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Aug 22, 2017 22:18
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GreenNight posted:Do people still use Pidgin? Does that work with Facebook? I used Pidgin ages ago but it stopped working with Facebook and it was always feature poor for me.
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Aug 22, 2017 22:32
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GreenNight posted:Do people still use Pidgin? Until just a few months ago I used it all the time at work (then we moved to an internally-hosted slack clone). I don't know what protocol Hangouts uses but the old Google chat was XMPP, and pidgin can do that.
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Aug 22, 2017 22:33
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I just gave it a try, and it's just too feature poor for me. It looks like I'm (sadly) back to Franz for now.
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Aug 23, 2017 00:00
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Darius099 posted:I just gave it a try, and it's just too feature poor for me. It looks like I'm (sadly) back to Franz for now. Pidgin has a huge number of extensions. It may be worth checking to see if those get you the functions you want.
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Aug 23, 2017 00:01
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Generic Monk posted:windows 10 makes my Thinkpad x220 inexplicably get hotter than the sun and craters my performance. windows 7 does not. you could argue that no one should still be using a Thinkpad x220 but hey it still works better than fine. windows 10 also still feels like a half-finished beta, even more than windows usually does, even more than windows 8. after an extended period of time using windows 10 it was also quite refreshing to go back to an operating system that isn't constantly getting feature updates. not that there's necessarily anything wrong with feature updates, it's just that Microsoft have proved time and again (to me at least) that they can't do a substantial in-place upgrade of the OS without breaking it ever so slightly. windows 7 also has slightly less in the way of overlong, sluggish flourish animations for things you do all the time like opening the start menu and interacting with items on the taskbar.
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Aug 23, 2017 00:11
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Darius099 posted:I just gave it a try, and it's just too feature poor for me. It looks like I'm (sadly) back to Franz for now. Any particular reason you don't care for Franz? I've had nothing but good times using it.
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Aug 23, 2017 03:36
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Uthor posted:Heh, I was wondering if this was the thread to ask about backup software in. I have a server, but I don't want to use it as a backup location because one of the things I need to backup is the server itself! And ideally I'd like to backup off site. I've been trying to use Backblaze, and the experience has been miserable. It wants to back up nearly a terabyte of data (my Crashplan bucket was maybe 20 gigs) and the interface for excluding directories and filetypes is aggressively awful. That said, if I were running off a single partition, or looking for a backup solution for my parents, I'd probably be very happy with it. Edit: I think I can work around my stupid quibbles with Carbonite, coming back to it a few hours later. Bieeanshee fucked around with this message at 07:27 on Aug 23, 2017 |
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Aug 23, 2017 07:09
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I can recommend duplicacy as the frontend and Backblaze B2 as the storage. Works great for me (some TBs of data stored) and pretty cheap.
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Aug 23, 2017 11:59
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EssOEss posted:I can recommend duplicacy as the frontend and Backblaze B2 as the storage. Works great for me (some TBs of data stored) and pretty cheap. Oh this looks promising
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Aug 23, 2017 22:47
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I'm looking for something that will let me mass-edit jpeg files' metadata, preferably based on their filename, a text file, or other properties. Windows 7, 64-bit, trusted freeware preferred.
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Aug 24, 2017 00:31
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Exiv2 with a batch file should be able to do what you want. Do you have a specific example?
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Aug 24, 2017 08:34
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Thanks, I'll look into that, though I would prefer something with a GUI. My specific use (which may change) is to take the filenames and insert them into the files' metadata. So, "thing.jpg" shows up in the EXIF in a custom field or in the JPEG comment.
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Aug 24, 2017 17:29
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Are there any good file managers? I want something that can quickly flatten directories without deleting files. Preferably something that can partially flatten directories and leave the lowest subfolders intact.
