Monday, February 18, 2019

Tools utilities

ffmpeg

Cutting a section of an mp3 file on linux with ffmpeg. To copy a section of 30 sec from starting point of 15.5 seconds, use
ffmpeg -t 30 -ss 00:00:15.500 -i inputfile.mp3 -acodec copy outputfile.mp3




Remote connection


Connected to my standby windows7 PC from my linux mint desktop, using Remmina.Yo ! Linux rocks !

http://www.digitalcitizen.life/connecting-windows-remote-desktop-ubuntu


Binary editors


xxd is a useful tool to convert to/from hex format. it can be used to feed binary data to text/newline based programs like sed/cut. e.g to remove first X bytes of X+Y byte records in binary data, do :

xxd
c X+Y -ps | cut -c 2X+1| xxd -r -p

Another out-of-the-box tool that can be used for binary data is : bbe - binary block editor

Also a java tool  : https://sourceforge.net/projects/bistreameditor/


REST tools


RESTED is a postman like extension for firefox, to test REST APIs : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/rested/


Browser Styles

This global dark style from user-styles is great ! Easier on the eyes. Use with the stylish plugin for FireFox :
https://userstyles.org/styles/31267/global-dark-style-changes-everything-to-dark 
UPDATE : The stylish plugin is said to snoop on you, collecting data. There are alternative plugins like stylus.
Another option is to use a plugin that allows you to execute JS on load, and inject your style sheets via that. e.g. the onload scripts extension for chrome : https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/onload-scripts/gddicpebdonjdnkhonkkfkibnjpaclok



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