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How can I set a h.264 profile level with ffmpeg?

I have a movie (m4v/h.264/AAC) which plays fine on my Mac but I recently discovered that it wont play on my Apple TV3. After looking at the properties of this movie file I see that it has a profile High@4.1 but Apple TV3's only suport up to…
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How do I rename the computer name/root in Mac OSX

I'm new to Mac. I would like to rename the computer name/root title that shows up when I open the terminal. Usually it's like computername:~ xxx$ Any and all help is appreciated!
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sudo unable to write to /etc/profile

I am following the instructions on this site for Grails installation, but am not able to write to /etc/profile like it instructs. sudo echo ‘JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun’ >> /etc/profile Instead, I get this error: bash: /etc/profile:…
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How do I share konsole profiles with other computers?

I work on several computers and have set them up similarly. Today I created a new Konsole profile on one computer and want to use the new profile on other computers without manually recreating the profile. (All these computers are running Fedora 24…
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How to save IP or machines in Putty

I use putty to use ssh to servers. I have different servers and usernames /passwords. Is there any option in putty to save different profiles or ipaddress so that i can click on that it automatically goes to that ip address. i need to change ip…
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Can I make Terminal.app open different profiles with shortcut like iTerm?

I've been using iTerm for a while, but I switched back to Terminal.app in Snow Leopard due to the Visor plugin. Most of thing works pretty well after I switched to Terminal.app, except in iTerm, I can create different profiles and assign each…
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Is it possible to elevate an application to run as admin without changing user context (profile)?

I've been coming across this more often as I roll out Windows 10 workstations and encounter various issues with our current software stack. Often I'll need to run an application or utility which requires the user context, that is, the user's profile…
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R not reading Rprofile.site at startup

When I start R it’s meant to read from /etc/Rprofile.site first thing. I’ve verified that this isn’t happening but have no idea why or how to fix it. When I source('/etc/Rprofile.site') at startup everything goes fine. Some random things I thought…
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Update Windows 7 laptop domain profile over VPN

I have a company laptop that is a member of our domain, and I access the network using the Cisco VPN client 5.0.07.0290. I just changed my domain password at work using my desktop computer, and now the laptop profile is out of sync. It still uses…
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WLAN/LAN Profil Tool (with IP-Address configuration)

Anyone know a good free tool for Vista/Windows 7 to manage WLAN/LAN-Profiles with the possibility to change the IP settings in each profile.
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Thunderbird email: cloning an account

I'm running Thunderbird 78.14.0 under Linux. In a given Thunderbird profile, I have several email accounts, all of which are using IMAP. I want to "clone" one of these accounts, as follows ... Suppose that one of the accounts is called "email". I…
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User's PowerShell Profile Path Location on Linux and macOS?

I cannot find the user's PowerShell local profile file on Linux. Where is it located at on non-Windows OSs?
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Powershell custom prompt with posh-git git status prompt

I made my own custom prompt for PowerShell and my prompt be look like : [HH:mm] omkrbhagat C:\Users\onkar ~ Then, I installed posh-git module and import in my profile. Auto tab completion for git commands are working well but I can't see git status…
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Synergy config being shared across computers

For some reason, I am unable to change where my synergy 1.3.1 profile data is being stored. With the result that when I start up, both computers end up reading it from the same shared file. Effectively this means that I'm ending up with both…
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"fork: Resource temporarily unavailable" from git in MacOS El Capitan

Sometimes when I am using Git and cannot do a sudo command, it reports fork: Resource temporarily unavailable What does this mean, and what should I do about it?
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