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Screen caps

I was wondering what you/anyone else uses for screen caps. I have the movie files in .m4a format purchased on iTunes. Thanks.--Bob 03:10, 4 April 2007 (EDT)

  • I have the files in iTunes, but I don't really use them for capping. The quality is OK but it's too hard to get a particular frame. What I do instead is transfer the files off my Tivo, convert 'em to divx, and use VirtualDub, which is pretty amazing stuff. You can apply dozens of filters with live previews for anything from de-watermarking and resizing to gamma correction, and you can step through about a dozen ways (frame by frame, key frames, etc.), including the jog dial on the mouse. You can even create clips and export them as frames or animated gifs. I cannot recommend it enough, but it definitely works best with AVIs. It does work nicely with most of the files off the P2P networks, but I personally find their quality to be a total crapshoot.--Hardvice (talk) 03:16, 4 April 2007 (EDT)
    • Gotcha. I don't have Tivo, so I guess I'll just add something to the image request. Thanks though.--Bob 03:24, 4 April 2007 (EDT)
      • If you do want to get a cap out of iTunes, you can either use ALT+Print Screen and paste the image into an image editor, or use the "set poster frame" option from the right-click menu in iTunes and copy/paste that into an image program. (Sometimes ALT+Print Screen has trouble grabbing video if hardware acceleration is turned on, but the poster frame trick in iTunes should still work.)--Hardvice (talk) 04:55, 4 April 2007 (EDT)
        • Everytime I try that, it never works. I just assumed it was a DRM issue. Same with WMP.--Bob 05:00, 4 April 2007 (EDT)
          • Actually, it's just hardware acceleration. If you turn off hardware acceleration in WMP, it works fine. See this.--Hardvice (talk) 05:12, 4 April 2007 (EDT)
  • Bob, I'm assuming you're aware of the screencap site? It's very handy for a few things. They have nice-quality caps of pretty much everything you'd need, and it's also a good way to visually review an episode without digging up the file on iTunes or at NBC.com. One of the nicest things about getting caps from there is that the images are usually 624x352 which makes cropping them down to 450x350 a cinch. Two drawbacks with the site: they don't have everything (especially specific things like the magnifying glass from OGL -- I checked and didn't see what you wanted), and you have to remove the watermark. If you have trouble with the watermark, that's fine, just upload it as is and slap template:reupload on there and somebody will take care of it for you. :) — RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 06:47, 4 April 2007 (EDT)

Location Map

Hey, do you have a good blank copy of the location map? I know there's a blank one there, but I saw that you recently made it larger and sharper. I'd like to kind of restart some of the arrows, now that we've added new places. Just a basic cleanup, you know? Do you have anything? ... or should I just start over with this one? — RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 21:39, 6 April 2007 (EDT)

  • I almost think we should start with a different image and just add some strings. The Post-Its kind of get in the way.--Hardvice (talk) 21:51, 6 April 2007 (EDT)
    • :) Yeah, I was thinking along the same lines. I liked the idea of using an Heroes-related image, but it is quite ... distracting with the Post-its. Do you have another image in mind, or shall we just try to find a nice world map image? ... Or scrap it altogether and just use the portal? — RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 22:56, 6 April 2007 (EDT)
      • I'll see if I can dig up a decent map and add some strings. If it looks dumb, we can always just use the portal.--Hardvice (talk) 00:11, 7 April 2007 (EDT)

Thumbnails

Sorry about that. Thanks for the heads-up Coffeeicecream 07:47, 8 April 2007 (EDT)

Early

Wow, the next GN is up. Have fun! — RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 16:53, 9 April 2007 (EDT)

Timeline cleanup

So my new job decided to hold off my training today, so I have the day off, figured I'd clean up the timeline (has the maintenance tag). What all needs to be done to it?--Bob 12:13, 14 April 2007 (EDT)

