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On September 27 2014 01:36 miercat wrote:Show nested quote +On September 26 2014 23:03 Cyro wrote:On September 26 2014 12:01 miercat wrote:
I notice when uploading videos (e.g. HD picture files with audio files) to youtube, there is often black bars at the sides or top of the video (the picture does not cover the full entire screen). Is there a way to upload these pics so that the picture fits the full screen(when fullscreen as well), while the quality of the image is not decreased, and the picture is not distorted? Not unless you cut off part of the image, AFAIK. The player only runs in 16 : 9 aspect ratio I tried that previously, but maybe I am doing something wrong. How to cut off correct proportion of an image?
The aspect ratio needs to be 16 : 9
960x540
1280x720
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You can open a calculator and type "16/9" which will give you 1.778, then multiply the height of your image with that, and it will tell you the width that it's supposed to be.
Alternatively, divide the width by that value (1.778) and it will tell you the correct height to use
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I'm planning on getting a new smartphone today on a 2-year plan. I currently don't have a phone. Is there an easier way to determine who to go with in terms of phones available on a 2-year plan, pricing, and plan features aside from looking at all the providers websites or stores individually? Like a site that compares them or pulls up current deals or anything? Looking to make a decision in the next couple hours.
For reference, I live in BC, Canada.
edit: found this, not sure how reliable it is. Seems to be pulling up basically the same info as this as well.
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On September 25 2014 04:21 Nyxisto wrote:
I am somehow not able to connect my TV with my PC via hdmi. OS: Win 81,64 bit Graphics card is 760 gtx, newest driver 344.11, cable tested with laptop, worked perfectly.
When I first connected the TV to the PC , the driver actually displayed a "digital monitor" in the driver settings, but the TV would show "no signal", no matter how I played around with the settings. Then I went back one driver generation, didn't help, now I'm back to 344.11 and the driver isn't even displaying the monitor anymore. Help would be appreciated.
edit: forget everything, I used the mainboard hdmi port, I'm a fucking idiot
I have a follow up question on this. Is it possible to use the motherboard outputs instead of the video card ones? I have an HDMI port on the motherboard but not my video card and it would be useful to use it for connecting to TVs etc. Can I disable the videocard or switch without removing it?
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Go into BIOS and see if there's an option to enable the integrated graphics.
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Failing that, there are all kinds of adapters, even HDMI to USB ones for those who are totally out of usable graphic card slots (they're not as good as the real thing, but they'll do for simple use like watching videos).
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On September 27 2014 01:52 Cyro wrote:+ Show Spoiler +On September 27 2014 01:36 miercat wrote:Show nested quote +On September 26 2014 23:03 Cyro wrote:On September 26 2014 12:01 miercat wrote:
I notice when uploading videos (e.g. HD picture files with audio files) to youtube, there is often black bars at the sides or top of the video (the picture does not cover the full entire screen). Is there a way to upload these pics so that the picture fits the full screen(when fullscreen as well), while the quality of the image is not decreased, and the picture is not distorted? Not unless you cut off part of the image, AFAIK. The player only runs in 16 : 9 aspect ratio I tried that previously, but maybe I am doing something wrong. How to cut off correct proportion of an image? The aspect ratio needs to be 16 : 9 960x540 1280x720 1600x900 1920x1080 etc. You can open a calculator and type "16/9" which will give you 1.778, then multiply the height of your image with that, and it will tell you the width that it's supposed to be. Alternatively, divide the width by that value (1.778) and it will tell you the correct height to use
Thanks for the info.
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I have a z87x-ud3h and an air540 - every single USB right now is usb 3.0 and i need a 2.0 because reasons. Can i fix that by using a different connection from the mobo to the front panel blue slots? It says there's 6x usb2.0 to front panel, but i'm not using them
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Thanks, always helpful :D
I was in the process of discovering that the usb3 connector didn't fit in 2.0 header etc. For my uses, it seems like the extra 2x slot bracket would be better - i assume i can just plug it into the header and go, ignoring all the other slots etc? I didn't check the wiring around the two usb 3.0's on the front and i'm not sure what to do with the other adapter (usb 2.0 to those ports) exactly, it was too dark for me to see stuff without unplugging everything and moving entire case somewhere else at 2am.
