Re: Truncating MPGs or MP4s

2016-07-02 Thread brian
On Sat, 2 Jul 2016 17:39:58 +0100, Brian wrote: >On Sat 02 Jul 2016 at 10:33:32 -0400, brian wrote: > >> There seem to be a number of video editing programs available, at >> least according to Synaptic's lists. >> >> I have a very simple need - I've got a LOT of VHS tapes to convert >> before m

Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-02 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 02 July 2016 19:28:00 deloptes wrote: > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Saturday 02 July 2016 17:02:03 Lisi Reisz wrote: > >> > In case it's really Intel, is the package firmware-iwlwifi installed? > >> > >> It wasn't.  Is now in the process of installing.  Odd.  It has been > >> working for s

Re: Truncating MPGs or MP4s

2016-07-02 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 7/2/16, Brian wrote: > On Sat 02 Jul 2016 at 10:33:32 -0400, brian wrote: >> >> Amy recommendations, please? 64-bit Debian testing, XFCE desktop, >> plenty of CPU and RAM available. > > If the command line puts you off you wouldn't want to use > > ffmpeg -ss 00:00:00 -t 00:50:00 -i input.mp4 -

Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-02 Thread deloptes
Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Saturday 02 July 2016 17:02:03 Lisi Reisz wrote: >> > In case it's really Intel, is the package firmware-iwlwifi installed? >> >> It wasn't.  Is now in the process of installing.  Odd.  It has been >> working for several years and stopped suddenly late on Friday afternoon.

Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-02 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Did you reload the ipw2000 module after installation of the firmware? Don't know if 'modprobe -r ..' would work. Else you'd have to reboot. Regards, jvp.

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Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-02 Thread deloptes
Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Saturday 02 July 2016 17:02:03 Lisi Reisz wrote: >> > In case it's really Intel, is the package firmware-iwlwifi installed? >> >> It wasn't.  Is now in the process of installing.  Odd.  It has been >> working for several years and stopped suddenly late on Friday afternoon.

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Re: Truncating MPGs or MP4s

2016-07-02 Thread Brian
On Sat 02 Jul 2016 at 10:33:32 -0400, brian wrote: > There seem to be a number of video editing programs available, at > least according to Synaptic's lists. > > I have a very simple need - I've got a LOT of VHS tapes to convert > before my last VCR dies. I have it all sorted except for one thin

Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-02 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 02 July 2016 17:02:03 Lisi Reisz wrote: > > In case it's really Intel, is the package firmware-iwlwifi installed? > > It wasn't.  Is now in the process of installing.  Odd.  It has been working > for several years and stopped suddenly late on Friday afternoon.  But I had > been upgradin

Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-02 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 02 July 2016 15:33:40 Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > Lisi Reisz wrote on 07/02/16 02:15: > > The built in wireless on teh Dell Inspiron 9300 suddenly stopped working. > > Having poked around a bit with wicd and network-manager (not > > simultaneously), > > > > > sarah@debian-wheezy:~$ grep

Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-02 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 02 July 2016 14:07:45 deloptes wrote: > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > Where next? > > reload wifi kernel modules and get dmesg > > try iwlconfig iwlconfig doesn't seem to exist, anyhow in Debina so: root@debian-wheezy:/home/sarah# iwconfig lono wireless extensions. eth0 no wirel

Re: Truncating MPGs or MP4s

2016-07-02 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 02 July 2016 10:33:32 brian wrote: > Hi folks, > > There seem to be a number of video editing programs available, at > least according to Synaptic's lists. > > I have a very simple need - I've got a LOT of VHS tapes to convert > before my last VCR dies. I have it all sorted except for

Re: Truncating MPGs or MP4s

2016-07-02 Thread Francois Gouget
On Sat, 2 Jul 2016, brian wrote: [...] > I just need to remove that dead space - doesn't matter to me whether I > do that on the MPG or after conversion to the MP4. I don't need all > the bells and whistles that most video programs are likely to have, I > just need to be able to see the video and t

Re: Truncating MPGs or MP4s

2016-07-02 Thread Juanjo Benages
El 02/07/16 a las 16:33, brian escribió: Hi folks, There seem to be a number of video editing programs available, at least according to Synaptic's lists. I have a very simple need - I've got a LOT of VHS tapes to convert before my last VCR dies. I have it all sorted except for one thing - I ha

Re: Truncating MPGs or MP4s

2016-07-02 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 02 July 2016 15:33:32 brian wrote: > Amy recommendations, please? If it were sound, Audacity would be perfect. No help to you though. :-( How are you recording them in the first place? Lisi

Truncating MPGs or MP4s

2016-07-02 Thread brian
Hi folks, There seem to be a number of video editing programs available, at least according to Synaptic's lists. I have a very simple need - I've got a LOT of VHS tapes to convert before my last VCR dies. I have it all sorted except for one thing - I have to play the tapes real time, so I leav

Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-02 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Lisi Reisz wrote on 07/02/16 02:15: > The built in wireless on teh Dell Inspiron 9300 suddenly stopped working. > Having poked around a bit with wicd and network-manager (not simultaneously), > > sarah@debian-wheezy:~$ grep wifi /proc/modules > rtlwifi 45511 2 rtl8192cu,rtl_usb, Live 0xf829b00

Re: Laptop wireless problem

2016-07-02 Thread deloptes
Lisi Reisz wrote: > Where next? reload wifi kernel modules and get dmesg try iwlconfig check if you have the appropriate firmware regards

Re: catastrophe - but how? Aptitude goes mad

2016-07-02 Thread Virgo Pärna
On Fri, 1 Jul 2016 00:37:32 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > I used bash's history to confirm that I had had no such mental aberration. > It > confirmed that, after the root screen prompt, I had typed: > aptitude install libreoffice-grammarcheck-en-gb > and nothing else - well, , of course. > `