The Definitive (and Painless) Linux Video Production Guide - The Passthrough POST
https://passthroughpo.st/the-definitive-and-painless-linux-video-production-guide-part-1/

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Linux Experiences/Rants or Education/Certifications thread - January 20, 2020

Welcome to r/linux rants and experiences! This megathread is also to hear opinions from anyone just starting out with Linux or those that have used Linux (GNU or otherwise) for a long time.

Let us know what's annoying you, whats making you happy, or something that you want to get out to r/linux but didn't make the cut into a full post of it's own.

For those looking for certifications please use this megathread to ask about how to get certified whether it's for the business world or for your own satisfaction. Be sure to check out r/linuxadmin for more discussion in the SysAdmin world!

_Please keep questions in r/linuxquestions, r/linux4noobs, or the Wednesday automod thread._

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I wrote a youtube-dl wrapper to easily download and manage youtube audio(s) (with added features)

Hi all,

I wrote a simple youtube-dl wrapper program _(with added features)_ in python that helps in easy management of youtube audio(s)/playlists - **yt-audio**

It is cross-platform (Windows/Linux/MacOS) (Not tested on MacOS since I do not have Mac hardware - But it should work).

The code is available on [github](https://github.com/pseudoroot/yt-audio). Users can download yt-audio using [pip](https://pypi.org/project/yt-audio/). Arch Linux users can use [AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/yt-audio/) as well.

$ [sudo] pip3 install --upgrade yt-audio


**Denoscription and Features**

yt-audio is a command-line program that is used download and manage audio from youtube.com. It is a youtube-dl wrapper program, which means it uses youtube-dl as backend for downloading audio. yt-audio tries to make audio/playlist management easy for users. It is cross-platform (Windows/Linux/MacOS).

**Features**

- **Configure/Setup your own command-line arguments** for managing noscripts/playlists
- Ability to save each audio/playlist to a different directory (directory specified in argument).
- Option to keep track of already-downloaded playlist noscripts **with or without archive file.**.
- Manage single/playlist audio(s)

Usage example (more info in documentation) -


# Synchronizes/downloads --custom1 and --custom2 custom argument URLs and download specified URL as well.

$ yt-audio --custom1 --custom2 https://youtube.com/playlist?list=abcxyz


# Saves playlist to /my/path/p1/<PlaylistName>/ and single audio to /some/another/path

$ yt-audio https://youtube.com/playlist?list=abcxyz::/my/path/p1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abcxyz::/some/another/path

**Important Note:** yt-audio uses configuration file to store custom arguments and other user settings. The config file is _not_ installed/copied during installation. The user has to copy the config file manually. Please read [config file setup instructions](https://github.com/pseudoroot/yt-audio#custom-arguments) for details.

More details about the project are available on [github](https://github.com/pseudoroot/yt-audio).

I am open to suggestions. Please [raise an issue](https://github.com/pseudoroot/yt-audio/issues) if you found a bug or have a feature request :)

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GitHub: https://github.com/pseudoroot/yt-audio

Arch User Repository (AUR): https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/yt-audio/

pip (pypi): https://pypi.org/project/yt-audio/

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[Firefox] Implement ffmpeg/VAAPI video playback on Wayland
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1610199

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Search and print certain lines after a Grep search

I am working on certain log file and there a particular ID I searching for example lets say that 'XYZ' and now i am printing 5 lines before the term and 20 lines after the term.



Using command :-

&#x200B;

grep -A 20 -B 5 "xyz" filename.txt

&#x200B;

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but i would like to minimize my search. I want to print -B5 but i dont want to print -A20 because i need only 2 lines after the term "XYZ". The problem is: these 2 lines appear randomly after the term XYZ in no particular order. lets say both of them are Line X, Line Y. Now Line X might appear on the 5th line after xyz and Line Y might appear on the 15th line, so there in no way to pin point there line number after each grep search. Therefore i was printing the whole 20 lines.

