Read metadata IPTC and EXIF directly from images and then covert to another format. We demonstrate turning a load of JPEGs into a PDF.
We mount an iso disc using the Ubuntu GUI, the command line, and then with our script to mount over 500 images at the same time.
Mount iso image directly in windows with no third party software, I show you how to access the iso images without using a drive letter to overcome the 26 drive letter limitation
We use DDRescue on Windows installed with Cygwin to read a badly scratched DVD disc. We then use the Parity Volumes/erasure encoding to recover the data that would not read from the scratched area on the disc.
We use a local MinIO setup and show you how to use the AWS s3 command line to carry out simple tasks with the aws command.
We look at the Belkin Ethernet + Power Adapter with Lightning Connector from Belkin.
We take a look on the Whiteboard about why and the various method of erasing a magnetic tape. We then demonstrate using the mt command on both Linux and Windows 11 with Cygwin to erase both a 9 track tape and LTO tape.
We show how to install MTX command on windows 11 as part of the Tape Data Storage series.
Part of the series on Tape Data Storage we show how to install Cygwin on Windows 11 it is also the same to install on Windows 10.
We show how to fix a DVD drive that won't open or eject. We firstly show how to open the drive using the emergency eject hole and then how to remove the drive belt. Once removed we show how to restore the belt using boiling water and recommend that the belt is measured so it can then optionally be …