I have a 1997 Honda Civic that is running like a top. But the last couple of times I drove, there is a smell like burning wax. The car is not overheating or anything like that.
Does anyone have any ideas?
posted by millerizer
on Apr 27, 2013 -
9 answers
How to cure subcutaneous itch/burn in my back? Yep, I've had it for years but it's worse and more frequent recently. Between the shoulder blades.
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posted by noelpratt2nd
on Mar 6, 2013 -
10 answers
What is the best and easiest way to clean soot from inside of our wood burning brick fireplace?
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posted by Tziv
on Sep 9, 2012 -
3 answers
I have had a burning/stinging vulva on and off for over a year and it's driving me crazy. I've seen lots of different healthcare professionals and none of them have been able to identify it. I've finally got an appointment with a specialist (thank you NHS) in chronic women's health conditions in a couple of weeks and I want to be prepared when I see her, so has anybody suffered anything similar?
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posted by anonymous
on Jul 15, 2012 -
11 answers
What to do with 30-50 trees' worth of large branches in Orange County, NC? Burn, shred, give away for bird thicket, other ideas?
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posted by amtho
on Mar 16, 2012 -
10 answers
A few months ago, I accepted a new job at a different company in town. I left my old job on good terms, and my boss said that if my new job doesn't work out, I can come back. It turns out she was serious and has recently offered me a new position. Should I take it? Details inside.
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 1, 2012 -
10 answers
Best free (or fair cost - some commercial programs are ridiculously over the $100 range) DVD burning program that takes PC video files (mp4, avi, mpg, flv, etc...) and burns them to DVD for watching on TV.
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posted by Stryke11
on Nov 19, 2011 -
7 answers
My PC (lenovo something, bought this year) has a problem reading CDs. I'll put in a disc to burn something and the burning program (iTunes or CDBurnerXP) will say it doesn't recognize the disk or it's not writeable or it's not blank. They're all blank. I try multiple ones from the batch. They're not sketchy disks, they're Sony Supremas 700 CDs. I've tried other brands, same result. Is this a hardware problem and how do troubleshoot/fix it?
posted by stupidsexyFlanders
on Oct 23, 2011 -
8 answers
I downloaded
this torrent. When I burned it to a dvd with Toast on a mac, the picture was fine, but I had no audio at all (which is sort of the whole point).
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posted by bigbluehouse
on Jul 26, 2011 -
3 answers
I have a couple of old sporting events burned to a DVD+R. My DVD players and computers no longer recognize any data on them. Is there a way I can view what I recorded, or recover the data?
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posted by CancerMan
on Jan 31, 2011 -
2 answers
What's that funny stuff floating in my pee, and is it related to this other issue? TMI inside.
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posted by anonymous
on Dec 28, 2010 -
10 answers
I need to get a few small .avi files burned onto a DVD that will play in a standard DVD player. Complication: I don't have a DVD burner. Are there any shops in Manhattan that will do it for me while I wait?
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posted by booksandlibretti
on Dec 16, 2010 -
14 answers
Any iFilm experts that can help me with this?
Basically...how do you add data to a movie dvd so it
1. Plays in a DVD player and
2. Has the data accessible on a computer....data consists of gps - gpx files, pdf, and .mov files.
I again bow to the hive mind with great thanks, and a six pack of warm Blatz.
posted by timsteil
on Oct 3, 2010 -
7 answers
My Dad burned me a DVD of home movies. Is there an easy, free way to extract clips in a common format?
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posted by sidereal
on Aug 30, 2010 -
7 answers
I have some.MOD video files (each one about 2 hrs long) that need to be burned on to a disc, stat. Windows Media players burner says it will not fit, even though the file is only 3.7 gigs and the disc can hold 4.7 gigs. When I put a DVD-R in the drive and try to drag the .MOD files into the file, it won't allow it. How can I get these videos on a DVD-R ASAP?
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posted by windbox
on Aug 25, 2010 -
4 answers
I'm running into problems when trying to burn some edited mp3 files to an audio CD.
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posted by Deflagro
on May 12, 2010 -
5 answers
What could my neighbors be doing that would cause explosions that shake our house (across the street and set back a ways from the road, in a rural subdivision)?
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posted by anonymous
on Feb 25, 2010 -
41 answers
I'm working on an art project and need to record some videos, add a separate audio track, and burn them to DVD. I have no idea how to do this. Complications inside.
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posted by SebastianKnight
on Feb 5, 2010 -
8 answers
Freezing and burning nerves to help with back pain? What kind of surgery is this, exactly?
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posted by IndigoRain
on Feb 1, 2010 -
7 answers
Have you had success returning blank CD (or DVD) media for credit or replacement?
