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RIP tux.crystalxp.net – Seventh Part 1

3 June 2021 in GNU/Linux / Uncategorized tagged crystalxp / crystalxp.net / tux / tux.crystalxp.net by Tux

Below you will find some images we were able to salvage from https://tux.crystalxp.net/, it was a great repository of Tux creations. Let’s hope it will be restored eventually.

For more images of Tux please visit the following links (we had to split them to multiple pages to avoid having your browser getting stuck):

License: GNU LGPL

RIP tux.crystalxp.net – Sixth Part

3 June 2021 in GNU/Linux / Uncategorized tagged crystalxp / crystalxp.net / tux / tux.crystalxp.net by Tux

Below you will find some images we were able to salvage from https://tux.crystalxp.net/, it was a great repository of Tux creations. Let’s hope it will be restored eventually.

For more images of Tux please visit the following links (we had to split them to multiple pages to avoid having your browser getting stuck):

License: GNU LGPL

Increase volume in video using ffmpeg 2

20 June 2020 in Uncategorized tagged audio / boost / ffmpeg / loud / video / volume by Tux

A quick note on how to boost the audio stream in a video using the volume filter in ffmpeg

#;For newer versions of ffmpeg
ffmpeg -i input.mkv -filter:a "volume=4.0" output.mkv;
#For older versions of ffmpeg (we use multiples of 256)
ffmpeg -i input.mkv -vol 1024 -vcodec copy output.mkv;

Using the above command we were able to make the audio LOUDER!

Lenovo Legion Y520 – Black Screen After RAM Upgrade to 32GB (2x16GB)

12 June 2020 in Uncategorized tagged Legion / Lenovo / Y520 by Tux

Recently, we updated the RAM modules of a Lenovo Legion Y520 from 16GB (2x8GB) to 32GB using two HyperX Impact DDR4 16GB, 2400MHz CL14 SODIMM modules.

Right after installing the new modules, after power on the laptop it would show a black screen, the fans would work at full speed but nothing else would happen. We tried placing the old RAM back inside but with no success, the same bad behavior would occur.

Since the battery of this laptop is bolted onto the chassis we thought that we might have to give it a “hard restart” or something to get it started.

Our solution

1) We powered off the laptop by long pressing the power button. 2) Then we released the button and long pressed it again until the laptop powered on and off again.
The next time we powered on the laptop it was working perfectly again!!