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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Xocyll Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: AMD weighs in on HD versus 4K Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2025 14:07:27 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 44 Message-ID: <75n34k1scen7gpda7o6jm72lid9nt6ia3d@4ax.com> References: <1015m1m$2t1jh$1@dont-email.me> <41oo3kt8baongk0ovam4bk4ilcvfr35nb1@4ax.com> <101i42a$2bf7b$1@dont-email.me> <1ga14kh6o78f4ed16cm1khq6t6bteiu2fg@4ax.com> <101qphi$14tui$1@dont-email.me> <101s9bb$1j6al$2@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2025 20:07:28 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="d76d82da20c072e6a5448cbe3a3513fb"; logging-data="1785832"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1845BaMKz9hksJBZ+SgjP3s" Cancel-Lock: sha1:v36RABGLvuuOHo/02Gslb94QLRY= X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 2.0/32.640 X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 250605-6, 6/5/2025), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Bytes: 3264 Dimensional Traveler looked up from reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say: >On 6/5/2025 4:55 AM, Xocyll wrote: >> Dimensional Traveler looked up from reading the >> entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs >> say: >> >>> On 6/4/2025 1:21 PM, Xocyll wrote: >>>> Dimensional Traveler looked up from reading the >>>> entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs >>>> say: >>>> >>>>> As for ripping discs, I have been using MakeMKV for years. >>>> >>>> Just last night I remembered why I dislike .mkv format >>>> >>>> I tried fast forwarding though one (on the HDD, via the dvd player) and >>>> it could only go up to 3x speed (3 arrows), vs the 6 arrows an mp4 will >>>> go at, and it seems like a logarithmic progression in the speeds. >>>> >>>> So to get an hour plus to a specific spot in the movie if it's and mp4 >>>> takes 2-3 mins maybe but mkv takes 20 or more. >>>> >>>> No Thanks! >>>> >>> As I said, there are multiple mkv->mp4 converters out there. >> >> Oh I know, I have one. I just can't see where I would want to >> deliberately rip to .mkv format only to then have to convert it >> afterwards when I could just rip to .mp4 in the first place. >> Why generate more work for myself to no gain? >> >Ah, I missed that you are able to rip directly to mp4. Apologies. Most disc software will rip to multiple formats. Xocyll -- I don't particularly want you to FOAD, myself. You'll be more of a cautionary example if you'll FO And Get Chronically, Incurably, Painfully, Progressively, Expensively, Debilitatingly Ill. So FOAGCIPPEDI. -- Mike Andrews responding to an idiot in asr