Also i assume that there is no obvious software solution to this. I'l order whatever solution in the morning because i'm curious to see if i can make this stuff work, and of a few other things involving usb3 vs 2 at least
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In the BIOS menus EHCI means USB 2.0, XHCI means USB 3.0. What you can do as an experiment is disable the XHCI controller in the BIOS. Then all ports will run through the EHCI controller and all ports on your PC will be like USB 2.0 ports.
With regards to software, everything's intended to be automatic. The Intel chipset has a USB 2.0 (EHCI) controller showing up in Windows, and it has a USB 3.0 (XHCI) controller showing up in Windows. If you plug a USB 2.0 device into a USB 3.0 port, from the point of view of Windows, even though the device is plugged into something USB 3.0, it will not get sent stuff from the XHCI controller. It will instead get it from the EHCI one, the same EHCI controller that will deal with those physical USB 2.0 ports you want to expose with that £4 slot bracket.
If you have a USB 3.0 device and want to force it to run as USB 2.0, you can't do that in software I think. You could maybe try to disable the XHCI device in the Windows Device Manager?
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What you can do as an experiment is disable the XHCI controller in the BIOS. Then all ports will run through the EHCI controller and all ports on your PC will be like USB 2.0 ports.
I've done that, but i got the impression that people were disabling XHCI -and- only using 2.0 ports. I'l look a bit deeper
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On September 29 2014 13:10 Cyro wrote:Show nested quote +What you can do as an experiment is disable the XHCI controller in the BIOS. Then all ports will run through the EHCI controller and all ports on your PC will be like USB 2.0 ports. I've done that, but i got the impression that people were disabling XHCI -and- only using 2.0 ports. I'l look a bit deeper
Kindof surprising - my board has a USB 3.0 header for the front of the case, but there are still 2xUSB 2.0 connections on the backplate (I assume for Mouse and Keyboard, as I previously had mine plugged into 3.0 slots and that went... poorly... when I accidentally my USB 3.0 drivers.)
I'm told USB 3.0 is backwards compatable, but so far nearly all the 2.0 devices I've plugged directly into the 3.0 header ports wind up reported as "Unknown USB devices" unless I pump them through a 2.0 hub.
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I haven't had any issues with compatibility and I use a lot of devices on multiple machines both 2.0 in 3.0 ports and 3.0 in 2.0 ports.
Basically the only issues I have had is some USB 3.0 ports not working because my mobo has two sets of chipsets and I only had the drivers for the Intel ones.
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On September 30 2014 07:53 Craton wrote:
I haven't had any issues with compatibility and I use a lot of devices on multiple machines both 2.0 in 3.0 ports and 3.0 in 2.0 ports.
Basically the only issues I have had is some USB 3.0 ports not working because my mobo has two sets of chipsets and I only had the drivers for the Intel ones.
Hmm. Could be my issue. I used the AMD DriverCleaner to nuke everything AMD from my Gigabyte Z87-D3H board while trying to fix an issue with my R9 280x (ended up RMA'ing it but it works now so eh) and it was frustrating because I lost all 3.0 ports. An Intel driver got back my 3.0 ports, but I might not have all the drivers I need. I'll look into it.
... except Gigabyte says only the Intel drivers are needed. I have no clue then.
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You supposedly can't manually set polling rates on the 3.0 ports which was what triggered me looking into it. A few people were reporting running 1000hz on some Wacom tablets which probably feels awesome compared to ~133. Aside from just input lag there are other concerns for running a polling rate on your input devices that's lower than your refresh rate
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I'm looking for an upgrade for my Geforce 460 GTX. I have 5 kids and money is tight. What is the best bang for my buck in the $100-$150 range?
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I'd be very worried about this upgrade. I guess the GTX 460 is still pretty similar to current $100 stuff and it might turn out disappointing.
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Can someone in GM league take a widely known progamer's nickname?
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EPT
