Converting MP4 files to other divX and mp3 formats
I find myself often converting MP4 video files to divX and mp3 format to play on my LG phone.
#!/bin/bash
echo “MP4 Conversion”
for f in *.mp4;
do
echo “…Processing $f file…"
ffmpeg -i “$f” -vn -ac 2 -acodec libmp3lame -ab 128k echo $f|cut -d. -f1.mp3 > /dev/null 2>&1
mencoder “$f” -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vpass=1 -oac mp3lame -lameopts vbr=3 -o echo $f|cut -d. -f1.divx > /dev/null 2>&1
done
Odroid: all the open, none of the contract
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Ubuntu 10.04
Create and manage databases in Linux with Glom
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Might be worth a look.
If you’ve ever had to work with a database in Linux you most likely are aware of three or four tools that can handle the task: MySQL, PostgreSQL, PhpMyAdmin, and OpenOffice Base. These are all outstanding applications, but the first two are complex command-line only tools, the third requires a web server, and the last isn’t as robust as some admins will need. But there is another tool that is very flexible and makes creating databases a simple task.
Handbrake 0.94 transcodes DVDs even faster
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Looks good :)
Wave Graph
Music Listen Stats from Last.FMNote: 1 of this post’s 4 links are now broken — mostly dead 2008–2013 feed-syndication infrastructure (FeedBurner, Gawker, AOL’s old blog network, Pheedo, Yahoo Pipes). Left as originally published.
Made with Lastfm Extra Stats
Google Chrome OS First Look
First look at Chrome OS running in a VM by following the instructions on gHacks
Login screen after quick boot up, use your Gmail account details.
Looks basically like the Chrome browser at this point.
Doodle’s Geek Monkey by Alastair Montgomery
Tweet from the command line with Twidge
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For the longest time I refused to see the value in Twitter. Over the last six months I have changed my tune on that. Now I use Twitter primarily as a PR tool for my articles. And since my renewed belief in micro-blogging, I have found plenty of tools with which to enact with Twitter.
Free Image Editors
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Good image editing software doesn't have to cost hundreds of pounds