I'm running a dual boot of Ubuntu and XP Professional with Ubuntu as my primary OS. I have a special version of XP professional installed with a bunch of Vista-like accessories and such.
My BIOS setup identifies my graphics card as the geforce 8700GT, XP professional recognizes it as "Video card VGA compatible" with NO drivers installed.
I have also tried installing several different nvidia drivers for this and the setups do not "support" my video card.
When I load into...

A: The problem is just that, Windows!
The boot into XP should not be a problem, the driver issue is most likely because of the Vista like extras. Is there an option in the Vista accessories for the Aero graphics package? If there is, switch it off. It is possible that the NVidia drivers you downloaded and tried to install are "confused" by the Vista type setup.
You can try to download and install the original VGA drivers from the Laptop manufacturers website rather than from...

So I'm looking for a camera to shoot a short film of mine with. The camera I currently own is (I think, It might be a different model in this line) a PV-GS500. However this camera doesn't shoot HD, and generally the picture quality doesn't look like something I'd see in theaters. This brings me to what I want. I want a camera that will shoot something that will look professional. Now I don't know too much about cameras, so I don't know what it is in them that gives...

A: 24p looks like film (the "look" you are looking for as it is used in many of the big screen productions you are trying to mimic) because traditionally film was exposed at 24 frames per second, so having a video camera that has the same frame rate will make it look a little more like film. There are many other things that are necessary to look like film as well. One of the biggest things is the depth of field -- in film cameras it is very shallow which means the subject is in focus...

I was wondering if anyone could recommend accessories / editing software etc. for the canon hv30 to make videos look more "professional" ... hopefully under $1000 ?
(Also you should know i am pretty new to all this)
I would like the videos to turn out somewhat like these...
http://www.vimeo.com/1131044
http://youtube.com/watch?v=WWGiW9pUp38
Do you need a DOF adapter and other somewhat expensive things or will the camera be able to do well alone...

A: If you want to make your videos look more professional, don't let anyone tell you any different: you don't need to spend thousands to make good videos. Besides, you're already in pretty good shape with the HV30, it's color saturation is excellent, and it has the fastest autofocus function I have ever seen. Now, with a camera that good, you'll want a better editing system- I have a prosumer camcorder, and have suffered a major quality loss through consumer editing programs....

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