oerg866 / clarry

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| Win98 QuickInstall creator
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[oerg866 / clarry @oerg866]

Windows 9x QuickInstall v1.0.1 is now released!

Another big release with many changes :)

Release page link and change log in the thread 🧵

[oerg866 / clarry @oerg866]

@zenbukiminosei @zenkimi_megumi @zenkimi_muku @zenkimi_hikari Hey I know where that is, it's at the east harbor, there's a really good Gyros place there! My mom used to work closeby (and I lived near there too)

Enjoy your stay, there's the famous zoo nearby also!

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(more channels because I'd like to get one language on Hi-Fi and another language on the linear audio tracks 🤔)

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Next attempt: AJA KONA LHe PCIe card with external breakout box - working very well and the composite video quality is *exceptionally* good!

The only problem is that it only offers two RCA output jacks, to get more channels I would require some balanced to RCA conversions...

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Attempting some S-Video output via Pinnacle Studio DV/AV PCI...

It doesn't work very well.

Videos get re-encoded before outputting and there is a bit of a flicker.

Studio versions above 9 do not require a re-encode, but fail to output PAL video on this card for some reason :(

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@dollspergers This is for output, not input

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Attempting some S-Video output via Pinnacle Studio DV/AV PCI...

It doesn't work very well.

Videos get re-encoded before outputting and there is a bit of a flicker.

Studio versions above 9 do not require a re-encode, but fail to output PAL video on this card for some reason :(

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@jeffqchen No, it's a software bug, PS9 outputs PAL just fine as you can see, but it requires a re-encode which on longer videos takes ages (not to mention the degradation in quality)

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I have acquired a #EightySix figure of Lena :D

I didn't consider import tax when ordering, oops. But still, worth it

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Eh??? My MPC-HC suddenly became posessed by a demon?!?!

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@dpattenjr Are you ok?

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Easy, Japanese and Hebrew....

[Hazel @Hazeludw]

TWO languages you wish you could speak fluently?

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@dpattenjr Same here, unfortunately this one still has some other problems to diagnose and to top it off it's an OEM board with a limited and shitty bios...

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Replacing this ripped off RDRAM slot on a SIEMENS socket 423 board...

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@KBobTech I have an even slower one (1.3) if I'm feeling particularly nuggety

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*excited face*

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Replacing this ripped off RDRAM slot on a SIEMENS socket 423 board...

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@eulyin Yeah sorry. Our trait of punctuality went out the window as soon as it was privatised....

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@shakeikurand 「ドイツの定時運行」は、もはや私たちの鉄道網の特徴とは言えなくなってしまいました。心よりお詫び申し上げますとともに、来年もまたお越しいただけることを願っております。日本の皆様のおかげで、この国は数日間、より素晴らしい場所となりました。ありがとうございました！

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It would then get raw frames (or fields in interlaced mode) from decoded or converted media, ideally a native PAL MPEG2 stream or similar, and output them 1:1 in real time.

USB3 should have enough bandwidth for this.

Thinking about ADV7391 as the analog encoder.

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I have a new idea for a FPGA project... Since there's a lot of solutions for getting video OUT of a VHS machine, I thought why not do something to get video INTO it.

A FPGA + FTDI based USB clocked frame buffer, maybe with an audio DAC even.

With S-Video and composite outputs..

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@49ercollector Would it be possible for you to add some info where to find these spots in your recent posts? 🥺

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Oh yeah, and compared to the Nvidia diagnostics (MATS), the ATI ones are pretty unhelpful when it comes to information and verbosity (possibly because I have no clue how to use them, but that's details 🤭

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BGA reworks proved futile, one RAM is dead for sure, just need to figure out which one... The order is not as well documented as with NVidia cards sadly