by Matthew Jones | Oct 4, 2019 | DaVinci Resolve, General Computing, Linux, Ubuntu
Here’s how to fix write permissions for DaVinci Resolve. Oh snap To fix this, just open a terminal and run: chmod -R 766 /your/problem/drive/or/directory What’s Going On? On linux, security is brilliantly built in. By default, files and folders that you...
by Matthew Jones | Sep 30, 2019 | FFMPEG, Linux, Video Editing
Today I learned that you only have to transcode files to import them into the free version of Resolve. If you’re rocking the full version, then this shouldn’t really apply, unless you have an absolutely crazy file format on your hands. Didn’t We...
by Matthew Jones | Sep 23, 2019 | General Computing, Linux, Ubuntu
Let’s locate files using the terminal! This is just a cool little trick you can use if you’re doing a bunch of stuff in the terminal, and you don’t want to leave, or you’re just interested in cool terminal tricks. Let’s say you’re...
by Matthew Jones | Sep 16, 2019 | FFMPEG, Linux, Video Editing
Batch Process FFMPEG An incredible use case for simple Bash scripting is the ability to batch process ffmpeg tasks. First off, I’ll assume you guys have got a basic understanding of FFMPEG, what it is, how to install and use it, that kinda thing. If not, feel...
by Matthew Jones | Sep 9, 2019 | Blender, Linux, Video Editing
I use Adobe CC on a Windows machine for my video production pipeline at work. I do video side work on the weekends, and have used Windows and Adobe for those projects as well, but I’ve always felt trapped. Like I’m a slave to Adobe or something. I’ve...
by Matthew Jones | Jul 2, 2019 | Linux, Uncategorized
Found a great game? Discover a new program? Only available on Windows? No Windows machine? Don’t want to bother dual booting? Running a virtual machine not an option? Me too! Using Mono makes all that a lot easier. Let’s talk about using mono to run .exe...
