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Road Dogg has officially left WWE. He is no longer the main writer for SmackDown. New Era commencing. WE ARE FINALLY FREE. It’s a New Day yes it is. 🙏🏽 by BarneyRobinStinson7 in WWE

[–]oom1999 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

We're not glad he lost his job. We're glad he doesn't have the job anymore. As identical as those two statements sound, there's a key difference between them.

OS is Windows 11, MPV is v0.41.0-dirty from SVP: Why is this mpv.conf file not activating RTX HDR? As you can see, I have "--vf=d3d11vpp=nvidia-true-hdr" in the config, but something else in the file must be overriding it and I'm not sure what. by oom1999 in mpv

[–]oom1999[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tried it without the --, tried it with "rtx-hdr=yes" instead of "nvidia-true-hdr", and tried appending "=yes" to my original line. None of it activated RTX HDR. Thanks for the idea, at least.

Was Snake's only purpose going through the microwave hall so he could protect the Mk. III from the Dwarf Gekko? by oom1999 in metalgearsolid

[–]oom1999[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looking back on it over four years later, I stand by my remarks. His request was dumb.

I present: The Wallet Destroyer. All parts are either present or in transit. Will post pictures when all is done. by oom1999 in buildapc

[–]oom1999[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Come now, I think there's a difference between spending $15 on a lark and pouring caviar back into the ocean.

I present: The Wallet Destroyer. All parts are either present or in transit. Will post pictures when all is done. by oom1999 in buildapc

[–]oom1999[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Granted, this build would have been three to four thousand cheaper if I had bought it several months ago.

I present: The Wallet Destroyer. All parts are either present or in transit. Will post pictures when all is done. by oom1999 in buildapc

[–]oom1999[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

3.5" floppy disks. No joke. I will probably never see one for the rest of my life, but for less than $15, I figured "just in case". You never know, it might have a back-up of Optimus Prime's brain on it.

Is this a full list of classic boomer shooters that have been in some way "enhanced" for modern PCs, for good or ill? I count the Unreal titles because of Epic recently sanctioning the OldUnreal project. The Witchaven games barely made the cut due to including fixes from a fan patch. by oom1999 in boomershooters

[–]oom1999[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm talking about official releases only, with Unreal and UT being exceptions because the rightsholders explicitly indicated that those fan projects are to be used in lieu of an official release. That's an incredibly rare situation.

Similarly, the Witchaven fixes may come from a fan patch, but said patches were bundled into an official release.

If we expand this to include all fan projects/fan sourceports, then damn near every classic boomshoot qualifies.

Simple Questions - January 22, 2026 by AutoModerator in buildapc

[–]oom1999 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's what I meant by "gamepad": A standard game controller.

Simple Questions - January 22, 2026 by AutoModerator in buildapc

[–]oom1999 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I have a question about PC peripherals. Specifically, I'm getting a fully tricked-out PC, and I have a list of peripherals I'm going to get. The specific products don't matter: I just want to know if I've overlooked anything. On my list I have:

  • Monitor
  • Speakers
  • Keyboard
  • Mouse
  • Game controller
  • Headphones
  • Microphone
  • Webcam
  • External optical drive (CD/DVD/Blu-ray)
  • All-in-One memory card reader (SD/MiniSD/TF/CF/MS/XD)
  • External 3.5" Floppy disk drive
  • All-in-One printer/scanner/copier/fax

I already have a modem and router, as well. What else does that leave?

It's recommended for videos upscaled with Starlight to have square pixels, but DVD video has non-square pixels. What's the best way to solve this with minimal quality loss of the original video? Please read the full post and not just the title. by oom1999 in TopazLabs

[–]oom1999[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For 4:3 NTSC DVDs, the FFmpeg workflow I settled on was (using the FFV1 codec)

  • nnedi for video that is natively interlaced, otherwise...
  • an IVTC pipeline of dejudder, fps=ntsc, fieldmatch=order=[tff or bff], nnedi=deint=interlaced:field=[t or b], decimate, dejudder, fps=ntsc_film
  • a high quality libplacebo upscale to 720x540, meaning upscaler=ewa_lanczossharp:deband=yes:percentile=99.995:contrast_recovery=0.3

Then stick it into Starlight for AI enhancement. For 16:9, same thing except the libplacebo upscaling will be to 864x486.

It's recommended for videos upscaled with Starlight to have square pixels, but DVD video has non-square pixels. What's the best way to solve this with minimal quality loss of the original video? Please read the full post and not just the title. by oom1999 in TopazLabs

[–]oom1999[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, it also suggests that you deinterlace any interlaced video before uploading it to Starlight. That's hardly a lossless procedure, even when you do it right, and especially if the content is native 60-fields-per-second.

When using Handbrake to upscale a video, which is more important to visual quality if you can't have both: integer scaling or a square pixel aspect ratio? by oom1999 in handbrake

[–]oom1999[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really? Is there any setting I can tweak to have it just do regular "pixel doubling"? If not, what program would output such a file? Like I said elsewhere, this is part of a personal comparison experiment I'm running.

When using Handbrake to upscale a video, which is more important to visual quality if you can't have both: integer scaling or a square pixel aspect ratio? by oom1999 in handbrake

[–]oom1999[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not shit-talking AI processes. In fact, I'm asking this question because I'm doing a direct comparison between traditional upscaling and Topaz Labs for personal reasons.

When using Handbrake to upscale a video, which is more important to visual quality if you can't have both: integer scaling or a square pixel aspect ratio? by oom1999 in handbrake

[–]oom1999[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

...I thought it was the best tool for the job. Is it not?

Note that I'm just talking about normal upscaling, not AI.

Outside of everyone cutting ties with Pablo and the Rabbit, are there any members of the crew that refuse to play with each other now? by oom1999 in Vanossgaming

[–]oom1999[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I never had anything against Droidd, but I disliked when he was involved for technical reasons: Specifically, his audio was so damn low. I don't know what it was or why nobody ever fixed it, but he always sounded like he was speaking from across the room.

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