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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…
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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…
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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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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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Using win7 ghost image file on brandnew PC

Given that I have an old pc with win7 installed and a brandnew pc (of course hard drive is blank). i would like to migrate win7 from old hd to new one so I prepare these: A win7 ghost image file from my old pc and store it to my external hd.(this…
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