Quick [tech] Questions Thread

[Rendakor]

OBS is good for streaming, but it's kind of shit at recording. I used FRAPS for recording for years, but it doesn't like my new PC so I switched to Dxtory on the recommendation of a friend. Both of those can give really high quality, but will eat up HD space (for example, I have a 2m30s 1080x30 video that's 9.9 gigs).

[Sky]

DNS is pretty simple, though most of my experience is on the Windows side.  Other than the commands it's just a matter of getting it all straight.  If I understand it, your setup is something such as:

WAN IP:  7.7.7.7 (library.sky.net)
DMZ IP:  172.16.50.10
LAN IP:  192.168.1.25

So from outside someone can go to http://library.sky.net and get to the server.  Inside trying to go to that address times out, because the routers don't want to send a connection out then back in.  You can get there by using http://192.168.1.25, but you want patrons to use the name address?

That is pretty much teh IP setup.

Main problem as it stands is that we want patrons to connect to library.sky.net from our website, both inside the library and at home.

[Trippy]

OBS is good for streaming, but it's kind of shit at recording. I used FRAPS for recording for years, but it doesn't like my new PC so I switched to Dxtory on the recommendation of a friend. Both of those can give really high quality, but will eat up HD space (for example, I have a 2m30s 1080x30 video that's 9.9 gigs).

I would assume she already has something that's doing the game video capture since Hawkbit said she's already making Minecraft videos. So she needs something that can do the overlay and add an extra audio track both of which OBS can do if you are doing it while you play or you can do it afterwards in something like Vegas.

Edit: For game video capture I'm using Action! now. I tried to use Bandicam for a while but it seemed to be pretty unstable causing various games to crash while recording. I also tried NVIDIA's ShadowPlay but that has a horrible 4 GB file size limit in Windows 7 so I quickly gave up on that.

[Hawkbit]

The Webcam thing is likely done through something like OBS. If you wander over to twitch.tv you can see what people are doing with software like that. For basic video editing I usually use some version of the non-Pro Vegas.

Just a word of caution: I would be very careful letting her post videos of herself on YouTube. There are very bad people out there who may decide to harass and stalk her.

Thanks, Trippy and Rendakor. I've been part of her profile since the beginning, so if something bad happens I'm aware. Thanks for the reminder, though. Much appreciated for the tips.

EDIT: Our first attempt last year was with FRAPS, but it really didn't seem to hold up on the notebook she uses. She's using Bandicam free now, which leaves a watermark and is 10 minutes max. It's fine, but she's really trying to take it to the next level.

[Yegolev]

My son was using the Hauppauge HD PVR2, however I can't really comment on the relative quality since I don't watch those videos.  From my view telling him to close the laptop for dinner, it looks fine to me.

[apocrypha]

Have you tried XSplit?

[MisterNoisy]

Anyone else having issues with a newer (GTX9xx) card and the most recent nVidia drivers?  After updating to anything after the GTA5 drivers (350.12), I got weird artifacting and lockups in all of my 3D applications until I reverted.

[Yegolev]

Deprived of Visio.  Google Draw suuuuuucks.  I need to make serious diagrams but I don't want to spend any amount of money beyond what I must.  What do you use?

[Trippy]

OmniGraffle?

[Yegolev]

Well, exchanging this Win7 machine for a Mac isn't completely out of the question.  Since I'm learning an entire enterprise architecture from the ground up, though, I'm not sure I can handle that conversion right now.

[Trippy]

There's an iPad version too

[Yegolev]

Why don't I just draw on paper and take a picture?

[Trippy]

Sure, that'll work too!

[MahrinSkel]

I used to use SmartDraw and liked it quite a bit more than Visio, but haven't done any flowcharting in a few years so I don't know what the latest versions are like. Dia Diagram is open source, and looks functional (if a bit short on aesthetic bells and whistles): http://dia-installer.de/

--Dave

[Viin]

Visio is awesome. I haven't found a replacement. SmartDraw is OK, but you might as well buy Visio.

[Ironwood]

You can get Visio on Subscription through 365.

[Salamok]

Deprived of Visio.  Google Draw suuuuuucks.  I need to make serious diagrams but I don't want to spend any amount of money beyond what I must.  What do you use?

