Re: jpg to avi

2008-04-17 Thread Barry
for which they are displayed in the movie? Barry --- Christopher Sawtell wrote: mencoder "mf://*.jpg" -mf fps=0.1 -o output.avi -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4 view with:- mplayer -fs Seems to work for me giving 10secs per picture. ps It'

Re: Burning a vcd

2008-04-16 Thread Barry
Finally found the problem - its a vcd and mplayer required 'mplayer vcd://2' not 1 Thanks, Barry. Nick Rout wrote: On Sun, April 13, 2008 11:55 pm, Barry wrote: Rex Johnston wrote: Christopher Sawtell wrote:

jpg to avi

2008-04-16 Thread Barry
me eg 1sec, 2sec etc? TIA Barry

Re: Burning a vcd

2008-04-13 Thread Barry
7; in libavcodec... ADecoder init failed :( ADecoder init failed :( Cannot find codec for audio format 0x56444152. Read DOCS/HTML/en/codecs.html! Audio: no sound Starting playback... V: 0.0 0/ 0 ??% ??% ??,?% 0 0 Exiting... (End of file) Thanks, Barry

Burning a vcd

2008-04-12 Thread Barry
& help are not very informative. **ERROR: error while parsing command line - try --help TIA Barry

Re: open office filenames display

2008-04-12 Thread Barry
Thanks Nick, looks like that will solve my problem Barry -- Nick Rout wrote: Not sure that you can, but as a work around try adding a header or footer with the full path and file name. When you are finished editing you can delete the header/footer. On Fri

open office filenames display

2008-04-10 Thread Barry
Hi all Is it possible to display the full path/file name for an oowriter file in the window manager header? It would save a lot of confusion when 2 dis-similar copies of the same file exist in 2 directories. TIA Barry

Comparing text files

2008-03-13 Thread Barry
Can someone point me to an app which will display/compare 2 text files, much like the compare utility which came with xtree/xtpro years ago. TIA Barry

Re: wiki

2008-02-27 Thread barry
The link is "http://clug.net.nz//uploads/multimedia_talk-01.pdf"; ggrrr it accepted this time, thanks Barry Nick Rout wrote: On Thu, February 28, 2008 8:56 am, barry wrote: I just tried to d/l Nick's pdf's from 03/2006 and got a 'You do

wiki

2008-02-27 Thread barry
I just tried to d/l Nick's pdf's from 03/2006 and got a 'You do not have permission' msg, Something wrong??? Where??? Barry

Re: Duplex printing

2008-01-26 Thread barry
For pdf files I use xpp. Find the file you wish to print in your file manager, select open with...xpp. In xpp select options, under page ordering make your choice with page set and sit back. note the correct way to reinsert the pages into your printer and repeat the process. Barry

Re: OT - HP priners

2008-01-21 Thread barry
. An email went to them this afternoon quoting case and part numbers and my address. Barry -- barry wrote: Thanks for the replies. More research shows HP do not have linux drivers for this model 2600 and 1600 Barry - barry wrote: Hi

Re: OT - HP priners

2008-01-15 Thread barry
Thanks for the replies. More research shows HP do not have linux drivers for this model 2600 and 1600 Barry - barry wrote: Hi all, I am looking to buy a HP Color Laserjet printer. Does anyone have any experience of these - linux drivers, ease of setup quality

OT - HP priners

2008-01-13 Thread barry
Hi all, I am looking to buy a HP Color Laserjet printer. Does anyone have any experience of these - linux drivers, ease of setup quality photos etc website a time waster for me. A friend has 1 I have seen a nicely reproduced photo under windows. Barry

Re: OT: Windows upgrade

2007-12-18 Thread barry
with very long response times to button presses. I the end I killed opera, went off line, reloaded opera and deleted the link.; Opera now back to normal. Barry

Re: Xmas Pub Quiz - Tuesday night

2007-12-12 Thread barry
That was a good night, John. Thanks for organizing it Barry John Hyde wrote: Don't forget the xmas pub quiz on Tuesday 11 December. 7:30pm at The Brick Works Bar - Centaurus Road (Cashmere / Beckenham) You can prepare for the questions by reading encyclopedias, man pages

oo drawing toolbar

2007-11-22 Thread barry
Hi all, Grr. How do I stop the drawing toolbar in oo writer being displayed whenever the active page contains a graphic?. It takes the focus. It is turned off in the toolbar options. TIA Barry

