Monthly Archives: July 2007
it's planet time
Well, cleaning up transcode was relatively easy (though I’m ignoring the minor dvd::rip bugs for now). I bumped the latest rc candidate for 1.0.4 and got a new CVS snapshot of 1.1.0 in the tree, so I feel like I’ve … Continue reading
Filed under Gentoo, Planet Larry
hd-dvd and blu-ray: no choices
I’ve started seeing these commercials on TV talking about next-generation DVDs and the formats they use, and one of the two (I think it’s Blu-Ray) says something like, “Make the right choice, go with Blu-Ray!” The fact of the matter … Continue reading
Filed under Entertainment, Multimedia
media-sound/abcde
I mentioned a while ago after coming back from a month of broken computers, that I’d be focusing solely on one task at a time, to get it cleaned up properly, and then move onto something else. The first item … Continue reading
Filed under Gentoo, Multimedia
planet summer
After a long delay on my part, Planet Summer of Code for Gentoo 2007 is back online. Only two hackers on there right now, but I’ll get them added as the others submit me their info. Like the other two … Continue reading
Filed under Gentoo
plextor convertx and 2.6.22 kernels
Once again, I can take zero credit for this, especially since I’m not a kernel hacker. I can clean up the ebuilds when I get some time and get them working, though. The other day, committed to the tree another … Continue reading
Filed under Gentoo, Multimedia
resistance is futile
You may or may not have heard this, but Paramount is re-releasing Star Trek: The Next Generation on DVD. This time, in one box set of the entire series. Here’s a photo of what it looks like, courtesy of TV … Continue reading
Filed under Entertainment
media-tv/freevo-1.7.2
Freevo got bumped in the portage tree recently to its latest upstream release. I didn’t realize this, but we were actually slightly behind their release schedule a bit. The main reason for that is probably that not many developers are … Continue reading
freevo and lirc
I should clarify on my last post about Freevo and MPlayer fighting over LIRC events, since after some more research, I figured out what is going on. Here’s the story. Freevo, when it uses mplayer to watch a movie, will … Continue reading
Filed under Freevo, Gentoo, MPlayer, Multimedia
mplayer: display filename on osd with lirc
I’ve been playing with MPlayer, Freevo and LIRC most of all day today, and made some small progress. For one, I found a lovely nasty bug in the latest Freevo, where if I hit the right or left buttons on … Continue reading
Filed under Freevo, Gentoo, MPlayer, Multimedia
config_video_ivtv=m
The 2.6.22 linux kernel was released today, and the exciting part is that IVTV is now included in the mainstream code. The option is listed as “Conexant cx23416/cx23415 MPEG encoder/decoder support” under the normal Video for Linux menu. What does … Continue reading
Filed under Gentoo, IVTV, Multimedia
