Showing posts with label Media. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Media. Show all posts

Thursday, July 7, 2022

Convert Gif to MP4 via ffmpeg

The below command can be used to convert a GIF to an MP4 using the pre-requsite ffmpeg app on Windows:


1. Open notepad, create a bat file : e.g: "fmpg.bat" 

2. Add the following : replace paths as needed:

 cd [PathToFFMpeg]\FFMpeg\bin

echo fn %~n1

echo INFILE- %1

echo OUTFILE- [PathOutput]\%~n1.mp4

ffmpeg -i "%1" -movflags faststart -pix_fmt yuv420p -vf "scale=trunc(iw/2)*2:trunc(ih/2)*2" [PathOutput]\%~n1.mp4


Usage:

fmpg "C:\MyGifs\1.gif"

Example:

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Microsoft Edge Settings and Flags to boost performance : Part 1

Microsoft Edge Settings and Flags to boost performance : Part 1

Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 is great....but...can be slow sometimes.

Here is a word doc version of this post:

 


Here is the original post

Summary

For me Edge Chromium on Windows 10/11 is an exceptional alternative to Chrome & integrates nicely with Office365, however it can get slow over time. For me on my SurfaceGo 1.6Ghz *GB Ram tablet this was especially the case. Below is a list of tweaks applied to boost the load time, execution time, cpu usage and RAM usage of the Edge Chromium browser on windows. Many settings can be utilized with Chrome to, just replace edge:flags with chrome:flags and seek the flag name. Some settings are platform specific such as the new Startup Boost feature from MS for Edge,  if I had time I noted otherwise please be aware. 

 

Settings

 

 

1.      1.Sync: Sync only whats needed, turn off sync when not neede

 


2.       Flags: Browse to edge://flags/


3.       edge://flags/#enable-lazy-image-loading = enabled

4.       edge://flags/#enable-heavy-ad-intervention = enabled

5.       edge://flags/#enable-lazy-image-loading = enabled

6.   edge://flags/#enable-heavy-ad-intervention = enabled

7.   edge://flags/#allow-previews  = disabled

8.   edge://flags/#disable-accelerated-video-encode = disabled

9.   edge://flags/#disable-accelerated-video-decode = disabled

10.   edge://flags/#enable-quic = enabled

11.   edge://flags/#lite-video-default-downlink-bandwidth-kbps = enabled

12.   edge://flags/#back-forward-cache = enabled

13.   edge://flags/#edge-experimental-tracking-prevention-features = enabled



14, Others:

edge://flags/#lite-video-default-downlink-bandwidth-kbps  = 400

and

edge://flags/#quiet-notification-prompts = Enabled

 

15: Settings: edge://settings/system



16: New Performance Mode:

--enable-features=msPerformanceModeToggle

1.   First of all, right-click on the Edge Canary desktop shortcut and select “Properties”.

2.   Navigate to the target field in the Shortcut tab, add a space, and then paste the following parameter:  --enable-features=msPerformanceModeToggle

3.   Click the Ok button and restart the browser to apply the latest changes.

4.   Finally, head to Settings >> System >> and enable the “Performance Mode” toggle button available under the Optimize Performance section.


Startup boost ad Kids Mode Discussed over here:

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/microsoft-edge-performance-mode-feature/ 

Wednesday, April 7, 2021

Keyboard Shortcuts for Android Emulator : srccpy

Summary

 srccpy is a great screen mirroring application to emulate Android on a PC. Open Source, stable, well documented and feature rich are some of the highlights of srccpy  making it one of the best choices for mirroring and/or remoting to Android from a PC. 

Here are a list of PC keyboard shortcuts and the matching Android gestures, these are very important to augment & complete the experience of remote controlling an Android device from a PC. 

Prerequisites

Here are 2 YouTube videos on how to setup scrcpy, 

1) install and setup USB connection to Android and then 

2) setup wireless connection to Android.  


