#vlc on the phone

[judas-isariot]

MY VLC IS FUNNY !

[pinkpuffballdude]

tagged by @stone-stars - put your on repeat playlist/favorite songs on shuffle and let your followers vote on them :D

uhhhh tagging

@regicidal-defenestration

@vonlipvig

@420technoblazeit

@shorter-than-her-tbr-pile

@stainlesssteellocust

@snapbuttonsonadenimshirt

and anyone who sees this and thinks it's cool. feel free to tag me if you do!

[boyslit]

curious if anyone's made a VLC addon that works like spotify wrapped or at least listening statistics marked by month or total play? might have to go look sometime

[nudibutch]

im obsessed with buying physical media GRRRRGEGGRGRGRGRGRGRG

[bucephaly]

Does anyone know of an android app that can play videos like torrents or whatever that has any sort of organization. I know I've seen people talk abt a desktop program that is organized like a streaming service, is there anything like that on android ?

[boygirlctommy]

OHOHOHOHOHO GUYS I FINISHED EDITING THE AUDIO FOR THE FIRST 50 SECONDS OF THIS THING AND ITS SOOO GOOD

[mossmx]

I wasn't born to make gifsets, I was born to make 1 gif and watch it in loop the next week of so

^ how I look at a gif after it has looped the billionth time

[hellhoundlair]

the hd rerelease

BLOODY AHBL SAMMY YAAAAY <3

[queriesntheories]

REBLOGS ARE OFF CAUSE THIS GUIDE IS TERRIBLE AND YOU DESERVE BETTER

I will instead redirect you to THIS more comprehensive guide, and cobalt.tools. Cobalt solves the problem of low quality video when you're done with VLC, and it can also take videos from a dozen other social media platforms.

Support the cobalt dev and the better guide writer, not me. I'm just a person who boiled down a wikihow guide and a youtube tutorial into a TLDR. I did not do very much work. They have.

I might turn reblogs back on, but for now I implore you to put your attention where it's needed most. Thanks for understanding. (original post under the cut)

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alright i am sick of yt to mp4 sites being shady and full of viruses and finding websites that seem to be working and then don't work

so HERE'S HOW YOU DOWNLOAD YOUTUBE VIDEOS WITH VLC!! VLC FREAKIN RULES!!

get your youtube link

open vlc, go to media > open network stream

paste your url in the box and PRESS PLAY!

wait for the video to open then go to tools > codec information

copy the entire file location (click the box, then ctrl-a to select all, then ctrl-c to copy)

paste into your browser of choice (i use firefox)

right click video and press "save video as", choose your file format if you want

DONE! NO VIRUSES OR SKETCHY STUFF!

the quality might be a little crummy but if you don't mind that, then shabam! video on your computer! then you can email it to yourself and have it on your phone too if you want! if you need a guide with pictures wikihow has you covered my friends

happy downloading and stay safe on the internet :D

[twansgendew]

None of my thelonious monk has metadata >.> one day I've got to clean this place up

[hamtigers]

Shuffle your favorite playlist and post the first five songs that come up. Then copy/paste this ask to your favorite mutuals. 💌💜

I don't really have a playlist set up, except technically YT but they're not really... sorted on a 'favorite' basis (I literally ran out of room in actual favorites years ago and started sorting by like, which vocaloid it is and stuff like that)

But I can set my phone which has my entire actual mp3 library to shuffle! Tho I've also been really lazy about like... clearing out tracks I always skip bc they were part of an album already, so if I get one of the ones I literally always skip, ill skip it for the purposes of this prompt too. I'm also including YT links bc why not!

Beautiful - Mystery Skulls

Karma - Bump of Chicken (this is the theme from Tales of the Abyss, and im still mildly salty that the american version doesn't have the vocals in the game)

Dancing Queen (specifically the version from the mamma mia musical)

My Love Will Surely Soar

One and Only - Barenaked Ladies

I'm not gonna lie, my brain is already hitting decision paralysis trying to decide who to throw this prompt at, so any of my mutuals feel free to grab this, I'm always curious what others' music tastes are like!!

