What killed it, well after reviewing some PS4 gameplay I noticed that it was having audio issues, like it would allow some sounds but not all. It was almost as if it was receiving a 5.1 audio output but was missing the centre channel. Even though the PS4 was set to stereo.

After trying various cables, configs, and boxes. I narrowed it down to this box. Not sure what killed it, whether it’s just old, or that it’s been powered on for over 5 years straight. But its long service will never be forgotten in the hours of Netflix and Disney Plus it passed through to my recorder.

  • FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    9 months ago

    HDCP is so fucking dumb, I couldn’t play Switch on my old projector because of it and it’s absolutely useless in stopping anything from being pirated.

      • Crackhappy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        0·
        1 year ago

        I fly a giant fucking pirate flag with skull and crossbones and no one ever stops me. All they do is say “Are you a pirate?” or “Say Jack Sparrow”. Tcchh bitch please, I’ll torrent your mom’s prom night.

        • StorminNorman@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          1 year ago

          I torrent so much I had to switch to 720p to save space and still have a backlog of 3tb. I blame my ADHD, I have to hoard everyyyyyyyyything.

          • theangryseal@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            1 year ago

            Phones finally stopped my hoarding.

            On my desktop pc I have almost every file I’ve downloaded since 1998. Seriously.

            Want that old specific version of Nero to burn CDs, I probably have you. Looking for abandonware? Yeah, that was my thing for awhile.

            I used to have operating systems I can’t find any record of existing these days (mostly front ends for DOS made to seem more modern in the early 00s). I had something that made Windows 3.1 look like Windows 95, I even had something that made Windows 98 look just like Mac OS 8 (no shit, it layered over windows and everything flawlessly).

            I had every version of Mandrake Linux and several versions after the rename.

            Tonnns of software to extend the life of 16 bit hardware.

            I still have several screeners in 240p from the early 2000s with the audience moving around and laughing in them.

            I have a decent collection of Nirvana bootlegs I downloaded from FTP servers way back in the day.

            Man I miss the old internet. I’m getting old and that’s part of it I guess.

            I find myself hoarding on the Steam Deck desktop too. Something about having a wide open file system just brings that impulse out in me.

              • theangryseal@lemmy.worldEnglish
                1·
                9 months ago

                I don’t have that one. I remember my cousin using it to animate dolls she drew on paint shop pro though. I don’t specifically remember it being animation shop, but I remember the name Jasc when she was showing me her work.

  • driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I used to work as AV technician in a big corporation and had one of those that always saved my ass everytime someone with a MacBook wanted to do a presentation.

    • PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Yup, same. For the unaware: Macs have always-on HDCP, and it doesn’t always work as intended.

      Lots of times, I’m trying to run a projector with a feed from the presenter’s laptop. Laptop is on stage, projector is in the tech booth. And the line in between the stage and the booth will complete the video signal, but not the HDCP handshake. So Windows machines will work fine, but Macs will just outright refuse to send anything.

      So yes, I keep an HDCP stripper handy, because whenever a client pulls a MacBook out I know I’m going to need it.