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  2. Audio Formats WAV and WAVEX (Microsoft)

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    Well, I have given up on GStreamer, since I have to recompile Amarok to use it. I have updated Xine and now I'm back in business... right where I' have started!

     

    I'm beginning to think Xine is having trouble with 24 bit WAVs! Xine doesn't have this problem with 16 bit WAVs. Here is a list of files recorded in the WAVEX format with a comparison between Amarok and K3B. Yes = accept and will play and No = will not play, error, no decoder.

     

     

    -----------Amarok------K3B

    File 01-----no----------yes

    File 02-----yes---------no

    File 03-----yes---------no

    File 04-----yes---------no

    File 05-----no----------yes

    File 06-----yes---------no

    File 07-----yes---------no

    File 08-----no----------yes

    File 09-----yes---------no

    File 10-----no----------yes

    file 11-----no----------yes

     

    All the files were created by Creative's Wave Studio, All saved with the same properties. I don't understand the alternation. Amarok and K3B will use OGG, FLAC, MP3, WMA and WAV as long they are 16 bit. ???

     

    I ended up burning my CD in Windows using Nero CD Burner.

  3. Audio Formats WAV and WAVEX (Microsoft)

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    Posted · Edited by RadioEar

    Now, this is interesting... I just discovered Amarok will no longer play any of my WAV files... ???

     

    Amarok is using Xine engine, What happened to Xine?

     

    How do I get it to "see" Gstreamer?

     

     

     

    I guess I should add, that this is Mandriva 2008, KDE.

  5. Trouble With K3B

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    Posted · Edited by RadioEar

    Well scarecrow, I think I'm back in business. Here's how it went...

     

    I have root permission on the DVD-RW.

    The system (KDE) identified the drive correctly.

    K3B indicated DMA was off, so I set it to 1 or on.

    The drive is set as "MASTER" on it's own IDE.

     

    The K3B dialog in the GUI indicated I had a 8gb disc in the drive (double layer?) when it was only 4.4gb. The Green bar at the bottom of the page indicated about 3/4 full but to the right the dialog indicated 5.6 of 8gb. So part of K3B knew I had a 4.4gb disc in the drive and I was attempting to burn 5.6gb to a 4.4gb disc, but no warnings, just no "BURN" button.

     

    Before blaming the new drive, my brother and I decided to switch ribbon cables to see what that does. Now it looks like the DVD-RW is working properly with K3B. I using a ASUS mother board and it is supplied with two ribbon cables; "CD-ROM" and "HDD". We are now using the "HDD" cable. At this time it looks like the the cable might have been the problem and I'm able to burn and verify DVD Data discs.

     

    See how it goes...

  6. Trouble With K3B

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    Posted

    New Sony DVD RW DRU 840A

     

    I just installed a DVD burner, and NOW having trouble with K3B burning a SECOND DVD-R, I was able to burn ONE, but now K3B refuse to "see" a blank DVD.

     

    Or something like that... if you look in the upper left corner where you add files, K3B indicates there is a blank DVD, but when you open the BURN dialog the "BURN" button is grayed out.

     

    What happened?

  8. Simple Question... [solved]

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    Posted · Edited by RadioEar

    When ever I'm in KDE/Konqueror, I have to choose 'View' and then select 'View Mode' and then Select 'Detailed list view' to see files the way I'm use to. I don't care for the 'Icon' view. How do I get 'Detailed list view' every time I run Konqueror instead of the 'Icon view'?

     

     

    [moved from Everything Linux by spinynorman]

  10. Patent Lawsuit Filed Against Red Hat and Novell

    in Everything Linux

    Posted · Edited by RadioEar

    I have to agree at this point that software can look alike and perform in the same manor. The name of the software and the order the functions are presented often are the only difference from one software to another and can be patented.

     

    The coding of an OS for the most part is similar from one OS to another. After all we are coding to the same processor and hardware. But it is the OS that offers the differences, of course, to applications. Today, we write apps to run in the environment of the OS.

     

    After saying that, I would think an application would have to be pretty remarkable or distinctive to file lawsuits over software. What it comes to really is software appearance, and Micro$oft is good at scrabbling over that.

  12. Running Games with 3D Desktop

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    Posted

    Ok, Under /etc/X11/xorg.conf we have;

     

    # **********************************************************************
# Refer to the xorg.conf man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# **********************************************************************

Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia97xx"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"

# font server independent of the X server to render fonts.
FontPath "unix/:-1"

# minimal fonts to allow X to run without xfs
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
#DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort)
#DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)
AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse does not work
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx" # 3D layer
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Option "XkbOptions" "compose:rwin"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse2"
Driver "evdev"
Option "product" "0x00d1"
Option "HWheelRelativeAxisButtons" "7 6"
Option "vendor" "0x045e"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "monitor1"
VendorName "Plug'n Play"
ModelName "Q9 SERIES"
HorizSync 30-82
VertRefresh 50-75

# Monitor preferred modeline (60.0 Hz vsync, 64.0 kHz hsync, ratio 5/4)
ModeLine "1280x1024" 108 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync

# TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
# 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576"	 50.00  768  832  846 1000   576  590  595  630

# 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576"	 63.07  768  800  960 1024   576  578  590  616
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "device1"
VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce FX - GeForce 7950"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "DPMS"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen1"
Device "device1"
Monitor "monitor1"
DefaultColorDepth 24

Subsection "Display"
	Depth 8
	Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240"
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
	Depth 15
	Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240"
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
	Depth 16
	Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240"
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
	Depth 24
	Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240"
EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "layout1"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Mouse2" "SendCoreEvents"
Screen "screen1"
EndSection

  15. Sound Juicer

    in Software

    Posted · Edited by RadioEar

    I so many words, a bug! :D I'm on my way to loading Mandriva One on the AMD Athlon 64 3200+. By now I have done this and will play with this for a while.

     

    That means Both of my machines have Linux on them! :thumbs:

  17. Sound Juicer

    in Software

    Posted

    OK... Sound Juicer is now working... again. And I don't know why, for sure. At this point I'm trying to think what I have done recently, to cause the trouble. This

    Post is the only thing I can come up with. Media Applet has a list of medium types, for example; "Audio CD", which I now have unchecked. So now Media Applet does not come up when I insert a audio CD. If MA comes up on screen, I have in the past chosen "Do nothing" and "OK". Sound Juicer then does it's job. At some point SJ started having trouble linking to Gstreamer , for some reason. Now if choose "Cancel", then SJ takes off and does, once again, it's job.

     

    Is there another program running because of MA giving SJ competition for the pipeline to Gstreamer?

     

    By choosing "Cancel", kills the link from this other program?

     

    I could be all wet here but I can't for all the tea in China figure why SJ quit working in the first place, and now works if I can keep MA from coming up.

  21. X Plane

    in Games

    Posted

    Excellent! My Uncle will be pleased, it was his question. Hopefully he should not have all the trouble he's been having with X Plane for Windows XP. We hope! :P

  23. Need a VCD Burner! [solved]

    in Software

    Posted · Edited by RadioEar

    Hey Peezee, did you get your question answered?

     

    Or did you changed your approach in the other thread you tried to start?

     

     

    To me it looks like you change your mind on something... and the others thought you made a double post.

  24. Sound Juicer

    in Software

    Posted

    And speaking of things to go wrong, so far I have come up with a big zero on this one. pipe line? Why should that be a problem now? I'm beginning to think maybe Mandriva is designed to break down after a while. Why should a application ever have pipe line trouble?

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