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What is the best flash file format to use
VanguardLH wrote:
default wrote: Believe me, I checked that out. The model she has, has about eight screws holding the bottom on and no other trap-doors or removable appendages like a battery. I Googled it and the info I found said HDD memory is soldered in. A114-31 series. Ah, finally more details. I found a Youtube video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62O7bWGkjxY That's on the A114-31-C4HH which might be close to your netbook's configuration. The author says the RAM and HDD are soldered onto the mothboard. If soldering is with leads (the component is laid onto the PCB with leads going through blivets and soldered on the opposite side) then you could replace the components if you had the tools (solder iron, wick, solder sucker) and the expertise; however, finding a replacement drive would be very tough as the drives are probably special order by Acer, so they're the only ones with the drives (which they likely won't sell individually as the bigger drives are used to "drive" consumers to buy the pricier netbook configurations). 32GB storage would be eMMC in a BGA package. You'd need a hot air station to replace that. 64GB and maybe even 128GB replacements exist. That's the "disk drive". The RAM could be TSOP or BGA. The processor isn't actually that bad, as it's dual channel and has a decent upper limit on RAM. The processor costs $107. I thought it was going to be the $17 processor, but it's not. It's a higher priced one, a "mid tier". If the RAM is soldered down, they could limit the amount of RAM to a single rank. There might only be lands for eight chips. If you wanted to extend the RAM, maybe you'd need space to solder down thirty two chips total. You can't alway find higher capacity chips (four times larger) when you need one. In this case, the RAM may not currently be up to the CPU limit, so maybe it could be upgraded, if there was space for all the chips. Paul |
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What is the best flash file format to use
On Wed, 15 Aug 2018 22:37:18 -0500, VanguardLH wrote:
default wrote: Believe me, I checked that out. The model she has, has about eight screws holding the bottom on and no other trap-doors or removable appendages like a battery. I Googled it and the info I found said HDD memory is soldered in. A114-31 series. Ah, finally more details. I found a Youtube video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62O7bWGkjxY That's on the A114-31-C4HH which might be close to your netbook's configuration. The author says the RAM and HDD are soldered onto the mothboard. If soldering is with leads (the component is laid onto the PCB with leads going through blivets and soldered on the opposite side) then you could replace the components if you had the tools (solder iron, wick, solder sucker) and the expertise; however, finding a replacement drive would be very tough as the drives are probably special order by Acer, so they're the only ones with the drives (which they likely won't sell individually as the bigger drives are used to "drive" consumers to buy the pricier netbook configurations). I haven't tried on her Samsung TV but tried it on mine and it only plays FAT32. She lives ~120 miles from me, so I deal with her concerns when I'm at her house... If she gave you the brand and model of her TV, you could look up its specs and read its manual before visiting her. My Samsung TV plays flash cards but is not a smart TV and I have no control over the video player. I do have VLC on a "TV-stick" and can play some of the formats the TV refuses to play natively. Most of what I get is AVI MKV or MP4 and the TV will play them. There are media players you can hook up to the TV. I've not investigated those since I just make sure the next TV has got the smarts to do what I want; however, it seems the media players are more flexible for features and file formats. We have a good lasting cooperative and complimentary relationship, it is more important to me than things. I'm not too sure I'd put up with a card reader that has the card protruding like that, so I won't try to impose on her except as a suggestion. Laptops are easier to find than women that are "keepers" IMO. 120 miles apart means each of you get to mostly see just the better half of the other half. That is true. I heartedly recommend it. We've been together 30+ years, and still rip each other's clothes off. If there's any point of contention it will never rise to the level of a problem and remains secondary to the relationship. We know what is important... From the Youtube video, at that time the netbook only cost $200. If she breaks the card reader (the card can be replaced albeit losing the contents of the old card), well, there's the USB ports for using either HDDs or flash drive that way. |
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On Thu, 16 Aug 2018 01:12:38 -0400, Paul
wrote: VanguardLH wrote: default wrote: Believe me, I checked that out. The model she has, has about eight screws holding the bottom on and no other trap-doors or removable appendages like a battery. I Googled it and the info I found said HDD memory is soldered in. A114-31 series. Ah, finally more details. I found a Youtube video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62O7bWGkjxY That's on the A114-31-C4HH which might be close to your netbook's configuration. The author says the RAM and HDD are soldered onto the mothboard. If soldering is with leads (the component is laid onto the PCB with leads going through blivets and soldered on the opposite side) then you could replace the components if you had the tools (solder iron, wick, solder sucker) and the expertise; however, finding a replacement drive would be very tough as the drives are probably special order by Acer, so they're the only ones with the drives (which they likely won't sell individually as the bigger drives are used to "drive" consumers to buy the pricier netbook configurations). 32GB storage would be eMMC in a BGA package. You'd need a hot air station to replace that. 64GB and maybe even 128GB replacements exist. That's the "disk drive". The RAM could be TSOP or BGA. The processor isn't actually that bad, as it's dual channel and has a decent upper limit on RAM. The processor costs $107. I thought it was going to be the $17 processor, but it's not. It's a higher priced one, a "mid tier". If the RAM is soldered down, they could limit the amount of RAM to a single rank. There might only be lands for eight chips. If you wanted to extend the RAM, maybe you'd need space to solder down thirty two chips total. You can't alway find higher capacity chips (four times larger) when you need one. In this case, the RAM may not currently be up to the CPU limit, so maybe it could be upgraded, if there was space for all the chips. Paul I'm not up for that. I have to use through-hole components and breakout boards where smd's are the only choice. My eyesight isn't what it used to be and fine motor control leaves something to be desired. Getting old sucks. I've opened a couple of tablet PC's. Replacing a battery and display is about the only things I can manage. |
