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2426
Living Room / Re: Time lapse video (thread)
« Last post by tomos on August 29, 2015, 11:12 AM »
Cross-posting from Hyperlapse thread - my next post (below) has video from the creator of LRTimelapse which software is mentioned in this quote:

I am shocked - shocked I say! - to see that there appear to be no previous threads on the whole "hyperlapse" thing (according to the Search at least). This is a variation of timelapse where the camera actually moves *large* distances (as opposed to the small dolly shots of most timelapse) while maintaining (relatively) smooth motion, creating an amazing combination of realistic and surreal imagery and motion. It really just has to be seen to be appreciated. This is an excellent introduction to what can be achieved:
https://vimeo.com/102841196
-JavaJones (May 17, 2015, 04:28 PM)
That vimeo video is really incredible.  I'd be curious how difficult it was to get it to look like that, and what kind of equipment was used.  Looks amazing.
-superboyac (May 18, 2015, 09:22 AM)

I came across this description:
I had to import and customize the NEF files before I
equalized them with the great LR-TIMELAPSE from Gunther Wegner. (http://www.lrtimelapse.com/)
(Adobe Lightroom is necessary)
The observed jpeg had then to be droped into virtual dub and were rendered as avi.
When this was done, I had to stabilize the sequences manually frame by frame (AE motion tracker) and rendered each of them in 3 different sizes: (4928x3264 pixels, 1920x1080 pixels, 1024x768 pixels)
Last but not least the snippets were edited fitting to the beautiful title "Diving Through The Blue" by the respectable composer and musician Valentin Boomes.
from this video -
https://vimeo.com/50238512

Tbh I dont understand half of that description - but it does sound like a lot of work. Surprised the stabilizing has to be done manually. Also not sure what exactly the LR-Timelapse software does.

They seem to generally use full-frame cameras - I guess if you're going to put all that work in, you may as well start with a quality image.
-tomos (June 18, 2015, 04:13 AM)
2427
Living Room / Re: Recommend some music videos to me!
« Last post by tomos on August 29, 2015, 05:19 AM »
Beautiful track from Patty Griffin - "Rider of Days"



https://www.youtube..../watch?v=M6uZMgTW91o
2428
General Software Discussion / Re: free Windows 10 Tweaker @TheWindowsClub
« Last post by tomos on August 29, 2015, 03:23 AM »
(^ thanks Curt :up:)


Win8.1-64 and now Win10 are not so horrible for me, because, for a year or so, I've been progressively using these excellent $FREE (Donations accepted) bits of software from Winaero:
-IainB (August 28, 2015, 09:37 AM)

not using Windows 10, but had good experiences with few of their offerings for Windows 8
2429
Living Room / Re: Recommend some music videos to me!
« Last post by tomos on August 28, 2015, 06:09 PM »
Delerium - Karma album
-MilesAhead (August 28, 2015, 08:31 AM)

that reminded me of some big hit from the 90's  - definitely a different group though, but I cant place them (yet)
2430
General Software Discussion / Re: Raymond.cc roundup of ad blocking extensions
« Last post by tomos on August 28, 2015, 06:04 PM »
I find the whole uBlock/uBlock Origin thing to be an unfortunate and confusing mess.
-mwb1100 (August 28, 2015, 05:46 PM)
agreed -
the fact of it ('Origin') going beyond my idea of what an adblocker does, made me more active in reporting my preference.

FWIW I'm currently using PaleMoon and 'Adblock Latitude' - I am still waiting for the ideal browser/adblocking extension ;-)
2431
General Software Discussion / Re: free Windows 10 Tweaker @TheWindowsClub
« Last post by tomos on August 28, 2015, 05:50 PM »
Not free at all: Tweak-10
-Curt (August 28, 2015, 07:17 AM)

maybe you should edit the thread title in the OP?


