>Install Audacity
>Configure for desktop audio capture
>IT WORKS
>Oops! I pressed a macro-key accidentally and something got changed
>Now audacity is "paused" while recording
>Won't start recording until it detects audio, stops once audio does
>I want it to record blank space too
>WTF? Check settings, can't find anything
>Uninstall, clean appdata folders, re-install
>Persistent issue
>Search online
>All results are basically "check the setting you already checked"
What the fuck do I do now? It's not the "sound activated recording" option.
I checked the users/documents folders and there wasn't anything there, all the search results for the config location lead me back to the appdata/roaming folders which I've already deleted.

Deleted from
>Program files
>Users
>Documents
>Appdata local and roaming
Not sure where else to look.

I've been looking into building my own NAS.
I've got an LG CX and a samsung q990d, so i'd like to be able to run plex and stream 4k dolby movies. currently im using my pc (13700k + 2080ti) for plex, which works fine but i'f like to leave my pc off.

1. I've been reading about the plex pass, people rave on about the hardware transcoding. will i need an nvidia shield? isn't the shield the sollution to that?
2. I'm not sure if i should go the prebuild or the n100 ali mobo combo route. N100 is more future proof i assume, but a bit more expensive 180 mobo, 60psu, 80ram, 80 case for a total of ~400, a prebuild would be an 8th or 10th gen i3/i5 for about 150/250, what would be the best option here? 3.

>>107358983
check ProgramData

>>107359238
>Checked
I don't seem to have an audacity ProgramData folder (thanks for telling me about this) even though I currently have it installed.

>>107358962
im kekking hard at this image

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When disposing of old computers(recycling) is the hard drive all you have to worry about in terms of data safety? I've taken out all my old hard drives and I might end up keeping some for backups just wanna make sure there's no accessible data on the rest of the components(ram, graphics card, motherboard, etc) and they are safe to send away as is

>>107360789
hdd should be all you need to remove/securely wipe

>>107358962
what's the best way to play a video with sound backwards on linux? I tried the following, bit the video doesn't play in reverse

mpv --af=lavfi=[areverse]

>>107358983
>Spend all afternoon re-installing Windows
>STILL persists
Okay, seriously, how the fuck is that even possible?

I did notice that it acts normally when the Host is set to MME but does the paused recording under Windows WASAPI (which I NEED in order to capture desktop audio, it doesn't record on MME)

Is there a way to reconfigure WASAPI since that seems to be the problem?

Wanna get rid of my evergrowing giant pile of spare cables from old electronics(everyone has one) but can't shake the feeling they might be useful one day.

Which kind of cables would you say are worth keeping just in case and which ones are unequivocally trash?

>>107363960
keep one of each type, whichever is longer/looks to be in better condition. toss all duplicates

>>107363904
>It's not WASAPI after all, it's a retarded bug

>Change recording to mono
>Change recording back to stereo
>FIXED
Fuckin computers sometimes, holy shit.

>>107358962
What's the least painful way of archiving streams from twitch?

I use upscayl on my computer to upscale images with AI. is there a program I can have on my computer for removing backgrounds from images using AI? I don't want to use any online services because they all ask you to sign up and pay for them so you can get full resolution images.
I've been looking around for stuff like this but I just keep seeing people recommending online services.

>>107356487
What did you use to create the installer? Ventoy, Rufus and Windows Media Creator tool seem to be the only things that worked for me. Being a linux user, ventoy was really the only option.
I just downloaded the thing from the Microsoft website. Haven't heard of these other ones guess I can give it a try. I'm also gonna try install on a different drive to see if it's the new drive or the motherboard that seems to be causing the issue

I'm using streamlink-ttvlol to watch Twitch through streamlink with proxied playlist adblocking. I've got the luminous.dev proxy working but I want to try a non-ru proxy, but when I try the cdn-perfprod servers it returns an internal server error for the url. Anyone fixed this before?

>>107358962
>there used to be 1 or 2 threads a day asking some variation of the same question "is there an alternative to Discord?"
>seemed like bots
>started counter spamming in the threads to promote my own project every time I saw one of those threads
>I don't see many of those threads anymore

Did I defeat the bots, /g/?