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Aug 26, 2017 04:49
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If I have a batch script (.bat), but a few of the commands require Administrator perms, is there an inline command I can do instead of just call()'ing a separate file that opens as admin? I've tried runas /noprofile /user:Administrator start, but I can't figure out the syntax and whether it even works for me here. It just throws me the help view, mocking me. E: Looks like the Run as admin checkbox isn't even there for the Advanced file options anymore. Welp. ufarn fucked around with this message at 15:46 on Aug 26, 2017 |
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Aug 26, 2017 15:41
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ufarn posted:E: Looks like the Run as admin checkbox isn't even there for the Advanced file options anymore. Welp. I think this should still work if you make a shortcut to your batch file.
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Aug 26, 2017 17:25
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Hello thread. I'm hoping someone can recommend software/method for re-compressing many video files at once: I have a lot of videos (movies, entire seasons of shows) that I'd like to watch on my ancient Nexus 7. They come in variety of formats (majority is mp4, but also some avi and wmv), resolutions (generally 480p and 720p), and codecs (who the hell knows at this point). The idea is to convert them en masse to minimize the filesize without completely ruining the image quality -- I'm looking for a way to watch lovely Canadian Sci-Fi and Serious British Detective shows on long flights on a tablet with limited storage, not some high-end AV experience. So I'm looking for recs for both software and a go-to format/codec. It looks like Handbrake or ShanaEncoder would do the job, but I'm clueless as to some "best generic compression" setting beyond that. If you have suggestions on either, please fire away. Thank you! edit: Trabant fucked around with this message at 23:26 on Aug 26, 2017 |
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Aug 26, 2017 23:22
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If they're not already in H.264 or VP8/VP9, you're going to lose quality regardless of what you do. I'd recommend H.264 Main Profile with AAC-LC audio in an MP4 container, since that's what's going to be hardware-accelerated for sure. YouTube's settings are probably a good starting point for your use as well, but use the Main Profile instead of the High Profile, since Android doesn't support High Profile. You might have to increase the bitrate for the video since it's a worse profile. Encoding isn't an exact science, and having a whole bunch of videos with obsolete codecs makes things more complicated. Pick some settings, encode a video, and see if it looks good without turning your tablet into a toaster. The codecs that are good for Android are H.264 Baseline/AAC-LC/MP4 for ancient devices, H.264 Main/AAC-LC/MP4 for somewhat old devices like yours, VP8/Vorbis/Matroska for newer devices, and VP9/Opus/Matroska for devices <1 years old.
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Aug 27, 2017 01:15
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Mercrom posted:Are there any good file managers? I want something that can quickly flatten directories without deleting files. Preferably something that can partially flatten directories and leave the lowest subfolders intact. FreeCommander lets you create temporary file containers and then perform mass operations on them. Assuming for a moment that all your "lowest subfolders" are at the same depth, you'd do a find-everything to a certain depth, export the list to a container, then do your file operations.
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Aug 27, 2017 05:41
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I have a really basic question. I use Gmail and enjoy the fact that it automatically separates emails into normal, social, updates, etc. I'd like to use the built in Mail app to access these but it seems no email app can handle the "labels" that Gmail uses? Ideally I want to have Mail parse the emails to the correct folders, and set which folders ding and alert me. Like, I want to know when general and updates come in, but I don't care about social updates particularly so I don't want to be told when they come in. Is there any way to do this? If there's a way I can quick reply in the toast box that'd be even sweeter. Or is this just a thing where Gmail and Microsoft won't play ball?
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Aug 27, 2017 08:18
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Double Punctuation posted:If they're not already in H.264 or VP8/VP9, you're going to lose quality regardless of what you do.  I'll experiment using your suggestions -- thanks!
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Aug 27, 2017 17:58
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Trabant posted:
It can take a shitload of formats as input and you just pick a profile as your output format, like Google/Nexus 7, and it will give you the optimal settings. In the video tab, you can then choose to just copy the video file, if it's already compatible with your device, and only do audio conversion from eg. DTS to AAC-LC.
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Aug 27, 2017 20:53
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Thank you, I hadn't thought of that one -- I'll add it to the list of things to try.
