Re: [ubuntu-uk] Burning videos

2008-01-08 Thread norman
Hi Group, I have downloaded a film in NTSC format using aMule. The film plays really well on the download computer. The film is just under the 700 megabyte limit for a normal cd. I have tried burning the film to disc in order to play it on a conventional dvd player

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open Source video recorder

2008-01-08 Thread Stephen Garton
On 08/01/2008, LeeGroups [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They can be, but there are two causes, the cooling fan and the harddrive. For the engineers, the best answer is to replace both, a 70mm fits with a bit of trimming and a bigger hard is always handy... For the software types, XBMC can be set

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open Source video recorder

2008-01-08 Thread LeeGroups
On 07/01/2008, Chris Rowson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not bad I guess, pity it doesn't do HD video. I still think I'd go for the cheaper software modified XBOX option though. I've thought about it but the xbox is a wee bit big and ugly isn't it? And Loud! (Or is that just

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Home network configuration

2008-01-08 Thread Dave Murphy
On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 21:59 +, Mark Allison wrote: The bit that's missing is the gig wireless switch. Do such things exist? If not how else can I configure the network? I need it to be gigabit because the ubuntu server is running BackupPC and throws around a lot of data. Change your

[ubuntu-uk] PCI ADSL modem on Linux

2008-01-08 Thread Tom Bamford
Hello, Does anyone know of a PCI ADSL modem that works well with Ubuntu? I have three of them at home (Nokia, Zoom and an unbranded Conexant-based one) and none of them seem to work in Linux. If I could find one that works I'd have my Ubuntu box run my entire network, including being my

[ubuntu-uk] A question for sysadmins

2008-01-08 Thread Chris Rowson
Hello, I've got a question about server backups. Scenario: You want to perform a daily backup of a web server content at /var/www/ to a mounted device at /media/netbackup. To do this you run a daily job as follows: tar cpf /media/netbackup/fullbackup-`date '+%d-%B-%Y'`.tar /var/www Your

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A question for sysadmins

2008-01-08 Thread Chris Rowson
Running the job as you specified it above, the tar will be created directly on the mounted device. Steve Thanks Steve Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A question for sysadmins

2008-01-08 Thread Stephen Hildrey
Chris Rowson wrote: Hello, I've got a question about server backups. Scenario: You want to perform a daily backup of a web server content at /var/www/ to a mounted device at /media/netbackup. To do this you run a daily job as follows: tar cpf /media/netbackup/fullbackup-`date

[ubuntu-uk] DVD

2008-01-08 Thread davisjo
Many thanks for the posts on DVD software. I have tried the DeVeDe software in all it's guises and when I do a preview, the sound is totally distorted. So much so, that it is not worth transcoding the film. Has anyone dragged a film off Ubuntu and used some other software, i.e Nero and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A question for sysadmins

2008-01-08 Thread Dave Walker
Chris Rowson wrote: Hello, I've got a question about server backups. Scenario: You want to perform a daily backup of a web server content at /var/www/ to a mounted device at /media/netbackup. To do this you run a daily job as follows: tar cpf /media/netbackup/fullbackup-`date

Re: [ubuntu-uk] A question for sysadmins

2008-01-08 Thread Chris Rowson
The question's already been answered, but I wanted to suggest using something like rsnapshot. Daily backup's of 10GB will very quickly get big. Why not use rsnapshot, or one of the various other incremental backup tools to only copy what has actually changed? Kind Regards, Dave Walker Hi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] DVD

2008-01-08 Thread Rob Beard
davisjo wrote: Many thanks for the posts on DVD software. I have tried the DeVeDe software in all it's guises and when I do a preview, the sound is totally distorted. So much so, that it is not worth transcoding the film. Has anyone dragged a film off Ubuntu and used some other

Re: [ubuntu-uk] PCI ADSL modem on Linux

2008-01-08 Thread Rob Beard
Tom Bamford wrote: Hello, Does anyone know of a PCI ADSL modem that works well with Ubuntu? I have three of them at home (Nokia, Zoom and an unbranded Conexant-based one) and none of them seem to work in Linux. If I could find one that works I'd have my Ubuntu box run my entire network,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] DVD

2008-01-08 Thread norman
Many thanks for the posts on DVD software. I have tried the DeVeDe software in all it's guises and when I do a preview, the sound is totally distorted. So much so, that it is not worth transcoding the film. Has anyone dragged a film off Ubuntu and used some other software, i.e Nero

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Burning videos

2008-01-08 Thread Dave Morley
On Tue, 2008-01-08 at 08:40 +, norman wrote: Hi Group, I have downloaded a film in NTSC format using aMule. The film plays really well on the download computer. The film is just under the 700 megabyte limit for a normal cd. I have tried burning the film

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Home network configuration

2008-01-08 Thread Mark Allison
Change your search terms - what you want is a Wireless Router with a Gigabit switch. I found a couple from Belkin and Netgear. If the price is too much, try the following alternative: Cool, will have a look, thanks! Save yourself some hassle and replace the Ubuntu server with IPCop and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lost Signal

2008-01-08 Thread John Taylor
Rob Beard wrote: John Taylor wrote: Rob Beard wrote: John Taylor wrote: Tried suggestion twice but it tries to load but to no avail(I say OK to all suggestion) Cant boot with sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart - have to switch off Any other ideas?.When it tries

[ubuntu-uk] Jerky Streaming Video.

2008-01-08 Thread Andrew Jenkins
Whenever I try to watch any streaming video such as BBC iPlayer or YouTube things aren't right. After a few minutes the video will start to pause and jump in short bursts, the sound is fine. I'm guessing that my machine cannot cope (or at least the video card can't), when this happens the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] PCI ADSL modem on Linux

2008-01-08 Thread Tony Travis
Tom Bamford wrote: Hello, Does anyone know of a PCI ADSL modem that works well with Ubuntu? I have three of them at home (Nokia, Zoom and an unbranded Conexant-based one) and none of them seem to work in Linux. If I could find one that works I'd have my Ubuntu box run my entire network,

[ubuntu-uk] Avi file + firefox

2008-01-08 Thread Javad Ayaz
Hi, I was wondering if someone could explain this to mei drag and dropped an avi file into firefox and it started playing? What is going on? Regards Javad -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Lost Signal

2008-01-08 Thread Robert McWilliam
On 08/01/08 19:55:26, John Taylor wrote: We have a miniaturised screen, don't ask me how or why. I went through your suggestions three or four times before swearing at the machine and then it happened and it can up with half an answer, a 15 inch screen or thereabouts and I have about 3

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Home network configuration

2008-01-08 Thread taufanlubis
Save yourself some hassle and replace the Ubuntu server with IPCop and Advproxy/Urlfilter and your setup as you described is pretty much complete. Of course at this point your Wireless Modem is not doing much, so replace it with a USB/PCI one direct into the IPCop box. Thing is the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Home network configuration

2008-01-08 Thread Dave Murphy
On Tue, 2008-01-08 at 19:16 +, Mark Allison wrote: Thing is the Ubuntu server is not only used for firewall/filtering, I use it for running BackupPC as well - can IPCop run that? I don't however see the need to move to IPCop as the Ubuntu server does everything I need it to. I'm a fan of