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Topic: What is a PNG file and why use them? |
Bob
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Forum: Tech news, tips and help Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2014 5:59 pm Subject: What is a PNG file and why use them? |
photoshop cs5 can save transparent png's fine, although i've never tried opening one with it. i save everything as psd and export what i need to use
Doesn't save opacity info properly, so it's st ... |
Topic: The Pirate Bay - busted ? |
Bob
Replies: 12
Views: 27000
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Forum: Tech news, tips and help Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2014 5:53 pm Subject: The Pirate Bay - busted ? |
Isohunt.co has put up a bit of a bay skin to it...not as convenient though, nor is kickass, but they'll have to do. |
Topic: What is a PNG file and why use them? |
Bob
Replies: 4
Views: 11814
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Forum: Tech news, tips and help Posted: Sun May 18, 2014 10:50 pm Subject: What is a PNG file and why use them? |
And they're massively smaller than raw or TIF.
Though Adobe had for the longest time a bug that wouldn't see the transparent layer properly. Anyone know if that got fixed in the latest version? |
Topic: What makes the perfect burger? |
Bob
Replies: 3
Views: 11970
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Forum: Aja's Kitchen Posted: Sun May 18, 2014 10:47 pm Subject: What makes the perfect burger? |
Gotta have bacon and pickles....and a chilly mayo |
Topic: Banana Loaf |
Bob
Replies: 2
Views: 10001
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Forum: Aja's Kitchen Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2014 2:22 am Subject: Banana Loaf |
Be good with some dried cranberries or raisins chucked in too... |
Topic: Christmas Specials? |
Bob
Replies: 2
Views: 8733
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Forum: General TV Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2013 12:49 am Subject: Christmas Specials? |
Just read that the beeb seems to be mostly repeats and no new Donaldson animation this year
But yeah, hoping for some good comedy ones. |
Topic: Christmas Specials? |
Bob
Replies: 2
Views: 8733
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Forum: General TV Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2013 2:54 pm Subject: Christmas Specials? |
So are there any decent looking specials on the horizon?
What are folks looking forward to seeing this month?
I'm hoping there will be another Julia Donaldson adaptation as the kids loved the G ... |
Topic: Help with Serviio streaming VLC created mp4 files? |
Bob
Replies: 5
Views: 17543
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Forum: Tech news, tips and help Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2013 9:03 pm Subject: Help with Serviio streaming VLC created mp4 files? |
Yeah, it seems that VLC is missing that web optimised option in the options. So it puts the header info at the end of the file, which is the cause of the problem as you can't stream them then.
Sh ... |
Topic: Help with Serviio streaming VLC created mp4 files? |
Bob
Replies: 5
Views: 17543
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Forum: Tech news, tips and help Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2013 5:22 pm Subject: Help with Serviio streaming VLC created mp4 files? |
I've now tried Freemake Video Convertor....both off of filehippo.com
This one can at least keep original audio/video bit rate and other settings and just convert the movie so that it works.
It's ... |
Topic: Help with Serviio streaming VLC created mp4 files? |
Bob
Replies: 5
Views: 17543
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Forum: Tech news, tips and help Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2013 2:13 am Subject: Help with Serviio streaming VLC created mp4 files? |
The files play fine on the computer, they just don't stream via Serviio, or anything else to Upnp devices.
The Android app popped up a error message about a missing url info in the file.
Bit of ... |
Topic: Good Food on a Tight Budget. |
Bob
Replies: 9
Views: 35705
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Forum: Aja's Kitchen Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2013 4:33 am Subject: Good Food on a Tight Budget. |
http://agirlcalledjack.com/
That's another good one that's been doing the rounds.....food for a fiver a week kind of theme.
Lot of veg dishes, but worth a punt, some decent ideas in there. |
Topic: Help with Serviio streaming VLC created mp4 files? |
Bob
Replies: 5
Views: 17543
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Forum: Tech news, tips and help Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 7:26 pm Subject: Help with Serviio streaming VLC created mp4 files? |
My googling is failing for a answer, so perhaps you lot who play around with encoding files might have some idea.
Basically had some files that I used VLC to re-encode into mp4 format, does a great ... |
Topic: Sites that let you make cool things for free |
Bob
Replies: 7
Views: 27902
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Forum: Tech news, tips and help Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 8:51 pm Subject: Sites that let you make cool things for free |
http://www.123dapp.com/ Pretty decent this, if anyone wants to play around with 3D stuff |
Topic: Free VPN's? |
Bob
Replies: 1
Views: 7904
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Forum: Tech news, tips and help Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 12:51 am Subject: Free VPN's? |
Playing around with a few, but always looking out for more.
Hola Unblocker is a good desktop plugin for browsers, with scripts to work for BBC iPlayer, but it's rubbish on Android.
Expat Shield, ... |
Topic: Good Food on a Tight Budget. |
Bob
Replies: 9
Views: 35705
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Forum: Aja's Kitchen Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 12:44 am Subject: Good Food on a Tight Budget. |
http://ohsheglows.com/categories/recipes-2/
Might be old hat to some, but rather liked this |
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