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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows Networking, help me understand.

« Last post by 4wd on October 22, 2013, 06:38 AM »

I have the ASUS stock firmware on my router. I haven't updated it yet. I was told in the past by ASUS Support - when I was planning to update firmware on an ASUS motherboard based on someone's suggestion - that I should never update their firmware unless I was having a specific problem and the newer firmware is supposed to address that problem. (True? Good advice?)

-J-Mac (October 21, 2013, 10:24 AM)

Generally, if you're happy with the stock and there's no problems with it or you don't need the features an alternate provides, (Tomato, DD-WRT, etc), then just leave it as it is.

The RT-N16 can usually be recovered from a failed firmware update without a drama by putting it into recovery mode and then running the Asus Firmware Restoration Utility.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Change (sub) folder(s) date based on newest/oldest file in the folder

« Last post by 4wd on October 21, 2013, 02:33 AM »

The bushfires in Queensland are on tv here. Seems to be the biggest ones in 40 years, they say.

-dcwul62 (October 21, 2013, 01:39 AM)

I think you mean New South Wales: Emergency Info NSW

Where you live (at least are Scoresby) daytime temperature is about 18-20 I think.

That's my ISP interconnect probably, I'm in the Dandenong Ranges^w - one of Victoria's bushfire prone areas.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows Networking, help me understand.

« Last post by 4wd on October 21, 2013, 12:56 AM »

@Jim:

I'm sure the hive mind here at DoCo can get you sorted if you give us some additional info:

1. What are you using for a home router?

-40hz (October 18, 2013, 02:38 PM)

ASUS NT-R16

-J-Mac (October 20, 2013, 11:28 PM)

Same as mine, what firmware are you running, (Tomato 1.28 by Shibby here) ?

I don't have any problems with shares across the network between Win7, XP, WHS2011, and WDTV Live.

Here's my basic WAN, LAN, WLAN settings for comparison:


It might pay to also reset to factory defaults and re-enter all info - I had a problem with mine recently, (power outage), that caused it to start dropping the connection every few hours.  So possibly some info in the NVRAM got corrupted - factory reset with NVRAM wipe restored normal operation.

But I'm more inclined to think a problem with shares will come down to either AV/FW or network settings on the computers.

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Living Room / Re: Capture Card: my experience and unanswered questions

« Last post by 4wd on October 21, 2013, 12:42 AM »

The sync is because I'm bringing the video through the hdmi cable, but the audio is coming straight from the computer.  If I were to use the audio from the hdmi cable, there would be no problem.  But I need the audio from my computer (which is all set up like a music studio), not the shitty mics on the camcorder.

-superboyac (October 20, 2013, 11:27 PM)

Ah yes, I should have thought of that being a music recording.

The sync problem, is it a constant delay factor or does it slowly increase the longer it goes on for?

It might be that you'll have to try a few different programs, eg. in the analog recordings I used to do, video and audio were always out of sync, (using either the card supplied software or various free stuff), which resulted in a fair bit of screwing around in Vegas to resync them - I switched recording software and the problem disappeared.

So, I don't know...what my conclusion is.

That it's a really expensive hobby

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Change (sub) folder(s) date based on newest/oldest file in the folder

« Last post by 4wd on October 21, 2013, 12:30 AM »

Are you still considering this?

-dcwul62 (October 20, 2013, 09:28 AM)

Still thinking about it - I had thoughts about the interface but have been a bit busy around the property, (bushfire season coming up ).

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: suspend/resume multiple processes within same directory only (e.g. Chrome)

« Last post by 4wd on October 20, 2013, 05:59 AM »

Small update to handle multiple instances.

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Living Room / Re: Capture Card: my experience and unanswered questions

« Last post by 4wd on October 20, 2013, 12:31 AM »

I can't get the setup yet where audio and video is synced, that's been the challenge.

-superboyac (October 19, 2013, 10:58 PM)

I assume the camera is plugged into one of the HDMI inputs, does the camera output audio over HDMI also ?
Or are you using the 3.5mm audio input ?

And with the sync problems you've had, is that with a capture or streaming, (ie. input or output) ?

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Living Room / Re: Capture Card: my experience and unanswered questions

« Last post by 4wd on October 19, 2013, 10:08 PM »

Did you mean this one: Open Broadcaster Software ?

