Posts by Joshua Garcia3

There isn't much of a massive difference here, though I guess the main thing is that the 64-bit version will actually recognize all 4 GB of your RAM. The catch is that since there aren't many programs specifically written for 64-bit yet, it might end up performing pretty much the same as the 32-bit version anyway. 🙂

Maybe try a quick Google search; you might actually track it down there. 🙂

For your average user, any software will do as long as it runs. But for those of us in the extreme crowd, we already know how it goes—it either works perfectly or it's complete garbage. 😁

Windows 7 actually runs pretty smoothly even on an older setup:

P4 2.4 GHz, 1 GB RAM, and an NVIDIA GeForce

No issues at all, I guess. 👍

Don't mess around 🙄, you can grab an original at any local computer shop. 🙂

stormycanyon4 said:The image is pretty blurry—some parts more than others—and that first one was too. How can you guys not see that?

I guess I don't know what's causing it, or how to fix it, for that matter. 🤷

Hold on, hold on. Did you actually enlarge that image, or are you just looking at the tiny thumbnail you get when you first click the link?😕

Looks perfectly fine to me. 🤷

Install e-zabu 😕. I guess maybe your printer just won't accept those Vista or XP drivers when you try running them in 🙂Compatibility
mode.

You can find this stuff at pretty much any decent electronics retailer.

For instance, check out Best Buy

Windows 7 is its own distinct environment, so if you want to run any specific programs, you’ll need to install them directly within Windows 7—and that includes Office. 🙂

@David Sanchez64/">@@David Sanchez64 I guess you should check if you actually have all the drivers installed in the Device Manager.

Do you actually have any software that runs in 64-bit mode? I'm assuming you don't, so I guess the answer is pretty obvious.

Ashley Chase92 said:Before I commit to installing Windows 7, I have one more question. My hard drive is partitioned into several sections. One drive holds just the OS, while the others are filled with various random junk. If I install Windows 7 on the primary OS drive, will it leave those other partitions alone? I did this back when I used Windows XP—whenever the system started acting up, I’d just slap down a fresh copy on the OS drive without touching the rest. It saves me from having to move everything to another PC if something goes wrong.

If you tell the installer to target the C: drive and specifically choose to format C:, you'll get a clean installation of Windows 7. It won't touch your other partitions, so all that extra junk should stay right where it is. 🙂

Noah Thompson said:Does that driver installation happen during the Windows setup itself, or does it only kick in after?
If it happens after, I assume it's just pulling drivers from the web?
And if I don't have high-speed internet, that could be a bit of a headache, right? 😁

Man,

I guess you're still running on a dial-up modem from the nineties. 🙂

On my end, all the drivers just loaded up automatically during the Windows 7 installation. If any specific one happens to be missing, I guess you can just track it down and install it later; it’s not really a huge deal. 🙂

Just Burn image to a DVD and you should be fine. The graphics card might struggle a bit, I guess, but it shouldn't be much of a problem. 🙂

lonecanyon38 said:I'm looking for some software that can add a black background behind subtitles in a movie. I downloaded a file that already has hardcoded subtitles, and now when I try to add my own American subtitles, it's just a total mess because they overlap. If anyone knows a fix, please help.

For instance, if you're watching a movie using a player like VLC, once you start the film, right-click anywhere on the video window, go to Subtitles > Subtitle Settings > Background color, pick black from the palette, and hit OK. That should give you a black background behind the text. 🙂

Just a heads up, you'll need to make sure the "Transparent" box isn't checked. 🙂

Michael Jackson10 said:BTW, @Joshua Garcia3/">@@Joshua Garcia3, what happened to my post (no. 5)?

I sent you a DM about half an hour ago.

Michael Jackson10 said:I’m not sure I agree with that take on the bold-animated section. On a pretty old setup, encoding two movies takes about an hour and 40 minutes, and that includes building out the menus, chapters, and all that. I'm talking about using Handbrake here; the encoding speed is roughly 2-3X with priority set to about 75%. Plus, the PC is usually just handling lighter tasks during that window anyway..

I mean, what kind of ancient configuration are we even talking about? His processor is running at 2 MHz—I assume he meant 2 GHz (and it's not a dual-core).

rapidfox21 said:It won't even work in VLC Media Player. I find it hard to believe it's really this complicated, especially since I see so many people praising Handbrake.
Can someone just suggest a different program where I won't run into these kinds of issues?

Have you ever tried playing a movie in something like VLC Media Player, going into the VLC settings > subtitles, and manually forcing the subtitle to load?

Carl Fowler said:I converted an AVI file (700 MB) to a DVD using Handbrake, and it took 80 minutes on my 2 MHz processor. I heard there might be programs that could handle this faster.
Does anyone know of one?

The conversion process from DivX to DVD usually takes about as long as the runtime of the movie itself. You can speed things up by using Subtitle Edit, which lets you hardcode the subtitles directly onto the DivX file. Once that's done, you can watch the movie on a PC or even a standard DVD player that supports DivX playback—just make sure the subtitle you're embedding is in .srt format.