RE: [newbie] YASP--(its own thread)

2003-12-30 Thread Matt Bleiweiss
I have a Soundblaster Live Value that came with my Dell on the machine that I use now. It works just fine. I just had to change the driver that Mandrake selected to the other one. Here is the reply from Dennis that helped me out: Ah, sound, it is still a bit of a problem in linux. However the

RE: [newbie] editing Mpeg home video

2003-12-28 Thread Matt Bleiweiss
VCD's use MPEG files. You need a program that will convert the quicktime files to the right framerate/resolution/bitrate so that you can use them as a VCD. Next, you need a program to create the VCD. I'm brandnew to linux but I do this on Windoze. I use VirtualDub/TMPEG to create the right file

[newbie] Not saving hardware settings

2003-12-28 Thread Matt Bleiweiss
Hey, I recently was reading a thread about menu changes not being saved but I'm afraid that I have a different problem, Mandrake doesn't seem to be saving some of my hardware settings. When I booted into it today, my network didn't work. I had to go into the Control Center and run the wizard

[newbie] Leadtek TV 2000XP Deluxe

2003-12-27 Thread Matt Bleiweiss
Hello again, First off, thanks for helping me get my sound to work! Next, I am trying to get my TV tuner, a Leadtek 2000XP Deluxe to work. I have XawTV installed and at some point Mandrake asked me about the card but now in Xaw I get nothing. According to