00:04:04 OPCUG Q&A: Welcome all to the September meeting of the OPCUG 00:04:25 OPCUG Q&A: I hope everyone had a great summer hiatus 00:04:46 Chris Taylor: All members in good standing as of March 31, 2022 have had their membership expiry date extended by one year at no charge Want to join the OPCUG? - https://opcug.ca/join-or-renew/ 00:06:18 Mark Cayer: Evening all. Here as usual lurking around with no Mic or Webcam. 00:07:19 Stew: I can't tell the difference... 00:08:42 Mark Cayer: So Chris could show up as say ... Paddington Bear?? 00:12:30 Serge-Érik: Just got this in my email today : CCleaner Professional for $1. Code BXU-GSE-SJG. https://www.ccleaner.com/howtogeek?utm_source=howtogeek&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=HTGDealsNewsletter&x-variant=1460 00:20:22 Bob: Can you normalize the levels of several files in one operation? 00:23:39 Mark Cayer: Any recommendations for locating Free Audiobooks?? 00:23:42 Natalie: Are there tutorials on the main/basic settings? 00:24:56 Chris Taylor: Foobar 2000 https://www.foobar2000.org/ Components(plug-ins) www.foobar2000.org/components Lame mp3 encoder https://www.filehorse.com/download-lame-mp3-encoder-64/download/ 00:25:48 Stew: Mark; I have been looking at Librivox.org for public domain audio books 00:27:26 Mark Cayer: Thanks Stew. 00:34:02 Natalie: For ripping, is the default usually OK? 00:34:35 Chris Taylor: @Natalie - as with any program, I think I would peruse everything it is doing! 00:34:39 Natalie: Just choose the right ouput folder? 00:34:57 Natalie: No idea about bitrates, etc. 00:35:25 Natalie: OK 00:49:16 Tom Trottier: Is there no way to find when webpage completely downloaded? 00:51:41 Tom Trottier: rather than wait some seconds? 00:52:28 Tom Trottier: there are some "spiders" that download complete websites 00:56:41 Tom Trottier: Happy Birthday - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACUjMNDSrgY 01:01:06 Natalie: How are you copying into Greenshot? Just have the program open? 01:01:22 Tom Trottier: Are bitmojis raster or vector? 01:02:08 Chris Taylor: @Natalie - he has Greenshot installed on his computer. When he hits the PrintScreen key, it lest him select part fo the screen and it opens as a graphic within the Greenshot editor 01:02:14 Natalie: Where do the saved images go? Set a folder? 01:02:45 Chris Taylor: He is just copying across the clipboard. Of course, you can also save as a JPG or whatever. 01:03:35 Chris Taylor: bitmoji.com 01:04:40 Natalie: I'm impressed with friends' avatars - they look pretty close to reality! 01:06:08 Natalie: Will this work well with other browsers? I've had issues with some things being incompatible with Firefox/Mozilla. 01:06:35 Tom Trottier: I want to see your avatar! 01:07:15 Lynda: Does the site use your pic or is it just for your reference 01:08:17 Tom Trottier: If that is your avatar, it has more hair...……. 01:08:17 Natalie: Is Greenshot free vs Snagit not free? 01:09:06 Tom Trottier: ShareX more powerful 01:12:25 Tom Trottier: Also tombstones & obituraries 01:16:20 micheline: Biography is more interesting than just names and dates. I like to discover biographies of my ancesters if possible. 01:16:48 Tom Trottier: How do you manage divorces & stepchildren.... 01:30:37 Tom Trottier: Any DNS connections? 01:31:03 Tom Trottier: oops, DNA 01:31:52 Tom Trottier: Tree BIen! 01:32:07 Natalie: For info gathering: I got help from the Ottawa Public Library to track down documents (immigrant boat arrivals, marriage certificates, etc.). Their genealogy experts were very helpful & I got free access to paid databases through them. 01:35:18 Stew: My family has been using the Geni wesite for a decade or so. It's a kind of wiki type thing where people invite other family in and everyone adds info. 01:35:40 Tom Trottier: Thanks, Timothy 01:36:21 Tom Trottier: one advantage - Federal archive right here 01:36:49 Stew: Oh yeah. its a mess 01:38:29 Tom Trottier: dogs?goats? 01:39:09 Tom Trottier: very apropos of genealogy.... 01:42:35 Timothy: That is a great fix. 01:43:20 Natalie: I need to go. Thanks all for great info! 01:44:09 faber ichelle’s iPad: Need to go. Very good presentations. 01:49:55 Tom Trottier: Have you tried resubmitting updated images? Especiallly cracks 01:52:38 Chris Taylor: Photo restoration with GFPGAN GFPGAN implementation of project https://app.baseten.co/apps/QPp4nPE/operator_views/RqgOnqV Full project at Github https://github.com/TencentARC/GFPGAN More info: https://petapixel.com/2022/07/28/gfpgan-is-a-new-free-ai-tool-that-can-fix-most-old-photos-instantly/ 01:52:59 Gail: Thank you very much to all presenters! Great jobs! 01:54:42 Alan German: No Q&A Session tonight as this is a regular monthly meeting. Our next Q&A session will be next Wednesday, September 21st. Your questions on any computer-related problems, mini-presentations (shares) on your favourite Windows, Linux or Android application are welcome. You can also ask about or share information on any Computer Basics or Smartphone Basics issue. Send your questions, shares and requests to: SuggestionBox@opcug.ca 01:56:37 Allison: Great presentations - thank you! 01:56:40 Fernando Nunes (GAC): 👏 01:56:49 Edward Morawski: 👏🏻 01:56:50 E O'Driscoll: Thanks for the presentations. A lot of info. 01:57:02 Serge-Érik: Thanks! 01:57:21 Jocelyn Doire: can you suggest one genealogy software for casual user? 01:58:38 Tom Trottier: "Cramps" for matriarchy...……. 01:59:20 Jocelyn Doire: https://www.rootsmagic.com/Try/RootsMagic/ 01:59:35 Jocelyn Doire: thanks