Hamster Time's Tips for Recapping
Recapping the Big Brother live feeds is a difficult job, but one that becomes easier the more you do it. Like feeding yourself. However, we'd like to share a few tips that will make your life as a...
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Quote:Is this a side effect? Or is it just a busy night?I don't know! I'm having trouble with the feeds today. BUT .. if I were you, I'd go ahead and put the hardware acceleration back to where it was...
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Nah, my screencaps work and stay as saved. Real Player itself is what is stagnant. I have great audio, but the video isn't video any more. It's like a slideshow that keeps refreshing every few...
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Oh, oh, oh, I have another recapping suggestion. Use the subject box to announce what time you're starting your recap. It's not always easy to find the last post you read on ezboard (especially if...
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An easy tip to remember for those who are in some funky time zone: Hamster Time is three hours earlier than the board's time, EST. Not that I advocate anything that pays homage to overg, mind you.
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Thanks for the explanations on how to make screencaps that aren't black. I have nothing against black but it tends to get boring. Yay me! I'm so excited to be able to post some.
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My best suggestion might be that a one line recap is pretty much a waste of time and space. The exception would be a situation like an endurance comp and the post that "CB has slipped and is out of...
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Thank you TVJ for these concise instructions. I've been trying to learn screen captures for 4 seasons and today I finally learned (from your instructions) how to do them. I now have a #fishtank#...
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just reading the recaps. talk of refreshing before posting not working.if you go to the address line and change the last number to the next multiple of 20, you will get everything that would be on...
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On the Mac, I have found what works best to capture pictures of these shallow, dense hamsters is to hold down the Apple (aka Command/Cloverleaf) key, hold down the Shift key, and press the number 4....
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I have a screencap question - when I print screen then paste into Paint, the feed stays live. It's like I'm watching the feed in Paint. Does anyone else have this issue and maybe I'm just doing...
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Yeah, it was happening to me, too. I haven't tried to slow my acceleration down yet, so maybe that'll help.
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scroll up in this thread to the first post that says "Screencap 101" About half way down in that post are instructions for adjusting your hardware acceleration.
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Quote:AAAhh! ezboard ate another one of my posts. It did that continuously one year. My suggestion is if you have a long post, or even if you don't want to chance a short one getting eaten, cut and...
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bigmattWhen you post, you have the option to preview it first. If you don't like what you see on the preview, you can edit the post below. You don't have to hit the back button. Then you can preview...
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I use the Notepad with Word Wrap selected for my few recaps. It is the simple text editor that comes as an Accessory in Windows.
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Can someone please help me with screencapping? I have read through all of the post but it still is not working for me. When I hit Print screen nothing happens. Please help.
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Jannie - the quick and dirty way I've done screencaps in the past is to hit print screen button on keyboard. Then go to whatever photo program you use (Adobe Photodeluxe or ArcSoft Photo Studio (which...
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You may need to use the F-lock key in order to select the PrnScn (Print Screen) function. Each of these keys are dual-function and toggled by the F-lock key.It took me forever to figure this out when...
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