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  1. Daydreamer
    Recently reinstalled the MMORPG game Guild Wars on my computer. It's so great how you can come back and play anytime you want without having to pay any additional fees. Helped a couple of friends install it on their computers, and I play anytime they're on too.

    I also play Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles occasionally whenever I have someone to play it with.
    Post by: Daydreamer, Jul 28, 2011 in forum: The Playground
  2. Daydreamer
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    Karma

    I see Karma as a selfish concept. Being kind in the hopes of being rewarded, instead of being kind just for the sake of being kind to others. Does my act of kindness count if I didn't mean it? Always ever auditing your actions, maybe even your thoughts, for the approval of some outside force is not my idea of morals.
    Post by: Daydreamer, Jul 20, 2011 in forum: Discussion
  3. Daydreamer
    Ah, I had forgotten to mention the thing about aspect ratios. There is nothing wrong with Virtualdub Mod's output, Re:CoM FMV's have a resolution of 320×352, and a display aspect ratio of 16:10. This DAR (display aspect ratio) is non-standard for MPEG2's, so instead they are flagged as having a DAR of 4:3. Programs like Vitualdub Mod display videos in their native resolutions, this is why you see two different aspect ratios. To correct this, you can re-encode the FMV's with a pixel aspect of 44:25, or upscale them with a resolution of 640x400.

    Square Enix probably decided to encode their FMV's in such a weird resolution to save space on the PS2 disk.

    Tryout this in MPlayer:
    Code:
    mplayer 001.m2v -audiofile 001.wav -aspect 16:10
    This method of compression and stretching the video when played is called anamorphic encoding. It's commonly used on DVDs as a workaround on it's limitations.
    Post by: Daydreamer, Jun 22, 2011 in forum: Video Showcase
  4. Daydreamer
    Updated tool: link

    Continued from KH2, here are the scripts and utilities needed to rip Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories FMV's.

    Windows 9.88 MB
    Linux 47.74 KB

    These scripts and utilities should work with any Linux distribution with a desktop environment and Windows 2000 or later.

    The scripts use common Unix programs, made available on Windows through Cygwin. Other required programs are MPlayer and PSS_demux. All programs are included on the Windows ZIP file. Linux users should already have all the common Unix tools installed, but just in case, I have made a list of them below. Linux users will also need to install MPlayer, you can do so through your package manager. PSS_demux works under Wine with Visual C++ 6 libraries.

    List of required Linux/Unix programs:
    bash, dd, echo, expr, grep, head, hexdump, printf, rm, uname
    Programs in italics are not included in GNU's coreutils package.

    Hardware requirements include a disk drive that can read PS2 disks, about 7 GB of free hard drive space, and a working sound card.

    Windows users, execute the console.bat file found in the ZIP file and follow on-screen instructions.
    Thread by: Daydreamer, Jun 21, 2011, 2 replies, in forum: Video Showcase
  5. Daydreamer
    No problem. :D

    Usually, missing DLL errors can be fixed by downloading the DLL file, and putting it in the program's install directory.
    Post by: Daydreamer, Jun 18, 2011 in forum: Technology
  6. Daydreamer
    Yes. Please tell me if it worked or not.
    Post by: Daydreamer, Jun 16, 2011 in forum: Technology