Kalcifer

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I guess even Elon has his limit in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 41 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (12 children)

Why does it seem that so many of those who claim that they're libertarians are not actually libertarians?

To help you decide on your next daily driver in c/[email protected]
Do you have any advice for digitizing VHS tapes? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It seems to be an EasyCAP clone, there are several devices in this form factor with different chipsets.

Good to know! That link has a lot of good information.

This capture device seems to be labeled as “BR116” based on photos in reviews, which can help identifying the chipset. BR116 is sold by Conrad and its manual by them mentions “STK1160” in a screenshot, so this Amazon one most likely also uses the STK1160 chip, which was one of the worst ones in this timebase stability test (which means it has no TBC). However, it’s alright if your VCR is a late model that already does TBC internally.

Noted! I will keep this in mind.

I came across this video about digitizing VHS tapes [1]. It talks about hardware to use, and hardware to avoid [1.6]. One of the examples that it gives for hardware to avoid seems to be a clone of the device that I was looking at on Amazon [1.2]. The rationale for why it should be avoided was that it doesn't pass both fields of the interlaced video through independently [1.1]. Though, you have mentioned that it's fine to capture the video interlaced, so perhaps this isn't a big deal-breaker. The capture cards that the video recommends are:

  • IO-Data GV-USB2 [1.3]
  • StarTech.com SVID2USB232 [1.4]
  • Dazzle DVC-100 v1.1 [1.5]

References

  1. "How to convert VHS videotape to 60p digital video". The Oldskool PC. YouTube. Published: 2023-02-07. Accessed: 2024-09-14T21:09Z. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk-n7IlrXI4.
    1. T00:03:56
    2. T00:04:08
    3. T00:04:38
    4. T00:04:59
    5. T00:05:19
    6. T00:03:50
Who is your favorite artist and what song/album would you recommend? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)
Do you have any advice for digitizing VHS tapes? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Get an actual composite capture card for the job.

Ha, honestly, I wish that I would've done this to begin with. It's way cheaper, and simpler to get the one composite capture card rather than converting composite to HDMI, then capturing HDMI. I'm honestly not entirely sure why I did the latter — perhaps it's because I was under some presumption that such a device wouldn't exist (which, now, I realize is an obviously silly assumption to make). I found this one. It's still just a generic capture card, but it's a direct composite capture. Do you think that it would suffice?

To help you decide on your next daily driver in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (3 children)

This makes me wonder if there could be a regulation mandating front facing cameras on vehicles where vision is obstructed when moving at low speeds. Perhaps collision alert systems are sufficient. At any rate, there should probably be something that mandates some form of compensation for the lack of vision.

Do you have any advice for digitizing VHS tapes? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Check that the output is indeed interlacd

Is it possible to see this in OBS? I see an option to select an interlacing technique if I right click the scene

Look at stats/logs to see of any frames are dropped and investigate if it’s just the 59.94 Hz compensation

Are you referring to "stats/logs" within OBS?

make sure to disable auto-gain or else quiet sections will get boosted like crazy, increasing the noise.

If you are referring to a toggle on the capture card or the converter, neither have a button for that, so I think my setup is fine in that regard?

Do you have any advice for digitizing VHS tapes? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (5 children)

This was very informative! Thank you for your comment!

you should check that the video output is actually at [59.94 Hz]

How does one measure the input frequency of the video feed? I'm not aware of OBS being able to monitor the frequency/refresh-rate of individual input devices, but I could certainly be wrong.

Don’t use the converter if it cannot output 480i or at the very least 480p! Scaling should happen during playback, the files should be original resolution.

I looked on Amazon again, and it seems that every converter being sold only outputs 720p, or 1080p — none of them simply repeat the input resolution, eg 480p or 480i. Would you have a converter in mind that would accomplish this?

I’d just clean the VCR after every tape if I suspect mold. You’d still need to clean the cleaning VCR after every tape to avoid cross-contamination

Do you have any resources that you would recommend for proper cleaning of a VCR?

Linux rule in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 days ago (3 children)

And Arch Linux instead of openSUSE Tumbleweed and Fedora 😊

Small linux-friendly laptop in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Ah, so it does [1]. Apologies! Perhaps another older Thinkpad has a 12" screen? From what I've heard, and from my experience with my own T460, they're usually pretty solid laptops, so if you could find one with the specs that you are seeking, I would say that it's worth considering.

References

  1. "Product Specification Reference" (Version 506, May 2017). Lenovo. Published: 2017. Accessed 2024-09-11T19:41Z. https://psref.lenovo.com/syspool/Sys/i_pdf/psref506.pdf.

    [§ThinkPad T460 Platform Specifications]

The Most Important Issues for Voters Reflected in the Debate in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Idk why it's not in the chart because they did talk about it in the debate. Maybe the chart isn't intended to be exhaustive.

Small linux-friendly laptop in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Older Thinkpad (eg T460)?