Keyboard Shortcuts

Click on HOME - Mouse Middle-click

Click on BACK - Mouse Right-click

Click on APP_SWITCH - Win+s

Click on MENU (unlock screen) - Win+m

Click on VOLUME_UP - Win+↑ (up)

Click on VOLUME_DOWN - Win+↓ (down)

Click on POWER - Win+p

Power on - Mouse Right-click

Turn the device screen off

but keep mirroring - Win+o

Turn device screen on - Win+Shift+o

Rotate device screen - Win+r

Expand notification panel - Win+n

Collapse notification panel - Win+Shift+n

Copy to clipboard - Win+c

Cut to clipboard - Win+x

Synchronize clipboards and paste - Win+v

Inject computer clipboard text - Win+Shift+v

Enable/disable FPS counter - Win+i

Pinch-to-zoom - Ctrl+click-and-move

Sunday, January 24, 2021

Windows 10 File and Folder Tag Tool Reviews: Local and Network File and Folder Tagging

 

Seeking a tool to manage tagging of network and local files and folders rendered in a clean and simple UI in short I reviewed tools to Tag Files in Windows 10. Below are notes of my usage, not exhaustive only summarizing my experience wit each as applicable to my use case: A stable, clean and reluabel tool to tag local and network files and folder in Windows 10; Here is what I found

Reference:

https://turbofuture.com/computers/Whats-the-Best-Software-for-Tagging-Files-A-Review

TABBLE : ($)

              UI is TOO busy, not intuitive, navigation is NOT natural, Folder items are merged with file items ?

              this tool will require training, help docs, and watching tutorial if you have hours to learn a new app then this may be the tool for you, else if you are looking for a simple and clean tool to tag files Tabble is OVERKILL

              Unable to add network locations! (or it is so un-intuitive that I could not find the feature in the 2 hours of use I performed)

              Score: D

 

Tag Spaces: ($)

              UI is clean however:

              Unable to view folders in item detail >

              Unable to multi select and apply tags!!! ? (Deal breaker)

              Folders are not displayed in item view by default, Tooltip references a “perspective Toolbar” to resolve which does not exist and/or is near impossible to find.

              This app creates extraneous files for tagging: it creates  .ts flder in EVERY folder that I have tagged files in! This is unreasonable for anyone who plans on tagging 1000's of files especially on a NAS!!

              Not worth the $, maybe a scaled back FREE version would be worth it , as it stands the paid version supplies too many unwanted functions for a price point to high.

              SCore: D

Set tags:.  ($)

              UI is 1990s, looks like they added a band aid for cloud drives, UI looks like a VB/MFC app

              On start we get a an immediate prompt asking if we want to create a “facet folder”; what is that?.i

On first app usage we need to hot the help files before doing ANYTHING else. Not a good sign'

              useful tool if you are only tagging local files and folders, NOT useful if you are tagging any NETWORK files.

              Score: C

 

XYExplorer: (Free)

              Stable UI, works fairly well support local and network file and folder tagging. Adding tags, reading tags and managing tags this XnView competitor has clean, intuitive  & stable Tagging interface.

              Rating & Color don’t seem to work (perhaps my config needs a change)

              Is a full featured explorer UI interface, could supplement or even replace windows explorer.

              Tagging is a feature integrated within XyExlorer as a panel, as aforementioned tagging stable, reliable and intuitive.  Multi-Select & tag is enabled

              Score: B

 

             

 

Tag Explorer: (Windows Store, Free)

              clean UI, quick install

              Allows tagging of local & network  files an folders, allows multi select.  Stable, intuitive & clean UI are inviting and simple to navigate and infer flow. If you can use Windows Photos App then this tool will fee similar as the developer seemingly followed Fluent Design UI patterns that we see in MS Photos & other well known Windows Store UWP Apps.

              Stable, does not crash, only slight delay when browsing folder, reading and writing tags. Is fastest app of all tested

              Tag Explorer focuses on tagging and nothing else, is concise with NO frivolous features to cause slows down.

              Features are strictly related to adding tags, reading tags and managing tags,

              network location operate same as local; Folder Management is similar to Windows Photos: Add a Folder, then you can manage tags of items in added folder.

              Score : A

 

If tagging is your goal for single user for network & local files & folders then tag Explorer is the best tool in my opinion. All the other are tools are overkill, unusable or provide features outside the requirements for my Use Case of a single user / power user.

