Quoting: Eike

Quoting: CFWhitmanThis is a lot about how video codecs and containers are constructed technically rather than being against the goals of video editing software. With most video containers, it is not possible to just split a file without re-encoding it.

I'm not aware of (and I can hardly imagine) a video format that would need reencoding of more than some frames (before the cut). Remuxing is fine and should be fast.

Avidemux has been mentioned already once in the discussion and it has options for copying the video and audio codec as is and it did save the file very quickly.

Speaking of Avidemux, it's actually great for small set of things it does, like cutting pieces out of the video. For serious editing something else is better. It for example doesn't support multiple video tracks.

As for the "some frames", they usually called key frames and how frequently they appear in the video can vary. They're actually like still images and subsequent frames calculate differences from that key frame until the next key frame, which will reset the situation again.

Having them more frequently means that the file is bigger, but having them on scene changes makes sense as picture will change quite drastically, so having key frame there most likely will save space.

If file has very few key frames, things will get harder as if video editor needs to show anything between the key frames, it needs to find the previous key frame and then render all the frames up to the point.

That I don't know for sure that if you actually have to re-encode anything if you cut between key-frames. At least in theory it could leave the partial stream as is and then reconstruct new key frame at cut point.

It seems at least that Avidemux does some magic and it works.

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Quoting: PopeRigbyThis one was in the racial justice bundle, right?

Not in the Humbles bundle at least. There was Overgrowth and Overlord II though...

It's always possible that it has been in some other bundle.

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Quoting: EikeI can't remember the reason, but I didn't like the demo at all. Waiting for reviews to tell me why. :D

At least demo had bit rough start as it doesn't really tell you what to do. Once you figure out how to get into places there's just plenty of odd devices.

Things get easier once you start trying to interact with everything that looks like it maybe could be interacted with. Demo had several puzzle types, some of them harder to figure out than the rest, but all nerdy. Audio ones were the hardest as first problem was figuring out what the game wants you to do. Logic gates on the other hand were...logical.

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Quoting: GuestI'm going to go out on a limb and point out that Borderlands 3 was an Epic Games Store exclusive for a while. Every time I see the name Epic become involved, Linux support seems to go away. Didn't something similar happen with Rocket League? Or am I remembering wrong? I refused to buy BL3 until I saw cross-play fixed for Linux on BL2. I guess I'll never know what BL3 is like. I'm stubborn like that.

There was free weekend some time ago and I played most of the intro. At that point videos didn't work with default Proton, which prevented me from advancing further. Proton GE should have worked, though apparently switching between Proton versions needs some additional fiddling around. At that point I gave up.

So you haven't missed that much...

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Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: Purple Library GuyIf it does break cross-platform multiplayer, how much confidence do we have that Aspyr will even fix it this time?

I assume you're getting at the Borderlands 2 issue. Well, it's a completely different original developer and so a different agreement. They've kept it up to date constantly. I see no reason for concern.

Both Firaxis and Gearbox are owned by 2K though. But very likely Borderlands problems have been internally known for longer time. So if it would have been 2K level problem, Civilization would have also stopped receiving patches.

There's also Mac OS X port of Borderlands 3 and that's not done by Aspyr. Which would hint some kind of problem or priority change with Gearbox.

If Borderlands issues are down to profitability from Aspyrs side, Civilization should be doing better. There's additional platforms, like iOS and Android and there's still DLC coming up. Not that we know how Aspyr gets paid, but I assume they get paid somehow.

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Quoting: dr_jekyllWould be interesting to know how the share of Feral is determined on Steam.
Does Feral get paid, when I play a Game in the native Linux Version?

AFAIK they get paid if you either buy directly from their store or you buy it from Steam and play it in next two weeks. If you buy it from Steam, but never play it, it counts as a Windows sale.

That's why I have delayed activating keys from Humble Bundle. If I activate too many keys at once, it's too likely that I never get around playing all of them in the two week period.

For the first party ported titles it doesn't matter as much as they can also monitor playtime per platform.

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Quoting: Phlebiac

Quoting: slaapliedjeUnless... and this is a HUGE unless, we can finally get PC to equal Linux / Mac / Windows.

What if my PC runs OS/2? Or Haiku? Or FreeBSD?

Yes, listing the individual operating systems is more helpful. I would really like to know if some game is actually released for FreeBSD...

Problem in mainstream gaming media is actually little bit worse than listing just PC. PC might mean Windows or it could include Mac, Linux and Windows (Carrion for example). Or review could list just Windows even if game actually had Linux support right at launch.

So we really should be grateful for GamingOnLinux as it's lot more reliable source for Linux games than mainstream gaming media.

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Quoting: denyasisDying Light looks really interesting to me. Any thoughts? I'm trying to find a few games to stream via my link and play with a stream controller

Dying Light is great. Editions are bit confusing as The Following is actually DLC, but Humble description clearly describes that the base game is included. So linked one seem to be full package after all.

Anyway, in short Dying Light is zombie game with parkour. Parkour itself makes already quite big difference as zombies are attracted by noise, so simply fighting your way to the place you're going will result being surrounded by more and more zombies. That all changes once you maxed out your skills and have pretty good weapons. But even then, it's better to largely try to avoid the zombies as they will just slow you down.

So it's good fun. When you have maxed everything out, there's still stuff to do, like bounties. On top of that there are also events now and then, which can give a excuse to go back and kill more zombies.

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Quoting: MohandevirIt's just that it highlights the fact that no solutions are 100% thrustworthy. That's the saddest part, imo.

AFAIK, all the Feral ports still work and are still supported, but yeah: native versions have been pulled, ports by these other porting houses have stopped working, and Windows-only games can get changes that stop them working in Wine. And I get the impression that Linux ports for Feral aren't as profitable as the other things they could be doing with their time, assuming they can find a developer-partner that will let them do it in the first place.

They seem to be doing just that. Mobile and Switch ports: https://www.feralinteractive.com/en/news/?platform=all [External Link]

Mac is also another refuge as AFAIK Proton is unavailable there.

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Quoting: Guest

Quoting: GuestSad news. Thanks for investigating for us.

Personally, all these news make me even more suspicious before buying a game. Too many games which either stop working or have their cross platform play broken or nonexistant. Rendering the game close to useless.

The key if you want a well supported native linux port of a game, is that the developer cares about it themselves to justify the port outside of financial reasons, and has a history and skills to do the work themselves. The porting houses are great, but they can't work for free. And if the money isn't there from the original developer, then it won't be there for the porting house, and the work won't get done.

I think at least Feral Interactive made deals where they would get all the profit from Linux sales, so it made sense for them to give support for the games and keep porting new games. Aspyr was first in the new wave of the market, but they never did port that many titles to Linux.

I would suppose Proton has killed market for the more commercial side of the porting. With Feral Interactive it was just easier to see as they released new ports so often. Ethan Lee and others are kind of different as they do work more in the shadows and don't care about the money as much

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