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ffmpeg mpeg2 to MP4 H264 produces horizontal lines artifacts in motion scenes

My video input is mpeg2 video file as follows: Video: MPEG2 Video 720x576 (4:3) 25fps [V: mpeg2 main, yuv420p, 720x576] Audio: MPEG Audio 48000Hz stereo 224kbps [A: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, 224 kb/s] Then I use: ffmpeg.exe -i in.mpg -b:v 3000k…
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Create a Windows Image for Deployment

In my company we have 8 laptops that we use to deploy on the field. These machines get assigned to a user for a certain time and run Windows Vista. All the machines are the same model. After the machine is returned, it is company policy to…
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Converting .GHO to .vmdk

I am trying to convert a ghost image file of a drive to a VMware disk image. I am following the command found here and get the following error (made 2 attempts): I can't find much in the way of solutions on the web, so I was hoping someone here…
TJ L
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How to prevent boot manager missing after cloning a win764 image using Ghost 2003?

I am running ghost 2003 command -fdsp, but once we have cloned the image and restored it onto exactly the same make and model machine, we are force to run win7 setup and run a repair which fixes the boot menu, I want to prevent this requirement to…
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Ghost gets stuck

I boot from USB and try to take a ghost image of win 7 computer. I can take ghost image when the PCIe is disabled in BIOS. When the PCIe is enabled I can not capture the ghost image. Instead ghost hangs at this screen:
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Ghost images on Monitor from applications. Why do they happen and can you kill em off without a reboot

Take a look at the attached picture. There is a semi transparent "Ghost" file path from Notepad++. Notepad++ is not reunning. It was restarted normally several times but it has no bearing on the Ghost picture. So it looks like it has gone "Zombie"…
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Can Windows 7/8 System Image Recovery be used to clone a PC to different hardware?

Using the System Image Recovery option in Windows 7 & 8 (as detailed here for Win8, and here for Win8.1) is it possible to create a system image on one machine, and restore it to another machine, with different hardware? Of course, the target…
Danny Beckett
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DHCP on Windows Server 2008 - Without Domain

Hi there I am experimenting with Ghost software (FOG Project). Since I have DHCP on my router (it's one of those routers you cannot configure.) I want to create a DHCP Server on my Windows Server 2008 so I can customise network booting. I tried to…
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Are there any tips or tricks for cloning Lenovo PCs?

Sorry if this is too generic a question, but we do a lot of imaging on a lot of different models of PC (all using Windows XP and Symantec Ghost). The first issue identified was the use of a checksum and utility partition. We were able to defeat this…
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Ghost images when copying but not when scanning or printing

Samsung M2876ND MFC is causing ghost images when any document is copied via the copy button on the device. The ghost images do not overlap the real images, but are printed several inches away. But when scanning anything to PC or printing anything…
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Creating an image from a VMware installation of Windows for deploying to real physical machines

I need to re-deploy about ten Windows XP machines in a short period of time. The machines already exist and are lying around, I have been asked to reformat, reinstall and reconfigure them. I was wondering if it is possible to create a VMware virtual…
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Creating a bootable DVD

I made a Windows XP ghost image of about 4.2 GB size. I now want to write this image onto a DVD and make it bootable, so that I can apply the image any time OS is corrupted. How do I do this?
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Macrium backup and rescue disk creation

I am in the process of backing up my PC using "Macrium backup and restore". I have successfully backed my PC, (both C and D drive) to an external hard disk. I have a question regarding creating rescue disks. I am following the steps as mentioned in…
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How to make a xp image for all pc's

I'm a computer technician and I have to reinstall computers of all brands a lot. Now i'm looking for a way to make a ghost image for example for XP which I can install on all computers. Just like you do a clean install? Can someone think of…
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How to update the hard disk device drivers for a ghosted hard drive image so it can run on different hardware: Ultra ATA > SATA

I've ghosted a Winxp machine from one laptop with Ultra ATA drive, and would like to set it up on another laptop as a multiboot option on another hard driver with a SATA drive. I can install the partition fine but if i make it active and try to boot…
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