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On 08/15/2018 02:43 PM, NY wrote:
[snip] As long as you have space on the PC's internal drive (which I presume is NTFS) you can download the file and then break it into bite (byte?) sized chunks. But how you then expand that to play it on the TV is another matter - I don't think you can do it. You could if you used a video editor, rather than an archive program. Then the chunks would themselves be playable video files. -- Mark Lloyd http://notstupid.us/ "Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect." -- Linus Torvalds (2003-09-28) |
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default wrote:
My wife has one of the Acer Aspire 1 net books. The C drive only has 32 GB of storage and Windoze uses most of it. It is not upgradable. It has superb graphics and she uses it to watch Netflix without being tied down to the TV set. She has added two 64 GB flash cards for storage. I currently have them both formatted as FAT32 drives. Are there good reasons to use NTFS or exFAT instead, and what are the reasons? The advantage to FAT32 is that if there is a movie, she can just unplug the flash drive and plug it into her TV to watch the movie on the big screen with friends. Can applications be loaded to the flash drives (and run normally) as if they were on the C drive? There is also an unused card reader on the machine, but unlike some laptops the standard size SD card it takes, sticks out by ~ one half, and it might get broken off the way she treats the machine if it has to live there 24/7. (or I have to find a half-length SD to micro SD card adapter for it) VanguardLH's comment about adding an external HDD made me think of another option, assuming your wife's TV has a USB connection: Get a 'Wi-Fi HDD', i.e. a HDD which can be accessed via it's built-in Wi-Fi. Such Wi-Fi HDDs normally also have a USB connection. So the netbook is Wi-Fi connected to the Wi-Fi HDD and instead of plugging the SD-card into the TV, she plugs in the Wi-Fi HDD via it's USB connection. (Maybe she can even leave the HDD plugged in.) |
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On Thu, 16 Aug 2018 10:35:45 -0500, Mark Lloyd wrote:
On 08/15/2018 02:43 PM, NY wrote: [snip] As long as you have space on the PC's internal drive (which I presume is NTFS) you can download the file and then break it into bite (byte?) sized chunks. But how you then expand that to play it on the TV is another matter - I don't think you can do it. You could if you used a video editor, rather than an archive program. Then the chunks would themselves be playable video files. That would be a heckuva way to watch a movie. :-) Back in the days of movie theaters using actual film on reels, I used to watch for the cue mark and then the subsequent reel change about 10 seconds later. Most projector operators were pretty good about getting the timing right, but every now and then it'd be completely bungled. |
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I'm not up for that. I have to use through-hole components and breakout boards where smd's are the only choice. My eyesight isn't what it used to be and fine motor control leaves something to be desired. Getting old sucks. Beats the alternative - 88 year old Dave I've opened a couple of tablet PC's. Replacing a battery and display is about the only things I can manage. |
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On Wed, 15 Aug 2018 20:24:06 +0100, NY wrote:
Some TVs and DVD players can handle both FAT32 and exFAT (but not NTFS); others are really picky and can only handle FAT32. Check the model, some LG tv's will handle NTFS and I believe these are actually Samsung's. Google the model number. |
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What is the best flash file format to use
On Thu, 16 Aug 2018 18:03:35 -0000 (UTC), dave61430
wrote: I'm not up for that. I have to use through-hole components and breakout boards where smd's are the only choice. My eyesight isn't what it used to be and fine motor control leaves something to be desired. Getting old sucks. Beats the alternative - 88 year old Dave Yeah, I was taking care of my OM in his 90's. Nothing to look forward to. I have to wonder if, at some point, the alternative doesn't look better. But at least I led a life of wine women and song. If you gotta check out, better to have some memories that you lived life to the fullest; and didn't waste it being someone else's drone. I've opened a couple of tablet PC's. Replacing a battery and display is about the only things I can manage. |
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On 08/16/2018 12:51 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
[snip] That would be a heckuva way to watch a movie. :-) That bad? I remember watching movies in school (about 1974), where they just had one projector and had no problem with the short delays between reels. And those short interruptions aren't that different from commercials (just less annoying). BTW, the movie I remember was "Tora! Tora! Tora!". Back in the days of movie theaters using actual film on reels, I used to watch for the cue mark and then the subsequent reel change about 10 seconds later. Most projector operators were pretty good about getting the timing right, but every now and then it'd be completely bungled. Once while we were watching a movie, there was a long delay and someone said the sound bulb had burned out. That sounded strange. It was the first time I had known that a projector had a sound bulb. I thought they had a magnetic stripe on the film. -- Mark Lloyd http://notstupid.us/ "I do not believe in the immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no superhuman authority behind it." -- Albert Einstein |
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