Re: mk802, g-82
Am 19. Oct, 2012 schwätzte Joseph Sinclair so: I'll answer the 2160p question: 2160p is 4K UHD resolution (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2160p). I presumed it was something like that. Sounds like we're finally hitting resolution good enough to use for a monitor. /me waits for the 600 4320p display :). This probably doesn't fit your preferences (particularly the load a distro part), but it doesn't get much simpler than a Roku stick (http://www.roku.com/streamingstick) if you have a TV with a MHL compatible HDMI port, and the remote is the TV's remote (also, there's a smartphone app). Yeah, roku depends on an Internet connection and that is far from certain in this case. MHL means one remote controls both TV and the plugin device? Do you have to switch back in forth like TV/Sat/DVD/AUX or can you just change channels or change volume and the correct thing happens? Finally found a video showing a remote with a TV to control a phone over MHL. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmuvzfkyP78 I don't see him changing volume, but I would think the TV could be kept at constant volume and changing the phone volume would be sufficient. What about for the roku stick? What about integration with an OTA receiver? Can Roku handle that as a channel? I need simple. While the person is intelligent, whatever I set up might be a brand new interface to learn multiple times a day on the bad days. ciao, der.hans -- # http://www.LuftHans.com/http://www.LuftHans.com/Classes/ # He read his obituary with confusion. -- Steven Meretzky--- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: mk802, g-82
On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 10:10 PM, der.hans pl...@lufthans.com wrote: Am 19. Oct, 2012 schwätzte Ed so: Hans - MythTV will be too complex an interface - XBMC may have a skin that works - and it will run on everything from a Raspberry PI on up (Debian too) http://www.raspbmc.com/ Can't you add and remove options from the Myth interface? you can, and there are plugins too. But, the UX paths are understandable to you and I because we recognize the structure, but it isn't intuitive for someone without a computer background - not to mention the level of detailed configuration that normal folks really do not like. Besides, from the lists, the most enjoyable remote for MythTV is apparently a Bluetooth keyboard - again, a miss on the target audience. Now, XBMC acting as a front-end for a MythTV back-end is nice. I saw XMBC on a Raspberry Pi before they were released :). new and improved - now with twice the memory! ciao, der.hans -- # http://www.LuftHans.com/http://www.LuftHans.com/Classes/ # The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and # write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. -- Alvin Toffler --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: mk802, g-82
Am 19. Oct, 2012 schwätzte Ed so: moin moin, Can't you add and remove options from the Myth interface? you can, and there are plugins too. But, the UX paths are understandable to you and I because we recognize the structure, but it Haven't seen it in a while. Last I saw it, the base UI looked easy enough once unused stuff was removed. Then again, I wasn't contemplating Alzheimer's back then. isn't intuitive for someone without a computer background - not to mention the level of detailed configuration that normal folks really Ah, well I'll be stuck with 100% of the configuration. do not like. Besides, from the lists, the most enjoyable remote for MythTV is apparently a Bluetooth keyboard - again, a miss on the target audience. Now, XBMC acting as a front-end for a MythTV back-end is nice. Yeah, that's something for me to consider. ciao, der.hans -- # http://www.LuftHans.com/http://www.LuftHans.com/Classes/ # To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks. # -- Robert Heinlein--- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: mk802, g-82
On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 11:25 PM, der.hans pl...@lufthans.com wrote: Am 19. Oct, 2012 schwätzte Ed so: moin moin, Can't you add and remove options from the Myth interface? you can, and there are plugins too. But, the UX paths are understandable to you and I because we recognize the structure, but it Haven't seen it in a while. Last I saw it, the base UI looked easy enough once unused stuff was removed. Then again, I wasn't contemplating Alzheimer's back then. isn't intuitive for someone without a computer background - not to mention the level of detailed configuration that normal folks really Ah, well I'll be stuck with 100% of the configuration. well it is a hierarchical set of menus, no bread crumbs and lots of potential functional levels to get lost in, not just a simple TV. do not like. Besides, from the lists, the most enjoyable remote for MythTV is apparently a Bluetooth keyboard - again, a miss on the target audience. Now, XBMC acting as a front-end for a MythTV back-end is nice. Yeah, that's something for me to consider. maybe something using a Kinect? ;) at least you could include a work-out with the TV viewing... also - get a good idea of favorite shows, preferred news channels and other comfortable media. ciao, der.hans -- # http://www.LuftHans.com/http://www.LuftHans.com/Classes/ # To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks. # -- Robert Heinlein --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
OT: Facebook experts available for hire?
