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How to find your mac address / How to get your mac address into a variable using a batch file or the command line in Windows XP

 Computing, HowTo, Windows  1 Response »
Jan 242011
 

In a batch file :

for /f “tokens=3 delims=,” %%a in (‘”getmac /v /fo csv | findstr Local”‘) do set mac=%%a

Value of mac address is now accessible in %mac%

From the normal command line:

for /f “tokens=3 delims=,” %a in (‘”getmac /v /fo csv | findstr Local”‘) do set mac=%a

Value of mac address is now accessible in %mac%

Note the single ‘%’ when used from the command line instead of double ‘%’ when used in a batch file as above. the getmac utility ships with windows XP so the above script should be good to go. I’ve tried and can confirm this works on XP SP3.

The above scripts are modified from here.

How to convert .MTS files to .AVI in Ubuntu using ffmpeg

 Computing, HowTo, Linux, Ubuntu  3 Responses »
Nov 222010
 

Just a quick post. If you want to bulk convert .MTS files (from JVC or Sony HD camcorders) then you can use the below script:

You’ll need csh and ffmpeg installed:

sudo apt-get install csh ffmpeg

Make a new file called convert (I use joe but you can use nano or whatever you prefer)

joe convert

Copy and paste the below:

#!/bin/csh
# For NTSC change -fps 50 tp -fps 60000/1001 below
foreach f ($*)
ffmpeg -i $f -threads 4 -deinterlace -f avi  -r 25 -vcodec libxvid -vtag XVID  -s 1920×1080  -aspect 16:9 -maxrate 1800k -b 1500k -qmin 3 -qmax 5 -bufsize 4096 -mbd 2 -bf 2 -flags +4mv -trellis -aic -cmp 2 -subcmp 2 -g 300 -acodec libmp3lame -ar 48000 -ab 128k -ac 2 -o ${f:r}.avi
end
Make the file executable:
chmod +x convert
Convert your .MTS files:
./convert *.MTS
Done!

CAP

 CAP, Work  No Responses »
Nov 112008
 

I’m in the throws of writing a little two part application for work that allows users to see what computers are avaiable for work and allows us, the administrators to see who is and more importantly who was logged on when and where.

The technical details of proposed implementation can be found here.

The client will be written in Java and the server (display) in php.

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