13th Nov2012

Burn MP3s with K3B without converting to WAV first (Linux/Ubuntu)

by Gyro

Today I got fed up with having to use the Sound Converter to create WAV files from MP3s I want to burn for my car, Yes, I got a crappy car stereo that will not play MP3 CDs… drop it already.

So, turns out it is quite easy to get K3B to convert the MP3 files on the fly, all you got to do is install the plugin for it:
# sudo apt-get install libk3b6-extracodecs

That's it, now you can burn Music CDs with K3B by adding MP3 files to the list directly.

Enjoy! (and share) ;)

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Category : Linux OS, Linux Software, Multimedia, Operating Systems, Software
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09th Nov2012

Best Image Resize Freeware – Change photo size, dpi, easy!

by Gyro

I seriously can't remember the amount of times I have been asked for the best image resize freeware, to change the photo size or the dpi of an image. Today I finally found the perfect solution for any task, and it's as easy as eating pie. Truly the best image resize freeware, including changing the dpi, and more. And best of all, you can setup each particular resize task you do regularly in the context menu, and the tool will create a new modified version of it.

The best image resize freeware is called Free Batch Photo Resizer, it is only available for Windows, but apart from that… flaw… it is by far best tool I have found in terms of simplicity.

The tool comes in the form of a single executable file called "PhotoResize400.exe",it does not have to be installed, but you can add it to your context menu. For clarity, I will refer to the file as PhotoResize from now on.

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Category : Graphics, Software, Web Design, Windows Software
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08th Nov2012

Problems uploading files to ownCloud

by Gyro

I've installed ownCloud a while back and finally got around to test it today.

As ownCloud has a "Music" section, I figured I start by uploading some of my music. I first tried uploading an MP3 file via the web interface, but the spinning wheel would never go away, and an eventual refresh showed no new file. I then tried it with a few small files, and realized that anything over 1MB file size will result in the file not being uploaded, and the original gets deleted by the owncloud sync tool when it was used to upload/sync the file.

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Category : Hosting, Internet Surfing, Linux OS, Linux Software, Social Media, Software, Web Design
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07th Nov2012

Top Level Categories vs WP No Category Base for WordPress

by Gyro
Today I had to switch a plugin, so I decided to write a little Top Level Categories vs WP No Category Base for WordPress. The reason for the plugin change is, that Top Level Categories has an issue with sub categories.

I installed Top Level Categories yesterday, just to realize today that I should have taken the name literal TOP LEVEL CATEGORIES, as it throws 404 errors when trying to view the archive of any sub category… so Top Level Categories is really what it says: It makes categories be top level (no /category/ slug in front of the actual category slug) and there can't be any 2nd level categories… since I am using a lot of sub categories, I cannot use Top Level Categories.

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Category : Web Design, WordPress
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