nerdstuff

favourite geek&poke comics

2025-03-30T10:40:00.000-07:00

http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341d3df553ef013485e5e37b970c-pi
http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341d3df553ef013486458e35970c-pi
http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341d3df553ef0133f32a0f25970b-pi
http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341d3df553ef0133f3716c17970b-pi
http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341d3df553ef013486997ef7970c-pi
http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341d3df553ef013487146609970c-pi
http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341d3df553ef0133f4227ee4970b-pi

2021-11-14T13:52:00.002-08:00

I found some old HID IR Remote - https://www.delock.com/produkte/S_62442/merkmale.html and combined the usb dongle with a learnable universal control.

It was straight forward to use left, right, up, down, enter, back and escape which makes most of the kodi functions accessable, but I missed access to context menues - things you access hitting "i" and "o" on keyboard.

On the other hand, the functions keys which are discreatly mapped to IR-Codes on the delock remote.

The solution is a custom key map file that maps function keys to kodi functions - https://kodi.wiki/view/List_of_keynames

An example is https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/blob/master/system/keymaps/keyboard.xml

To find out what remote key codes which keyboard key the cli tool "evtests" was great help.

Result is ~/.kodi/userdata/keymaps/keymaps.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<keymap>
    <global>
    <keyboard>
            <F2>Info</F2>
            <F3>ContextMenu</F3>
            <F4>PlayerProcessInfo</F4>
        </keyboard>
    </global>
</keymap>

Howto diff pdfs on cli - on windows

2021-10-31T05:07:00.001-07:00

Pixel Diff

Get ImageMagick cli tool

Windows:
```
choco install imagemagick
```

Convert every pdf page to a rastrized image, use different directories

magick convert inputA.pdf output%d.png

magick convert inputB.pdf output%d.png

Use winmerge to compare the output

Text Diff

Get pdftotxt

http://www.xpdfreader.com/download.html

create inputA.txt file

xpdf-tools-win-4.03\bin64\pdftotext.exe .\inputA.pdf

create inputB.txt file

xpdf-tools-win-4.03\bin64\pdftotext.exe .\inputB.pdf

Use winmerge to compare the output

Wait till hdmi is connected before starting kodi... and poll tvheadend for activity before shutdown

2021-07-22T08:16:00.009-07:00

What?

If you run tvheadend and kodi on one device you want to wait to start kodi until hdmi is conected,

Why?

kodi has bugs that cause issues when started before connected to hdmi

Sometimes it crashes
Sometimes it stops to render text in menu

How to work arround?

Wait for HDMI and timeout if no recording is upcomming

#!/bin/bash

# This scripts wait <TIMEOUTINSECONDS> till hdmi connection got established or shutdown if no tvheadend recording is running, upcomming or some stream is consumed, served by tvheaden
# Howto https://debianisttoll.blogspot.com/2021/07/wait-till-hdmi-is-connected-before.html
# Source https://gist.githubusercontent.com/stesee/9ebb11cc2db6a58e6b42afb2d74e7e7b/raw/7327e42950c449c1153ebf546f60ee1d8e3d0d0d/waitTillHdmiConnected.sh

# install stuff before using this script
#   sudo apt install libxml-xpath-perl curl

# setup systemconfiguration
#   allow current user to execute shutdown and waskup - add this line to /etc/sudoers - replace "username" with your username
#       username ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/setwakeup.sh, /usr/sbin/pm-suspend

# configure your settings

WARNINGTIMEOUTINSECONDS=800
TIMEOUTINSECONDS=900
POLLINGDURATIONINSECONDS=5
LOGFILE="$HOME/waitTillHdmiConnected.log"

# configure your tvheadend settings
URL=localhost
PORT=9981
USERNAME=kodi
PASSWORD=kodi
# Time this script will wait without shutting down for a planned recording
TIMEBEFORENEXTRECORDINMINUTES=20

#set start conditions, is this some bash magic? seems like SECONDS will be increased by every second without coding anything
SECONDS=0

triggerTimeoutActions(){
    #set next wakeup time
    OUTPUT=$(curl --anyauth -u $USERNAME:$PASSWORD --silent --max-time 5 "http://$URL:$PORT/status.xml")
    NEXTRECORD=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | xpath -q -e "/currentload/recordings[1]/recording/next/text()")
    NEXTRECORD_TICKS=$(date '+%s' -d "+ $NEXTRECORD minutes")
    
    #TODO Add sanity check value and fall back to someting reasonable... e.g. 24h in future
    FAILSAFE=`date '+%s' -d '+ 24 hours'`
    #TODO Add sanity check value and fall back to someting reasonable... e.g. 24h in future
    
    sudo /usr/bin/setwakeup.sh "$NEXTRECORD_TICKS"
    
