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ok so
how can my xcapture1 and an LCD monitor show different pictures from an HDMI source, and the xcap is *cropping*

it's fucking digital

there's no INTERPRETATION of DIGITAL

the length of a frame is not subject to interpretation
i get that the xcap can't fit the uncompressed data over usb3 and has to process it, but "how many rows and columns" is in the hdmi handshake. it's not like vga where you have to guess at resolution and then try to sample on time and land on pixel boundaries and shit
analog video is a mess but an HDMI receiver is basically a fucking shift register, how the HELL can it get this very basic thing wrong without just churning out completely scrambled frames due to losing bit sync
my understanding is you literally can't have an HDMI connection unless the devices both know that each other agree on the format and resolution so how can this happen, literally ever, unless the xcap is deliberately throwing out good data after receiving it
how could an HDMI recipient receive 500 lines of a 525 line signal and just.. not process the rest? the decoder chip is like "okay here's the next line" and the processor is just like NAH BRAH I'M GOOD? what does it think that extra data is? spares? sauce packets?
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a particularly fucked up thing about this is that often when someone on the phone tells you "it's policy", it
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it comes up on a call
agent has to give an answer; not giving an answer is not an option
agent has no access to anyone with true authority
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hot take it should be completely normal for people to come to forums and post a simple question, get directed to an existing thread, and everyone says "thanks / you're welcome" instead of the hostility i've seen towards this on forums for 20 years
like this isn't actually a hot take but i'm still astonished by the assumption that *anyone* should know how to navigate your forum and what keywords were used for that thread three years ago where someone called your problem by the wrong name
"just google it" i frequently spend an hour looking for something, then ask someone and they give me a keyword that instantly gets me what i needed
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i've never once looked at one of those liberal "we have receipts" accounts and had any idea who any of the people they're talking about are. "we KNOW Louis Prepuce met with Andrew Lichmunutz on Sept. 14th, it's only a matter of time until that conversation is public"
how many people are in the trump cabinet? millions? seven? i have no idea. none of the names or faces can be retained. sometimes i wonder if these people are cropping the shutterstock watermarks off some of these politician pictures they post
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