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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 ...
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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 [duplicate]

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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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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 .....
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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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 ...
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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. ...
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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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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 ...
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How to disable Profiles in Chrome

I have used Chrome without a profile. Some months ago, I clicked something or answered some questions resulting in two profiles. They have a crazy split of bookmarks and profile photo etc. And ...
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Gnome-terminal overwriting/ignoring manual file changes to .gconf xml profiles

I have an XML file for a custom profile for gnome-terminal. However, when I throw the file into an appropriate directory like ~/.gconf/apps/gnome-terminal/profiles/Default/%gconf.xml the file is ...
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Share an ATI Catalyst Profile across several/all users

We've set up some hotkeys in the ATI Catalyst Control Panel on a communal machine, and we're trying to share this among a number of users, possibly all users. The profile is stored as MyProfile.xml ...
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What is the currently the preferred location of PowerShell profiles?

I've come across this (archived) Blog post on PowerShell profiles. In the learning docs I read a note that the scripts should not be stored on OneDrive. Users probably will use the standard settings ...
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$PATH variable is messed up, where is it being sourced from in Mac Catalina

When I echo $PATH in terminal, I see a big string that kind of looks messed and has some old irrelevant paths. I would like to fix this. But first, I'd like to understand when I echo $PATH in terminal,...
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Script to load Wi-Fi profiles [duplicate]

I'm using Windows 7 x64 and I need a script to load 2 wifi profiles. I have exportred the XMLs from a current system. I just need a way to deploy the profiles to people who don't know the first thing ...
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Windows 7 Powershell profile not working- after setting unrestricted

I just upgraded to Windows 7 and I want to get my Powershell profile up and running. I load PS and set the execution policy to unrestricted with my 'run as admin' powers, then put my profile in the ...
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How to create a hardware profile in Windows 10

Basically reposting from How to create a hardware profile in Windows 10 https://www.techulator.com/experts/5434-How-to-create-a-hardware-profile-in-windows-10 When you use hardware profiles, each time ...
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gvim profile for perl programming [closed]

can you get some good easy gvim profile file for perl programming ?
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/etc/profile.d script interfering with a service starting, and considerably delaying ssh availability after reboot

I have created a script in /etc/profile.d (centos6), not related to puppet in any way, instead it just copy's some files to a users dir. Somehow, on a puppet enterprise master server, this script is ...
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Colors change on external monitor when I close laptop lid, Windows 10

Help! I have an external Benq monitor attached to my Dell laptop (Dell Inspiron 15 5567). When I close the lid on the laptop, the colors change drastically on the monitor. They aren't correct. The ...
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Creating multiple sync profiles in Firefox

I have multiple devices, each of which has Firefox with multiple profiles. Each profile is role independent, and therefore has very different layouts and links, but I move between roles on each of the ...
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Move specific Windows-10 user profile and installed software to a new pc

It's along the lines of this question but what is not clear if this process will move also my installed programs/games/software that I want to move along to a new computer that is already setup. Here ...
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~/.bash_profile not source from symlinked login shell

If I call bash --login Then ~/.bash_profile is called. This seems as it should. I also have /bin/sh symlinked to bash $ ls -l /bin/sh lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Jun 22 2017 /bin/sh -> bash ...
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Mac OS X High Sierra: Firefox profile is missing or inaccessible

4 times in the last 2 weeks Firefox has crashed. When I went to relaunch it, I could not! It told me Your FireFox profile is missing or inaccessible. I tried everything on Mozilla's site, nothing as ...
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Cisco VPN client settings overwritten by one host

I frequently connect to my work vpn, and to the vpn of one of my customers. Every time I connect to my customer's VPN all the settings from my work VPN are cleared out. That is, the next time I want ...
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Where does Windows XP store wlan profiles and how to show/delete them?

I'm running Windows XP on a computer I do not hold (full) admin rights to. I've been trying to figure out where to find and delete a specific wireless network profile using the command line. Using ...
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Messed up Windows .ps1 file, and now can't open CMD or run any commands in Powershell

At some point, I created a startup file for cmd and powershell. Ending in .ps1 I think. I must have a typo in it or something because I now get this error in powershell when trying to run commands: &...
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How to always display profile name in Chrome?

