Let’s set the scene here. I’m a small content creator that has always used two machines, a gaming rig connected to a streaming rig using a capture card (In this case an Elgato 4K X). My monitor is an LG UltraGear 32GQ850-B which offers 240hz G-Sync which I’ve decided to try and take advantage of. […]
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In a recent update to the TP-Link Archer AX3000 Gigabit Wi-Fi 6 Router, TP-Link have introduced official Ethernet Backhaul for their Mesh system. I have an Archer AX53 v1.0 and up until recently, in order to get Ethernet Backhaul working for the Easy Mesh system, I’ve had to use a beta firmware (1.2.4 Build 20240206
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Forza Motorsport has just released for PC and Xbox and these are the best Video Settings for a nice smooth fixed frame rate that won’t change when you go online along with a relevant amount of detail / sharpness for your individual PC. Set you Basic Video settings as follows: Set the Resolution to match
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Having recently bought a 55″ LG NANO866NA I was immediately concerned with the Dolby Vision and HDR images. The images were overly bright, had lots of lighting bleed outside of the main frame of the screen and the motion handling was way off. But I stuck with it following the positive reviews of the TV
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I’ve been creating content now for over three years and it’s been an amazing journey. One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned is to prioritise Audio over Video. Viewers will endure poor video and in fact considering just how subjective poor video is, it’s incredible how much they will endure – but if your audio
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My Arctis 7 Headset is awesome. Like the most awesome Headset I’ve ever worn or used but something was bothering me. Whenever the Arctis 7 Headset is turned off, the bright white light on the USB transmitter just blinks endlessly. I had a quick Google but only found posts dating back to 2017 with suggestions
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If you are getting the occasional black screen when using an NVIDIA graphics card and switching between applications, usually the browser – this may well be the guide for you. I have noticed this issue a few times with recent NVIDIA Driver versions, the latest being 466.11. It can be very frustrating when switching between
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Unfortunately as Windows based operating systems become easier and easier to pickup and use with their shiny graphics and user friendly design it seems the art of scripting or batch coding is becoming rarer. I thought I’d take the time to share with you a simple script I’ve previously written to be able to backup
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Getting Outlook.com to work with your personal Email Domain can be a tricky task, way trickier than it needs to be in my opinion. For the last couple of years I’ve been relying on the now extinct Outlook.com Premium service and have enjoyed the robust features of Outlook.com but with my own email domain and
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If you’re wondering How to Fix Low Bitrate issues in Facebook Gaming I might just have the answer for you! I recently ran into an issue when I took another look at Facebook Gaming as an alternative to Twitch, Mixer and YouTube gaming that meant regardless of what I did, the connection was terrible and
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I’ve recently started streaming games and getting the FPS stable is very important, especially when using a single PC setup. Even with default settings, the FPS were jumping constantly – leading to a very poor streaming and recording experience. I have modest system specs for a single PC streamer: Intel i5 8400 16GB Corsair Vengeance
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Modern Warfare is currently suffering Cutscene Lag (amongst a few other issues!) accross a number of platforms. I found a fix to resolve the issue by simply tweaking graphics settings. My machine specs are modest and are as follows: Intel i5 8400 16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4 RAM MSI GeForce RTX 2060 Gaming Z 6 Graphics
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Renewing your Outlook.com Premium Subscription is a very frustrating process. Perhaps Microsoft have made it this way to encourage people to stop renewing what was/is an excellent service offering and instead push you down the route of Office 365 Home which at the time of writing still does not support custom domains. These simple steps
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I’ve seen so many conflicting posts about Sky Fibre DLM that I wanted to write about my journey and own experience since signing up for the Sky Fibre Max service. As a long term Sky customer, I’ve written a couple of other posts about my ramblings including how I resolved Audio Drop Outs with Sky
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The WOW51900319 Disconnected Error has been affecting WoW players since the launch of Legion. I believe I’ve found the fix, well at least for my errors. Since applying the simple change I’ve documented here I haven’t had a single disconnection. For many, error WOW51900319 happens the most when Alt & Tabbing from the game to do
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SyncToy has saved the day when it comes to keeping my NAS drive up to date with OneDrive. One of the most popular posts on this blog has been How to Sync a NAS Drive with OneDrive and since writing it and banging my head against the obvious limitations in the OneDrive client I’ve been
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If you’ve got an AMD (ATI) graphics card and you keep getting the message “The Display Driver Has Stopped Responding” in Windows 10 it can be very frustrating. The screen goes blank for a second, the message pops up and any application you were using likely crashes – especially frustrating if you’re in a game.
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Sky Q appears to have an issue with 5.1 Digital Sound dropping out when being played over HDMI. At random intervals the digital sound will drop out for a second and then come back during playback. This issue was pretty common on Sky HD at different points during it’s life cycle and was eventually fixed
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Universal Remote Controls have certainly made home entertainment easier to manage, removing the need for multiple remote controls and yet retaining the same control over your equipment. Although most remotes have intuitive configuration and setup functionality I’ve found that the offerings from One For All although powerful take some getting used to with a number
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The biggest challenge when running your own web / email server is stopping any emails you send from being classified as spam. If your emails end up being classified as spam there is good chance you will affect your end user engagement as many of the main email services such as Outlook.com and Gmail have
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Converting FLAC to MP3 using FFMPEG doesn’t have to be difficult. I’ve been using FLAC for my audio collection now for a while but recently needed to convert some of them into MP3 for the in car audio system. I wanted to maintain any meta data and achieve a decent level of audio quality without
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I’ve recently been going through a number of old MKV home video files and wanted a quicker way to convert them from MKV to M4V so iTunes could stream them properly to my Apple TV. I’ve been using Handbrake but the problem with Handbrake is that it will re-process all streams including video and run
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Cloud, Cloud and more Cloud – it’s a pretty common term now in business and is becoming just as common at home. Cloud storage is a big market and Microsoft OneDrive has been around for a while, formally SkyDrive but essentially the same service. Cloud drive providers are now popping up all over the place
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AirParrot is a fantastic, affordable tool that allows PC’s to share their screens with Apple TV. Although there are a number of personal uses for this, it wasn’t until I started working at a client site that have deployed Apple TV and AirParrot as their display screen solution of choice that I realised it’s corporate
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