    # e.g. shutdown the system
    echo "Shuting down next wakup set to $NEXTRECORD_TICKS" | tee -a "$LOGFILE"
    echo $(date && echo "shutting realy down") | tee -a "$LOGFILE"
    shutdown +1 | tee -a "$LOGFILE"
    exit
}

triggerHdmiConnectedActions(){
    # e.g. set some overscan hack
    #xrandr --output HDMI-3 --transform 1.05,0,-34,0,1.05,-20,0,0,1
    # e.g. start kodi
    kodi &
    exit
}

isHdmiPortConnected(){
    if xrandr 2> /dev/null | grep -q 'HDMI-[0-9] connected'; then
        echo "HDMI connected" | tee -a "$LOGFILE"
        return 0
    else
        echo "HDMI not connected waiting $POLLINGDURATIONINSECONDS seconds" | tee -a "$LOGFILE"
        return 1
    fi
}

isTvheadenRecordingActive(){
    # check if tvheadend is responding
    OUTPUT=$(curl --anyauth -u $USERNAME:$PASSWORD --silent --max-time 5 "http://$URL:$PORT/status.xml")
    if [ -z "$OUTPUT" ]; then
        echo "Tvheadend is not responding" | tee -a "$LOGFILE"
        return 1
    else
        # check if tvheadend is recording
        if echo "$OUTPUT" | grep "<status>Recording</status>" >/dev/null; then
            echo "Tvheadend is recording" | tee -a "$LOGFILE"
            return 0
        fi
        
        # check if tvheadend recording is upcomming in TIMEBEFORENEXTRECORDINMINUTES
        if echo "$OUTPUT" | grep "<next>" >/dev/null; then
            echo "Tvheadend waiting for an upcomming recording" | tee -a "$LOGFILE"
            echo "$OUTPUT"
            NEXTRECORD=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | xpath -q -e "/currentload/recordings[1]/recording/next/text()")
            echo Next recording starts in "$NEXTRECORD" minutes | tee -a "$LOGFILE"
            if [ "$TIMEBEFORENEXTRECORDINMINUTES" -gt "$NEXTRECORD" ]; then
                echo "Tvheadend will start to record in short time" | tee -a "$LOGFILE"
                return 0
            fi
        fi
        
        # check if tvheadend rcording serving some stream
        if echo "$OUTPUT" | grep "<subscriptions>" >/dev/null; then
            SUBS=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | xpath -q -e "/currentload/subscriptions/text()")
            if [ "$SUBS" -gt 1 ]; then
                echo "$SUBS subscriptions running" | tee -a "$LOGFILE"
                return 0
                elif [ "$SUBS" -eq 0 ]; then
                echo "No subscriptions" | tee -a "$LOGFILE"
            fi
        fi
    fi
    return 1
}

echo $(date && echo "Start polling") | tee -a "$LOGFILE"

while true
do
    if isHdmiPortConnected; then
        triggerHdmiConnectedActions
    fi
    
    duration=$SECONDS
    
    if isTvheadenRecordingActive; then
        SECONDS=0
    else
        echo "$(($duration / 60)) minutes and $(($duration % 60)) seconds elapsed since first poll." | tee -a "$LOGFILE"
        if [ "$duration" -gt "$WARNINGTIMEOUTINSECONDS" ]; then
            echo "Warning: HDMI connection timeout is about to occure!" | tee -a "$LOGFILE"
            if [ "$duration" -gt "$TIMEOUTINSECONDS" ]; then
                triggerTimeoutActions
            fi
        fi
    fi
    
    sleep $POLLINGDURATIONINSECONDS
done

Allow shutdown

Add this to /etc/sudoers

htpc ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/setwakeup.sh, /usr/sbin/pm-suspend

To lookhup how to create /usr/bin/setwakeup.sh see https://debianisttoll.blogspot.com/2021/06/send-to-sleep-and-wake-up-tvheadend.html

2021-07-18T03:40:00.001-07:00

Kodi keeps crashing when it is started without connected displays. Sometimes I want to startup my kodi setup for some other reasen and start using kodi later.... then kodi was already closed with some crash log file... :(

This script works arround by waiting to start kodi until some hdmi port is connected (modify the grep query to adapt to some other port name).

#!/bin/bash
# Some programs have issues when run without connected display. E.g. Kodi likes to crash when started without any display connected on my system.
# This script starts after some hdmi port is connected.
# Depends on xrandr.

WARNINGTIMEOUTINSECONDS=840
TIMEOUTINSECONDS=900
POLLINGDURATIONINSECONDS=5
LOGFILE="$HOME/waitTillHdmiConnected.log"

#set start conditions
SECONDS=0

triggerTimeoutActions(){
    echo "Shuting down" | tee -a "$LOGFILE"
    echo $(date && echo "shutting realy down") | tee -a "$LOGFILE"
    # e.g. shutdown the system
    #sudo shutdown +1 | tee -a "$LOGFILE"
    exit
}

triggerHdmiConnectedActions(){
    # e.g. set some overscan hack
    #xrandr --output HDMI-3 --transform 1.05,0,-34,0,1.05,-20,0,0,1
    # e.g. start kodi
    #kodi &
    exit
}

echo $(date && echo "Start polling") | tee -a "$LOGFILE"

while [ 1 ]
do
    if xrandr 2> /dev/null | grep -q 'HDMI-[0-9] connected'; then
        echo "HDMI connected" | tee -a "$LOGFILE"
        triggerHdmiConnectedActions
    else
        echo "HDMI not connected waiting $POLLINGDURATIONINSECONDS seconds" | tee -a "$LOGFILE"
        duration=$SECONDS
        #calc if timeout ocured -> shutdown
        echo "$(($duration / 60)) minutes and $(($duration % 60)) seconds elapsed since first poll." | tee -a "$LOGFILE"
        if [ "$duration" -gt "$WARNINGTIMEOUTINSECONDS" ]; then
            echo "Warning: HDMI connection timout is about to occure!" | tee -a "$LOGFILE"
            if [ "$duration" -gt "$TIMEOUTINSECONDS" ]; then
                triggerTimeoutActions
            fi
        fi
        sleep $POLLINGDURATIONINSECONDS
    fi
done

Send to sleep and wake up - Tvheadend / Kodi Setup

2021-06-20T09:13:00.006-07:00

Shutdown and timed startup automation saves your setup from running 24/7.

