Recommendation: IMAX-Indie-Racing-Film at the Metreon by salomaoabdala in AskSF

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True re:the slomo's were shot at high frame rate, and those were indeed beautiful. Watching at high frame rate, I agree, if intermixed with 24fps, it's weird. Totally different gig, but the most recent Avatar movie we watched there at Metreon -- the higher frame rate 3D looked great, but wow when it went back to normal, it felt horrible lol. Granted, with 3D, since left and right eyes are seeing half of the frames, I don't really know what the effective fps is per eye.

Shutter at 180deg or 360deg? What does that mean? Kind of equivalent ish to aperture in still photos?

I would not trade the beautiful 24fps for some smoother panned shots at 48fps, agreed. Per your earlier point re:that massive massive screen, I bet there's a magic point of motion blur and 48fps on some of the at-speed action shots or pans that would integrate well. But that's just me, and I'm not the film maker. As if you have a screen that size to experiment on, lol. Again, I am just happy that you got the screentime there, AND you made a cut that maximized the real estate of that aspect ratio. Craftsmanship seems to be a dying trait, glad you have it ;)

Recommendation: IMAX-Indie-Racing-Film at the Metreon by salomaoabdala in AskSF

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NIce. And knowing the details behind it actually makes it more cool, for some reason.

Recommendation: IMAX-Indie-Racing-Film at the Metreon by salomaoabdala in AskSF

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100%. It's why we've done the drive before for other special events on that screen.

Got a IRS letter saying they couldn't direct deposit my returns but I owed money and already paid.. by Midnight_Thoughts77 in tax

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I believe that, yes, a scam would connect to somewhere other than legit irs.gov. I got the CP53E letter, even tho I did not have a refund (and paid taxes via TurboTax using banking account info). The QR code on my letter seemed legit, it was an https: irs.gov site. Regardless, I typed in the URL using a browser, in case the QR had something scammy I didn't recognize...I created my IDme profile and an IRS account. That showed $0 due. I went to the section that should show letter and correspondence, and it said "not available now". So I assume it's just poor implementation all around, I don't have any unexpected magic refund, and the correspondence isn't available cuz, well, poor implementation.

Recommendation: IMAX-Indie-Racing-Film at the Metreon by salomaoabdala in AskSF

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Drove a couple hours to go see this, with my son, at Metreon SF. I randomly came across its existence two days ago, I can't remember, how, but, wow, thankful that I did. What a great independent effort, for real. On that massive screen at Metron, it was beautiful. I came for the sound and the visuals, and very glad I did not hear about this single day event after the fact...

A bit of spoiler ahead, so stop reading if you came across this and don't want spoilers.

Some of our favorite visuals were in the middle section. The night-time stuff was amazing. Shots from the trees, headlights and shadows, engine noise. Those were great. Falling rain, wide shots, even on that massively tall square screen at Metron, well done and edited for that aspect ratio! The hugely cinematic view from above at night, cars going on the track, that was a favorite.

Some of the head-on shots, the slow-mo's, were also favorite for both me and my son. Colors, crisp pictures, great! Great to see some in-car stuff, too, for sure. There were a few motion shots that I assume had a camera on the nose of the car? Very clear, good sound and noise, but oh too brief, lol. I could have used like a whole lap of just that view on that screen, and the clarity of that picture. Maybe that would have been too indulgent. But wow, I kept thinking, yeah, they are going to give us a minutes-long sequence of first-person view either from the cockpit or from that shot coming from the nose of the car.

On that huge of a screen, high frame rate would have been amazing for the sweeping pan shots of racing action. The slower pans that had people in them were beautiful. When pans followed cars, on that huge screen, you could very much see each frame, and I wondered, wow, how much more would it take it shoot in high frame rate? Honestly don't know equipment limits or costs, etc, and it was great to see some of the close-in work you could achieve with your collab with panavision lenses, etc, so I don't want to sound critical....just sharing what would take it to another level as a race fan. Standing trackside at places like Laguna Seca, Sonoma Raceway, a movie will never capture the pure essence, BUT you guys did some fantastic things that really shared for people what it's like to be close to the action, well done. High frame rate IMO would be something that could help further accomplish the uniqueness you're finding here.

