![]() If we do that, we will see a marked change, a feeling of relaxation. Being more altruistic and taking into account the feelings and well-being of other sentient beings is, in actual fact, a much more healthy approach in pursuing our own interests. However, we need a more realistic approach, that is, not to take self-interest too seriously but spend more time thinking about the well-being of other sentient beings. Of course the pursuit of our own self-interest is very important. ![]() Furthermore, based on our own personal experience, we can observe that the more we hold on to a strong sense of self-cherishing our own self-interest-the greater our own emotional and psychological problems. The interest of others is intimately linked with our own self-interest this is very true. On the other hand, if others are in a perpetual state of suffering, then we too will suffer from the same fate. Therefore, from the point of view of quantity, the welfare of other sentient beings becomes far more important than that of oneself.Įven from the point of view of our own self-interest, if others are happy and satisfied, then we ourselves can also be happy. In the case of this other, even if we are dealing with slight degrees of suffering, when aggregated, we are talking about the sufferings of an infinite number of beings. In contrast, when we speak about the well-being of other sentient beings, this word other refers to limitless, countless sentient beings. No matter how acute their suffering may be, we are still concerned here with the interest of one single person. What then is the difference between self and others? No matter how important and precious each person is, we are only talking about the well-being of one person. It is crucial to recognize this fundamental equality. Just as I, as an individual, have the natural right to fulfill this basic aspiration, so do all other sentient beings. Each of us individually is not satisfied with any level of pleasure and happiness, and this is true of all sentient beings. Like oneself, all other sentient beings are equal in having this wish to be happy and to overcome suffering. Shantideva states that since self and others are equal in having the innate desire to be happy and to overcome suffering, why do we seek our own self-interest at the expense of others-even to the extent of being totally oblivious to them? I think this points to something very true. On the basis of this comparison, we are able to see the benefits and merits of the aspiration to cherish the welfare of other sentient beings and the faults and disadvantages of a self-cherishing and self-centered attitude. What further need is there, he asks, to talk about this when we can see the qualities of the Buddha, who cherishes the welfare of other sentient beings, and the fate of ourselves, who are in this current state? We can easily be convinced of this by comparing the shortcomings of ordinary sentient beings with the enlightened qualities and wisdom of the buddhas. In his famed text The Way of the Bodhisattva, Shantideva states that all happiness and joy are the consequences of cherishing the well-being of other sentient beings, while all problems, tragedies and disasters are the consequences of self-cherishing attitudes. In this commentary on The Way of the Bodhisattva, he describes the awakened heart of the Buddha, which is his vow to attain enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings. Forget all the fancy meditation practices, says His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the real heart of Buddhism is complete commitment to others.
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![]() Battery lifeĭespite its powerful hardware, the Lenovo Legion Slim 7i is still relatively lightweight, weighing in at just under 2kg. During video editing, you can switch to colour modes like sRGB or DCI-P3 for a more accurate representation of your footage through the Lenovo Vantage app. In terms of colour and colour accuracy, the Lenovo Legion Slim 7i's display produces accurate vibrant colours out of the box, which is great for gaming and media consumption. I personally still game on a 60hz display (forgive me!) and experiencing the 165hz refresh rate for the first time felt incredibly smooth and responsive. ![]() The Lenovo Legion Slim 7i sports a 16-inch QHD (2560 x 1600) IPS display with a 165Hz refresh rate. There’s even an additional RAM slot for you to get an additional 16GB of RAM if you wanted to. When it comes to content creation, Adobe Premiere Pro handles 4K footage without a hitch, which is unsurprising considering the Intel Core i9-13900H and 16GB of RAM under the hood. We were able to get frame rates of over 200fps on max settings, which is more than enough for even the most demanding esports titles. On the more competitive side, we also tested Valorant on the laptop. In our tests, the Lenovo Legion Slim 7i was able to consistently deliver frame