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Sarah

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Re: tech help
« Reply #75 on: September 11, 2010, 11:51:29 PM »
I would never bother to scream about such small stuff, especially when the intentions behind the suggestion are helpful.  But, sadly, to no avail:  I haven't set anything to stretch small pictures, and this slider that you mention--of which others before you have spoken--does not appear in the settings option of my (Windows 7) screensaver (unless, of course, it is cleverly concealed someplace just to make the average computer user's life more challenging).  In any case, I've grown quite fond of the Mystify light show, and I was getting sick of the photos, anyway.  At least the pretty colored lights are ever-changing and seemingly infinitely variable.

Thank you, Andy, for this rare nonwithering response.  I shall treasure it.

fonpr

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Re: tech help
« Reply #76 on: September 12, 2010, 08:55:58 AM »

Thank you, Andy, for this rare nonwithering response.  I shall treasure it.

You feeling alright, Andy?
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Bryan

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Re: tech help
« Reply #77 on: September 12, 2010, 09:23:15 AM »
New request:  What video-splitting program do the FOT recommend?

I guess it depends what you're trying to do, but I've found virtualdub useful for simple splitting and encoding tasks. It's free, and a bit fussy to figure out, but it works well.

You could probably use Windows Movie Maker as well, but I've avoided that one (for no particular reason.)

Sarah

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Re: tech help
« Reply #78 on: September 12, 2010, 11:41:45 AM »
I'm just looking for something that will let me break larger avi and other video files into two or more chunks so I can upload them to Megaupload, which has a 1024 megabyte limit per file.  It's so I can send longer movies to my mummy.

Bryan

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Re: tech help
« Reply #79 on: September 12, 2010, 02:00:00 PM »
Then yes, virtualdub is what I'd use. Just make sure you use the "direct stream copy" option, otherwise it'll re-encode the thing, which will take much longer and possibly actually make the divided parts larger than the original file.

I'm sure there are other tools out there, too, but I've used this one successfully for years.

You could also just burn stuff to a DVD and mail it to your mummy. You can get a lot of videos on a DVD or two.

Sarah

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« Reply #80 on: September 12, 2010, 08:03:04 PM »
Nah.  It's way faster to upload things, and I begrudge postage.

Thank you.

Martin

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Re: tech help
« Reply #81 on: September 12, 2010, 08:14:25 PM »

Sarah

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« Reply #82 on: September 12, 2010, 09:08:01 PM »
I'm not too proud to say it:  FOT am aces.

Sarah

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Re: tech help
« Reply #83 on: March 18, 2011, 05:33:45 PM »
A belated thank you to yesno: the Adesso keyboard works like a dream.  Thank you.

yesno

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« Reply #84 on: March 18, 2011, 09:18:21 PM »
If your dreams are like mine, I guess that means the keyboard is always anxious and bizarre?

Sarah

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« Reply #85 on: March 18, 2011, 09:27:41 PM »
Nay nay.  Mine suffers only from mild, predictable PMS.  Once a month, I switch out the (rechargeable) batteries, and its fretfulness calms right down.   

Sarah

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Re: tech help
« Reply #86 on: March 30, 2011, 08:25:32 AM »
How do I make the stupid buttons and the stupid text in the stupid dialog boxes bigger in Firefox 4?*

Thanks.

*Re all these "stupids":  Obviously, what we have here is a rank case of projection, because I'm the big fat dummy in the equation.