dotBun fulfilling bunny content
Picked up on HackerNews Show, dotBun shows a random bunny image or video each visit. It is a throwback to what made the internet great in the early 2000’s; random…
Manage, add and delete users on Ubuntu
An important part in Linux server management, creating and deleting users. Despite being simple these commands form the basis of administration alongside permissions. Add a user Creating new users can…
Overlay frame number on video with FFmpeg
Watermarking a video with the current frame number using FFmpeg. This method involves using the video filter option with the frame_num. For this, I had Arial.ttf sitting in the root…
Download YouTube video as MP3 with YouTube-dl
Downloading a YouTube video as an MP3 file with YouTube-dl, this command automatically gets the best available quality for the audio, saves it as an mp3 file with the video…
GIF to MP4 with FFmpeg
Converting a large GIF image file to MP4 video is a modern approach, The end result file size will be smaller for no noticeable quality loss. It will then also…
Cutting a video into segments with FFmpeg
Creating video segments from a large video can easily be achieved with FFMpeg, the process is fully automated complete with sequential file naming. Cutting a video into 5-minute segments can…
Checking if image URL is valid in PHP
If downloading images using PHP the first step in avoiding errors is ensuring that the URL is valid. A great method for this is to check the URL HTTP response…
Setting the CPU speed frequency on dedicated server
Fixing a dedicated server CPU not running at full max speed by setting an upper and lower limit with cpufrequtils. A processor will scale for certain reasons like power consumption,…
PHP 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 and 7.4 benchmarks and comparisons
Putting PHP versions 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 and 7.4 against each other in a simple benchmark driven comparison for time taken to do calculations. Results are from using this benchmark script….
Wget cut directory and no host command
When doing a recursive download with Wget the whole directory structure is saved, starting with the domain/hostname and then working down the directory tree inside it. Preventing this action and…