rates of over 90fps in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II on max settings, with ray tracing and Nvidia DLSS turned on. It is powered by the top-of-the-line Intel Core i9-13900H processor and the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 graphics card. Lenovo’s 2023 upgraded Legion Slim 7i is one such laptop, packing a punch in a slim and portable package. They can have a powerful gaming laptop that can handle even the most demanding of games, while also being portable enough to take with them on the go. Once completed, the computer will restart and boot normally.This is great news for gamers who also create content, as it allows them to have the best of both worlds.Do not restart the machine while updates are underway. If doing the BIOS update, the screen will enter a black and white boot screen where it will update the BIOS. Make sure that your laptop is connected to power and click Ok. For the BIOS update, there will be a popup requiring your machine to be plugged in. There may be a popup requiring a reboot after installing these updates, click Ok.Select all updates that appear including the BIOS update if it is available. Lenovo Vantage will now look for updates on your machine.In the upper right, there will be a purple System Update tab, Click Check for System Updates.Uncheck the Enable the Lenovo Vantage Toolbar and check Agree to the Lenovo Privacy Statement, then click Done.After Lenovo Vantage finishes installing, there will be a " Welcome to Lenovo Vantage" popup, click Next.You will then get a User Account Control prompt, Click Yes You will get a prompt for Allow Installing Vantage Service, click Ok.After Lenovo Vantage has finished installing, launch the program.Click the blue Get button in the upper right.Open the Windows Store app and search for Lenovo Vantage at the top.Search for the Windows Store in the search bar at the bottom.This article will show you how to complete these BIOS updates. Lenovo has recently released a critical BIOS update for some thinkpad systems to prevent charging issues with some USB-C power device configurations. “I hate to relate the two together, but it’s kind of the same, because Texas steps up and does what it has to do,” Joe Giusti, a Galveston County commissioner who lives in Santa Fe, told me. A Houston Chronicle investigation found that nearly 20 percent of students in the Santa Fe Independent School District had been severely affected by Harvey, meaning they either had to relocate after the storm or lacked basic resources for a significant period of time afterward.įollowing the shooting, as with the storms, many residents felt that they only had one another to count on, that to expect help from afar was a pointless exercise. “You had people still with their houses flooded dealing with the shooting,” Tabor said. ![]() Many more continue to struggle with the effects of Harvey. Some people are waiting on those checks even now, 11 years later. For those whose homes had been destroyed by Ike, FEMA administrators had come down and promised them money to help rebuild. These storms had hardened the residents of Santa Fe and nearby towns. Many people I spoke with said the town’s attitude after the shooting reminded them of how people felt after Hurricane Harvey, the August 2017 storm that devastated Galveston County, and Hurricane Ike, which did much the same in 2008. “It’s, ‘Alright, this is the card we’ve been dealt … Let’s take care of our own and try to figure this out on our own.’” “It’s not a group to cry out, like, ‘Oh, why me, someone come,’” Shelby Webb, an education reporter at the Houston Chronicle who has covered the Santa Fe shooting and its aftermath throughout the past year, told me. People turned to prayer and reflection to think seriously about how to protect their community from another tragedy. The town preferred to take care of itself. After the shock wore off, the reporters mostly stayed away, even as they continued to focus on Parkland. The nation was prepared to amend its ever-expanding list of mass-shooting sites-Columbine, Sandy Hook, Parkland-but many in Santa Fe didn’t want to be known for that, and didn’t want the media attention. “How are they gonna help us heal? No one here wants that attention,” Tabor said when we spoke by phone earlier this month. Read: A world where school shootings feel inevitableīut where some activists in Parkland embraced the media attention and even seized on it to advocate for gun reform, Santa Fe wanted the journalists and camera crews gone. Just three months earlier, reporters had done much the same outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Florida. They set up outside the wooden crosses at the memorial on the school’s lawn to watch students and family members gather together and cry. Reporters from across the country made their way to the town of 13,000, which sits midway between downtown Houston and the beach in Galveston-“the perfect location,” according to Tabor. Santa Fe, of school-prayer fame, was now the recipient of a new, unwelcome kind of attention: the kind that follows a school shooting. But Tabor’s term began last May, six days after a 17-year-old student, armed with a revolver and a shotgun, entered the high school and shot 23 people. ![]() But “we fought for it,” Tabor told me, and this is how he wants to see Santa Fe remembered in history books some day.