Friday, January 15, 2021

Surface Go Video Editor Comparison Notes

Reference Articles:

https://turbofuture.com/graphic-design-video/3-Free-Video-Editors-for-Slow-Computers

https://thetechtop10.com/10-video-editors-for-weak-computers/ 

Ranking, sorted by least HW requirements first


1. vsdc

2. videoPad

3. videoProc

4. shotcut

5. filmora


Surface Go Video Editor Comparison Notes

After spending far too long reviewing posts on lightweight editors that may work with Surface Go and some Surface Go Specific video editor reviews. I downloaded around 6 editors (per recommended  articles) and executed a similar edit test case for each, including input clips, effects, edits and output. My Surface Go system specs are here 8G RAM, 128 GB HD, 1.61Ghz

Below are a summary of notes & observations, these are merely cliff notes of my experiences, I did not have time to capture every detail. A ubiquitous result was clear, Surface Go does NOT operate with so called light weight editors, instead only 2 editors were near operational for me, Fimora & VideoPad. Editing, scrubbing, program navigation and exporting are near impossible in all other editors.

If anyone else has differing results I would love to know if they deviated from the default editor install settings.

Surface Go Video Editor Comparison Notes,

Render test Summary:

Baseline editor android V405TA, Editor Action Director:

        Project Input: 2 clips 4K 60fps, 3 transitions, 1 title, 2 edit cuts, 2 edit crop

Duration: 01m04s

result: Res: 3840X2160 Rat: 16:9 fps: 60fps Duration: 25s, bitrate: 50Mb/s

vsdc:

Project Setup

Editing, Unable to scrub, Choppy, Unreliable

Export Project: 

Duration: 04m+!!

result: Res: 3840X2160 Rat: 16:9 fps: 30fps bitrate:30Mb/s

videoproc:

Project Setup

is NOT an editor without paying $$

Shotcut:

edit: useless, choppy, delays, scrub, edit, all tools have delay

Export: 3 min to export 25 sec

ActionDirector

Unusable: barely edits

produce: 15 sec (OK)

VideoPad

Project: 80% Useless, Choppy, Delays, Scrubbing Kind of works, 

  Export: Need $ to export 4K

Export: 25 Sec (GOOD) 


Filmora.8.5

1. edit, smooth, not choppy, can scrub OK, some delay in effects, however it is the closest to android. 10X better than the closest VideoPad

2. Export, Slow, 25 sec, 2K clip took over 2 min (140sec) 

3. Export Settings: 


Hardware Requirements Per

vsdc

Windows OS: XP SP3 / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10

Intel, AMD or compatible processor with the working frequency at 1.5 GHz or higher

Screen resolution: 1024x768 pixels with 16-bit color or higher

RAM 512Mb for the video editing software

Microsoft DirectX 9.0с or higher

300 MB of free disk space minimum



shotcut

Operating system: 32- or 64-bit Windows 7 - 10, Apple macOS 10.10 - 10.15, or 64-bit Linux with at least Glibc 2.19.

CPU: x86-64 Intel or AMD; at least one 2 GHz core for SD, 2 cores for HD, and 4 cores for 4K.

GPU: OpenGL 2.0 that works correctly and is compatible. On Windows, you can also use a card with good, compatible DirectX 9 or 11 drivers.

RAM 1. Minimum 4GB RAM for SD Editing 2. 8GB For HD Editin 3. 16GB For 4K Editing

GPU OpenGL 2.0 or DirectX9 or 11

Storage 1 GB Minimum For Installation



videopad

Windows OS 64 bit: 10, XP, Vista, 7, 8 and 8.1

Processor: 1.5 GHz

RAM: 4 GB

Disk space: 100 MB



filora

Operating System Windows- 7/8/8.1/10 (64-bit)

Mac– 10.7 to 10.15

RAM Windows– 4GB Minimum

Mac– 8GB Minimum

CPU Windows– Intel i3 with 2 GHz frequency

Mac– Intel i5 with 2 GHz frequency

GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 700 or later; Intel HD Graphics 5000 or later; AMD Radeon R5 or later.

Hard Disk At Least 10 GB


videoproc

System Requirements

Windows Version Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 10 or later (32-bit and 64-bit versions supported)

Mac Version Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Lion, Mountain Lion, Mavericks, Yosemite, El Capitan, macOS Sierra, High Sierra, Mojave, Catalina (10.15), Big Sur

Processor 1 GHz Intel® or AMD® processor (Minimum)

RAM 1GB RAM (Recommended: 2GB or above)

Hard Disk Space 200MB of hard-disk space for installation





Monday, March 23, 2020

Find Date of Manufacture of External Hard Drives (DOM)

Quick Links:

Using Serial Number: (unverified)

Using 1st 3 digits of the serial number:
Find 1st block of 3 digits in Serial#:
- M: Month production (1,2, ... Oct –> X, November –> Y, December –> Z)
- Y: Last digit of the year of production (eg. 0 for 2010, 4 for 2014, 5 for 2015)
- D: Day of production (1,2,...9,A,B,...) (eg. G –> 16)
E.g: - X1A = 10th November 2011

e.g: WX11A7317973

November, 2011, 1st


For WD Drives:


Exam the following:

(1) Determine drive’s warranty status by typing its serial number into WD’s online warranty checker:

https://westerndigital.secure.force.com/WarrantyCheck?lang=en

or



E.g:, warranty period will be 1, 2, 3, or 5 years, plus a few months.

(2) Look at the date codes on the Printed circuit board. Use a Torx 6 screwdriver.

e.g::
http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-14437584971410_2269_336392 59

Note the “3709” on the PCB below pin #1 the Samsung SDRAM. This means: PCB was manufactured during the 37th week of 2009.

Now: examine markings on each of the chips:

Samsung SDRAM at location U2 - “940”
Marvell 88i9045 MCU at U5 - “0942”
SMOOTH chip at U1 - “0943”
Winbond “BIOS” IC at U12 - “0938”

*Chip markings are date codes in YWW or YYWW (Year / Week) format. E.g: SMOOTH chip was manufactured during the 43rd week of 2009.

From this we can infer: drive cannot have been manufactured before week 43 of 2009.


Toshiba:

Calculator!: https://www.data-medics.com/forum/toshiba-date-code-calculator-t1113.html


Per: http://forum.hddguru.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=32197

Model

Code:

MQ01ABB200
1234567890

1 : seem always "M" for 2.5'' drives (probably "M" is for "Mobile")
2: seem the generation / serie of drives (K for older drives ; Q for newer ones)
3 & 4: sub-family? ("01" seem very common)
5: A= SATA interface ; U = USB interface
6: ? seem always "B"
7: ? varies (...,B, C, D, ...)
8-10: three last positions = capacity in 10GB (in this example a 2 TB drive)

Code:

Y48 JP9F1T XR6 HDKFB02AZA01 T
MYJ ABCDE XYZ 123456789012 #

First block of 3 digits:
M: Month of production (1,2, ... October is X, November Y, December Z)
Y: Last digit of the year of production (eg. 0 for 2010, 4 for 2014, 5 for 2015)
J: Day of production (1,2,...9,A,B,...) (eg. G is for 16)


References:

WD Model Number Code

BackUp location

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Filmora Settings for Windows Performance

Filmora

1. Enable GPU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ8x5zIudPg

see also: http://support.wondershare.com/how-tos/what-shall-i-do-if-it-fails-to-enable-gpu-accelerate.html

2. Convert with WonderShare:

https://www.wondershare.com/topic/gpu-optimization.html

3. Other Settings

The following list contains suggestions for ensuring optimum performance when working with your Filmora editing application on a Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8 system:

· Disable CPU throttling.

· In Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Power Options, select High Performance.

· Do not enable the Windows Display setting “Show window contents while dragging.” This setting hinders redraw performance on your Filmora editing system.

· In Control Panel > Appearance and Personalization > Personalization > Window Color and Appearance > Effects, deselect Show window contents while dragging.

· Enable setting to adjust for best performance.

· In Control Panel > System and Maintenance > System > Advanced System Settings > Performance Settings, select Adjust for best performance.

· Disable Desktop compositing.

· Follow this guide here regarding correct Desktop Composition Settings

· Disable Windows Defender.

