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  1. Originally posted by drewhigginsThought I'd ask the question:

    On a DVD like Los Angeles 1987-11-18 or Buenos Aires 2006-03-02 how do you do a menu like that so I can press Start or select from the song list and also maybe incorporate other features like different audio streams, say a 2.1 English and 5.1 English stream? And have a song playing in the background and a picture.

    Someone who makes the DVDs from scratch might be able to give me a suggestion for a program (either free, open-source or paid-for) or at least get me thinking in the right direction. I've been looking at VideoReDo, TGMPEG, VirtualDub, Nero VisionExpress and Windows Media Centre 2005 but nothing even looks to do half a decent job.


    I use Pro Show Producer. You can add an AVI for example and create a menu for yourself, with picture and music. But there are more programs suitable for this, like Nero, I think. Altough I don't use that so often, only for burning.
  2. Originally posted by MWSAH1GB for Vista could be enough..it depends on the kind of things you'll do with your laptop. I'd prefer 2GB at least.


    Grrr...
    Weird stores here...the models they have, lots of 1GBs, but when it turns to 2GBs, the vid card (GPU) and everything else also increase a lot!! I don't need a top-model graphics unit, I'm not getting it to play games on it!
    So, the 2GB models are noticeably higher in price, for that shitty reason
  3. Can anyone recommend a good (hopefully free!) program that will allow me to help my girlfriend design a web page, or maybe just offer me some advice? She just bought a domain name to put up some of her work (she's an artist), and I told her I'd help her with the website, but I don't really know what I'm doing. If there's a relatively easy program to use, I'm sure I can figure it out. Also, being able to customize it some would be ideal, and not just some cookie-cutter templates. Thanks in advance!
  4. Originally posted by Ali709[..]

    Grrr...
    Weird stores here...the models they have, lots of 1GBs, but when it turns to 2GBs, the vid card (GPU) and everything else also increase a lot!! I don't need a top-model graphics unit, I'm not getting it to play games on it!
    So, the 2GB models are noticeably higher in price, for that shitty reason


    Well, I got a cheap model myself (599 euros in November 2006). It has XP on it and 1GB, with a harddisk of 80GB. It runs fine. Of course, it's much slower than our main PC here (Intel Core Duo E6600, Vista, 3GB, Geforce 8800GS, 500GB harddisk), but for school and stuff it's great. I also design on it, like Photoshop. But I once heard that Vista needs a good amount of GB to run well. 512MB is way to little..1GB can run fine, if you use your laptop for school and stuff. Here in Holland, they sell 3GB laptops for 700 euros. That's around 1,027.74 USD.

    Originally posted by haytrainCan anyone recommend a good (hopefully free!) program that will allow me to help my girlfriend design a web page, or maybe just offer me some advice? She just bought a domain name to put up some of her work (she's an artist), and I told her I'd help her with the website, but I don't really know what I'm doing. If there's a relatively easy program to use, I'm sure I can figure it out. Also, being able to customize it some would be ideal, and not just some cookie-cutter templates. Thanks in advance!


    I'd suggest Freewebs, but that's crap actually if you want a professional looking site..
    Dreamweaver is a good website-developing program, but quite expensive unless you can get it in an other way. I'm sure Remy will have some solutions for you.
  5. Originally posted by MWSAH

    I'd suggest Freewebs, but that's crap actually if you want a professional looking site..
    Dreamweaver is a good website-developing program, but quite expensive unless you can get it in an other way. I'm sure Remy will have some solutions for you.


    Thanks. I guess I'm really looking to find out what the best way to do it is. It doesn't need to be complicated at all, just some clickable thumbnails really....am I better off paying someone else to do it, or is it pretty simple? Thanks again, MWSAH
  6. Originally posted by haytrain[..]

    just some clickable thumbnails really....am I better off paying someone else to do it, or is it pretty simple?


    In that case, Freewebs could come in mind. But it gives you standard templates without creative freedom to change anything except colours. But there surely are some other options at hand...I just don't know them
  7. Originally posted by MWSAH[..]

    In that case, Freewebs could come in mind. But it gives you standard templates without creative freedom to change anything except colours. But there surely are some other options at hand...I just don't know them


    I'm very appreciative of your help. Maybe someone else might be able to offer some suggestions as well. Thanks again!
  8. Originally posted by haytrainCan anyone recommend a good (hopefully free!) program that will allow me to help my girlfriend design a web page, or maybe just offer me some advice? She just bought a domain name to put up some of her work (she's an artist), and I told her I'd help her with the website, but I don't really know what I'm doing. If there's a relatively easy program to use, I'm sure I can figure it out. Also, being able to customize it some would be ideal, and not just some cookie-cutter templates. Thanks in advance!


    Nvu is free and works well - nvu.com. You can write your own HTML and do image galleries with it and code templates - or download some from the web. Nice and easy to learn - I don't know of any others. FreeWebs is not bad but a bit limited in what it offers - but again, it's free.

    Grrr...
    Weird stores here...the models they have, lots of 1GBs, but when it turns to 2GBs, the vid card (GPU) and everything else also increase a lot!! I don't need a top-model graphics unit, I'm not getting it to play games on it!
    So, the 2GB models are noticeably higher in price, for that shitty reason


    More GPU memory is important for Vista (not XP) because it's mostly all 3D and the processing is shifted onto the GPU, meaning you can reserve more CPU power for whatever you need. It sounds weird but it works quite well. If it wasn't really graphic-intensive then it would be slower due to the CPU and RAM being used all the time.
  9. Originally posted by drewhiggins

    Nvu is free and works well - nvu.com. You can write your own HTML and do image galleries with it and code templates - or download some from the web. Nice and easy to learn - I don't know of any others. FreeWebs is not bad but a bit limited in what it offers - but again, it's free.


    Thanks, Drew. I knew you'd have something good for me!
  10. Originally posted by U2.comUniversal – U2’s label - recently struck a deal with Microsoft that sees it receive a cut of the revenues generated by sales of the Zune MP3 player. It’s unfortunate that the Zune hasn’t attracted the sort of consumer support that the iPod did. We need more competition.


    I found this to be quite interesting. Universal has a deal with Microsoft to receive a cut of the sales from their Zune. U2 Zune anyone?

    http://www.u2.com/news/index.php?mode=full&news_id=2196
  11. I'm not sure if this really fits in "technology" and even if any of you guys have any idea...but here it goes...

    It's been a while since I've played video games...as I'm in holidays now, I want to play some...I want a good strategy game, any ideas? Make it something new, and not too fantasy-type (such as Warcraft)...
  12. Originally posted by Ali709I'm not sure if this really fits in "technology" and even if any of you guys have any idea...but here it goes...

    It's been a while since I've played video games...as I'm in holidays now, I want to play some...I want a good strategy game, any ideas? Make it something new, and not too fantasy-type (such as Warcraft)...


    It should, I say. Tried Command and Conquer, or Final Fantasy?

    Don't think there's been too many strategy games as of late.
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