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: suspend/resume multiple processes within same directory only (e.g. Chrome)

« Last post by 4wd on October 19, 2013, 02:50 AM »

hello, thank you for looking into this. yes, to have a real advantage it will have to be able to handle multiple processes. but it's really a bit niche, for people with multiple installations of chrome/opera/ff.

-me_7834539 (October 18, 2013, 12:17 PM)

It does that now - I meant in the case of where you had one program within a single directory that allows itself to be run multiple times, (instead of just bringing an already running instance to the foreground), eg. putty.exe

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Living Room / Re: Capture Card: my experience and unanswered questions

« Last post by 4wd on October 19, 2013, 02:45 AM »

Here's the problem I just realized...this card doesn't really work without it's proprietary software (RECentral) that comes with it.  I was expecting to install the card and drivers, and be able to use it with any third-party software.  But none of the third party softwares I've tried can detect or access the camera.

-superboyac (October 18, 2013, 08:15 PM)

Normally, you select the card for the source and then somewhere in the cards preferences you select which input on the card to use, (HDMI1, etc).  The camera per se, shouldn't be detected by the computer at all - you'll either get a picture on screen or you won't.
At least this has been my experience with analog/DVB-T capture using internal/external sources.

Looking into it some more, other more professional cards recommend being able to write at 500 MB/s, which probably requires a computer set up with RAID hard drives or SSDs (which I don't have).

The card you have has onboard hardware MPEG4-AVC encoding so if it's enabled it shouldn't need anywhere near 500MB/s - 1080p50/60 data rate is ~3Gbps for uncompressed RGB.

Data rate for streaming 1080p MPEG4-AVC is ~22Mbps which is why you can watch your standard BluRay movie over a decent WiFi connection - so if hardware encoding is enabled your system should have no trouble coping with that, (provided there isn't some other process doing weird things - I close down all other non-essential tasks when doing analog capture).

Do I just need to record at lower resolutions/framerates?
DO I need a different card with general drivers and not proprietary software?
Do I need to setup a RAID system?

If you want to give Microsoft a try, you can download Microsoft Expression Encoder Free which will allow you to capture from a video source.  If you want to stream live then you need to buy Expression Pro.

Anyway, something to try to start with.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: comma remover and name order changer

« Last post by 4wd on October 16, 2013, 08:03 PM »

RegexRenamer that I mention here should do the job easily.


A picture and all that ...



Or for the low-tech non-recursive, non-error checking version:

Code: Text [Select]

1. @echo off
2. rem NameMunge.cmd
3. rem
4. rem Call as: NameMunge.cmd <path>
5. rem
6. rem eg. NameMunge.cmd .
7.  
8. pushd %1
9. for /f "tokens=1,2,3,4 usebackq delims=,." %%a in (`dir /b *.jpg`) do (call :Getnames %%a %%b %%c %%d)
10.  
11. goto :Exit
12.  
13. :Getnames
14. set sname=%1
15. for /f "tokens=* delims= " %%a in ("%2") do set fname=%%a
16. set ext=%4
17. set oldname=%sname%, %fname% %3.%ext%
18. set newname=%fname% %3. %sname%.%ext%
19. echo.Old name="%oldname%"
20. echo.New name="%newname%"
21. ren "%oldname%" "%newname%"
22. goto :EOF
23.    
24. :Exit

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General Software Discussion / Re: What Android Apps Do You Use?

« Last post by 4wd on October 16, 2013, 02:49 AM »

Unfortunately, it seems I can't use Android Firewall as it requires root access and I've failed to root my device - spent a couple days on it and failed due to some bizarre scrolling issue that I couldn't resolve. Maybe I'll try again sometime when I have time.

-Renegade (October 15, 2013, 10:29 PM)

Well that's what happens when you get older, I meant to mention it needed root but then 30 seconds passed and .... what was I saying?

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« Last post by 4wd on October 15, 2013, 10:00 PM »

A bit of Navy humour:

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General Software Discussion / Re: What Android Apps Do You Use?