OT - Genealogy help wanted

2007-09-24 Thread barry
Hi All, Is anyone in Chch running Family Tree Maker? I have been sent a data file which is in some proprietory format (possibly foxpro) which I want to view. Reply off list please. Barry

Re: urpmi

2007-09-16 Thread barry
John Rye wrote: On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 21:10:11 + Don Gould <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Anyone know where the list of installed packages is stored? (Mandriva 2007) I know I can use the package manager, but it crashes on the machine. /var/lib/urpmi for the file lists - have fun :-) Find

Re: Hello & Help

2007-09-12 Thread barry
Hi Aidan, Have you thought of running windows inside an emulator? I use pagemaker with win98 inside qemu. Its a little slower than running in win98 directly but very reliable for my purposes. Sorry I can't advise on games. Barry - Aidan Gauland wrote: Hello

Adobe Reader

2007-09-05 Thread barry
not be acceptable for this purpose. TIA Barry

Re: XTRA Broadband dead (again)

2007-08-25 Thread barry
. I left that part blank when I helped a friend change over. It seemed to work but now seems to reject MSaccess v5. I can now get to his emails via webmail. See my previous email re this. Barry

Re: Friday laugh...

2007-08-23 Thread barry
John Carter wrote: http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/B6847138CE653865CC2573410009A188 Telecom COO Kevin Kenrick "On one particular server, there was this thing called 'source code' and we had to fly in a specialist to deal with it." Ooh Gawd That explains one helluvah lot mor

Re: XTRA Broadband dead (again)

2007-08-23 Thread barry
paradise. This must be 1 of the most incompetent website setup I have seen Barry

Re: PPC Live CD

2007-08-23 Thread barry
Hi Jamie, You have hijacked a thread about a completely unrelated matter. For a new subject, please start a new thread from scratch Barry Jamie McCloskey wrote: Hi, I have recently become frustrated with Macs for programming on. I do programming in school for ICT, and I refuse to download

Re: Distro war - should we have one?

2007-08-22 Thread barry
kes of Times & arial) substitution can screw up the pagination of an imported multi page document in oo. Time would probably solve my problems with Ubuntu, but 1st impressions affect subsequent choices for all of us. A distro war will not achieve anything, a demo of distro specific functions may. Just my tuppence worth. Barry

Re: OT - reading an iso in windows

2007-08-22 Thread barry
Nick Rout wrote: On Wed, August 22, 2007 2:07 pm, barry wrote: Robert Fisher wrote: and it told me my windows installer was out of date gg. Well Win98 is 10 years old now. But an app written for win98se should use the win98se installer, what have i missed? Using win98 is a

Re: OT - reading an iso in windows

2007-08-21 Thread barry
Robert Fisher wrote: and it told me my windows installer was out of date gg. Well Win98 is 10 years old now. But an app written for win98se should use the win98se installer, what have i missed? Using win98 is a necessity, not a pleasure. I have to rum Pagemaker and my family tr

Re: OT - reading an iso in windows

2007-08-20 Thread barry
Barry --- Kerry Mayes wrote: I use daemon-tools. Mounts CD and DVD isos on a virtual drive. Pretty sure I used it back in win98 days. On 20/08/07, barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all, In linux I can simply mount the iso and read it. What software / how d

OT - reading an iso in windows

2007-08-19 Thread barry
Hi all, In linux I can simply mount the iso and read it. What software / how do I do the same thing in windows (98)? I am already using the iso in linux. TIA Barry

Openoffice writer & pictures

2007-08-13 Thread barry
! TIA Barry

Re: html forms coding

2007-07-12 Thread barry
Geeez, don't you guys sleep???. Thanks Steve the 2nd one works just fine. Its the 1st time i've use javascript btw. Thanks, Barry --- Steve Holdoway wrote: Easiest way is Clese or Close Steve On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 23:47:51 +1200 barry <[EMAIL PROT

Re: html forms coding

2007-07-12 Thread barry
Steve Holdoway wrote: On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:07:43 +1200 barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thanks for an interesting talk last tuesday Zane.Are you making your sample scripts available anywhere? Now my query...I am writing a script which uses a form to pass variables to another htm

html forms coding

2007-07-12 Thread barry
tab in the browser. The form is set up with '' Google has let me down on this one - how do I alter this code to display in a new tab? TIA Barry

Re: PDF output from OpenOffice

2007-07-02 Thread Barry
No, I have those, what I need is the option to select output for screen or for printer, there is a vast difference in the file sizes. Barry --- Gauland, Michael wrote: In my install of OO 2.2, I have a PDF button on the toolbar, and an "Export as PDF" cho

PDF output from OpenOffice

2007-07-02 Thread Barry
Hi All, When exporting a file from oo1 I have the option to export for printing or for screen display. Where do I find this option in oo2?. It does not appear in the PDF Options panels TIA Barry

smb/firewall problem

2007-06-21 Thread Barry
connection. Once I shut the firewall down I can reconnect. I am using firestarter as a front end to iptables, the default is to block all incoming and allow all outgoing connections. I guess I need a rule to allow local? connections to port 135-137 to be unaffected, but how do i do this? TIA Barry

Re: disk partitioning and format scheme

2007-05-10 Thread Barry
would share /home, and work on that proviso. My experience of sharing /home/'me' is that it can be a problem especially if you have 2 versions of an app each with its own 'format' for .conf or similar files. To be safe I would use separate /home dirs for each distro and link selected files/sub directories Barry Barry

Re: New Monitor woes

2007-04-29 Thread Barry
Thanks David, It is now working nicely. I had checked the refresh rate but it needed it set to 60Hz, not the generic range I had. After looking at them for several days I bought the last 1 at Eastgate Barry -- David Kirk wrote: Barry, Earlier today I spent some

New Monitor woes

2007-04-27 Thread Barry
any greater than 832 x 624. Tried it under Win98, only resolution is 640 x 480. Has anyone else tried 1 of these tv/monitors? It may be going back next week together with a complaint about false advertising/packaging. Barry

Re: OT: CLUG email handles

2007-04-27 Thread Barry
You will still have trouble with bugs Chris Barry Chris Hellyar wrote: I dunno, for the first 15 or so years I was in the IT industry I was a paid geek. I'm on the slippery slope now though, middle management, I've booked my labotomy for next week! Curiously enough, I was po

Re: Calling GIMP gurus...

2007-03-22 Thread Barry
to move the selection upwards pixel row by row (it may pay to enlarge the image for this step if you want precision) Save it when happy I do something similar quite often Barry

Re: executing .sh file from command line

2007-03-08 Thread Barry
rom a bash shell. Would be interesting try it from a sh command line without the alt above. Barry

Re: internet use

2007-02-23 Thread Barry
Its both great/frustrating for geneology research, especially those sites that lead you along before asking for your money. Barry Nick Rout wrote: On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 19:08:13 +1300 Christopher D Maher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, I'm so curious as to what suscribers to th

Locations of font files

2007-02-11 Thread Barry
ll in various directories and some appear in 2 or 3 places. Is it possible to put all fonts in a single global directory from where various apps can access them as needed, possibly by making eg '/opt/openoffice.org2.0/share/fonts' a soft link to '/usr/share/fonts'. Your Thoughts??? Barry

Font files

2007-02-02 Thread Barry
install it system wide? Barry

Printer Margins

2007-01-20 Thread Barry
ce will be appreciated. Barry

Re: Filesystem Woes

2007-01-13 Thread Barry
27;read only file system' . The fs is actually vfat. I cleared them by reformatting the card in the camera it belongs in. Barry

Re: Adobe Reader

2007-01-13 Thread Barry
cross your fingers), and get the Mandriva one instead. Volker Thanks for the replies, mine is an older LE distro for which I had not located a pkg. The 1 I had had worked before I crashed the box so I tried it again. Chris came to my aid with a later version which installed ok Barry

Re: Adobe Reader

2007-01-10 Thread Barry
Barry wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all I have just installed AdobeReader7.0 but all I can get is the splash screen Any ideas please Barry yes, run it from the command line and tell us what error messages you get.. if you want more help, tell us your distro and how you

Re: Adobe Reader

2007-01-10 Thread Barry
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all I have just installed AdobeReader7.0 but all I can get is the splash screen Any ideas please Barry yes, run it from the command line and tell us what error messages you get.. if you want more help, tell us your distro and how you installed the

Adobe Reader

2007-01-10 Thread Barry
Hi all I have just installed AdobeReader7.0 but all I can get is the splash screen Any ideas please Barry

Re: Holidays with linux? Share your gems!

