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Remove Sticky Stuff Remove wax, stickers, tape, tar, etc. Mix equal parts coconut oil and baking soda Orange oil cleaner Armpit Stains Mix 1/4 cup baking soda with 1 tsp salt and 1 tsp hydrogen peroxide. Rub on the stain and let sit for 20-30 minutes. You can also pre-soak the shirt in a 2-1 warm water/vinegar solution for 20-30 minutes to loosen up the stain before applying the baking soda paste. Coffee or spice grinder Grind white rice. Copper tarnish Ketchup. Dirty drains Alka-seltzer. Lemon juice Rust stains: scrub lemon juice and salt on the stain. Garlic smell on hands: rub with lemon juice. Soap scum: scrub with a half of a lemon covered in salt. Vinegar Cloudy film on glasses: soak in warm vinegar for 5 minutes, then rinse and dry. If the cloudiness doesn't go away it might be etched. Clean a shower head: put nozzle in a plastic bag full of vinegar overnight. Cutting boards: scrub vinegar into wood or plastic cutting boards to...

Converting flv to mp4

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http://superuser.com/questions/483597/converting-flv-to-mp4-using-ffmpeg-and-preserving-the-quality

To make sure the video is H.264 or MPEG4 simple profile and audio is AAC
        ffmpeg -i input.flv

To convert to mp4
        ffmpeg -i input.flv -acodec copy -vcodec copy -copyts output.mp4

To convert to mp4 and convert audio
        ffmpeg -i input.foo -vcodec copy -acodec libfaac -ab 128k -copyts output.mp4

To extract aac audio from flv
        ffmpeg -i input.flv -vn output.m4a

To convert aac to mp3
        ffmpeg -i audio.aac -acodec mp3 -ac 2 -ab 160 audio.mp3

Edit ID3/metadata
        http://jonhall.info/how_to/create_id3_tags_using_ffmpeg

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