EDIT// or are they different software ?
2432
Screenshot Captor / Re: Pasted picture or dropped picture is not completely intransparent
« Last post by tomos on August 28, 2015, 04:31 PM »
I started this thread on one computer with a new NEC monitor and I definitively see the background shine through the foreground picture.
-ralfs (August 28, 2015, 01:19 AM)

sounds like a very good monitor (off-topic, but I'm curious: what's the model?)
2433
General Software Discussion / Re: Raymond.cc roundup of ad blocking extensions
« Last post by tomos on August 28, 2015, 04:27 PM »
^ FWIW I prefer the uBlock variation - the "origin" version started blocking whole webpages which I felt wasn't it's job:
https://www.donation....msg385536#msg385536
2434
Post New Requests Here / Re: create shortlinks to urls in a folder from a txt file with the url list
« Last post by tomos on August 28, 2015, 04:23 PM »
^  ;D
the contrast there between the quote and the response just made my evening :-*
2435
General Software Discussion / Re: Weird Firefox hangs since 40.x?
« Last post by tomos on August 28, 2015, 04:22 PM »
Edit: Running it now.  So far so good.   :up:
-MilesAhead (August 27, 2015, 05:05 PM)

hang in there :up:
2436
Post New Requests Here / Re: Script to remove windows.old folder
« Last post by tomos on August 26, 2015, 02:14 PM »
just making the script more accessible
(I'm not sure though if that's the right type of formatting)

Code: ActionScript [Select]
  1. REM JK-Windows.Old Deleter Version 1.0.181109 by jkadeesh
  2. @echo off
  3. setlocal
  4. Title Windows.Old Deleter
  5. set BAT_HOME=%~dp0
  6. set BAT_NAME=%~s0
  7. set BATFILE=%~nx0
  8. set DRVLET=%~d0
  9.  
  10. if "%1"=="" goto interactive
  11. REM Flash related lines are meant for deleting Flash specific .OCX files which cannot be easily deleted
  12. if exist %1\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash CD /D %1\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash && cacls *.* /P Everyone:F
  13. cd /d %DRVLET%
  14. takeown /f %1 /R /d y
  15. icacls %1 /grant administrators:F /t
  16. rd /s /q %1
  17. goto end
  18.  
  19. :interactive
  20. cls
  21. cd /d %DRVLET%\
  22. IF EXIST %DRVLET%\Windows.old ECHO. && ECHO Found %DRVLET%\Windows.old && GOTO Auto
  23. IF NOT EXIST %DRVLET%\Windows.old ECHO. && ECHO NOT FOUND %DRVLET%\Windows.old && ECHO.
  24.  
  25. echo Enter folder name [with complete path] which needs to be deleted:   do i enter \c: \windows.old here in script??
  26. echo.
  27. echo To exit type "x" and press Enter key
  28. echo.
  29. echo.
  30. set /p user=Folder Name[with path]: I’m confused about what to enter here
  31. if "%user%"=="x" goto end
  32.  
  33. if exist %user%\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash CD /D %user%\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash && cacls *.* /P Everyone:F
  34. cd /d %DRVLET%\
  35. takeown /f %user% /R /d y
  36. icacls %user% /grant administrators:F /t
  37. rd /s /q %user%
  38.  
  39. if not "%user%"=="x" goto interactive
  40. goto end
  41.  
  42. :Auto
  43. cls
  44. ECHO.
  45. cd /d %DRVLET%\
  46. set user=Windows.old
  47. if exist %DRVLET%\%user%\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash CD /D %DRVLET%\%user%\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash && cacls *.* /P Everyone:F
  48. cd /d %DRVLET%\
  49. takeown /f %user% /R /d y
  50. icacls %user% /grant administrators:F /t
  51. rd /s /q %user%
  52.  
  53. goto end
  54. :end
  55. ECHO.
  56. ECHO Exiting...
  57. ECHO.
  58. pause

How to use the above code?
0. Disable User Access control [temporarily] - Once this task of deleting files / folders is completed,
you may want to re-enable User Access Control. To disable UAC,
go to Control Panel > User Accounts > Turn User Account Control on or off ; then uncheck the
option "Use User Account Control (UAC) to help protect your computer" and click OK. Then restart the computer.
1. Copy/paste the code to Notepad
2. Save the file with the file name as: DeleteFiles.bat to C:\ drive [any location is ok - you need
to go to the relevant location using the command line in step: 4]
Note that the 'Save as type' should be selected as "All Files (*.*)" before you click the Save button.
3. Go to Command prompt
4. Type CD \  to go to C:\
5. Type DeleteFiles foldername and then press Enter key
By default, the folder name is C:\Windows.old.
If the Windows.old folder resides in D:\ [or a different drive], then enter the drive letter accordingly
along with the folder name.
6. Then you will notice a lot of operation in the command window and the script will end with
"Exiting..." . Press any key to exit the script.
Then you will find Windows.old folder is completely removed - Note that with this method the
contents of Windows.old folder will not won't be sent to the Recycle bin.
DeleteFiles.bat can be run without supplying the folder name also - in that scenario, it will
consider Windows.old folder present in the current drive from which you run the batch file
2437
Coding Snacks / Re: IDEA: show the week number on the Windows system tray calendar?
« Last post by tomos on August 26, 2015, 05:36 AM »
Have you tried T-Clock?