īeing the mayor of a small town like Santa Fe should, in most cases, be a relatively uneventful gig. When he attended Santa Fe High School, back in the late 1990s, the school district “took on the Supreme Court to keep prayer in school.” It lost. Jason Tabor, the mayor of Santa Fe, Texas, wants you to know that his town cares about school prayer. ![]() To jinhee200: I'm glad you're having fun developing NxFilter, but when your website and posts are so ridden with spelling errors, it's hard to take you seriously. The fact that it requires Java on the server is the second scary thing - like I really need another vulnerability to add to my network - so thus I have to start patching Java now - just for this one app? - I've got enough to patch already. Great that apparently now you can script/schedule the download of 3rd party lists to be used by NxFilter, did not know that - but as far as my research goes - the two source lists explicitly say on the site "for non-commercial use" I personally don't want to be cut-off some day because they find my IP has been downloading their file daily, weekly, whatever - without auto-updating regularly, any web filter becomes useless. It's free today, but does that mean it's going to be free forever? (OpenDNS also did that bait and switch, not sure how well it's working out) Lots of things have been offered for free before, allot of those things become vaporware, or sell your info out the back door to make $$ - I, personally, just don't trust "free" unless it's entirely open source. The conversation between thecreativeone91 and jinhee200 reads very much like a self-promoted discussion - sorry to be honest/blunt about it.įor me, the "free" part of Nxfilter is what scares me most. Guys - use whatever you want - I just happen to use DNS Redirector and pointed it out as an alternative - or am I misunderstanding how a forum works? Are you saying one person posts a question about one product, and then only the developer of that product responds with how wonderful it is - that doesn't seem very. Where are the URL blacklist stored in the directory structure of nxfilter? Good thing is that we're getting more and more users for NxFilter and I am going toward my goal. And you don't need to pay any money if it's nothing better than a free option or even worse than a free option. These days web-filters are too expensive. But if we have several thousands users for NxFilter at least I think I can do something about it. Anyway NxFilter can be free as long as it uses free DB. So some of the people in this forum paying for them even though they're nothing better than NxFilter which is free.Ĭurrently I am working on building a new kind of security solution with some other company and it will have the biggest DB in the market but will not be free. Some of them are nothing better than Shallalist or URLBlacklist but they're still commercial. Coz I tested several commercial url-db these days. Jinhee200, the author of the program is also a member of Spiceworks and he should be able to give you the correct answer.įor you it might be too small but for other people it might be big enough. If I recall correctly, you have a script at logon that call the program required with the IP address of the system. I remember having some issues with the SSO also, but in the end I made it work for my test account. ![]() I tried it a few months ago, and It didn't fit with us because of the Blacklist db that was too small. It looks more like something I'd see in a Hotel/Airport/coffee shop. Honestly that DNS Redirector doesn't look like a cooperate solution. I'd rather use DNS filtering as presumably it would use less resources on my VM servers than something like a proxy server would, which can use a fare amount of resources to keep up with demand, DNS servers on the other hand are a lot more lightweight. I'm not paying for a web filter solution I will preferably use NxFilter or make my own Squid box. Why would I go for a paid solution just to get auto-updates? It's super easy to setup WGET on windows with a script to download files, move the correct file to the needed location and then cleanup when down, and it could even be run by the task scheduler. We're still using DNS Redirector Opens a new windowtoday - auto-updates categories, and doesn't require Java - not much AD integration beyond password bypass, but that's all we need. I tried it - did not like that it didn't auto-update the blacklist categories, and technically the sources of which are for non-commercial use - did not like that it required Java on the server. To transfer downloaded sites from your computer to your iOS device using iCloud Drive:ĭrag the zip archive to the iCloud Drive folder on your Macintosh. This can be done in the Settings app on your iOS device and in the System Preferences on your Macintosh. Select the documents in the Exports screen and tap the button.