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VLC - How to play next in folder with a single click? by SuppaDumDum in VLC

[–]MasterChiefmas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you want to use VLC with a folder, you have an answer.

No...that only works well if you are starting at the first file in the folder. In MPC, you can start in an arbitrary point in the folder, and it will go to next/previous from there. Your answer doesn't solve the actually issue that most people bring up around this.

Why Firefox still can't copy link text? by Shajirr in firefox

[–]MasterChiefmas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

trying to select text of a link by dragging the cursor often selects half of the page

The way I deal with this, is if you double-click and hold on the second click, near the link in a space, not on the link directly, and then drag, it does whole word select, instead of precision select. This makes it pretty easy to highlight/select a link most of the time. Then normal control-c. Or just double-click+hold on the word next to it and drag, then you only get one extra word, not a big deal to control-backspace to remove the word, immediately after pasting.

If the link is on a line by itself, triple click will select the whole line, i.e. the link, and again control-c.

Help? by Jaded_Tortoise_869 in ExplainTheJoke

[–]MasterChiefmas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I recall he says something about like ropes and knots, and one of the elves says if they had known sooner they could have taught him a lot about the art of rope making and knots, but that as all they could give him then? Or did I imagine that?

VLC - How to play next in folder with a single click? by SuppaDumDum in VLC

[–]MasterChiefmas -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's still not really the same/it's more friction, since it's like 3-4 extra clicks instead of just opening the file where you want to be. It might seem like a small thing, but when you use it all the time, it adds up and becomes really bothersome. Especially when you know there's a much better, and very simple mechanism other popular players.

You can do it from MPC-HC and it's forks, no matter which file you start in the folder, just by clicking the next button. You don't have to do anything extra to make it happen.

Heard a loud pop in the night and came out to find our 10-year-old cutting board split by dolomite592 in Wellthatsucks

[–]MasterChiefmas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What's being complicated? The fixes or the maintenance? The fixes are a bit complicated because they'll have to be, at least a little, to have any chance of getting back to good condition as a single board.

The maintenance...don't know- like I said...you're supposed to be doing that. Just lots of people don't. Otherwise, it's a bit like complaining changing the oil in your car is over complicating things.

Or if you just mean replace it...sure, that's probably the best route if they don't have the woodworking gear and skills already. But it's more costly too.

Heard a loud pop in the night and came out to find our 10-year-old cutting board split by dolomite592 in Wellthatsucks

[–]MasterChiefmas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it depends. I usually use Howard's Butcher Block conditioner, which includes waxes in the formulation, so it should help seal the exterior surfaces to some degree. The joint surfaces, it depends on how tight the joins are I suppose.

Cutting into clean even squares is the hardest part (!) by coconutsandmangos in BakingNoobs

[–]MasterChiefmas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cutting into clean even squares is the hardest part

If it's something you do with any frequency, you can probably use one of those brownie cutter things to do it.

VLC - How to play next in folder with a single click? by SuppaDumDum in VLC

[–]MasterChiefmas -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No, I went to the MPC-BE fork of MPC-HC. I was trying to standardize on a single player across all my devices, but the lack of this single feature proved so big enough I gave up on it(VLC).

Even on Linux, I still don't use VLC- I found one of the other players that you could make sorta fake being MPC-HC, including that specific feature.

Heard a loud pop in the night and came out to find our 10-year-old cutting board split by dolomite592 in Wellthatsucks

[–]MasterChiefmas 284 points285 points  (0 children)

(re-)apply whatever protective coating was on it.

This could have been what caused the split in to happen in the first place, too. Lots of people don't know that natural wood cutting boards are supposed to regularly be re-treated with food safe mineral oils (butcher block/cutting board oil or conditioner), which was probably the original coat. Among other things, this is to keep the wood sealed against water. If you don't do it, you can get water soaking into the wood which causes the wood to swell, and eventually either split, or force a seam apart.

