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Video playback not working on LinkedIn in Opera on Ubuntu 22

On fresh installation of Ubuntu 22, using Opera for video playback can be an issue. So even after installing all things that you may think it could help – it does not work. The solution is to install chromium-ffmpeg and copy its libffmpeg.so library into Opera installation folder. Be aware that snap installation path differs in few places so check your installation. After copying ffmpeg library, just restart Opera and the video, previously not loading in LinkedIn, will work.

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Making Satel Opal Plus motion sensor wireless with Fibaro Smart Implant

It is possible to make wire based motion sensor from Satel, wireles using Zwave network. Satel Opal, Opal Plus and Opal Pro have similar case which can hold additional module of Fibaro Smart Implant. On the picture below is on the bottom right side on the case, just below the sensor module. It fits quite well here. Both sensor and implant are powered by 12V DC, so you need to have only 2 wires coming to the sensor intead of 3 or more. It is especially important if you already made in-soil wiring and would not like to change it

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Fibaro Home Center 3 vs OpenHAB

Recently we’ve ordered Fibaro’s HC3 as a replacement for OpenHAB. First because it has integration with Satel alarm system and second that it has native Zigbee support next to default Zwave. OpenHAB also has support for Satel and by using external adapter you can connect Zigbee devices too. So why change OpenHAB to HC3 you can ask. Because it is a commercial product with a support and it feels like a product even if OH has similar or greater capabilites in few areas. Any cons? Sure thery are. Although it supports Nice devices like gates and garage doors, it works

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Fixing Ubuntu 22 camera recording

I tried to record video on my Dell G15 laptop using built-in camera. Unfortunately, by default it does not work. I tried Cheese and Webcamoid using several different settings. Cheese did not work with both built-in and external camera. Webcamoid worked with external camera only. Finally I decided to try OBS-STUDIO and still built-in camera was crashing this piece of software also. To fix this problem you could try to disable AppArmor: If it is the case, then you can try to find which AppArmor profile is responsible for blocking camera recording. For me, it was the case. Now I

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Turn on/off Samsung SmartThings A/C from Fibaro HC3

In order to integrate your SmartThings devices into Fibaro HC3 you need to create access token and review API documention which can be found here: https://developer.smartthings.com/docs/api/public#tag/Devices/operation/getDevices Then, to send on or off command to your device, grab its UUID, create QuickApp with the following code:

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Connecting WiZ LED lights to Fibaro HC3

In popular DIY markets you can buy Philips WiZ LED light bulbs. They are affordable choice over Hue lights. WiZ lights operate thru WiFi connection and can be integrated easily within OpenHAB system as a wizlighting binding coming from marketplace. However it is not a case in Fibaro HC3 where there is no direct integration. However… you can create your own QuickApp application and insert custom Lua code to communicate over UDP with those LED bulbs. To get status of a bulb (a.b.c.d is a IPv4 address): To turn on the light: To turn off the light: And here we

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Create own shorcut icon in Ubuntu 22 panel

If you want to run some curl on icon click from Ubuntu 22 panel, then you need to create file in ~/.local/share/applications: Then after few seconds, press special key (aka Windows key) and type your “application” name. You can grab and paste it onto application panel to be shown as a shortcut.

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chromium downloader for MacOS 10.8.5

If you happen to have MacBookPro3,1 with Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2Hz DDR2 SDRAM with MacOS 10.8.5 on board then you probably wonder if there is a chance to access internet with modern browser. Yes, now you can with chromium downloader for chromium-legacy. https://github.com/blueboxd/chromium-legacy https://github.com/blueboxd/chromium-legacy/discussions/25 However there are reported some issues with NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT 128MB GPU and I can confirm it also. If you download the latest, as for now 121, Chromium will be installed but no visible window content could be seen. Instead I downloaded stable 114 version which run just fine. Probably you could run more

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Bash controlled Raspberry Pi 3B relay hat

If you would like to control some electrical devices by switching them on and off then one possiblity is to use Rasberry Pi relay hat. It is from Waveshare/Botland and it fits on top of your Raspberry Pi. It contains 3 relays controllers with screw connectors. Once you wire your devices you can even put it within DIN box like this one below. Be sure to be careful inserting micro SD card as this box fits tight and you can easily break card apart like I once did. In order to control relay connectors first you export pins: Then you