Īfter the documents appear in the Downloads folder on your Macintosh, drag them to their final destination.īefore you can transfer files, iCloud Drive must be enabled. This displays the Exports screen, which shows the chosen items. Select the items you want to transfer (or select nothing to transfer all items) and tap in the toolbar. Select the Documents screen and tap Edit. To transfer SiteSucker documents from your iOS device to your computer using AirDrop: To transfer SiteSucker documents from your computer to your iOS device using AirDrop:ĭrag the SiteSucker documents that you want to transfer to the recipient's image in the AirDrop window. Tap Done to close the Exports screen, and then tap Done again to finish editing.Īfter the zip archive appears in the Downloads folder on your Macintosh, drag it to its final destination, and open it to extract its contents. In the Share menu, tap the name of the AirDrop recipient. Select the zip archive in the Exports screen and tap the button. This displays the Exports screen, which shows a zip archive containing the chosen items. Select the Downloads screen, tap a folder, and tap Edit. To transfer downloaded sites from your iOS device to your computer using AirDrop: On your iOS device, accept the file and select SiteSucker as the app to open the file. In the Finder, open a new window and choose Go > AirDrop from the menu bar.ĭrag the zip archive to the recipient's image in the AirDrop window. To transfer downloaded sites from your computer to your iOS device using AirDrop:Ĭreate a zip archive containing the top level folder of each site you want to transfer. Tap the AirDrop icon, then choose whether to receive items from everyone or only from people in your Contacts app. Use the Allow me to be discovered by setting at the bottom of the AirDrop window to choose the option you want. Everyone is easier but means random people you don't know can send you prank AirDrops. Contacts Only requires more work, as your computer and iOS device both have to be logged into iCloud and be in each other's Contacts. AirDrop turns on automatically when Bluetooth and Wi-Fi are on.ĪirDrop lets you choose between enabling it for just your contacts or for everyone. If Bluetooth or Wi-Fi is turned off, you'll see a button to turn it on. To set up AirDrop on your Macintosh computer:Ĭhoose Go > AirDrop from the menu bar in the Finder. You may want to give this archive a unique and recognizable name. If more than one folder is included in the archive, the Finder names the resulting file Archive.zip. To create a zip archive containing your downloaded sites in macOS, select the desired folders in the destination folder in the Finder and choose File > Compress. Zip archives are used to transfer downloaded sites. When transferring downloaded sites, you should only include the top level folders. To backup these files, you can archive them to iCloud Drive or Dropbox or transfer them to your computer using AirDrop or iTunes File Sharing. Warning: Downloaded sites are not included in your iCloud or iTunes backup. Note: These procedures assume that you are using SiteSucker for macOS version 2.11.x running on macOS 10.13.x and SiteSucker for iOS version 3.0.x running on iOS 11.x. ![]() Procedures for transferring files are shown below. ![]() This can be done using AirDrop, iCloud Drive, Dropbox, or iTunes File Sharing. SiteSucker allows you to transfer downloaded sites and SiteSucker documents between your computer and your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. ![]() In the “Height” and “Width” fields, enter 25mm and 35mm respectively.Go to the “Format” tab and select “Size.”.In the “Height” and “Width” fields, enter 25mm and 35mm respectively. Import the photo into your Word Document > Right-click on the photo and choose “ Size & Position“. To use Microsoft Word to print a passport size photo with the exact dimensions of 25mm x 35mm. The passport photo should be taken within the last 6 months, it should be a frontal image, and the person should have a neutral expression and should be looking directly at the camera. The person should be looking straight ahead with a neutral expression.