2007-01-04 Thread Barry
nstall as needed, but 10 days or so later I'm up and running again. Barry Nick Rout wrote: How did everyone go away from their desktops and favourite OS? Did everyone get frustrated by the in-law's windows box? Anyone have any linux related gems to share?

Re: corrupt fs problem

2006-12-21 Thread Barry
to the web. Ah well, reformat & reinstall when I'm feeling VERY patient, no data lost and qemu serves my current needs for win apps. Barry ----- Barry wrote: Hi All I have a problem with a fat16 file system which I want to save, where 1 particular director

corrupt fs problem

2006-12-21 Thread Barry
e using dd or any other utility? Merry Christmas to all, Barry

Re: USB camera problem

2006-12-14 Thread Barry
lternatively, I have a USB memory stick that will only work properly in some ports when you wiggle it. Could that be the problem? It amazes me how quickly these threads get off track. Barry specifically said tha the device is viewable in usbview. Therefore the motherboard and the kernel

USB camera problem

2006-12-13 Thread Barry
card reader but would like to solve the problem of mounting the camera. The camera is listed in usb.usermap and things worked with the motherboard and ps which expired this life last Monday any suggestions please Barry

Re: Java install problem

2006-12-02 Thread Barry
Nick Rout wrote: On Fri, 01 Dec 2006 10:44:09 +1300 Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thank You Neil, There were 8 .pack files which I unpacked and OO2 now works as it should. In all the hours I spent browsing, this problem was never mentioned, perhaps it could go in the wiki

Re: Java install problem

2006-12-01 Thread Barry
Thank You Neil, There were 8 .pack files which I unpacked and OO2 now works as it should. In all the hours I spent browsing, this problem was never mentioned, perhaps it could go in the wiki Barry Neil Stockbridge wrote: On Thu, 2006-11-30 at 21:57 +1300, Barry wrote

Re: Java install problem

2006-11-30 Thread Barry
about my crazy webmail client today everyone. We all have those little oops's at times On 11/29/2006, "Barry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thanks Nick, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have Sun java & the package includes JRE in /usr/java/jdk1.5.0_09/jre Further ide

Re: OnT & technical - Java install problem

2006-11-29 Thread Barry
ogle) failed with unknown option Barry

OnT & technical - Java install problem

2006-11-29 Thread Barry
0_09/bin:/home/barry/bin by making an alt in /etc/profile as root In a term the cmd 'java -version' produces the following - There was an error trying to initialize the HPI library. Please check your installation, HotSpot does not work correctly when installed in the JDK 1.2 Linux Prod

OpenOffice language settings

2006-11-22 Thread Barry
nguage to English(NZ) and it reverts to English(Aust) In /usr/share/dict/ooo are files for AU, Ca, GB, NZ and US. Please, how do I force the spellchecker to use the NZ dictionary? Barry

Re: mySQL Commandline tool...

2006-10-25 Thread Barry
KEY UPDATE col_name=expression, ... ] To use VALUES I think you need a value for every field Barry --- Christopher Sawtell wrote: On Wednesday 25 October 2006 21:09, Don Gould wrote: What am I doing wrong? # mysql "INSERT INTO oncs.tblSessionRequest (MACAddress, IPAddres

Re: Multihead on the Cheap

2006-10-17 Thread Barry
& maximised could be moved to the tv & 'parked' there. The rodent moved seamlessly between the 2 screens with the tv set to right. Of course this makes the win box spare. HTH Barry John Carter wrote: Hokay. So things are thus. I have a new Linux box. A dual core P4. Nice. And yes,

OT - spam to a Yahoo guestbook.

2006-10-16 Thread Barry
was no help. TIA Barry

Re: clug web site

2006-10-10 Thread Barry
11.00pm its ok now Barry Jim Cheetham wrote: On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 04:17:23PM +1300, Barry wrote: Whats up with the web site at present, I get the following Server OS reboot; and as this is a new machine the hack in bootmisc.sh to create the required non-standard directory had

clug web site

2006-10-09 Thread Barry
Whats up with the web site at present, I get the following Fatal Error: lib/FileFinder.php:184: Error[256]: /tmp/cache: file not found lib/FileFinder.php:184: Error[256]: /tmp/cache: file not found Barry

Re: The new video card....

2006-09-10 Thread Barry
Nick Rout wrote: On 12:39 pm 09/11/06 Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Nick Rout wrote: On 11:15 am 09/11/06 Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all, Its in the box, now I would appreciate some setup advice please. lspci reports the card as a nVidia Corporation NV31 [GeFor

Re: The new video card....