[craneboys]

you know you're normal about a show when you take so many screenshots for a single episode that you could have filled up the entirety of your childhood ipod touch with just frasier pics and still had a bunch left over

and most of them are just this

[virtual-minotaur]

think a lot more people should have only a basic call/text phone plan. no more data it helps you disconnect .

[binguspoletooth]

Somehow, this is an acceptable work outfit as well as some other genre. Is this goth? Grunge? I feel a bit rocker edgy? My ass is not listening to rock music at this moment though lol

[subjectsix]

KIP'S BIG POST OF THINGS TO MAKE THE INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY SUCK A LITTLE LESS

Post last updated November 23, 2024. Will continue to update!

Here are my favorite things to use to navigate technology my own way:

A refurbished iPod loaded with Rockbox OS (Rockbox is free, iPods range in price. I linked the site I got mine from. Note that iPods get finicky about syncing and the kind of cord it has— it may still charge but might not recognize the device to sync. Getting an original Apple cord sometimes helps). Rockbox has ports for other MP3 players as well.

This Windows debloater program (there are viable alternatives out there, this one works for me). It has a powershell script that give you a little UI and buttons to press, which I appreciate, as I'm still a bit shy with tech.

Firefox with the following extensions: - Consent-O-Matic (set your responses to ALL privacy/cookie pop-ups in the extension, and it will answer all pop-ups for you. I can see reasons to not use it, but I appreciate it) - Facebook Container ("contains" Meta on Facebook and Instagram pages to keep it from tracking you or getting third party cookies, since Meta is fairly egregious about it) - Redirect Amp to HTML (AMP is designed for mobile phones, this forces pages to go to their HTML version) - A WebP/AVIF image converter - uBlock Origin and uBlacklist, with the AI blacklist loaded in to kill any generative AI results from appearing in search engines or anywhere.

Handbrake for ripping DVDs— I haven’t used this in awhile as I haven’t been making video edits. I used this back when I had a Mac OS

VLC Media Player (ol’ reliable)

Unsplash & Pexels for free-to-use images

A password manager (these often are paid. I use Dashlane. There are many options, feel free to search around and ask for recs!). There is a lot that goes into cybersecurity— find the option you feel is best for you.

Things I suggest:

Understanding Royalty Free and the Creative Commons licenses

Familiarity with boolean operators for searching

Investing in a backup drive and external drive

A few good USBs, including one that has a backup of your OS on it

Adapter cables

Avoiding Fandom “wikias” (as in the brand “Fandom”) and supporting other, fan-run or supported wikis. Consider contributing if its something you find yourself passionate or joyful about.

Finding Forums for the things you like, or creating your own*

Create an email specifically for ads/shopping— use it to receive all promotional emails to keep your inbox clean. Upkeep it.

Stop putting so much of your personal information online— be willing to separate your personal online identity from your “online identity”. You don’t owe people your name, location, pronouns, diagnoses, or any of that. It’s your choice, but be discerning in what you give and why. I recommend avoiding providing your phone number to sites as much as possible.

Be intentional

Ask questions

Talk to people

Remember that you can lurk all you want

Things that are fun to check out:

BBSes-- here's a portal to access them.

Neocities

*Forums-- find some to join, or maybe host your own? The system I was most familiar with was vbulletin.

MMM.page

Things that have worked well for me but might work for you, YMMV:

Limit your app usage time on your smartphone if you’re prone to going back to them— this is a tangible way to “practice mindfulness”, a term I find frustratingly vague ansjdbdj

Things I’m looking into:

The “Pi Hole”— a raspberry pi set up to block all ads on a specific internet connection

VPNs-- this is one that was recommended to me.

How to use computers (I mean it): Resources on how to understand your machine and what you’re doing, even if your skill and knowledge level is currently 0:

This section I'll come back an add to. I know that messing with computers can be intimidating, especially if you feel out of your depth. HTML and regedits and especially things like dualbooting or linux feel impossible. So I want to put things here that explain exactly how the internet and your computer functions, and how you can learn and work with that. Yippee!

[cakeyouareoh]

>:}

honestly the real obstacle to properly watching more smallville anytime soon is the fact that it’s on my streaming nemesis…