Are there any Facebook experts available for hire /for consultation in the plug community? Facebook terms of service seem to say one cannot have more than one facebook page or account, yet some other sources seem to indicate that one can have both a personal account and a separate business account with multiple pages for separate products and/or services, etc. It's all very confusing. I have a dozen different websites for different books and ministry projects and I'd like to set up a separate facebook page for each one (I think). Is this permissible or verboten? --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: OT: Facebook experts available for hire?
setting up a page for each one is fine. Otherwise how would Coca Cola have a Coke and Diet Coke page? the purpose is to prevent people from having many accounts for spam activities... Eric On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 3:23 AM, j...@actionline.com wrote: Are there any Facebook experts available for hire /for consultation in the plug community? Facebook terms of service seem to say one cannot have more than one facebook page or account, yet some other sources seem to indicate that one can have both a personal account and a separate business account with multiple pages for separate products and/or services, etc. It's all very confusing. I have a dozen different websites for different books and ministry projects and I'd like to set up a separate facebook page for each one (I think). Is this permissible or verboten? --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
usage tracking
My ISP imposes a monthly quota. If the total amount of data I download and upload exceeds that quota I get billed extra. Everything I send or receive passes through my full time linux box. Is there something I can install on it that would monitor and log how much data passes through eth0? thanks --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: usage tracking
Probably, I know smoothwall does this, but its its own dedicated distro. but that certainly means the tools are there, i just don't know what they are called. i think some google fu is in your future :-) On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 8:38 AM, Derek Trotter expat.arizo...@gmail.com wrote: My ISP imposes a monthly quota. If the total amount of data I download and upload exceeds that quota I get billed extra. Everything I send or receive passes through my full time linux box. Is there something I can install on it that would monitor and log how much data passes through eth0? thanks --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: OT: Facebook experts available for hire?
Hi Joe, I am no expert on Facebook but I just returned from a week of seminars at Harvard Business School where they are researching Google and Facebook. Professors covered who is using Facebook and who is making money by using Facebook. These experts were very informative and the information was very surprising. I don't want to write down what they told us, but send me your phone number and I will gladly pass on the information. Good luck. Mike Enriquez On 10/20/2012 03:23 AM, j...@actionline.com wrote: Are there any Facebook experts available for hire /for consultation in the plug community? Facebook terms of service seem to say one cannot have more than one facebook page or account, yet some other sources seem to indicate that one can have both a personal account and a separate business account with multiple pages for separate products and/or services, etc. It's all very confusing. I have a dozen different websites for different books and ministry projects and I'd like to set up a separate facebook page for each one (I think). Is this permissible or verboten? --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: usage tracking
Hi Derek, On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 8:38 AM, Derek Trotter expat.arizo...@gmail.comwrote: My ISP imposes a monthly quota. If the total amount of data I download and upload exceeds that quota I get billed extra. Everything I send or receive passes through my full time linux box. Is there something I can install on it that would monitor and log how much data passes through eth0? thanks snip You can enable iptables to do this: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-configuring-ip-traffic-accounting/ It should look like this: iptables -N INET_OUT iptables -N INET_IN iptables -A FORWARD -j INET_IN iptables -A FORWARD -j INET_OUT iptables -A INPUT -j INET_IN iptables -A OUTPUT -j INET_OUT To see your data: iptables -L -v -n To see just your In: /sbin/iptables -v -n -L INET_IN To see just your Out: /sbin/iptables -v -n -L INET_OUT Depending on your distro, your iptables files will be saved in a directory. You can use: iptables-save to save the recipe to persistent state (past a reboot or reset). Talk is cheap. Show me the code. - Linus Torvalds -- (503) 754-4452 Android (623) 239-3392 Skype (623) 688-3392 Google Voice ** it-clowns.com Chief Clown --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: OT: Facebook experts available for hire?
