How to Run New Steam UI Beta in WINE

If you've opted-in for Steam's Beta user interface in Linux via WINE, you've probably noticed some serious issues, such as the main window not drawing properly on your desktop. Luckily, this is actually really easy to fix. All you have to do is go into your WINE configuration and change the Windows version from the default Windows XP to Windows Vista (or Windows 7, either one works):Restart Steam and it will notify you that it needs to install a Steam component that requires administrator privileges....

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Quick batch tool for comparing encoding quality

I was pleased to come across a really handy Linux-native tool for analyzing video quality in a number of clips quickly and efficiently. It is known as 'qpsnr' and it was written by a nice fellow named Emanuel Orlani who posted it at the HandBrake forums.The program is designed to take a reference file (presumably your original video source) and then compare it to any number of derivatives (e.g., a series of reencoded clips that were produced using different settings) to produce objective quality comparisons, outputted in either peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR) or structural similarity (SSIM).This...

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