How to fix a corrupt MP4 file from OBS with Untrunc
When an MP4 file is recording and something untoward happens, the file isn’t closed correctly and as such is not readable by your computer. It’s unfortunate when this happens, and many will tell you the issues are not fixable. Thankfully I’ve found a tool that can make it happen: it’s called Untrunc and the source code is available from here. I’ve tried it out on Fedora and it worked great. I’m sure this can be compiled on Windows too, but I have no idea how to do that. Here’s how it worked for me on...
read moreJetpack Social is now a separate plugin – with overpriced premium options
Last month I was surprised by a message that popped up when I posted an article: “You have no shares remaining – please upgrade your Jetpack plan”. Well that was… unexpected! Jetpack are now asking $10 a month for the privilege of lifting those limits, but that doesn’t get you every service they have to offer. For that, you’ll have to pay upwards of $50 LOL It’s quite the story, let me tell you what I’ve found out! Jetpack was always available as a free service, with the option for us to throw...
read moreHow to permanently delete a game from your Steam Library
Did you ever want to get rid of a game from your Steam Library? Something that sucks so bad or reminds your of that terrible impulse purchase/key redemption? Well there is a way, and it’s irreversible. Let me show you how to do it. Open Steam (Desktop version) and head to your Library. Find that offensive game in question and click on Support. Select the bottom option from the dialogue that reads “I want to permanently remove this game from my account”. You’ll get one last option to duck out of this and request a...
read moreHow to play Playstation 5 games when your internet is down
Yesterday my main internet went down. It was towards the end of the day, I was ready for a break from Unreal Engine hacking and thought a round of PS5 gaming was in order. It would be a perfect opportunity to see how the console copes when the ubiquitous internet isn’t available. Turns out none of my games were working without internet! I had expected offline mode to work seamlessly, but as it turns out it’s not such an easy or intuitive feat to achieve, so in this article I’ll show you how to use your Playstation 5 without...
read moreHow to add a default Media Link to your images in WordPress
It’s been bugging me ever since Gutenberg Blocks were introduced: how do I tell WordPress to always make my images clickable, so that readers can see a larger version by default? While I can set this manually, I have to do this for every image I post, which is ever so slightly mind numbing. Thankfully there’s an easy solution as of WordPress 5.6, and it seems to work well from what I can tell after early testing. We’ll hook into the after_setup_theme hook and make it happen like this: add_action( 'after_setup_theme',...
read moreCreating your own data types with structs in C++
I’ve known about structs for many years through libraries, yet it has never occurred to me to create my own. They can really come in handy, and before I forget how they work, I thought I’d make a note about them. Structs in C are data types that can hold values, and they’re great to keep properties of related data together. Say I had an object on which I’d like to track a size and a value. Here’s how I can create it as a struct. This happens outside a method or function declaration. // create a struct struct...
read moreCreating your own data types with structs in C++
I’ve known about structs for many years through libraries, yet it has never occurred to me to create my own. They can really come in handy, and before I forget how they work, I thought I’d make a note about them. Structs in C are data types that can hold values, and they’re great to keep properties of related data together. Say I had an object on which I’d like to track a size and a value. Here’s how I can create it as a struct. This happens outside a method or function declaration. // create a struct struct...
read moreHow to find your CPU details via the Command Line in Windows, macOS and Linux
I work across so many systems that I frequently forget what types of CPUs I’m dealing with. I keep forgetting the commands necessary to retrieve this information, so here’s a quick cheat sheet with commands. Windows We can use the wmic command in a regular Windows Terminal (cmd). It’s slated to be retired in the near future, but works great on Windows 10 and 11 at the time of writing. wmic can take several parameters, the simplest of which looks like this: wmic cpu get name Name Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2670 v3 @ 2.30GHz...
read moreHow to find your Twitch Subscribers in 2023
Twitch have this annoying habit of moving things around every couple of weeks. This just happened with the downloadable list of Twitch Subscribers on your channel. Here’s where the option is hiding as of January 2023 (this might be outdated by the time you read this, which case please let me know below so I can keep this article updated). Head over to your Dashboard and expand the Analytics section. Select Earnings under Revenue. The interface has changed, but there’s a box of your current subs and tiers. Select View Details. On...
read moreHow to change the root Password on your Steam Deck
The Steam Deck runs SteamOS, which is a fork of Arch Linux. On the latter, the default root password is root, while on SteamOS it isn’t set. The same goes for the default Steam Deck user (deck), which also doesn’t have a password. We can however change either by using the passwd command. I keep forgetting that, so I thought I’d share with you how to do that. switch Steam Deck into Desktop Mode (right Steam button – Power – Switch to Desktop) open Konsole (click the Steam logo at the bottom left, then navigate to...
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