Configure Kodi

setwakeup.sh

#!/bin/sh
#$1 is the first argument to the script. It is the time in seconds since 1970
#this is defined in mythtv-setup with the time_t argument

#this clears your alarm.
echo 0 > /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm      
#this writes your alarm
echo $1 > /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/wakealarm     

set script to be executable

sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/setwakeup.sh

Reference

https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=155128

Tvheadend / sisi2168 / Hauppauge WinTV-dualHD / tuner setup linux

2021-03-20T07:22:00.003-07:00

sisi2168 firmware install

Place these two files to /lib/firmware and tv tuner will start to work

dvb-demod-si2168-b40-01.fw

dvb-demod-si2168-02.fw

Details https://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-dualHD

Download firmware from https://github.com/OpenELEC/dvb-firmware/tree/master/firmware

wget https://github.com/OpenELEC/dvb-firmware/raw/master/firmware/dvb-demod-si2168-b40-01.fw
sudo mv dvb-demod-si2168-b40-01.fw /lib/firmware/
wget https://github.com/OpenELEC/dvb-firmware/raw/master/firmware/dvb-demod-si2168-02.fw
sudo mv dvb-demod-si2168-02.fw /lib/firmware/

Trouble Shooting

```bash
tail -f /var/log/{messages,kernel,dmesg,syslog}
```

```bash example output
Oct 4 11:21:09 nextcloudpi tvheadend[464]: dvr: "Die Reise zum Mittelpunkt der Erde" on "ORF 1" recorder starting
Oct 4 11:21:09 nextcloudpi tvheadend[464]: dvr: About to set stop timer for "Die Reise zum Mittelpunkt der Erde" on "ORF 1" at start 1601806899 and original stop 1601812066 and overall stop at 1601812066
Oct 4 11:21:09 nextcloudpi tvheadend[464]: mpegts: 498MHz in DVB-T2 Network - tuning on Silicon Labs Si2168 #0 : DVB-T #0
Oct 4 11:21:09 nextcloudpi tvheadend[464]: subscription: 00F8: "DVR: Die Reise zum Mittelpunkt der Erde" subscribing on channel "ORF 1", weight: 300, adapter: "Silicon Labs Si2168 #0 : DVB-T #0", network: "DVB-T2 Network", mux: "498MHz", provider: "ORF", service: "ORF1", profile="pass"
Oct 4 11:21:39 nextcloudpi tvheadend[464]: dvr: /home/hts/Die Reise zum Mittelpunkt der Erde.ts from adapter: "Silicon Labs Si2168 #0 : DVB-T #0", network: "DVB-T2 Network", mux: "498MHz", provider: "ORF", service: "ORF1"
Oct 4 11:21:39 nextcloudpi tvheadend[464]: dvr: # type              lang resolution aspect ratio sample rate channels
Oct 4 11:21:39 nextcloudpi tvheadend[464]: dvr: 1 TELETEXT
Oct 4 11:21:39 nextcloudpi tvheadend[464]: dvr: 2 H264                    720x576     ?
Oct 4 11:21:39 nextcloudpi tvheadend[464]: dvr: 3 EAC3              ger                             ?            ?
```

TvHeadend Snap Package

Seems like Snap is the way to go on Ubuntu. A pitfall is, the need for manual authorization to access /dev/ in settings... enable it like this

Open DRM-Free Unencrypted DVB-T2 Tv and Radio in Austria

2021-03-20T06:50:00.010-07:00

Most things in Austria terestical TV got encrypted since DVB-T got shut down, but there are still three TV channels and three Radio Channels unencrypted. I had some hard time to find out how to get it working using linux... and non existing documentation of the sender did not help. Howerver... if you have use for detailed channel setup arround vienna, take a look:

Tvheadend seems to lack channel search support using DVB-T2, but puzzeling every value together works fine:

Mux A-WNB

Channel Frequency: 498000000

Bandwitdh: 8MHz

Constellation; QAM/16

Mux B2

Channel Frequency: 578000000

Bandwitdh: 8MHz

Constellation; QAM/16

Unstable Twin Tuner

I am using some twin tuner. That was not supported on older kernel version, but is now supported on current versions. Great? nope. The system/tvheadend gets unstable if two tuner are enabled running for weeks. After disabling one tuner, tvheadend runs reliable for months.

List of unencrypted streams

Example stream info tv channel

Surround sound

Too bad. While movies where sent with AC-3 5.1 when DVB-T was avaliabel in Austria, there is no unecrypted movie with 5.1 anymore. The only thing that is sent with 5.1. is the radio channel Ö1:

Sources

I cant remember where I got values for bandwith and constellation, but frequency can be looked up at ORS.

