10.23.2016
Oh Father - You Can't Hurt Me Now
My abusive Dad passed away Sept. 29, 2016.
You Can't Hurt Me Anymore, Dad.
http://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-239254/JAWORSKI_FRANK
10.16.2016
Effects Broken in Kdenlive 16.08
I've been a user of Kdenlive 09.10 since either 2010 or 2013. The software has an easy learning curve and works on regular hardware (non-high-end).
So recently I upgraded from Fedora 22 to 23 and Kdenlive stopped working properly. It crashed and froze continually just by playing clips. Not good.
OK, so then I said, I'll have to go from Fedora 23 to 24, which I did, and now I can Play video clips just fine, but getting Video Effects like Pan & Zoom, which worked effortlessly in 09.10 do not work now.
So to Review, Kdenlive:
09.10 - Works great. Issues with HiDPI displays like my 1680 res. Lenovo T61.
16.04 - Issues with freezing just by playing a video. To its credit, this version introduced Proxy clips, which helps in Playback of HD video in the Clips or Project window.
16.08 - Issues with Video Effects not working, such as Pan & Zoom, despite setting Keyfames.
Maybe to get twirlin pan and zoom effect I need to use Affine Transition...
https://userbase.kde.org/Kdenlive/Manual/Transitions/Affine
Kdenlive Forum
So recently I upgraded from Fedora 22 to 23 and Kdenlive stopped working properly. It crashed and froze continually just by playing clips. Not good.
OK, so then I said, I'll have to go from Fedora 23 to 24, which I did, and now I can Play video clips just fine, but getting Video Effects like Pan & Zoom, which worked effortlessly in 09.10 do not work now.
So to Review, Kdenlive:
09.10 - Works great. Issues with HiDPI displays like my 1680 res. Lenovo T61.
16.04 - Issues with freezing just by playing a video. To its credit, this version introduced Proxy clips, which helps in Playback of HD video in the Clips or Project window.
16.08 - Issues with Video Effects not working, such as Pan & Zoom, despite setting Keyfames.
Maybe to get twirlin pan and zoom effect I need to use Affine Transition...
https://userbase.kde.org/Kdenlive/Manual/Transitions/Affine
Kdenlive Forum
10.12.2016
More Than One Keyboard At Once In Bristol Synth.
While playing around in Bristol Synth. programme today, I discovered that you can load more than one keyboard at once and both can play at once, creating a fuller sound.
Also discovered that computer keyboard maps to the music keyboard and that pressing the [Spacebar] over a music key makes that key constant. To unpress the key, just hover over it again and press [Spacebar] on computer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwHtUr-eMRg
Also discovered that computer keyboard maps to the music keyboard and that pressing the [Spacebar] over a music key makes that key constant. To unpress the key, just hover over it again and press [Spacebar] on computer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwHtUr-eMRg
10.02.2016
9.23.2016
9.18.2016
Burning A Single Video Using DeVeVe
When burning a DVD-Video using DeVeDe and Brasero, while the disc is being burned, never ever perform a Cancel and Eject disc while the Finalizing Disc status is shown.
Always wait until the whole disc burning process has completed. When it is done, Brasero or your disc burning software will automatically Eject the finished DVD-Video.
After the disc has completed, test it out on a stand-alone DVD player, not just one connected to a PC or Mac.
Always wait until the whole disc burning process has completed. When it is done, Brasero or your disc burning software will automatically Eject the finished DVD-Video.
After the disc has completed, test it out on a stand-alone DVD player, not just one connected to a PC or Mac.
9.15.2016
Rhythmbox 3.2.1 Cannot Edit AAC Metadata
Last night I downloaded a song in AAC (Advanced Audio Codec, .aac) and they play fine in Rhythmbx 3.2.1.
But if you want to edit the tag, as was the case, it cannot be done in Rhythmbox 3.2.1 (Linux 64-bit) because the software doesn't have the function to edit .aac tags yet.
MP3 ID3 tags. Yes. AAC tags. No.
When opening AAC files, they will play, but the some of the tag metadata shows "Unknown", just like in this post to a web forum
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2180188
At this time I am not sure whether the newer Rhythmbox ver. 3.4 has added this functionality yet. I am unwilling to switch to anothe music player because I am happy using Rhythmbox since 2005.
But if you want to edit the tag, as was the case, it cannot be done in Rhythmbox 3.2.1 (Linux 64-bit) because the software doesn't have the function to edit .aac tags yet.
MP3 ID3 tags. Yes. AAC tags. No.
When opening AAC files, they will play, but the some of the tag metadata shows "Unknown", just like in this post to a web forum
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2180188
At this time I am not sure whether the newer Rhythmbox ver. 3.4 has added this functionality yet. I am unwilling to switch to anothe music player because I am happy using Rhythmbox since 2005.