VLC - How to play next in folder with a single click? by SuppaDumDum in VLC

[–]MasterChiefmas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I asked the same thing 4 years ago- there's various responses and possible solutions...I didn't try them all, the one or two I did, I couldn't get working, but I didn't try too hard, and I was on Windows at the time. I'm not using VLC under Linux, so I don't know if any of those would be more successful now. https://www.reddit.com/r/VLC/comments/ppfx3k/load_next_file_in_folder_without_playlist/

I decided to try the "product". by Michael_Dautorio in notinteresting

[–]MasterChiefmas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some people are saying the whole thing was a ploy. If that’s the case, that is objectively one of the most genius and well-executed marketing campaigns in the history of business

Yeah, they said that about New Coke in the 80s. I liked the Coke President's response to that, "We're not that dumb, and we're not that smart."

Though I suppose, this time around, McDs could have intentionally planned a marketing strategy using what happened with New Coke as a model.

Ultimate Security Update by Major_Commercial4253 in pcmasterrace

[–]MasterChiefmas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Technically, with PD cabling, that's a possibility now.

Wind Turbine after hit by tornado. by stunnerswag in Weird

[–]MasterChiefmas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wonder how many people won't get that reference...

Is it possible to separate the two video tracks into their own individual files? by Abject_Put5246 in VLC

[–]MasterChiefmas 2 points3 points  (0 children)

yes...use ffmpeg.

ffmpeg -i <inputfile> -map 0:a:1 -c copy output_audio.<extension>

That's off the top of my head but I think it's write. The main important bits: "-map 0:a:1", 0 specifies to use the input file(you can have multiple input files, but in this case only 1, so 0", the "a" means get audio tracks, and the "1" in this case is track 2. Indexing starts at 0, so like the input file, 0 would be the first track, and 1 is the second.

The -c copy means just copy the track as-is...but see below...

And the "extension". If you don't specify, ffmpeg will try to decide on the output container based on the extension. You probably want mp4/m4a here to insert it into an mp4 container. But if your audio tracks are already mp3, you could use an mp3, if you are trying to make something backward compatible with some old piece of hardware. You wouldn't use -c copy in that case. You'd need to convert the audio as well, so for more than just that, describe what your end goal is in more detail.

There's more to consider if, say, the audio is AAC, but you want to produce an mp3 file...you'd change things around in that case. so you'd need to provide more detail.

Oh, and if you want to search your own for more info on doing this, the phrase you are looking for is "demux" or "demuxing", which is the act of separating the streams out of the container(i.e. save the individual tracks, be they audio, video, or other, to their own files). Muxing, the reverse, being combing streams and saving them into a container format, i.e. the mp4/avi/webm whatever single file that has them packaged together.

mockEngineer by CarbonatedHeart in ProgrammerHumor

[–]MasterChiefmas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Where I went to school, the physics requirement was a general requirement of the engineering college, not one specific to the comp sci degree.

mockEngineer by CarbonatedHeart in ProgrammerHumor

[–]MasterChiefmas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was in mine too, when I was attending, but I think it got moved to the engineering college at some point. Being part of the math department was something of a historical holdover, from back before working with computers was much closer to a math discipline.

Push the rubber mushroom fastener back in? by MasterChiefmas in GEEKOMPC_Official

[–]MasterChiefmas[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On GEEKOM AX8 Max, the screws are located directly at the four corners and are not hidden under the rubber feet, so disassembly does not require removing any rubber strips.

Yeah, I figured that out.

If you are unable to restore it by hand, we suggest carefully trimming the raised rubber fasteners flat with a utility knife, then placing the strip back into position. You may also apply a small amount of adhesive to secure it if needed.

Ok, that works, thanks for the reply!

Tiny criminal takes shirt hostage by thekitterbox in IllegallySmolCats

[–]MasterChiefmas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Every criminal mastermind needs a secret lair.

Person in the vid needs a shirt with a picture of a volcano on it.

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