I would really like to print only the 5 lines before Xyz and then the term Xzy follow by these two lines.

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Required output eg:

line 1

line 2

line 3

line 4

line 5

XYZ

LINE X

LINE Y

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Any tips for a first time linux user?

Hello, I am a lifelong windows user and I have recently decided to dual boot Ubuntu Linux on a laptop I own (not on my main PC). My past Linux experience is completely contained in carefully following instructions to installing retro pie a couple times. What should I know?

EDIT: To be more specific I'll take anything that's different from windows, ie I know how to copy and paste, I don't know how the terminal works.

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Ubuntu spotted within an anime
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Fedora CoreOS out of preview
https://fedoramagazine.org/fedora-coreos-out-of-preview/

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Davinci Resolve file formats? (free version)

Hi everyone,

Since the free version of Davinci Resolve doesn't support h.264 on Linux, what file format does everyone recommend I work with? (I'd like to keep transcoding to a minimum where possible)

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WinCE. Did crash every hour, lucky the flight and avionics computers maybe not. Not WinCE
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Thunderbolt 3 daisy chaining, is there a way to monitor utilization?

I may be thinking of this wrong, but looking for advice. I have quite a few intel nucs in my lab, and utilize tb3 pcie breakout boxes to run things like 10gbe nics, nvme cards, sometimes egpu and so on. Each "node" has thunderbolt in and out, where I can connect another device. Is there a way to measure or monitor the usage of the the bus? Does each device share or claim a lane? If I run an nvme pcie card would that kill performance of the tb3 "chain"?

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What distro is good for a student with a cheap netbook?

I need a distro that is fast for 2gb ram,I need it for studying .I have w10 , but it sucks in 2gb ram. So, any suggestion guys? I'll dual boot with w10 bcz of file issues. Thankss

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PinPhone early adopters edition (Braveheart) started shipping. AMA.

Hello Everyone,

Lukasz Erecinski from PINE64 here. We have just started shipping the early adopters edition (Braveheart) of the PinePhone. For those who do not know, the PinePhone is a smartphone that supports multiple open source mobile operating systems and is built with community input from the ground-up.

With shipping now underway, I am happy to answer any questions you may have about the current state of the PinePhone and its future. I’ll be here to answer your questions for much of today's day and (ad-hoc) in the coming days. I leave the exact duration of this AMA at mods discretion.

Ask away!

Relevant links:

[Shipping announcement](https://www.pine64.org/2020/01/15/pinephones-start-shipping-all-you-want-to-know/)

[PinePhone website](https://www.pine64.org/pinephone/)

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Problem detected on the Beijing subway
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Am I the only one who clears the terminal before exiting?

I don't know why, but I always catch myself typing 'clear' right before 'exit'. Am I the only one?😂

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Contributing to KDE is easier than you think – Localization and SVN
https://rabbitictranslator.com/wordpress/index.php/2020/01/19/contributing-to-kde-localization/

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I made a space shooter that runs in your terminal called "Terminal Phase", thought people here might enjoy
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Mobile NixOS December 2019 round-up
https://mobile.nixos.org/news/2020-01-08-december-2019-round-up.html

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Finishing Reform (ARM-based Open Source laptop - uses the same SoC as the Librem 5)
https://mntmn.com/media/reform_md/2020-01-18-finishing-reform.html

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RFC 3339 everywhere, how hard can it be?

I'd like to use the RFC 3339 (ISO 8601) date format everywhere. Once getting used to, reading 2020-01-20 is so quick and unambiguous.

Why is it so hard to configure a Linux system (its locale settings) to get RFC 3339 formatted dates everywhere? Sure, I can \`ls -l --time-style=full-iso\`, \`git log --date=iso\`, \`date --iso-8601=s\`, \`date --rfc-3339=s\` and change the configuration of every single application by hand. Am I missing something?

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What are some upcoming projects or changes that will get you excited to use Linux in 2020?



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