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Need an app that mass batch removes meta exif data

As the title says need an app that mass batch removes meta exif data. This means all files that are within folders and folders. I dont need exif apps for a folder full of images, these are thousands of folders each with images and text files in them.

I need an app that will take ONE folder with thousands of folders that have text files and images within then to batch remove all exif data at once.

I have been made aware on exiftool its possible but cannot find any tutorial online, have found some scripts for it but complicated for me to run since I have no knowledge on it. Can also be windows or mac.

imageoptim, exifcleaner, graphic converter etc.. do not work for what I am looking for

Thanks in advance.

3 Comments
2024/11/09
19:05 UTC

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Good software like Team Viewer but cheaper or free alternative?

Hi everyone, I used to use TeamViewer to access my computer remotely but it is now too expensive lol

Is there any good cheaper alternative? Or free?

I found Rust or Helpwire, which one is the best?

Do these software work on all type of machines including android etc?

Thank you!

5 Comments
2024/11/09
18:42 UTC

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Best transcription software available to create text file of recorded video file? (Mac/Windows)

I have video files and audio files that I want to transcribe. The audio is in Arabic.

I will happily pay for the app/software. What are the absolutely best options out there? I have both mac and windows computers.

Thanks!

0 Comments
2024/11/09
18:27 UTC

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Advice on using a cloud based database

Good day.

My friend and I have built a web application that is intended for public usage. We are trialling it this weekend and there has been a lot of interest in it.

We would like to expand but we are currently using Azure SQL server for the database. The web app is extremely reliant on the database.

I would like to ask what alternatives can I use to Azure SQL server. We are finding the pricing to be extremely expensive and would like to explore other options that could be cheaper.

For example, would it be possible to rent an online server and run SQlite or SQLExpress on it and let our web app connect to that server’s database? Is something like that possible?

Any advice/guidance would be greatly appreciated?

Thanks in advance.

1 Comment
2024/11/09
15:29 UTC

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Help with an app that can start (and keep) any app in tray

I tried everyone in this thread https://www.reddit.com/r/software/comments/mskgvn/a_software_that_puts_any_application_to_the/ but none of them quite did what I want.

I want one that I can just add the .exe of my app to and it always starts in tray. Seems most of them just use a hotkey where it minimizes to tray but as soon as I activate it I have to use the hotkey again. Does anyone know something that makes it permanent?

The only one I ever found that did that forced me to put all of my startup items in that app and that caused issues.

0 Comments
2024/11/09
15:05 UTC

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Data & media management for humanitarian organization

Would appreciate your help and recommendation.

I work for a small relief & aid organization that works in war zones in the Middle East and SE Asia, documenting attacks and human rights violations to the UN. Everyday we get reports from all over our areas of work that we receive through Signal that include photos and videos documenting.

We would like to save and catalogue these media files and reports in some sort of online database that is searchable and easy to access. We can tag images and videos, such as ‘landmines’, ‘medical programs’, ‘civilian casualties’ etc…

The software or database would need to host and organize/catalogue all this media and updates. We have been using google drive as a basic rudimentary way to do this, just tagging photos and entering a description, but I’m sure there are better suggestions.

Thank you for your help!

0 Comments
2024/11/09
14:40 UTC

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How to create the best multi-OS ecosystem

TL;DR looking for a multiplatform task/calendar/etc management suite

Hi, I'm a gamer and a software developer. I've got Windows 11 and EndeavourOS with KDE on my PC (I'm debating over replacing the latter with MacOS too, but tbh the OS and GUI are amazing and bare metal hackintoshing is pain), two Macbooks and an Android phone for my personal devices. I've never put much thought in managing my life in general, but I wanna harness my ADHD a bit. I'm looking for a suite or a few individual apps to manage my calendar, tasks, shopping/todo lists, e-mails and so on. Do you guys have any recommendations? It would be cool if it came with some widgets and nice integrations, I'm a sucker for pretty visuals. One-time payments are fine to a degree but subscriptions are kinda meh for me. Self-hosted is also possible.

