Delete jpg and raw files simultaneously on Windows

This post is for Windows. A solution for Ubuntu could be Geeqie. [1]

I use my camera with the mode to save jpeg+raw. If I want to get skim through the pictures I always had twice the work (show jpg, skip raw)  and sorting out (delete jpg and delete raw). IrfanView at least allows to skip the raw image with the keyboard shortcut <Ctrl>+2. [2] Although the deletion process stays burdensome.

A much easier way on Windows for viewing JPG and then deleting JPG+RAW files simultaneously is to use XnView. After installing do the following:

1. Open the XnView-config file: %appdata%\XnView\xnview.ini (in my case C:\Users\alex\AppData\Roaming\XnView\xnview.ini).
2. In the section [File] add a new line at the end: Companion_00=jpg:cr2
   This links the .cr2 (raw-File) to the .jpg. So if you delete the jpg it automatically deletes the .cr2. Replace the cr2 with the extension of your raw-file (so eg nef for Nikon) and save the file.
   If you want the effect also in the other direction you have to create another newline:  Companion_01=cr2:jpg. For now you can just leave this, as we will hide the raw files in the next steps.
3. Start XnView and open the options (Menu: Tools > Options or via <F12>) and see also screenshots below.
   1. In General open the tab File Operations tick the checkbox “For Copy/Move/Delete use companion file (.xmp/.thm/.jpg)
   2. In Browser > File List write the file extension you want to hide (the raw file: in my case cr2) in the last text input and click the OK button.

That is it. Now it should be easier to sort your pictures, as only the jpg-pictures are shown and if you delete it, the raw file automatically gets also deleted.

Screenshots:

  

Sources:

• [1] Photography Stack Exchange: Simple app for viewing JPG and then deleting JPG+RAW files simultaneously?
• [2] Irfan View Feature Requests > Requested Group JPG + RAW files

Download Album to Picasa (Picasaweb) in Ubuntu Firefox

If you want to download an album from a shared album on picasaweb and use the “Download to Picasa” button you normally get the following error message:

Firefox doesn’t know how to open this address, because the protocol (picasa) isn’t associated with any program.

1. Solution: DownThemAll

1. Install the DownThemAll extension
2. Restart firefox
3. Go to the picasa web album
4. Open the RSS-Feed (to get the RSS-Icon back eg you can use the rss-icon extension)
5. Right click in the feed and select DownThemAll

Pro: You do not need picasa, download the images to a folder you want, no need to change the configuration
Cons: You need some addons, maybe it does not work on “private” albums?

2. Solution: Use Picasa with some small fixes

1. Open about:config (like a n ordinary url) and change the following:
   1. set network.protocol-handler.expose.picasa to false
   2. set network.protocol-handler.external.picasa to true
   3. set network.protocol-handler.app.picasa to /opt/google/picasa/3.0/bin/picasa (seems to have no impact)
      
2. Open the file ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list and add x-scheme-handler/picasa=picasa.desktop under [Added Associations].
3. Now click the “Download to picasa” button in the web album you want to download.
4. There should be a popup which asks you what program to use for this link. If there is no popup you can change this setting under Edit -> Preferences -> Applications.
5. Click Choose and select  /opt/google/picasa/3.0/bin/picasa (important: not /usr/bin/picasa, which opens only the main picasa program and not the “Download Album” dialog. (weird, especially because /usr/bin/picasa is only a symlink to the /opt binary).

Pro: Download into picasa (if you want that), no additional extensions needed,
Cons: Some configuration needed, Picasa needed (and download to this picasa download folder)

Source:

• PricklyTech: How To Download a Picasa Web Album Without Installing Picassa
• Ajo Paul: Ubuntu : Fix for Firefox to download picasa albums

Change DNS on PRGAV4202N (A1, Telekom Austria)

My internet connection is by A1 (formerly Telekom Austria) and I wanted to use opendns as my custom dns service.

My current firmware version is 4.8.3.DWVV_TAU_5.1.6.

To change the DNS go to the web interface (http://10.0.0.138) and login with the following credentials (root):
Username: XQvfPUoO19_ai64j
Password: GtwdTdMRgfUIMFwoAU5m

Go to this URL: http://10.0.0.138/index.cgi?active_page_str=page_conn_settings_ppp0 and click “Einstellungen” (Settings). Change your DNS as you like and click “Anwenden” (Apply).

There you go.

Source:
http://forum.adsl.at/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=50854
http://tpirelli.blogspot.com/2011/06/root-zugriff-fur-a1telekom-austria.html

 

Outlook: always use reply-to (return mail) for free

At work I have to use Windows 7 with Outlook 2003. We needed a solution to add the reply-to header to all outgoing mails. As out server uses Exchange 2003, Transport agents to change smtp headers are not supported.

So I had to code a client (Outlook 2003) solution, because the add-ins cost about 50 $ per user.

Add Reply-to header to all outgoing mails

1. In Outlook open your Visual Basic Editor (<Alt>+<F11> or Extras → Macro → Visual Basic Editor)
2. I did this in german, so the names may vary a bit: In Project1 (VbaProject.OTM) open Microsoft Office Outlook Objects → ThisOutlookSession
3. Enter the following Code

   Private Sub Application_ItemSend(ByVal Item As Object, Cancel As Boolean)
   
       'add reply-To address
       Item.ReplyRecipients.Add "office@example.com"
       Item.ReplyRecipients.ResolveAll
   
   End Sub

4. Save it

Activate the macro

Because macros are “dangerous” you have to set the security level down.

1. Open Extras → Macro → Security.
2. Change the security level from high to medium (or low which is not recommended)
3. Click OK.

Further suggestions

• You can sign you macro and always trust macros from yourself, so that you do not have to activate macros every time you start outlook (when you are on the medium security level)
• For deployment I recommend you to sign the macro and then copy the the file %appdata%\Microsoft\Outlook\VbaProject.OTM to the new computer (this overwrites all macros on the new computer with the macros from the source computer). On the new computer you should install the signature (In the security warning on Outlook startup click Details → Show Certificate → Install Certificate and then restart Outlook and always trust the macros from that source.

Sources: Change reply recipient dependent on the mail domain (german)

Restart metacity without keyboard

While I updated ubuntu from 10.04 to 10.10 my keyboard stopped working. Then I saw that the window borders were missing. So it seemed that metacity crashed. But how can I restart metacity without a keyboard?

In your main menu click: System > Preferences > Appearance and change your Visual Effects from the current value to something else.

That worked for me. Metacity restarted and the keyboard resumed its work.

 

Source: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Metacity