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Answer A: ffmpeg script outputs video with unexpected resolution and frame rate despite scaling and fps filtering
This script applies filters dynamically based on the video's dimensions and frame rate. The audio handling is more sophisticated, checking and adjusting the bitrate separately. It's more flexible in codec selection, only converting when truly necessary. It uses glob patterns for file matching, potent...
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Question ffmpeg script outputs video with unexpected resolution and frame rate despite scaling and fps filtering
I'm having trouble with an ffmpeg script that's supposed to convert videos to a specific resolution and frame rate, but the output video has unexpected dimensions and frame rate. Here's my script and the issue: ```bash #!/usr/bin/env bash Constants MAXRESOLUTION=540 MAXFPS=15 MAXBITRATE="50...
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Edit Post #291265 Initial revision 8 months ago
Question How to write a bash function to sanitize filenames for Linux and Windows
I'm trying to write a bash function that can sanitize filenames to make them compatible with both Linux and Windows file systems. The function should perform the following operations: 1. Replace invalid characters with similar valid ones (e.g., replace `` or `+` with `-` or ``, `?` with `Âż`, etc)....
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Question Command to format code from repo into single markdown file
I'm trying to flatten a repository of Python code into a Markdown file where each file is formatted like: `relative/path/to/file1.py` ```python contents of file1.py ``` I'm using this command: ```bash find . -name ".py" -print0 | while read -d $'\0' file; do echo "`" echo "$file" ...
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Question How to implement automatic text-to-link conversion in TypeScript?
I'm trying to create an automatic text-to-link conversion feature in a TypeScript application. The desired workflow is: 1. Copy a URL to the clipboard 2. Select some text 3. Paste the URL - this should convert the selected text into a link pointing to the pasted URL For example: ``` Sele...
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Question How to resolve the mypy error "Returning Any from function declared to return 'Dict[str, Any]'" in Python?
I have a function that loads JSON data and is declared to return a dictionary with string keys and values of any type (Dict[str, Any]). However, mypy is raising an error stating that I am returning Any instead of a dictionary. I found a suggestion to create a new variable and assign the result of jso...
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Question Program freezing in `post_comments_to_lemmy` function due to potential infinite loop
I'm experiencing an issue where my program appears to freeze when executing the `postcommentstolemmy` function. This function fetches comments from the GitHub API and posts them to a Lemmy instance. However, it seems that there might be a potential infinite loop within the function that causes the pr...
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Question Closed Question Too Generic, Reason Unhelpful
The reason for closing the question as too generic was that it contained multiple questions, had many possible indistinguishable correct answers, or required extraordinarily long answers. However, this reason does not provide any guidance on how to improve the question. If questions of this natur...
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Comment Post #287586 Can the module be split in the same file like this? #[cfg(test)] mod tests { use super::*; #[test] fn test_function_1() { // test code for function 1 goes here } } #[cfg(test)] mod tests { use super::*; #[test] fn test_function_2() { /...
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Question What is the purpose of grouping the tests in a `tests` module and is it possible to split them?
What is the purpose of grouping the tests in a `tests` module like this ``` #[cfg(test)] mod tests { use super::; #[test] fn testfunction1() { // test code for function 1 goes here } #[test] fn testfunction2() { // test code for function 2 goes...
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Edit Post #287574 Initial revision about 2 years ago
Question Can I repost here the answers to questions I get answered elsewhere?
I've thought that since I sometimes ask questions on chats and they are like black holes for information, whenever I get an answer I should post the question and answer here so that other people have more chances of finding an answer to the same question. Would that be fine? And what about simple ...
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