Various convenience scripts created by ME Groenewegen
N.B.: several media scripts rely on ffmpeg. Don't let Ubuntu warnings mislead you: ffmpeg is not dead. Feel free to modify the scripts for using avconv or install ffmpeg from http://ffmpeg.org
Miscellaneous
calc find_prune latest
dmesg_readable_timestamps metab change all TAB characters to 2 spaces
Very useful for making program code created by
TAB-hungry programmers readable.
spaces2underscores.sh convert all spaces in all filenames to _
tolowercase convert all filenames to lowercase
wman opens man page in a separate window
retype change all file extensions
sumcolumn add numbers in a csv file
metric_conversions convert metric to/from imperial units to_celcius convert metric to/from imperial units to_cm convert metric to/from imperial units to_fahrenheit convert metric to/from imperial units to_inches convert metric to/from imperial units ## Audio/music ##
make_sfz create SFZ sample file (something like sf2 but useful)
aac2wav aac2mp3 flac2mp3
cdminutes calculate rough indication of minutes of WAV files
flvstrip keep only the audio of an flv file mp4strip keep only the audio of an mp4 file webmstrip keep only the audio of a webm file ## Video ##
moviecut uses ffmpeg to cut a piece out of a video file
get_framerate reads the video frame rate from a video file
edlplayer shell around mplayer to create a file with EDL markers
edlextract use EDL markers to extract fragments from a video file
pdfgrep pdfmerge pdfsplit
txt2pdf convert plain text files to PDF (needs a2ps)
# image manipulation scripts that work on an entire folder #
# These need ImageMagick #
# See individual scripts for more info. #
pictbrighten pictconvert
pictcrop
pictmodulate
pictrename
pictresize pictupright
png2jpg make_thumbnails make_index Make HTML index with thumbnails linking to pictures