· In Control Panel > Security > Windows Defender > Tools > Options > Administrator Options, deselect Use Windows Defender > Save.

· Disable Sidebar.

· Right-click the Sidebar or Sidebar icon on your desktop > Properties > Deselect Start Sidebar when Windows starts > Right click icon and select Exit.

· Disable Hibernation in the Power options.

· In Control Panel > System and Maintenance > Power Options > Change when the computer sleeps > Put the computer to sleep, select Never.

· Set automatic updates to Notify you but don’t automatically download.

· In Control Panel > System and Maintenance > Windows Updates > Change settings, select “Notify me but don’t automatically download them or install them.”

· Turn off the firewall for Filmora Interplay.

· In Control Panel > Security > Windows Firewall, select Turn Windows Firewall on or off.

· Do not leave the Console window open when you edit. The performance of your Filmora editing system slows considerably when the Console window is open.

· Do not leave a Windows Explorer window open. Windows Explorer attempts to update file information.

· Do not leave an e-mail application open if it is set to do periodic checks for mail.

· Do not run any application that periodically “wakes up” and performs an action.

· Disable screen savers.

· Do not keep media on the same partition where you install your Filmora editing application. Filmora recommends external media drives.

· Always use small fonts with the display driver to avoid missing characters in the dialog boxes in your Filmora editing application.

· After you move a drive from one system to another, restart your system. Windows does not recognize the drive until you restart.

· Ensure you do not accidentally delete locked items from your desktop.

· Right-click the Recycle Bin icon on your desktop > Properties > General tab > Display delete confirmation dialog.

· When you advance by single frames through the Timeline, deselect Render On-the Fly to enable faster response time.

· In your Filmora editing application, deselect Clip > Render On-the-Fly

· Do not name files with special characters (/ \ : ? ” < > | *). Windows does not recognize special characters in file names. Bin names are limited to 27 characters (not including the four characters reserved for the file name extension).

· Do not schedule automatic backups at times when your Filmora editing system might be in use.

Davinci Resolve Settings for Windows Performance Boost

1. Proxy Mode

https://gfycat.com/CompetentConventionalFieldmouse

2. Render Cache

https://gfycat.com/SparklingHarmoniousFairybluebird

3. Render Cache O

https://gfycat.com/ElasticScientificEasternglasslizard

4. Optimize Media Render Cache

http://prntscr.com/pb0ytk

5. Extra Display

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sn9ajcLKYY

Monday, September 16, 2019

SSD drives and Windows 10 Defrag

For those with, and all that eventually will have, an SSD drive:

Do not defrag that SSD!

Do not defrag with a 3rd party utility!

However if you have Windows Defrag scheduled, windows 10 defrag is smart enough to not defrag the SSD unless absolutely necessary and will only defrag using a trim method specific to SSD drive,


More info here

Saturday, September 14, 2019

Image GPS + GeoTag : Update Image GPS and view GPS coordinates for image(s)

See here example of
A) Update GPS for 1 + images using XnView | GeoSetter , use XnView Open with External Programs
B) View Image using GPS coord to index images by map. Use app "GeoPhoto" with integrated map + photo heat map clustering, App provided via MS
See example here:
https://gfycat.com/PepperyShadowyBluebottlejellyfish

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Best Player for Windows 10

Got tired of the GOM Ads, and CHOPPY playback, POT Player is here!!!!

IM DONE with GOM player, TOO many ads and WOW Pot player is GOM Player X 10

in regards to features!!!Best ever!

Download here:

Preferences:

See here

Guides for Pot Player

https://fossbytes.com/10-best-free-media-players-windows/
https://wiki.mikejung.biz/PotPlayer


Tweaking POTY Player Performance if needed:
https://anime.my/tutorials/configuring-potplayer-for-gpu-accelerated-video-playback-with-dxva-or-cuda-and-also-high-performance-software-decoding/#step1
https://dashcamtalk.com/forum/threads/pot-player-hardware-acceleration.8350/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSNaSro2CHk


See Preferences hereOpen-mouthed smileownload and run reg file!

