The Mind Of OverlordTomala
Computing

Getting my Tux in a row

I’ve been contemplating a Linux reinstall for quite some time, but wasn’t sure if I wanted to run it in a VM or as a dualboot. I’ve decided on the latter as I want to see how it performs. Linux ran awesomely on my old Xeon setup, crummy AMD GPU drivers aside. But now with Vega and Ryzen, and better drivers under Linux I want to see how things perform from general use to gaming. Most of the software I use under Windows is Open Source or able to run under Linux (how far we’ve come) and this includes my recording and video editing software. 😀 Perhaps I’ll do some side by side comparisons once I get established, and maybe even some videos. I wonder if they have the AMF H.264 codec running under the Linux version of OBS? That would make recording soooooo much nicer, it was one of the reasons why I pretty much did all my work in Windows instead… well there was that and the fact I couldn’t find any video editing software that could compare to Premiere, but with Shotcut I don’t see that as a problem.

So far my transferable list of programs consists of: OBS Studio, Shotcut, Krita, Audacity, VLC, Waterfox, and I recently reinstalled Pidgin (got fed up with Chatzilla). Then of course there’s Steam. :v: It will be great to go between OS’s again. Should be easier now too that I’m using the same audio equipment between both now, my old audio setup had crap Linux support which was why I had to purchase a Digital Analog Converter to get full support for my Shure SM58.

I’m not sure when I’ll start on it, but I’ve already downloaded the latest ISO for CentOS; Now I just need to pick a day to do the deed. :zorak:

Hobbies

Running the numbers and cooling the engines

I’ve been doing some test renders to really break in my new setup, and already I see drastic improvements when comparing to my old Xeon setup.

To break things down I rendered a clip that was 3:11 long. On H.265 I managed to get it to render in 6 minutes and 23 seconds. Meanwhile H.264 got me 3 minutes and 17 seconds. On my old setup it would be about a minute or two more before completion.

I haven’t been using H.265 for rendering, but now with more support for it I’ll switch despite the longer render time. My test clip when rendered on H.265 was 200mb while on H.264 it was 325mb total.

Quite impressive, this has proven to be worth every penny. :morty: You can expect more videos assuming real life doesn’t get my knickers in a twist. I’ve been working on a couple others today, and will be releasing one tomorrow that was already in the can. It will be my final video with an intro, after reading around I’ve decided to just drop intros and add more content instead unless I find a good reason to add one to a particular video. I’m not a big enough YouTuber to really get away with having them for every video.

Are you fucking serious?

Today’s Blog Post is brought to you by news from America’s penis

Ever hear the saying “You are what you eat?” Well… I guess that can be kinda true?

Police say they responded to a parking lot on South Dixie Highway and found three people sitting in a car. The people in the car consented to a search and police say they found drug paraphernalia and a substance that field tested positive for crystal meth.

Crystal Methvin and Douglas Nickerson were arrested on drug possession charges

Crystal Methvin, fucking hell that is fabulously horrible. I don’t know what to add to this, it just writes itself. :trollface:

All in an Overlord's day / Food/Drink1

Birthday Reprise

I had some birthday presents arrive in the mail recently, one of them being some really nice Oolong. Alas all of my containers are full of… tea; because I have problems. To keep anyone from throwing away a perfectly good cardboard box I took a moment to get the point across:

 

It has a really earthy aroma, in some ways it reminds me of licorice. I haven’t tasted it yet, but will have it iced tomorrow for work. At some point when the stars align I’l use it in the Gaiwan set, also a birthday present!

Gaming

Revisiting the old Tomb Raiders.

I’ve been toying with the idea of recording some classic Tomb Raider sessions (2 through 5), and the possibility of streaming them on Twitch and YouTube. I do seem to have issues with the classic versions and OBS, since they use an earlier version of Direct3D (pre directX 9) I have no choice but to record the entire desktop. I’ve experimented a bit with recording all of the desktop and it doesn’t seem to take much power. There is still streaming it to my laptop and then streaming it publicly from there as a possible solution.

Another problem I notice is that on a vanilla setup on any of those games is being unable to run them on any resolution above 1080p. The game setups give me the option to run at 1440p but they fail every time they launch. I would think someone by now would have come up with a workaround, but it’ll take more research. I’ve already installed the multipatch, though that doesn’t seem to solve the problem. I don’t mind playing at a lower resolution, but if there is an option out there that would allow me to play in my native resolution I’d happily welcome it. :happy:

Gaming

When life gives you melons

GOTY

You cut them up and realize you need fresher melons. I think I’ve done enough MGR for now.; I beat the game on Normal with a surprise, wigs… Fucking wigs, and all they do is slightly change the color of your hair and give you a bonus depending on which one. I think next time I’ll give the game a go on hard. Each time I play I understand parrying a little bit more.

The look of a bad hombre and the face of a nasty woman.

Meanwhile in MGSV I’ve been having a great time sneaking around and trolling Soviets… the games I played today feel too much like current tines. :zorak: