[MavericK]

Originally Posted by QuintEssence

reminds me..another query. is yours the oldest avatar on the forum? unchanged ??

Subbu had changed his avatar and put up a pic for a brief period of time. Oldest ? Hmm, there are other old avatars which aint in use. Guess shub001 shd take the oldest avatar tag.

[uRmad]

Originally Posted by MavericK

Subbu, for chrissake, pls dont term Harry Potter as a classic!!!

Aha.....All those that I cant understand/do not read/watch are classics to me

Originally Posted by MavericK

Subbu had changed his avatar and put up a pic for a brief period of time. Oldest ? Hmm, there are other old avatars which aint in use. Guess shub001 shd take the oldest avatar tag.

Hmm..yea, for a period of time, we had this thing that all members would use their faces as avatars....But that was prolly when we had less than a coupla dozen *active* folks And yea, who can forget the monkey...Where is he these days??? Hibernating??

Originally Posted by Quintessence

for removing adware, you can always search for the serials etc. since this board has recently been purged of all illegalities, i would not be able to tell you to search for a software named <beep> which will enable you to download serials without the tension of trojans & spyware

As the Geological survey ppl would say, the aftershocks of the purgatory periods are likely to be felt soon ....

Seriously though, for people who've never been on the crack sites, it isn't usually advised....You could easily end up clicking ok for the wrong thing and end up with a screen full of a 100+ pop-ups

Yes, currently Flashget rules...Although I was a big fan of the lizard (gozilla) till the time they decided free ain't worth it And yea, for obvious reasons, I always love s/w that unlock at the pasting of a key

Cheers

ps: btw, could someone tell me which file do i have to edit in a fedora core4 installation to auto-mount my partitions..I know how to mount it, but where do i get it to auto-mount on boot...

[QuintEssence]

Originally Posted by uRmad

Seriously though, for people who've never been on the crack sites, it isn't usually advised....You could easily end up clicking ok for the wrong thing and end up with a screen full of a 100+ pop-ups

thats the reason why i mentioned the <beep> software. its actually a search engine which gives you the text files behind all those kinky links on crack sites. so when i search for anything (crack ), i get .txt files as search results. plus, i have the added advantage of viewing the result within the software GUI itself.

now unless some super-uber crackers have made .txt extension spyware, i believe my comp is safe

[mamathaseshadri]

Hi

Could anybody help with choosing a laptop???? I dunno much about computers, dunno which brand would suit me. If anyone has extensive knowledge about laptops and notebooks, pls help.
I am going to begin my MBA in Feb next yr and need a laptop desperately. Could anyone advice me on which brand and model would suit a person who is not a computer whiz???? I am looking at something moderately prized, with good speed and resolution.
Also i would like to know if it would be better to purchase the laptop in India or in Australia ( where i am going for my MBA)???

Thanks

[QuintEssence]

err guys, a software needed for reducing movie files size from 600 odd MBs to 300 MBs. the movie format is changeable; avi, mpeg or dat.

would need to inter-change formats and reduce files in size. any ideas ?


P.S the laptops thread is here : Buying a Laptop (Buying A Laptop)

[uRmad]

Originally Posted by QuintEssence

err guys, a software needed for reducing movie files size from 600 odd MBs to 300 MBs. the movie format is changeable; avi, mpeg or dat.

would need to inter-change formats and reduce files in size. any ideas ?

Use Xvid or DivX with Virtualdub....Or for a DIY kinda s/w, look around for Dr.DivX ....It ain't officially available anymore..And don't go for its successor..Its a pita But in case you in the mood to learn and do, then nothing beats virtual dub combined with a few codecs

@mamathaseshadri There was a huge thread on "which laptop to buy" .....Search for that and bump it up

Cheers

[dotslashC]

Originally Posted by QuintEssence

err guys, a software needed for reducing movie files size from 600 odd MBs to 300 MBs. the movie format is changeable; avi, mpeg or dat.

would need to inter-change formats and reduce files in size. any ideas ?


P.S the laptops thread is here : Buying a Laptop (Buying A Laptop)

Depends on what kind of encoding u want.. If u want to just reduce the size and don't care much abt quality then i bet u go for rmvb format by real. It compresses 600 megs to just 200-250 megs with very little damage to picture quality and sound quality..

And as you want 600 megs to go to 300 megs I don't think u care much about quality.
So go for it.. RealProducer wud do the trick for you.. But yes.. U will need Realplayer to run the converted file..

[QuintEssence]

Originally Posted by uRmad

Use Xvid or DivX with Virtualdub....

i seem to have neglected to look before leaping

one more issue. actually i bought some DVD's (pssst..cant mention where, this forum is whistle-clean now ) which had 4 movies already compressed and put into 1 DVD. Now, there are 5 .VOB files. all of them are around 1.05 GB. each .vob file has one whole movie + part of the following movie.

now, i used DVD-decryptor to get those files copied on my laptop. now, i need to simply cut them into approprpiate parts.

the problem is that, the kind of avi splitter that i use doesnt recognize .vob extension. plus i would also love to get them stiched back into one file rather than two split files. how do i do this ?

[ILLUMINATUS]

Originally Posted by QuintEssence

i seem to have neglected to look before leaping

one more issue. actually i bought some DVD's (pssst..cant mention where, this forum is whistle-clean now ) which had 4 movies already compressed and put into 1 DVD. Now, there are 5 .VOB files. all of them are around 1.05 GB. each .vob file has one whole movie + part of the following movie.

now, i used DVD-decryptor to get those files copied on my laptop. now, i need to simply cut them into approprpiate parts.

the problem is that, the kind of avi splitter that i use doesnt recognize .vob extension. plus i would also love to get them stiched back into one file rather than two split files. how do i do this ?

convert them into avi usin Dr. Divx and then split n join..

[dotslashC]

Originally Posted by ILLUMINATUS

convert them into avi usin Dr. Divx and then split n join..

Better use virtualdub. handles .VOB files well.. Does the converting thing also.. excellents softie..