Channel frequencies https://www.ors.at/de/gateways/antenne/frequenzlisten/

Encryption state of channels MUX A und B (bundesweites DVB-T2) | RTR

Find duplicated files, delete duplicate files

2019-07-13T09:39:00.002-07:00

There are many many solutions to deduplicate files, some of them are listed here.

A working an intuitive solution is fdupes, avaliable in default repositories of ubuntu:

fdupes -r -d -N

-r recursive search
-d delete duplicates, preserve first
-N silent confirm questions

Howto recover files / Howto remove duplicate files

2018-11-18T07:07:00.000-08:00

My first micro (16gb) sd card died after years of work in a spare phone. Windows couldnt read it anymore and I had no device with a *real* os near but, at https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec I found everthing I needed. Worked flawless.

You will not recover your direcotry hirachy and some files get duplicated. So next step is to get rid of tem:

With the powershell one liner:

ls *.txt -recurse | get-filehash | group -property hash | where { $_.count -gt 1 } | % { $_.group | select -skip 1 } | del

you can drop every file got duplicated.

https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec
https://n3wjack.net/2015/04/06/find-and-delete-duplicate-files-with-just-powershell/
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16845674/removing-duplicate-files-with-powershell

Cleanup your windows machine

2018-01-25T13:16:00.001-08:00

still working:
Use these lines to get your windows system cleaned up a bit and free your disk from old temporary and backup files:

RD %temp%\ /S /Q
rd /s /q C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\Local\VSEQT\QTController
rd %windir%\temp\ /s /q
rd C:\TEMP\ /s /q
rd C:\Quarantine /s /q
rd "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Temp\" /s /q
del C:\Windows\Installer\.tmp
RD /S /Q "%SystemRoot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.0.3705\Temporary ASP.NET Files\"
RD /S /Q "%SystemRoot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\Temporary ASP.NET Files\"
RD /S /Q "%SystemRoot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET Files\"
RD /S /Q "%SystemRoot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.0\Temporary ASP.NET Files\"
RD /S /Q "%SystemRoot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5\Temporary ASP.NET Files\"
RD /S /Q "%SystemRoot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\"
RD /S /Q "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WebsiteCache\"
RD /S /Q "%userprofile%\Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Backup Files\"
RD /S /Q "%userprofile%\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Backup Files\"
RD /S /Q "%userprofile%\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Backup Files\"
RD /S /Q "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\assembly\dl3\"
RD /S /Q "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\ProjectAssemblies\"
RD /S /Q "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\ProjectAssemblies\"
RD /S /Q "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\ProjectAssemblies\"
RD /S /Q "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\11.0\ProjectAssemblies\"
RD /S /Q "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\12.0\ProjectAssemblies\"
RD /S /Q "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\13.0\ProjectAssemblies\"
RD /S /Q "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\14.0\ProjectAssemblies\"

rem based on http://wiki.winboard.org/index.php/Datentr%C3%A4gerbereinigung_automatisieren
rem use "cleanmgr /sageset:123" to configure cleanmgr
cleanmgr /sagerun:123
pause

Howto realy realy reset firefox without commandlin

2017-11-19T11:15:00.002-08:00

A friend sent me, this:

Firefox immediately fails on startup.
I don't have any idea what was going on, but the solution was to delete ~/.mozilla . Of course i was not near to the machine, so I had to give instructions how to fix this over the remote.
Next Problem: My friend got only basic skills.
Solution: Made a screencast how to fix it and sent it over.

If you also don't know what "delete ~/.mozilla" meens you can follow that instruction:

Howto create screencast: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ScreenCasts/ffmpeg

Visual Studio Code & Ubuntu 16.04

2017-08-06T20:29:00.000-07:00

curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | gpg --dearmor > microsoft.gpg
sudo mv microsoft.gpg /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/microsoft.gpg
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list'

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install code # or code-insiders

Sources:
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/linux

Ubuntu is still not able to do silent updates

2016-07-03T05:18:00.000-07:00

Ubuntu does not remove old kernel/initrd versions from boot out of box. This configuration causes your /boot to grow till there is no space left. Of course you can fix this by dropping to terminal:

#sudo apt autoremove

To fix that silently on every run of apt upgrade i changed /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades:

// Do automatic removal of new unused dependencies after the upgrade
// (equivalent to apt-get autoremove)
Unattended-Upgrade::Remove-Unused-Dependencies "true";

Source:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AutomaticSecurityUpdates

Custom errorpage chip.de

2014-06-25T14:59:00.002-07:00

Make FreeDownloadManager silent

2013-11-19T11:51:00.000-08:00

While downloading files is getting more and more comfortable with common browsers i still stick with the free downloadmanager because browser still miss the feature of resuming on connection errors. To get freedownloadmanager realy silent you have to activate following option (which i always forget where it has to be activated):

Custom error page 404 @ stackoverflow

2013-08-25T05:19:00.001-07:00

open7x0client - the last

2013-08-23T11:33:00.000-07:00

ClickOnce deployment is crapy!
too sad that ms dropped the setup projekt type. whatever...:

here is the latest and probably last version of my open7x0client.
Major updates:
MP4 target format - looks great on my android
MP4 Tags are now written (filled with EPG Infos from vdr.info)
Batch encoding of multiple selected recordings - aim and forget ;)
More guifeedback while indexing the box (still a hack)

download it from here:
http://seeland.biz/blog/m740/open7x0OneClickDeployment/publish.htm

Debian - Find diskeating directories

2013-06-01T14:39:00.000-07:00

the disk of my vps is running out of space i had no idea what was the cause

http://wiki.debian.org/FreeSpace gave me the hint to use ncdu. it was dead easy to find out a directory is using quite the half space i have in my vps.

ncdu is great! thanks to Yoran Heling.

by the way... the disk was filled by the podcatcher. i forgot podget which harvested some podcasts since 2010 ... i wrote about it http://debianisttoll.blogspot.com/2010/06/castget-podget-podcatcher-usable-with.html . podget is great.