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Do you have any advice for digitizing VHS tapes? (sh.itjust.works)
 

I have a bunch of old VHS tapes that I want to digitize. I have never digitized VHS tapes before. I picked up a generic HDMI capture card, and a generic composite to HDMI converter. Using both of those, I was planning on hooking a VCR up to a computer running OBS. Overall, I'm rather ignorant of the process. The main questions that I currently have are as follows:

  • What are the best practices for reducing the risk of damaging the tapes?
  • Are there any good steps to take to maximize video quality?
  • Is a TBC required (can it be done in software after digitization)?
  • Should I clean the VCR after every tape?
  • Should I clean every tape before digitization?
  • Should I have a separate VCR for the specific purpose of cleaning tapes?

Please let me know if you have any extra advice or recommendations at all beyond what I have mentioned. Any information at all is a big help.

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[SOLVED] Have you ever experienced stuttering in a game if you receive a message in a desktop messaging app during gameplay? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Solution

This is a bug in KDE Plasma [1.1][2]. It appears that it might be fixed in KDE Plasma v6.2 [1.2][3].

Original Post

I have noticed this behavior with Element and Signal while playing Deadlock. The game will have a pretty severe stutter, ie the frame-rate will substantially dip, for half a second or so at the exact moment that a message is received. It seems to happen with every message. Do note that these are only messages that would result in a system notification. All other messages that are silent, ie they have no pop-up notification, do not result in any stutter.

  • OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: v6.6.49-1-lts
  • DE: KDE Plasma v6.1.4
  • WM: Wayland
  • CPU: Intel Core i5-4690k
  • GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6600

Updates

  • I have tried disabling this setting in Deadlock:
  • I have tried windowed-borderless
  • I have noticed that the moment that the stutter occurs, my CPU spikes maybe 20% and my GPU drops to 0%.

References

  1. @[email protected]. "Have you ever experienced stuttering in a game if you receive a message in a desktop messaging app during gameplay?". sh.itjust.works. Lemmy. Published: 2024-09-09T23:12:24Z. Accessed: 2024-09-10T00:03Z. https://sh.itjust.works/comment/13818926. https://lemm.ee/comment/14674507.

    1. it’s a bug in KDE Plasma

    2. [the bug] might be fixed [in KDE Plasma] 6.2

  2. "Bug 487780: Fullscreen game stutter when Plasma receives notifications.". Robert. bugs.kde.org. Published: 2024-05-30T03:58Z. Accessed: 2024-09-10T00:06Z. https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=487780.
  3. Zamundaaa. "Bug 487780: Fullscreen game stutter when Plasma receives notifications.". bugs.kde.org. Published: 2024-08-19T12:01:08Z. Accessed: 2024-09-10T00:13Z. https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=487780#c13.

    There are some remaining code paths that can block direct scanout - namely effects that haven't been fixed, or that may need to block direct scanout in some situations. There's a new API in 6.2 that effects can use though, https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/6203, which blocks direct scanout only when really necessary. It's implemented for all built in effects, and external javascript effects automatically make use of this API too.

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"stranger illegally moved in, so i made her life a living hell" (www.youtube.com)
 

There's currently 2 follow up videos:

  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t63zjRnJ9iI
  2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbGFnIhf-6Y

References

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PSA: Git exposes timezone metadata (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Git records the local timezone when a commit is made [1]. Knowledge of the timezone in which a commit was made could be used as a bit of identifying information to de-anonymize the committer.

Setting one's timezone to UTC can help mitigate this issue [2][3] (though, ofc, one must still be wary of time-of-day commit patterns being used to deduce a timezone).

References

  1. Git documentation. git-commit. "Date Formats: Git internal format". Accessed: 2024-08-31T07:52Z. https://git-scm.com/docs/git-commit#Documentation/git-commit.txt-Gitinternalformat.

    It is <unix-timestamp> <time-zone-offset>, where <unix-timestamp> is the number of seconds since the UNIX epoch. <time-zone-offset> is a positive or negative offset from UTC. For example CET (which is 1 hour ahead of UTC) is +0100.

  2. jthill. "How can I ignore committing timezone information in my commit?". Stack Overflow. Published: 2014-05-26T16:57:37Z. (Accessed: 2024-08-31T08:27Z). https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23874208/how-can-i-ignore-committing-timezone-information-in-my-commit#comment36750060_23874208.

    to set the timezone for a specific command, say e.g. TZ=UTC git commit

  3. Oliver. "How can I ignore committing timezone information in my commit?". Stack Overflow. Published: 2022-05-22T08:56:38Z (Accessed: 2024-08-31T08:30Z). https://stackoverflow.com/a/72336094/7934600

    each commit Git stores a author date and a commit date. So you have to omit the timezone for both dates.

    I solved this for my self with the help of the following Git alias:

    [alias]
co = "!f() { \
    export GIT_AUTHOR_DATE=\"$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z)\"; \
    export GIT_COMMITTER_DATE=\"$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z)\"; \
    git commit $@; \
    git log -n 1 --pretty=\"Autor: %an <%ae> (%ai)\"; \
    git log -n 1 --pretty=\"Committer: %cn <%ce> (%ci)\"; \
}; f"

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PSA: Git exposes timezone metadata (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
16 comments fedilink
 

Git records the local timezone when a commit is made [1]. Knowledge of the timezone in which a commit was made could be used as a bit of identifying information to de-anonymize the committer.

