Useful References

Fabacademy

Assessment Guidelines

Tutorials

Documentation

Git Troubleshooting

Git with Visual Studio Code

Material Theme for Markdown

Getting Started with MKdocs

Markdown Cheat Sheet

Markdown Live Preview

Lasercutter

Kerf Checker Tool

Image and Video Compression

Batch Image Compression > XNconvert App

Batch Video Compression > Handbrake App

Video Compression > ffmpeg

Neil’s FFMPEG Scripts
HTML5 MP4 ffmpeg encoding

variable bit rate 1080p MP3:

ffmpeg -i input_video -vcodec libx264 -crf 25 -preset medium -vf scale=-2:1080 -acodec libmp3lame -q:a 4 -ar 48000 -ac 2 output_video.mp4

fixed bit rate 1080p MP2:

ffmpeg -i input_video -vcodec libx264 -b:v 1000k -vf scale=-2:1080 -acodec mp2 -b:a 256k -ar 48000 -ac 2 output_video.mp4

no audio:

ffmpeg -i input_video -vcodec libx264 -b:v 1000k -vf scale=-2:1080 -an output_video.mp4

crop size (width:height:xoffset:yoffset):

ffmpeg -i input_video -vf crop=1500:800:200:100 -vcodec libx264 -b:v 1000k -an output_video.mp4

trim time (-ss start time, -t duration):

ffmpeg -i input_video -vcodec libx264 -b:v 1000k -an -ss 00:00:10 -t 00:00:10 output_video.mp4

mix audio and video:

ffmpeg -i input_video -vcodec libx264 -b:v 1000k -vf crop=1120:876:0:100 -i input_audio -acodec mp2 -b:a 256k -ar 48000 -ac 2 -ss 00:00:20 -t 00:00:20 output_video.mp4

crop, pan, composite:

ffmpeg -i input_video_1 -i input_video_2 -filter_complex ‘[1:v]crop=175:95:930:860[cropout];[cropout]scale=350:190[scaleout];[0:v][scaleout]overlay=10:10[outv]’ -map ‘[outv]’ -vcodec libx264 -b:v 1000k -map 0:a -acodec mp2 -b:a 256k -ac 2 -t 00:00:05 output_video.mp4

numbered images to video:

ffmpeg -r 30 -i %04d.jpg -vcodec libx264 -b:v 1000k -vf scale=-2:1080 -an output_video.mp4

3D Design

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Adai Surinach’s Smart Citizen Enclosure Design

Programming

Electronics

Networking

ESP32 Communication via ESP NOW Protocol

CNC Milling