2006-09-10 Thread Barry
Nick Rout wrote: On 11:15 am 09/11/06 Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all, Its in the box, now I would appreciate some setup advice please. lspci reports the card as a nVidia Corporation NV31 [GeForce FX 5600XT] (rev a1) I downloaded & installed the latest nvidia driver and

The new video card....

2006-09-10 Thread Barry
not scale and is unreadable. Entering startx still works. xorg.conf probably needs tweeking, but where do I start? Color commands somewhere? TIA Barry

Re: OT - dvd reader wanted

2006-09-02 Thread Barry
Nick Rout wrote: On Fri, 01 Sep 2006 13:49:45 +1200 Douglas Royds wrote: Unfortunately, Barry wrote: Both pci slots are in use with a tv tuner card & a winmodem yes but there may be an agp slot :-) There is, Chris has a card with s-video out for me to try. Thanks for the rep

Re: serial port

2006-09-01 Thread Barry
I have 1 with a 25 pin serial & a 15 pin games port if its of any use, als 25/9 pin converter plug Barry Andrew Errington wrote: On Fri, 01 Sep 2006 17:22, you wrote: Andrew, yes the motherboard (WinFast 760GXK8MB) does have the pins for Com3, the book suggested it did and have visu

Re: OT - dvd reader wanted

2006-08-31 Thread Barry
Hi again all, Thanks for the replies. Andy offerred 1 surplus to his requirements which I accepted. Barry Barry wrote: Hi all, Does anyone in the Chch area have a dvd reader surplus to their requirements? I am interested in purchasing one. Reply off list please. Barry

Re: OT - dvd reader wanted

2006-08-31 Thread Barry
ith a tv tuner card & a winmodem which gives me no problems whatsoever. Any ideas??? Barry Andy Leach wrote: Argh! Must be my handwriting - I put it in 369! Do you know them? The box is outside so you could probably get to it without a problem.... Sorry Barry, hope you get

OT - dvd reader wanted

2006-08-28 Thread Barry
Hi all, Does anyone in the Chch area have a dvd reader surplus to their requirements? I am interested in purchasing one. Reply off list please. Barry

Re: Vmware Player & PC-BSD

2006-08-23 Thread Barry
Hi Reg, this posting of yours has no relevance to the thread. Please - new subject requires a new thread so do not send as a reply. to something else Barry Reg wrote: I hope this is not too off topic. (If it is can someone please point me to a good place to find answers for my below

Re: Firewalls presentation

2006-08-20 Thread Barry
HI Volker, Would you like to include something about using firestarter as a front end to iptables please Barry Volker Kuhlmann wrote: Ok I've just done something about inertia and booked CLUG for a firewalls session with yours truely in November. Depending on how preparations are goin

Re: Desktops through the ages

2006-08-16 Thread Barry
your radio cassette player and hope you can retrieve it later, and grab the tv for a monitor while the wife is out! Still got books for it inc memory map. 4k basic built in. I even managed to load 2 progs into memory after loading some machine code and could swap between them with a hot key! Barry

A 'new' /old video card

2006-08-12 Thread Barry
-cf7f irq:17 Google has not helped me much. Should I be able to output to a tv with this card? No joy from the video out plug on my 1st test. Am I missing drivers for output or tv tuning etc. All advice welcome. TIA Barry

Re: Unwanted insert function in Oo - Ouch

2006-08-10 Thread Barry
Barry wrote: Hi All I have just replied to an email using Netscape composer and this involved deleting part of the original msg. Thanks for the replies. I think I must have hit the middle mouse button Barry

Unwanted insert function in Oo - Ouch

2006-08-09 Thread Barry
the cursor again and all the deleted text from the email was inserted. Is this a fault in OO2, or do I need to change a setup somewhere? Another fault I have found in OO2 is that it malfunctions/crashes when moved from 1 desktop to another. Anyone have a cure for this problem? Tia Barry

Re: Real Newbie

2006-08-09 Thread Barry
systems. Barry

Re: oowriter & pdf

2006-08-06 Thread Barry
Christopher Sawtell wrote: On Sunday 06 August 2006 19:53, Barry wrote: Oo 1.1 That's the problem, Upgrade to the 2.x series. It would appear to do what you want. I have a binary install for OOo-2.0.3 in my lappie if you want a copy. Thanks Chris, I will ring you in the morning B

Re: oowriter & pdf

2006-08-06 Thread Barry
Nick Rout wrote: On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 16:55:40 +1200 Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all Does anyone know of a plugin or similar which will allow the insertion of interactive links in a pdf file prepared in oo for on screen display. Maybe I should use scribus but that does no

oowriter & pdf

2006-08-04 Thread Barry
Hi all Does anyone know of a plugin or similar which will allow the insertion of interactive links in a pdf file prepared in oo for on screen display. Maybe I should use scribus but that does not jump between text & endnotes/footnotes like oo does while drafting a document. TIA Barry

Re: TROLL!