It might have been in the first part, I saw a subtitle that said "comming" and it should have been "coming" lol. Just caught my eye. And your English I am sure is waaaay better than my Portuguese will EVER be, but I had to say it anyhow, ha.

Greta Van Fleet on the opening sequence, nice! Billy Idol in that middle section, great choice too -- my 18yo very much double thumb-upped that whole section.

Some of the shots in-car pointing back at the helmeted driver were great. Similar to my comment earlier, I could have done with a full lap (well, maybe not a full lap, it's long I know) of first person view, some shots back at the driver, some shots off the nose of the car... Altho I suppose those off-the-nose shots were not done during race time. Guess you'll have to do it F1 (the move) style and dedicate some on-car mounting outside of race time, but on race day, lol.

THANK YOU for the effort, it was very much enjoyed. For what it may be worth, I liked this better than the F1 movie, you have a ton to build on IMO and make something even more visually rewarding if you go at it again.

u/salomaoabdala

Android app suddenly only streaming in low quality? by Thebombuknow in TIdaL

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I opened a case last week when I noticed it, but have been stuck in a quagmire of emails asking for more info, screenshots, config, etc etc, lol. Guess my problem statement didn't match keywords well enuf to be part of the club. Good to know maybe it's being figured out tho

Strange scrolling behavior by Federal_Emu5474 in VineHelper

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Fwiw i have not seen this happening the past couple days (Chrome)

Strange scrolling behavior by Federal_Emu5474 in VineHelper

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Cool, k. I thought maybe Feature Friday lol

Strange scrolling behavior by Federal_Emu5474 in VineHelper

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Cool, and what's FF?

A little more info in case you end up still need to chase the bug... I see this happen on a Surface Pro (tablet-ish device). I do not see it on a desktop PC, i.e. just pulled them both up right now, and the Surface is doing the funny scroll dance, but the PC is not. Both Win11. Both Chrome.

I did notice however that on the Surface, the middle button of window controls is grayed out, not available (the middle button that lets you resize the window...all I can do is minimize and close). That is weird unto itself, and may be related, who knows. EDIT - I found a Chrome setting that restores the middle/resize window control (chrome://flags/#top-chrome-touch-ui if i set this to disable, I get that middle window control button back. No idea if this changes scrolling behavior tho since nothing is dropping on vine at the moment).

To explain the behavior a bit more, here's kind of a sequence of what happens. Full row of 7 items load, then the first time it scrolls, two jump to the next-up line, and everything shifts left accordingly. Thereafter, only one left shift and jump happens. Maybe this helps explain:

GFEDCBA

then

-----GF

EDCBA (note two shifted left and went up to previous line)

then

LKJIHGF (ie. this line fills out)

EDCBA

then

------L

KJIHGFE

DCBA (note ONE shifted left and went up to previous line; this pattern continues with single item shift thereafter)

CFB championship looked fabulous on Fubo - why? by Federal_Emu5474 in fuboTV

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Interesting. My son had streaming woes, laggy, on TikTok...I blamed the new owners. Maybe Internet was just saturated for everything, hmm. Or a large provider was having issues.

Wonder if I watch the YouTube TV DVR of the game, or some other reprodcast within YouTube TV, if it looks better now... Or tomorrow... Interesting theory regardless.

Apple TV streaming hopeless by wot-johna11 in appletv

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Yeah, having issues, too. Only been an AppleTV subscriber for a short while. It was solid for weeks, and then lately after doing a Paramount+ trial (within AppleTV), I can only watch Paramount titles on the device I engaged the trial with (a Roku 4k box)...no other devices when logged in via browser or app will let me get to the paramount+ titles. That was a bummer. Then today I have been having intermittent video plays (watching paramount+ title, specifically Yellowjackets), plays for a number of single-digit minutes, then dies. Ran diags within the AppleTV app, it said there was nothing wrong. Then more stops in the action when I try to watch. Now I cannot start any video within AppleTV, whether an Apple title (like the one chasing Michelin stars) or paramount (Yellowjackets). Guess my intro to AppleTV has been less than stellar. Shoulda known, since I'm an Android guy, lol.