>>107364584
Tried using Rufus but it failed downloading the windows files
I tried installing on a different drive and had the same issue.

That seems to suggest the issue is my motherboard.
If I switch from uefi to csm I am able to choose the new drive for boot priority but it doesn't work anyway.

I'm not sure what the solution is other than buying a new motherboard then since I don't have another computer I can use to try install on. I've already tried updating bios.

How to search boards text mentions on desuarchive, if I type /g/ on the search bar it ignores the slashes even if I use quotations marks, so what to do in this case?

Poorfag here, is the ram shortage affecting low-end ddr4 too or just high-end ddr5 prices? t. wants to buy a spare old gen optiplex, resellers strip these to the bare minimum and give them to you with 2 or 4 gigs lol but that's not a problem or well it wasn't

Is there a way (third party app, registry edit or otherwise) to make Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC's UI not slow ass dogshit?

Last night my keyboard suddenly started playing up and struggling to register more than 2 (at least) movement keys at once, is the thing falling apart or have I maybe accidently put on some sort of setting that fucks with this

>>107367076
Tried uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers? Do that before taking it apart.

>>107367089
I'll give that a try thanks

>>107367103
Nope, wasn't the drivers tragic, I would go down and buy a new keyboard but what I could get on a sunday in my little town would probably be trash in terms of key rollover to begin with

2 screens are productive or distracting?

>>107367151
Depends on what you're doing and if you're the type to be easily distracted. I only ever turn on my second monitor during work meetings so I can see the participants and their shared screens on one monitor and my shit on the main one.

Does anyone know an easy way to extract every image from a PDF file?

>>107367076
Guess how I fixed it
Fucking reeee I always forget there's no spoilers on /g/
anyway I fixed it by unplugging it and plugging it back in again, you would think the multiple restarts would have achieved the same thing but nope

>>107367332
StirlingPDF but I think it depends if the images are simply embedded in the PDF and that the PDF isn't flattened. Give it a try anyway

Is there a filter or plugin for MPC-HC that lets me add my own watermark on the fly to played videos?

How could using a VPN with Tor hurt your privacy? That doesn't make any sense

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Is there a recommended cheap e-reader?
Something in the 6"-7" range, I'm fine with used or old models.
It's mostly for epub/cbz files.

Are TCL tv good?

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i've been using qubesos for the better part of the week but i have not figured out how to connect to my lan server using mDNS (servername.local). i need this because my server is on dhcp and i wanted to ditch address reservation altogether when i found out about it.

does anyone know how to handle this? i've been thinking of creating a lan only cube with a sys-lan appvm that provides networking and is linked to sys-net/sys-firewall netvm, but has additional firewall rules that does not let it access external addresses.

its otherwise very nice how i can spin up any qube based on a template and have it completely isolated. the gui is well made and most of the time you don't even need to get into the qvm-* cli.

i an a bit worried about the actual system usage. it's kinda hard to gauge how much disk space is used or ram/cpu. i know xl top exists for this but i think it's a little bit misleading. the disk usage is best viewed through the gui tray applet. if there is some lvm command that can let me see...let me know

all and all i think this distribution is far ahead of things like secureblue. with secureblue there is still one point of failure, and the meme hardened allocator is messing with many mainstream applications

>>107368641
for the price, yes.

>>107368260
it's not that it hurts its that most people aren't clear on what it does and what threat model it addresses.

you -> VPN -> Tor -> internet hides from your ISP that you're using Tor, which can be useful in some situations. From your ISP's perspective you're just using the VPN and they can't see what you're doing inside it. To the sites you visit you'll appear to be coming from Tor. Also your VPN provider won't be able to see which sites you're visiting with Tor.
you -> Tor -> VPN -> internet hides you from your VPN provider. (and is more complicated to set up, since you have to pipe traffic through Tor instead of just run their browser) For this to mean anything you need to have paid for the VPN service anonymously. Your ISP will see that you're using Tor, the site you visit will see you as coming from the VPN server.

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>>107358962
what AIs are those?

