LINUX TRICKS : How to play videos in the terminal

The terminal is indisputably the most used application for Linux users. You can do almost everything with just a terminal: from chatting, browsing the internet to playing music ... and of course, you can also play videos in the Linux terminal. To play video in the terminal, you need the mplayer package. I believe mplayer is in the respiratory of all the Linux distro so installing it is a piece of cake. If you use Arch Linux, the installing command will be:

 sudo pacman -S mplayer  

If you use Ubuntu or other Debian-based distro, the command to install mplayer will be:

 sudo apt-get install mplayer  

Now, to watch videos in the terminal, you just need to open the terminal and run this command:

 mplayer -vo caca /path/to/the/video  

If you just need to watch in black and white mode, then the command will be:

 mplayer -vo aa /path/to/the/video  

Note: unfortunately, the video quality is not really good, you will only see the video being played in ASII mode.

How to Unlock a Computer Without a Password Reset Disk

Instructions

1.Restart the computer.

2.Press and hold down the "F8" key as the computer is booting. Release "F8" when a list of options appears and select "Safe Mode With Networking" from the list.

3. Click on the "Administrator" account.

4.Press the Start button on the lower left-hand side of the screen.

5.Type "control userpasswords2" in the text field that appears and press "Enter." Uncheck "Users must enter a username and password" and restart the computer. It will be unlocked.

6.If this does not resolve the situation, press the Start button and chose Control Panel from the menu that appears. Click the arrow in the Control Panel to bring down a drop-down box and choose "All Control Panel Items." Navigate to "User Accounts" and then "Manage Another Account." Choose your account and select the option to edit it. Select "Remove the password." Repeat for every account accessible through the Control Panel.

ELSE

1. Start computer and then press “Ctrl+Alt+Delete” twice at Windows Login Screen.
2. Type “Administrator” without quotations in the username box and leave password box blank. Then hit “Enter” to log onto Windows system.
3. Go to “Start->Control Panel->User Accounts” to unlock the forgotten Windows 7 password.