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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: an0n on April 16, 2004, 09:12:54 pm

Title: Ggrraaaaarrrrgghhh!!!!
Post by: an0n on April 16, 2004, 09:12:54 pm

Of the various junk I've tried to get to play Equilibrium, nothing works.

Well, except for the DivX player.

WinAmp jitters, HiNet de-syncs, WMP is just ****e.

DivX runs everything perfectly, except the goddamn volume it too goddamn low. I can barely hear it over the whirr of the laptop's fan.

Any ideas?

Title: Ggrraaaaarrrrgghhh!!!!
Post by: Grey Wolf on April 16, 2004, 09:46:52 pm

Does your laptop have a spot where you could hook up external speakers?

Title: Ggrraaaaarrrrgghhh!!!!
Post by: an0n on April 16, 2004, 09:49:34 pm

Yeah, but can only find 1 speaker and it's not the powered one.

On the desktop I had the sound going from the out-port on the computer, into the mic of a bay-mounted speaker thingy which ramped the volume, then out of that and into the speaker.

But I can't do that with the laptop.

Title: Ggrraaaaarrrrgghhh!!!!
Post by: Taristin on April 16, 2004, 10:39:36 pm

Headphones... good.

Title: Ggrraaaaarrrrgghhh!!!!
Post by: an0n on April 16, 2004, 10:41:31 pm

It doesn't matter now anyway, everything is throwing a fit when I try to play it.

Just once I'd like a computer that can do the most remedial of tasks without ****ing self-destructing.

The laptop won't even play MP3's right anymore. They're all jittery and ****.

****ing piece of junk.

Title: Ggrraaaaarrrrgghhh!!!!
Post by: Setekh on April 17, 2004, 12:15:53 am

Jittery? How exactly does it sound? I had to fix a problem like that for a friend recently, I just needed to rip out and re-install all the sound drivers. It was an integrated sound card... ergh, I had integrated stuff. :shaking:

Title: Ggrraaaaarrrrgghhh!!!!
Post by: Zuljin on April 17, 2004, 01:00:46 am

Quote

Originally posted by Setekh
Jittery? How exactly does it sound? I had to fix a problem like that for a friend recently, I just needed to rip out and re-install all the sound drivers. It was an integrated sound card... ergh, I had integrated stuff. :shaking:

Integrated stuff is forged in hell and delivered directly from the place just to torture us.

Title: Ggrraaaaarrrrgghhh!!!!
Post by: Flaser on April 17, 2004, 05:50:19 am

an0n it's not DivX it's probably the ac3 codec.

For starters, ditch the mediaplayer that comes with win2k - and look for mplayer2 in the windows mediaplayer folder.

Start that.

Now, right-click on the film and you have a nice option: properties, select the tab where all the codecs/filters used are present - select the ac3 codec. Raise the volume, voila.

BTW, download the Matroska pack - it will play ANYTHING (it uses the fddshow filter, that can decode anything from Xvid, to MPEG4 and it can open  both the ogm and the mkv container formats).

Title: Ggrraaaaarrrrgghhh!!!!
Post by: Sandwich on April 17, 2004, 05:09:43 pm

Or get Media Player Classic (http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli).

Title: Ggrraaaaarrrrgghhh!!!!
Post by: Flaser on April 18, 2004, 03:44:34 pm

Sandwich as far as I  know it's the same as the one I suggested...

You don't have to download it.

Title: Ggrraaaaarrrrgghhh!!!!
Post by: Sandwich on April 18, 2004, 04:52:15 pm

No, it isn't. You suggested the (fairly decent) Microsoft Media Player 6.4 (mplayer2.exe). I suggested the non-MS Media Player Classic, built for those people who want modern functionality in a media player that isn't as sucky as Windows Media Player (wmplayer.exe), and yet has the same feel as the old MS Media Player 6.4. :) Download it - it rocks.

Title: Ggrraaaaarrrrgghhh!!!!
Post by: Hippo on April 18, 2004, 05:36:36 pm

Nero Media Player... Best MP3 player i've EVER seen...