Hi Joe, On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 3:23 AM, j...@actionline.com wrote: Are there any Facebook experts available for hire /for consultation in the plug community? Facebook terms of service seem to say one cannot have more than one facebook page or account, yet some other sources seem to indicate that one can have both a personal account and a separate business account with multiple pages for separate products and/or services, etc. It's all very confusing. I have a dozen different websites for different books and ministry projects and I'd like to set up a separate facebook page for each one (I think). Is this permissible or verboten? That is permissible if your endeavors are unique! If all websites fall under the same ministry project, you can use the same account/button/wall. You can get php plugins or apps that will provide a Like button on Facebank. I would go ahead and use it. https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like/ -- (503) 754-4452 Android (623) 239-3392 Skype (623) 688-3392 Google Voice ** it-clowns.com Chief Clown --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: OT: Facebook experts available for hire?
Nice!! Bet you have some very interesting and powerful information. Keith Smith --- On Sat, 10/20/12, mike enriquez myli...@cox.net wrote: From: mike enriquez myli...@cox.net Subject: Re: OT: Facebook experts available for hire? To: Main PLUG discussion list plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Date: Saturday, October 20, 2012, 9:40 AM Hi Joe, I am no expert on Facebook but I just returned from a week of seminars at Harvard Business School where they are researching Google and Facebook. Professors covered who is using Facebook and who is making money by using Facebook. These experts were very informative and the information was very surprising. I don't want to write down what they told us, but send me your phone number and I will gladly pass on the information. Good luck. Mike Enriquez On 10/20/2012 03:23 AM, j...@actionline.com wrote: Are there any Facebook experts available for hire /for consultation in the plug community? Facebook terms of service seem to say one cannot have more than one facebook page or account, yet some other sources seem to indicate that one can have both a personal account and a separate business account with multiple pages for separate products and/or services, etc. It's all very confusing. I have a dozen different websites for different books and ministry projects and I'd like to set up a separate facebook page for each one (I think). Is this permissible or verboten? --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: mk802, g-82
Inline: On 10/19/2012 11:16 PM, der.hans wrote: Am 19. Oct, 2012 schwätzte Joseph Sinclair so: SNIP MHL means one remote controls both TV and the plugin device? Do you have to switch back in forth like TV/Sat/DVD/AUX or can you just change channels or change volume and the correct thing happens? With the MHL connection, the device has no remote control of it's own, everything is controlled by the host device; that includes volume. Finally found a video showing a remote with a TV to control a phone over MHL. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmuvzfkyP78 I don't see him changing volume, but I would think the TV could be kept at constant volume and changing the phone volume would be sufficient. No, The phone volume has no effect as the output stream is a straight digital content stream. The TV controls volume. What about for the roku stick? Same, the TV does volume, the stick just provides an A/V data stream. What about integration with an OTA receiver? Can Roku handle that as a channel? No, He would switch to (e.g.) HDMI-3 for the Roku, and HDMI-1 for the OTA. Most TV remotes can make this a single button for each source. I need simple. While the person is intelligent, whatever I set up might be a brand new interface to learn multiple times a day on the bad days. Simple is good, and I have gotten some absolutely technophobic persons to use Roku just fine (as long as I turn on the system; I have a complex turn-on sequence due to having 5 non-integrated devices, something you'll want to avoid), and switching (via single-button) from Roku to OTA is not a problem when I provide a small instruction sheet (3 sentences [for Watch TV, Watch Movies, Turn Off], fits on a 3X5 in 16pt Courier). I should mention that some of the newer Smart TV sets have built-in streaming video capability (including viewing any DLNA content on the local net), and that can be made fairly simple to use as well with a bit of remote-control programming. ciao, der.hans SNIP signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: usage tracking
