Someone discovered the utility while browsing my public repository (the app prompts to post data back to the website, and the anonymous user accepted the offer and posted the report from this unpublished application), so I have to drop a few lines about the tool. The idea is basically straightforward: live capture involves attaching time [...]
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CaptureClock: Utility to Check Video/Audio Capture Rates
Posted: 4th January 2013 by Roman in ATL, Utilities, WTLTags: Audio, capture, DirectShow, frame rate, live, rate matching, Video
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DirectShow Spy: ROT fix and evrprop.dll
Posted: 4th January 2013 by Roman in ATL, UtilitiesTags: COM, DirectShow, directshowspy
A small issue appears to be affecting DirectShow applications with DirectShow Spy installed. As underlying COM base is non-standard, the spy implements a few hacks to run smoothly and to keep reference counting correct in particular. Under certain conditions, DirectShow-enabled ActiveX control hosted by Internet Explorer seems to be unable to put its graph onto [...]
Bringing virtual DirectShow devices back to life with Skype 6
Posted: 28th November 2012 by Roman in Technology, VideoTags: bug, devicepath, DirectShow, skype
As mentioned before, new Skype 6 broke compatibility with all virtual DirectShow devices out there. Just oops, nothing works any longer if only it is not a full driver exposing virtual device through WDM. Since quite some people are interested in details (Skype 6 Virtual Camera issues, Skype Client for Windows – SCW-3881 – Virtual [...]
DirectShow Spy: Easier Registration
Posted: 24th November 2012 by Roman in ATL, Utilities, WTLTags: COM, DirectShow, directshowspy, registration, regsvr32, rundll32, spy
Because DirectShow Spy is often a troubleshooting tool, one of its use scenarios is its being a drop-in module to quickly install on a system of interest in order to connect to graphs for troubleshooting purposes, such as to check topology and media types. Its installation requires COM registration, and over time it changed gradually [...]
dlinkddns.com@ and unique email addresses
Posted: 23rd November 2012 by Roman in TechnologyTags: email, spam
This is a spam email. There is not so much special about, just the recipient address. “Single use” email addresses have an advantage of trackability of spam sources, because once you start receiving messages onto this alias you immediately know the source. Not to say that you can block them easily. Google Mail offers a [...]
Log Process Exceptions: Filters and Email Notification
Posted: 8th October 2012 by Roman in ATL, Source, Utilities, WTLTags: debug, exception, log, troubleshooting
Moving on with LogProcessExceptions tool which externally monitors (debugs, to be more specific) an application of interest and captures its exceptions writing minidump files for further analysis. This updates adds two features: Ability to filter out the exceptions of interest An email notification on exception, with or without minidump file Filter A new property page [...]
Automated cell phone balance check, mutliple accounts
Posted: 7th October 2012 by Roman in ATL, UtilitiesEveryone has a cell phone nowadays, a lot of people have 2+ numbers, many have dependents with cell phones. In this country with prepaid services being so popular the number of people who pay for cellular phone services for several numbers perhaps exceeds one million. It looks obvious that there is certain demand for a [...]