Archive for the ‘Power User’ Category
Posted by jpluimers on 2017/11/10
I’ve had success transferring files for off-line usage on OS X using FileZilla connecting over FTP to my Humax.
Playing with MPlayerX was a bit troublesome as sliding through the resulting media file over commercials is hard.
VLC player has come a long way and plays the files a lot better (the audio gets less out if sync with the video/subtitle).
In addition: VLC on Mac OS X supports DLNA – basically a superset of UPnP – well (at least version 2.2.4 does): start with Universal Plug'n'Play to view any devices, then click on the little triangles in the list to open any new level.
A few tips on streaming:
- Do not play other content on the Humax itself: the device and operating system are simply not well enough designed to do deliver multiple streams without jitter at the same time.
- Try to avoid recording on the Humax while playing: the Humax will prioritise recording over playback.
- Ensure the Humax is on wired internet: the Humax 150N wireless adapter has bad antennas and can’t keep up even in good WiFi conditions (even with a great 802.11n access point next to it: it never reaches the 150 megabit IEEE_802.11n-2009 data rates).
- Try to have your Mac on wired internet as well.
- Ensure any firewalls allow DLNA / UPnP traffic
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2017/11/09
Interesting as it has steps for both OpenSuSE and Debian each well suited for running on a Raspberry Pi.
[WayBack] MX Backup – Postfix Email Server | samhobbs.co.uk
It seems postfix is a lot easier to configure than sendmail so I already like it.
First I need to read a bit more in Postfix greylisting.
I’ll need to catch up on Sam’s other parts with the postfix tag as well:
–jeroen
Posted in *nix, *nix-tools, Debian, Development, Hardware Development, Linux, openSuSE, Power User, Raspberry Pi, Raspbian, sendmail, SuSE Linux, Tumbleweed | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2017/11/08
No more issue reporting: tohosokawa/rst-preview-pandoc: reStructuredText preview in Atom using Pandoc
This is a very useful Atom.io package, but it has one big issue: when you close a preview window then re-opening it, the settings are restored to the default -frst -thtml --webtex ones.
As I’m an Atom.io n00b, I need to dig into this another time.
Notes:
I want the defaults to include --standalone --toc --toc-depth=5 or at least --standalone --toc.
For now I’ve hardcoded them.
–jeroen
Posted in atom editor, CoffeeScript, Development, JavaScript/ECMAScript, Power User, Scripting, Software Development, Text Editors | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2017/11/07
Learned a few things when modifying https://github.com/gkotian/gautam_linux/blob/master/scripts/colours.sh
Note: `printf` supports emitting `ESC` (ASCII character `\033` aka `27` aka `0x1B`)as `\e` the same way that `echo` does
https://linux.die.net/man/1/printf
https://linux.die.net/man/1/echo
Format strings are at https://linux.die.net/man/3/printf
%-10s means left adjusted (aligned) string of length 10
–jeroen
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I was investigating how the colour definitions on my OpenSuSE system actually work internally so I added some extra output: ${TYPE} and ${COLOUR}.
Source: Show type and colour definition in addition to the rendered colour. by jpluimers · Pull Request #5 · gkotian/gautam_linux
Posted in *nix, *nix-tools, bash, bash, Development, Linux, openSuSE, Power User, Scripting, Software Development, SuSE Linux | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2017/11/03
[WayBack] Anyone having trouble with Windows 10 latest update (build 1709)? – Agustin Ortu – Google+
It looks that for some people, Windows 10 version 1709 (the Fall Creators Update) uninstalls applications.
Not good.
–jeroen
Posted in Power User, Windows, Windows 10 | 1 Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2017/10/30
Android apps make sounds when posting notifications. So adding useless gets you on the blacklist quickly thereby disallowing your app for posting any notifications at all.
Kristian shows how and why at
How to lose notification privilege:
- Use notification for marketing.
- Long press.
- Disable.
It’s that easy. You never force grab my attention for marketing a second time, especially since Android notifications by default come with sound now. This one woke me up.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2017/10/30
Mikrotik and SFP versus SFTP+ is always confusing especially as the text on their equipment and their documentation doesn’t show well which situations work.
Equipment text is further on, this is their text searchable documentation:
As usually, a long search in the forums reveals the background information:
[WayBack] SFP in SFP+ slot – MikroTik RouterOS: 10Gb SFP+ sockets are usually backward compatible with SFP, but this is not guaranteed.
There are two tricks involved to get an SFP connection between these devices working:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2017/10/27
Maybe for my LoT (LAN of Things): having multiple (even many) local LANs some each with their section of LoT equipment nicely separated and partially being able to talk to some of the other LANs or part of the outside world.
Some links that might help me getting this set up:
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Posted in Development, Hardware, MikroTik, Network-and-equipment, Power User, RouterOS, routers, Scripting, Software Development, WinBox | Leave a Comment »
I’ve had success transferring files for off-line usage on OS X using FileZilla connecting over FTP to my Humax.
The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff 