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#71

Programs / Re: Virtual Machines

Last post by humbert - January 30, 2024, 06:02 AM

What about it is garbage?
In my experience it's godtier compared to vbox. I'd not touch vbox unless I am using a pc that doesnt have vtx or vtd enabled.
You can resize the screen on the fly after guest tools is installed, same goes for network drive if you set up a network connection for the VM.
Shared folder would be using the remote tool you use to connect.

Interesting. It's clear I'm doing something wrong. You mentioned some guides. Is there a link to a good guide? Based on what you're saying it's worth a second look.

I had no idea Hyper-V had guest tools. In the program's walk-thru they're not mentioned anywhere -- unless I was looking in the wrong place.

Did you manage to install a downloaded ISO as a VM under Hyper-V (Linux or Windows) and get the damn thing to work? Or did you use one of the "pre-loaded" VM's on the quick start menu?

But yes, in my experience it is not really worth using linux in it unless you plan on using CLI.

On WSL, CLI is pretty much all you've got (i.e, no GUI). You use it to install Linux apps. For example, I typed "sudo apt install gedit" and it downloaded and installed a fully working copy. I'm not seeing an icon anywhere, so just type "gedit" at the prompt to launch it.

#72

Programs / Re: Virtual Machines

Last post by Shadow.97 - January 29, 2024, 09:14 PM

Did you follow any guides?
Normally you would just follow the setup guide and then unmount the iso after OS is installed.

I didn't see a setup guide. Installing a VM is pretty straight forward. In fact it's not all that different from how it's done in VirtualBox or VMWare. It's just doesn't work unless I'm doing something wrong. I even Ubuntu under those preconfigured VM's they have. It appeared to install but when booted up got just a green screen.

What are you using the hypervisor for?

Just testing it. Not only did I not get it to work, it's garbage when compared to Vbox or VMware. You can't resize the screen on the fly, nor access a network drive, nor create a shared folder. It's garbage. Uninstalling.

What about it is garbage?
In my experience it's godtier compared to vbox. I'd not touch vbox unless I am using a pc that doesnt have vtx or vtd enabled.

You can resize the screen on the fly after guest tools is installed, same goes for network drive if you set up a network connection for the VM.

Shared folder would be using the remote tool you use to connect.

But yes, in my experience it is not really worth using linux in it unless you plan on using CLI.

#73

Programs / Re: Virtual Machines

Last post by humbert - January 29, 2024, 05:03 AM

Did you follow any guides?
Normally you would just follow the setup guide and then unmount the iso after OS is installed.

I didn't see a setup guide. Installing a VM is pretty straight forward. In fact it's not all that different from how it's done in VirtualBox or VMWare. It's just doesn't work unless I'm doing something wrong. I even Ubuntu under those preconfigured VM's they have. It appeared to install but when booted up got just a green screen.

What are you using the hypervisor for?

Just testing it. Not only did I not get it to work, it's garbage when compared to Vbox or VMware. You can't resize the screen on the fly, nor access a network drive, nor create a shared folder. It's garbage. Uninstalling.

#74

Programs / Re: Virtual Machines

Last post by Shadow.97 - January 27, 2024, 09:46 PM

Have any of you guys played around with Hyper-V? I started doing that today, The setup menu is relatively easy but I could not get any VM to work. I'm seeing it can't be resized on the fly and I see no way to share a folder with the host OS.

Any ideas?

Did you follow any guides?

Normally you would just follow the setup guide and then unmount the iso after OS is installed.

For folder access you enable guest services after installing guest tools. Then when connecting and selecting resolution you attach the drive you are looking for.

What are you using the hypervisor for?

#75

Programs / Re: Virtual Machines

Last post by humbert - January 24, 2024, 06:43 AM

Have any of you guys played around with Hyper-V? I started doing that today, The setup menu is relatively easy but I could not get any VM to work. I'm seeing it can't be resized on the fly and I see no way to share a folder with the host OS.

Any ideas?

#76

Chit Chat / Re: CD covers/CD flac tracks

Last post by humbert - January 24, 2024, 06:39 AM

FLAC, which stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec, is an open-source audio compression format that aims to deliver audio in a way that is both high-quality and lossless. But FLAC files are typically larger in size than M4A files. The M4A file format is a digital audio format developed by Apple Inc. It is primarily used to store audio files that are encoded using the Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) codec.
M4A is better than MP3 hands down as long as it uses AAC audio codec.

I've heard of music in flac format. For obvious reasons they're much bigger than MP3's. What I'm not clear about is if you convert a large flac file to a smaller m4a, is there any loss in quality? Does the conversion involve compression or simply recoding it to AAC?

I didn't know you could burn flac files to a CD. Is there sufficient room on the CD to accomodate several tracks and not have loss?

I downloaded that song. Sounds OK. Do you have an mp3 copy so I can compare?

#77

Chit Chat / Re: CD covers/CD flac tracks

Last post by scarface - January 23, 2024, 09:59 PM

Who still uses CD's? If there are any left they're rapidly headed for extinction. Do they even sell CD players any more? Cars no longer have them.

Let me ask you something. If you heard a 320kbps mp3 song and then the very same song if flac, could you tell the difference? I don't think I could.

Actually, I had a lot of CDs, and I wanted to rip them into a digital library. But I lost one of the covers, hence my request.
Who is talking about CDs? I'm talking about CD tracks here, in Flac format (https://www.cnet.com/tech/home-entertainment/what-is-flac-the-high-def-mp3-explained/)
What's more, I added a tutorial to to convert FLAC to M4A.
FLAC, which stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec, is an open-source audio compression format that aims to deliver audio in a way that is both high-quality and lossless. But FLAC files are typically larger in size than M4A files. The M4A file format is a digital audio format developed by Apple Inc. It is primarily used to store audio files that are encoded using the Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) codec.
M4A is better than MP3 hands down as long as it uses AAC audio codec.
If you want, you can download this to see the sound quality of a M4A file: https://file.io/iBcctdAiEjPI

#78

Chit Chat / Re: CD covers/CD flac tracks

Last post by humbert - January 23, 2024, 05:38 AM

Who still uses CD's? If there are any left they're rapidly headed for extinction. Do they even sell CD players any more? Cars no longer have them.

Let me ask you something. If you heard a 320kbps mp3 song and then the very same song if flac, could you tell the difference? I don't think I could.

#79

Chit Chat / Re: CD covers/CD flac tracks

Last post by scarface - January 16, 2024, 09:32 AM

Note that I'm looking for

-the CD covers front/back (in high quality) of this cd
https://www.discogs.com/fr/release/21197962-Beethoven-London-Symphony-Orchestra-New-Philharmonia-Orchestra-Carlo-Maria-Giulini-Symphonies-nos-6-

-and the flac tracks of this CD:

#80

Chit Chat / CD covers/CD flac tracks

Last post by scarface - January 16, 2024, 09:18 AM

I'm opening a new topic for those who are looking for old CD covers or CD tracks.



I'm also posting a tutorial below for those who want to reduce the size of their Flac tracks.

First you need to install fre:ac - free audio converter
But the default fdk AAC encoder does not provide good quality. That's why the bitrate of files created with default options (256) is quite high. However fre:ac supports the Apple Core Audio AAC encoder which provides very good quality (the bitrate can be much lower than with fdk AAC while retaining the same or even higher perceived quality). To use the Core Audio encoder with fre:ac, you need to install iTunes or just AppleApplicationSupport64.msi.

Then choose the Core audio AAC encoder.For high-quality music, the LC or Low Complexity profile should be preferred. The Flac files can be converted to m4a files using this method with a substantial gain of hard drive space.