iptables can do traffic accounting (I think Lisa gave some good pointers there), but you might also want to *control* the bandwidth usage (say throttle to a low speed when you get over 80% of your limit, or block YouTube after it consumes XX% of the limit). For that the tc utility may be used to manage the IP traffic control features of the Linux kernel on your gateway box. TC is fairly complicated (unless you read about traffic queuing disciplines for fun), and the only GUI tool I know of, ktctool(http://ktctool.berlios.de/) is a bit old; last updated in 2006. You might be able to find a few other ui options with some careful google searching (rather high junk ratio in a couple test searches I did). On 10/20/2012 08:38 AM, Derek Trotter wrote: My ISP imposes a monthly quota. If the total amount of data I download and upload exceeds that quota I get billed extra. Everything I send or receive passes through my full time linux box. Is there something I can install on it that would monitor and log how much data passes through eth0? thanks signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: mk802, g-82
I think you mean CEC (Consumer Electronics Control) compatible TV instead of MHL (Mobile High-Definition Link) which is the interface to convert the USB on your phone into an HDMI port that understands CEC. In that video they are actually demonstrating CEC when they are showing off the remove controlling the phone. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_High-Definition_Link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Electronics_Control#CEC Brian Cluff On 10/20/2012 10:03 AM, Joseph Sinclair wrote: Inline: On 10/19/2012 11:16 PM, der.hans wrote: Am 19. Oct, 2012 schwätzte Joseph Sinclair so: SNIP MHL means one remote controls both TV and the plugin device? Do you have to switch back in forth like TV/Sat/DVD/AUX or can you just change channels or change volume and the correct thing happens? With the MHL connection, the device has no remote control of it's own, everything is controlled by the host device; that includes volume. Finally found a video showing a remote with a TV to control a phone over MHL. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmuvzfkyP78 I don't see him changing volume, but I would think the TV could be kept at constant volume and changing the phone volume would be sufficient. No, The phone volume has no effect as the output stream is a straight digital content stream. The TV controls volume. What about for the roku stick? Same, the TV does volume, the stick just provides an A/V data stream. What about integration with an OTA receiver? Can Roku handle that as a channel? No, He would switch to (e.g.) HDMI-3 for the Roku, and HDMI-1 for the OTA. Most TV remotes can make this a single button for each source. I need simple. While the person is intelligent, whatever I set up might be a brand new interface to learn multiple times a day on the bad days. Simple is good, and I have gotten some absolutely technophobic persons to use Roku just fine (as long as I turn on the system; I have a complex turn-on sequence due to having 5 non-integrated devices, something you'll want to avoid), and switching (via single-button) from Roku to OTA is not a problem when I provide a small instruction sheet (3 sentences [for Watch TV, Watch Movies, Turn Off], fits on a 3X5 in 16pt Courier). I should mention that some of the newer Smart TV sets have built-in streaming video capability (including viewing any DLNA content on the local net), and that can be made fairly simple to use as well with a bit of remote-control programming. ciao, der.hans SNIP --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Need urgent help repairing a video file...and yeah, it's a Linux issue...