ĮU: In the European Union, the passport photo size for the biometric passport is 35mm x 45mm. UK: The passport photo must be 45mm x 35mm, with the face between 29mm and 34mm from chin to crown. The photo must be taken against a plain white or off-white background and the person should be facing the camera directly with a neutral expression. The head must be between 1 inch and 1 3/8 inches (25 mm – 35 mm) from the top of the head to the bottom of the chin. passport photos must be 2 x 2 inches (51 x 51 mm) in size. Use photo paper such as glossy paper with a minimum weight of 120g. Some passport office require the photo to be at least 600 dpi. 300 dpi (300 dots per inch) will usually be required. When printing to photo quality, set your printer to the highest quality. However, these instructions may help you if you need to print a photo for other ID cards. Image sizes and requirements vary slightly from country to country, so if you are applying for an actual passport photo, you are best referring to the guidelines of your local passport authority otherwise the photo may be rejected. Whatever you choose, you’ll also have to make sure there isn’t any shadow on your improvised backdrop.In this reference article, we will cover the various requirements to use Microsoft Word to print a passport size photo to the exact required dimensions. Hanging a bed sheet behind you may not work at all if it has even slight creases. Empty walls will only work if they aren’t covered by patterned wallpaper. If you’re not planning to use Photoshop, you’ll have to take your image with something off-white and uniform as your backdrop. Now, this is the most effort-consuming way to take a U.S. Try uploading a photo (it’s free) and see for yourself! Luckily, PhotoBooth Online won’t have any of these defects and will do its job flawlessly. Some other online application may generate white background but leave ragged edges at your outline. For example, one tool will change it but give you PNGs in the end (they won’t have any backdrop at all, neither white nor any other color). ![]() You see, not every app or site can remove the background from your photo properly. They’re supposed to edit and convert automatically, but it’s not all that simple. With a passport photo app or web service.But why even bother when there are easier options? Say, you can get a coupon for Walgreens passport photos. Each retake is paid! Of course, you can save money by finding a discount. Still, we wouldn’t recommend either of these: while being fully compliant with the US requirements (like passport photo size, proportions, etc.), these options leave no room for retries. Every decent photo machine and studio has a prearranged off-white background that’ll fit your purpose perfectly. In this case, you have nothing to worry about. In a photo booth or a professional studio.The answer to this one depends on the way you want to take your pictures: ![]() That's all about how to make black metal in Valheim. Now, you’re fully equipped to take on the true dangers of Valheim. This process results in Black Metal bars that are used to craft Black Metal weapons and tools such as the Atgeir, Shield and Sword. Read more: Valheim: How to repair tools and weaponsĪfter all of that is complete and you have the right materials, build the Blast Furnace, insert some fuel and your Black Metal Scraps.This item is also unlocked after defeating Moder and crafted by using a Dragon Tear. You can get Black Metal Scrap from the Fuling enemies. The four materials are relatively easy to get ahold of but the Artisan Table is another story. The craftable station requires 5 Surtling cores, 10 Iron, 20 Stone, 20 Fine Wood and an Artisan Table. If you’ve managed to defeat Moder, you’ll unlock the crafting recipe for the Blast Furnace. The Blast Furnace is hard to create in Valheim. This dragon-looking boss is found within the Mountains biome and is insanely powerful. However, to have access to the Blast Furnace, you’ll have to defeat Valheim’s fourth boss, Moder. Materials that can be smelted are: Black metal scrap Flametal ore The Blast furnace uses approximately 1 Coal every 15 seconds as fuel. Once you have the Black Metal Scrap, the next step is to craft a Blast Furnace to smelt down the scrap. However, the biome can be deadly if you run into Deathsquitoes or large amounts of Fuling, so we recommend not carrying much in your inventory or having a base nearby. Fuling are quite prevalent within the biome so you shouldn’t have much trouble finding the mob. The Fuling mob is found within the Plains biome, which is full of wide-open fields and small villages. ![]() These creatures drop the material once they die, so try and find as many as possible. This material can be found by killing Fuling, Fuling Brute or Fuling Shaman. To start, you’re going to need a ton of Black Metal Scraps. Making Black Metal is a lengthy, but rewarding, process.