Hardware and Software Driver Recover Options

Hardware and software I have and use that can be used for disk access and data recovery:


Hardware:

Slave a drive using this for example:
SATA/PATA/IDE Drive to USB 2.0 Adapter Converter Cable for 2.5 / 3.5 Inch Hard Drive / 5 inch Optical Drive with External AC Power Adapter
https://www.amazon.com/AGPtek-Drive-Adapter-Converter-External/dp/B00BIE996S/


Software


Recuva Free
https://www.ccleaner.com/recuva/features/undelete-files-on-your-computer

Anydata recovery
https://www.tenorshare.com/data-recovery/how-to-recover-deleted-data-windows-10.html

undelete:
http://www.undelete360.com/

undeleete+
https://undelete-plus.en.softonic.com/comments

Misc Info:
https://www.howtogeek.com/169344/how-to-recover-a-deleted-file-the-ultimate-guide/

Wednesday, November 7, 2018

VLC Disable Album Art

OK, found it myself. Too bad so many have asked and nobody has bothered to answer.
Here it is:

Open "C:\Users\[User]\AppData\Roaming\vlc\vlcrc"
Find:
# Display background cone or art (boolean)
#qt-bgcone=1
Change to:
# Display background cone or art (boolean)
qt-bgcone=0


U should now see this in debug window:

image

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

ShareX hotKeys compatible with Lightshot Hotkeys

ShareX hotKeys compatible with Lightshot Hotkeys

Use below settings top ensure that you can use both apps at same time, use keyboard keys to capture screen shots + recordings reliably.

The main thing we want is to ensure that Lightshot Printscreen does not interfere with ShareX Print screen, we can do this by creating mutually exclusive hotkeys.

Lightshot:

PrintScr key: used for lightshot since lightshot is great for capture / sharing and annotating screen image captures.

ShareX:

Shift + Print :I use Shift + Print screen to capture images for ShareX and combinations of

Shift + F7 and CTRL+Shift+F7 for screen recording.

Then only keys u have to remember is: Capture Screen: PrintScr Record Screen: Shift+F7 (or Ctrl+Shift+F7)

Set the hotkeys

See this video tutorial here

*** Remember that uploaded screen recordings can be viewed as a Video by simply adding a v to url:

https://i.imgur.com/IqtkYYz.gif

https://i.imgur.com/IqtkYYz.gifv


Lightshot:

1.Open lightshot

2. Select Option

3. Hotkeys tab

4. DeSelect the “Auto save…” item

5. Set the main Hotkey to PrintScr

6. End result:

clip_image002

ShareX:

1. RightClick ShareX in Notification area

2. Set Options see Figure 1 below

3. Select Hotkey settings, See Figure 2 below

4. Set hotkeys as follows:

Figure 1:

clip_image004

Figure 2:

clip_image006

Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Use VLC to Start Streaming Playlist and Control via Browser :

1. Start a stream of your fav playlist, I am using VLC 2.8

example command: Stream playlist to port 8085

cd "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN.2.8\VLC"
vlc.exe -I dummy -vvv C:\Temp\MyPlayList.xspf --sout=#transcode{vcodec=none,acodec=mp3,ab=192,channels=2,samplerate=44100}:http{mux=raw,dst=:8085/} :sout-keep

More Help and My Previous Post on VLC Streaming

2. Router: Port forward to port (8085) on router to IP:port (see cmd dst=:8085)

3. Phone: Listen to your stream from internet (listen to your music from anywhere!!!)

Get your port from whatsmyip

See Figure 3

4. VLC: Control VLC playlist (Next/previous ect) using web interface setup:

4.a: See Figure 1 and Figure 2

4.b: Port forward to : IP:LuaPort (from Figure 2)

4.c: You can now control via browser! (see Figure 4:


Figure 1:

image

Figure 2:


image


Figure 3:


Figure 4:

image

Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Windows 10 Photos app replace/alternative

Criteria:

1. Fast

2. Portable

3. Clean

4. Basic Edit

5. File and metadata info

6. Cull images quickly


here are my top picks


Top Pick:

No Macs, ALLOT of cool stuff, get used to Panels and you will be productive, some really cool and clean features

http://download.nomacs.org/

how to use here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pydMeEbnzA8


Close but not quite:

