LimeWire | Jul 30 2009 |
26CAB40 Sadly, development of this app is moot. The network it serves has shrunk as have the number of users. Spammers and ner'do wells have created virus/trojan ridden versions of almost any alphanumeric description you can think of. It has been utterly superseded by bittorrent and more recently apps based on darknets.
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iVideo Converter | Jul 21 2009 |
26CAB40 I'm a registered user of VisualHub and have been for several years. I have tried your app on several occasions now, in fact, since you first posted it. I generally work with HD Matroska files and a few other various formats. Ivideo may be ok for converting youtube videos to your iPod, but not for serious encoding duties. Insults and your gaggle of fanboys aside, Ivideo does work, just not very well. It is not, and will not be a replacement for VisualHub for some time to come.
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iVideo Converter | Jul 21 2009 |
26CAB40 There are several reasons why this is still inferior to VisualHub, an application that has completely ceased development. 1. Visualhub can detect the aspect ratio and resolution of the input video and passes this to the encoder, unless you wish to change it of course. Ivideo utterly fails to detect either and you will have to manually adjust every job. 2.output: The output using standard settings for a range of codecs is jerky and suffers from poor iframe encoding, unforgivable in 2009, barely acceptable back in 1999. 3.Channel resampling: detection and conversion varies from codec to codec, not so with VisualHub, virtually regardless of format it just silently handles multichannel audio, even if it only converts it to stereo. In summary, input codec handling is poor, encoding is poor and some aspects are simply not stable.
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iVideo Converter | Jul 21 2009 |
ANONYMOUS Thank you for your 1 star rating (not that I care but maybe you should test iVC before complaining) 1. iVC does detect everything (also resolution and aspect ratio and it use it to encode - for example for 'Keep Original' options. ) 2. The default settings for every codec are without any optimalisations. This is done deliberate to start your own settings. However, there is a simple dropdownmenu with presets( Low, Med and High). I am sure you didn't see this in your test trial. 3. iVC handles every multichannel video as it should and it works perfect. If the codec support multi channels it works like it should. However, FFMPEG doesn't support resampling. So, if your source has 5.1 audio it has to be converted to 5.1 audio. Again, I do not give a sh*t if people dislike iVC but it does bugger me if someone is writing a review after he didn't test it more then 1 minute. (I can only assume you didn't because all three issues you mentioned are invalid) BTW don't bother to answer to my reply though ... just delete iVC and use VisualHB instead. Everybody happy. Peace out ...
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iVideo Converter | Jul 21 2009 |
STEPHANCORLEY I agree with anonymous ! The three issues are incorrect. ivideo-converter does the job nicely.
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iVideo Converter | Jul 21 2009 |
TOMMYMAC Indeed .. .. the "Keep Original" option is there alright. If CAB40 really tested this masterpiece he had seen this for sure. Ivideo Converter does what it is intended for .. .. converting every known video file. 5.1 and 7.1 videos are also converted like it should. BTW I am not sure CAB40 even tested VisualHUB because it gives more errors trying to convert surround audio then any other converter on the market. Nuff said .. ..
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iVideo Converter | Jul 21 2009 |
26CAB40 I'm a registered user of VisualHub and have been for several years. I have tried your app on several occasions now, in fact, since you first posted it. I generally work with HD Matroska files and a few other various formats. Ivideo may be ok for converting youtube videos to your iPod, but not for serious encoding duties. Insults and your gaggle of fanboys aside, Ivideo does work, just not very well. It is not, and will not be a replacement for VisualHub for some time to come.
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iVideo Converter | Jul 21 2009 |
TOMMYMAC A comment of a fanboy (rotfl) @CAB40 : I really cannot believe you are giving this software a one star rating. You surely did not test this at all. "Keep Original" is the first in every menu you find. Surround movies are converted almost automatically for every codec supporting it. The quality of the converted videos are flawless and of a high standard.
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MKVtools | Jul 20 2009 |
26CAB40 Contact the author with your registration details.