« Last post by 4wd on October 15, 2013, 09:52 PM »

New phone, so a couple of new apps:


Network Connections - Powerful tool that displays and monitors (tracks) all inbound and outbound connection from and to your Android device.  The unlock key to enable all features is available ->free<- for a limited time, (until 20131019), here. EXPIRED.
[NOTE: After that date the normal unlock key will be ~$4 - it's currently 50% off, (~$2).]



Android Firewall - It's a firewall    You can allow/block based on the network, eg. LAN, VPN, Roaming, Data (2G/3G/4G), and WiFi.  NOTE: Needs root access.

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Living Room / Re: uk number

« Last post by 4wd on October 15, 2013, 09:33 PM »

Still would've been easier to just Google it.

First result:



I only got four results in total and they were all related to the same company.

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Living Room / Re: Google lovers, Chrome adapters- Google Chrome`s meticulous caring privacy policy

« Last post by 4wd on October 14, 2013, 08:26 PM »

So I just found "http://bits.wikimedia.org/geoiplookup" on Wikipedia.

-TaoPhoenix (October 14, 2013, 06:59 PM)

Impressive, it's within 400m of where I am - most usually only get to the ISP's interconnect which is ~30km away.

Switching to 3G puts me in the middle of Melbourne, ~50km away.

I wonder what info is being requested/sent that whoever WikiMedia are using, (possibly MaxMind), is able to narrow it down to the suburb rather than the ISP's presence.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows Networking, help me understand.

« Last post by 4wd on October 14, 2013, 07:02 PM »

Thanks guys - so I guess the best idea is to just ignore the Properties->Share with dialog and just use Advanced Sharing.

fsmgmt.msc is crippled under Home Premium, (you can't add shares or edit shares), which seems rather inane if you get the same functionality going through the Properties->Sharing->Advanced sharing dialog.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows Networking, help me understand.

« Last post by 4wd on October 14, 2013, 05:57 PM »

Just to follow on from SB's query:

What's the difference between, (this only applies to Server and Pro+ versions AFAIK):

The settings you get when you right-click on a folder, Properties->Share with->Specific people and if you go to the File Share Management Console, (fsmgmt.msc) ?

ie. Under Properties->Share with->Specific people


Under fsmgmt.msc:


I would have expected to see the same users allowed under both but ... 

I'm guessing this is the difference between Users and NTFS permissions ?

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Change (sub) folder(s) date based on newest/oldest file in the folder

« Last post by 4wd on October 14, 2013, 07:00 AM »

@4wd:

Maybe have two folders in the zip file
\Windows Explorer
\Directory Opus

Add textfile

...

For Directory Opus - maybe include attached PDF

-dcwul62 (October 14, 2013, 06:02 AM)

Done! Thanks - I think you should be made official DC doc writer 

Maybe add version? (see attachment in previous post)
Keep up the good work!

Or you could right-click Properties->Details 

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Living Room / Re: Switching to StartPage from DuckDuckGo

« Last post by 4wd on October 12, 2013, 07:51 PM »

If they are so good at protecting privacy, why do they need to track which browser I'm using in their URL?

https://startpage.co...query=%s&cat=web&pl=chrome&language=english

-Deozaan (October 12, 2013, 12:39 PM)

Who says they're tracking you?

They may include that so they can serve the page so it displays in every browser the same or they just want to know what the browser ratio is to their site.

Data Collection

We don't collect any personal information on our visitors. Nada. Zilch. Zero.

When you use Startpage, we do not record your IP address, we do not record which browser you are using (Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox, Chrome etc.), we do not record your computer platform (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.), and we do not record your search words or phrases. In fact, the only information we do record is an aggregate total of how many searches are performed on our website each day (a measure of overall traffic), and those overall traffic numbers broken down by language, and statistics on a purely aggregate level.

If it's such a concern, change it to pl=ff for Firefox, or just delete it.

How did you end up with that?

-ewemoa (October 12, 2013, 07:29 PM)

By using the Custom plugin or Generate URL under Settings on StartPage.

BTW, yesterday it had Custom plugin there, now I've only got Generate URL ... ?

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Living Room / Re: Switching to StartPage from DuckDuckGo

« Last post by 4wd on October 12, 2013, 07:30 AM »

You'll get less results than if you went through Google but you do get the benefit of not having to use cookies if you don't want to while still keeping all the settings for a customised search by going into the settings, change things and then generate a Custom plugin.