I dont have it installed on this machine, so cant say either way - but I do remember a discussion in that thread about different systems of week numbers.

T-Clock 2010 (download)
2438
General Software Discussion / Re: LastPass alternatives with two-factor authentication? (including premium LP)
« Last post by tomos on August 26, 2015, 03:43 AM »
I'm currently using Enpass (www.enpass.io)
-40hz (August 25, 2015, 12:53 PM)

are you using that with any kind of two-factor authentication?


Edit// I took the liberty of changing the thread title to "LastPass alternatives with two-factor authentication? (including premium LP)"
-tomos (August 25, 2015, 02:46 PM)

No. But as no user data is stored on their server (which is only used to sync between devices) would it be all that necessary? The data is encrypted by your device and remains on your device(s) so I don't see where some man-in-the-middle attempt would make any difference. All data is encrypyed and local. You wouldn't even need to decrypt in order to synchronize. It would be a little more work for the local clients  - but EnPass wouldn't need to worry or know about any of the the actual data.

Am I missing something?  :huh:
-40hz (August 25, 2015, 04:29 PM)
well,
as you know, I'm no expert. But the idea that all anyone needs is one password and then they have access *all* my passwords, and more - I find that pretty scary.
2439
General Software Discussion / LastPass alternatives with two-factor authentication? (including premium LP)
« Last post by tomos on August 25, 2015, 02:46 PM »
I'm currently using Enpass (www.enpass.io)
-40hz (August 25, 2015, 12:53 PM)

are you using that with any kind of two-factor authentication?


Edit// I took the liberty of changing the thread title to "LastPass alternatives with two-factor authentication? (including premium LP)"
2440
Living Room / Re: First impression of Win10. Google - Material Design
« Last post by tomos on August 25, 2015, 02:34 PM »
But the the killer is child window display. My program which has a main window and child windows for entry, report etc. show very odd. It shows WinXp button in child windows !! :mad:
-anandcoral (August 25, 2015, 11:42 AM)

that would be my nightmare (I seriously hated the XP theme) - but it's actually the Windows 7 theme:

Screenshot - 2015-08-25 , 21_26_53.png

that's your screenshot (enlarged) in browser in Windows 7. Still a pretty dysfunctional theme mix ;-)
(FWIW, I actually like the flat Windows 8 *desktop* theme)


But like most users, I also request MS to understand desktop users too.
http://www.codeproject.com/Lounge.aspx?msg=5114704#xx5114704xx
-anandcoral (August 25, 2015, 11:42 AM)

that does not sound good - pretty damning actually...
2441
Post New Requests Here / Re: Transfer all opened tabs in browser to a txt file
« Last post by tomos on August 24, 2015, 12:03 AM »
see also
Take a list of [...] tabs and create a text file of the links?
2442
Post New Requests Here / Re: create shortlinks to urls in a folder from a txt file with the url list
« Last post by tomos on August 23, 2015, 11:40 AM »
@Contro,
the problem was that you posted three very similar requests in three different threads - that makes it confusing and difficult for people to help.


