I desperately need 3TB, 2TB.. even 1TB 😕 But can't make it happen.

Built my own. Always.

To download the video in your link is very easy. Just click on "File" in your browser than click "save page as".

That's my recommendation, and then wait for SSD's to take over the world of storage so mechanical wear and tear becomes a thing of the past  :cheers:

As for the machine itself, I would suspect that it likely got hit with a power surge. This would explain why this suddenly happened.

As for Google, that is very bizarre, and I've never heard of that before. This makes me wonder whether or not you've been hit with a virus.

I'll have to try the video in the mean time I moved files around.

I'm a big fan of VLC. It's simple, straight forward, and comes with most all of the codec packages that you'll ever need.

a cloud is a fancy marketing name invented for people with absolutely no knowledge in internet services and protocols..

It's about any service that is used to host off site datas.. that's just it really. Then some companies create an interface for people who dont dont know how to setup remote directories and such..
Basically if security is your number 1 problem then rent a dedicated server, install different virtual servers on it, and then you'll be able to "cloud " anything there. I do that for all my very important stuff, as I have optical fiber connection at home, my servers can upload and download almost as fast as an external usb2 drive. Data is administered only by me, not available outside strong rules, encrypted / decrypted on the fly, backup. with this I can store and retrieve data / stream from my phone and android tablets via secure (ssl) protocols , but also for friends when I want to share some stuff I can set some directories with public access on some special virtual servers.

Same thing as VPN or EMAIL: you can also get a provider that will do all setup/maintenance for you but that will probably not exactly fit your needs and it's more expensive. besides that's quite unsecure to give your datas to companies you know nothing about, or you know that they will search inside your datas.. From what I read you would choose this option as you dont now how to setup your own server.. well..that's a pity … so
Can I watch a video or listen to music directly from the cloud on VLC without having to download each item first?
-Yes as long as your server (cloud) and you , have a good bandwidth. I do it with my connection without problems ( my servers are about 300mbps up my home connection is 500 down 200 up).
Can I refer all torrents from their current physical location to their cloud location so I can seed 24/seven?

it depends of the protocols your cloud provider allows, but me, yes I can : I use a virtual remote hard drive
Can I delete stuff off the hard drive because it will stay securely available via cloud? you can but there is a risk that all data from the server ( cloud) can be destroyed or hacked. Even on your own server. If you choose a "cloud" provider, read the contract: there is usually no guarantee data cant be destroyed.
If my VPN protects me when files have a physical location, what happens when they move to cloud backup or even cloud existence without a physical location?
?? didnt understood that one. I guess you mean, if I put a utorrent on cloud how is it identify? well it's basicly a server, so copyright guys will see the IP from your provider. you have to check with them if they provide torrents or not and in what country their server is, because they will be able to ask your provider to ask: ' who used this ip at xxx time ?" ..to be honest companies that look for copyright infringement , if the ip is not a local DSL user, but a data center, they most of the time just give up.  I supposed you can put a vpn on top , depends if your provider allow it.

If slithering copyright terrorists come around in hopes of getting rich by abusing me, can they see my cloud possessions?
It's very unlikely, that would require them to access your computer, then crack your password for accessing your cloud and I'm pretty sure they arent allow to to that anyway and as said above if your torrent services are not host on your local computer thats impossible. (unless they are hackers, but they arent they must follow legal procedures).

Does the cloud prevent seeding? Can something be leeched (DOWNloaded?) directly to a cloud?
You can either, use for instance utorrent from your own computer, but ask it to save/read from a file that is on your server (cloud): in that case it's your IP that will show up when seeding/leeching, unless you use a VPN.
If you want to seed even if your computer is off, then the utorrent client needs to be installed on the server ( aka seedbox). maybe some cloud provider will setup torrent services on their "cloud".. you have to check with them but then again if you had your own personal servers you could setup that easily as long as many other feature speciallly in security that a generic "cloud " provider wont install for reasons that security is something that must be custom tailored made.

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The original poster was looking for an alternative to iMovie for movie editing software for the MacBook, and AVIDEMUX was suggested.

One may find AVIDEMUX at avidemux.sourceforge.net

It's free and cross-platform.

Thanks for the help and especially MrMazda for explaining that for me. I knew it 25 years ago, but have forgotten it. I do use Chrome's free VPN and sign in from the US. 😉

By the way MrMazda I drove a Miata for 13 years and had 237K miles on it before I gave it away when I moved to Costa Rica. I babied it and still got almost 30 mpg on the highway. And it handled so well in Montana and the Dakotas at 120 mph.

Mine is Mac OS which of course is essentially BSD Unix with lots of extras on top.

I have a lot of time for Linux too - my favourite flavour is probably Ubuntu, probably because I've used that more than the others.

Thank you very much, I owe you a rough handy j with an "M. Night Shyamalan" ending.

I ran all the commands.  However I notice you said "you should be back in business to use your Volume Control mixer" although as far as I can tell it was never out of business.  I wouldn't hazard to guess what ALSA packages to remove and unfortunately I still have sound coming from both speakers and headphones.

It's just so fracking strange that plugging in the headphones used to kill the speakers but now not, no hardware was changed in the reinstall.

In related/unrelated news:  I removed old linux kernels today to see if I could and I guess to facilitate updating the kernel even though I don't understand or see how that would effect something that seems so simple…

thats always what happens with things that get big like that they end up spying on people

@NickGWM:

@NickGWM:

@wolfman1360:

This is probably a stupid question, but would it be possible to use this in conjunction with, say, a PE of windows? I have one here which has speech. If not, as a blind user this would be pretty hard for me to use. Does the guy take suggestions? As this is just a bootable dos interface does it not just use the command line?

Hmm… He does take suggestions, and I will make one on your behalf to see if he has any ideas.  He generally codes exclusively in assembler, which means he doesn't make many demands on the OS, which is good for what his utility does, but would be bad for interfacing to a speech interface.  The issue is you don't want to be testing the disk at the same time as the OS would ever write to it, and Windows is very hands on with the disks when its running, unfortunately.  Also, you don't want bad drivers getting in the way of the tests, and/or causing unwanted caching, etc.  Never the less its a great question and I will get back to you if he gets back to me.

So I heard back quickly, and I'm afraid the answer is not all that we would have hoped:

Unfortunately SpinRite cannot run from with Windows PE.

He would need to find and load a DOS-based screen reader to run SpinRite … or get visual assistance.

Thank you for your cooperation, time and patience.

Sincerely,

Gibson Research
Technical Support

I do believe there is still jaws for dos over at http://www.freedomscientific.com
How it works I have no idea, having limited experience with it, however. And how it would integrate I am also not sure.