[ubuntu-uk] recommended pod/screencast client
Hi -- I use iTunes on my OSX partition for most of my podcasts, but there are some technical ones I'd like to start collecting on my Ubuntu partition -- usually screencasts. So what does the wider, great british ubuntu community recommend as a podcast collector? Cheers, Doug. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] recommended pod/screencast client
doug livesey wrote: snip So what does the wider, great british ubuntu community recommend as a podcast collector? I've always found Rhythmbox works fine for my purposes. It manages my routine downloads from a set of different sources. But what else do you want to do? mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] recommended pod/screencast client
2009/4/17 doug livesey biot...@gmail.com: Hi -- I use iTunes on my OSX partition for most of my podcasts, but there are some technical ones I'd like to start collecting on my Ubuntu partition -- usually screencasts. So what does the wider, great british ubuntu community recommend as a podcast collector? I use miro to download video podcasts on Ubuntu. I use hpodder for audio ones. I use two separate apps because I do different things with the content, so like to keep it separate. The video ones I watch in miro after they download. The audio ones I tend to sync to my mp3 player or phone. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] recommended pod/screencast client
Looking at Miro, now -- seems pretty cool, cheers. 2009/4/17 Alan Pope a...@popey.com 2009/4/17 doug livesey biot...@gmail.com: Hi -- I use iTunes on my OSX partition for most of my podcasts, but there are some technical ones I'd like to start collecting on my Ubuntu partition -- usually screencasts. So what does the wider, great british ubuntu community recommend as a podcast collector? I use miro to download video podcasts on Ubuntu. I use hpodder for audio ones. I use two separate apps because I do different things with the content, so like to keep it separate. The video ones I watch in miro after they download. The audio ones I tend to sync to my mp3 player or phone. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] recommended pod/screencast client
On Fri, 2009-04-17 at 09:42 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: I use miro to download video podcasts on Ubuntu. Dumb question :) Is there a difference between video podcasts and any other videos (eg YouTube and similar)? Dianne -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] recommended pod/screencast client
2009/4/17 mac ammonius.grammati...@gmx.co.uk: doug livesey wrote: snip So what does the wider, great british ubuntu community recommend as a podcast collector? I've always found Rhythmbox works fine for my purposes. It manages my routine downloads from a set of different sources. But what else do you want to do? I've started to use Banshee as I found Rhythmbox would occasionally crash on some feeds, I don't know if that's been fixed now though. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] recommended pod/screencast client
2009/4/17 Dianne Reuby pramc...@yahoo.co.uk: Dumb question :) No such thing :) Is there a difference between video podcasts and any other videos (eg YouTube and similar)? In simple terms, a podcast of any kind (audio or video) is in essence a media file delivered over http as a downloadable 'enclosure' item listed within an RSS feed. A podcatcher (such as miro) is given a bunch of those RSS feeds (which are xml text files also delivered over http) and scans them for any new enclosures not yet downloaded. The software then (based on your preferences) will download the enclosures completely so you can play them 'offline'. Compare that to youtube which is designed to be streamed. You visit their site and watch the video in a browser based flash plugin as opposed to downloading them. That said there are ways and means to download video from youtube, and indeed miro can do that too. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 9.04 release date
I see the official release date is April 23, St George's Day. I'm sure it's a coincidence, or is this the year we should prepare to don our knightly armour and prepare to slay the dragon of (any other OS)? :) OK, I've cracked ... send for the men in white coats. Dianne -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] recommended pod/screencast client