2006-08-01 Thread Barry
se take Don off the list. Barry

Re: Scanner blues

2006-07-31 Thread Barry
me file on your wifes box? In dll.conf epson must be uncommented. You can comment out all others. I know this file has caused problems for others. dll.conf tells sane which (maker).conf to go to for config data. HTH Barry - Andrew Packer wrote: Since I've upgra

Re: Roll-your-own boot CD

2006-07-30 Thread Barry
ss them from each of your bootable installs. Upgrading is not always the way to go, especially if your existing instal is performing ok. Barry

Re: Starting an app on bootup

2006-07-12 Thread Barry
booting through to starting X and the app, ext3 filesystem is taking care of the dirty shutdown adequately. The problem was that the monitor was going into standby mode after about 10 minutes. kde must be running to control the monitor Barry

Starting an app on bootup

2006-07-12 Thread Barry
Where do I put a command to start an application automatically on bootup? Inserting the command in .bash_profile works but starts before the window manager is loaded. Tested with both kde and icewm Barry

Re: Photo handling with Linux

2006-07-10 Thread Barry
ns of free exifutils) Barry

Re: Photo handling with Linux

2006-07-06 Thread Barry
Hi Volker, If you are interested the tcl script I demonstrated is available on my website homepages.paradise.net.nz/barry-m/photoutils Also a help file in the same directory Barry -- Volker Kuhlmann wrote: 5 days to go. As usual, please send me any requests, thoughts

Re: mplayer query

2006-06-18 Thread Barry
Nick Rout wrote: On Sat, 17 Jun 2006 20:07:23 +1200 Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The command: mplayer -tv input=2:driver=v4l2:width=640:height=480 tv:// -vo xv, Will display input via composite2 on the screen but I want to save to a file on disk. I presume -dumpfile & -

Re: mplayer query

2006-06-17 Thread Barry
Nick Rout wrote: On Sat, 17 Jun 2006 20:07:23 +1200 Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The command: mplayer -tv input=2:driver=v4l2:width=640:height=480 tv:// -vo xv, Will display input via composite2 on the screen but I want to save to a file on disk. I presume -dumpfile & -

mplayer query

2006-06-17 Thread Barry
The command: mplayer -tv input=2:driver=v4l2:width=640:height=480 tv:// -vo xv, Will display input via composite2 on the screen but I want to save to a file on disk. I presume -dumpfile & -dumpstream will do what I want but What alteration do I make to achieve this? TIA Barry

Re: >>> CLUG Meeting - Tuesday 13 June 2006 <<

2006-06-03 Thread Barry
And can Barry please tell us what frequency his display is set to? - Because that was 'plug & play' @1024x768. Run xvidtune and read it off. [EMAIL PROTECTED] barry]# xvidtune Vendor: Plug'n Play, Model: GATEWAY EV700 Num hsync: 1, Num vsync: 1 hsync range 0: 30.00 -

Re: Replacing text

2006-06-01 Thread Barry
Thanks Volker for the alternative format. I now understand what each is doing. Barry Volker Kuhlmann wrote: cat filename | sed s/string 1/string 2/g > filename2 Let's be geeks. Let's be lazy: sed s/string 1/string 2/g < filename > filename2 Volker

Re: Replacing text

2006-06-01 Thread Barry
Hi All, Thanks for the replies especially Nick & Craig for the detailed explanations. Problem solved. Barry -- Barry wrote: Hi I want to parse a text file and replace a quoted expression with a 2nd expression.(actually a blank) I guess sed is the utility to use

Re: Replacing text

2006-05-31 Thread Barry
Christopher Sawtell wrote: On Thursday 01 June 2006 17:09, Barry wrote: Hi I want to parse a text file and replace a quoted expression with a 2nd expression.(actually a blank) I guess sed is the utility to use but what is the syntax please [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ echo '"change th

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