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Creating static (one-image) video with ffmpeg
Convert MediaWiki code to DokuWiki
After reading many different (working) answers on this question, I was still dissatisfied with the fact that the resulting video size was never (even roughly) the size of AUDIO + IMAGE. So let me first explain the reason for this, followed by bad and good ways to solve it. Lastly, I will give my bash function for creating static‑image videos.
This is a repost from AskUbuntu, StackOverflow, Video StackExchange and SuperUser posts.
Wineskin Engines archive
Comprehensive list of Wineskin engines for download.
Parsed from PortingKit list of engines.
These need to be copied into ~/Library/Application Support/Wineskin/Engines to appear in Wineskin Winery.
My App settings defaults
A collection of my preferred hidden and undocumented settings for Apps I use.
The apps are alphabetically ordered by their title.
Róbert Toth: The Structure of Forms in Plato’s Theory of Forms (2023)
A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD).
- Official source
- https://hdl.handle.net/2262/104042
- https://www.tara.tcd.ie/items/d4d7b5ff-4a92-49c2-b6e4-a38bb99cd21e
- Direct link to PDF
- Official: https://www.tara.tcd.ie/bitstreams/8bac3c42-2472-4769-965e-975ea7fa4659/download
- Local backup: furlo.sk/papers/Toth2023_PhD-Thesis_The-Structure-of-Forms-in-Platos-Theory-of-Forms.pdf
Command-line tools for PDF processing
A collection of command line solutions for different PDF‑manipulation use‑cases, such as:
- PDF splitting (“explode” one multi‑page PDF into set of single‑page PDFs)
- cropping PDF pages
- …
Due to the nature of the topic, this post is (and probably will remain) a work‑in‑progress.
Adjusting $PATH on macOS Mojave (and linking it to Xcode Command Line binaries)
Trying to set PATH environment variable on macOS is hell.
This article presents a simple solution using launchctl utility which meets the following criteria:
- the PATH change is permanent (that is, it survives system restart);
- the PATH change is seen and propagated to both GUI and shell applications – that is, both Terminal (bash/Zsh in macOS Catalina+) and applications launched by Spotlight, Dock and Finder see the adjusted PATH;
- it allows appending a path to existing PATH variable, not just rewriting it to custom value;
- it should preferably allow setting the PATH on a per‑user basis, not system‑wide (and thus for all users);
- lastly, it works (at least) on macOS 10.14 Mojave and onwards
The article will also show how to make Xcode Command Line binaries available to all applications – this will, for example, replace the need to separately install python3 package (which is sometimes a little difficult), since it is part of the Command Line utilities.
Tweaking apps, executables and dynamic libraries with install_name_tool and otool
Sometimes you want to investigate dynamic libraries (*.dylib) the app is using, re‑link them or remove unused ones from the *.app package. install_name_tool and otool are here to help you with that!
Completely disable macOS CrashReport
While you can Disable OS X crashreporter dialog after application force-quit, this won't prevent CrashReport process from actually starting up after application crash to gather the information and create log.
This can from seconds to dozens of minutes depending on size of the process which crashed.
To brew or to port? Homebrew vs Macports dilemma
Thoughts on macOS Package Managers – slightly outdated, but still a great source of information!