Southeast Linuxfest 2010 Photos
Here I go, lowering standards elsewhere
Stephen Spector, Community Manager for Xen, as well as a speaker and exhibitor at the 2010 Southeast Linuxfest, made the mistake of interviewing me. Apparently nobody told him I’m not actually important.
You can watch more interviews at SELF, and got a whole bunch more open source goodness, at Stephen’s blog Open Source Exposed over at Network World.
There must be some sort of mistake?
Apparently they’ll interview anybody on Ubuntu User. Even me. How did that happen?
People, Personalities, and Planners: Who’s behind your FOSS events? SELF10 Planner – Jeremy Sands
How to convert video recorded with a Panasonic Lumix FZ35 (AVCHD, 720p) for playback in Linux
You will need:
– Recent ffmpeg
– Panasonic Lumix FZ35 (duh)
ffmpeg -i INPUT-FILE-FROM-CAMERA.MTS -vcodec libxvid -b 7000k -acodec libmp3lame -ac 2 -ab 192k -deinterlace -s 1280x720 output-file.avi
How to convert video for playback on your Motorola Droid
Things you will need:
– Linux
– ffmpeg
– A Droid, dummy
Warning: I do have all the freedom hating codecs installed. You will have to output to H.264, and depending on your inputs, you may need to hate freedom even more than that. 😛
ffmpeg -i filein.mp4 -y -subq 6 -deinterlace -level 30 -f mp4 -acodec libfaac -ab 160k -ar 48000 -ac 2 -vcodec libx264 -b 2000k -maxrate 2000k -bufsize 2000kb -rc_eq 'blurCplx^(1-qComp)' -qcomp 0.6 -qmin 10 -qmax 51 -qdiff 4 -coder 0 -refs 2 -flags +loop -vol 256 -trellis 1 -me_method umh -async 1 -s wvga fileout.mp4
Pics from the 2009 Southeast Linuxfest
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A few nifty Linux video tricks with cat
Have a webcam or a TV tuner? Need to test it to make sure it’s working? Have some video files you want to combine? You’d be surprised what the command line tool cat can do.
Test a webcam or TV Tuner:
# cat /dev/v4l/video0 > /tmp/vidtest.mpg
(Note, your device may be video1 or similar.) Wait a few seconds. Then hit Ctrl+C.
Now run:
# mplayer /tmp/vidtest.mpg
Need to merge pesky split wmv files? The ones ending in .wmv.001 and .wmv.002?
$ cat part1.wmv.001 part2.wmv.002 part3.wmv.003 > mergedfile.wmv
Need to merge AVI files? Even ones encoded in DivX or XviD?
$ cat file1.avi file2.avi file3.avi > mergedfile.avi
$ mencoder -forceidx -oac copy -ovc copy mergedfile.avi -o finalmergedfile.avi
Southeast Linuxfest Flyer
Here’s a flyer I created for the Southeast Linuxfest. It lists the speakers, and has pull tabs at the bottom. Enjoy!
/etc/bash/bashrc or ~/.bashrc
One of the things you’ll notice about Linux distros is that they often have different color schemes for the command line. I always found Gentoo’s default to be head and shoulders above all others. That’s great if you’re using Gentoo, but what if you don’t? Well this post includes the full Gentoo .bashrc file (as of the final 2008 release of Gentoo). And if you’re using ArchLinux, you can be lazy and simply use my pre-existing package in AUR.
Installing Linux on Software RAID in 10 Steps
While this guide is primarily targeted at Gentoo, the concepts and core operations apply to any distro. This guide is a hybrid of several sources, including the Gentoo wiki (which seems to come and go and come and go…) as well as my own notes from doing many Gentoo installs on Software RAID over the years.