FML Thread

[Damo666]

No more bacon sub's for me then

Just found out that over 200 subway fast food joints are no longer doing ham or bacon. I have at least 2 off these every week and maybe a ham and cheese sub every so often but no longer.

 

[barnsley]

I've lost some recorded footage ;-;.
10 mins of footage is basically crap thanks to me compressing with .264 AMD VCE. The quality is awful and as its .MKV I have to put it through handbrake before editing it. FFS if I wanted pixel-o-vision i'd record it in 600x900. Atleast playclaw uses all my cores and doesn't do much to my fps compared to fraps.

 

[SeekaX]

I've lost some recorded footage ;-;.
10 mins of footage is basically crap thanks to me compressing with .264 AMD VCE. The quality is awful and as its .MKV I have to put it through handbrake before editing it. FFS if I wanted pixel-o-vision i'd record it in 600x900. Atleast playclaw uses all my cores and doesn't do much to my fps compared to fraps.

Dxtory. It's the best.

 

[barnsley]

Dxtory. It's the best.

I liked dxtory for a while now I hardly use it. PlayClaw is pretty decent albeit with an awful interface. In many ways its a DXtory for basic b**ches imo.
DXtory is king however it and me had some bad history (it used to just crash). I'll probably download it again when/if Playclaw has issues.

 

[SparkleDJackson]

Just found out that over 200 subway fast food joints are no longer doing ham or bacon. I have at least 2 off these every week and maybe a ham and cheese sub every so often but no longer.

this annoyed me a lot. if they can change what is offered because it offends one group why dont they just make it official that circumcision is mandatory because jews get that done or form some sort of universal church that covers everything and nothing at the same time as being run by the government but doctrine can be changed by anyone like a divine version of wikipedia.
not impressed.

 

[SieB]

The quality is awful and as its .MKV I have to put it through handbrake before editing it.

You can extract the audio and video from .MKV files using MKVExtractGUI-2 and then use My MP4Box GUI to put the audio and video in a .MP4 container.

Doing it that way you don't have to rencode so there is no quality loss and you can then import the .MP4 for editing

 

[SuB]

I think I'll have to grab someone's config off them for dxtory as I could never get it to work properly...

 

[barnsley]

I think I'll have to grab someone's config off them for dxtory as I could never get it to work properly...

I'll post mine when I get the chance. I'll see if I can also pull out the config from my intel/nvidia rig as well.

You can extract the audio and video from .MKV files using MKVExtractGUI-2 and then use My MP4Box GUI to put the audio and video in a .MP4 container.

Doing it that way you don't have to rencode so there is no quality loss and you can then import the .MP4 for editing

Thanks Issue is that the recording itself is crap. I used GPU encoding for the recording (its in beta for play claw) and I hadn't touched the settings for it so its all awful quality.

In the end I just recorded how I normally do and got some footage. The only issue is that APB just drops to a solid 40fps when recording. As opposed to 80-100fps that I'm used to.

 

[SieB]

I'll post mine when I get the chance. I'll see if I can also pull out the config from my intel/nvidia rig as well.


Thanks Issue is that the recording itself is crap. I used GPU encoding for the recording (its in beta for play claw) and I hadn't touched the settings for it so its all awful quality.

In the end I just recorded how I normally do and got some footage. The only issue is that APB just drops to a solid 40fps when recording. As opposed to 80-100fps that I'm used to.

You should give Bandicam a try, you can use the AMD APP which uses the GPU to record and there is next to no performance hit, you will lose around 5-10fps if that.

Only thing is it is not free and costs £26, you can use the free version but you are limited to 10mins per video and you have a watermark on them.

http://www.bandicam.com/support/tips/amd-app/

 

[barnsley]

You should give Bandicam a try, you can use the AMD APP which uses the GPU to record and there is next to no performance hit, you will lose around 5-10fps if that.

Playclaw can also use the gpu in the same way as bandicam does (h264 AMD). Its currently in beta, hence the problems I've had. Its just a quality issue at the moment and APB's fault (I only take 10fps hit with any other game normally, its just APB being APB ). I already own fraps,Dxtory and PlayClaw so I'm not buying another one . Thanks anyway ^_^ .

