therapture: Just a couple more steps. Download MPC HC (link in video_faq.txt within the torrent) and install that. Start the program and go to View > Options > Internal Filters. Uncheck both H264 boxes in the Transform Filters windows. Close MPC HC and open it again and try playing the files. @Davide Rossi: Have you tried playing the files with XBMC? I really want this to work for you because I'm considering buying an Atom-based netbook.

By: Pika

Pika — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:05:58 +0000

Maybe i’m not gonna help you at all, but…

I recommend you WD TV HD (Western Digital) to enjoy HD video.
It has no Hard Disk, soit will turn any device in a HD player!
It’s a great piece of hardware, in Italy you can findi it for 80-90 €.

Check it out!
Italian
http://www.wdc.com/it/products/products.asp?driveid=572
English
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=572

And for few more bucks you can buy the new “Live” version, wich add streaming capabilities and support DTS. Moreover its able to handle a much higher ref frame videos.

Italian
http://www.wdc.com/it/products/Products.asp?DriveID=735
English
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=735

Christmas is near, and WD TV is really well worth it!

Speakin about the match: WOW! Andrea domina!

By: DjDanee

DjDanee — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:20:12 +0000

Slow motion season

By: therapture

therapture — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:59:06 +0000

I installed a copy of COREavc, but it seems to be a bit beyond me. I installed it, but I am not sure if thats all I am required to do. After installing, there didn’t seem to be anything to start before I played the video. I tried the game again in VLC and it was still choppy and slowed down. I know this isn’t your problem, and that I shouldn’t be bothering the person already making such efforts. I just have a bad feeling I am in for a slow motion season.

By: Davide Rossi

Davide Rossi — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:56:54 +0000

Thanks mage, I’m well aware of CoreAVC, problem is I’m on linux (there are weird hacks to have CoreAVC working on linux, maybe I’ll give those a try).
That said I’m not asking for a different format just to please atom users. But maybe a little slower bitrate could be enough. I’ll try a couple of transcodings to see if there are possible improvements. Of course I have no idea about what can be configured on the hauppauge product.

By: raptormage

raptormage — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:38:40 +0000

It’s a decoder, I’m sure you can find it on the net to try out and buy if it works well for you.

The problem with the donate button looks like it’s an issue with IE. It works with Firefox and Chrome. I’ll look into it. You could always use my email address raptormage@gmail.com if you’re having trouble with the link.

Update: The link should be working now. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

By: therapture

therapture — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:58:29 +0000

Is that a codec or a program to be purchased and installed? BTW, the link for DONATE doesn’t seem to be working.

By: raptormage

raptormage — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:33:40 +0000

It’s iffy but I think you should try CoreAVC like I suggested to Davide.

By: therapture

therapture — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:32:56 +0000

Operating System System Model
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 (build 2600)
Install Language: English (United States)
System Locale: English (United States) Dell Computer Corporation Dimension 4300
System Service Tag: CG5H31X (support for this PC)
Chassis Serial Number: CG5H31X
Enclosure Type: Desktop
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
1.60 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4
8 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache
Not hyper-threaded Board: Dell Computer Corporation Dimension 4300
Bus Clock: 100 megahertz
BIOS: Dell Computer Corporation A04 12/07/2001
Drives Memory Modules c,d
20.54 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
5.48 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

_NEC NR-7900A [CD-ROM drive]
3.5″ format removeable media [Floppy drive]

MAXTOR 6L020J1 [Hard drive] (20.55 GB) — drive 0, s/n 661203947108, rev A93.0500, SMART Status: Healthy 384 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory

Slot ‘DIMM_A’ has 256 MB
Slot ‘DIMM_B’ has 128 MB
Local Drive Volumes

c: (NTFS on drive 0) 20.54 GB 5.48 GB free
Network Drives
None detected

It’s old. But this is the first time I haven’t been able to handle the video. What’s the verdict?