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MacLoggerDX | Jul 20 2009 |
26CAB40 This is a fantastic piece of software, and the Author must be congratulated for making a package for the Mac that has been sorely needed. It seems the app is updated at least twice a week !! or at least it seems that way, the only thing missing is the detail of the changes, can we please have these at the same time ? It has happily communicated with old and new transceivers using a cheap USB-serial interface.
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MacLoggerDX | Jul 29 2009 |
DOGPARK The list of release changes is here: http://dogparksoftware.com/mldxfc_changelog.html
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Norton AntiVirus Definitions | Aug 5 2009 |
Totally agree with you on the Norton part. It used to slow down my machine to a snail's speed! I even tried their latest 2009 version and although this new version does not hog as much RAM as its predecessors, it is still a nuisance as always. I finally dumped it for good and now use ClamAV and am pretty happy with it!
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Vendetta Online | Jul 4 2009 |
26CAB40 Ok, fundamental problems with this game. The fast-action twitch aspect works well for combat, the control system is well implemented. However, in the long term the ONLY way to upgrade your ship and status is a system so poor it beggers belief. In fact, shoot countless thousands of drones over many many months. Until you have done this, the established unemployed obsessives hang around warp points, blowing you up and making you backtrack huge distances and loose the XP you have built up. It is not policed to stop this. There is no in-game mechanism to prevent it or protect you. Other, older games, had missions that added GREATLY to your XP, and for good reason, if you can assasinate some military big-noise, you deserve the XP. In other, older games, if you mine like crazy for 2 months, you make so much money you can buy a cap-ship, or any fast capable fighter with oodles of deadly weapons. Just like the real world, if you have enough money, you can buy what you like. Essentially, you have to spend all day, every day for the next six months making endless trips to asteroid fields to shoot varying classes of droid. Here's the joke, once you HAVE done this, there is nowhere or nothing to do, you end up sitting outside jump points making stupid yarrr comments and shooting noobs. I tried this game with a grim determination for 6 months. Futile, pointless and soul destroying. At least other, more popular, online space sims have greater depth and give a noob a chance. If you have a life, it's not for you. Until the devs wake up and change the FUNDAMENTAL structure of the game it will remain an also-ran in the online pantheon.
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Vendetta Online | Jul 7 2009 |
INCARNATE I'm sorry to hear that this individual had a bad experience in our game. It seems that they labored under several misapprehensions that understandably colored their experience. 1) In no way is it necessary to continue shooting drones, over and over again.. let alone for six months. It only takes a few hours for a new player to hit Level 3 Combat, at which point the Dynamic Warfare missions become available in Deneb, allowing you to join the military on the Serco or Itani side, and take part in real warfare on behalf of your Nation (often with other players on both sides). We start the new players out with simple drones, because some people find the combat learning curve to be a little steep, but other options quickly become available. 2) Pirates and other aggressive players hang out in a specific region of the galaxy, which covers only 8 of the 30 available solar-systems. By and large it is easy to avoid, and you can certainly advance your character without the risk of these areas, especially if you simply avoid missions that take you there. The tutorials include very stark warnings about the "grayspace" region. We specifically *do* give new people a chance, by including terrifying defensive batteries that keep the pirates out of Nation Space. 3) You cannot "lose XP". Ever. Perhaps this person means losing XP they have not yet actually earned, by having a mission not be completed. But once you have it, you have it. 4) You CAN equip items and ships that are above your license level, by visiting the more "black market" stations in (more dangerous) grayspace. Not all items are available, but they can also be purchased elsewhere and delivered there (by the player, or often by other players who re-sell items). Some ships are nation-specific, but a considerable amount of gear is available in grayspace; as evidenced by our effective pirates, who are often "kill on sight" in all nation territory. Our game is not without flaws, of which we are well aware, and we work to improve them in each weekly release. In this case, a player somehow managed to make it six months while remaining unaware of several fundamental game mechanics (?!). We do cover much of this content in our tutorials, but clearly we need to push new players more forcefully in various directions, to be absolutely sure they are aware of the available options. We are working on an expansion of the new-user-experience to do exactly this, as well as changing the mission system to make our many available missions more apparent to everyone. Additionally, we frequently read and respond to constructive feedback on our Suggestions Forum, doing our best to improve problem areas and integrate good ideas that our players bring up.