9.10.2016
This Weekend I Realized A 47-Year Dream
This past weekend, after 47 years, I finally realized a dream that I've had since before age 3 (1969).
/home/.cache folder
After a while of running a *nix workstation or server, the operating system will store files in the ~/.cache folder.
Some of the files stored are cover art images for Rhythmbox media player, the cache of Tracker the desktop search program for *nix.
So it is entirely OK to delete the contents of the ~/.cache folder (not the folder itself).
Afterwards I went from 64.2% of a 94 GB partition to 64%, whatever that is in Megabytes.
Some of the files stored are cover art images for Rhythmbox media player, the cache of Tracker the desktop search program for *nix.
So it is entirely OK to delete the contents of the ~/.cache folder (not the folder itself).
Afterwards I went from 64.2% of a 94 GB partition to 64%, whatever that is in Megabytes.
Recent Acomplishments
Recently I accomplished several things:
- Bought a Yamaha organ for myself on 2016-08-27, something I've wanted Electone practically all of my life.
- Bought my first audio mixer, a 4-channel Yamaha ____ so that I can combine music from the organ and play along with music from the laptop (MP3 or YouTube) and not disturb my housemates.
- Got a 2-table relational database working in LibreOffice Base. The usual training example is to set up an order entry system, which requires 4 tables (customers, products, employees and orders). The one I set up requires but 2 (payee and cheque). It's a Cheque Register. And it works! I can locate a Payee and key in a Cheque number, Amount and Date and the database will keep them separate from one another.
- Sending files via BlueTooth from my BlackBerry device to my laptop now works. Before this month I could send from the laptop to the phone, but it would not work the other way. I suspect it has something to do with the desktop environment I'm running. Was running MATE in 2015 and since upgrading RAM earlier this year run GNOME 3 exclusively.
9.03.2016
Creating LibreOffice Base Reports from Multi-table Queries
When you want to build a LibreOffice Base Report sourced from two or more tables, you must use the Query in Design mode to select all the required tables.
If this is not done, when it comes time to design the database report, LibreOffice will allow you to select exclusively one table or another, but not more than one at a time.
For example, two tables in a cheque register database application:
Table 1 contains a list of Payees and their contact info
Table 2 contains a list of Cheques and details about each
In Query Design mode, select all required fields in Table 1 (Payees), then select all required fields in Table 2 (Cheques).
Each column in the Design window will be available to you in the Report Builder later on.
For example, two tables in a cheque register database application:
Table 1 contains a list of Payees and their contact info
Table 2 contains a list of Cheques and details about each
In Query Design mode, select all required fields in Table 1 (Payees), then select all required fields in Table 2 (Cheques).
Each column in the Design window will be available to you in the Report Builder later on.
8.28.2016
Three Rock Songs That Influenced Me
I may have written about this in my blog already, but I can do it again.
In the early 1970s instead of getting a Yamaha Electone organ from my Dad, I got instead a plain chord organ.
I did play this chord organ a bit...firstly learning to play Christmas carols, then in the mid-1970s could play ABBA material ear.
But it wasn't until about 1979 when the chord organ was in the basement and I had basically gotten over my fear of going downstairs. There was a demon jinn named Aern there and he used to scare me just by being there and watching me.
In fact, even in '79 when I'd be all alone in the early evening, where I got the courage to go downstairs, turn on the table radio and play the chord organ to the music on FM radio.
The three songs that I really got to like playing along with were:
Gerry Rafferty
Baker Street
Rel. Feb. 1978
Video: link
Dire Straits
Sultans of Swing
Rel. Jan. 1979
Video: link
Herb Alpert
Rise
Rel. Sept. 1979
Video: link
and also this one
Blondie
The Tide Is High
Rel. 1978
Video: link
I used to get soooo emotional when I played these songs, especially Rise, because it is such a feel good melody.
In the early 1970s instead of getting a Yamaha Electone organ from my Dad, I got instead a plain chord organ.
I did play this chord organ a bit...firstly learning to play Christmas carols, then in the mid-1970s could play ABBA material ear.
But it wasn't until about 1979 when the chord organ was in the basement and I had basically gotten over my fear of going downstairs. There was a demon jinn named Aern there and he used to scare me just by being there and watching me.
In fact, even in '79 when I'd be all alone in the early evening, where I got the courage to go downstairs, turn on the table radio and play the chord organ to the music on FM radio.
The three songs that I really got to like playing along with were:
Gerry Rafferty
Baker Street
Rel. Feb. 1978
Video: link
Dire Straits
Sultans of Swing
Rel. Jan. 1979
Video: link
Herb Alpert
Rise
Rel. Sept. 1979
Video: link
and also this one
Blondie
The Tide Is High
Rel. 1978
Video: link
I used to get soooo emotional when I played these songs, especially Rise, because it is such a feel good melody.