Dumb question :) No such thing :) Whilst I question the first comment (although I suppose if I was asking the dumb question, then I would), I take the second as a challenge! ;) 2009/4/17 Alan Pope a...@popey.com 2009/4/17 Dianne Reuby pramc...@yahoo.co.uk: Dumb question :) No such thing :) Is there a difference between video podcasts and any other videos (eg YouTube and similar)? In simple terms, a podcast of any kind (audio or video) is in essence a media file delivered over http as a downloadable 'enclosure' item listed within an RSS feed. A podcatcher (such as miro) is given a bunch of those RSS feeds (which are xml text files also delivered over http) and scans them for any new enclosures not yet downloaded. The software then (based on your preferences) will download the enclosures completely so you can play them 'offline'. Compare that to youtube which is designed to be streamed. You visit their site and watch the video in a browser based flash plugin as opposed to downloading them. That said there are ways and means to download video from youtube, and indeed miro can do that too. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Bash and Path checks
Hallo I wrote my first Bash script! However I am struggling to find a way to test if 2 paths are the same: 1. I use a for loop to run through a set of folders in a path (lets say /home/myFiles/) 2. Now Test if the File Extension is = mpg 2.1. If true then I would like to know if the path of the previous mpg file is the same as this mpg file 2.1.1. If != then I would like to create a few dirs in this new path So script looks like: for file in 4StartPath do fileExt = (get the file extention from 4file) if [ $fileExt = 'mpg' ] then newPath = (get File Path form $file) if [ $newPath != $oldPath ] then mkdir $newPath\Sound mkdir $newPath\Sound\MP3 mkdir $newPath\Sound\wav fi ffmpeg ding dong grab the MP3 and the Wav mv mp3 and wav file to directories created Obviously this is not the Exact script but i am struggling to do the if [ $newPath != $oldPath ] bit as I am new to bash scripts a code snippet would be nice and as I would like to know what the code does could you explaine it to me as well :-) Pretty please -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 9.04 release date
Dianne Reuby wrote: I see the official release date is April 23, St George's Day. I'm sure it's a coincidence, or is this the year we should prepare to don our knightly armour and prepare to slay the dragon of (any other OS)? :) OK, I've cracked ... send for the men in white coats. Dianne It's a shame we didn't notice that about 6 months ago, bit late really to do anything about it now I guess (unless anyone has any dragons or suits of armour kicking around?). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] open/forward port 5500 (for gitso)
Hi -- there was a thread recently during the course of which someone recommended gitso, and several people appeared to be converted on the spot! I'm after following the advice there, now, but am stuck on the bit where I'm supposed to open/forward port 5500. Basically, I haven't a clue how to. Could someone advise me on how they did it / where I should look to learn? Thanks, Doug. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] open/forward port 5500 (for gitso)
Hi mate You need to do this on your router and have a static internal ip. Go to www.portforward.com and follow any guide but just use a different port (5500). James On 17 Apr 2009, at 15:29, doug livesey biot...@gmail.com wrote: Hi -- there was a thread recently during the course of which someone recommended gitso, and several people appeared to be converted on the spot! I'm after following the advice there, now, but am stuck on the bit where I'm supposed to open/forward port 5500. Basically, I haven't a clue how to. Could someone advise me on how they did it / where I should look to learn? Thanks, Doug. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] open/forward port 5500 (for gitso)
http://portforward.com/ Will give route specific instructions on how to port forward and thus get that gitso traffic to you. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] open/forward port 5500 (for gitso)
Hehe, damn the one time I have the answer I'm beaten to it! -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] open/forward port 5500 (for gitso)
Lol I know how you feel mate! On 17 Apr 2009, at 15:41, Chris Bagley chris.bag...@gmail.com wrote: Hehe, damn the one time I have the answer I'm beaten to it! -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] recommended pod/screencast client
If you need something a little more minimal try out gpodder. If your running jaunty you have the latest version in the repo, if not get the deb here: http://gpodder.org/downloads.html as if I remember correctly earlier versions had some small issues. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] open/forward port 5500 (for gitso)