Edit// could you post links to the other two threads?
2443
Post New Requests Here / Re: create shortlinks to urls in a folder from a txt file with the url list
« Last post by tomos on August 23, 2015, 11:36 AM »
Also I thought somebody wrote a script for another poster that created .url shortcuts from  links in a text file.  It was not too long ago.
-MilesAhead (August 22, 2015, 07:23 AM)

yes, there was a thread on the topic anyways - saw it when searching for the other related threads...
-tomos (August 22, 2015, 02:08 PM)

I'm not having any luck find it again though :-(
2444
General Software Discussion / Re: The stupid windows 10
« Last post by tomos on August 23, 2015, 10:27 AM »
Surely he must first find & keep the license key?
-Curt (August 23, 2015, 09:49 AM)

Aparently not (dc link)
2445
Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]
« Last post by tomos on August 23, 2015, 07:21 AM »
Man tries to rob bank with a gun drawn on a piece of paper
-Arizona Hot (August 17, 2015, 08:22 PM)

He plead guilty to armed robbery? Was he actually armed? Details seem missing from the story.
-Deozaan (August 23, 2015, 12:14 AM)

I agree.  Details seem a bit sketchy.
-MilesAhead (August 23, 2015, 05:38 AM)

 ;D I really did laugh out loud at that one :up:
2446
Post New Requests Here / Re: create shortlinks to urls in a folder from a txt file with the url list
« Last post by tomos on August 22, 2015, 02:08 PM »
Do you really need 3 threads in this forumsection to ask 3 times the same question? :(

Oh, and the other 2 already have been answered properly, too...
-Ath (August 22, 2015, 03:17 AM)

Also I thought somebody wrote a script for another poster that created .url shortcuts from  links in a text file.  It was not too long ago.
-MilesAhead (August 22, 2015, 07:23 AM)

yes, there was a thread on the topic anyways - saw it when searching for the other related threads...
@Contro, try searching for:
url text file
2447
Living Room / Re: Interesting "stuff"
« Last post by tomos on August 21, 2015, 03:52 PM »
now a new phone from them - or simply with that OS, would be a good option - a nice move away from all this lack of security and privacy.
-tomos (August 21, 2015, 04:53 AM)

Because it's open-source, malware producers don't have to empirically hack it. They can study the source code instead.
-Arizona Hot (August 21, 2015, 12:46 PM)

got me looking at Android, about which I know very little.
In the middle of reading this - it's almost two years old - not sure how much things have changed since then:
Google’s iron grip on Android: Controlling open source by any means necessary (arstechnica.com)

From page 4 of above:
We previously explored Play Service's update implications, but it is a huge weapon in the fight against Android forks. Play Services is a closed source app owned by Google and licensed as part of the Google Apps package. Any feature you see move from "normal" Android to Google Play Services is also moving from open source to closed source. This app pulls off the neat trick of not only enticing users with exclusive, closed source features, but locking in third-party developers with Google's proprietary APIs as well.

Taking the Android app ecosystem from Google seems easy: just get your own app store up and running, convince developers to upload their apps to it, and you're on your way. But the Google APIs that ship with Play Services are out to stop this by convincing developers to weave dependence on Google into their apps. Google's strategy with Google Play Services is to turn the "Android App Ecosystem" into the "Google Play Ecosystem" by making a developer's life as easy as possible on a Google-approved device—and as difficult as possible on a non-Google-approved device.

If you use any Google APIs and try to run your app on a Kindle, or any other non-Google version of AOSP: surprise! Your app is broken. Google's Android is a very high percentage of the Android market, and developers only really care about making their app easily, making it work well, and reaching a wide audience. Google APIs accomplish all that, with the side effect that your app is now dependent on the device having a Google Apps license.
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Living Room / Re: Recommend some music videos to me!
« Last post by tomos on August 21, 2015, 02:53 PM »
I usually get through with FF & Youtube Unblocker. :)
-bit (August 21, 2015, 02:06 PM)

will try, (unfortunately it doesnt work with PaleMoon)

EDIT// yes, working nicely with FF
2449
Post New Requests Here / Re: Transfer all opened tabs in browser to a txt file
« Last post by tomos on August 21, 2015, 07:56 AM »
I was sure that this idea was discussed here just recently, but I cant find it -
does it ring any bells for anyone?
2450
Living Room / Re: Interesting "stuff"
« Last post by tomos on August 21, 2015, 04:53 AM »

Jolla now taking tablet pre-orders

5 reasons why Sailfish OS 2.0 should worry Apple, Google and Microsoft
-Arizona Hot (August 21, 2015, 02:59 AM)

this sounds great :Thmbsup:
now a new phone from them - or simply with that OS, would be a good option - a nice move away from all this lack of security and privacy.
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