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Using ffmpeg to a make TikTok video with a SoundCloud-style Ken Burns panning effect

Apr 8, 20221 min read

Use case: you want to upload your OC music recording to TikTok but you only have audio and TikTok requires video. What to do? Well, you can find a...

Using ffmpeg to a make TikTok video with a SoundCloud-style Ken Burns panning effect

Bash one-liner: record video and audio from webcam and Blue Yeti microphone

Mar 12, 20228 min read

Here's the one-liner: ffmpeg -vsync 1 -f alsa -ac 2 -acodec pcm_s16le -i hw:1,0 -f v4l2 -framerate 15 -video_size 640x480 -i /dev/video0 -vcodec...

Bash one-liner: record video and audio from webcam and Blue Yeti microphone

Bash one-liner: Play a random .mp3 or .m4a file

Feb 26, 20221 min read

Here's the one-liner: find /data/Music -type f \( -iname "*.mp3" -o -iname "*.m4a" \) -print | shuf -n 1 | xargs --delimiter '\n' vlc...

Bash one-liner: Play a random .mp3 or .m4a file

Bash one-liner: List mp3 music ID3v2 tag genre stats

Feb 20, 20224 min read

ID3 is the language of the metadata in your mp3 (or m4a) files. There are two major versions of ID3 tags: ID3v1 and ID3v2. ID3v2 has many features...

Bash one-liner: List mp3 music ID3v2 tag genre stats

How to add Keyboard Layout indicator to top panel in Ubuntu Budgie 21.10

Feb 6, 20221 min read

Right click desktop and select Desktop Settings As shown in the screenshot below, go to Panels -> Top Panel -> Applets then click the + next to Add...

How to add Keyboard Layout indicator to top panel in Ubuntu Budgie 21.10

My Favorite Free Software

Feb 3, 20221 min read

A little shout-out to all the wonderful free software that has made my life easier: AnkiDroid Audacity Bash Budgie...

My Favorite Free Software