@barlop So? It's not like you have to frequently plug and unplug them.

granted, but it means sometimes if you need to connect a monitor to a computer and DVI is involved then it might need an adaptor and local shops might not have the exact adaptor . It's ok once connected though

@barlop ppl you generally only say DVI-I, DVI-D and adaptors in the wild

And DVI-D generally just worked

img.ly/blog/ultimate-guide-to-ffmpeg

This is great.

looks wort a read some time, be interesting to see a guide that covers the 100 most common things that go wrong when doing basic tasks with ffmpeg! or the 100 most common things that can go wrong with eac basic task with ffmpeg!

like were you put the -i making a difference

staying current re what container formats go with what codecs.. and when codecs go from current to old and not so recommended. e.g. they used to say to do -vcodec libx264 now they say libx264 is old (besides their preference for notation of -c:v).

Yeah I usually need to search for exactly how to do whatever I want to do on ffmpeg.

People say tar has confusing flags, but they've just never used ffmpeg!

heh, they've never used a lot of things!!!!

tar is maybe a bit confusing though i've often forgotten the flags but they are easy to look up

Microsoft wrote DIR well, totally unforgettable.

I use tar enough that I know the flags.

yeah I don't use tar often

I'm probably also one of the few people left in the world who unironically also use cpio. :P

I guess the reason why tar might confuse is it can go both ways. I used to use pkzip and always remembered the flags. even to this day pkzip -rp -ex There was a different command to unzip

and i haven't or have barely used pkzip in over 20 years

something about windows command line commands or DOS commands is just more memorable.

Maybe it depends on what you're used to. I find Windows commands to be incomprehensible.

DOS is pretty easy though.

well, the windows command I use most are mainly the old DOS ones

the other ones, I agree with you

though a command like netsh , hard to remember but they know that so you can stick a ? symbol after each bit!!

VMS commands are also really really easy to remember, although I've only used that once.

linux they have the mentality that if it's hard to remember then so what, write a script and use that.

or they might have that mentality.. i've certainly heard it

Linux commands are really easy to remember. Scripts are only used so you can batch a bunch of logic more complex than what you could put in a one-liner.

i think they have too many options to be that easy to remember 'cos the 'help' is so long it doesn't make for a quick recap

Most of the flags are not needed.

Like with cp you just have to remember -r and -f and -i.

And sometimes -a. The rest is for pretty specific use-cases.

well, -p i think about preserving dates

though could say that's a specific use cese

but a bit annoying to forget -p if you need it.. CMD copy would do it automatically

Well -a is the same, but it also preserves symlinks and makes it recursive like -r.

ah ok

actually reminds me a teacher on a linux module once suggested o'reilly as a good reference for linux commands.

with i supose the useful flags

I don't know of O'Reilly is still up to date.

Some of the commands have changed a fair bit, although the basics have stayed the same.

yeah prob right i recall hearing that re o'reilly from a guy that knew javascript, said it wasn't so up to date and he went with other publishers.

To be fair, I think learning Linux commands is best done by just using Linux.

It's not really possible to "prepare" yourself for command line access. It's better to learn on the go.

@forest wait, all this fasting, meditation and training was... for nothing? :D

@JourneymanGeek Only training for Unix koans counts as real training.

@forest There's also an ffmpeg book (PDF) written by one of the regulars on the ffmpeg-user mailing list

911 pages

and the person keeps it updated too- it's been there for years but the latest version is ~1 week old

Oh wow!

Has anyone used an HP+ printer before? Any bad experiences?

In here @bwDraco is probably among people in the know about printers

@bertieb Thanks

Their FAQ page is fairly helpful. But it's not clear to me whether the printer requires an active internet connection in order to print.

Apparently, it does not work without an active internet connection. Boo!

@Michael hiss