You can also proxy through Ixquick if you want to visit a result anonymously.

StartPage is my default search engine for anything typed into the location bar or search field in Pale Moon but I also use Advanced URL Builder so I can just highlight text anywhere and pick another search engine.

I also use GreaseMonkey with the Google Hit Hider by Domain userscript which lets you 1-click block results in StartPage also ... BANG! www.facebook.com Perma-banned! 

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: suspend/resume multiple processes within same directory only (e.g. Chrome)

« Last post by 4wd on October 12, 2013, 07:04 AM »

Sledgehammer 0.1.0.3

What it does:
Suspends any running processes in the directory it's run from, (except itself ).

Installation:
Put it in the directory of the executables you want to suspend.

How to run:
Turn the volume up and double-click it or run it from a CLI.

Run it once to suspend programs, run it again to resume programs.  It creates a .ini file, (same directory as the executable), that contains the PIDs of suspended programs - it uses this to resume them the next time it's run and then deletes it.

If the program you want to suspend has a lot of child processes, it will only suspend the parent process.  An example of this is Chrome, although I tested it using Comodo Dragon.

You can rename it to anything you like, it doesn't care.

NOTES:

• Don't delete the .ini file after you've suspended programs.
• Do delete the .ini file if you've crashed your computer or otherwise rebooted without resuming the programs.
• It doesn't check whether the programs really got suspended/resumed but I didn't have any problems in my limited testing.  See here.

I'll look at doing something about this, probably by using RunOnce in the registry to delete the .ini on startup - but that involves a bit of fiddling, so it won't happen quickly, (plus I'm inherently lazy).

Oh, in case you're some kind of philistine and don't like Peter Gabriel just add an argument when you run it, eg. Sledgehammer.exe 6

All the source is in the archive, feel free to turn it into something truly spectacular ... or not.

DISCLAIMER: It worked here, that doesn't automatically mean it'll work for you.

OBLIGATORY WARNING: Suspending processes that you haven't written can be BAD.  It may crash your computer.  You have been warned.  You use this program at your own risk.  Have I made myself clear?

Changes:
v0.1.0.3
Changed: Handles multiple instance processes, (eg. putty.exe run more than once).

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General Software Discussion / Re: What type of software is able to recover lost data from Mac hard disk drive?

« Last post by 4wd on October 11, 2013, 06:55 AM »

TestDisk can find partitions for most filesystems and is available for Mac OSX - it may help you recover the whole HDD.

You can run it over the drive to see if it finds anything but you'll need another HDD to recover anything to.

Otherwise there's the commercial R-Studio.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Change (sub) folder(s) date based on newest/oldest file in the folder

« Last post by 4wd on October 10, 2013, 09:52 PM »

So something like BulkFileChanger with a couple of extras.

Item (a) is easy since AutoIt quite correctly uses universal date/time format when fetching file/folder dates which means the oldest date/time is always the lowest number - which makes comparisons rather easy: If A < B Then UseA()

(b) EXIF data is easy.

(c) would be the most fiddly, since only sane people, (like myself), use universal date in filenames it involves incorporating a bit of filename matching - and RegEx is the easiest for that.  The caveat being no one wants to learn how to use RegEx thus making the programmers job a bit harder.  But when the user is given a choice between RegEx or nothing ...  

(d) Attributes are easy.

All-in-all, the functions behind the GUI are reasonably easy - the hardest part will be the GUI and all its fiddly crap  

I'll look into it but don't expect anything anytime soon as I expect to be going interstate for a month or more RSN.

EDIT: SetFolDate 0.3.1.0 is up there.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Change (sub) folder(s) date based on newest/oldest file in the folder

« Last post by 4wd on October 10, 2013, 04:02 AM »

@4wd - sorry for the late reply.
Q: where can I find the latest version of this tool?

-dcwul62 (October 09, 2013, 10:06 AM)

When it's finished, I've got the Explorer version done, still got to do the file manager version, (for DOpus, etc) - just have to stop playing Borderlands 2 long enough to do it 

2nd Q: would it be possible to update
Created/Modified/Last Accessed date of a file, in 1 step, based on the oldest date of the three.

Err...the program updates Folder dates based on the oldest/newest file date within that folder - so I'm not sure what you're after here.