Exclude mediafiles (pics, mp3, ...) from your stock player or galary - Samsung Galaxy *

2013-04-26T05:50:00.000-07:00

If use some apps which create mediafiles which appear after some time in
the mp3 player.... and just hitting play all stopped to make fun because
it also plays non-music-mp3s...

Solution - Exclude Directories from Media Scanner:
Create in every Directory which you want to exclude a file with the name
.nomedia . You can use something like es explorer to do that. or you can
use http://market.android.com/details?id=ch.droida.nomedia

after that you have to restart your phone to get your change recognized
by your system (media scan should run on startup)

in my case i had to clear the data of the application media storage:
Go to settings.
Click All Applications tab.
Click Media Storage.
Click Clear Data.
Click OK.

Google 404 Custom Errorpage

2013-04-22T13:42:00.001-07:00

pdf to dxf

2013-03-30T07:21:00.001-07:00

if you get a cad plan in pdf format you have a problem: Pdf can not be loaded in most cad programs.
I used pstoedit to solve this problem. Pstoedit is a free tool to convert pdfs to dxf.
What you have to do:

Install pstoedit
Install ghostscript
shot at your pdfs: pstoedit.exe <pdfSource> <dxfOutput> -f dxf

thanks to the author of pstoedit!

Here is the pstoedit.exe -help output:

No output format specified (-f option) and format could not be uniquely deduced from suffix .dxf of output file
Available formats :
    psf:            .fps:    Flattened PostScript (no curves)     (built-in)
-------------------------------------------
    ps:            .spsc:    Simplified PostScript with curves     (built-in)
-------------------------------------------
    debug:            .dbg:    for test purposes     (built-in)
-------------------------------------------
    dump:            .dbg:    for test purposes (same as debug)     (built-in)
-------------------------------------------
    gs:            .gs:    any device that GhostScript provides - use gs:format, e.g. gs:pdfwrite     (built-in)
-------------------------------------------
    ps2ai:            .ai:    Adobe Illustrator via ps2ai.ps of GhostScript     (built-in)
-------------------------------------------
    gmfa:            .meta:    ASCII GNU metafile     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\drvlplot.dll)
This driver supports the following additional options: (specify using -f "format:-option1 -option2")
[          plotformat    : string    : plotutil format to generate]
-------------------------------------------
    gmfb:            .meta:    binary GNU metafile     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\drvlplot.dll)
This driver supports the following additional options: (specify using -f "format:-option1 -option2")
[          plotformat    : string    : plotutil format to generate]
-------------------------------------------
    plot:            .plot:    GNU libplot output types, e.g. plot:type X     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\drvlplot.dll)
This driver supports the following additional options: (specify using -f "format:-option1 -option2")
[          plotformat    : string    : plotutil format to generate]
-------------------------------------------
    plot-cgm:        .cgm:    cgm via GNU libplot     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\drvlplot.dll)
This driver supports the following additional options: (specify using -f "format:-option1 -option2")
[          plotformat    : string    : plotutil format to generate]
-------------------------------------------
    plot-ai:        .ai:    ai   via GNU libplot     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\drvlplot.dll)
This driver supports the following additional options: (specify using -f "format:-option1 -option2")
[          plotformat    : string    : plotutil format to generate]
-------------------------------------------
    plot-svg:        .svg:    svg via GNU libplot     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\drvlplot.dll)
This driver supports the following additional options: (specify using -f "format:-option1 -option2")
[          plotformat    : string    : plotutil format to generate]
-------------------------------------------
    plot-ps:        .ps:    ps   via GNU libplot     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\drvlplot.dll)
This driver supports the following additional options: (specify using -f "format:-option1 -option2")
[          plotformat    : string    : plotutil format to generate]
-------------------------------------------
    plot-fig:        .fig:    fig via GNU libplot     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\drvlplot.dll)
This driver supports the following additional options: (specify using -f "format:-option1 -option2")
[          plotformat    : string    : plotutil format to generate]
-------------------------------------------
    plot-pcl:        .pcl:    pcl via GNU libplot     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\drvlplot.dll)
This driver supports the following additional options: (specify using -f "format:-option1 -option2")
[          plotformat    : string    : plotutil format to generate]
-------------------------------------------
    plot-hpgl:        .hpgl:    hpgl via GNU libplot     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\drvlplot.dll)
This driver supports the following additional options: (specify using -f "format:-option1 -option2")
[          plotformat    : string    : plotutil format to generate]
-------------------------------------------
    plot-tek:        .tek:    tek via GNU libplot     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\drvlplot.dll)
This driver supports the following additional options: (specify using -f "format:-option1 -option2")
[          plotformat    : string    : plotutil format to generate]
-------------------------------------------
    swf:            .swf:    SWF driver:     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\drvswf.dll)
This driver supports the following additional options: (specify using -f "format:-option1 -option2")
[              -cubic    : boolean    : cubic ???]
[              -trace    : boolean    : trace ???]
-------------------------------------------
    hpgl:            .hpgl:    HPGL code     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\stddrivers.dll)
This driver supports the following additional options: (specify using -f "format:-option1 -option2")
[         -penplotter    : boolean    : plotter is pen plotter (i.e. no support for specific line widths)]
[ -pencolorsfromfile    : boolean    : read pen colors from file drvhpgl.pencolors in pstoedit data directory]
[          -pencolors    : integer    : maximum number of pen colors to be used by pstoedit (default 0) - ]
[           -filltype    : string    : select fill type e.g. FT 1]
[              -hpgl2    : boolean    : Use HPGL/2 instead of HPGL/1]
[              -rot90    : boolean    : rotate hpgl by 90 degrees]
[             -rot180    : boolean    : rotate hpgl by 180 degrees]
[             -rot270    : boolean    : rotate hpgl by 270 degrees]
-------------------------------------------
    pcl:            .pcl:    PCL code     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\stddrivers.dll)
This driver supports the following additional options: (specify using -f "format:-option1 -option2")
[         -penplotter    : boolean    : plotter is pen plotter (i.e. no support for specific line widths)]
[ -pencolorsfromfile    : boolean    : read pen colors from file drvhpgl.pencolors in pstoedit data directory]
[          -pencolors    : integer    : maximum number of pen colors to be used by pstoedit (default 0) - ]
[           -filltype    : string    : select fill type e.g. FT 1]
[              -hpgl2    : boolean    : Use HPGL/2 instead of HPGL/1]
[              -rot90    : boolean    : rotate hpgl by 90 degrees]
[             -rot180    : boolean    : rotate hpgl by 180 degrees]
[             -rot270    : boolean    : rotate hpgl by 270 degrees]
-------------------------------------------
    pic:            .pic:    PIC format for troff et.al.     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\stddrivers.dll)
This driver supports the following additional options: (specify using -f "format:-option1 -option2")
[              -troff    : boolean    : troff mode (default is groff)]
[          -landscape    : boolean    : landscape output]
[           -portrait    : boolean    : portrait output]
[           -keepfont    : boolean    : print unrecognized literally]
[               -text    : boolean    : try not to make pictures from running text]
[              -debug    : boolean    : enable debug output]
-------------------------------------------
    asy:            .asy:    Asymptote Format     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\stddrivers.dll)
-------------------------------------------
    cairo:            .c:    cairo driver     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\stddrivers.dll)
This driver supports the following additional options: (specify using -f "format:-option1 -option2")
[              -pango    : boolean    : use pango for font rendering]
[           -funcname    : string    : sets the base name for the generated functions and variables. e.g. myfig]
[             -header    : string    : sets the output file name for the generated C header file. e.g. myfig.h]
-------------------------------------------
    cfdg:            .cfdg:    Context Free Design Grammar     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\stddrivers.dll)
-------------------------------------------
    dxf:            .dxf:    CAD exchange format     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\stddrivers.dll)
This driver supports the following additional options: (specify using -f "format:-option1 -option2")
[        -polyaslines    : boolean    : use LINE instead of POLYLINE in DXF]
[                 -mm    : boolean    : use mm coordinates instead of points in DXF (mm=pt/72*25.4)]
[                -ctl    : boolean    : map colors to layers]
[   -splineaspolyline    : boolean    : approximate splines with PolyLines (only for -f dxf_s)]
[       -splineasnurb    : boolean    : experimental (only for -f dxf_s)]
[    -splineasbspline    : boolean    : experimental (only for -f dxf_s)]
[-splineassinglespline    : boolean    : experimental (only for -f dxf_s)]
[-splineasmultispline    : boolean    : experimental (only for -f dxf_s)]
[     -splineasbezier    : boolean    : use Bezier splines in DXF format (only for -f dxf_s)]
[    -splineprecision    : integer    : number of samples to take from spline curve when doing approximation with -splineaspolyline or -splineasmultispline - should be >=2 (default 5)]
[     -dumplayernames    : boolean    : dump all layer names found to standard output]
[             -layers    : string    : layers to be shown (comma separated list of layer names, no space)]
[        -layerfilter    : string    : layers to be hidden (comma separated list of layer names, no space)]
-------------------------------------------
    dxf_s:            .dxf:    CAD exchange format with splines     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\stddrivers.dll)
This driver supports the following additional options: (specify using -f "format:-option1 -option2")
[        -polyaslines    : boolean    : use LINE instead of POLYLINE in DXF]
[                 -mm    : boolean    : use mm coordinates instead of points in DXF (mm=pt/72*25.4)]
[                -ctl    : boolean    : map colors to layers]
[   -splineaspolyline    : boolean    : approximate splines with PolyLines (only for -f dxf_s)]
[       -splineasnurb    : boolean    : experimental (only for -f dxf_s)]
[    -splineasbspline    : boolean    : experimental (only for -f dxf_s)]
[-splineassinglespline    : boolean    : experimental (only for -f dxf_s)]
[-splineasmultispline    : boolean    : experimental (only for -f dxf_s)]
[     -splineasbezier    : boolean    : use Bezier splines in DXF format (only for -f dxf_s)]
[    -splineprecision    : integer    : number of samples to take from spline curve when doing approximation with -splineaspolyline or -splineasmultispline - should be >=2 (default 5)]
[     -dumplayernames    : boolean    : dump all layer names found to standard output]
[             -layers    : string    : layers to be shown (comma separated list of layer names, no space)]
