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laurenarcher / bitconvert.py
Last active June 14, 2022 07:28
Simple python bitcoin currency converter using the Bitcoin Charts API. Documentation here: http://bitcoincharts.com/about/markets-api/
import urllib2
import json
data = urllib2.urlopen("http://api.bitcoincharts.com/v1/weighted_prices.json")
def convert_to_bitcoin(amount, currency):
bitcoins = json.loads(data.read())
converted = float(bitcoins[currency]["24h"]) * amount
print converted
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laurenarcher / livestreamingyoutube
Created November 21, 2014 14:13
Livestreaming to Youtube Live, Ubuntu, Linux FFMPEG
Terminal Commands:
One webcam:
ffmpeg -f alsa -ac 2 -i hw:1,0 -f v4l2 -s 1280x720 -r 10 -i /dev/video1 -vcodec libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p -preset ultrafast -r 25 -g 20 -b:v 2500k -codec:a libmp3lame -ar 44100 -threads 6 -b:a 11025 -bufsize 512k -f flv rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com/live2/YOURSTREAMNAMEHERE
Two webcam overlay:
ffmpeg -f alsa -ac 2 -i hw:1,0 -f v4l2 -s 1280x720 -r 10 -i /dev/video1 -f v4l2 -s 320x240 -r 10 -i /dev/video0 -filter_complex "[1:v]setpts=PTS-STARTPTS[bg]; [2:v]setpts=PTS-STARTPTS[fg]; [bg][fg]overlay=shortest=1 [out]" -map "[out]" -map 0:a -vcodec libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p -preset veryfast -r 25 -g 20 -b:v 2500k -codec:a libmp3lame -ar 44100 -threads 6 -b:a 11025 -bufsize 512k -f flv rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com/live2/YOURSTREAMNAMEHERE