Folks, I have a broken .mp4 file on my hands that is critically important to a political thing I'm doing. The file is at: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1825088/ScytlBaltimore.mp4 I've tried using a front-end to ffmeg called format junkie to fix this critter and the error it spits out is moov atom not found. This apparently means the data might be there, but the video format structure does exist. Some google-fu led me to this page: http://vcg.isti.cnr.it/~ponchio/untrunc.php Awesome! An open-source util that can cope with this. Problems though... It needs libavformat-dev and libavcodec-dev straight from the Ubuntu repositories and the Quantal that I'm running (latest Ubuntu) can't load those per Synaptic - not without a lot of dependency hell stuff that might break FSM only knows what. I have a VM copy of Mint 8 that might, but I can't seem to get Virtualbox to pass it networking so that I could load those and load the build-essentials stuff needed to compile this critter. Can anybody help by compiling untrunc and then applying it to that data file!? I'd be very, very grateful :(. Thanks, Jim --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: mk802, g-82
The Roku Stick, and many phones, use MHL-compatible ports; CEC is the remote-control interface for MHL, but it's the MHL port that is required for a Roku stick. As far as I can tell, all MHL compatible host devices (e.g. TVs) also support CEC. On 10/20/2012 10:34 AM, Brian Cluff wrote: I think you mean CEC (Consumer Electronics Control) compatible TV instead of MHL (Mobile High-Definition Link) which is the interface to convert the USB on your phone into an HDMI port that understands CEC. In that video they are actually demonstrating CEC when they are showing off the remove controlling the phone. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_High-Definition_Link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Electronics_Control#CEC Brian Cluff On 10/20/2012 10:03 AM, Joseph Sinclair wrote: Inline: On 10/19/2012 11:16 PM, der.hans wrote: Am 19. Oct, 2012 schw�tzte Joseph Sinclair so: SNIP MHL means one remote controls both TV and the plugin device? Do you have to switch back in forth like TV/Sat/DVD/AUX or can you just change channels or change volume and the correct thing happens? With the MHL connection, the device has no remote control of it's own, everything is controlled by the host device; that includes volume. Finally found a video showing a remote with a TV to control a phone over MHL. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmuvzfkyP78 I don't see him changing volume, but I would think the TV could be kept at constant volume and changing the phone volume would be sufficient. No, The phone volume has no effect as the output stream is a straight digital content stream. The TV controls volume. What about for the roku stick? Same, the TV does volume, the stick just provides an A/V data stream. What about integration with an OTA receiver? Can Roku handle that as a channel? No, He would switch to (e.g.) HDMI-3 for the Roku, and HDMI-1 for the OTA. Most TV remotes can make this a single button for each source. I need simple. While the person is intelligent, whatever I set up might be a brand new interface to learn multiple times a day on the bad days. Simple is good, and I have gotten some absolutely technophobic persons to use Roku just fine (as long as I turn on the system; I have a complex turn-on sequence due to having 5 non-integrated devices, something you'll want to avoid), and switching (via single-button) from Roku to OTA is not a problem when I provide a small instruction sheet (3 sentences [for Watch TV, Watch Movies, Turn Off], fits on a 3X5 in 16pt Courier). I should mention that some of the newer Smart TV sets have built-in streaming video capability (including viewing any DLNA content on the local net), and that can be made fairly simple to use as well with a bit of remote-control programming. ciao, der.hans SNIP --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Need urgent help repairing a video file...and yeah, it's a Linux issue...
It appears that you have managed to chop off the end of your file, and since MPEG4 files keep their header at the end of the file nothing will touch that file. Sure, much of the data is there, but you would have to know a heck of a lot about it and have some very special software in order to reconstruct it, but that still wouldn't replace whatever video also got chopped off. One of the utilities that I ran it though said the file should have been closer to 152MB instead of 17MB, so you appear to have lost most of the data too. Brian Cluff On 10/20/2012 10:58 AM, Jim March wrote: Folks, I have a broken .mp4 file on my hands that is critically important to a political thing I'm doing. The file is at: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1825088/ScytlBaltimore.mp4 I've tried using a front-end to ffmeg called format junkie to fix this critter and the error it spits out is moov atom not found. This apparently means the data might be there, but the video format structure does exist. Some google-fu led me to this page: http://vcg.isti.cnr.it/~ponchio/untrunc.php Awesome! An open-source util that can cope with this. Problems though... It needs libavformat-dev and libavcodec-dev straight from the Ubuntu repositories and the Quantal that I'm running (latest Ubuntu) can't load those per Synaptic - not without a lot of dependency hell stuff that might break FSM only knows what. I have a VM copy of Mint 8 that might, but I can't seem to get Virtualbox to pass it networking so that I could load those and load the build-essentials stuff needed to compile this critter. Can anybody help by compiling untrunc and then applying it to that data file!? I'd be very, very grateful :(. Thanks, Jim --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: mk802, g-82
But my point is that what Hans would be more accurately looking for is a CEC controllable device and TV since that would also include any number of other HDMI connected devices in addition to MHL devices, including a MythTV box if it's running the latest .26 release. (Whoo Hoo!) Upon looking at the Roku stick, it appears that the MHL port on a TV is actually a USB port that has the MHL adapter internal to the TV. So it just simply keeps you from having to purchase a USB to MHL adapter, which only cost about $7, that converts your phone USB port to an HDMI port. You could just as easily get the adapter and plug it into your non MHL ready TV's HDMI port and use it's CEC ability to do the exact same thing. Brian Cluff On 10/20/2012 11:20 AM, Joseph Sinclair wrote: The Roku Stick, and many phones, use MHL-compatible ports; CEC is the remote-control interface for MHL, but it's the MHL port that is required for a Roku stick. As far as I can tell, all MHL compatible host devices (e.g. TVs) also support CEC. On 10/20/2012 10:34 AM, Brian Cluff wrote: I think you mean CEC (Consumer Electronics Control) compatible TV instead of MHL (Mobile High-Definition Link) which is the interface to convert the USB on your phone into an HDMI port that understands CEC. In that video they are actually demonstrating CEC when they are showing off the remove controlling the phone. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_High-Definition_Link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Electronics_Control#CEC Brian Cluff On 10/20/2012 10:03 AM, Joseph Sinclair wrote: Inline: On 10/19/2012 11:16 PM, der.hans wrote: Am 19. Oct, 2012 schw�tzte Joseph Sinclair so: SNIP MHL means one remote controls both TV and the plugin device? Do you have to switch back in forth like TV/Sat/DVD/AUX or can you just change channels or change volume and the correct thing happens? With the MHL connection, the device has no remote control of it's own, everything is controlled by the host device; that includes volume. Finally found a video showing a remote with a TV to control a phone over MHL. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmuvzfkyP78 I don't see him changing volume, but I would think the TV could be kept at constant volume and changing the phone volume would be sufficient. No, The phone volume has no effect as the output stream is a straight digital content stream. The TV controls volume. What about for the roku stick? Same, the TV does volume, the stick just provides an A/V data stream. What about integration with an OTA receiver? Can Roku handle that as a channel? No, He would switch to (e.g.) HDMI-3 for the Roku, and HDMI-1 for the OTA. Most TV remotes can make this a single button for each source. I need simple. While the person is intelligent, whatever I set up might be a brand new interface to learn multiple times a day on the bad days. Simple is good, and I have gotten some absolutely technophobic persons to use Roku just fine (as long as I turn on the system; I have a complex turn-on sequence due to having 5 non-integrated devices, something you'll want to avoid), and switching (via single-button) from Roku to OTA is not a problem when I provide a small instruction sheet (3 sentences [for Watch TV, Watch Movies, Turn Off], fits on a 3X5 in 16pt Courier). I should mention that some of the newer Smart TV sets have built-in streaming video capability (including viewing any DLNA content on the local net), and that can be made fairly simple to use as well with a bit of remote-control programming. ciao, der.hans SNIP --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: usage tracking