[        -layerfilter    : string    : layers to be hidden (comma separated list of layer names, no space)]
-------------------------------------------
    fig:            .fig:    .fig format for xfig     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\stddrivers.dll)
This driver supports the following additional options: (specify using -f "format:-option1 -option2")
[         -startdepth    : integer    : Set the initial depth (default 999)]
[             -metric    : boolean    : Switch to centimeter display (default inches)]
[ -usecorrectfontsize    : boolean    : don't scale fonts for xfig. Use this if you also use this option with xfig]
[              -depth    : integer    : Set the page depth in inches (default 11)]
-------------------------------------------
    xfig:            .fig:    .fig format for xfig     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\stddrivers.dll)
This driver supports the following additional options: (specify using -f "format:-option1 -option2")
[         -startdepth    : integer    : Set the initial depth (default 999)]
[             -metric    : boolean    : Switch to centimeter display (default inches)]
[ -usecorrectfontsize    : boolean    : don't scale fonts for xfig. Use this if you also use this option with xfig]
[              -depth    : integer    : Set the page depth in inches (default 11)]
-------------------------------------------
    tfig:            .fig:    .fig format for xfig     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\stddrivers.dll)
This driver supports the following additional options: (specify using -f "format:-option1 -option2")
[         -startdepth    : integer    : Set the initial depth (default 999)]
[             -metric    : boolean    : Switch to centimeter display (default inches)]
[ -usecorrectfontsize    : boolean    : don't scale fonts for xfig. Use this if you also use this option with xfig]
[              -depth    : integer    : Set the page depth in inches (default 11)]
-------------------------------------------
    gcode:            .gcode:    emc2 gcode format     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\stddrivers.dll)
-------------------------------------------
    gnuplot:        .gnuplot:    gnuplot format     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\stddrivers.dll)
-------------------------------------------
    gschem:            .gschem:    gschem format     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\stddrivers.dll)
-------------------------------------------
    idraw:            .idraw:    Interviews draw format (EPS)     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\stddrivers.dll)
-------------------------------------------
    java1:            .java:    java 1 applet source code     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\stddrivers.dll)
This driver supports the following additional options: (specify using -f "format:-option1 -option2")
[     java class name    : string    : name of java class to generate]
-------------------------------------------
    java2:            .java2:    java 2 source code     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\stddrivers.dll)
This driver supports the following additional options: (specify using -f "format:-option1 -option2")
[     java class name    : string    : name of java class to generate]
-------------------------------------------
    kil:            .kil:    .kil format for Kontour     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\stddrivers.dll)
-------------------------------------------
    latex2e:        .tex:    LaTeX2e picture format     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\stddrivers.dll)
This driver supports the following additional options: (specify using -f "format:-option1 -option2")
[           -integers    : boolean    : round all coordinates to the nearest integer]
-------------------------------------------
    lwo:            .lwo:    LightWave 3D Object Format     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\stddrivers.dll)
-------------------------------------------
    mma:            .m:    Mathematica Graphics     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\stddrivers.dll)
This driver supports the following additional options: (specify using -f "format:-option1 -option2")
[        -eofillfills    : boolean    : Filling is used for eofill (default is not to fill)]
-------------------------------------------
    mpost:            .mp:    MetaPost Format     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\stddrivers.dll)
-------------------------------------------
    noixml:            .xml:    Nemetschek NOI XML format     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\stddrivers.dll)
This driver supports the following additional options: (specify using -f "format:-option1 -option2")
[                  -r    : string    : Allplan resource file]
[                -bsl    : integer    : Bezier Split Level (default 3)]
-------------------------------------------
    pcbi:            .dat:    engrave data - insulate/PCB format     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\stddrivers.dll)
-------------------------------------------
    pcb:            .pcb:    pcb format     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\stddrivers.dll)
This driver supports the following additional options: (specify using -f "format:-option1 -option2")
[               -grid    : double    : attempt to snap relevant output to grid (mils) and put failed objects to a different layer]
[           -snapdist    : double    : grid snap distance ratio (0 < snapdist <= 0.5, default 0.1)]
[            -tshiftx    : double    : additional x shift measured in target units (mils)]
[            -tshifty    : double    : additional y shift measured in target units (mils)]
[               -grid    : double    : attempt to snap relevant output to grid (mils) and put failed objects to a different layer]
[                 -mm    : boolean    : Switch to metric units (mm)]
[           -stdnames    : boolean    : use standard layer names instead of descriptive names]
[          -forcepoly    : boolean    : force all objects to be interpreted as polygons]
-------------------------------------------
    pcbfill:        .pcbfill:    pcb format with fills     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\stddrivers.dll)
-------------------------------------------
    pdf:            .pdf:    Adobe's Portable Document Format     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\stddrivers.dll)
-------------------------------------------
    rib:            .rib:    RenderMan Interface Bytestream     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\stddrivers.dll)
-------------------------------------------
    rpl:            .rpl:    Real3D Programming Language Format     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\stddrivers.dll)
-------------------------------------------
    sample:            .sam:    sample driver: if you don't want to see this, uncomment the corresponding line in makefile and make again     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\stddrivers.dll)
This driver supports the following additional options: (specify using -f "format:-option1 -option2")
[       -sampleoption    : integer    : just an example]
-------------------------------------------
    sk:            .sk:    Sketch Format     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\stddrivers.dll)
-------------------------------------------
    svm:            .svm:    StarView/OpenOffice.org metafile     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\stddrivers.dll)
This driver supports the following additional options: (specify using -f "format:-option1 -option2")
[                  -m    : boolean    : map to Arial]
[                 -nf    : boolean    : emulate narrow fonts]
-------------------------------------------
    text:            .txt:    text in different forms     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\stddrivers.dll)
This driver supports the following additional options: (specify using -f "format:-option1 -option2")
[             -height    : integer    : page height in terms of characters]
[              -width    : integer    : page width in terms of characters]
[               -dump    : boolean    : dump text pieces]
-------------------------------------------
    tgif:            .obj:    Tgif .obj format     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\stddrivers.dll)
This driver supports the following additional options: (specify using -f "format:-option1 -option2")
[                 -ta    : boolean    : text as attribute]
-------------------------------------------
    tk:            .tk:    tk and/or tk applet source code     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\stddrivers.dll)
This driver supports the following additional options: (specify using -f "format:-option1 -option2")
[                  -R    : boolean    : swap HW]
[                  -I    : boolean    : no impress]
[                  -n    : string    : tagnames]
-------------------------------------------
    vtk:            .vtk:    VTK driver: if you don't want to see this, uncomment the corresponding line in makefile and make again     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\stddrivers.dll)
This driver supports the following additional options: (specify using -f "format:-option1 -option2")
[         -VTKeoption    : integer    : just an example]
-------------------------------------------
    wmf:            .wmf:    Windows metafile     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\stddrivers.dll)
This driver supports the following additional options: (specify using -f "format:-option1 -option2")
[                  -m    : boolean    : map to Arial]
[                 -nf    : boolean    : emulate narrow fonts]
[             -drawbb    : boolean    : draw bounding box]
[                  -p    : boolean    : prune line ends]
[                -nfw    : boolean    : not for Windows (meaningful under *nix only)]
[              -winbb    : boolean    : let the Windows API calculate the Bounding Box (Windows only)]
[                 -OO    : boolean    : generate OpenOffice compatible EMF file]
-------------------------------------------
    emf:            .emf:    Enhanced Windows metafile     (C:\Program Files\pstoedit\stddrivers.dll)
This driver supports the following additional options: (specify using -f "format:-option1 -option2")
[                  -m    : boolean    : map to Arial]
[                 -nf    : boolean    : emulate narrow fonts]
[             -drawbb    : boolean    : draw bounding box]
[                  -p    : boolean    : prune line ends]
[                -nfw    : boolean    : not for Windows (meaningful under *nix only)]
[              -winbb    : boolean    : let the Windows API calculate the Bounding Box (Windows only)]
[                 -OO    : boolean    : generate OpenOffice compatible EMF file]
-------------------------------------------

