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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Pledge: Bard - Organise your audio library

« Last post by justice on October 27, 2010, 08:22 AM »

New version, fixes and features:
bard 0.1.0.18

summary: amended help text
summary: Multiple file recycling added
summary: Stop sound playing before deleting multiple files
summary: You can now create folders and rename files from the rename prompt
summary: Fix changing or reloading when cancelling rename
summary: Hotkey 1-9 now work for the first nine folders.
summary: hotkeys for numpad support
summary: Clarified message renaming file
summary: icon
summary: udpated readme
summary: * Keyboard selection of listbox items
summary: selecting rows after operating is now fixed correctly
summary: Button shortcutlabels added
summary: Added statusbar to show last operations and longer listview
summary: Fixing Working Directory bug after switching directories
summary: Logging deletions
summary: Only change statusbar/logfile if copy/move action was successful

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Screenshot Captor / Re: reduced image clarity on MS word

« Last post by justice on October 26, 2010, 10:40 AM »

I found that when i added things to the image in word 2007 (for example reflection or shadows or rounded corners) the image became very blurry. Maybe this is what you are seeing? Solution is to try out the effects until you find one that is not blurry, or to use other software to apply effects.

To be clear if this is the case then it's not related to screenshot captor.

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Pledge: Bard - Organise your audio library

« Last post by justice on October 26, 2010, 10:31 AM »

On bob,
Hi Bob99, I have enclosed the 0.1 to this post (although for me the link works). Yes you choose your own folders, they can be named anything, and you can create folders from the selection dialog prompt and when renaming files as well.

On multiple modes
I just processed a sample pack into bass / drums / lead /fx /vox and was going through drums to split them up further and was dreading adding all the buttons. Therefore I thougt maybe there's easier ways?

* A mode called 'subfolder mode'. Do you think it would help if it would autopopulate the destination buttons with the subfolders of the source location? that way you'd not have to add the buttons. Would this be how people would mainly use it or as an addition to the current manual mode?
* another mode (preset mode) I could save out preset destination buttons for each source folder. In that mode one would only have to specify folders ONCE for each source location and next time you select it it would autopopulate the destination folders.

Both sound like timesavers but would cost some time to add (maybe after its released), lazier is better I'd have thought but wonder what you think.

On other uses
You're free to use this program for other uses like organising podcasts or sorting our your music collection (would be good interface for a music tagger even). I won't know how well this works though.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Pros & Cons of Remote Libraries?

« Last post by justice on October 26, 2010, 08:59 AM »

The browser and the server send request, last modified and expiry timestamps back and forward and thus determine when a cached file is invalid, with for example javascript files you can set this yourself, if you use my link google does all this for you (basically the link won't change so the link will be cached for a year I believe). Every new version they will have a new filename therefore there is minimal checking. If you want to read more about this kind of stuff try something like PageSpeed and run it on your website and google for caching web requests.

When requesting a page the http protocol limits how many files can be loaded from the same host at the same time, therefore say you are loading the maximum amount of files from your webhost (images, stylesheets, html etc can add up to 50 requests easily), however with the javascript library hosted on a different host (such as google, or your own such ass assets.yourdomain.com) you can download  and process this in parallel.

Hope that's not too technical. The problems with using external resources is usually:

* you trust the external resource. (security)
* you realise they can disappear (sustainability)
* you realise they can make changes to the file (see trust)
* you realise you are directing traffic from your website to theirs (responsibility)

I think that is not a problem with google, but for example 'hotlinking' to images from another website (point to the image on an external website) would be a bad idea. They could easily replace an image with an offensive one. Also I've seen it used to attach an external site by overloading it with traffic, which obviously is not responsible (could be criminal).

But in the context of your first question, if you are looking at common javascript libraries, I still think use the Google one, they have optimised it for speed and won't disappear easily.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Crashplan backup software

« Last post by justice on October 26, 2010, 08:42 AM »

No I'm not on the 30 day trial, as this is for the online backup, I don't use that. The program is free with restrictions that you can get out from by buying Crashplan+.

Here's some screenshots so you can see what features are disabled and what you can configure (i just left this as they are)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Crashplan backup software

« Last post by justice on October 26, 2010, 08:04 AM »

Not sure, it just backs up, either when I'm away and I don't notice it, or when i'm not using the computer but I still don't notice it. I just notice every time i look at it at least 99.5% of stuff is backed up. Just notice that the graphic is showing Crashplan central (backup to their online servers) and I only ever backup to removable drives.

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General Software Discussion / Crashplan backup software

« Last post by justice on October 26, 2010, 06:09 AM »

Didn't find a dedicated topic to this very good piece of software, Crashplan. I have used many backup programs in the past and this one is the best I have tried. It's like Mozy, however with a spare harddrive or NAS you can use the free version to backup multiple pcs to that instead. Attach a drive, specify it as the destination, and let it go. It will even email you when it was 3 or more days that a backup last took place. You can even backup your friends/relative's pc on your datastore (encrypted of course).

If you have a local backup (say at home), then reattach the drive on a different pc at a different location (say at work), having Crashplan installed on both will allow you to continue the backup with only the differences being sent over the net.

Good readup at Lifehacker

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General Software Discussion / Re: Pros & Cons of Remote Libraries?

« Last post by justice on October 26, 2010, 05:20 AM »

My recommendation is to use google's library API. Chances are people have the javascript library cached already so won't have to download it again, speeding up your site. Also Google's network infrastructure is probably better than yours.

Also, link to a specific version of the library, not the latest, as changes to the library could break your code. Just test new versions then change the link.

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Cancellation: Backup Verification Utility

« Last post by justice on October 26, 2010, 03:56 AM »

That would be least confusing  How did you guess I was using AHK

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Cancellation: Backup Verification Utility

« Last post by justice on October 25, 2010, 04:22 PM »

Sure wraith be my guest! 

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Pledge: Bard - Organise your audio library

« Last post by justice on October 25, 2010, 11:54 AM »

Good feedback keep it coming.

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DcUpdater / Re: For developers who want to add DcUpdater check to their apps: dcuhelper.exe

« Last post by justice on October 25, 2010, 10:53 AM »

Mouser, there was an alpha link earlier in the thread.  Great, I must not have setup my files correctly then am a bit tired will try again in the next few days!

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / NANY 2011 Release: Bard - Organise your audio library

« Last post by justice on October 25, 2010, 10:48 AM »

NANY 2011 Entry Information

Application Name	BARD
Version	0.4.0.1
Short Description	Organise your audio library
Supported OSes	Windows
Download	Latest version or see enclosed file for NANY entry
Web Page	http://getbard.com
Author	Justice

Description
Bard uses move/copy operations to quickly organise your audio files into
favourite folders. You can specifiy an 'unlimited' amount of folders
which can all be used to sort audio to with one click. Other basic file
operations such as renaming, deletion of audio is also supported.

In the extras folder you will find a small utility to create a basic
audio library structure for you.
Supported audio formats are wave/mp3/aiff.



Screenshots



Usage
Installation
Portable

Using the Application
Start the program. Use the [...] button to browse to your audio library. Simply select a file to play it back.
Then add destination folders using the [+] button. Both of these are
saved for subsequent sessions. Select audio from the left list and sort
them by pressing a folder button on the right.

You can toggle the operation button [Move] to switch between move and
copy, so that existing projects will not lose any audio. You can also
right click audio and delete to the Recycle Bin. You can sort selected
audio into the first 9 folders by pressing 1-9 on your keyboard or
numpad.

If any audio already exists in the destination folder you will be asked
to rename it. You can rename it to a folder that does not exists, which
will then be created for you. Keep the filename to overwrite the
destination.

Uninstallation
Portable

Thanks to Erratech and inaudible from NuSkoolBreaks forum and the one and only mouser for ideas and feedback.

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Pledge: Backup Verification Utility

« Last post by justice on October 25, 2010, 10:43 AM »

As I am only doing one project at a time this one will go in the cooler for a bit, sorry.

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DcUpdater / Re: For developers who want to add DcUpdater check to their apps: dcuhelper.exe

« Last post by justice on October 25, 2010, 10:09 AM »

What happened to the alpha, I was thinking after the alpha that the next release version would include the code, but alas. The release still requires dcupdater main program, and the alpha is 404.

