Monthly Archives: July 2006
'the incredible hulk' and other extreme ownage
It’s time for another DVD release update. Well, at least of the ones that I’m interested in. Season one of The Incredible Hulk came out today, and I’m soooo excited to get my copy. I actually went to Wal-Mart last … Continue reading
Filed under Computers, Entertainment
stupid blogs
I feel the need to rant. Why don’t some stupid blog hosting websites have a link to the RSS feeds right on the page? There’s already 95,232 links on there, would adding ONE more absolutely kill you? Instead, I have … Continue reading
Filed under Computers
fun with mplayer: on-screen display
Yes, it’s time for another exciting episode of “Will Steve Ever Stop Tweaking?” I think we all know the answer to that one by now. Anyway, now that my main problems are out of the way, I’m onto playing with … Continue reading
Filed under Computers, MPlayer, Multimedia
fun with mplayer: save / resume playback script
I must be on a roll. I just got my other big problem with mplayer solved: resuming playback. It turns out that MPlayer has a lot more slave / LIRC events than I knew about, and one of them is … Continue reading
Filed under bend / dvd2mkv, Computers, MPlayer, Multimedia
ask, and ye shall receive
One of my biggest beefs about media players (if you haven’t noticed yet) is the lack of support for my favorite media wrapper, Matroska. If you don’t know what that is, just ask me next time I’m around, and watch … Continue reading
Filed under bend / dvd2mkv, Computers, MPlayer, Multimedia
new problems gone, old problems back
Will the mythtv saga ever end? Will Steve ever be happy? Isn’t that way too many Twinkies in your cupboard? In answer to all three … probably not. I have this strange little psychological tick that turns on anytime I … Continue reading
Filed under Computers, MPlayer, Multimedia, Transcode
gentoo + mythtv: just the way I like it
I was just thinking to myself about all the custom tweaks and odd settings I’m using to run MythTV, and it occurs to me that it’s a miracle the thing runs at all. Especially when you add me to the … Continue reading
Filed under Computers, Multimedia, MythTV
success at last
Well, I finally got MythTV working again. And, once again, it was user error. Once I actually calmed down enough to think about it rationally (versus my previous attempts at just randomly trying configs) then I managed to start seeing … Continue reading
Filed under Computers, Multimedia, MythTV
"the right to control…"
Okay, so the news is starting to pick this stuff up. PC Magazine has a good writeup about it that covers the rights, while the Salt Lake Tribune fails to cover that stuff in detail whatsover. What really irks me … Continue reading
Filed under Computers, Entertainment, General, Religion
mythv: a love-hate-hate-hate-hate-hate-hate-love relationship
This hasn’t been my week. I finally figured out the problem with MythTV last night — it is complaining that my recordings are 48000khz, and it wants to send them through to SPDIF at 32000khz. That’s all fine and good, … Continue reading
Filed under Computers, Multimedia, MythTV