JPEGView, basic but has strange opaque menus

https://sourceforge.net/projects/jpegview/

Nostalgia for Win8

https://download.cnet.com/Restore-Windows-Photo-Viewer/3000-18488_4-77362441.html


Overkill

https://alternativeto.net/software/irfanview/reviews/
https://www.irfanview.com/
https://download.cnet.com/IrfanView-64-bit/3055-2192_4-76444710.html?part=dl-&tag=pdl-redir
https://www.geckoandfly.com/2306/alternative-photo-organizer-acdsee-10-photo-manager/
https://creative.adobe.com/products/download/bridge
https://imaging.nikon.com/lineup/software/viewnx-i/
https://www.digikam.org/download/
https://www.xnview.com/en/xnview/#downloads

Reviews/How To Videos


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pydMeEbnzA8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPCGS7L82z4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hrPFHeVeO4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1lB3S3eg20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVgLWcRqfL4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1TkqSPGsDs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4AxAcr7pS8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iDlJy8DXTU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qORu1Lvb0dw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4AxAcr7pS8

Friday, June 8, 2018

VLC + MPC + GOM Players Resize, Favorites and Bookmark settings

Compare VLC MPC and GOM Player settings and availability, Favs and Bookmarks are key when scrubbing videos in prep to edit, in other works marking videos to be used in Editing.


     MPC


         Disable Resize:
             After r2637, check "Remember last window size" will automatically disable "Auto-zoom",ticket 865 was referring to revisions after that.
     If you would like stick with your 1.4.2499.0, then you can check "Remember last window size", and uncheck "Auto-zoom" in Options->Playback at the same time.

        Playlist:
             "C:\Program Files (x86)\K-Lite Codec Pack\MPC-HC64\default.mpcpl"

        Favortes:
             there are two possibilities:
             1) in the registry
                 look for "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Gabest\Media Player Classic\Favorites"
             2) in the mplayerc.ini file
                 look for a section named "[Favorites\Files]"
    

     GOM


         Player Disable Resize
             ry right-clicking on player, then video->use default screen size. Might have happened that you set something here.
        
         Playlist
             "P:\2018\20180525_Alberto\20180525_Alberto.GOM.asx"
            
         Favs
             Manage / Add Favs
             Save to Playlist
             or
             Export to reg file
                 "C:\Users\DoyleJ\Documents\gomplayer_20180608.reg"
        

     VLC


         Disable Resize:
             Default is OK
             Select Tools ⇨ Preferences ⇨ Interface then uncheck the box Resize interface to video size.
Finally, restart VLC.
        
         PlayList
             "C:\Users\DoyleJ\Documents\VLC.PlayList.xspf"
            
         favs:
             None?
             bookmarks Add
             creates

Figures:

MPC:


     Playlist ex:
         MPCPLAYLIST
         1,type,0
         1,filename,P:\2018\20180525_Alberto\Video\SOLO0022.MP4
         2,type,0
         2,filename,P:\2018\20180525_Alberto\Video\SOLO0019.MP4
         3,type,0
         3,filename,P:\2018\20180525_Alberto\Video\SOLO0020.MP4
         4,type,0
         4,filename,P:\2018\20180525_Alberto\Video\SOLO0021.MP4
    
     Favs:
         [Favorites]
         RelativeDrive=0
         RememberPosition=1
         [Favorites\Files]
         Name0=MAH01588.MP4;72044246;0;P:\2018\20180525_Alberto\Video\videoThumbs\MAH01588.MP4
         Name1=MAH01591.MP4;316151989;0;P:\2018\20180525_Alberto\Video\videoThumbs\MAH01591.MP4
         Name2=SOLO0022.MP4;238979560;0;P:\2018\20180525_Alberto\Video\SOLO0022.MP4

   

