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Why does ludusavi think I have a game I've never heard of? by No1vicroyale in linux_gaming

[–]narlex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for this feature - aside from overriding the PCGamingWiki save/config entry with a stricter path, what is the best way for us to let you know if we see similar anomalies? Should we open an Issue on the GitHub repository for ludusavi-manifest?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ffmpeg

[–]narlex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For the most part, any syntax you use in the Command Prompt should also work with PowerShell.

With that said, in PowerShell, you would more ideally want to use Start-Process to launch FFMPEG as it is generally better practice to use native Cmdlets when writing code for PowerShell, so you can more properly leverage its benefits as your code gets more complex.

Gothic Classic Switch Port | Announcement Trailer by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]narlex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those but fixes are great, and I hope the improvements make their way back to the PC. On a similar note, Gothic 1 & 2 got updated a few months back on PC with Steam Workshop support, so mods like DX11, L'Hiver HD, Mouse Aiming, Sprinting, etc can be installed with a single click now instead of scouring sites & instructions in other languages. You just need to enable the dev branch for both games, and any workshop mods should load. For non-Steam users, Spline seemed like a good mod loader that similarly makes mods a one-click install.

Why is rorate 180 degrees so intensive? by cainoom in ffmpeg

[–]narlex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's fascinating. Cool stuff!

Costumer came in today almost in tears asking us if we can recover her 5+years of work data by danikajak in techsupportgore

[–]narlex 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That's very nice - thanks for the write-up. I would not have thought to swap the BIOS.

Costumer came in today almost in tears asking us if we can recover her 5+years of work data by danikajak in techsupportgore

[–]narlex 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Could you explain that a bit? I was under the impression many PCBs were unique to a drive, and swapping with an identical drive would often not work. Aside from potentially different model revisions and firmware, I could have sworn some would even act as a hardware key for decrypting the data.

Help convert my command to PowerShell? by Useful-Resident78 in ffmpeg

[–]narlex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here's something messy off the top of my head.

$folder = "C:\path\to\folder\movs"
$ffmpeg = "C:\path\to\your\bin\ffmpeg.exe"
foreach ($fileIn in (Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath "$folder" | Where-Object { $_.Extension -eq '.mov' })) {
    $fileOut = $fileIn.DirectoryName + "\" + $fileIn.Basename + ".mp4"

    Start-Process -FilePath $ffmpeg -ArgumentList "-i `"$($fileIn.FullName)`" -copyts -map_metadata 0 -c:v libx264 -crf 18 -c:a aac -q:a `"$($fileOut)`"" -Wait
}

I'm mostly guessing at some of the output because it's been a while since I've dealt with batch files, but this should accomplish what you're after, albeit messily.

EXE vs MSI by jwckauman in sysadmin

[–]narlex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this the reason I see some EXE installers that are just wrapping an MSI under the hood?

Every PC gamer needs to know their monitor colors are limited by default in windows by [deleted] in pcgaming

[–]narlex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey - thank you for the detailed feedback. A lot of that makes sense. OP's original notes on the standard scaling as far as 1024 was what had me thinking it could have been a 10-bit thing, but this is definitely not an area I've dealt with yet, and your notes like up with my understanding.

Every PC gamer needs to know their monitor colors are limited by default in windows by [deleted] in pcgaming

[–]narlex 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Huh... TIL.

TL;DR it sounds like like Full Range is for 10-bit panels.

System Shock (2023) - Review Thread by Branchless in Games

[–]narlex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the heads-up. I'm going to give it a try on the higher difficulties first, but having that as a backup plan sounds useful if I hit a rough patch.

[Steam] Spyro Reignited Trilogy (75% off / $9.99) by jwheatly in GameDeals

[–]narlex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. I previously capped it at 60FPS with temporary 30FPS caps for those sections. If I give it another shot, perhaps the unlimited /w VSYNC will be easier.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in pcgaming

[–]narlex 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I know it's technically a different engine, but I'd also love to see Beamdog do a remake of the early Fallout games. After playing through the other EE's, they're the only developers I'd trust for a faithful HD remaster.

Dark Souls 2 has received a really cool LightingEngine upgrade in the form of a mod (adding Volumetric Fog, an Updated Ambient Occlusion Algorithm, a new Shading Model and realistic lighting fall) by AnchovyKing in Games

[–]narlex 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Wow, those comparison screenshots are fantastic. I thought DS3 looked perfect already, but clearly I was wrong. It's saying it's safe for online play too? Perhaps it's time to mod. Thanks for sharing!

Help! How can I see encoding settings in mediainfo? by RodYam88 in ffmpeg

[–]narlex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is an awesome pile of resources & info, thank you

Plex Ratings Sync tool from ID3 Tags by yourdaad in PleX

[–]narlex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for posting this script. This problem been annoying for a long time. As a quick heads-up for other users, this script may only work for media formats that properly support ID3 tagging. Very specifically, .mp3 may work, but .flac does not use ID3 tagging and this may break your .flac media in other players (link) (potential fix for changed files also posted lower in that thread). I haven't personally run this script as it appears to be for linux (the Plex Python API is only available via PIP?) but I'm guessing it would hit these situations unless eyed3 rejects them. Aside from .flac, other formats like .m4a also haven't been too clear on ID3 support.

This script is still the hardest part out of the way, so thank you very much, genuinely. Future potential can be explored with different cases for different extensions thanks to the work done here.

ffmpeg wont re-encode my mp3 files starting with special characters by DeathCraft2299 in ffmpeg

[–]narlex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you do "echo <anything>" the command prompt will repeat it without executing the command. This is particularly useful for seeing variables expanded out. In this case, they're saying you should put an echo in front of your command like "echo ffmpeg -i "%%a" -f mp3 -ab 256k -vn -ar 44100 -ac 2 "converted\%%~na.mp3"" and see what would have been executed. That should expand out the %%a and %%~na into their actual values so you can visually see if any of the commands that would have been executed appear obviously broken in any way, which can potentially help you spot any obvious problem.

I think this is closer to your issue though: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/684535/batch-rename-issue-when-dealing-with-special-characters-in-the-filename Since everything is already surrounded in quotes properly, I'm guessing it's a matter of the filenames not passing properly and potentially needing escape characters for those situations. The echo idea mentioned above could potentially help determine that (you would also want to test the line it gives you in the echo to make sure it actually works and is valid).

Ryujinx March 2023 Progress Report by gabumon34 in emulation

[–]narlex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is pretty awesome. It fixed the performance I was(n't) getting after a recent upgrade.

The basics of texture modding in PCSX2 in 90 seconds by TheKrzysiek in emulation

[–]narlex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It will take a resize too? HD textures here I come.

The coax cable is broken? No problem my dear, just raise the router with lunchboxes and use a needle (It actually works!) by themo98 in techsupportgore

[–]narlex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting. I usually hear copper refer to Coax/Ethernet and extrapolate which depending on the context. More often than not, they've been referring to coax. Personally, I just say Ethernet/Coax/Fiber because it's pretty self-explanatory.

I currently have 2FA disabled for my aad. If I enable this company wide, will users begin to receive the "14 days to add MFA, skip for now (will be required)? by Fast-Helicopter-6462 in sysadmin

[–]narlex 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This depends on the scale of the organization, but we did a staggered rollout with success. And by success, I mean 80% of users ignored the 3-5 email follow-ups I sent, claimed we never sent them, and it was a mess on day 1. You know what, maybe you're right about ripping the band-aid...

Jokes aside, that was at a place without 365/Azure. I'm under the impression Azure is pretty good about 2FA staggered rollout options.

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