>>107369095
ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Claude, DeepSeek

>>107369083
So if I just turn on a VPN and start browsing on Tor, is that the first situation? As in
>you -> VPN -> Tor -> internet

>>107359191
>Install jellyfin
>ffmpeg -i movie.mkv -fps_mode vfr -c:v libx264 -crf 18 -c:a copy ~/Videos/Jellyfin/"Out Movie.mp4"

>>107366500
I was on pcpartpicker the other day, and ddr4 has gone up about x4 from when I built my pc 2 years ago. My 32GB kit is worth more than my entire computer cost at the time.

>>107368641
Pretty sure that's what I'm using. Hisense isn't too bad either. Depends on the model though. Newer models have more features, and probably better Hz rates. Pretty sure mine is capped to 60Hz, 4K UHD, HDR. Works fine for PlayStation gaming and general streaming.

Are there tools for managing Kodi from another device, like installing and configuring add-ons remotely without having to do everything through Kodi's own shitty UI? Not just a remote control app like Kore or Yatse. One of the things I like about Stremio is being able to configure the add-ons through a web UI before or after the first install

>>107369488
Unfortunately, no.
I cope with Ansible playbooks that change config files but it's beyond retarded and I wouldn't recommend it.

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How do I make my Firefox look like this?

>>107369920
Looks like one of those themes for IceWM, but you can open add-ons and go to themes and poke around in the firefox category

>>107369262
>Tor -> internet
This just exposes you to hostile exit node operators. Tor privacy only works inside the Tor network. Exit nodes are just the world's worst free VPN.

I wanna sell my 3070 with a broken HDMI port, the Display ports all work fine.

I have a DP to HDMI adapter I'm including, how much should I ask?

$150? Cardio words great sans the HDMI port, EVGA is gone so I had no options to fix it.

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>>107369920
After some searching around, this redditor has those green back/forward buttons: https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/1imfesu/working_on_a_retro_look_no_tabs_color_backforward/
no idea where they found them from

>phone gets yet another update
>can no longer disable 5ghz wifi
This sucks; there's dead spots all over the house, but if I go outside I can still use the internet all the way to the road because it switches to 2.4ghz.

>>107371122
Does your router not allow you to separate 2.4G and 5G to separate access points?

>>107364026
computers, right. not windows; computers.

Is a 3d printer worth it or are they a fucking meme?

>>107364131
anyone?

>>107370303
Okay, and how does that matter if my request already went through other nodes and is encrypted? The exit node doesn't know who I am
That's how Tor works regularly, no? Are you saying that Tor doesn't protect your privacy?

on google, why does the url of that one leaf image at the bottom have this weird formatting?

data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABUAAAAYCAMAAAAiV0Z6AAAAPFBMVEVLoEN0wU6CzFKCzFKCzFKCzFKCzFJSo0MSczNDmkCCzFJPoUMTczNdr0gmgziCzFITczMTczMTczMTczPh00jOAAAAFHRSTlPF/+bIsms8Ad///hX+//5/tXw7aMEAx10AAACaSURBVHgBbc4HDoRQCATQ33tbvf9dF9QxaCT9UQaltLHOh/golXKhMs5Xqa0xU1lyoa2fXFyQOsDG38qsLy4TaV+sFislovyhPzLJJrBu6eQOtpW0LjbJkzTuTDLRVNKa3uxJI+VdiRqXSeu6GW+Qxi29eLIi8H7EsYrT42BD+mQtNO5JMjRuC4lSY8V4hsLX0egGijvUSEP9AbylEsOkeCgWAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC

what benefit would showing the image in base64 have over just the typical afuckingleaf.jpg that you see on other websites?

>>107362327
anyone? sound plays in reverse, video doesn't..

I use google drive to save some files on windows swith the integrated folder, but i am thinking of moving to linux since windows is being pretty shitty lately, is there any goofd alternative?

>>107358962
STILL having this >>107358983 issue, problem isn't solved like I thought here >>107364026

How do I make audacity scroll while recording?

>>107371797
Leaf image?
They're also used for the favicons that appear next to google links. Small images that are unlikely to be read from the cache might as well be sent in the html, no lazy loading needed.

Are AirPod pro truly worth it compared to the base version?

does someone has problems with 4chan in the last few weeks ? work like shit, barely load, lag, garbage captcha
i deleted the wwcookies and cache, still doesn't work

Why is this happening?