3 Comments
2024/11/09
12:50 UTC

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is there link in between HWID and HDD/SSD

friend of mine bought "Borneo Schematics Hardware Diagram Tool".he bought 12months license.

but unfortunately his laptop hard drive died. as i know this software can not use in two machines at once. you have to change HWID to new machine. but he can not turn on old laptop because of it's HDD is already dead.

if we set up new SSD to that laptop,can we use same software in same laptop after that?

2 Comments
2024/11/09
08:15 UTC

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Looking for a niche software

Hi y’all, I’m looking for a software similar to what this streamer used for this stream https://youtu.be/G8UagZ8JlMA?si=jU8QUauBvNCeLOqN

From what I understand, it’s some program that lets you upload a picture and then tracks your face over it on the window to be captured for like a window on a stream. I’ve looked and I can’t seem to find the right one, any advice?

1 Comment
2024/11/09
02:39 UTC

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Looking for software to live translate incoming audio of non English speaking, with translated English audio, (not captions) ideally across apps but in browser will suffice.

0 Comments
2024/11/09
01:26 UTC

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An app that extracts text from images and translates it

Free easy to use etc...

12 Comments
2024/11/08
23:41 UTC

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Is this free or did he made those?

https://preview.redd.it/c48wry8sjrzd1.png?width=359&format=png&auto=webp&s=79f5d4cb8be1d10bc89c346d6b14f790b05ed969

https://preview.redd.it/8v5umkhsjrzd1.png?width=373&format=png&auto=webp&s=5339cae1fa8b1251cac69926ed6c39a3bc4c87c6

So a friend of mine was screensharing to us using anydesk and installing an "OTIMIZATION" and "STRAFE" for fivem. its funny i know. But those anyone know if these are free or he made. He probably didnt made because that its english and we (everyone on the call) are portuguese, but just because he is selling those. Anyone know? PS: I got no acess to the files and i got no more screenshots just those

3 Comments
2024/11/08
23:38 UTC

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Wordpad replacement?

So, I got caught offguard with Wordpad being removed, so I can't go back and restore it from a backup.

I have a few rtf formatted documents that I've been using to keep track of things, and these documents are now #Q@W%W$^%$^'d up, the formatting is a disaster.

I've tried other editors, such as SublimeText which I use for coding, but it won't clean up the formatting, so I can't read these documents at all.

I've tried several of the "wordpad replacements" that have been suggested, and they either don't import the format, or are tools that look like they were programmed in 1985.

What's a modern editor that supports rtf with basic editing functions?

6 Comments
2024/11/08
23:20 UTC

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Download managers but different

I'm looking for a piece of software that can detect when multiple things are being downloaded at once, but only allow one thing to take all the upload and download speed while the rest wait their turns, it doesn't have to be in order either, I'd rather it be free but even paid stuff is okay

2 Comments
2024/11/08
21:38 UTC

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Looking for software to help sort my hobby collection.

I have a very large collection of Gundams, I have been keeping records of what I own on paper but its becoming exhaustive especially when searching through the list to see if I own one or not. I'm really looking for something that will basically let me take a picture, add some data like when the model was released serial number etc and possibly also let me search through them with that data. There are a few websites that let you do something similar but id really prefer to keep all the info locally. Thanks in advance

3 Comments
2024/11/08
21:31 UTC

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Photo and Video Viewer

Is there a image viewer that can play both images of any format along with H.264 and H.265 videos? I have remuxed a HEVC video to a HEIC file with this command, and now I want to play it as a regular image.

mp4box -add "video.mp4"#video -add-image :primary:ref -brand heis -new "output.heic"

I have used the pre-built version of mp4box for this task.

3 Comments
2024/11/08
21:04 UTC

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What are the best all round file converters currently on the market?

