513 Reply by boomlinde

(28 replies, posted in Audio Production)

You can get more out of LAME using VBR instead. You could probably aim for a lower mean bit rate and still get a lot better sound.

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514 Reply by boomlinde

(39 replies, posted in General Discussion)

akira^8GB wrote:

There were things like this before, for example those 2xSAI engines in emulators. They smooth up the pixels and give similar results in real time. Not as smooth, but pretty close.

If this algorithm works in real time it might be good for HD upscaling of old games. Will make them look really cartoony.

I think they wrote that it's too slow to realistically be performed in real time atm. It will enable Nintendo to quickly churn out a bunch of half-assed remakes, for sure, though! smile

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515 Reply by boomlinde

(39 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Andrew Winzenburg wrote:

Skimming over the intro to their research paper, there doesn't seem to be any reasons stated for why the hell any one would ever need an algorithm that can turn pixel art into, uh, "not pixel art.

Try reading the "previous work" section. It lists previous research and applications of upscaling and vectorizing algorithms, fields where the work is highly relevant. You should also try reading the conclusions. Please, at least skim over the whole paper before assuming that the research is useless.

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516 Reply by boomlinde

(24 replies, posted in Trading Post)

Dibs for Vidi Amiga if you can't sell the bunch!

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517 Reply by boomlinde

(3 replies, posted in Past Events)

It's on short notice, but hopefully it'll happen again soon enough... and hopefully not in the middle of the week!

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518 Topic by boomlinde

(3 replies, posted in Past Events)

A friend at local hackerspace forskningsavdelningen is picking up the pieces, starting out slow with a thursday night hangout. I will play there together with salkiniztor of 047 fame! Here's a phasebook page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=199711510072743

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519 Reply by boomlinde

(2 replies, posted in Software & Plug-ins)

I don't know about registering, but you can play a lot with the open source UADE, or the Delix XMPlay plugin if you're on windows.

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520 Reply by boomlinde

(3 replies, posted in Sega)

The bin file for the TFC player is a plugin, so you can't launch it like you would a ROM dump. It has to be installed and stuff. I don't remember the exact procedure, but maybe a hint is enough.

As for the second problem, are you sure it has to do with the cartridge? It sounds like something you'd experience after playing everything in 60 Hz on emulators and then switching to a 50 Hz PAL system. I put a switch on my Megadrive so that I can flip between 50/60 Hz. You should look into that, as it was very easy and lets you play Japanese/US/60Hzland games at their correct speeds.

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521 Reply by boomlinde

(51 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Music gets me into the chemical plant zone

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522 Reply by boomlinde

(51 replies, posted in General Discussion)

I can vaguely relate to the concept of a "zone," when you get into a good flow, but whatever it is I don't think it's quite like in video games.

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523 Reply by boomlinde

(7 replies, posted in Trading Post)

Wow! Is it possible to get a shipping estimate on the bbc b and the +2a to Sweden?

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524 Reply by boomlinde

(14 replies, posted in Collaborations)

I have given the idea a good deal of thought, and I think it would be great to go forward and start working on a new CD to distribute via the web, showing off the best of the 70+ platforms that we now support on the site. Its also a good opportunity for the site to work together as a team to create something great

I'm guessing a mp3 collection, then.

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525 Reply by boomlinde

(20 replies, posted in General Discussion)

ovenrake wrote:

I don't know much, but I do know you will go down in chip-stardom if you end up camping for blip.

I camped for Blip Europe, if that counts! But yeah, it was at a camping site within walking distance from the venue.

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526 Reply by boomlinde

(10 replies, posted in Commodore Computers)

There's a huge queue, I think. If you preordered and log in on the website, I think that you can see your place in line.

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527 Reply by boomlinde

(10 replies, posted in Commodore Computers)

Orders are closed until May 12:th, I think. Until then... F5 F5 F5 F5 F5

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528 Reply by boomlinde

(20 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Maybe http://www.couchsurfing.org/?

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