Re: Video Editing in 98se with mjpeg?

Posted on 2025-05-19, 21:26

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by mihai

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Definitely a codec issue. Either use a frameserver such as avisynth / vapour synth or transcode it to a lossless codec, supported by your editor. Not sure what premiere is up to these days in supporting codecs, but Prores 444 or H264 lossless, with I frames only, should do the trick

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Re: Hitachi-LG Data Storage Blu-Ray Disc & HD DVD-ROM, model: GGC-H20L

Posted on 2025-01-11, 19:26

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by mihai

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Note: do not use the Lite-Scribe feature if you want the drive to last. It burns labels to Light-Scribe disks which burns the lasers out quicker than normal use....just my experience... I have this drive and I used it to burn 3 lightscribe labels; the results were quite good. I was under the …

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Re: EEPROM corruption on Creative cards

Posted on 2025-01-11, 19:20

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by mihai

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I can confirm that in circuit programming did not work for me.

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Re: Asrock 775Dual VSTA & Core4Dual thread

Posted on 2024-11-11, 22:59

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by mihai

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These boards are slow to POST, wait 60 - 90 sec.

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Re: All legacy drivers tested on 11 gpu's

Posted on 2024-11-03, 22:51

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by mihai

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Congrats for the effort. Even 45.23 drivers show lower performance compared to older drivers.

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Re: Windows 98 SE QuickInstall

Posted on 2024-10-07, 11:22

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by mihai

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Just tested 0.9.4, seems quicker and a bit more stable. Installing fron USB is just great. Many thanks oerg866 for this grest project.

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Re: i5-3570K / MSI Z77A-G43 / GTX 970 / X-Fi

Posted on 2024-04-06, 08:32

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by mihai

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I remember disabling VBO when I originally played - it was known to cause issues even back then.

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Re: Voodoo 2 SLI & Z77 MB & W98SE problems

Posted on 2024-02-29, 22:48

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by mihai

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looks to me like a pci memory mapping issue with windows 98 (i am quite sure there would be no issue with windows xp). first idea would be to allocate the least possible amount of ram to the 2d video card, while disabling all extra devices in the bios. there used to be a little utility to view the …

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Re: Poll. How did you handle AGP to PCI Express stepover?

Posted on 2024-02-26, 22:40

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by mihai

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B - stayed a long time on AGP - I had an ATI HIS x1950x pro platinum; bought the card in 2007 for ~ 250 USD, using it with a Northwood CPU. I remember liking this video card a lot, it was silent and fast. I had an 6800gt before, I recall it being quite mediocre, got obsolete quite fast. In 2009, I …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-11-23, 00:33

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by mihai

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today i bought a matrox g450 PCI from aliexpress. I needed a reasonable PCI graphics card, with acceptable 3d capabilities. It was cheap, ~25 USD, looks very clean.Quite fast shipping to EU.

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Re: Best LCD for DOS games running on old hardware

Posted on 2023-11-14, 21:32

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by mihai

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That’s an ipad retina screen with a driver board and a case. Better to get the original design from laser bear, it has better firmware support, ie freesync (40 to 60 Hz only)

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Re: Searching for a good and fast LCD 4:3 (vintage gaming)

Posted on 2023-11-02, 20:01

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by mihai

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While I think a crt is best for retro purposes, my eyes cannot take 60 / 70 hz flicker in DOS. The resulting strain is crippling. The next best thing for me is a 20 inch 640 x 480 lcd tv, with a great ips screen, good colors and no ghosting. It has a very nice scaler from 320 x 240, thus perfect for …

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Re: Unity Runtime Fee

Posted on 2023-09-13, 22:30

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by mihai

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The installation and initialization of a game or app on an end user’s device as well as distribution via streaming is considered an “install.” if you can run the game, it's an install. To add insult to injury, the fee is retroactive, as "lifetime installs" (ie from the prior years) are counted and …

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Re: Unity Runtime Fee

Posted on 2023-09-13, 20:14

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by mihai

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Talk about self inflicted wounds - Unity just killed itself. Unity wants to hold Microsoft liable for the GamePass installs fee - this will not end well.

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Re: Massive load of old PS/2 and PS/1 machines: worth it or not?

Posted on 2023-06-19, 17:48

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by mihai

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My gut feeling is that unless you have i / huge amounts of free time or ii / sales / storage / fulfilment infrastructure in an established business, I would not do it. In order to make it worthwhile, you should sell it for 2x - 3x purchase cost.

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Re: A surprinsigly expensive LGA1336 motherboard. What alternatives are out there.

Posted on 2023-06-07, 20:43

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by mihai

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there are some legit x58 boards on ebay, with reasonable prices, if one is willing to look at international sellers. Eg: item 234722595694, it appears to be a working x58-ud3r board, with i/o shield for $49, excluding shipping; that seller has also many other interesting x58 boards ( disclaimer: i …

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Re: A surprinsigly expensive LGA1336 motherboard. What alternatives are out there.

Posted on 2023-06-03, 13:16

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by mihai

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I bought an x99 machinist from aliexpress. It was so bad I threw it in the trash after 1 hr of use. Coming from a high tier Gigabyte board, it would be unbearable to use.

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Re: A surprinsigly expensive LGA1336 motherboard. What alternatives are out there.

Posted on 2023-06-02, 20:46

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by mihai

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If you want to go this route, you may look at a complete HP workstation, as you may find some interesting bargains- as an example: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/394639040777 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256038211757 (!! no video card listed) You will need to check whether your GPU fits the power budget / …

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Re: A surprinsigly expensive LGA1336 motherboard. What alternatives are out there.

Posted on 2023-06-02, 18:59

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by mihai

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I am getting a P55A-UD4 and an i870, as a backup board. As per Anandtech benchmarks, the performance of i7 870 is slightly better / comparable to similar 4 core i7 9xx cpus. Looking at other build logs here on Vogons, I see no reason why P55 would be less compatible than x58 for windows 98. I do …

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Re: A surprinsigly expensive LGA1336 motherboard. What alternatives are out there.

Posted on 2023-06-02, 13:44

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by mihai

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There are some retro advantages to x58 (and p55 I guess): native pci slots / floppy / ide / serial / parallel headers. It plays friendly with some PCI sound cards in DOS. For windows xp and newer- lga 1155 platform is more modern and has cpus with AVX.

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