![]() The default alignment is to have the disc on the left and file browser on the right, which seems a little counter-intuitive but there are options in the Window menu to re-arrange the panes to best suit you. Options here are dependant on the type of disc, but include settings such as Multisession (Start/Continue), Data Mode, File System, Label, Dates and Burn options including Write Speed and Number of copies as well as the ability to use Multiple recorders (if available).įile selection is done via drag-and-drop between the in-built file browser (or desktop folders) and the disk window pane. Once you’ve selected the type of disc you’d like to burn you can configure the Compilation Properties. Nero DiscSpan (UDF).īlu-ray - Blu-ray (ISO), Blu-ray (UDF), BDMV-Video, AVCHD(TM) video, Blu-ray (SecureDisc), Nero DiscSpan (UDF). The disc options available are:ĬD-ROM - CD-ROM (ISO), Audio CD, Mixed Mode CD, CD Extra, CD Copy, CD-ROM (Boot), CD-ROM (UDF), CD-ROM (UDF/ISO), CD-ROM (SecurDisc), Nero DiscSpan (UDF).ĭVD-ROM - DVD-ROM (ISO), DVD Copy, DVD-Video, AVCHD(TM) video, DVD-ROM (Boot), DVD-ROM (UDF), DVD-ROM (UDF/ISO), DVD-ROM (SecureDisc). You can also work on as many compilations as you like at the same time, with each opening in a separate window. There is a wide variety of options and settings available from selecting the type of disc you want to burn, to the settings controlling every aspect of how to burn it. Once you start to use the program you can see why Nero is so popular, especially amongst advanced users. The program installed without any issues though did take quite a long time to install, with lots of separate installs required for the supporting programs. Nero Burning ROM is a part of Nero Platimum Suite, but is also available separately. The license of this software is Free Trial Software, the price is $79.99, you can free download and get a free trial.Nero has been one of the big names in disc burning software for a number of years, so it was with interest that we tested their latest offering to see if it was as good as previous offerings. In the next window, select the appropriate drive.Ħ. In the Open dialog box, select the ISO file and click Open.ĥ. Click the option Disk image or saved project.Ĥ. Insert a blank (CD-R) or rewritable (CD-RW) disc into the drive.ģ. Verification after recording for more compilation typesġ. Verification for Audio CD, Video CD, and Super Video CDġ3. Support for DVD-R Dual Layer format and DVD+R Double Layerġ2. Intelligent compilation size status barġ1. Unlimited WAV, MP4-AAC, AIF, WMA, and MP3/mp3PRO encodingħ. ![]() Creation of Audio CD, DVD-Video, MP3/WMA CD/DVD, Video/Super Video CD, CD Extra, Mixed Mode CD, Bootable CD/DVD, CD Textĥ. The integrated Nero Scout technology provides fast access to all media files including advanced keyword search optionsĤ. Same performance and efficiency as Nero Burning ROM with a simplified user interfaceĢ. Nero Express provides all the performance and efficiency of Nero Burning ROM, but with a user interface that maximizes usability.ġ. With the most widely used optical burning software in the industry and the most powerful burning engine in history, Nero Express combines outstanding technical functions with ease of use to enable you to create high quality digital media files. Nero Express makes burning videos, music, and data a breeze. ![]() The Razer Cortex operating system can be downloaded for free from the company’s website. We’ve gone over how well the booster feature works and how it’s intended for users below. Its booster feature, which aims to assist those who play games and are just using their computers for whatever purpose at hand, is intended to benefit those who play games or simply use them to do their jobs. You can exchange this currency for games or Razer hardware after you have earned a certain amount. In a review of Razer Cortex, you’ll learn everything you need to know about the software, including the ways it works and why or why not it isn’t as good as some might think it is. Razer Cortex was released a long time ago and is still used today by players from all over the world. Overall, Razer Cortex is a useful tool that is worth considering for any PC gamer. However, many gamers find that Razer Cortex provides a valuable and convenient way to optimize their gaming PC’s performance, and it can be particularly helpful for those who are new to the world of PC gaming. There is no one-size-fits-all answer to this question, as the usefulness of Razer Cortex will vary depending on the individual user’s needs and preferences. ![]() Game launchers, game boosters, system boosters, game deals, and more are just a few of the many features available in Razer Cortex. It also assists in allocating and prioritizing resources. Razer Cortex is a free tool for gamers who want to improve their gaming performance and prioritize PC resources. It can help with the positioning of your PC for better gaming, but it is not a one-shot fix. It is not a simple trick that will allow a low- performance PC to run smoothly in comparison to a high-performance PC. With the Razer Cortex, you can increase your PC’s frame rate to a few frames per second (fps). It is possible to use these Razer Cortex alternatives, such as Nvidia GeForce Experience, Nurgo GameLibBooster, and AVG TuneUp. Machine learning and artificial intelligence are used in a feature that