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 3:29 PM, doug livesey biot...@gmail.com wrote: Hi -- there was a thread recently during the course of which someone recommended gitso, and several people appeared to be converted on the spot! I'm after following the advice there, now, but am stuck on the bit where I'm supposed to open/forward port 5500. Basically, I haven't a clue how to. Could someone advise me on how they did it / where I should look to learn? Thanks, Basic instructions - I did this for the a sky router, but hopefully will be vaguely similar for any other one. 1 - Log into your router's administration site 2 - Look for something relating to services 3 - Add a new service, if it asks for a beginning and end port, you can just select 5500 for both. 4 - If you are using DNS to assign IP addresses to your local network, you may want to check this section and try to reserve an IP address for the machine you want to use Gitso on - this will mean that the firewall will use the same IP address to send the gitso information to. 5 - Go to the firewall rules. Add an outbound rule for the service you created previously. Add an incoming rule for the service and point it towards the internal LAN IP address that you have reserved for the machine you are going to give support from. 6 - Save and apply settings. Remember when giving support, the person needs to use your IP address that is your connection to the internet. this can be found by either looking at the routers status / connection page, or visiting a site such as http://whatsmyip.org/ - this IP address might change if your router re-connects. If all else fails, I could use gitso to help you out - hehe --Michael _ Michael Fletcher Visit my website here - http://www.mgfletcher.com/blog Interested in Linux? Then visit - http://www.ilovemylinux.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bash and Path checks
2009/4/17 Cornelius Mostert corneliusmost...@googlemail.com: Hallo I wrote my first Bash script! However I am struggling to find a way to test if 2 paths are the same: 1. I use a for loop to run through a set of folders in a path (lets say /home/myFiles/) 2. Now Test if the File Extension is = mpg 2.1. If true then I would like to know if the path of the previous mpg file is the same as this mpg file 2.1.1. If != then I would like to create a few dirs in this new path So script looks like: for file in 4StartPath do fileExt = (get the file extention from 4file) if [ $fileExt = 'mpg' ] then newPath = (get File Path form $file) if [ $newPath != $oldPath ] then mkdir $newPath\Sound mkdir $newPath\Sound\MP3 mkdir $newPath\Sound\wav fi ffmpeg ding dong grab the MP3 and the Wav mv mp3 and wav file to directories created Obviously this is not the Exact script but i am struggling to do the if [ $newPath != $oldPath ] bit as I am new to bash scripts a code snippet would be nice and as I would like to know what the code does could you explaine it to me as well :-) Pretty please -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ Does it have to work with symlinks and relative paths? If so, the only way (as I understand it) is to cd into the directory and use the pwd command to get the directory name. If not, you could try putting double-quotes around the variables in the if test, i.e. if [ $newPath != $oldPath ] This does a string comparison. This is all untested. I'm OK at bash scripting, but not an expert by any measure. Cofion/Regards, Neil. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Bash and Path checks
Cornelius, Cornelius Mostert wrote: Hallo I wrote my first Bash script! However I am struggling to find a way to test if 2 paths are the same: 1. I use a for loop to run through a set of folders in a path (lets say /home/myFiles/) 2. Now Test if the File Extension is = mpg 2.1. If true then I would like to know if the path of the previous mpg file is the same as this mpg file 2.1.1. If != then I would like to create a few dirs in this new path So script looks like: for file in 4StartPath do fileExt = (get the file extention from 4file) if [ $fileExt = 'mpg' ] then newPath = (get File Path form $file) if [ $newPath != $oldPath ] then mkdir $newPath\Sound mkdir $newPath\Sound\MP3 mkdir $newPath\Sound\wav fi ffmpeg ding dong grab the MP3 and the Wav mv mp3 and wav file to directories created Obviously this is not the Exact script but i am struggling to do the if [ $newPath != $oldPath ] bit Are you doing this to avoid the mkdir if the directory you are creating already exists? If so, then the is an option -p which means it is not an error if the directory already exists. It also creates parent directories as needed, so: mkdir -p $newPath/Sound/MP3 mkdir -o $newpath/Sound/wav will do what you want without the need to test. (BTW, it's forward slashes / in Linux, not backslahes!) Of course, I may have misunderstood what you are trying to achieve. Regards, Tony. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 7.10 end of life today
Hi all, Just an FYI. Ubuntu 7.10 reaches the end of it's support life today. If your still running it - Time to upgrade. :-) http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-7.10-eol Regards Phil signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
