The small linux problem thread

marasm · July 4, 2018, 7:38pm

Unfortunately I tried that and my home folder is still locked up. Currently on vacation and just got my laptop out and all I get is the loading cursor when navigating to my home folder. It’s been several minutes and hasn’t failed yet.

MisteryAngel · July 4, 2018, 9:30pm

Recent Ubuntu mate update gave me some issues wenn loading the desktop.

sanfordvdev · July 5, 2018, 2:44am

What issues?

MisteryAngel · July 6, 2018, 12:58pm

recent kernel update 4.15.0-24 slow boot times trowing an error relate to the ICE authority file.

Grim_Reaper · July 6, 2018, 7:38pm

Does anyone know how to use the youtube-dl script to extract audio from the the video file?

I typed this into terminal.
youtube-dl --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 <video URL>

and I get the following error.

audio conversion failed: file: Game of Thrones 6 OST - Light of the seven.mp3: invalid argument.

ffmpeg is installed. youtube-dl is up to date.

oO.o · July 6, 2018, 7:48pm

Need quotes somewhere maybe?

Grim_Reaper · July 6, 2018, 7:50pm

I got that command from here. https://askubuntu.com/questions/178481/how-to-download-an-mp3-track-from-a-youtube-video

i dont see any quotes.

oO.o · July 6, 2018, 7:57pm

Try putting the youtube url in single quotes

Grim_Reaper · July 6, 2018, 8:15pm

no. invalid argument again.

oO.o · July 6, 2018, 8:24pm

Maybe something here will help

github.com

rst0git/youtube-dl-mp3/blob/master/youtube-dl-mp3

#!/bin/bash

# Check if xclip is installed and no argument are passed
if [ -x "$(command -v xclip)" ] && [ "$#" -eq 0 ] ; then
	youtube-dl --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 --ignore-errors -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" "$(xclip -o)"
else
	youtube-dl --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 --ignore-errors -o "%(title)s.%(ext)s" "$@"
fi

Grim_Reaper · July 6, 2018, 8:48pm

Now I get an error saying Cannot download video and extract audio into the same file. Use url.%(ext)s instead as an output template.

So I run the command again with that extension and now I get:
Syntax error near unexpected token '('

oO.o · July 6, 2018, 9:02pm

To me it seems like some shell expansion or white space or something is causing problems in the URL, but I could be wrong.

Trooper_ish · July 6, 2018, 9:04pm

just as a base line, how about something like:

youtube-dl --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw4yNGoyR8E

As like a baseline test?
In case the url is the issue?

nx2l · July 7, 2018, 12:02am

I am a noob with OBS… need help to know what to google to find the answer to the following.

I have a cam link that is getting video & audio.

I have the audio and video working when I record ( confirmed by test recording and then watching it afterward)
… but I would like to have the audio duplicated from the cam link (input) over the speakers while its recording too. (so i can listen)

Dje4321 · July 7, 2018, 12:50am

open vlc and view the stream from the cam?

nx2l · July 7, 2018, 12:56am

having two programs trying to use the same hardware wouldnt cause a conflict?

Dje4321 · July 7, 2018, 12:59am

Dont think they should. It should be a readonly stream so no writing should be happening

nx2l · July 7, 2018, 1:04am

Thanks i’ll give it a try

thecolorjay · July 7, 2018, 11:54am

I have this weird issue where if I install the proprietary video drivers on Lubuntu, everything becomes extremely tiny. I’m using the now open-source, nvidia-driver-396.

nx2l · July 7, 2018, 3:10pm

Threw error. Wouldn’t work