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Aug 28, 2017 05:33
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syntaxfunction posted:I have a really basic question. I use Gmail and enjoy the fact that it automatically separates emails into normal, social, updates, etc. I'd like to use the built in Mail app to access these but it seems no email app can handle the "labels" that Gmail uses? Ideally I want to have Mail parse the emails to the correct folders, and set which folders ding and alert me. Like, I want to know when general and updates come in, but I don't care about social updates particularly so I don't want to be told when they come in. Sort of. You'd need to use Outlook (not the built in Mail app) and the functionality is called Categories. However, by default it won't work with IMAP inboxes (the method which you communicate with Gmail) and it won't assign categories automatically unless you set up rules to do so (e.g. mail from a certain sender). It's a lot of mucking around to be honest. You can apparently enable categories with IMAP mail anyway however I've never tried it. I did find this guide that covers it.
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Aug 28, 2017 12:44
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Severing posted:Sort of. Ah drat. What a gently caress around. I don't even have Outlook anyway. I really wish they'd integrate Gmail features a bit better. Looks like I'm sticking with the webmail side. Thanks though.
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Aug 29, 2017 01:18
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Eternal issue: Games like to create folders in My Documents, I like a tidy My Documents folder. Last I checked the answer was 'your save games will always end up wherever the developer thought was best, live with it'. Does Windows 10 offer any quick wins for keeping things neat and tidy?
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Aug 29, 2017 17:35
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Alchenar posted:Eternal issue: Games like to create folders in My Documents, I like a tidy My Documents folder. Last I checked the answer was 'your save games will always end up wherever the developer thought was best, live with it'. This is not something the OS can really fix.
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Aug 29, 2017 18:37
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Alchenar posted:Eternal issue: Games like to create folders in My Documents, I like a tidy My Documents folder. Last I checked the answer was 'your save games will always end up wherever the developer thought was best, live with it'. Dont use 'My Documents'. Hope your games have cloud save or something. It sucks.
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Aug 29, 2017 18:46
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I just set the folder's attributes to hidden 
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Aug 29, 2017 18:50
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I'm still using a separate data drive which I save my legit documents in and let Windows do whatever it wants with My Documents. Habit from the old "keep OS separate from data since you reformat every 6 months" which carries over since I went to SSD and space was at a premium.
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Aug 29, 2017 18:54
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"My Documents" = "Just leave your poo poo anywhere, fine."
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Aug 29, 2017 21:01
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"My Documents" or "Documents" as they call it now is an unusable folder that should probably just be marked as hidden by default at this point. Make a new folder somewhere to store your actual documents and add it to your libraries.
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Aug 29, 2017 22:10
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I've been pointing the Documents library to my D: drive since Windows 7. Music, Videos, Pictures, etc. follow it. It's always worked well enough.
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Aug 29, 2017 22:16
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doctorfrog posted:"My Documents" = "Just leave your poo poo anywhere, fine."
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Aug 29, 2017 23:30
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Don't forget about %AppData%, about 1/3 of the stuff I run stashes irreplaceable stuff in there.
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Aug 29, 2017 23:48
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ufarn posted:The dir you always forget to back up. This is why you change "this pc" to "onedrive" in the onedrive settings.
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Aug 30, 2017 00:10
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Obviously, your precious screenshots and 50h savegames should be nested four levels in an obscurely named My Documents root folder.
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Aug 30, 2017 13:48
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c0burn posted:This is why you change "this pc" to "onedrive" in the onedrive settings. Oh god please don't tell me this is your backup strategy.
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Aug 31, 2017 14:40
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What's wrong with that? You're always going to be able to come up with some sort of "back up to 3 off site locations" uber strategy, but even routing to Onedrive to take a drive failure out of the equation is a marked improvement.
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Aug 31, 2017 19:00
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How do I get Windows 10 to stop going to sleep after an extremely short period of inactivity? I just stepped away from my desk for a short phone call, and when I got back like two minutes later my laptop was asleep. I've set the power options to turn the screen off after half an hour and go to sleep after an hour. I've also set the screensaver time to an hour because I read somewhere that that setting also has an effect even if the screensaver is disabled. It just did it again while I was typing this post on my phone. It's driving me loving nuts.
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