Depends on what kind of diagrams if it is for CASE type stuff then mockingbird and cacoo are both fairly decent, they are both on this list http://mashable.com/2010/07/15/wireframing-tools/

[Yegolev]

I'll check out some of those.  Use will be your standard IT network diagramming, which mostly requires boxes, text, and lines that stay attached to their fucking vertices when I'm moving things around in order to make it less byzantine.  Remembering a font choice would be great also, Google.

[schild]

Best Gigabit Switch, 8 port minimum. Wouldn't mind going bigger, can put modem and shit on top. Hit me with choices.

[Trippy]

http://www.amazon.com/TRENDnet-Unmanaged-Gigabit-GREENnet-TEG-S80g/dp/B001QUA6RA

[schild]

seriously? Trendnet? Never would've guessed.

[Chimpy]

They make the best consumer grade Ethernet switches at this point. The greens are really good and are usually cheaper than the competition.

Next best would probably be a netgear GS-108 (if they even make them anymore).

[schild]

that is so strange to me

[schild]

So, this would be the best 16-port option? 8 port caps me out IMMEDIATELY:

http://www.amazon.com/TRENDnet-Unmanaged-Gigabit-GREENnet-TEG-S80g/dp/B001QUA6RA

[Trippy]

Yup.

[schild]

I errrr, isn't this the newer model of the same thing? If so, gonna just order it when I get home from the store:

http://www.amazon.com/TRENDnet-Unmanaged-Gigabit-GREENnet-TEG-S82g/dp/B00C2H0YFU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1433807078&sr=8-1&keywords=TRENDnet+TEG-S82g

[Trippy]

Do you mean this one?

http://www.amazon.com/TRENDnet-16-Port-Unmanaged-GREENnet-TEG-S16DG/dp/B0044GJ516

This one is for rack mounting:

http://www.amazon.com/TRENDnet-Unmanaged-GREENnet-Rack-Mount-TEG-S16G

You can get either.

[schild]

I linked the s82g, which would strike me as an update to the s80g but wtf do i know

[Trippy]

I thought you wanted 16 ports now?

The specs seem to be the same between the 80g and 82g (and there's an 81g with the same specs too). The only thing I can see that's different is the design of the case. If you like the 82g go for it.

[schild]

S82 ships faster lol

[Ragnoros]

How are PS4 loading times vs. PC these days? Thinking about picking up a PS4 as a stopgap until I can afford to upgrade my 7 year old PC for higher end games like Witcher 3, DA:I, Fallout 4, etc.

Comparing Witcher for example, a mid-high end PC and PS4 are fairly indistinguishable graphically, other than some foliage density and reported pop-in issues. I'm having a harder time finding info on load times. Anyone have info from friends or double dips?

[MahrinSkel]

Since a mid to high end PC is going to be loading games from an SSD, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that the PS4 will be molasses slow by comparison.

But compared to a 7 year old PC, it might feel like an upgrade.

--Dave

[schild]

How are PS4 loading times vs. PC these days?

A $500 PC is a better investment than a $300-$400 PS4. Here:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ryYLXL

Edit: I'm not saying buy that. I would never buy an AMD processor. Not since like 2001. But I'm just showing you how woeful this gen of consoles happens to be.

[MahrinSkel]

I will say this: If you are gaming on PC, GET AN SSD. Break open the piggie-bank, sell a kidney, put off that video-card upgrade, if you are playing games on a PC and you do not have the games and OS loading from an SSD, you are doing it wrong. Even a 128gb model will make you a believer, and you can get those for $50.

Crucial MX100 250GB, $90. Same model I have in this rig, will max out SATA III for read speeds, 450MB/sec (a mere 200-250 MB/sec for writing). Tested reliability actually better than spinning platters.

--Dave

[CaptainNapkin]

A colleague is relocating from the US to Germany and looking to retain his US services of Netflix and HBO Go.

Will he need to go through a VPN service or something in order to get to these 2 services? If so, any recommendations? Also, if he uses Apple TV (to retain HBO Go), would a hardware VPN device work with one of these services?

This stuff if out of my wheelhouse but I recall some of you do things such as this, so any ideas are appreciated. Maybe VPN isn't answer? I have no idea.