 

[Remmy]

Just found out that over 200 subway fast food joints are no longer doing ham or bacon. I have at least 2 off these every week and maybe a ham and cheese sub every so often but no longer.

That was so ridiculous, especially seeing that we're a multicultural society. Why do they not just have halal and non halal offerings? People have the ability to choose which they want.

There was a comment on the article from someone that lived in Oman, where the food bars offer both choices, despite Islam being the dominant religion, and he explained that people live happily together with that, so why is it not possible in the UK where it is a minority religion?

 

[Damo666]

That was so ridiculous, especially seeing that we're a multicultural society. Why do they not just have halal and non halal offerings? People have the ability to choose which they want.

There was a comment on the article from someone that lived in Oman, where the food bars offer both choices, despite Islam being the dominant religion, and he explained that people live happily together with that, so why is it not possible in the UK where it is a minority religion?

I know, a friend of the wife's in Scotland had a letter the other day saying the school menu is changing by removing all sausages and other meats.

I just don't know why they can't have both, it would be better for all.

 

[JR23]

That was so ridiculous, especially seeing that we're a multicultural society. Why do they not just have halal and non halal offerings? People have the ability to choose which they want.

There was a comment on the article from someone that lived in Oman, where the food bars offer both choices, despite Islam being the dominant religion, and he explained that people live happily together with that, so why is it not possible in the UK where it is a minority religion?

Because it's racist, how would you feel if you lived by a set of rules which said you can't eat bacon and I continued to tell you how good bacon was. That's right you'd stop me eating bacon. Then we would be equal.

JR

 

[SieB]

Are they seriously doing this because of religious reasons?

 

[Damo666]

Are they seriously doing this because of religious reasons?

I don't know mate.

 

[barnsley]

Are they seriously doing this because of religious reasons?

Ok, it turns out the only really people covering it is the Daily Mail. Make of that what you will.

This is what I've noticed:
First of all, its only 200 subways, there are many more than 200 in the UK (we have 4 in Cambridge >>). They plan to have 2000 by 2015. They'll be doing it in areas which have a huge demand for halal meat compared to pork. Its a very clever business plan for subway to make more money from minorities that don't eat pork (for whatever reason). There is no franchise that caters for jews/muslims currently you see.

Also, Turkey isn't that bad, I don't personally mind it.

 

[SieB]

I don't know mate.

I sincerely hope not, I am sick and tired of this country changing things to suit religious beliefs and other crap.

Ok, it turns out the only really people covering it is the Daily Mail. Make of that what you will.

This is what I've noticed:
First of all, its only 200 subways, there are many more than 200 in the UK (we have 4 in Cambridge >>). They'll be doing it in areas which have a huge demand for halal meat compared to pork. Its a very clever business plan for subway to make more money from minorities that don't eat pork (for whatever reason). There is no franchise that caters for jews/muslims currently you see.

Also, Turkey isn't that bad, I don't personally mind it.

They shouldn't do it at all, no one forces people to buy the non Hala stuff. They should give the option of having it or not having. Not just taking it away because of a few people.

 

[Dicehunter]

So why is it not possible in the UK where it is a minority religion?

Because english politicians would rather bend over backwards for the minority rather than having it be equal for all parties involved.

Because it's racist, how would you feel if you lived by a set of rules which said you can't eat bacon and I continued to tell you how good bacon was. That's right you'd stop me eating bacon. Then we would be equal.

JR

It's not racist, Islam is not a race, It is a religion.

A good chunk of my friends are Muslim and they think it's hilarious how far people in England bend over for them, Infact, So do I.

It's quite sad actually.

 

[barnsley]

They shouldn't do it at all, no one forces people to buy the non Hala stuff. They should give the option of having it or not having. Not just taking it away because of a few people.

They don't make any money on bacon/ham in areas that don't have a pork eating majority. Profit, innit. Speaking of which, if they don't get any more customers from doing it they'll probably drop it.

Some of the linking it to Islam is a bit Daily Mail-ish.

 

[Remmy]

Because it's racist, how would you feel if you lived by a set of rules which said you can't eat bacon and I continued to tell you how good bacon was. That's right you'd stop me eating bacon. Then we would be equal.

JR

Are you being serious?