Posted by jpluimers on 2017/04/05
A friend of mine made the mistake to capture some CDs using WMA files and throwing away the CDs. His old Nokia could play them, but not his new iOS and Android devices.
ffmeg and bash to the rescue:
find . -iname "*.wma" -execdir bash -c 'NAME="{}" && ffmpeg -y -i "$NAME" -ab 192k "${NAME/.wma/.mp3}" -map_metadata 0:s:0 && rm "$NAME"' \;
Tricks used:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2017/03/10
Every now and then I want to download or play a (fragment of a) YouTube video.
This is what I use to grab the video as music: YouTube to MP4 & MP3 Converter and Video Download – ClipConverter.cc
Then I use Audacity to create fragments.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2016/11/14
I need this one day: Audio Tape Recovery – Saving the Tapes
Recording done on an IBM ThinkPad X30 using Gnome Sound Recorder, post processing on an IBM ThinkPad X200 using Audacity.
–jeroen
via Will Hill commenting on Watch how old technology can make a comeback with trends, product quality and nostalgia. This is the last cassette factory in the world and the machines… – Jan Wildeboer – Google+
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Posted by jpluimers on 2016/09/09
Using Reaper To Normalize Your Tracks To The Same LUFS. It’s a SNAP! – Mack Caster
Source: Hello again Dawn. This is for you. :-) Using Reaper To Normalize Your Tracks To…
If you want to know more about LUFS (which is a synonym for LKFS), then read these:
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2016/04/01
IRC so: »i> Isotopp: Ich habe jetzt nen Mac als Arbeitsplatzrechner… Was will man als UNIX Hacker zuerst an Tools installieren?«
Source: IRC so: »i> Isotopp: Ich habe jetzt nen Mac als Arbeitsplatzrechner… Was will… by Kristian Köhntopp.
Since G+ is very bad at searching, I created this summary of the tools; read the full G+ post (Google Translate is quite OK), including comments on why.
Edit: 20160402 – I’m posting regular updates based on the comments for that G+ post. I’ve changed or added German iTunes store links to US-English ones.
Posted in Apple, Audacity, Audio, Fusion, Hardware, Keybase, Keyboards and Keyboard Shortcuts, KVM keyboard/video/mouse, Mac, Mac OS X / OS X / MacOS, MacBook, MacBook Retina, MacBook-Pro, Media, OS X 10.10 Yosemite, OS X 10.11 El Capitan, Power User, Security, VirtualBox, Virtualization, VMware | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2016/03/24
Just wow (via Joe C. Hecht):
Linux-Based Low-Latency Multichannel Audio System (CTAG face2|4)
We’ve developed a multichannel audio system based on the AD1938 audio codec by Analog Devices and the BeagleBone Green (TI AM335X SoC).The audio system offers 2 stereo inputs and 4 stereo outputs.The whole project is based on open source software.To demonstrate the possibilities of the audio system, I’ve created a surround delay effect with the open source C++ library DSPatch by Marcus Tomlinson.Moreover I’ve created an automatic test based on GNU octave to evaluate the audio system characteristis, such as latency, THD+N, DNR, crosstalk and frequency-response.
Source: Hi there, We’ve developed a multichannel audio system based on the AD1938 au…
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2015/12/26
Source: Interactive Frequency Chart – Independent Recording Network
via The only eq chart one will ever need?!? and many others:
The only eq chart one will ever need?!? – Svein Idar Hansen – Google+
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/09
Interesting project on github: [Wayback/Archive] mustafaakin/cast-localvideo.
Via: Mustafa Akın – Google+ – If anyone is interested, I made a local video player on….
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2012/03/16
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Posted by jpluimers on 2009/04/24
At the CodeRage III on-line virtual conference, I have done 4 sessions. 
For me, it was the first time speaking at conference done this way.
A few things were different:
Posted in Audacity, Audio, Conferences, Development, Event, Internet, InternetArchive, Media, Power User, Software Development, WayBack machine, XML/XSD | 3 Comments »
The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff 