/sqt/ - stupid questions thread

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I'm trying to get a set up for a large Apt for 2 PCs to be able to game together, one directly line in into the modem and the other over power adapters. I've got 100 Mbps from Xfinity so here is the set up i'm looking at

(modem)
TP-Link DOCSIS 3.0 (16x4) High Speed Cable Modem, Max Download Speeds of 686Mbps, [$70 on amazon]

(Router for everything else)
D-Link Wireless AC1900 Dual Band WiFi Gigabit Router (DIR-880L) [$98 on amazon]

(Power Adapter for 2nd PC on other side of apt)
TP-Link AV500 Nano Powerline Adapter Starter Kit, up to 500Mbps [$33 on amazon]

Would this be viable for 2 PC's to be able to game and stream at the same time without lag?

If not what would you suggest?

I'm trying to keep my budget under or around $200.

can i connect two computers with an ethernet cable? Can i transfer files from one to the other? Am i still limited to the hard drive's transfer speeds? Will it go faster if point A and point B are SSD's?

Thanks in advance

>>61479310
How do i apply a pixelated effect within ffmpeg?
How do i apply an overlay/watermark within ffmpeg

The following do not work

avconv -i input.mp4 -i watermark.png -filter_complex 'overlay=x=main_w-overlay_w-10:y=main_h-overlay_h-10' output.mp4

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -filter:v frei0r=pixeliz0r=0.02:0.02 output.mp4

>>61479418

>not just buying a 5-port $20 network switch and having everything via ethernets

>>61479310
How the fuck do I setup a server that has all my media files on and use VLC as a thin client to consume it?

I don't want to run a laptop 24/7 with a publicly accessible port, and I assume streaming video, music from an AWS EC2 instance would cost a fuckton.

Is there a cost-effective way of doing this?

With awk, instead of only printing the match, how could I print everything and colorize the match?

awk 'NR==2 { print "\033[1;31m" $0 "\033[0m" }'

>>61479465
>a laptop 24/7 with a publicly accessible port,
Then what exactly do you expect to accomplish here if you dont want your media to be avalible 24/7 or outside of your network?

>>61479421
>can i connect two computers with an ethernet cable?
yes, but you'll have to manually enter network settings usually
>Can i transfer files from one to the other?
yes
>Am i still limited to the hard drive's transfer speeds?
yes
>Will it go faster if point A and point B are SSD's?
yes

>>61479485
to host it somewhere for cheap

>>61479421
>ethernet cable
No,you need a patch cable if you are attaching them directly.

Unrelated to the other anon, how the fuck do you learn how to use awk; it seems like a completely different language.

>>61479515
>media server
>cheap
Unless you 320p videos its going to get expensive fast.

>>61479453
Yeah but I can't run an ethernet port across the apt to my roommates room from modem in my room. I'm on one end, he is on the other, its 1200 sq ft, we have a dog, and another 2 roomates that live and walk around that would fuck up the 40+ foot ethernet from the switch.

Wouldn't a power adaptor running through the outlets be sufficient if we have 100 mbps?

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>>61479497
>>61479516

Fucking neat. Thanks.

Can I block through host files the facebook news feed page but still keep access to the messenger ?

Will a freesync monitor work with a Nvidia GPU?

Getting a 1080 and I really don't see any good competition from AMD at that price range.

What's your favorite android keyboard? Google keyboard keeps crashing on me.

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sharing files across sub-nets
how easy/hard is it?

Can PC1 and PC2 share files with each other?

>>61479600
swiftkey keyboard

>>61479641
ping it and find out

>>61479669
well of course I cant ping it, its on different subnet

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>>61479688
>>61479669
wait, I am a moron
I can ping it... what now?

How can I connect a dGPU to my thinkpad X220 using the express card slot?

>>61479705
>>61479688
start up your FTP/SMB/whatever service and connect to it
literally that easy

>>61479705
ftp

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>>61479434
>How do i apply a pixelated effect within ffmpeg?
just downscale, then upscale with nearest filtering
for example (see -vf)

ffmpeg -i *NCOP* -vf "scale=iw/4:ih/4,scale=iw*4:ih*4:flags=neighbor" -map 0:v:0 -c:v libvpx -pix_fmt yuv420p -auto-alt-ref 1 -lag-in-frames 25 -deadline good -cpu-used 1 -g 7200 -qmin 5 -qmax 30 -fs 3M -y /tmp/a.webm

>>61479733
I want to add a pixelated effect to part of the video,such as pixelated censoring or masking someones face

>>61479766
oh, haven't messed with filtering anything but whole videos/clips like that before

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Any way out of xySubfilter crashing when you load external subs which are located in the directory holding the video? this is driving me up the wall.

>>61479725
>>61479727
alright i am a moron
I can ping it from linux PC2
I went to PC1 and of course I cant ping it from there
its blocked by firewall
will look in to allowing it in, but I doubt it be as easy

I need a home server for a task that is not CPU intensive. All it really needs is 1TB disk+ and 8gb RAM.. Others can be pretty basic, and graphic card cheapest possible.

I hate building my own PCs (I just don't enjoy the process, I'm lazy), but I do know how to do it and built many PCs successfully. - So this time I'm thinking of getting a refurbished Dell OptiPlex or something like that instead... worth it? Or better to build PC again?

I haven't built one in a long time... any recommendation on what's a good budget CPU? good HDD ? are the pre-builts silent ?

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What's a great home theater stereo system? I would need one that has as many fucking inputs as possible, mostly component, composite, and HDMI, and also be able to output all inputs through HDMI (i.e. can take a composite input and output it through HDMI)

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>>61479838
I bought this from aliexpress
works very nicely
has position for single ram stick
single msata ssd
single 2.5" hdd
and wifi card

they have models from celerons to i5

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Dual-Core-Mini-PC-Barebone-4-Ethernet-Lan-Nano-Itx-Core-i5-5250U-Pfsense-Firewall-Mini/32800603727.html

>>61479923
Just buy old high-fi equipment and some splitters.

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>>61479952
I don't need outputs though, I need lots of inputs. I just want to be able to output everything through one HDMI.

I have a shitton of consoles that I want to hookup to one unit without constantly relying on a bunch of switches and cable switching.

Would it be possible to have more than one wireless connection on a computer and either share them or split traffic among them?

>>61479976
If you have several wireless interfaces

>>61479976
>share them
unclear
with some other interfaces on that PC?
sure

>split traffic among them
probably no if you dont turn that device in to load balancer

>>61479932
How would I add a 1tb+ drive to it? external gdd?

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why can't I access the files on my phone over usb?

>>61479974
then use the opposite of splitters

>>61480064
install drivers manually, also google it. then when you get nothing, google what drivers you need

>>61480056
you buy 1TB 2.5" hdd and put it in

https://www.newegg.com/Laptop-Internal-Hard-Drives/SubCategory/ID-380

Why does my penis smell like a penis?

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>>61480064
i3 7100 or fx 8350?

>>61480084
because you've gone a short while without shoving it up an asshole

>>61480084
because berries smell like spider eyes

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>>61480081
>>61480056
this pic might make it clearer

>>61480078
http://downloads.codefi.re/autoprime/LG/LG_G4/LG_VZW_United_WHQL_v2.22.0.exe
I used this

>>61480138
What is this mostly used for, routers?
I'd use it for something crypto-currency related (not mining, but running multiple wallets at once)
Can't decide if it will be good enough

Thank you for your answers btw, very helpful

>>61480085
Neither.

>>61479310
where can I get photoshop 15

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>>61480250
>What is this mostly used for, routers?
I think so, the intel 4x rj45 ports is what makes it great for routers like pfsense or sophos
and space only for notebook hdd does not make it great for NAS or such
but it comes preloaded with win7 ultimate lol so for general use it would be fine too

it has low power notebook dual cores CPUs, so its awesome that whole PC that sits there eats less than 10W
passive cooling, so no dust or fan noise.
power supply is classic brick that can be replaced if it fails... it whole feels high quality metal build

>Can't decide if it will be good enough
In respect to cpu power? Its above level of most notebooks, I think it should really breeze through some hashes on thousands of valets a minute

>>61480395
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html
Scroll down to see subscription plans for Creative Cloud

my laptop only has one space for a hdd/ssd, but yesterday I was looking at the BIOS, and it said there were 4 other sata connectors not used. Are these just connectors that exist on the chipset, or is there a chance they are physically there to be used, but the laptop isn't built to take advantage of them. I'm asking because I want a cheap low power RAID storage device, and my laptop fits the bill

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>>61480255
i have a really low budget mVIII

what's a good cpu? i cant afford a new i5 because i live in a third world shithole

will a new i3 work well with a 1060? 6gig one ofc

gpu would be an eventual update, right now im rocking an asus gtx 950

>mwf

>>61480474
>cheap low power RAID storage device
>laptop
>laptop
Son you dont even

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>>61480474
dvd rom can be removed, replaced with caddy with another drive inside

>>61480445
What about this guy's build:

https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/53f3wp/dont_buy_a_nuc_build_a_thin_miniitx_system_instead/

Thoughts?

>>61480488
ok, could you please explain? Is it just a lack of processing power, or because there's only 1Gb lan connection?

>>61479474
I managed to hack something together, but is there a less ridiculous way of doing this?

IFS=
awk '{printf "\033[1;32m%s \033[00m\033[1;33m%s \033[00m\033[1;34m%s \033[00m\033[1;35m%s \033[00m\033[1;36m%s \033[00m\033[1;31m%s \033[00m\n", $1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6;}' colorize.txt | column -t | echo -e $(sed -r "3s/\x1B\[[0-9;]*[JKmsu]//g" | sed -e "3s/^/\\\\033[38;5;3m\\\\033[48;5;4m/g" | sed -e "3s/ $/\\\\033[00m/g")

>>61480550
>1Gb lan connection
You're so far off on this shit.

Tell me what you are potentially trying to do, cause you got some weird ass views on it

>>61480494
looks good, but you should really find out how much cpu power you need
g4560 is currently extremely popular pentium, desktop cpu
its i3 performance for $80, it has hyperthreading enabled so 2 cores but 4 threads, like i3

https://www.techspot.com/review/1325-intel-pentium-g4560/
http://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/2902-intel-pentium-g4560-review-vs-i3

cuz $200 of that $400 is for the cpu...

with such build you also gain option to repurpose it more easily or to replace mobo it goes to shit it few years

>>61479516
I thought auto-crossover has been a feature for quite a while.

>>61480474
>Are these just connectors that exist on the chipset
yes

>>61480474
>low power
>intel anything

How vulnerable is PHP compared to Java?

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Why is modern vidya so big? Hollow Knight, a fun indie game with sprite-based graphics, is over 8GB. And the PC remasters of Final Fantasy X+X2 are over 37GB, which is over 3x the size of the PS2 originals (1 DVD disc each, so at most they'd be less than 10GB - and they probably didn't fill the disc). Meanwhile, FFIV 3D is 777 MB, which is neat - but the DS original is 10% of this! And FFVI on PC is almost 1 GB, when the original game is the size of a MP3! It's madness. Not trying to complain, just wondering how it got like this.

What's the fastest, most secure operating system out there?

>>61480643
freeBSD

i changed my birth date on google acc - dont ask why.
now google blocked my acc and want me to send them my ID card, passport or driving license to confirm my birth day.
google you fuck.

whats mail should I use to not let situation like this ever happend?

>>61480677
cock.li

>>61480451
no, I'm looking for a legitimate older version
not a brand new one

>>61480580
thank you anon! you're extremely helpful <3

I'm also looking a bit what exists on chink website

surprised to find such things:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Three-Year-Warranty-HYSTOU-Core-i5-4200U-Fanless-PC-Desktop-16GB-RAM-1TB-HDD-Industrial-PC/32642317181.html?ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_1_10152_10065_10151_10068_10084_10083_10080_10304_10082_10081_10301_10177_10110_10137_10111_10060_10112_10155_10113_10114_10154_438_10056_10055_10054_10182_10059_100031_10099_10078_10079_10103_10073_10102_10052_10053_10142_10107_10050_10051,searchweb201603_1,ppcSwitch_5&btsid=3f95d8fb-28f9-425c-81c8-2a534975d8cc&algo_expid=d57c3a03-6dfa-4c15-a6d8-05cc70e696da-2&algo_pvid=d57c3a03-6dfa-4c15-a6d8-05cc70e696da

this one already has 1tb, i5 , huh

seems too good to be true, is this some kind of chink trick

>>61480650
Thanks, I'll try it

>>61480487
G4560 is close in performance to the i3s and quite a bit cheaper usually.

What CPU are you using now?

>>61480571
have a bunch of hard drives plugged into my laptop, and use some open source software to turn it into NAS, because it only uses 35W, and that can be reduced with a different cpu

>>61480643
windows 10

>>61480718
with no memory and no disk it costs around ~200€
you add 1TB disk and it jumps to ~250€
which is same as buying 2.5" hdd
same goes with ram

just the core PC device is relatively cheap for what it is, but not really suspiciously if you look at it and compare against some zotac zbox or gigabyte brix

>>61480790
Not gunna happen. A laptop is ever going to be a raid/nas host.There is no space in it for needed drives.And having 5 external usb drives is retarded and problem causing.

When I use cinnamon with debian 9 my mouse speed is halved, when I use gnome it's fine.
How can I fix this?

>>61479418

Go surfboard for your modem, they're the most reliable. The cheaper powerline adapters are more dependant on how good/compatible your house's wiring is. I'd try straight wifi first before going powerline.

>>61479516
This has not been true on any computer made in the last 5+ years.

>>61480979
What's so terrible about external?

Used laptops make a perfectly fine NAS if you don't need a shitload of storage. Low power, pretty cheap.

Which is better
x = array.length
for i = 0; i < x; i++

or

for i=0; i<array.length; i++

Does array.length call a function every time or is it just a normal variable?

>>61481105
If there's no () it's not a function.

When we will see cheap used Haswell CPUs at C2D prices?

>>61480979
That's why I was asking if the SATA connectors are real or not. I can just make a new bigger case for the laptop mobo and shit, and hook up some HDD using SATA connectors. But due to >>61480585 answer, I guess it's not possible, unless I use USB to connect them, which, like you said, seems like a stupid hassle. There's a reason I asked in this thread after all.

>>61481161
Definitely within the next 5 years.

>>61479310
what happen to the callisto threads

>>61481222
Just get a nas case or a mini atx/itx and throw how many hdds you need in it, get a mini/itx/atx mobo and an ssd to boot from

>>61481305
Should i bite the bullet and spend $200 to upgrade my I5-4460 to a I7-4790k?

>>61481387
That depends on what you're trying to do.

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This a fair price Canadian to setup my phone for car travel?
I tried Google's drive app and it's fucking great, problem is that my phone is a battery hog and dash chargers are expensive.

>>61481400
Get a CPU that wont bottleneck a GTX 1070.

Is there any difference between uninstalling and deleting app data (on android) besides the obvious still having the app?

On android 6.0 I can go Settings> Storage> Used Space> Apps, and after selecting an app can see how much "Data" it uses in hardware space. I feel a game I play on android may have some junk in "Data" due to updates, and my save is linked to my Google Play but I'm still worried I might accidentally lose it if I delete app data due to the "All of this application's data will be deleted permanently. This includes all files, settings, accounts, databses etc." warning confirmation when you try.

Sorry for the messy post, second paragraph was just giving context, so if you know what deleting app data is it's unnecessary to read...

>>61481447
No

>>61481444
That generation of i7 does bottle neck the 1070

>>61481461
Cheers. I'm about to go through with it (after ensuring I'm still synced to Google Play in the game), and if the game behaves anything but like a fresh install I'll reply again saying nightmares have happened...

>>61481444
Are you bottlenecking it now? That shit's gonna depend heavily on what games you're playing,

>>61481387
i7-4770k here.
Even with a massive overclock I bottleneck the 1070 in most modern games.

67XX might be what you need.

Is Windows 7 totally insecure? Still running it on an older laptop, probably can't handle 10, but should I upgrade anyways? (3gb ram, Intel Pentium 2x 2.1GHz)

>>61481531
No and with those specs no.

>>61481542
Thank you. To that end; I've had this for a long time, and have improved my usage to avoid malware, but what's the best way to clean my system besides a fresh install? i.e. I understand most antivirus scans are rubbish and don't catch the worst stuff, so is there anything that's worth using to detect threats if I'm concerned about past me being an idiot and getting viruses? I've uninstalled some but I feel there are more hiding.

>>61481373
I have a spare computer, but it runs a full sized cpu, and I don't want to be using that much power all the time

>>61480632
Big textures ( take a lot of space and also a lot more polygons in your models and levels compared to what it used to be. Levels have big generated lightmaps, normals maps and so for the level stuff.

I haven't made games in years but it applies still. You need all sorts of textures generated ones and for well the regular textures

>>61481604
Use Malwarebytes, and Adwcleaner.
If those 2 dont detect anything together you are fine.
If something is detected that cant be deleted and reappears on reboot then its reinstall time.
This applies for both Windows 7 and Windows 10.

>>61481640
>>61481604
Also check your startup list for abnormalities with something like Microsoft autorun.

I have a lot of music on my pc (500gb or so) and I'd like to be able to browse it on my phone. yeah just browse, no need to play it

whats the best way to do this?

>>61479418
Power adapters are unreliable, worse than wifi in my exp

>>61481640
>Use Malwarebytes, and Adwcleaner.

+ JRT (Junkware Removal Tool, made by the same people as mbam)

I received the same rec except with JRT on top, and it cleaned me right up even after downloading and running a generic installer from tpb which installed multiple installers only after clicking "next" in the install wizard. It was fucked.

Took multiple restarts and internet being disabled the whole time, but after three restarts of all programs finding nothing on boot, I trusted it took care of everything. By "mbam" I mean "malwarebytes", by the way, since it's what the program's called when you search it I suppose, and it's far easier to type.

>>61479421
You need a crossover cable

>>61481698
Not true unless you're using an ancient machine. Anything with gigabit ethernet doesn't care about straight/crossover cables, same with most 100mbit/s stuff mid 2000s and newer.

>>61481695
JRT is pretty much built in Malwarebytes now since 2.0.
Also use uBlock Origin instead the normal adblocks so you block stuff and not only hide it.
Other than what i already mentioned there is nothing else.

Also if you have problems deleting something just enter to safe mode and disable their startup file so they cant execute on reboot again and get the PC infected again.

Am I missing something or does ctrl + shift + q fucking TERMINATE your firefox instance even with "are you sure you want to continue" enabled when you click the browser's X...

>>61481657
ftp server

>>61479540
Run the wires under the carpet, around the room, through the ceiling, out the window, there are solutions if you look

I run 200 ft through two walls and a floor to get to a modem

In Firefox, in the past if i opened a link (from say steam or just a url shortcut from my desktop), firefox would open the address in a new tab, but now it seems to always open it in the current tab, how do i fix this?

>>61481758
ctrl+shift+q brings up the network debugging tool
ctrl+shift+w, however, closes the window

is 16gb ram important for gaming or is 8gb ram just fine? I'm trying to rush and buy a decent computer. the 16gb ram computers are all 1k+ or take a month to get here.

>>61481862
Just build your own, m8.

And 8GB is starting to become not enough. Blame developers who refuse to optimize their code because "lol everyone has five million GB already so why bother"

>>61481852
Honestly I thought you were trolling me into terminating my browser instance again (which you did), however I went ahead and opened actual Firefox and you're right, that was my bad.

Nightly was what I used where the shortcut terminates it. I just didn't want to specify that to not come off as special snowflake.

>>61481962
it makes no sense to be worried about telling people you use unstable software on a technology board

>>61481962
>>61482002
Seriously, we're all unstable here.

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>>61480738
AMD FX 6100

>tfw fell for the bulldozer meme

>>61479310
Why does youtube on my phone make it disconnect from the internet within 10 minutes?

>>61479310
Best place to learn how to code.
(Python, Javascript, etc.)

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Another bottleneck question.

Would a i5 4460 bottleneck an RX 580 8GB?
Gaems I play:

>GTA V
>BF1
>SW Battlefront
>etc

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If I put a lossy file in a lossless zip file, will it still degrade in quality over time?

>>61482268
codeacademy + 'automate the boring stuff' for python.

https://www.amazon.com/CYBERPOWERPC-Master-GMA2200A-Desktop-7200RPM/dp/B06ZYX8DQ3/ref=sr_1_24?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1500601107&sr=1-24&keywords=gaming+computers

just ordered this, was it worth it? did I do okay?

>>61482433
>that fucking case

jesus

>>61482443
bad? good?

>>61482377
Yes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_degradation#Data_degradation_in_storage

I have an R9 390.

The sound of the fans spinning make a little uncomfortable.

I'm just curious if there's a danger in having your fans spin at high speeds for a prolonged amount of time.

>>61482453
Taste is subjective, but yours is objectively bad

>>61482471
oh, well. nothing is perfect. cases are replaceable right?

>>61482377
>degrade in quality over time
zip doesn't protect against bitrot. What timeframes are you looking at? I have been checking the checksum on a terabyte of music for half a decade and none of them have reported an error yet.

What's the best way to completely erase everything from a laptop? I found an old one i used to use way back and i want to use it to test different os's

>>61482468
>tmw you need a fan to cool your fan

>>61482509
dban

>>61482468
>fan spins because its doing its job
UHHDUMHHHH

>>61482509
magnets.

What's the most accurate way of comparing one PC CPU to a smartphone CPU?
what kind of benchmarks make for valid comparisons between the two?

Is it possible to bulk save all images that I liked on twitter? Lots of programs to save pictures I've uploaded myself, but nothing to bulk download others.

>>61482495
Nope. Cases are handmade to the motherboard once it's installed.

>>61482571
FLOPS

Using a script to use ffmpeg to gather screenshots of a video.
It is throwing out this warning at the end.
What does this mean?

Could not get frame filename number 2 from pattern '' (either set updatefirst or use a pattern like %03d within the filename pattern)

This is the script

#!/bin/bash
for f in *.{mkv,mp4,wmv,avi,divx,webm}; do
  file="$(realpath "$f")"
ffmpeg -ss 00:00:30 -i "$file" -vf 'select=not(mod(n\,100)),scale=-1:320,tile=3x4' "$file".png
done

>>61482692
I think its telling you to put %03d in the output filename because this is used to represent the frame number

>>61482454
Thanks

>>61482505
Archiving some manga, jpg images, and putting them in .cbz files. Wondering if I should bother converting them to indexed PNG

>>61482468
They're designed to spin. The motor will wear out over time with use, but they won't spin themselves to death.

If you really want to look after your fans then take the heat sink and fans off the card and clean them when you clean the rest of your computer, which you should do ever 6 months any way.

>>61482746
Where does that fit in with $file?
if i run it,it outputs the filename as planned,but im not seeing where the %03d would go towards the file name

>>61482883
you only specified a single possible output filename, you can output multiple frames into the same file
you need to give it a pattern it can use to output multiple frames
for example, to get;
originalname01.png
originalname02.png
originalname03.png
...
use "$file%02d.png"

>>61482920
>you can output multiple frames into the same file
you can't*

>>61482920
Thats not what i want.I want a single file that has thumbnails from the video within it.
Its starting at 30 seconds and then taking every 100th frame ,scaling it to -1:320 and then tiling it to 3x4.I dont need more then one file with all of the thumbnails in it

It currently is doing exactly that,but this warning is spamming every other line during the process.

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Are file managers good for productivity?
Will i stop needing to use a mouse if i use a file "commander?

>>61482883
>>61482920
oh, and if you only want one frame, then add "-frames 1"

>>61482955
No,you will just have to memorize 50 keybinds to do something that takes you 3 clicks to accomplish on a file manager

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Normie here, is this a decent build ?

It's cheap and I've never built or owned a gaming PC before

>>61483053
>6gb ram
get 16gb youll thank me later

Can't get a clear answer on this one from googling.
Is it safe to root an LG Risio from cricket (yes I know a shitty mong phone from a shitty mong carrier)? I get conflicting info saying that it could brick it if it has marshmallow installed or above. Does anyone here know?

Alright, so I'm using Chrome, and listening to music on YouTube.

I'm also playing a pretty beefy modpack in Minecraft (like, it takes 11 minutes to load up, GregTech: New Horizons).

And for some reason, if I end up back on the YouTube tab (I'm also using scrollwheeltabforchrome autohotkey script) it tries to load the video where I'm at in the video and freezes up.

I've got a YouTube Red account, and on my phone, the YouTube Music app allows for a "music" mode where it doesn't even bother with the video. Is there any solution like this on PC?

>>61483002
>clicking
what if i dont want to use the mouse as much and feel more comfortable on the keyboard?
are the shortcuts that hard?

>>61483053
good luck finding a 560 under 400 bucks

>>61483197
>2GB

>>61483265
I don't understand

>>61479974
Get a receiver. All into one headphone+Speaker out

>>61479310
What's the best way to stream music from my pc to my phone?

>>61483464
MPD

>>61483623
but I'm an autistic winfag

Does DVI carry sound too?

>>61483760
no

>>61483775
So there is no way to make the screen speakers to work with HDMI?

>>61483780
>>61483775
Without*

Does anyone else feel significantly cooler after downloading the 64 bit version of something after using a 32 bit one, even if you'll never see the difference?

Ok how do I back up my shit to a external hard drive so that I can install it to a new version of windows? Do I need to create an image file?

>>61483953
>even if you'll never see the difference?
Most programs do show a difference.

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What version of winamp do people use? I heard it went bad after it was bought.

I'm trying to find a music player for windows that I can rice out to look something like lollypop (pic related), I just want to see all my albums in a pretty way like this.

I hear this is quite what itunes can look like but I hate itunes with a passion.

>>61484065
What shit? If your just talking files, you can straight up copy-paste. If you mean programs you're shit out of luck.

Which program would you guys recommend for checking my HDD state, for botnet 10 please

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How long should I wait for windows to finish "Scanning and repairing drive" for without changing the % value before I assume that it's stuck and reboot it to try something else?

>>61484158
CHKDSK?
Hours.
Windows boot repair? 15 miuntes tops.

>>61484147
crystaldisk info

>>61484099
with a little effort you can make foobar look like that if you want

>>61483177
don't listen to that fool, keyboard shortcuts are king, I would reccomend directory opus, as it fully integrates into windows to replace explorer

>>61484172
Shit.
And it isn't safe to stop chkdsk either, is it?
Is there any way for me to safely abort it early?
The files on the disk were fine, but directly after the windows 10 logo appeared and then faded to load the OS it gave me a black screen that never went away.
This all started when I walked up to my computer this morning to find it stuck with a black screen that showed nothing but a very low-res mouse cursor, and it's the first time that I can honestly say that I have 0 idea what the fuck happened.

>>61484139
fuck. So I can't make some system restore kinda thing that windows will somehow recognize on the new version?

I am going from Windows 10 32 bit to windows 10 64bit. I was hoping to be able to create like a system back up in 32bit, but then when I had finished upgrading my computer to 64 bit I could just move the system back up from the HDD and it would just convert to 64bit and it would install back to how I had it before it was cleared except now I would have 64bit installed

>>61484203
No.
No.
That is windows 10 repair, not CHKDSK.
Safe mode triggered for a reason.

There is something wrong with your windows partition, when its done you might want to check your HDD SMART data to check what the fuck is going on with it.
[Speccy>Storage>SMART attributes)

>>61479540
>Wouldn't a power adaptor running through the outlets be sufficient if we have 100 mbps?

Your limiting factor isn't your subscribed internet speed, it's the quality of the electrical wiring in your apt (if you were going to use EoP)

Let's say you already bought a kit.

Run a speedtest from a computer that's hooked up via EoP and see what you get.

If you get close to 100Mbps, you should be fine, but most likely you're going to get around 20Mbps because of the quality of the electrical wiring and because you're using EoP.

If I were you, get a 802.11ac "extender" or "wireless bridge"

Something like this:

https://www.linksys.com/us/p/P-RE6500/

>>61484223
I actually triggered it myself, I launched CHKDSK from my old HDD that sill had windows on it which then claimed that the target drive could only be scanned if I rebooted it. It then prompted me, asking if I'd like to reboot and scan it, which I did... and now it's been stuck at 46% for over two hours.

>>61484204
not trivial on windows due to the registry
you can back up configurations for a bunch of programs (their HKCU keys and appdata folders) and reuse those, but there's no simple way to avoid having to reinstall each program

is lineage OS better than running vanilla android in terms of privacy/botnet avoidance/etc

what do i install now that cyanogenmod is dead? yes ive been living under a rock

>>61484204
No dice. Your programs are integrally tied in to windows. There's no way to restore just the parts you want. If anything the transition from 32 to 64 makes this more impossible.

>>61484248
What about the filepaths? That is what I should have first said. Can I keep the filepaths and files from my current version? i.e keeping my current C: drive filepaths and files in the same spot

>>61484280
for like media? yeah, just back up your windows user folder recursively

>>61484265
Lineage >= Cyanogen

>>61484280
certain paths will change, for example, things now in "Program Files" should be in "Program Files (x86)" on 64bit windows

>>61484265
lineageos is cyanogenmod
the name was changed because cyanogen went under, so the community side couldn't keep using the name

>>61484304
if you'll read my post i asked if lineage OS was still better than running vanilla android. and if there are any alternatives.

im running a really old version of cyanogen on my phone and would rather not have to worry about the security risks but dont want to install vanilla android unless i have to

>>61484310
*some* things

>>61484301
I hope I can save more than just media
>>61484310
Cheers dude

>>61484323
no, all things in "Program Files" on 32bit windows are 32bit, so therefore would have been placed in "Program Files (x86)" on 64bit windows

>>61484335
you can save configs and stuff, but it's much more involved and if anything is even slightly off stuff will go wonky, it's literally easier and less painful to just switch your windows and reinstall/register/configure all your programs to the way you want than to try and back that shit up and get it to work right when you restore

>>61484335
Unlikely. You're looking at an uphill battle at best. You can save firefox profile level shit, but I'd just accept that you're going to need to start over with most of it.

>>61484321
>>61484321
additional question: can i use microg to run google maps? or is that project dead?

>>61484351
>>61484364
Damn. If I can't save my documents in the paths I want I might as well just wipe the whole thing :(

>>61484158
>>61484203
Literally everywhere online is telling me to "just shut down lmao" but these people also seem to be under the impression that the "Scanning and repairing drive" thing itself IS the problem, treating it like it's not doing anything so I'm not sure if I should put stock in their opinions.

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what makes a good desk?
i've only had gimmicky staples desks
im planning to put it in my closet so its going to be smaller

>>61484377
no, man, my documents, music, video and the rest of that shit is what I was talking about when I mentioned media. you can save that and even preserve the file structure if you like, it's just when it comes to programs and shit that it's no dice

>>61484396
Oh right. When I think of media, I think of music, videos photos etc.

>>61484377
>save my documents in the paths
Are you 80? Where are you even saving shit besides the "my documents" folder?

>>61484393
Anything made of solid wood, not MDF, plywood or partical board.

>>61484414
this
also if living with roomates who are potentially shady, get a rolltop desk with a lock

>>61484412
It hurts to admit it but...my desktop

How can I reformat a hard drive to remove all of the data, basically make it good as new? I set a BIOS password lock on it and I'm not able to mount it, initialize it, or even change the BIOS password (doesn't show as password protected in my new latop's BIOS). I can boot from it in a different laptop but that's about it. I just want to delete everything and start using it again.

>>61479310

What's the cheapest hard disk drive I can get?

I'd like something with SATA preferably for a raid setup, capacity is negligible

It's just gonna host a server for a joke website with a single image on it and some bitcoin mining, no actual space needed for either

>>61484453
just keep an eye on newegg daily deals and shit like that, just recently that had something like a three terrobite drive for fifty bucks

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I've written some Python scripts which parse text files I receive from clients line-by-line. Current code snippet is this:

    with open(ale_path.get("fullpath"), "rU") as ale_file:
        for line_count, line_text in enumerate(ale_file):

However, I need to be able to accommodate any line endings (CRLF, LF, CR). As you can see, I've been opening the files with "rU" mode for Universal line ending support, which has worked SOMEWHAT, but not 100% (particularly with Mac classic CR endings).

In researching this and trying to make it better, I've found that "rU" mode is deprecated. The recommendation has been to open as binary ("r+b") instead, but when I do that, I have LESS support for varied line endings.

Any idea what the most up to date pythonic way is to be able to handle any line endings you throw at it properly?

>>61484437
You know, there are some people who are actually a good fit for the smartphone style system that auto-manages all your shit.

>>61484438
You have to jump your CMOS battery. Alternatively, you can take the battery out and let it drain for 10-15 minutes.

If you tell us what system you have, we can provide better information. Some systems don't allow such bypasses, for obvious reasons.

>>61484470
not trying to be an ass, but you might wanna crosspost this in the dpt, as you'll probably get quicker/better answers there

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Why don't companies get punished for advertising as """""""""""super fast internet"""""""""""

>>61484491
Thanks, I'll try. I posted it yesterday there but was redirected here. lol

>>61484496
because fine print. read your contract bruh, maximum speed is what's advertised but it's not guaranteed, and there's usually also no guarantee on how much they can slow you down

What temperature should be CPU be when I'm just browsing the internet?

What about when I play games?

>>61484478
I can't tell if you are making fun of me or being serious lol

>>61484544
>What temperature should be CPU be when I'm just browsing the internet?
cool
>What about when I play games?
warm

>>61484551
he's probably doing a bit of both, but if you want to stay organized on your fresh install, there are browser extensions that put downloads in different specified folders depending on filetype

>>61484566
thanks

>>61484489
I already took the CMOS battery out. It wiped the chip clean.
This way after I did a software flash for my x60T and didn't realize that a startup password set in BIOS would alter my hard drive. Thus, I couldn't complete the Libreboot flash and decided to oull the CMOS battery to try and revert to the Lenovo BIOS but it wiped the chip completely.

I was able to boot from the drive with my T60 whereas my x220 and x200 didn't allow it, even when given the correct password (T60 has a similar BIOS encryption scheme I guess?). So now, all my files are backed up and safe, but I want to wipe the password protected drive so I can start using it again. When booting it in the T60, the BIOS doesn't recognize it as startup password protected.

>>61484414
>>61484426
thanks

>>61484576
Oh sweet.

Should I sell my i5 7600k & Z270 and my old laptop to buy Ryzen 7 1700 as well as a motherboard/ram for it?

>>61484682
Probably no.

What'll you be doing with it?

>>61484589
you are welcome

>>61484715
I mainly want it so I won't have to upgrade for ages. The 8/16 decently clocked cores/threads and decent stock cooler sound decent.
I primarily use an Athlon 860K at 4.2GHz, and it runs at 60-70C under average load (5-10 Chrome tabs, as well as Skype open) with a Be Quiet Shadow Rock (the low profile one)

What's stopping intel from beaming a 4x PCIe 3.0 solely from usb via thunderbolt?

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Been looking everywhere for old windows 98 music production software like Xincarn / Devine Machine.

I am building a windows 98 only computer setup and I have not been able to find these.

Anyone here know of an old trove of old windows 98/95 software?

>>61484763
You want to do an unnecessary upgrade so you don't have to upgrade for a while?

>>61484682
Unless you are using multithreaded stuff you are downgrading.

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>>61484903
I wouldn't really call it an unnecessary upgrade.
It's a newer processor with 2x the cores and SMT, and the power draw is a big factor for what I had in mind for upgrading, considering the 65W rated TDP versus the overclocked 95W rated TDP.
>>61484959
Sorry anon, I'm retarded, I should've said I was using another system, and the Kabylake stuff was for a possible new system.

>>61479310
Can you recommend me good music player for Android?
built in app crashes and that nigger Foobar2000 is 'indexing library' but not playing music so it's trash

Apart from the look, what exactly is different between these two types of RAM? I can't figure it out

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820232409
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820232229

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Female Firewire 400 to male USB 2.0 cable.
Is it possible?

I have 2x 1TB drives that have Firewire 400 and USB 1.0
How do I make them fast?

>>61485360
Apart from colour/heat spreader, there really isn't a difference. Maybe one is validated for a certain platform from factory, but nothing relevant really.

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Like with most C compiler errors I can never find the solution to the simplest of problems on Google. It is infuriating.

What am I doing wrong?
My compiler is giving me this warning on this extremely basic C program, and I fail to see what I'm doing wrong. Can anyone point me to a resource that explains what I'm doing wrong, or generally give me advice so I can solve this?

program.c: In function ‘main’:
program.c:10:11: warning: format ‘%s’ expects argument of type ‘char *’, but argument 2 has type ‘char (*)[100]’ [-Wformat=]
   scanf("%s", &string);
           ^

My program:

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
  char character;
  char string[100];
  printf("Enter character\n");
  scanf("%c", &character);
  printf("Entered character is %c \n", character);
  printf("Enter any string upto 100 chars \n");
  scanf("%s", &string);
  printf("Entered string is %s \n", string);
 }

>>61485767
You don't need the &. An array implicitly decays to a pointer to its 0th element.

is there any current /g/ recommended freeware software chart? remember seeing one a few times over the years

>>61485812
Thank you.

>>61485816
You've inspired me to make one. I'll go make one right now.

If I upgrade my PC, do I have to reinstall Windows?

>>61486028
Depends.

>>61486039
Just upgrading GPU and RAM, I'm guessing full reinstall would be necessary if you changed everything or the mobo?

>>61486049
You might want to go back to generic graphics drivers before swapping over but yeah you should be fine

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what are good places to find things for rainmeter?

>>61486072
gaia online

>>61486072
r/rainmeter
sometimes I think there's a rainmeter general thread on /wg/.

>>61485992
>>61485816
Someone will need to make the image version.

/g/-recommended software: moderate normalfag version
>Web browsers
Pale Moon, Firefox, Chromium, Midori

>Command line web browsers
w3m-img (images), lynx

>Instant-messaging
Pidgin
Tox
Discord (Botnet)
Wire
GPG-encrypted messages

>IRC
Irssi, Weechat, or HexChat.

>E-Mail desktop client
Thunderbird, Evolution

>Torrents
Deluge, qBittorrent, rTorrent

>FTP
FileZilla, Midnight Commander

>Backup
Rsync

>Media players
MPV if you can handle configuration
VLC if you like easy things
Kodi (full-featured)
MPC-HC

>Music players
Clemetine
>Terminal Music Players
MOC
cmus

>Image editors
>Raster
GIMP, Krita

>Vector
InkScape

>Text editors
Emacs

among ProtonMail, OpenMailBox and Tutanota which are the best?

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What the fuck do I do to fix this?

>>61486162
convert to GPT, or boot the machine in legacy BIOS mode

>>61486130
Protonmail says they encrypt their messages, but you should never trust encryption that you don't have full control over. Ever. For example, they could setup some script to grab your password if they really wanted it.

Openmailbox does not claim to have encryption. But they do have a pretty good history.

Tutanota is like Protonmail.

At the end of the day, if you're just using it for signing up for accounts, get protonmail or tutanota. But if you're seriously sending e-mail, get OpenMailBox and use GPG for all your messages.

>>61486170
What happens if I do it in legacy bios and then install Windows 10?

>>61486162
reformat the drive or use legacy bios

Is ProtonMail a meme?

>>61486191
See my post here >>61486171

>>61486187
nothing
you can install win10 on MBR

anyway to make windows 10 less of a botnet?

>>61486209
Stupid question. Where is legacy in bios and how do I use it

>>61486229
W10privacy

best software to store passwords?

>>61486229
definitely a stupid quesiton

>>61486229
dban

>>61486243
keepassx

>>61486171
so OpenMailBox + Thunderbird + Enigmail plugin would be the way to go?

>>61486229
1. have common sense
2. dont be paranoid
3. get over it
4. stick a finger up your butt

>>61486243
eternal USB with a LUKS partition
then you keep that password on a micro sd card embedded n your epidermis

>>61486283
its not going to die as long as the people who use it continue to support it enough

How is the Oneplus 5? And how is the audio quality with headphones on it?

>log in times taking forever
>sometimes have to reboot several times just to log in
>everything is noticeably slow
>desktop not available
is this the end?

How does one properly test that a DNS server is working correctly?

best win10 start alternatives?

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Can I install MacOS with these specs?

Cheers

Is there anyway to make images load faster in sumatrapdf?
I've got a high quality scan of a book at 96 MB but it takes forever to load the pages. Surely a program can store 96 MB of data in RAM?

>>61486472
windows? yes you were fucked from day one

Excuse my degeneracy.

wget -P ./temp/sankaku-test -U mozilla -nd -nc -e robots=off -rHD images.sankakucomplex.com -A "*.jpg" --reject-regex [1-9]{3}x[1-9]{3}.jpg https://www.sankakucomplex.com/2017/07/20/scandalous-minami-kotori-ero-cosplay-all-tied-up/

This regex still lets one thumbnail through, namely

KotoriMinami-EroRibbon-EroCosplay-24-468x810.jpg

Does anybody know why?

>>61486670
xd

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why is my gpu using these on idle? my gpu idle temp is 60 c, I re installed drivers and was back to 30 c for a few days, then went back up to 60 c idle

>>61486695
>gui using vram
heaven forbid

>>61486739
just asking if this is normal or im hacked by a bitcoin miner

>>61479310
Is 240 mb good for Internet speed?

>>61486162
Ok I'm this guy

I got a bit ahead of myself and formatted the fucking hdd thinking that I could just boot from legacy like >>61486170 says by all the video's and instructions I have seen say that I need to log onto Windows to boot from legacy. What the fuck do I do now?

I haven't got any OS on my computer at all and I can't install W10 onto that hard drive because of that fucking error.

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What is this term called about internet plans or isp
>Whenever I power cycle/reboot my router my ip changes.
>ip based bans were dodged on some game

>>61486874
Dynamic IP? It means you have a dynamic instead of a static IP.

>>61479540
nigga my cable runs across the fucking floor and under two doors, it's been like that for a year and it's all peeled and fucked up and works perfectly fine

dude the fucking google drive icons in my desktop change places every single time i restart my computer how do i fix this shit every other icon stays where i put it except those motherfuckers

>>61486817
just get into BIOS to change to legacy
but can't you also convert to GPT? why use legacy?

>>61487473
I can't find it in the BIOS.

I kinda got a bit ahead of myself and reformatted the hard drive and it still stayed MBR, so then I had no OS to convert it from MBR to GPT.

But I just re-installed windows 7, so now I am going to look at how to convert it to GPT

So I want to make an array with lucky numbers going up to a good length in C++. Does C have anything like streams in Java?

>>61487648
I'm not familiar with Java's streams - could you go into more detail?

>>61487648
Why would you want to use a stream anyways?

>>61486472
Sounds like maleware.
If you can't get rid of it via Malewarebytes, reinstall your OS.

Anyone know a good online voicemail or answering machine? I need to set one up for a small business.

>>61487716
>>61487780
If I remember correctly streams are basically an endless array you can operate on. (It's been a while since I learned them) So you could make a stream of natural numbers and then raise them to the power of two. Since lucky numbers are the ones not kicked out, I thought streams would work pretty well. But I guess one or two arrays do the trick too

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_number

>>61487843
I'm not sure if any such thing exists in C++. I'd just use a sieve personally.

>>61479310
I've been using M.A.L.P. to control mpd remotely from my phone but I'm going a few days to a place with no wi-fi, is there a way to keep doing this with bluetooth or something?

>>61479310
I dual boot windows and linux

how to format windows only

>>61488081
You want to control your mpd server, which I assume is at home, via just bluetooth? Bluetooth is short range, it won't reach outside your house. You'll need internet access, 3G/mobile works though, and only mpd (not streaming the music) isn't that costly.

>>61488105
Format the disk that contains windows

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So obviously Skype is proprietary and shouldn't be used by anybody since the jews have no qualms about literally selling you out. But that said is this Skype memory usage a virus?

The name would imply use of a browser in Skype but I've never even used the search function there. I tried viewing its properties in task manager when this happened, but it redirected to desktop since I'd closed Skype before trying, I suppose.

>>61486904
yes thank you

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I want muh 60fps.
I'm currently running a;
Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P MB,
an AMD FX-8320 processor,
with an R9 290 video card, and 16 gigs of ram.

What's my most cost effective upgrade at this point?

some /toy/ love because that's where I usually lurk.

>>61488497
depends on the game

I got $20 in Amazon digital credit for using no rush shipping, any good ideas to spend it on? Most of their games seem to cost more if you go digital vs physical, especially if you get the early bird discount thing, wish I could just convert it to Steam credit or something. (I can convert it to PSN credit but that's not as useful to me and I don't have much I want to buy there at the moment anyway)

New
>>61488804
>>61488804
>>61488804

How did you guys learn R?