  • I don't really know. I don't pay much attention to it because as far as I'm concerned, it's not reconcilable (ever tried to figure out Niki's timeline for the first six episodes? It just doesn't fit with everybody else). I know it needs Span ID tags for the dates, but other than that I'm not sure.--Hardvice (talk) 12:19, 14 April 2007 (EDT)
    • Really, I think it needs a huge overhaul of some sort. Maybe a table, I don't know. It looks pretty awful, though. Lostpedia's timeline is a bit cleaner-looking. We don't necessarily need to do it like they have it, but I do like how it's organized better than ours. — RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 13:02, 14 April 2007 (EDT)
      • I'll tinker around with some stuff and see what I can come up with. --Bob 13:20, 14 April 2007 (EDT)
        • I've gotten so frustated with the timeline that sometimes I just have the urge to slap an AFD tag on it. Heroe!(talk) 13:38, 14 April 2007 (EDT)

Image sizing, placement, and deleting old images question

  • So can a person specify the size of an image, make it left-aligned with a caption, and not make the text after it wrap? I'm referring to the solution to Hiro's "For Fun" crossword puzzle. Or should it just not have a caption? 'ROESian
  • Personally, I think it's better off without the caption. The idea that "Get Isaac-san" is a hidden message isn't necessarily true; it could be a coincidence.--Hardvice (talk) 20:54, 19 April 2007 (EDT)
  • Since the most recent image of the crossword puzzle solution is correct, will the obsolete versions be deleted? Who are the sysops-types 'round here? 'ROESian
    • Hardvive is a sysop. Heroe!(talk) 21:16, 19 April 2007 (EDT)
    • The system stores previous versions of images in case they need to be reverted. I'm not sure what the retention of the old versions is (probably indefinite), but they won't hurt anything.--Hardvice (talk) 21:18, 19 April 2007 (EDT)
      • Should be indefinite since I don't purge anything at the filesystem level and niether does MediaWiki (less perhaps the image is deleted, but I've actually never checked). (Admin 22:04, 19 April 2007 (EDT))
      • Sometimes I actually find it quite useful to have old versions of pics around. Maybe not in the case of the crossword puzzle, but other images provide alternate crops, entirely different pictures, and just really interesting histories. I've found them to come in handy every once in a blue moon. — RyanGibsonStevart (talk) 22:46, 19 April 2007 (EDT)

Namespaces

  • So far the migration of episodes to their own true namespace seems to have worked fine. Had to do a little db hacking since apparently the list of namespaces to search is actually stored per user and by default we want people searching the new Episode namespace. If all looks good then we can move the others over soon. It just takes maybe 20 minutes of prep time and then a couple minutes to actually execute the changes. I'll be off at a MySQL conference in California next week, so it probably won't be until the following week, unless I get time this Saturday. If you notice any problems with the new namespace, let me know. (Admin 03:19, 21 April 2007 (EDT))
    • It looks awesome. I had to tweak the episode sidebar template, since it was looking for the pseudonamespace, but it was an easy fix. I love that it has its own searchbox, and it should make template work much easier. You are, as ever, Da Man.--Hardvice (talk) 03:20, 21 April 2007 (EDT)
      • And it sure beats renaming pages by hand! :) (Admin 03:22, 21 April 2007 (EDT))
        • The only thing unusual I've noticed so far is that Special:Wantedpages is a bit wonky ... all teh episodes show up as red links, but when you click them, they're fine, and the number of links is way off. I'm assuming this is from the moves and will probably sort itself out as the pages refresh.--Hardvice (talk) 03:25, 21 April 2007 (EDT)
          • I'm refreshing the link table now. When it's finished the episodes should all be gone from the list. (Admin 03:35, 21 April 2007 (EDT))
            • Excellent update, Admin. The new namespace will be a welcome change. I'm not seeing any episodes on Special:Wantedpages--looks like you took care of it....One note about searching: it'd be nice to have it search either both Talk and Episode talk, or neither talk space. If it requires a big hack job, don't worry 'bout it--I'll just change it in my own preferences. — RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 03:52, 21 April 2007 (EDT)
              • By default it doesn't search talk pages of any other namespace, so I want to preserve that behavior. If you have a Talk namespace checked off already then you probably set that yourself in your settings in the past. (Admin 03:54, 21 April 2007 (EDT))
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