8.19.2016
Importing MySQL Database Into LibreOffice Base
Ten years ago I had played around with MySQL in Linux.
I had designed a few flat-file tables to catalogue my book collection as well as my family's book collection.
These files have been backed up over the years and have the .sql filename suffix.
The tables were created using MySQLAdmin and MySQLWorkbench.
Somewhere near the time that Oracle bought Sun, MySQL was updated and the way to initially set up MySQL had changed.
So I stopped using it.
In the intervening years I had learned a lot about spreadsheets - MS Excel 2010 and LibreOffice Calc 3, 4, and now 5.
So now I'd like to import these tables into LibreOffice Calc by connecting via MySQL.
I know as a first step I needed to install MySQL server. DONE.
I know that I also needed to install PHP. DONE.
MySQLPHPAdmin is where I'm having problems with. This is the newer way of setting up and maintaining tables and access lists (Access Control List) in the DBMS.
I regret now not making any notes here or in a Writer file, something that I could have used to help me regain access to the MyBooks.sql file.
Getting it to work will require manually editing the .php file and I believe once I do get that that the Admin console will work.
Until then I'm just learning LO Base 5 and viewing MS Excel and Access tutorials on YouTube.
The database engine that LibreOffice Base uses is the Java-based HSQLDB 2.x.
To make a query on some data in a table, for example, use:
I had designed a few flat-file tables to catalogue my book collection as well as my family's book collection.
These files have been backed up over the years and have the .sql filename suffix.
The tables were created using MySQLAdmin and MySQLWorkbench.
Somewhere near the time that Oracle bought Sun, MySQL was updated and the way to initially set up MySQL had changed.
So I stopped using it.
In the intervening years I had learned a lot about spreadsheets - MS Excel 2010 and LibreOffice Calc 3, 4, and now 5.
So now I'd like to import these tables into LibreOffice Calc by connecting via MySQL.
I know as a first step I needed to install MySQL server. DONE.
I know that I also needed to install PHP. DONE.
MySQLPHPAdmin is where I'm having problems with. This is the newer way of setting up and maintaining tables and access lists (Access Control List) in the DBMS.
I regret now not making any notes here or in a Writer file, something that I could have used to help me regain access to the MyBooks.sql file.
Getting it to work will require manually editing the .php file and I believe once I do get that that the Admin console will work.
Until then I'm just learning LO Base 5 and viewing MS Excel and Access tutorials on YouTube.
The database engine that LibreOffice Base uses is the Java-based HSQLDB 2.x.
To make a query on some data in a table, for example, use:
SELECT "Business Name", "Full Address", "Postal Code" FROM "Database Table"
The box to enter and edit queries in SQL format directly isn't as good as in MySQLQuery. That is because the text box font is super super tiny on my screen.
7.21.2016
Yamaha PSR230 Jam Mode
To use Jam Mode you must press at least 3 or 4 keys (chord) on either side of the keyboard, otherwise the function won't work at all.
7.16.2016
Features in Adobe InDesign CC 2015
Features in Adobe InDesign CC 2015 that I'd like to see in Scribus:
- Favourite Fonts. This is a feature where you star your most used fonts so that the list can be filtered that way and won't show the fonts you don't or won't use.
- Adobe Stock (Photos) (not what it's called). This feature can get images from the Net and you can license them for your project.
Adobe CS2 InDesign Small Menu Text
In trying out InDesign CS2 I find the menu text, for example the Swatch panel, teeny tiny.
Now I know that this is an issue with not just myself, but other users of Adobe software.
https://forums.adobe.com/thread/644884
As I see it, Adobe has tailored their products to work best in Mac OS X, despite having a version for MS-Windows.
The people complaining on the Adobe Forum are saying they're using the Windows version of Photoshop and are having the very same problem as my trial version of CS2 for Windows -- teeny tiny menu text.
I use Scribus in Linux, and for now, it doesn't have teeny tiny text at 5 pt. size.
Unbelievable that people pay $800+ for this.
Now I know that this is an issue with not just myself, but other users of Adobe software.
https://forums.adobe.com/thread/644884
As I see it, Adobe has tailored their products to work best in Mac OS X, despite having a version for MS-Windows.
The people complaining on the Adobe Forum are saying they're using the Windows version of Photoshop and are having the very same problem as my trial version of CS2 for Windows -- teeny tiny menu text.
I use Scribus in Linux, and for now, it doesn't have teeny tiny text at 5 pt. size.
Unbelievable that people pay $800+ for this.
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