>post on PC, no issues
>post on phone using browser, no issues
>try to post on phone using app (Blue Clover) and get ip range blocked message
>all methods using my same home network and cookies deleted

>>107371447
it's from spectrum and I can't figure out how to change half the settings

like first you have to download their stupid app, then scan the qr code on the router, then make sn account, then find out that half the settings I could change on a router from 2005 aren't there

I'm stuck back at the part where I forgot the account password

>>107371530
I almost bought one years ago, but realized I didn't know how to use most CAD software.
There's a general on >>>/diy/ that looks very helpful.
If I ever do get a 3D printer it'll probably be making a lot of battery covers for remote controls lol.

>>107371797
I think they do weird stuff so it's more difficult to spoof them.

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Is there such a thing as a live (or semi-live) AI voice changer?
I'm paranoid and don't want people to hear my voice, but at the same time I DO want to talk to people on chatrooms again.

Something that changes my voice but sounds like an actual human, not some witness protection person, would be nice

>>107372395
Few years ago they added a browser-agent thing to the rangebans.

>>107364131
>>107371555
yt-dlp --live-from-start

>>107367332
pdf24

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What's a painfree way to fap with subreddit?
gallery-dl hook with mpv used to work, but not anymore.

>>107371797
It's for efficiency. The image is completely contained in the page. For small images, this is way faster than getting a separate image, which would involve
>your browser gets the html file
>the html file contains a URL to a separate image
>now your browser has to make a separate request for that image
>the request necessarily includes a bunch of metadata that weighs almost as much as the image itself
>a whole roundtrip to the server is wasted

caching would alleviate this but the average cost would still be higher that an embed

>>107358962
I will be traveling next month. I have computer at home that I can leave on all the time (can be Linux or Windows). How can route all my traffic through it kinda like a VPN but my own version?
I need some basic guide, I don't need some elaborate detailed setup.

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The green circled slots are PCIe with the top being PCIe x16.

AI says the red circled slot is something to do with the front panel which is connected elsewhere for USB and headphone jack.

I only have pink green and blue (mic in, audio out, line in) on the mobo and won't use the front panel 2.5mm jack as it's on top of the case.

I need to add a lot of USB ports and audio output for speakers (or headphones) as I'd like to be able to switch outputs.

Do I need a full audio card or can I use the red circle to add another output to the rear slots?

Is there an audio card with USB?

Worst case can I use two PCIe cards one in the PCIe x16 slot?

tl;dr how do I add USB and more audio output?

>>107372871
>live from start is passed but there are no formats that can be downloaded from the start
i can pass no-live-from-start and get it in progress, is that because twitch is actual fucking cunts about being able to rewind a fucking stream?

i got a sound card (Sound BlasterX AE-5 Plus) a few months ago and it keeps scrambling the audio channels
like everything is fine for a while and then something causes it to reassign the audio channels to my different speakers i got and i have no idea what's causing it or anything like that
anyone have any experience with this? the work around is easy, pull up task manager and restart the service associated and it fixes after a second but it's annoying doing that randomly especially when it can happen again within 5 minutes of restarting the service

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I just updated my BIOS and got locked out of my Windows 11 install. It says that it needs new pin and I have no option to login with a password. So I have 2 questions.
1. Is there anything I can do besides a clean install?
2. is there a way now to run grown-up programs in Linux? I see that a lot of games now work decently. But I need Adobe Lightroom, Ableton and software synths/VST plugins.

>>107373239
tailscale and set the one at your house to do routing for the rest.. i forget the exact name, but it's a basic feature.

>>107373359
i think AI is wrong. find the manual for the motherboard.

>>107373473
probably
you can download the vod if its available after
or for the future stream
--wait-for-video MIN[-MAX] Wait for scheduled streams to become
available. Pass the minimum number of
seconds (or range) to wait between retries

or find some software online that will do this all automatically forever in the background

>>107373597
>i got a sound card
are you from 2001?

>>107373598
just set up a new pin?