In Chrome, when using a profile, there is an avatar menu button on the top-right corner. The first time the browser starts after profile is created, the profile name is displayed with the avatar, but ...
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Programmatically determining shell profile file

My script needs to inject an alias into shell profile file. That script may be run in bash (so it would inject the alias into ~/.bashrc) or zshell (~/.zshrc) or any other shell. Is there a way to get ...
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How to hide/remove user profile icon in ms edge address bar?

How to hide/remove user profile icon in ms edge address bar? I know which account I use and expose profile image is not good for share screen for security reason.
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How do I change Win10 display name? (network account)

I'm trying to change my display name in windows 10, but because it's a network user account I'm not sure how to go about doing this. When I go into [ Settings > Accounts > Your Info ], I can see ...
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Bash: ".profile" not loaded despite nonexistance of .bash_profile or .bash_login (Debian 10)

Reading the documentation in ~/.profile, on my Debian system, it is stated that # ~/.profile: executed by the command interpreter for login shells. # This file is not read by bash(1), if ...
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Ubuntu 19.04 profile error: “Find: '/usr/lib/modules/5.0.0-25-generic/kernel/drivers/thermal': File or directory not found”

When I start my computer this message appears: Error found when loading /etc/profile: Find: '/usr/lib/modules/5.0.0-25-generic/kernel/drivers/thermal': File or directory not found I controlled and I ...
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Firefox ESR became very slow with a network profile

We are using Firefox (on Windows) in our company with network based profiles on a local server. It worked fine until Firefox ESR 52.3. But then we switched to ESR 52.4 and later 52.5. Now the access ...
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How to specify which client authentication certificate to use with wifi profile in Windows?

Using EAP-TLS authentication method allows users to authenticate on the Access Point using a client authentication certificate. Via Windows wifi properties, you can choose "Smart Card or other ...
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H.264 profiles support of latest Flash Player (v11.6)

Does anyone know what profiles of H.264 videos latest Flash Player(currently 11.6) supports? Half an hour googling only gives an article from Adobe exactly about my question, which is old, and a page ...
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Meaning of `mesg n || true` in bash profile

A ~/.profile I encountered had this line at the bottom. I understand mesg toggles seeing other's messages, but what about the || true part ? What does that achive in the context of a .profile file ?
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What to keep/copy from a Thunderbird profile?

During my last years of using Mozilla Thunderbird for my E-Mailing, I always copied my whole profile folder to a new computer or a reinstalled system, which worked fairly well. I use the Lightning ...
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ffmpeg XDCAM HD vtag profiles

Hey guys sorry for disturbing you again, but these days I have a lot of work to do with ffmpeg. I found on http://code.google.com/p/ffmbc/wiki/XDCAMHD422Encoding vtag settings for XDCAM HD 422 and ...
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Does Visual Studio Code have an equivalent to CLion's CMake Profiles?

I'm following along this tutorial to learn CMake. In the tutorial, the instructor demonstrates encapsulating the setting of a CMake variable (i.e. a -D command line argument) in the Settings > ...
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Profile loaded even after reboot

I manage an AVD machine and multiple users are logging in everyday. The question I have is why accounts stay loaded even after reboot. Here a screenshot of the accounts profiles List users (Yellow ...
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My Chrome profile is reset when opening a file if Chrome is not running when the file is opened

I'm running Chromium and every time a file is opened with it while it's closed, the Default profile is completely reset. In other words: chrome.exe is not running Open any file with chrome.exe, e.g. ...
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How do I "unshare" files that are in a "shared" state with users on my computer (Windows 11)

So a couple of days back I accessed files from my user profile from another user profile on my computer, ever since then some files were in shared state and I haven't been able to unshare them.
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How to use another existing Firefox profile (the easy way)

After "cross-grading" my 32-bit Firefox to 64-bit failed on Windows (the upgraded Firefox still was placed in "Programs (x86)"), I decided to uninstall it and reinstall it. Now it ...
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