I'm looking for a program (no online converters) that can convert file types for video, images and audio.

It has to support Windows, allow batch processing and has to be free or paid as a perpetual license.

9 Comments
2024/11/08
18:42 UTC

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Which windows app had the most positive impact on you or most valuable to you?

The title

37 Comments
2024/11/08
18:41 UTC

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Best free program to make gifs that allow editing them (adding words, brightening, removing frames to reduce size, etc).

Years ago, I used to make gifs all the time for various places (tumblr mostly). I had a video program that would let you pull frames from a movie into a folder then I would upload those frames into photoshop to make a GIF. I want to try my hand at making them again and I'm sure technology has made it much easier.

What do people use these days to make GIFs? I still have photoshop but can't remember the name of the video program I used at all. I just knew that it was free, open source, and sometimes finicky.

9 Comments
2024/11/08
16:08 UTC

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File Compare Software

Good morning everyone, I am looking for a file compare application for windows to help me keep my external hard drive organized and correctly in sync with the project files on my main machine. Most of what I need to compare is text and markdown, PDF's MP3's, and various python scripts.

I have tried WinMerge and WinMerge 2011 portable, as that is a super handy feature to run off the drive on any computer.

That being said. I am a little sad that WinMerge does not allow you to open the file trees next to eachother, they are just in one big list. Does anyone have some tips to utilize WinMerge in a more visually pleasing manner or tips for newer software with a dual split screen? The philosophy I run with is that files are ONLY transferred from my computer to the external drive, NEVER from the external to the main PC unless a catastrophic drive failure in my main machine occurs.

PS. I was told previously to check out WinSCP and the directory compare and while that split screen is exactly what I want, its not purpose built to compare file by file like WinMerge is

9 Comments
2024/11/08
15:23 UTC

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Looking for software to convert tiktok to advertising format (given very confusing direction)

As background, I am not a video editor but was asked (by people who know even less than I do) to look into this. I like learning new things, but the instructions I am getting seem impossible ...

Basically, I was asked to reformat TikToks so that they could be used as ads on the company website. There seem to be 2 ways to do this: either crop or fill in the sides with black or some other design/image/color.

Originally, I was asked to change the pixel size to be smaller but then they decided that was too blurry. The new strategy was to crop/resize so that the speaker took up as much space as possible (basically cutting off their shoulders down and any extra space from the top). [“Aspect ratio should be 16:9, it’s at 9:16 currently. Blow it up and tightly crop so that the face is what’s mostly showing.”]

A different staff member emailed me saying that “resizing has to be about more than cutting off the top and bottom and using black strips. There are a lot of programs that reformat videos. That’s what you need to investigate.” A follow-up email said I could put the video in Canva and try to do it there?

I am immensely confused.

Is there any obvious part of resizing that I’m missing? A program that will do whatever it is they’re asking?

Thank you for any suggestions (or for telling me that I am not imagining that these instructions are off??)

1 Comment
2024/11/08
14:57 UTC

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I created a SaSS to manage and store your .env files

Hello,

If you are a busy developer juggling multiple projects, it's hard to keep track of your .env files since they are on the .gitignore list and its not ideal to store it in your project repository.

Often times, we keep pasting them on Slack, Messenger, Skype or in Notepad.

Thing is, if you are a busy developer handling multiple projects at once, they became a pain as time goes by as we spend time where we pasted it in.

I have experienced it myself when i am about to revive an old SaSS of mine and can't find the original .env file. I had to create accounts again to several providers to get the API keys and some, need to approve our app.

So, Hold My Env came to life for me to manage my own .env files. I made it for myself first and then launch it on ProductHunt and its live currently for our 2nd launch.

You can check our Product Hunt launch: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/hold-my-env-2
Our website: https://www.holdmyenv.com/

Thank you and any valuable feedback will be appreciated!

