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Nautilus scripts can be very useful at times as they help in saving a lot of time by allowing us to do various actions at a single click.
The location of script folder is
~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts
all the scripts mentioned below have to be extracted in the above folder.
1) AUDIO CONVERT
This script can be very handy to convert between various audio formats.
supported ones are WAV, Ogg, MP3, MPC, FLAC, APE, AAC, and WMA.
the codecs needed to be installed are
* lame: to encode/decode mp3's.
* oggenc (vorbis-tools): to encode ogg's.
* oggdec (vorbis-tools): to decode ogg's.
* mppenc: to encode mpc's.
* mppdec: to decode mpc's.
* faac: to encode aac's.
* faad: to decode aac's.
* flac: to encode/decode flac's.
GET IT
2) NSCRIPTS
NScripts is a set of nautilus scripts that does all the following basic functons.
Chkmd5:
Check md5sums
Maxfiles at once: unlimited
CopyTo:
Copy selected files/folders to ...
whereever you want. the script will
check if you have write-permissions.
Maxfiles at once: unlimited
InstallTheme:
Install a Theme to ~/.themes, or /usr/share/themes works with
both tarballs and folders
Maxfiles at once: unlimited
InstallIcons:
Install Icons/Cursors to ~/.icons or /usr/share/icons works
with both tarballs and folders
Maxfiles at once: unlimited
Mkmd5:
Create md5sums
Maxfiles at once: unlimited
MoveTo:
Move selected files/folders to ...
whereever you want. the script will
check if you have write-permissions.
Maxfiles at once: unlimited
Rootilus:
Open the current directory in nautilus, as root
RootTermInCurdir:
Open a gnome-terminal with the currentdir as workdir, as root
SetAsSplash:
set as session splash screen
maxfiles at once: one
Shredder:
Shred seleted files ... forever
if /dev/random or /dev/urandom
exists, it will be used.
Maxfiles at once: unlimited
TermInCurdir:
open a terminal with the currentdir as workdir, as the current user
SetAsWallpaper:
set the current file as wallpaper
SendShortcutTo
send links to ... wherever you want.
Maxfiles at once: unlimited
SendToMenu:
send desktop-launchers to menu ("Other"-Submenu)
GET IT
3) AVI & MP4 CONVERTER
A video conversion script that depends on ffmpeg and mencoder which means it can encode many different formats.
mplayer,mencoder,ffmpeg,lame are required to be installed.
GET IT
those were my favourite scripts and the possibilities are endless.a simple bash script can be used as a nautilus script.
Nautilus script directory at gnome-look
do share any other useful scripts...
The location of script folder is
~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts
all the scripts mentioned below have to be extracted in the above folder.
1) AUDIO CONVERT
This script can be very handy to convert between various audio formats.
supported ones are WAV, Ogg, MP3, MPC, FLAC, APE, AAC, and WMA.
the codecs needed to be installed are
* lame: to encode/decode mp3's.
* oggenc (vorbis-tools): to encode ogg's.
* oggdec (vorbis-tools): to decode ogg's.
* mppenc: to encode mpc's.
* mppdec: to decode mpc's.
* faac: to encode aac's.
* faad: to decode aac's.
* flac: to encode/decode flac's.
execute the above command to install all required codecs in ubuntu/debain.
GET IT
2) NSCRIPTS
NScripts is a set of nautilus scripts that does all the following basic functons.
Chkmd5:
Check md5sums
Maxfiles at once: unlimited
CopyTo:
Copy selected files/folders to ...
whereever you want. the script will
check if you have write-permissions.
Maxfiles at once: unlimited
InstallTheme:
Install a Theme to ~/.themes, or /usr/share/themes works with
both tarballs and folders
Maxfiles at once: unlimited
InstallIcons:
Install Icons/Cursors to ~/.icons or /usr/share/icons works
with both tarballs and folders
Maxfiles at once: unlimited
Mkmd5:
Create md5sums
Maxfiles at once: unlimited
MoveTo:
Move selected files/folders to ...
whereever you want. the script will
check if you have write-permissions.
Maxfiles at once: unlimited
Rootilus:
Open the current directory in nautilus, as root
RootTermInCurdir:
Open a gnome-terminal with the currentdir as workdir, as root
SetAsSplash:
set as session splash screen
maxfiles at once: one
Shredder:
Shred seleted files ... forever
if /dev/random or /dev/urandom
exists, it will be used.
Maxfiles at once: unlimited
TermInCurdir:
open a terminal with the currentdir as workdir, as the current user
SetAsWallpaper:
set the current file as wallpaper
SendShortcutTo
send links to ... wherever you want.
Maxfiles at once: unlimited
SendToMenu:
send desktop-launchers to menu ("Other"-Submenu)
GET IT
3) AVI & MP4 CONVERTER
A video conversion script that depends on ffmpeg and mencoder which means it can encode many different formats.
mplayer,mencoder,ffmpeg,lame are required to be installed.
GET IT
those were my favourite scripts and the possibilities are endless.a simple bash script can be used as a nautilus script.
Nautilus script directory at gnome-look
do share any other useful scripts...
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