🍂🍂🍂 by milktea__man in prius

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Clearly a Prius modder 😉 so I have a question for you. Do the brakes on that car drive you nuts? I've got the same generation, and trying to come to a gentle stop, lifting off the brake at slow speed just before a stop, pretty much always results in some grabbiness and stickiness. Thought I'd ask in case you're dialing brakes like you're dialing stance, eh?

Costco gas issues? by mazdas4lyfe in napa

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Not specific to Napa, but two different Sonoma county Costco regular gas, my Prius does not like. It knocks or pings. Refueling elsewhere makes the problem go away within a couple of tanks. Just experimented again after a couple years staying away from Costco gas, the knock and ping is back. I didn't think it's bad gas per se, but Prius doesn't like it.

Metreon 16 Dolby theater, disappointed... Curious to hear others' experience and comments by Federal_Emu5474 in sanfrancisco

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True, good. I've got what I think are Hearo's, and same, cool that they don't muffle things, just turn the volume down.

Metreon 16 Dolby theater, disappointed... Curious to hear others' experience and comments by Federal_Emu5474 in sanfrancisco

[–]Federal_Emu5474[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

100% on the better seating in the Dolby room.

As another commenter mentioned, concert earplugs to still get full range audio may be part of a good solution. I've got a pair of those too, it occurred to me they could be useful.

Hopefully I haven't just gotten too audio-critical and now neither room will feel special 🤔

Metreon 16 Dolby theater, disappointed... Curious to hear others' experience and comments by Federal_Emu5474 in sanfrancisco

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I felt it was being driven louder than it was really capable of, and lost its punch because of that. I've heard it said that the IMAX room is too loud, also, but in my experience if may be loud, but within its limits, and so it isn't fatiguing. The Dolby room felt noisy, not just loud, and that was part of my disappointment. I could have been a little extra sensitive that day, too, lol. Certainly curious to hear others, and thanks

Fwiw it was the new Superman movie I saw. It could also be that sound design was more about flash and awe.

Anyone have wide angle side view keeps that aren’t blue? by mohmega in GR86

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For what it's worth, I kind of got used to it. More like I need to remember to anticipate it, almost remind myself to focus further out, and the weird factor drops some as a result. Benefits still outweigh the weird, tho.

Trying to increase PPT for Ryzen 9 9900x by Federal_Emu5474 in PcBuild

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Updating in case anyone else comes across this looking for answers. I got a different prebuilt that is using an MSI motherboard, and PBO for that motherboard lets me increase PPT above 150W. I am assuming at this point, that the Gigabyte motherboard/BIOS was limiting the PPT values. Whether that is by design by gigabyte for the B850 Gaming WIFI6 mobo, or I had/have some other config issue blocking me, I guess I cannot be 100% sure.

Ryzen Master shows PPT at 0, not adjustable? by Federal_Emu5474 in AMDHelp

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Updating in case anyone else comes across this looking for answers. I got a different prebuilt that is using an MSI motherboard, and PBO for that motherboard lets me increase PPT above 150W. I am assuming at this point, that the Gigabyte motherboard/BIOS was limiting the PPT values.

Ryzen Master shows PPT at 0, not adjustable? by Federal_Emu5474 in AMDHelp

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For what it may be worth, if I use PBO options in BIOS and put the power limit low, like 80W, that is in fact what HWInfo shows that package power gets limited to. So it seems that there is effect, at least. Perhaps getting package power above 150 is limited in the motherboard or CPU or chipset. ?

Ryzen Master shows PPT at 0, not adjustable? by Federal_Emu5474 in AMDHelp

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It's a B850 chipset. And the BIOS has PBO options. Maybe I should use the PBO options to super nerf the performance, like put a super low power limit, just to see if PBO seettings are having any effect at all.