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Hello again. I need a free VST host that I can use VST plug-ins with that runs in real-time. What I mean by "real-time" is that it records what goes through the microphone, passes it through the plug-in, and then spits it out the mic channel again (i.e. so that it alters what the microphone really hears - so I can apply the effect to voice chat and such). I can't find any, they all just record the sound as a file that I can play back. Chris16447 (talk) 00:06, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
Jeskola Buzz is pretty old and buggy in some ways, but it can do that kind of stuff with a bit of work. 209.151.140.30 (talk) 01:29, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
How do I change the amount of suggestions Firefox gives me when I type a few letters? Like when I type "en", it gives me Wikipedia's main page and a bunch of articles I've been to. The default is 6, but I want to change it higher, but I can;t find any about:config entries relating to it. 24.6.46.92 (talk) 04:21, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
For some reason, every website I visit that has a separate section/set of servers for people outside of the US automatically redirects me to said section. For instance, I type in http://youtube.com and end up at http://uk.youtube.com . Myspace seems to think I'm Canadian, and some sites (AMG, specifically) refuse to let me enter at all because of "inconsistencies" in my connection (although if I refresh the page a few times the problem goes away). I think I'm acessing Wikipedia from the servers in South Korea or wherever it is; it loads particularly slowly and it's really frustrating. Anyone have any idea what's going on? I'm running Ubuntu 7.10 and using Opera, but I have experienced the same problem with Firefox. I've cleared the cache before and done all that stuff... I'm considering just re-installing Opera and seeing if that does anything. Oh, and my Internet connection is via our wi-fi network. Help? Thanks in advance. --69.145.120.85 (talk) 06:10, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
i've tried using another browser and increasing my cache size. nothing happens. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.104.189.221 (talk) 10:13, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
Is it a problem across the board or just some videos? Does it affect Google videos? What kind of Internet connection do you have? Is it dial-up, ISDN, DSL, ... ? Please let us know. Kushal 13:07, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
I have a PC with Windows XP 32 bits connected to a cable modem, works fine. I have another PC but with Windows Vista, the Ethernet card correctly installed and all. Now, I perform a very simple operation: I unplug the RJ45 cable from PC1 (XP) and plug it to PC2 (Vista), PC2 gets a 169.254.x.x address and, obviously, can't access the Internet. Any ideas? --Taraborn (talk) 10:36, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
Vista has its share of problems with device drivers. One hardware vendor is even accusing Microsoft of "last minute changes"[2].
However, if your hardware is fully installed, I see no reason why the Internet won't work. Please try rebooting the Vista system with the cable in the Vista computer? That might help. Kushal 13:09, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
Does this network uses DHCP? (there might be static addresses, which may be set on xp computer, but not on vista computer) -Yyy (talk) 13:12, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
That could be the problem. Try to find out the IP address when you are on your XP machine, copy it down, and use the same IP address on the Vista machine. Kushal 13:22, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
Your network service could determine whether you have to choose an IP address manually. I think you can easily figure out your IP address in your Windows XP computer. Is it static? In other words, does the IP address change when you reboot your XP machine? Kushal 03:04, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
Is there a tool or application that can read the metadata of an mpeg (.mpg)file? I've tried hard to find this on Google.
Rfwoolf (talk) 11:20, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
$ ffmpeg -i foo.mpg [...] Input #0, mpeg, from 'foo.mpg': Duration: 00:21:46.5, start: 0.374689, bitrate: 1298 kb/s Stream #0.0[0x1e0], 29.97 fps(r): Video: mpeg1video, yuv420p, 352x240, 1150 kb/s Stream #0.1[0x1c0]: Audio: mp2, 44100 Hz, stereo, 128 kb/s
I've been using Kubuntu for about a month now.I installed it in the same hard disk as WinXP but in a different partition.Then all of a sudden windows stopped working,more details here: Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 19#Windows XP Pro Booting problem. Ctrl-Alt-Del didnt work and i couldn't get to the task manager as well. So i decided to reinstall windows,but before that i wanted to make a backup copy of the data in the C:\.When i tried viewing them in my kubuntu file manager,all the ntfs partitions had disappeared from the storage media window.I got to disk&file systems in system settings and saw all the partitions where disabled.When i tried to enable them,i got the following message.
An error occurred while enabling /media/sda5. The system reported: $LogFile indicates unclean shutdown (0, 0) Failed to mount '/dev/sda5': Operation not supported Mount is denied because NTFS is marked to be in use. Choose one action: Choice 1: If you have Windows then disconnect the external devices by clicking on the 'Safely Remove Hardware' icon in the Windows taskbar then shutdown Windows cleanly. Choice 2: If you don't have Windows then you can use the 'force' option for your own responsibility. For example type on the command line: mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda5 /media/sda5 -o force Or add the option to the relevant row in the /etc/fstab file: /dev/sda5 /media/sda5 ntfs-3g defaults,force 0 0
I tried using the two commands but nothing expected happen(I'm new to linux,so fairly poor in using console).Please help me out here people.I have very valuable data in the c:\ drive and i don't want to lose it.Plus,i'm really sorry for such a long post. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chidam17 (talk • contribs) 17:05, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
Chidam17 (talk) 18:33, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda5 /media/sda5 -o force,ro,umask=000
cat /etc/fstab
to display it on the console. --h2g2bob (talk) 21:28, 1 March 2008 (UTC)dmesg | tail
in terminal would help in diagnostic is well, but in this case it's obvious that you did not shut down Windows properly the last time, and now Linux doesn't dare to operate on it since it may be "dirty". If you want to force it, the code that User:h2g2bob provided should solve your problem. --antilivedT | C | G 21:54, 1 March 2008 (UTC)