Re: [Hampshire] A sad day for me (and Tux??). A good day for Bill?
On Wednesday 29 April 2009 22:22:48 Lisi wrote: Thanks, Ed, Steve, Alan and David :-) I have tried krec, but got nowhere, at least partly because I didn't understand it. Or is there another and different application called Krecord? However, I must clearly try the Gnome program, and I want to try Jaunty, and I assume that the Gnome recorder will be available in Jaunty. So I am trying 2 things at once, have downloaded and burnt the Jaunty AMD64 iso and am about to install it on a spare partition on my recently acquired testbed machine. I'll keep my fingers crossed. If Doze recorder can only keep going for a few minutes, it wouldn't be much use anyway. Lisi Lisi, Krec and Krecord are different programs: http://packages.debian.org/etch/krecord http://packages.debian.org/etch/krec I did a quick search on the debian website and it looks as if krecord is only available for etch. It's therefore unlikely to be available in Ubuntu 9.04. Cheers, Steve -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] convert download video to domestic DVD?
Hi, OK from TV licence POV: yes OK for copyright: no Would that stop me: no :) Install Mplayer, w32codecs (from the Medibuntu repos) and the Gstreamer ugly codec set. This will give you the ability to play just about any media file. Then install DeVeDe. This will give you the ability to make a DVD that will play in a standard player from any set of files that your newly pimped Mplayer install can play. Enjoy! Paul. --Original Message-- From: Victor Churchill Sender: hampshire-boun...@mailman.lug.org.uk To: Hampshire LUG Mailing List ReplyTo: Hampshire LUG Mailing List Subject: [Hampshire] convert download video to domestic DVD? Sent: 29 Apr 2009 22:29 I have some material downloaded by BitTorrent of a TV series currently being broadcast. (I believe this is OK from a TV license viewpoint and trust it is from the copyright viewpoint as well.) The download files are .avi format, and while I can view them on my desktop my OH would like to watch them on the regular TV (I can't think why... something to do with the space in here? ;-) The home DVD player does not like a DVD burnt with the .avi files. The TV has an S_Video input but I do not have an S-Video output on the laptop. Likewise a yellow socket whose name I do not know on the TV but not on the laptop. Normal (VGA?) video out on laptop but not in on TV. So no direct connection. Is there a way on Ubuntu to write a 'regular' DVD that will play on a domestic player? -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk -- Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] [JOB] Audio content distribution agent
2009/4/30 Lisi hants...@googlemail.com He didn't top post; at least, on my computer he didn't. Oh yes, he did... ;-) Maybe you have the latest GoogleLabs GMail add-on that detects and re-arranges top-posted mails, Lisi? I think we should be told... (Actually, considering that GMail puts you in a top-post format by default, that's really not that likely is it.) -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] [JOB] Audio content distribution agent
2009/4/29 Alan Pope a...@popey.com: We have a job come up that I thought I'd post to the list. Title: Audio content distribution agent Location: Work from home Terms: Regular work with considerable holidays Note: Home or work internet connection required Rate: Negotiable The role requires that we would supply the successful candidate with audio content over the internet which you would be required to listen to and evaluate. We would request that optional feedback from listeners be sent back via email, irc, twitter, identi.ca or telephone which we may elect to use in later revisions of the product. For more details see http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/ with our latest release available at http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2009/04/29/s02e03-partners-in-crime/ Ubuntu UK Podcast is an equal opportunities employer. Cheers, Al. Is this similar to http://slicethepie.com -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] convert download video to domestic DVD?
--- On Wed, 29/4/09, Victor Churchill victorchurch...@gmail.com wrote: The TV has an S_Video input but I do not have an S-Video output on the laptop. Likewise a yellow socket whose name I do not know on the TV but not on the laptop. Normal (VGA?) video out on laptop but not in on TV. So no direct connection. hi victor make sure your graphics card is capable of tv out before purchasing any cables. i had a quick search and adaptors such as these [1] do not work on all computers. regards bryan [1] http://www.computercasesandcables.com/ccc/CV-25120.html -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] convert download video to domestic DVD?
