PAQCompress v0.3.48 has been released
Hi everyone, Today, I have released PAQCompress v0.3.48: This release adds paq8pxd v87, v88 and v89. You can download this new version on GitHub by clicking here. Enjoy! Post Views: 1
PAQCompress v0.3.47 has been released
Hi everyone, Today, I have released PAQCompress v0.3.47: This release fixes the following issues: Fixes an issue where the software would not work if its location contained spaces and “Show Command Prompt” was checked. Fixes Batch script generation if the software was placed on a location with spaces. You can download this new version on GitHub by clicking here. Enjoy! Post Views: 11
The OWC Mercury Pro 5.25″ External Optical Drive Enclosure
Hi everyone, Today, I’ll show you the OWC Mercury Pro 5.25″ External Optical Drive Enclosure: This is an enclosure designed for Internal 5.25″ CD, DVD, and Blu-Ray drives. It uses a USB 3.1 Gen 1 connection to transfer files faster than when using USB 2.0. This mainly applies to Blu-Ray discs since they can have a very high transfer rate when compared to CD or DVD, hence having a USB 3.1 Gen 1 connection allows us to benefit by having…
Changing the LiteOn iHAS524 Optical Pickup Unit, again
Hi everyone, Remember my previous post where I was talking about the LiteOn iHAS524 C and mentioned the different optical pickup units this model use across its different revisions? Turns out that the SF-DS1XD OPU used in the iHAS524 B was having trouble burning DVD+R DL, so I began my search for a used iHASx24 drive from the A revision. On Friday, I got a used LiteOn iHAS124 A delivered. This model use the SF-DS19L OPU that all LiteOn iHASx24…
Opus GUI v1.16 released
Hi everyone, Today, I have released Opus GUI v1.16: This release adds a new text file called audioformats.txt. In this file, you can specify the file extensions that the GUI will process: You can add new extensions as long as ffmpeg supports it, and they will be processed only if ffmpeg is present. Otherwise, only WAV files will be processed. This version also has some bug fixes and improvements and updates the Google APIs to their latest version. You can…
PAQCompress v0.3.46 released
Hi everyone, Today, I have released PAQCompress v0.3.46: This release adds paq8pxd v86. You can download this new version on GitHub by clicking here. Enjoy! Post Views: 3
Collaborating in the exhale project – Part 2
Hi everyone, Yesterday, I began working on my second collaboration for the exhale xHE-AAC USAC encoder. This time, I worked on adding an argument to print the software version on the console. The above is the main software, printing its information as well as how to use it. There was no option to print the version only. Ideally, I just wanted a way to print something like exhale version 1.0.3 …..so that I can easily parse it as I do…
My first GitLab contribution: exhale encoder
Hi everyone, Yesterday, I collaborated on the exhale xHE-AAC Audio Encoder to add compatibility to compile the project on MinGW on Windows. The exhale project is an Open-Source xHE-AAC USAC encoder. It allows you to encode wave (WAV) files to M4A using this specific codec. Originally, compilation on Windows was done using Visual Studio, and this worked fine, but when compiling it on MSYS2/MinGW, it gave some issues, specifically: It also complained about fprintf_s, so some changes needed to be…
Verbatim 4x BDXL 100GB Blank Media
Hi everyone, Yesterday, I received my very first BDXL media. These are way more expensive than BD-R and about twice the cost of BD-R DL media. For my first BDXL recordable media, I decided to get the Verbatim 10-pack spindle. These seem to be one of the lowest-priced media when compared to 3-packs or 5-packs variants of other manufacturers. These BDXL discs are rated at 4x, but my LG WH14NS40 crossflashed to the WH16NS60 firmware detects them as having a…
Upgrading the Lenovo Y720 RAM to 64GB
Hi everyone, I’ve recently upgraded my Lenovo Y720 RAM to 64GB. This laptop came with 16GB initially, but it’s very easy to upgrade it. I was browsing Amazon and found that the Samsung 32GB DDR4 SODIMM modules were the cheapest available, so I went ahead and ordered 2 of them. Upgrading it was as easy as removing the back cover: We can see the 2x 8GB RAM modules installed in the laptop here: And here they are removed: The part…