USB Hubs. - Page 2

**wonwinglo** · 31-03-2006

***Makes good sense RJW,these two are now on my boycot list,we live and learn.

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Originally Posted by rjwood_uk

real player, and quicktime (more so) plug themeselves into everything in your computer, they are both quite annoying.

Quicktime was installed with my ipod's itunes, it desided to intergrate itself into everything through the registery.maybe realy player told the computer to run every kind of media on your computer, and obviously yor digital camera is a media devise but images cant be opened in real player, creating yet another "domino effect" (alot of these mentioned recently!!!)

just a theory, maybe someone with more computer knowledge than me can give a better explenation

rjwood_uk · 31-03-2006

lol, wow.for once i know what im talking about...kind of! true its best to get a plug-in for wmp but these are sometimes hard to come by.

i use vlc (video lan controler) for playing all my videos, it plays everything, mpeg,avi,xvix...etc everything! and it only plugs itselft into the things you ask it to! get it by searching for vlc on google, it will be about the 4th result down!

Im guessing that your computer does not have USB ports, thats why you have baught a USB Hub, to get my pictures off my camera, instead of using the cable that directly links to the computer i use a card reader. it is about the same size as a USB flash disk but instead you put your cameras card into it and slot it into your usb drive.

you can then read it just like it was a folder on you pc (if you select it from the auo-program select thingy that pops up when you put it in)

its so much easier, no import, twain, aquire things. just copy and paste the ones you want...etc

hope thats all made sence, im a little tipsy (end of a long week!)

**wonwinglo** · 01-04-2006

The problem is the USB sockets are on the rear,so being against the wall I need more sockets as well,silly place to put them ? yes those card readers sound good,they have a multi slot reader in Asda at the moment on special offer,all good advice this.

rjwood_uk · 01-04-2006

i have an external usb hub along with drivers up for grabs iv anyone need it??

(Basically a usb splitter but does not drain all the power from you pc!)

jankers · 01-04-2006

Barry,
I had trouble with my USB ports, two at the back like yours, when powering the modem supplied by Tiscali. Their help desk fellow told me that some of the SIS chipsets (these are the power controllers for the USB) offer insufficient current , thus causing the modem to be erratic.
If this is true (and your motherboard has the same chips) a better bet could be to get a mains powered hub.

J.