2009/4/30 B STEVENS b.stevens...@btinternet.com: --- On Wed, 29/4/09, Victor Churchill victorchurch...@gmail.com wrote: The TV has an S_Video input but I do not have an S-Video output on the laptop. Likewise a yellow socket whose name I do not know on the TV but not on the laptop. Normal (VGA?) video out on laptop but not in on TV. So no direct connection. hi victor make sure your graphics card is capable of tv out before purchasing any cables. i had a quick search and adaptors such as these [1] do not work on all computers. Thank you for that cautionary note, Bryan. That is indeed the sort of item I was thinking of looking for. Fortunately my wife's laptop is a fairly newish one and I would hope that it would be capable of this but I suppose age is not really that relevant; it's just a case of what the manufacturers chose to include. I will probably try the DeVeDe route first for my immediate problem, but this could be a useful fallback anyway. victor -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] convert download video to domestic DVD?
Thanks all for the replies. After reading Hugo's post I started thinking it might be easier/quicker to hunt around for a hardware solution (the right sort of cable) but I will take a look at DeVeDe. Will report back how I get on... -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] [JOB] Audio content distribution agent
On Thursday 30 April 2009 10:39:37 Victor Churchill wrote: 2009/4/30 Lisi hants...@googlemail.com He didn't top post; at least, on my computer he didn't. Oh yes, he did... ;-) Maybe you have the latest GoogleLabs GMail add-on that detects and re-arranges top-posted mails, Lisi? I think we should be told... (Actually, considering that GMail puts you in a top-post format by default, that's really not that likely is it.) We must be thinking about different emails! We are both old enough and ugly enough to know a top-posted email when we see one... I dislike the GMail user interface - tho' I rather think that you use it - so I use Gmail purely as an archive. I use KMail with POP3 as my email client. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] A sad day for me (and Tux??). A good day for Bill?
On Thursday 30 April 2009 10:10:37 Steve Wesemeyer wrote: Krec and Krecord are different programs: http://packages.debian.org/etch/krecord http://packages.debian.org/etch/krec I did a quick search on the debian website and it looks as if krecord is only available for etch. It's therefore unlikely to be available in Ubuntu 9.04. Thanks, Steve! I still have some unused space on my test-bed machine, so could install a third OS. I'll try that next if what I am doing at the moment does not work well enough. I can install Etch in the free space on the HDD and look at KRecord. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] convert download video to domestic DVD?
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 06:42:42PM +0100, Leo wrote: I'd also have thought that mplayer or ffmpeg could convert them to MPEG2, but don't know the specific command off the top of my head. Yes, they can. However, your difficulty is shared by everyone else. They're both very hard to drive unless you know a huge amount about both video encoding and the app in question. That was why I avoided mentioning either of them yesterday... :) Hugo. -- === Hugo Mills: h...@... carfax.org.uk | darksatanic.net | lug.org.uk === PGP key: 515C238D from wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net or http://www.carfax.org.uk --- You shouldn't anthropomorphise computers. They really --- don't like that. signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] convert download video to domestic DVD?
Hugo Mills wrote: On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 06:42:42PM +0100, Leo wrote: I'd also have thought that mplayer or ffmpeg could convert them to MPEG2, but don't know the specific command off the top of my head. Yes, they can. However, your difficulty is shared by everyone else. They're both very hard to drive unless you know a huge amount about both video encoding and the app in question. That was why I avoided mentioning either of them yesterday... :) Hugo. I did this a couple of years ago with mencoder to convert the format and qdvdauthor to make the dvd. Mencoder needed a command line about 20 parameters long - I got it off someone's web page. Qdvdauthor was fairly easy. The mencode parameters required are probably still on various howtos. ISTR most of them could just be cut and pasted MikeD -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
