I have multiple AVC videos I’m converting into HEVC with half their original bit rate using libx265 “turbo multi pass” on ffmpeg 8.1.1 full build (Windows 11). Found some encoder settings online to make the video look better & ran them on one minute of two different videos: they worked […]
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Opera’s Speed Dial page does a great job to allow flexible configuration – including Folders. I see no option for this in Edge’s QuickLinks page – which only allows links via URLs. Is there a way to directly access one of my Edge’s Bookmarks folders in the URL field? For […]
my display is an Asus MX299, native resolution 2560×1080. I only had a RTX 4070 and a DP-to-HDMI cable and it used to work great (maybe not with nouveau (haven’t tested), but with nvidia-open or nvidia closed driver 570, worked well). The system is dual boot windows / linux mint […]
I’ve been troubleshooting a strange gaming issue on Windows 11 where certain games show relatively stable FPS numbers, but the gameplay still feels inconsistent with occasional microstutter and uneven frame pacing. I already tested: Different GPU driver versions High performance power mode Disabling overlays Background app cleanup Variable refresh rate […]
Before I get into a bit more detail with this question, I’d like to point out that I’m not looking for opinions. In my search on this topic, I did not find any solution, but because there are many linux distros out there, I fear that I missed something. If […]
I bid on a storage unit & won. Inside was some computer. A few Apples new and old IMac to MacBook 2015 and newer I got all to work. A few desktops same outcome but their are two one Chromebook & one laptop that is bitlocked. I’ve tried everything that […]
When trying to build ffmpeg 8, the building process fails with these error messages: libavdevice/v4l2.c: In function ‘device_open’: libavdevice/v4l2.c:191:35: error: ‘V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_CAPTURE_MPLANE’ undeclared (first use in this function) } else if (cap.capabilities & V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_CAPTURE_MPLANE) { libavdevice/v4l2.c:191:35: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in libavdevice/v4l2.c:193:23: […]
How can I make Windows 11 not show a network drive as a drive letter in Windows Explorer, if the physical drive is not mounted on the remote host? I recently bought a 4TB USB external hard drive with its own power supply, and attached it to a small PC […]
My system : inxi -b System: Host: Laptop2 Kernel: 6.8.0-117-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.12 Distro: Kubuntu 24.04.4 LTS (Noble Numbat) Machine: Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: VivoBook_ASUSLaptop X515DA_M515DA v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required> Mobo: ASUSTeK model: X515DA v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends […]