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Delphi and C++ Builder / Re: Please let me earn badges for Delphi (OOP) Pascal, I am really good in that one

« on: March 07, 2023, 08:05 AM »

People don't know but when donationcoder was being first experimented with in 2003 or so i think, one of the main features on the previous version of the website was a programming school section where people could see assignments for ideas to program and submit their implementations to move forward..  This was before all the great professional programming teaching websites came into being which do a great job of encouraging new coders.  It was very primitive but some people had fun.

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Other Software / Re: My OBS Plugins

« on: March 07, 2023, 07:59 AM »

I also forgot to post about Dock Sets, a feature I coded for OBS (not a plugin requires changes to OBS source code which I submitted a pull request for but which never got accepted).
This let's you save and load your UI configuration of docks.  I use it to switch between a setup I use for livestreaming and one I use for editing and configuring:

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Other Software / Re: My OBS Plugins

« on: March 07, 2023, 07:48 AM »

New OBS plugin and helper tools.

JrYouTubeChat

This is a combination of 3 "tools" to assist in interacting with your youtube audience during a livestream.  It includes: An OBS plugin dock, a python utility, and an html browser source.  Plus a small modification to the OBS source code.

What does it do:

• First, a small modification to the OBS source, which is not strictly necessary, which automatically broadcasts a message when you select a youtube broadcast to connect to from the broadcast connect dialog.  This change makes everything that follows automatic.
• Next, the OBS plugin goes through all of your scenes and sources and changes any browser source which links to a youtube chat to update to the current video id; this ensures any chat browser source is automatically updates to the current livestream
• Next, the OBS plugin will (auto) launch a python script which connects to the youtube chat (not using youtube api which is rate limited but direct fetching of chat browser page and parsing results using Pytchat), and fetches all chat messages.
• These chat messages are displaying in a listbox in the OBS dock.
• The python script will also interface with a blink(1) hardware device to alert you with a physical rgb light if any configured keywords are mentioned.  This will let audience get your attention if there is something you should pay attention to.
• Any item in the chat list of message can be double clicked, and websocket will be used to send a message to a special browser source you can add to a scene, which will display the highlighted message, along with any youtube avatar, in a lower thirds overlay (using exeldro's open source Downstream Keyere plugin).  See screenshot.  This can be used to highlight someones comment on screen when you want to react to it.  You can even configure and toggle automatic rotation through messages if you just want them shown as they come in.
• Lastly, you can configure various hotkeys to move through the message list and toggle items, to facilitate using something like a streamdeck to control what's shown.

Screenshots:






Available with my other open source OBS plugins, though by no means easy to set up currently, at github: https://github.com/dcmouser/obsPlugins

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Other Software / My OBS Plugins

« on: March 07, 2023, 07:35 AM »

I need a thread to link to all of my OBS plugins and addons.

Here's a few threads so far
OBS multi-line text plugin/enhancement - https://www.donation...ndex.php?topic=52699
OBS Flip Screen Plugin and Modification - https://www.donation...ndex.php?topic=52701
OBS Plugin for AutoZoomCrop using machine vision - https://www.donation...ndex.php?topic=52634
Obs Youtube Timestamps, DelayedFade, custom browser CSS, Browser Timer, and more small OBS plugins and mods - https://www.donation...ndex.php?topic=52727

Downloads are open source on github: https://github.com/dcmouser/obsPlugins

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Living Room / Re: Arduino anyone?

« on: February 08, 2023, 12:41 PM »

Also, tell us more about your projects!

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Living Room / Re: Arduino anyone?

« on: February 08, 2023, 12:41 PM »

I have a new idea for a project using wireless and lowest battery power requirements.. maybe we can chat about ideas.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Convert images to grayscale or blak and white

« on: February 04, 2023, 10:19 PM »

Yep, you found it

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Screenshot Captor / Re: SSC error message when starting at boot

« on: February 04, 2023, 10:19 PM »

Only happens when you use "save as.." yes?
Same issue and fix here? https://www.donation...ex.php?topic=53089.0

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LaunchBar Commander / Re: Disappeared LBC?

« on: February 04, 2023, 11:42 AM »

LBC data files (MCF) can get very big because LBC stores icon image data in them even at image sizes that it doesn't really need.  There is an option to clean up and minimize the use of image data in the Tools -> Maintenance menu.
The MCP should be tiny, they essentially just tell LBC what MCF file(s) were open and have some general options.

So, all your tree data is in an MCF file, which should be automatically backed up by LBC when you make changes.
And then the MCP files hold very little of value.  If you lost your MCP file you would just start LBC and tell it to open the MCF which has all your data in it.


LBC should be auto creating backups regularly of your MCF files, so it's distressing if it wasn't. 

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I apologize for the delay in getting to this.  If you still have an old MCF file with your latest nodes but its not visible, can you confirm this -- and let me know what happens when LBC launches or when you try to File -> Open it.. Does LBC complain or just not show on the screen.  I will add some code now to try to fix up things if LBC finds itself off screen, which I suspect may be the problem.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Screenshot Captor DirectX Capture Addon - EARLY BUGGY BETA

« on: February 04, 2023, 11:26 AM »

The DirectX capture beta never made it out of a poorly performing beta.. but im not sure why the Quick Capture bar cared about it..

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Screenshot Captor / Re: NB to SSC dev: buglike interaction between SSC and FancyWM

« on: February 04, 2023, 11:24 AM »

What happens?

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Screenshot Captor / Re: SSC error message when starting at boot

« on: February 04, 2023, 11:24 AM »

Hi Yuki.

I wonder if this means that your screenshot directory is set to a network location that is not yet available at boot time?
One option to solve this would be to figure out how to tell Screenshot Captor to start later in the bootup process.. I remember there were some tips on how to do this but I don't remember.
If you find the solution I hope you will share with us.
The other option is simply to set your screenshot directory to a local drive location instead of a network share location.
-jesse

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Prevent Windows file explorer from uninvited opening

« on: February 04, 2023, 11:19 AM »

Yes, I think this is the option you are looking for, which by default opens windows file explorer after you do a "save as":


Uncheck the last option on the "Miscellaneous Tweaks" tab of preferences.

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Living Room / Re: Apple Lisa, the first (modern) GUI

« on: January 26, 2023, 10:30 AM »

When I was a teenager there was an Apple Lisa at the McGraw Hill bookstore in midtown in NYC that my father and I used to walk to.. It was such a beautiful alluring piece of alien technology.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: LATEST MiniCap VERSION INFO THREAD - v1.42.01 - Jun 27, 2022

« on: January 25, 2023, 05:57 PM »

It's actually the download on the main page (upper left): https://www.donation...popular-apps/minicap
I just forgot to update the version # on that page, which I will do so now.

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Living Room / Re: Arduino anyone?

« on: January 24, 2023, 07:23 PM »

I posted a 3rd video a while ago:

I finally got around to doing another round of work on it to fix some imperfections and I'm pretty happy with it now. But I feel like I learned some beginner lessons maybe worth sharing in another video soon..

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General Software Discussion / Re: Turn off the screen in my laptop

« on: January 12, 2023, 09:55 AM »

Nice find.

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Living Room / Happy birthday Deozaan

« on: January 01, 2023, 10:24 PM »

People may not realize how much work Deozaan does behind the scenes on this forum in keeping it clear of spam, and just being a wonderful source of positivity.
Deo I hope you have a wonderful birthday! 

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N.A.N.Y. 2023 / Re: What is NANY plus Mug Alternate Image

« on: December 31, 2022, 08:20 PM »

Updated post above to show the alternate mug design as well as the traditional one.

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N.A.N.Y. 2023 / Re: NANY 2023 submission: Amazon Spending Analysis Utility

« on: December 31, 2022, 08:02 PM »

Congratulations on getting this working

ps. It was terrifying to see my amazon spending plotted.

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Living Room / Re: Happy New Years Eve

« on: December 31, 2022, 06:44 AM »

Yes, happy new year to everyone -- I hope 2023 will be filled with pleasant surprises for you all. 

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Living Room / Re: Game with ecosytem

« on: December 30, 2022, 07:27 PM »

Some reviews that focus on some negatives:
https://www.polygon....ws-ps4-playstation-4
https://www.rockpape...om/rain-world-review

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Living Room / Re: Game with ecosytem

« on: December 30, 2022, 06:28 PM »

To me it looks very compelling, like the designer captured something quite extraordinary in terms of creating an emotionally compelling world where it feels those creatures are alive and real.. I'm glad to hear the reviews are more positive than it seemed at first.

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Living Room / Game with ecosytem

« on: December 30, 2022, 03:28 AM »

I stumbled across this video.. These games that seem simulation-based seem so intriguing:
https://www.youtube..../watch?v=GMx8OsTDHfM

https://store.steamp...p/312520/Rain_World/

Cost: $8
Reviews don't seem so good.

I'm not sure I would play the game myself but I'm quite curious to watch more videos on it.

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Living Room / Re: How to setup KVM switch?

« on: December 28, 2022, 09:08 PM »

Do I have to connect each laptop to the KVM switch via both a USB and a HDMI cable? That's alot of cables!

I haven't used a KVM for a long time but:

Quick answer is yes.. All computers need to connect to the KVM with at least two cables, a video cable and at least one usb cable.  And then the KVM has a video cable connecting to your monitor and at least one usb cable connecting the mouse and keyboard, and possiblyo other usb devices like webcam.

I'm not sure how well webcam will be switchable, but it sounds like maybe youd need a (powered) hub for all your usb devices (keyboard, mouse, webcam) and just be connecting that to the KVM and switching which pc the hub connects to.

Some KVMs use their own software, I think many do not.  Some work better than others.  One way in which they differ is the maximum resolution supported -- so make sure the KVM you get can handle your max display resolutions.