Thank you. This will give me something to do over the weekend. On 10/20/2012 9:50 AM, Lisa Kachold wrote: Hi Derek, On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 8:38 AM, Derek Trotter expat.arizo...@gmail.com mailto:expat.arizo...@gmail.com wrote: My ISP imposes a monthly quota. If the total amount of data I download and upload exceeds that quota I get billed extra. Everything I send or receive passes through my full time linux box. Is there something I can install on it that would monitor and log how much data passes through eth0? thanks snip You can enable iptables to do this: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-configuring-ip-traffic-accounting/ It should look like this: iptables -N INET_OUT iptables -N INET_IN iptables -A FORWARD -j INET_IN iptables -A FORWARD -j INET_OUT iptables -A INPUT -j INET_IN iptables -A OUTPUT -j INET_OUT To see your data: iptables -L -v -n To see just your In: /sbin/iptables -v -n -L INET_IN To see just your Out: /sbin/iptables -v -n -L INET_OUT Depending on your distro, your iptables files will be saved in a directory. You can use: iptables-save to save the recipe to persistent state (past a reboot or reset). Talk is cheap. Show me the code. - Linus Torvalds -- (503) 754-4452 Android (623) 239-3392 Skype (623) 688-3392 Google Voice ** it-clowns.com http://it-clowns.com Chief Clown --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: usage tracking
On 10/20/2012 9:50 AM, Lisa Kachold wrote: Hi Derek, On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 8:38 AM, Derek Trotter expat.arizo...@gmail.com mailto:expat.arizo...@gmail.com wrote: My ISP imposes a monthly quota. If the total amount of data I download and upload exceeds that quota I get billed extra. Everything I send or receive passes through my full time linux box. Is there something I can install on it that would monitor and log how much data passes through eth0? thanks snip You can enable iptables to do this: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-configuring-ip-traffic-accounting/ Thank you Lisa. I went to the link above and the instructions did look just like what you gave me. It should look like this: iptables -N INET_OUT iptables -N INET_IN iptables -A FORWARD -j INET_IN iptables -A FORWARD -j INET_OUT iptables -A INPUT -j INET_IN iptables -A OUTPUT -j INET_OUT To see your data: iptables -L -v -n I did this and got the following. I deleted several lines that had 0 in the pkts and bytes columns. root@wallace:/etc# iptables -L -v -n Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT 9634 packets, 1530K bytes) pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination 11050 1764K ACCEPT all -- lo * 0.0.0.0/00.0.0.0/0 12 1352 ACCEPT udp -- eth0 * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 udp spt:53 state ESTABLISHED 6006 763K LOGall -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 LOG flags 0 level 4 prefix `InDrop ' 10 2580 DROP all -- eth0 * 0.0.0.0/00.0.0.0/0 5996 760K INET_INall -- * * 0.0.0.0/00.0.0.0/0 Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT 3317 packets, 1838K bytes) pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination 3148 1828K INET_INall -- * * 0.0.0.0/00.0.0.0/0 3148 1828K INET_OUT all -- * * 0.0.0.0/00.0.0.0/0 Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT 9240 packets, 2209K bytes) pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination 11050 1764K ACCEPT all -- * lo 0.0.0.0/00.0.0.0/0 12 808 ACCEPT udp -- * eth0 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 udp dpt:53 state NEW,ESTABLISHED 5657 1272K INET_OUT all -- * * 0.0.0.0/00.0.0.0/0 Chain INET_IN (2 references) pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination Chain INET_OUT (2 references) pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination Which of these figures do I look at or add together to find the total amount of data downloaded via eth0 or how much was uploaded via eth0? This machine runs Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS. Any idea what the names of the files are that store the above information or where they are? Thank you very much Derek --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
re: Need urgent help repairing a video file...and yeah, it's a Linux issue...
OK. As best we can tell, we've independently proven the point that the video in question was about: that a voting machine company was fraudulently reporting their office location. So the situation isn't critical like I thought it was when I posted this morning. If anybody is still curious, here's a similar video from the same camera (Looxcie.com) - in this case shows how a voting machine company feels about people asking basic questions: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1825088/Dominion%20in%20Denver.mpeg Thanks, Jim --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