GOM


     Playlist examples:
     <asx version = "3.0" >
         <entry>
             <title>SOLO0018.MP4</title>
             <ref href = "P:\2018\20180525_Alberto\Video\SOLO0018.MP4" />
             <duration value = "14" />
         </entry>
         <entry>
             <title>SOLO0019.MP4</title>
             <ref href = "P:\2018\20180525_Alberto\Video\SOLO0019.MP4" />
             <duration value = "152" />
         </entry>
         <entry>
             <title>SOLO0020.MP4</title>
             <ref href = "P:\2018\20180525_Alberto\Video\SOLO0020.MP4" />
             <duration value = "114" />
         </entry>
         <entry>
             <title>SOLO0021.MP4</title>
             <ref href = "P:\2018\20180525_Alberto\Video\SOLO0021.MP4" />
             <duration value = "0" />
         </entry>
         <entry>
             <title>SOLO0022.MP4</title>
             <ref href = "P:\2018\20180525_Alberto\Video\SOLO0022.MP4" />
             <duration value = "49" />
         </entry>
     </asx>

    Bookmark
         http://player.gomlab.com/guide.gom?tab=37&language=eng
          right click the video playback area, select “Bookmark”

        XML:
             C:\Users\DoyleJ\AppData\Roaming\GRETECH\GOMPlayer\bookmark.xml
             <BookMark>
                 <Target path="P:\2018\20180525_Alberto\Video\videoThumbs\MAH01589.MP4">
                     <Element pos="5.529" comment="Bookmark 0">
                         </Thumb>
                     </Element>
                 </Target>
             </BookMark>

        Export
             "C:\Users\DoyleJ\Documents\GOMPlayer.Bookmarks.MAH01606.gbm"
             [Bookmark]
             0=5.697458    Bookmark 0    FFD8FFE000104A46494600010100000100010000FFDB00430006040506050406060506070706080A100A0A09090A140E0F0C1017141818171416161A1D251F1A1B231C1616202C20232627292A29191F2D302D283025282928FFDB0043010707070A080A130A0A13281A161A282828282828282828282828282828282828282828..
     Favs:
         Preferences | Export | Reg files |
             "C:\Users\DoyleJ\Documents\gomplayer_20180608.reg"
         "_FAVORITE000"="[F] SOLO0022.MP4||P:\2018\20180525_Alberto\Video\SOLO0022.MP4"
         "_PSPRESET000"="(Default)
         100 100 100 100"
        

VLC:


     PlayList:
         "C:\Users\DoyleJ\Documents\VLC.PlayList.xspf"
         <trackList>
                 <track>
                     <location>file:///P:/2018/20180525_Alberto/Video/videoThumbs/MAH01595.MP4</location>
                     <duration>4504</duration>
                     <extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
                         <vlc:id>0</vlc:id>
                     </extension>
         </track>

Monday, June 4, 2018

Fix Adobe After Effects small font on menus or other windows apps with tiny fonts

See below reg file, use when font on UI is too small to read even though DPI is at normal level (100% or 125%)


1) Tell windows to prefer an external manifest file

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SideBySide]
"PreferExternalManifest"=dword:00000001

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

2) Create and place the external manifest files

and then add this to program.manifest in PF dir of Adobe After Effects (or said app)



See also:

https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1692469

and

https://www.danantonielli.com/adobe-app-scaling-on-high-dpi-displays-fix/


for more info

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

RoboCopy and Context Menu

1. Create Bat files to Push, Pull and Synch files with Robocopy.

2. Create Script bat files to get input and output dirs. Either via %1 context and/or prompt via cmd.

3. Create Reg files to register commands for each Script bat file.


In my scenario, here is end result:

image

created with this reg files:


image


Mapped to these bat files:

image


This allows Push, Pull and Synch with netwirk drives!

RoboCopy + .bat + regedit = Context Menu Happiness and less work trying to run commands to backup / synch dirs!


Summary of commands is below:

1) Synch00_PUSH Files to Network Synch.OneWay.Script.bat
     Synch.OneWay "C:\Temp\Source" "C:\Temp\Destination"
     C:\Temp\Synch.OneWay.BBPics.bat
    
2) Synch00_PULL Pics to another (n) machine Synch.Mirror.Script.bat
     PULL
     Synch.Mirror C:\Temp\Destination C:\Temp\Source2
    
    
3) Synch02_PushAndPull Edit M2, Synch.Mirror.Synch.All.Script.bat
     PUSH
     Synch.Mirror C:\Temp\Source2 C:\Temp\Destination
     PULL Deltas
     Synch.All C:\Temp\Destination C:\Temp\Source2