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Using FFmpeg as a custom converter in foobar2000

foobar2000 has quite a few converters available by default but FFmpeg is not one of them. If you want to use FFmpeg as a converter you can add a new output format preset. To get there just right click on any song in foobar2000, Convert and choose the three dots.

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Bitlocker autounlock error 0x80070017

So I recently cloned my windows system to a bigger ssd, reenabled bitlocker then tried to enable autounlock on a second data drive but it gave me the following error ERROR: An error occurred (code 0x80070017): Data error (cyclic redundancy check).Must be something wrong with the drive right? Chkdsk.

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Getting nano back after ctrl-z

When editing a file in nano I tend to hit ctrl-z to attempt to undo an edit but when you press ctrl-z in nano it dumps you back in the shell... very confusing... and very annoying because I do this all the time and usually just started over using a

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Enter the docker

Neat little tool to get a shell into a docker container so you don't have to install additional services like sshd in your containers and keep your containers single service only. Run this once: sudo docker run -v /usr/local/bin:/target jpetazzo/nsenter After that you can get a

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How-to: Right-click on any folder to start a simple HTTP server

Here's how to setup your Windows machine to quickly get a simple http server running in any directory from the contextmenu. Installation Install node.js from http://nodejs.org/ Install the http-server app npm install http-server -g Create a file named http-server-here.reg and add the following contents (or download