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2010-01-02
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Originally Posted by philipl
Pages are cheap to create but expensive to maintain. How is a user to know the page they've found is the maintained up-to-date one?
I'm not convinced that an un-separated guide is helpful (I have no problem with a single page but honestly, pages are cheap so a landing page that links to N900 and pre-N900 guides makes the most sense to me).
The considerations are so different between N900 and pre-N900 that you'd end up with every section having two parts. Even the choice of encoding software isn't clear - Handbrake is a good fit for the N900 but as the newest version has only very basic xvid support, it's unlikely to be the right choice for the older models.
The biggest changes are resolutions and bitrates which are the highest you can reasonably push to. A simple table is enough for that.
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2010-01-03
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In the Handbrake section, I think the so called "N900 Optimized Handbrake Preset" and the "2. Quick step-by-step to convert DVD to MP4 (H264+AAC)" need some more testing/verification that they are indeed optimal before graduating to Wiki status.
Both use the anamorphic setting, yet further down the Wiki it says that the N900 default media player doesn't support anamorphic and that you must encode your video with square pixels. Either I am missing something here, or someone is wrong ????
I tried the N900 Optimized Handbrake Preset on S1 Ep1 of IT Crowd (PAL DVD source) and got a pillar-boxed picture that, to my eyes, still looked distorted (stretched vertically).
Both use the anamorphic setting, yet further down the Wiki it says that the N900 default media player doesn't support anamorphic and that you must encode your video with square pixels. Either I am missing something here, or someone is wrong ????
I tried the N900 Optimized Handbrake Preset on S1 Ep1 of IT Crowd (PAL DVD source) and got a pillar-boxed picture that, to my eyes, still looked distorted (stretched vertically).
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2010-01-03
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why do all .plist files refer to http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd?
is this necessary? my computer i use for transcoding is not on the web and so i had to reference that file thru a local path, but handbrake is giving me some weird cs errors ive never seen before when im trying to rip so im wondering if lack of web connectivity is the problem.
is this necessary? my computer i use for transcoding is not on the web and so i had to reference that file thru a local path, but handbrake is giving me some weird cs errors ive never seen before when im trying to rip so im wondering if lack of web connectivity is the problem.
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2010-01-03
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Originally Posted by RevdKathy
Me being pedant I am sure but FAQ is an abbreviation and therefore correct to be capitialised in normal English.
^Great. By all means edit and rename accordingly.
(I have problems with wiki capitalisation: if you search for 'user faq' you get no result - you have to search for 'user FAQ' which bugs me every time.)
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2010-01-04
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Originally Posted by Fargus
Indeed it is. But by and large one avoids using unnecessary capitals on the internet.
Me being pedant I am sure but FAQ is an abbreviation and therefore correct to be capitialised in normal English.
I think both should direct to the page for ease of use, as pedantic as you wish to be.
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Hi! I'm Kathy and I'm a Maemo Greeter! Welcome.
Useful links for newcomers: New members say hello , New users start here, Community subforum, Beginners' wiki page, Maemo5 101, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
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