Create Mp4 with C#

2013-03-12T15:19:00.001-07:00

I found a way to encode to mp4 and h264 with mencodersharp.
Videoparameter: -vf dsize=16/9,scale=-10:-1,harddup -of lavf -lavfopts format=mp4 -ovc x264 -sws 9 -x264encopts nocabac:level_idc=30:bframes=0:bitrate=512:threads=auto:turbo=1:global_header:threads=auto
Audioparameter: -oac faac -faacopts mpeg=4:object=2:raw:br=128
This worked with an mpeg2ps stream as source.

See http://code.google.com/p/mencoder-sharp for mencodersharp

Error TF254027: TFS Install and Language Restrictions in SQL Server (Express)

2013-02-11T15:12:00.001-08:00

German windows 7 + German TFS 2012 Express setup = German Errormessage
(Error TF254027: TFS Install and Language Restrictions in SQL Server
(Express))
English Windows 7 + English TFS 2012 Express setup = Success
German Windows 7 + English TFS 2012 Express setup = Success

WTF ?

read:
http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?from=&to=en&a=http%3A%2F%2Fsocial.msdn.microsoft.com%2FForums%2Fes-ES%2Fvcses%2Fthread%2F6659406c-3fc5-4ddf-9904-ecbff723fc5b%2F

or read:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudioalm/archive/2012/10/23/tfs-install-and-language-restrictions-in-sql-server-express.aspx

i did not read and burned some time by setting up from cratch :|

Visual Studio Extensions in VS 2012

2013-02-10T09:27:00.001-08:00

Free Extensions i use freqently:

AnkSVN
    is a SVN Client integrated in the solutionbrowser
GhostDoc
    Is a tool which creates commentstubs
SHFB
    Toolset to to create helpfiles of your code by pulling your coments
Visual Achivments
    socialices your programming
Wix Toolset
    ... most promising setupproject replacement (VS 2012 kicked the Setupproject)