jmatthewturner

#!/bin/bash

# This script will iterate through a folder and conform the artwork for any MP3s to a standard that is pleasing 
# to the Kenwood Excelon series of car audio head units. It assumes all files in the folder are from the same album.
# (Note that this has been tested on a Kenwood Excelon DMX809S, but I assume this will work for all Excelon products.)
#
# This script will look for cover art contained in the folder first. If none is found, it will attempt to extract embedded
# artwork from the alphabetically first MP3.
#
# As far as I can tell, these are the criteria for the Kenwood Excelon to display album artwork:

jmatthewturner

#!/bin/bash

# This script was written entirely by Claude.ai, with prompts by jmatthewturner. 
# It does what I need well enough, so I'm not taking the time to refine it.
# But I still wanted to share in case anyone else finds it useful.
#
# It's purpose is to batch rename a group of music files, as part of a larger
# project to get a Kenwood Excelon head unit working properly with USB MP3s.
# Details of the larger project are here: 
# https://jmatthewturner.wordpress.com/2025/05/29/usb-mp3-functionality-on-kenwood-excelon-head-units/

jmatthewturner

#!/bin/bash

# This script was written entirely by Claude.ai, with prompts by jmatthewturner. 
# It does what I need well enough, so I'm not taking the time to refine it.
# But I still wanted to share in case anyone else finds it useful.
#
# It's purpose is to strip hidden fields from id3 tags, as part of a larger
# project to get a Kenwood Excelon head unit working properly with USB MP3s.
# Details of the larger project are here:
# https://jmatthewturner.wordpress.com/2025/05/29/usb-mp3-functionality-on-kenwood-excelon-head-units/

jmatthewturner

#!/bin/bash

# This script uses ffmpeg to transcode video files into one of a few formats suitable for
# editing in either DaVinci Resolve or Lightworks on a Linux machine. It's purpose is to 
# simplify my life and relieve me from having to look up and enter the same very long
# command over and over.
#
# If run with argument "all", the script will prompt for a directory containing video files, and
# transcode all video files in the directory into the selected format. If run with a file as an
# argument, it will transcode only that file, and will provide the additional option of 

jmatthewturner

#!/bin/bash

# PLEASE NOTE: I started learning Bash scripting 4 weeks ago, so if this somehow
#              breaks your system and opens a wormhole to the Gamma Quadrant,
#              I'm sorry.
#
# This is a setup script for Debian-based computers. It is highly customized
# for my personal use; I made it public because I think it could be a good
# starting point for someone else. It will need to be customized for anyone
# else's use.

jmatthewturner

#!/bin/bash

# This is a script for switching between Intel and NVIDIA graphics modes 
# on System 76 Oryx Pros. It was written because I installed KDE Plasma,
# thereby losing the graphics-switching functionality built into Gnome.
# But it should work just fine under Gnome, as well, if you're into that.
#
# It uses a modified version of Dave Miller's excellent ask.sh script,
# which can be found here:
# https://gist.github.com/davejamesmiller/1965569

jmatthewturner

#!/bin/bash

# This is a script that defines a list of basic colors for use with 
# text formatting in other scripts. It does not cover all possible colors,
# but it's a solid starting point.
#
# Usage: include this line at the top of any script that uses these colors:
# source [path to script]/colors.sh
# Then format like this:
# echo -e "This color is ${GREEN}green${RESET}."