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    Posted: August 12 2006 at 20:28
MPEG4 files may not be compatible with all plug ins, cause usually you need a Quicktime player to do that, however if you have VideoLAN a media player, it does a lot of things ranging from MP4, DVD, MP3 etc all in one package no need to get extra codecs really.

K-Lite Codec, good if you want to play MP4 in Windows Media Player etc and much more.
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I think Web Wiz Forums only go to max 200 character by default.

I could be wrong.
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Points: 46301 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 10 2006 at 09:59
Originally posted by crimson thing crimson thing wrote:

One other point about signatures - if you change your sig, all previous sigs get changed, yea, even back to the dawn of time (or whenever you started posting here, whichever is the later Wink ) - which is a bit irritating, if you change sigs every now & then out of boredom. Is this an unavoidable quirk of the forum software, or is it possible to set it so that past sigs are fixed, and only future ones change?


I can't possibly imagine such a thing. The memory of a sig is maintained strictly to the present time and to the present form of your sig. It's not about the posts of the pasts, it's not even about posts, it's about you, the member, what the sig represents. So when you do the change of sigs, perfectly natural is to cope everywhere, anywhere with that sig...

(that or I'm really tired and can't understand entirely the issue...Sleepy)
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One other point about signatures - if you change your sig, all previous sigs get changed, yea, even back to the dawn of time (or whenever you started posting here, whichever is the later Wink ) - which is a bit irritating, if you change sigs every now & then out of boredom. Is this an unavoidable quirk of the forum software, or is it possible to set it so that past sigs are fixed, and only future ones change?
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Indeed, huge signatures are VERY borring.
Strangely, avatar cannot exceed 64x64 pixels while it could be... let's say 150x150, but signatures with picture or huge details of what people are listening (like lastfm...) are so annoying.Thumbs Down

Sadly, it is impossible to deactivate the loading of signatures in the settings Unhappy
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Originally posted by ivansfr0st ivansfr0st wrote:

Originally posted by bhikkhu bhikkhu wrote:

Originally posted by The Wizard The Wizard wrote:

I wist the text limit could be increased, but that's just me.

    
Sometimes less is more.
 
You can not really describe an album in 50-75 words, no matter how much you try.
 
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Are the reviews not made for that? Do you need to review albums in your sig?
 
 
Short and concise is best


Edited by Sean Trane - July 15 2006 at 04:52
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Originally posted by bhikkhu bhikkhu wrote:

Originally posted by The Wizard The Wizard wrote:

I wist the text limit could be increased, but that's just me.

    
Sometimes less is more.
 
You can not really describe an album in 50-75 words, no matter how much you try.
 
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Originally posted by The Wizard The Wizard wrote:

I wist the text limit could be increased, but that's just me.

    
Sometimes less is more.
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I wist the text limit could be increased, but that's just me.
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Points: 1494 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 12 2006 at 13:43
I wouldn't mind having text only signatures, but the character limit should be increased. I made my grammar sig into an image because I didn't have the room to say everything I wanted to say in 200 characters. However, I would be fine with it just being text if I had enough room. It would be nice if the image restrictions were a bit tighter. (I know this sounds somewhat ridiculous with my current sig, but I like that picture, and it's a tribute to Syd. I wouldn't mind reducing it if I had to, but since I don't have to I'm not going to.)
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Points: 9669 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 12 2006 at 12:50

Aaron's concern re photos of scantily clad women suddenly appearing on his work (or even home) computer is real, and completely legitimate, as anyone with much work experience (or even a modicum of intuition) would know.Stern Smile

Whether we like viewing attactive human bodies is one thing, but having them unpredictably appear on a music forum is quite another.
 
(Thus I wouldn't view the "eye candy" thread at work, but I should not be afraid to view a thread on Pink Floyd for fear of encountering pics of people in their underwear (swimsuits).
 
If I want to view such things, on my own time, and in privacy, I can readily do so via other sites devoted to just that purpose.Smile
 
 
 
And yes, huge sig pics are rather silly, borderline rude re "netiquette" and boring, for me (the Garfield cartoon, etc,  might be amusing to view once).
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Points: 4097 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 10 2006 at 19:06
On most message boards there's an option to hide everyone's signature, and I use it without fail. I never like scrolling past the same thing over and over!
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Points: 5308 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 10 2006 at 08:11
Originally posted by Ricochet Ricochet wrote:


plus how can someone think you are a perv when it isn't you with the babe picture (let them think ivan's a perv LOL)
 
I'm not perverted, I just happen to like women, much like most other men.
 
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Points: 11979 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 07 2006 at 19:32
I agree with Aaron.

These big signatures are just plain irritating.However I think the Last FM style playlists,whilst a tad "clunky" are obviously apt for this type of forum.

Frosty's old sig pics gave me the creeps though...
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Points: 9226 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 07 2006 at 19:27
Originally posted by ivansfr0st ivansfr0st wrote:

This is such a gay thread([IMG]height=17 alt=LOL src="http://www.progarchives.com/forum/smileys/smiley36.gif" width=17 align=absMiddle>...), but okay, I completely understand your point of view and I shall change my signature. There really is no specific rule about this on the website, and I personally see why you wouldn't just PM me, asking to change the signature, instead of raising a discussion that many people found confusing. 
 

Mind you, beside you the reaction to the new signature was especially great. [IMG]height=17 alt=Tongue src="http://www.progarchives.com/forum/smileys/smiley17.gif" width=17 align=absMiddle>

 

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Points: 1864 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 05 2006 at 16:54
Originally posted by Vompatti Vompatti wrote:

A short film as a signature would be nice. Wink


LOL

Sure, but NO WALRUSES! Angry

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Points: 395 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 05 2006 at 16:26

you didn't have to take it down Ivan, that is up to you unless the board rules change, although i do appreciate it, i didn't PM you because for one i don't generally PM anybody and two i was just using yours as an example, there are others

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Points: 67451 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 05 2006 at 11:58
A short film as a signature would be nice. Wink
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Points: 2808 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 05 2006 at 11:30
i've PM'ed the site owners asking if we can have flash, MPEG4 or IPTV feeds for our sig's.....then we could really ramp it up a notch or two.
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Points: 5308 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 05 2006 at 11:26
This is such a gay thread(LOL...), but okay, I completely understand your point of view and I shall change my signature. There really is no specific rule about this on the website, and I personally see why you wouldn't just PM me, asking to change the signature, instead of raising a discussion that many people found confusing. 
 
Mind you, beside you the reaction to the new signature was especially great. Tongue
 
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Edited by ivansfr0st - July 05 2006 at 11:35
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