Setting one's timezone to UTC can help mitigate this issue [2][3] (though, ofc, one must still be wary of time-of-day commit patterns being used to deduce a timezone).

References

  1. Git documentation. git-commit. "Date Formats: Git internal format". Accessed: 2024-08-31T07:52Z. https://git-scm.com/docs/git-commit#Documentation/git-commit.txt-Gitinternalformat.

    It is <unix-timestamp> <time-zone-offset>, where <unix-timestamp> is the number of seconds since the UNIX epoch. <time-zone-offset> is a positive or negative offset from UTC. For example CET (which is 1 hour ahead of UTC) is +0100.

  2. jthill. "How can I ignore committing timezone information in my commit?". Stack Overflow. Published: 2014-05-26T16:57:37Z. (Accessed: 2024-08-31T08:27Z). https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23874208/how-can-i-ignore-committing-timezone-information-in-my-commit#comment36750060_23874208.

    to set the timezone for a specific command, say e.g. TZ=UTC git commit

  3. Oliver. "How can I ignore committing timezone information in my commit?". Stack Overflow. Published: 2022-05-22T08:56:38Z (Accessed: 2024-08-31T08:30Z). https://stackoverflow.com/a/72336094/7934600

    each commit Git stores a author date and a commit date. So you have to omit the timezone for both dates.

    I solved this for my self with the help of the following Git alias:

    [alias]
co = "!f() { \
    export GIT_AUTHOR_DATE=\"$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z)\"; \
    export GIT_COMMITTER_DATE=\"$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z)\"; \
    git commit $@; \
    git log -n 1 --pretty=\"Autor: %an <%ae> (%ai)\"; \
    git log -n 1 --pretty=\"Committer: %cn <%ce> (%ci)\"; \
}; f"

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If you have installed Linux on a Microsoft Surface Pro, what was your experience? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I'm looking for a cheap and portable tablet that I can use for writing. Microsoft Surface Pro tablets, at least around the gen 4 models, are rather cheap to buy used, and they seem decently well made. Naturally, were I to buy one, I would have to install Linux onto it.

I've been peripherally aware of the Linux Surface project for some time now. I looked at it recently, after having not for some time, and it seems that they have really made good progress compared to what I remember, and it's making me much more interested in trying to install Linux on a Surface Pro.

Having never owned a Surface Pro, I'm not sure which models are the most reliable and sturdy. I'm not looking for something that's the flashiest; I want something that works well. I want something pragmatic — something akin to the idea of an older era of Thinkpad (eg T460). I want a pen with low input delay and good accuracy, reliable and responsive touch controls, and a decent display. I was thinking the Surface Pro 4 might be a good choice, but it's hard to know as there aren't many videos out there of people installing Linux on them, so I'm wondering what your experience has been with Microsoft Surface Pro's and installing Linux on one.

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Is this chicken of the woods? (sh.itjust.works)
 

Found in Cascadia/PNW in mid-August.

If it is indeed chicken of the woods (ie laetiporus), I'm curious as to which species.

Cross-posts:

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Is this chicken of the woods? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
13 comments fedilink
 

Found in Cascadia/PNW in mid-August.

If it is indeed chicken of the woods (ie laetiporus), I'm curious as to which species.

Cross-posts:

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What medication/pill tracking app do you recommend? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
13 comments fedilink
 

I'm looking for an open-source medication/pill tracking app.

Requirements:

  • Android support
  • Ability to create custom medication/pill entries
  • Ability to set notification reminders for taking pills
  • Ability to arbitrarily create entries at any date/time

Nice-to-haves:

  • Data export/backup
  • Data-at-rest encryption
  • Data visualizations

Cross-posted at https://sh.itjust.works/post/23572613

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What keyboard layout do you use? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
80 comments fedilink
 

I use Workman.

EDIT (2024-08-10T19:23Z): I should clarify that I am referring to the layout that you use for a physical computer keyboard, not a mobile/virtual keyboard.

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Does there exist a community contributed wiki for hiking trails? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
9 comments fedilink
 

I'm looking for a wiki to use and contribute to that provides information similar to what AllTrails provides, and functions similarly to Wikipedia. I would like for the wiki's data to be free and open, and for it to operate under a reasonably permissive license.

Cross-posted to: https://sh.itjust.works/post/23459715

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Do you have any recommendations for an opensource mood tracking app? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Cross-posted to https://sh.itjust.works/post/23047054

I'm currently using Daylio. It works fine, but, given the sensitive nature of the information, I want something more private/trustworthy. The following is what I am looking for in the app:

Essentials:

  • Android app.
  • Support custom tags and notes when recording a mood.
  • The ability to add a mood for a specific day/time other than current (for example, if I miss an entry).
  • Support multiple entries per day.

Nice-to-haves:

  • Visualizations of the moods, and other data, over time
  • Data exports/backups
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