determines the best PC settings for competitive gaming. The Razer Cortex price comparison engine is used to determine the best gaming deals on the market. There are no advertisements or constant pushes to encourage you to upgrade to a premium version. The Razer Cortex is completely free, as opposed to most similar tools. You can use it to enhance the gaming experience on your computer however, this is not a one-size-fits-all solution. Windows powered PCs can be optimize with Razer Cortex. If you’re looking for a way to boost your PC’s performance, Razer Cortex is definitely worth a try. In our tests, we saw an average increase of 18% in frame rate when using Razer Cortex, and our games felt smoother and more responsive as a result. ![]() But does Razer Cortex actually work? We tested Razer Cortex on a PC with an Intel Core i7-7700K CPU and an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 GPU, and we found that it did indeed boost our performance in games. It also includes a game launcher, which allows you to launch your games from a single location, and a game library, which allows you to keep track of your games and their performance. Razer Cortex is a game booster that promises to increase your PC’s performance by optimizing your system and boosting your game’s frame rate. ![]() Another point that bothers me is the "mysterious" crashes, which it has, depending on the output format to choose, the program simply closes without further explanation. However, it is a program for advanced users, who are already used to more advanced compression configurations, so anyone who is an atypical user may feel confused when configuring an output format. I like XMedia Recode because it is one of the few software that works with external codecs that are extremely frequent as codec updates, in addition to offering a multitude of formats. I will be happily using XMedia Recode for quite a few of my encoding jobs going forwards. If the points above were addressed in a future update, it would be a solid 10 from me. That said, overall I have found this a brilliant tool for a big, big job, with a very user friendly interface and learning curve. The only things holding me back from giving XMedia Recode a top rating are as follows:Ī) The GPU accelerated encoding isn't the fastest out there.ī) It doesn't always accurately read the contents of a DVD or BD folder.Ĭ) The inability to passthrough a PGS subtitle track is a pain, meaning any BD encodes need a run through MKV ToolNix to add the subs back in from the original master file. I wanted to retain the interlacing as I prefer to let the playback device do the de-interlacing, and this software makes it a breeze to do so.Īdditionally, I had other material where I only wanted to convert the audio, due to PCM on a mono video soundtrack from the 80's being overkill to say the least, so the option to copy/passthrough the video track was an added bonus. you the user have to set it up correctly for best results.I've been using XMedia Recode to back up tons of old video material which is interlaced. Thus, you'll get poorer quality output in the case that it doesn't need done. So if you turn on de-interlace, every frame is de-interlaced regardless of whether it needs it or not. As far as I know, they don't have interlace detection filtering. You won't get better quality as the filters protect against quality loss to begin with. If you know your sources are defiantly progressive, you can just turn the 2 filters off and gain the speed back. We've decided that the performance hit is worth it as users then don't have to understand what this is. If you don't de-interlace a interlaced source, you'll get interlacing artefacts in the output which are nasty. ![]() If it does need de-interlaced then it's a moot point. ![]() If it doesn't need de-interlaced, it won't do anything. Interlace detection looks at your source and decides whether it needs de-interlaced or not. (That said that's with one sample file on one sample system but in general, given both apps use the same underlying encoder and likely same decoder, it should be within a pretty small gap) In my own testing HandBrake win's out but is more often than not within a margin of error or very slightly faster. Speeds in HandBrake vs xMedia, like of like on settings, should be very similar. Note, I don't believe xMedia has those same filters available so you'd probably have to switch to yadif on both sides to have equivalence. The "Fast 480p30" preset in HandBrake is essentially Quality RF 20, x264, fast preset, 3.1 with Interlace Detection and Decomb turned on and a hard cap of 480p resolution at 30fps Turn off Interlace detection and Decomb on the filters tab and you'll probably find any difference disappears all other settings equals. The reason HandBrake is likely running slower is that there are a 2 filters that are default on which won't be in xMedia. |
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