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VideoVangelist | Jun 29 2009 |
26CAB40 VideoVangelist cannot change the codec in an AVI, in fact, it does not specify what codec it is using ? AVI is a container, you need to be able to change the codec and the details should change as it changes. Cannot select H264 in an MP4. 2:35 ratio does not exist. Nor does the .mkv container. I can select an NTSC region in the MP4 settings ??? but still set the frame rate to 25fps, picky I know, but still. There is a LONG way to go here, for now I'll stick to using VisualHub & Handbrake.
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iVideo Converter | Jun 18 2009 |
26CAB40 Spoke to developer, FFmpeg is unable to resample 5:1 soundtracks. So is unable to convert most HD content or DIVX with AC3 or DTS. Fine for almost all standard stereo soundtrack content.
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iVideo Converter | Jun 18 2009 |
ANONYMOUS Although FFMPEG is very powerful and gives high quality output it indeed does not support resampling of more then 2 channels. It will however convert the same amount of channels (up to 8 channels) to the output file. But for example to convert a 5.1 movie to stereo is not possible with FFPMEG. Note: this is not a problem of iVideo Converter !
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VisualHub | Aug 7 2008 |
26CAB40 I am a paying user of VisualHub, just so you know where I'm coming from. Let's try something simple. Take a typical Divx movie, any one you like. Load it into a copy of both VSO ConvertXtoDVD (one of your loathsome PC budget apps) and the other into VisualHub. Using whatever settings you like, convert the movie into a VIDEO_TS set using the VSO software, and the other into DVD compatible MPEG2 using VisualHub. You can use whatever software you like to assemble the MPEG2 file into a DVD. Play them side by side and tell us which produces the better output. Then ask yourself why.
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VisualHub | Aug 20 2008 |
ST00P!D M0NK3Y So... are you going to tell us the result, or will you just leave us with a vague and utterly useless comment?
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VisualHub | Jul 6 2008 |
26CAB40 Lets not get all misty eyed. The user forum has been chock full of people demanding simple updates for about two years now, all ignored completely. There is no preset on AVI for HD formats, no 720p, 1080p, not even the Divx standards, even the most basic of freeware encoders has this, even the miserable dog that Divx supply themselves. No MKV, no proper TS, no ability to embed subs, it goes on and on. It is a good converter, but they are going to have to listen to the people who have paid for it and make the changes. Until then, its an also-ran.
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VisualHub | Feb 13 2008 |
26CAB40 No subtitle support. The main use I have for it is to convert HD .mkv files to a format suitable for my Kiss player. But trying to get subtitles in is a real bind. This needs subtitles.
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WhatRoute | Jul 2 2006 |
26CAB40 That doesn't really answer my question. Why is it listed as UB, when it isn't UB ?
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WhatRoute | Jul 2 2006 |
ALANR Did you check the author's web page? -------------------------------------- I am not sure if there is any real need for WhatRoute now that we a vast range of UNIX tools at our disposal. However, I still receive requests for updates and modifications to the software, so I have resurrected the source and fixed many problems that have been brought to my attention in the last 4 years. I dont expect that I will move the entire application to Universal Binary. To do so requires a major re-write and this would not seem to be justified, given that the initial reason I wrote the software was to solve networking problems on a platform that had no tools at all. Times have changed.
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WhatRoute | Jul 2 2006 |
26CAB40 That doesn't really answer my question. Why is it listed as UB, when it isn't UB ?
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WhatRoute | Jul 2 2006 |
APGIULIANO The What's New on the information page here, says the Helper only is a UB and if ANY part of any app is UB then it will be listed as such rather than the PPC regardless of the percentage of UB code to PPC People looking for such apps would end up not even finding this in their search. If that doesn't satiate your need for picking nits then address macupdate directly...
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