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Finished Programs / Re: InstaPlay - instant sound player

« Last post by justice on October 23, 2010, 12:15 PM »

bard related info

Ah clever that's just the refinements i'm looking for. You can't at the moment but yes that would be useful, hey this could make a nice NANY app.  

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Finished Programs / Re: InstaPlay - instant sound player

« Last post by justice on October 23, 2010, 12:11 PM »

bard related

Thanks for the feedback mouser, it might not be something that's popular for the donationcoder crowd but with several thousand audio files it will be handy for some. its currently looking like this:

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Living Room / Re: Welcome to Hell... iHell that is...

« Last post by justice on October 23, 2010, 09:00 AM »

It's because misinterpret apple announcements like flash/java removal. all they've said is you'll get directed to the latest flash plugin when you first see a flash movie (because of its embed code) rather than it the supplied plugin being outdated the moment the OS is sold. So its not about closed, its about not having an outdated flash plugin and security /instability issues, and giving people a choice, i thought that was what open was all about

I believe the java thing is to do with support on Xserve servers (iirc), and server admins wouldn't have a problem installing JVM on a server either.

Anyways that will be the last time i'm visiting an apple thread on donationcoder, if you could please label them with apple then i can safely ignore the trolls.

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Finished Programs / InstaPlay - instant sound player

« Last post by justice on October 21, 2010, 08:12 AM »

so to clarify:

The entire point of InstaPlay is for you to associate your music files to it so that when you double click the music file in your normal windows explorer, you get a quick preview of the sound.

If you don't know for sure that this is what you want, then you probably don't want InstaPlay -- it's something that will be specifically useful to only a certain group of people, and could be confusing to others.

But if you want a stand alone gui for browsing and previewing sound files, which doesn't require file association changes, check out Justice's other program, Bard.

-mouser (November 11, 2010, 05:28 PM)

As a hobbyist music producer, I have a lot of samples of sounds. As I have decided to start organising these, I needed a quick way to fire off samples in wav and mp3 format through Windows Explorer.

So I created InstaPlay. This is a simple sound player. To install it simply unzip it in a directory that’s in the path, and then associate wav and mp3 files (and whatever else you want to use) with it.  It also has a few features:

Just double click or run a soundfile to hear it play.
Nice speaker icon in system tray while a sound is playing. Double click it to quit InstaPlay and stop playback.
Run  another sound file to switch playback to that instead.

This program will help you categorize more efficiently as you can move the sound that’s being played without pesky ‘file in use’ prompts.

Download
Download Info + link

bard related info

Possible future version:

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Living Room / Re: Welcome to Hell... iHell that is...

« Last post by justice on October 21, 2010, 07:53 AM »

If you don't like it don't use it.

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Living Room / Re: Who's suing whom in the telecom industry?

« Last post by justice on October 08, 2010, 09:59 AM »

Justice, what's the source of your graphic? I like it far better. Looks like Nokia is this year's winner of the Jerk prize. And Renegade, you left out an audio file of screaming, wailing, and gnashing of teeth!

-zridling (October 07, 2010, 02:38 PM)

http://news.designla....com/post/1252039209 i updated the post, sorry! Great site.

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Living Room / Re: Who's suing whom in the telecom industry?

« Last post by justice on October 07, 2010, 09:25 AM »

source: http://news.designla....com/post/1252039209

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Living Room / Re: New image format for the web

« Last post by justice on October 06, 2010, 08:18 AM »

I think the success/failure of it rests entirely in 2 sources:

1) Google creates BSD licensed code for developers and brings the WebP format up to par with others
2) Microsoft incorporates support into IE

It must be up to par. The best format now is PNG with transparency. Alpha is not optional anymore. Otherwise, it's only good for photo albums.

Nobody will use WebP if it doesn't work in IE.

Looks promising though. A 39% reduction is a LOT~!

-Renegade (October 04, 2010, 07:41 AM)

IT's a replacement for JPEG not PNG (ie photographs, not logos and shapes)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Unistall feedback :D

« Last post by justice on October 06, 2010, 08:17 AM »

What a shame.

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Windows countdown timer

« Last post by justice on October 06, 2010, 08:02 AM »

Found this today, great program, very useful for timing Stronghold Kingdom ETA's and also as a productivity boost I think it will come in handy!