We will be using 2 free open source applications. The first application to rip the video files from the BluRay or DVD, for this we will use MakeMKV, this will take the main video from the BluRay or DVD and create an MKV using the video and audio straight from the disc. With BluRay discs this can create large files 15GB+. To shrink the files to a slightly smaller size without sacrificing quality too much we can use a cross-platform program called HandBrake.
With the new Windows 7 beta out from Microsoft, I decided to try to upgrade an existing Windows Vista x64 which has been very stable and not had a problem, has a fair few applications installed and lots of documents. I wasn’t putting up much hope, but backed up all the Documents and proceeded to upgrade the Vista installation as opposed to a new installation.
The installation started properly with no issues from within Windows Vista, then the PC required a restart, so restarted and the installation continued.
A message then came up during installation that “a required driver could not be found”. This could be a problem, once the error had been closed, the window on screen said that all changes made would be reverted to how they were. So my thoughts here were that it would restart back to Windows Vista like it was before with a heap of temporary installation files on the C drive.
These steps will help you convert an AVCHD ISO to MKV so it is playable on your PC.
After some searching after my previous post.
I have found the answer on the AfterDawn forums.
The only difference being that IsoMagic failed to open up the ISO at all. Instead I used IsoBuster created by Smart Projects.
The software you will need is:
Firstly you need to download FFmpeg from the FFmpeg website
To convert your file use the following command.
ffmpeg -i “C:\videos\videoname.mov” -ar 44100 -ab 96 -f flv “C:\videos\videoname.flv”
I used these settings to convert some 500MB+ Apple Quicktime (MOV) files down to ~20MB FLV which were perfect for uploading to YouTube.
I suddenly started getting the following error when ever I tried to view an image by itself within Firefox 2.0.14.
The image “http://www.example.com/button_bg.png” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors.
I didn’t know what had caused this as I hadn’t installed any extensions knowingly. This happens for all image files, not just jpg.
The problem was Skype. Go to Tools > Add-ons and uninstall it.
Problem solved. Would be nice for Skype to have said it was installing shit in to Firefox…and if it did it would of been good of me to actually read it.
If you are getting the following error message when you open Unreal Tournament 3 do the following steps which should stop the problem happening.
If you do get this error, the first thing to do is to download and install the latest graphics drivers for your graphics card. I am assuming that you have checked the minimum specification of the game and your computer to make sure your PC can handle it.
If you get the above message it is because you have for some reason lost your sndvol32.exe file from %WIN_DIR%\SYSTEM32.
If you do have this problem is is likely that you do not have access to the first Advanced button, which will be greyed out and you will get the error message about the volume control program when you tick the box “Place the volume icon in the taskbar”.
And here is how you get it back:
By default Nero 8 does not include a decoder for FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) files. This should also work in prior versions of Nero as well.
This is tested and working in Windows XP and Windows Vista.
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