>>107374109
I can't. it doesn't do anything when I click on it

>>107371781
Using exit nodes is inviting someone to MiTM your traffic. You'd better hope literally everything is encrypted and all the software you expose to it is airtight, because you're going to find out the hard way if it isn't.
>Are you saying that Tor doesn't protect your privacy?
Tor mostly gives people enough rope to hang themselves. If you host your own full node, don't run personal traffic 24/7, and don't do anything retarded like use web sites with JavaScript, it gives you decent privacy. The NSA and their close friends will still be able to see what you're doing if they really want, but probably nobody else.

>>107374174
type shit out and press enter

I've got a dxp2800 nas with disks in radi1/mirroring. im looking to upgrade to two bigger ones. I'm assuming when i get the new disks i can take one out, put the new one in and it will rebuild the disk. Then rinse and repeat on the other side? my only worry is i have 2x4tb. if i buy 2x8tb will it build it so i can use the full 8tb or just see the 4tb?

>>107372637
I would also need to learn cad and would be depended on other peoples designs. My main thing is that it looks like most people are just printing stupid sculptures after a while since they are done printing useful stuff. I'm probably better off buying chinkshit and forget about things the chinks do not make.

Hello, I'm putting together a pc this evening and forgot totally about an OS. Ive got an OEM license for windows 10 and have it installed on a ssd. can I just plug that ssd into my new pc and be set or do I need to get a new license?

where do I get actual backgrounds? They're all photographs of some field or a car anymore

>>107374097
no i have a surround sound system and i'm finally able to utilize it better until i can upgrade the sound system since the existing one is so old that i can only use the optical output of the card to interface with the system.

What program do you use for personal task tracking/checklist creation?

>>107358962
With the current ram price hike, would selling old ram or spare laptops be profitable?

>>107376353
My brain. Stop relying on technology for everything, retard.

which denoising filters in ffmpeg are worth using?

I don't know the first thing about radarr and lidarr and the rest of the *arr stack but I hear it lets you automate stuff.
My question is lets say I set up a server with lidarr running, do I give it tracker details in order for it to find things or does it do something else? Will I need to enter the /ptg/ rabbit hole to get the goodies?
Please be patient I have a smooth brain that hasn't evolved past manually searching for what I want.

>>107376353
Ignore 107376760, either notepad++, microshit word, or excel for any text based tasks, i just formatted to my own tastes.

Question for people that use laptops:

How many times have you had to change the fan of your laptop?

If you control the temperature of your laptop so it doesn't get too hot so the fan isn't accelerated all the time, the fan should last for many years, even all the life of the laptop. Is it like that?

How do people find new websites if they're not yet indexed and you can't find them when using search engines?

Recommend me an 8TB HDD for storing music. I was looking into WD Red Plus, but I heard that Western Digital had been making their drives SMR drives secretly. I'd been looking into getting a Toshiba N300, but I am unsure if it is any good. Let me know what you guys think.

>>107377379
Yeah they're all doing the same thing. You have to buy one that ends in Pro or one of their totl enterprise models. Though honestly nuSMR is fine for music.

>>107377461
>Yeah they're all doing the same thing.
Meaning even Toshiba?
Eh, if I'm gonna be getting 8TB, I want CMR.
Anyone have any comments on Toshiba drives?

>>107377602
Yeah, it has never more obviously been a cartel. They barely even have different product names.

>>107377264
I've never had to and it's been with me for 6 years. Laptop is a gaming variety and runs pretty hot most of the time when at full load. But I clean the fans and repaste the CPU/GPU often.

>>107377725
I thought that changing the fan was something easy to do but I checked how it is for my old laptop and you have to take out a lot of things to reach the place where the fan is. And this for an old laptop, I guess in a new one would be even more difficult.

Does Ubuntu allow for RAID 5?

>>107377763
it varies a lot per model regardless of how new they are. Most old models will be but often newer models nowadays you just have to pop the backplate out, maybe take out the heatsink, remove the fan connectors and voila. Some newer models that are made to be slim like are particularly difficult though.

>>107377799
I think that if I control the temperature so it doesn't get too hot so the fan isn't at full speed too much time it could last 10 years that is the minimum time I want a laptop to last. Using a cooler base so when it gets a little too hot I switch on the cooler base and reduce the temperature faster with the additional fans so the internal fan can rest. What is your opinion about cooler bases?