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4 Hours Ago

Elfy replied to a thread disable forum logout confirmation in Forum Feedback & Help

sorry - there's not a way to do so - either by default or not I daresay it could be coded to do so - but would be global and not something we'd be...

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4 Hours Ago

Elfy replied to a thread disable forum logout confirmation in Forum Feedback & Help

Not by default. Nor would we be looking to change it so it was disabled either.

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6 Hours Ago

andrew.46 replied to a thread Howto: Compile the development version of vlc under the latest Ubuntu release in Tutorials

In a bit more weekend work I have installed a newer version of chromaprint: cd $HOME/vlc_build && sudo apt-get remove libchromaprint-dev && \...

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8 Hours Ago

andrew.46 replied to a thread Incredibly Slow CD Ripping in Multimedia & Video

I don't know this drive in particular but perhaps try a few different rippers. Something a little different is abcde, worth a try?

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13 Hours Ago

andrew.46 replied to a thread The "Corrupt a wish" game in Cafe Games

Granted but you are now a vegan... I wish for world peace.

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14 Hours Ago

andrew.46 replied to a thread Trying to convert .flv to .mp4 in Absolute Beginners Section

Looks like the information you are after concerning the correct formats for the 'WinPhone' is here. Several different versions of this phone so this...

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19 Hours Ago

Elfy replied to a thread Saucy Release Schedule, Partial Upgrades and Common Questions in Ubuntu +1

Thanks, too many bad memories of that mailing list to actually subscribe to it.

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1 Day Ago

andrew.46 replied to a thread opening vlc player in terminal window in General Help

A slight misunderstanding: 'pathtovideo' is intended to be the actual path to (or location of) your own video :).

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1 Day Ago

andrew.46 replied to a thread Howto: Compile the development version of vlc under the latest Ubuntu release in Tutorials

Vovoid's vsxu visualisations now in place and I have added in a soundfont suitable for vlc + libfluidsynth, midi playback possible with this. I...

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1 Day Ago

andrew.46 replied to a thread store dvds on hard drive and play back in Multimedia & Video

Best quality comes from simply storing a copy of the DVD on your HDD, takes a lot of space but quality is same as DVD itself. If you like the...

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1 Day Ago

andrew.46 replied to a thread ffmpeg - Unknown encoder libfaac in Multimedia & Video

When I use aac encoding I spend some extra time and use NeroAacEnc, I am not what you would call an audiophile and my speakers etc are not the best...

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1 Day Ago

andrew.46 replied to a thread ffmpeg - Unknown encoder libfaac in Multimedia & Video

Mind you faac is not the best aac encoder to use anyway :)

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1 Day Ago

Elfy replied to a thread Suggestion: Addition of Programming Languages to "How to Start Programming" Thread in Forum Feedback & Help

you could try asking someone in ubuntu-docs on irc, this will give you a webchat window to them http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=ubuntu-docs

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1 Day Ago

Elfy replied to a thread Saucy Release Schedule, Partial Upgrades and Common Questions in Ubuntu +1

From what I remember in one of the vUDS sessions (memory has been verified by someone else now :p ) - the saucy schedule was 'built' a long time ago,...

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1 Day Ago

cprofitt replied to a thread Probability of two birthdays happening on the same day in The Cafe

Hmm... interesting thread... I was once in a group of 90 people and had a person who was born on the same day and year as me... several people have...

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2 Days Ago

andrew.46 replied to a thread Video Export: Audio Scratch in Multimedia & Video

I experimented a little and it looks like theora + vorbis is a bad choice for the avi container. Perhaps try an mp4 or mkv container instead?

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2 Days Ago

Elfy replied to a thread [13.04] [Unsolved for Now] Move Unity Launcher to bottom screen in Desktop Environments

We did tell you. Try using a different beast - I use Xubuntu. This whole 'I don't like Unity - I want what I want' issue. If you want...

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