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posted by jeremias
on Dec 26, 2009 -
6 answers
How can I speed up the tempo of some MP3 files and burn them onto a CD for faster playback?
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posted by querty
on Aug 29, 2009 -
5 answers
Another West Coast heat wave question. Beside eating ice cream and drinking ouzo straight from the freezer, what are some good ways to cool down?
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posted by halogen
on Jul 28, 2009 -
34 answers
Using Handbrake, is there a way to put subtitles onto DVD when they are interspersed in the real movie? Example: the movie Defiance had some English subtitles when characters spoke Russian/German. These didn't come through when I made my first trial run disc. So basically I'm asking for situational subtitles if I can call them that and not the full movie-lenght subtitle added throughout the whole movie. Thanks for your input.
posted by snap_dragon
on Jul 7, 2009 -
5 answers
I can rip movies to Xvid using Handbrake and it is all good....it rips the movie but no special features which is fine....But lately, when I tried John Adams (miniseries) or the TV show the 4400, it only took one chunk out of the whole disc and ignored the other episodes. Is there a way around this so I can get all the episodes even if they are lumped into one .avi file? (I really don't mind all the fast-forwarding). Thanks...and to all of those reading/responding...have a great weekend.
posted by snap_dragon
on Mar 13, 2009 -
7 answers
I have an electric space heater that makes a mild burning smell and the fan makes too much noise, any ideas on how an adventurous engineering student might be able to make the unit better than out of the box?
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posted by gzimmer
on Mar 6, 2009 -
14 answers
Hi everyone. I have a some of movie files that I'd like to transder to DVD. However...
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posted by anonymous
on Feb 13, 2009 -
4 answers
I live in the East Bay, and I'd like to get my new moleskine notebook laser etched with my own design. There has got to be somewhere in the bay I can go get this done for a reasonable price (I'm not paying 40 bucks for a modofly job). I know at the maker faire shopbot had a whole station set up for stuff like this and it was free there. Any ideas?
posted by Large Marge
on Dec 31, 2008 -
1 answer
Well, something is wrong...I use Mac the Ripper to rip the DVDs...then I am not sure what to do. I turned them into mp4s in Handbrake and then burnt them in Toast under the Divx tab. I get a lot (maybe 6?) movies to a disc (dual layer)and the picture is decent BUT it takes several days...a day to encode the files through Handbrake and then 2 whole days to burn the disc in Toast. Am I doing things completely wrong? I would appreciate a step by step walkthrough if there is a much easier and more efficient way to make Divx discs primarily because I have a huge spindle of DVD-DLs that I don't want to waste on one movie at a time. Thanks for your help and happy holidays! By the way I am using a brand new IMac running OS 10.5.5
posted by UnholyJudas
on Dec 7, 2008 -
31 answers
I using Mac the Ripper than Handbrake to turn DVDs into mp4 files. (I use DVD dual layer)...When I use Roxio Popcorn, I can fit several movies on a disc (4) but it takes honestly a day and a half to burn on DVD !!!! But the DVD plays perfectly in my cheap player. Trying a different route, I tried dragging the mp4s to a blank DVD disc and then clicking "Burn" -- it burns and takes only 30-40 minutes but this version will not play on my DVD player. Anybody out there have an idea what I can do to make the process more efficient? Different software or different method? I appreciate your insight. By the way, I am running Mac OX X 10.5.5.
posted by snap_dragon
on Nov 15, 2008 -
13 answers
I am using Mac the Ripper and Roxio Popcorn successfully to rip, compress, and burn DVDs. I have leftover DVD-R Dual Layer DVDs -- is it possible to fit to movies on a DVD? I tried a few ways and it only shows one movie. Any settings I could change? Any other software? Thanks.
posted by snap_dragon
on Oct 8, 2008 -
10 answers
I own
this laptop and I love it except I am having trouble with the cd/dvd burner. It reads just fine but when I try to burn, no matter what program I use, it doesn't burn properly. Sometimes it leaves the disc blank or leaves a song here and there blank while other songs are burned properly. Do you think it's a defective burner or something to do with how it communicates with the OS?
posted by zzazazz
on Oct 3, 2008 -
5 answers
I just went to the bathroom to pee, and seconds after finishing I realized that I must have unwittingly touched some hot peppers when I was in the kitchen. Please help me stop this unholy burning.
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posted by number9dream
on Sep 26, 2008 -
27 answers
WinAVI crapped out on Vista Premium 64-bit. What other friendly converter such as WinAVI can I use instead to convert xvid/divx/etc to .vob files so I can burn them as a DVD with Nero and such?
Thanks in advance
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posted by cheero
on Aug 21, 2008 -
6 answers
