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Well my cat just jumped on my keyboard and screwed up my post. Now i have to start all over ARGH! I suggested installing the individual codecs instead of codec packs b/c of their track record of causing compatibility issues. Anyway, it seems to me that Nero is the problem here, considering it is playing both the source file and the DVD wrong whereas other apps play them fine. So I would try reinstalling Nero or grabbing an updated version from their site. Or you can try getting another software, theres tons out there for converting AVI to MPEG2 streams. I personally use TMPGenc, it does a wonderful job

Actually its engage, part of enlightenment, prefer it over StarterBar and its nice and smooth. ..... I need to mess with KDE some more, ive grown too attached to GNOME lol

MEh, I wish i wouldve known about this sooner, they are sold out now!

You will have to use the WinUpdate versions until nVIDIA releases its official drivers for vista, which they havent yet. You can try this stie as well: http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/ this guy is usually pretty good about keeping GeForceGo drivers up to date.

From what I know, Home Basic doesnt have Aero, so naturally it wont have the extra resource heavy eye candy.

Are you trying to access the FTP server from another LAN (LAN to LAN)? If so, and you cant connect then there is something wrong with the server setup? Please provide some more details about your connection and the FTP server/client programs.

There are several tools for "wiping" a drive. If you own a new version (6.x) of Webroot Window Washer, it has a built in utility to make a boot disk fir wiping. There is also: Active@ DiskWipe: http://www.active-eraser.com/download.htm DiskWipe: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mediawipe/

Adobe Audition. They have a free trial download: http://www.adobe.com/go/tryaudition

I dont use codec packs, your better off installing each individual codec anyways. Its a possibility that the encoding framerate is too high/low depending on how the audio sync is behaving. Is it always out of sync form the beginning, or does itstart fine and get worse as it plays along? For NTSC Film: 23.976fps with 3:2 pulldown [23.976 (29.976 internally)] For NTSC Video: 29.976 For PAL: 25fps Now be more specific, is the source file playing out of sync in Nero, or the output DVD? As for codecs: XviD/DivX: http://www.koepi.org/XviD-1.1.2-01112006.exe AC3 Filter: http://ac3filter.net/index.php?name=News&a...icle&sid=18 DivX 3.11 Alpha: http://www.doom9.org/Soft21/Codecs/divx_311alpha.exe 3ivx: http://www.3ivx.com/download/index.html Ogg Vorbis (Theora) Decoder: http://www.doom9.org/Soft21/Filters/OggDS0995.exe Lame MP3: http://www.doom9.org/Soft21/Audio/lame3.95.1.zip Less than 5 minutes downloaded and installed, and chances are, thats all you need.

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I am in agreeance with WBHoenig mostly, although I still use windows as a primary OS. I have messed around with Vista since RC2 was released and I was not impressed. Looks wise, it has a polished feeling, but I can vouch that the OS is very bloated. To even take advantage of the GUI's eye-candy, you need a relatively beefy system, and dont even bother with 512MB RAM. As far as the price is concerned, its outrageous. Poor saps dont know what hit them. As with linux, ive come to learn it for desktop and server purposes, and it does both very nicely. As I am sure your familiar with compiz/beryl and Desktop eye-candy, I think its much "cooler" looking and doesnt lose its functionality. If you like keyboard shortcuts (like me), it can be a very functional desktop. And it doesnt have the nasty resource usage of vista. People have been known to run compiz/beryl with P3's with old or crappy GPU's and still get smooth performance. My linux box is also a FTP HTTP SMB (Windows file server) and hosts private game servers. Even under load, it still runs very nicely on my Geforce4 MX, which wouldnt get me far in the Vista world. And of course linux is rock solid stable, known for its long uptimes and security as well. I am also doing research about gaming in Linux, since my gaming machine's mobo just died and I have to use my linux box exclusively. And as far as applications go, you can pretty much find a linux equivalent to most windows apps. Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Project = OpenOffice Photoshop = Gimp, and theres another one thats Gimp based, but with a PS-like interface. Notepad = Gedit, xemacs, nano Adobe Bridge = F-Spot Windows Media Player = VLC, xine, mplayer Winamp = XMMS iTunes = Amarok eMule = aMule RealPlayer = RealPlayer FileZilla / CuteFTP = gFTP Internet Explorer = Mozilla Firefox, Konqueror Windows Explorer = nautilus (i dont remember the name for the one in KDE) AIM/MSN/ICQ/Trillian = GAIM, aMSN Outlook = Thunderbird Nero = K3B Pretty much all the functionality comes out-of-the-box, most distros come with the applications you need already, for example, the apps in the list above. For widgets and a dock bar (OSX style launch bar) = gdesklets, engage, gnome-dock, ksmoothdock, kxdocker Video of Aero vs. Compiz vs. OSX: http://www.abadiadigital.com/noticia1778.html Also, you can try a "live" version of linux, just boot from the DVD and its a full working linux on the disc. That way you can try linux without having to mess around with installing it on your system: http://fedoraunity.org/news-archives/fedor...-spins-released Fedora Random Screenshots: http://www.fedoraforum.org/gallery/showimage.php?i=1084 btw, I use Fedora Core 6 and I like dark desktops hehe.