Ray

0 Comments
2024/11/08
13:47 UTC

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Looking for a windows folder coloring application that's completely free

Basically the title, I've tried FolderICO and Win11 Folder Coloring App and these have limited/pay-wall options which I am not a fun off, is there a software that's completely free and offers a vast variety of colors?

5 Comments
2024/11/08
13:08 UTC

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Looking for a media manager and player without any of those live service or streaming thingy, just something to play a folder with videos in it (like art/music courses)

I'm looking for a piece of software which can manage my video folders (specifically art courses videos in folders) and play them (with skip to next video, as well as mini view). I have tried to use Jellyfin, Plex and even my built in new media player in Windows, and so far ALL of them results in disappointment as Plex doesn't even load properly, Jellyfin doesn't/can't skip to next video unless i specifically choose the "Play all" button (which i have to skip a lot of videos which is extremely infuriating) and also even after i playlisted the folder i want, i can't "sort" the videos by A to Z, resulting in random videos playing, for the built in new media player in Windows, the only infuriating thing is that it doesn't show any thumbnail on the folders, and it seems impossible to add a thumbnail to the folders from what i have seen.

If there's any software which can manage the video folders, seeing the thumbnail from just a picture in the folder, as well as sorting from A to Z and resume watching from last time, i will be really happy to try out. Or if there's any solutions for the problems of those software above, it will help a ton as well.

Thank you for your help in advance!

7 Comments
2024/11/08
11:55 UTC

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Publicwww alternative?

It can search source code of websites. Are you aware of Any? Kindly let know. Thanks

0 Comments
2024/11/08
10:09 UTC

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Looking for service to collect questions and let users vote other users' questions

Hi everyone,

I love reading reddit but I never create posts, so if I did something wrong please be patient.

I need to organise a webinar for 1000+ people at work. Before the event, an email will be sent to guests: it will contain an agenda and a link to collect questions before the meeting. The aim is to collect questions/doubts, prioritise them and to include them in the slide deck.

So here's the problem: I would like to send a link to a form where you can write you own questions or vote for the ones written by others, but I can't find anything doing this. The only alternative is an Excel file to be filled in with questions, but I would like to use something more structured.

Any suggestion will be welcome! Thank you :)

1 Comment
2024/11/08
10:09 UTC

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Virus on phone due to APK game

So the new edition of Age of History 3 (a mobile game) was released. I didn't want to spend my money on the game so I went to some google sites to download it. It asked me to download a third party app installer filled with ads. I did and downloaded the game from there. It was about three days ago. Now my device randomly freezes and I have to click on the home button (the virtual one on androids) and then hover back to the app. Also an ad pops up randomly when connected to the internet.

I think I downloaded a ad injecting virus or something. I need help. Please!

1 Comment
2024/11/08
07:39 UTC

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Reading Books on PC / in Windows?

The couple of programs I have found for reading books on PC/in Windows have not been great. Is there a more modern-ish program you like for reading on PC? I have a lot of ebooks, .epub files mostly.

I also have some workbooks/homework type stuff from time to time, so I may need to be able to type and write/mark in them (digitally) as as well.

I know a PC is not the ideal way to read a book, but in my scenario it works out the best. Thanks!

3 Comments
2024/11/08
07:24 UTC

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Petition - Software Developers - please make your software available in Mac versions or we will switch to your competitors.

Please sign so you will have more software to choose from: https://chng.it/c25W6nGTrh

12 Comments
2024/11/08
06:38 UTC

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M3u8 detector

Hello, I'm looking for an app or plugin that can detect m3u8 video links from a list of URLs without having to open each one and with just one click. I tried JDownloader and IDM, but they don’t detect m3u8 files on this website. Video DownloadHelper works well, but you need to open the link, and it doesn’t allow adding multiple URLs at once. PS: Please avoid Python scripts or command-line apps because I’m not good at programming. Thank you very much!

2 Comments
2024/11/08
00:34 UTC

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