Monthly Archives: October 2006
the system is down
Oy, I’ve been having my share of computer problems lately, least of all have been with my website (if you haven’t noticed). First of all, the other week I decided I was tired of hosting my website and dev stuff … Continue reading
Filed under Computers
photo album
After twenty-plus years, some things just never change…. except I still wish I had a He-Man t-shirt. That would rock.
Filed under General
batman begins
I have a old score that’s starting to grow on me. I bought the Batman Begins soundtrack when it first came out, and I didn’t like it much. The other day I was looking for something “different” to listen to, … Continue reading
Filed under Entertainment
mplayer 1.0rc1 released
A new version of MPlayer was released just the other day. Lots of big changes in this one. As usual MPlayer continues to make real strides. Very cool stuff. Here’s some highlights from the changelog: IVTV hardware MPEG audio/video decoder … Continue reading
jack and the beanstalk
I watched Jack and the Beanstalk last night. It was a great flick. I haven’t seen the movie in at least twenty years, but I remembered it so vividly, and it was really creepy seeing it again and having it … Continue reading
Filed under Entertainment
fringe programs
I compulsively feel the need to explain what I mean by “fringe programs” in my last post, since I don’t want to be misunderstood. By fringe, I mean small programs that don’t get much exposure, target a small audience, probably … Continue reading
Filed under Gentoo
gentoo, multimedia, and other shtuff
I think its always interesting how the more you get into a community project, it can take you in directions that you never anticipated going towards in the first place. For instance, I wanted to be a gentoo dev for … Continue reading
Filed under Gentoo, Multimedia, Transcode
poking at my pchdtv
I got my pcHDTV 5500 card back from Jason last night, and I’ve been playing around with it today with little success. Naturally, he got it working the first time. Unfortunately, this is one of those areas where there is … Continue reading
Filed under MPlayer, Multimedia
mplayer pvr testing
Well, I spent most of the night testing the new mplayer pvr support. I ran into problems, and had to reboot more than a few times when the card would lock up. It has it’s share of bugs, but it … Continue reading
mplayer pvr support
I just barely got pvr support working on my mplayer installation at home working … on my lunch break. Man, it is cool. That’s a piccie of me having two mplayer windows open playing TV on both tuners on the … Continue reading
