Category Archives: Multimedia
multimedia reference guide: x264
It seems a little weird to me to post something on my blog that I already posted on our blog at work, but whatever. I figured it’d get more visibility if I wrote about it, since I already cover multimedia … Continue reading
Filed under Gentoo, Multimedia
uphpu presentation: ripping dvds
I gave a short presentation last night at uphpu on ripping and encoding DVDs under Linux. I wanted to type up a few notes on some stuff I mentioned during the meeting. Short version: Use Handbrake (available on Linux, Mac … Continue reading
Filed under Matroska, MPlayer, Multimedia, Programming
wrapper script for disc_id
I wrote a little wrapper script for disc_id tonight, available here. disc_id is a little binary that ships with libdvdread, or at least, it used to in older versions. I use disc_id to give me a unique 32-character string of … Continue reading
Filed under bend / dvd2mkv, Gentoo, Multimedia, Programming
web media frontend
I have always wanted to tweak my HTPC frontend quite a lot to add extra functionality, but the entry barrier to learning a GUI language has been way too high for me. I’ve had success though, in patching MythFrontend to … Continue reading
Filed under Entertainment, Gentoo, Multimedia, MythTV, Programming
handbrake ebuild
My life has been uncharacteristically busy lately, which is a really new experience for me, because I usually have so much free time that I don’t know what to do with myself. Anyway. As a result of lack of time, … Continue reading
Filed under Gentoo, Multimedia
mplayer + libbluray support
MPlayer just very recently got support for playback of unencrypted Blu-Ray discs using libbluray. (Thanks to all the devs and testers! ) Apparently development for the library is being hosted on VLC’s git servers now, something I had no idea … Continue reading
Filed under Gentoo, MPlayer, Multimedia
gentoo + youtube – flash + mplayer
So, if you’re getting a little tired of Flash and it’s silly security hiccups, but still can’t live without the YouTubey goodness that is the awesome sauce of life, here’s a simple solution I stumbled onto: use mplayer to watch … Continue reading
Filed under Gentoo, MPlayer, Multimedia
blu-ray on gentoo
I’m pretty excited because I got my first BD-ROM drive last night from NewEgg, a LITE-ON iHOS104-06. That means I can do some real testing, ripping and playing around. Decrypting Blu-Ray discs is a really confusing process … I’m still … Continue reading
Filed under Gentoo, Matroska, Multimedia
google vp8 fud
I don’t usually like chiming in on matters like this, but I’m going to say this time that I’m disappointed in Ars Technica’s recent FUD-provoking article on Google’s VP8 codec being open sourced. Specifically, and I’m not picking on Ars … Continue reading
Filed under Gentoo, Multimedia
random dvd roundup
I’ve been shuffling stuff around lately with my DVD collection, and one thing I’ve been doing is cleaning up my DVD ripper and web frontend to catalogue my entire collection (todo: put in git, trac). I finally finished archiving this … Continue reading
Filed under Gentoo, Matroska, MPlayer, Multimedia
