Bash: Bulk Convert M4V to Good Quality FLV using ffmpeg

High Quality – File size ends up being larger than the M4V for i in *.m4v;do ffmpeg -i $i -ar 22050 -qscale .1 ${i%.*}.flv;done Quality is almost indiscernible from the original M4V in a laptop for i in *.m4v;do ffmpeg -i $i -ar 22050 -ab 96k -qscale 2 ${i%.*}.flv;done Slight degradation in quality. File size …

Interesting OSS links: Skype for Asterix / Wavemaker / AccountLabPlus

Haven’t had much time to go into detail with these but I think it’s worthy to take note of them Skype for Asterisk has been released at last. A new Skype for Linux Beta 2.1.047 has been released which fixes CPU problems with new PulseAudio and works brilliantly and also adds SMS support. Also, I …

Netboot.me – boot Linux systems directly from Internet

netboot.me is a service that allows you to boot nearly any operating system or utility on any computer with a wired internet connection – without having to know ahead of time what you’ll want to boot. netboot.me works through the magic of netbooting over http. There are a number of ways to boot a computer …

Yakuake for Gnome

I have previously written about Tilda, a gnome replacement for Yakuake. I had some issues with Tilda so I came to have a nice relationship with Yakauke. It’s important to note though, that there is another reasonable alternative to both Tilda and Yakuake and it’s called Guake. Guake has some of the basic features of …

Tonidoplug – a sheeva plugin server that uses 5-12watts

TonidoPlug is a tiny, low power, low cost home server based on the 1.2 GHz Sheeva processor that allows you to access your applications, files, photos, music and media from anywhere (Powered by Tonido). TonidoPlug comes pre-installed with powerful Tonido Applications – Photos, Jukebox, Webshare, Workspace, Thots, Explorer, Torrent and Search – all running on …

Linux Chromium now supports Flash

Chromium is the open source version of Google Chrome for Linux. It’s still in alpha stage but it’s been very stable for me. The biggest downside is lack of Flash support for things like Google Analytics and Youtube. For Ubuntu, install Chromium like so: echo “deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main #chromium-browser” > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/chromium.list sudo apt-key adv …

How to Speed up Magento

Having implemented a number of websites now in Magento and being the web hosting provider for them also, it’s been both challenging and rewarding trying to get Magento running at an acceptable speed.People generally don’t understand what’s happening when they say “my website is slow”. So, for those of you unfamiliar with benchmarking / understanding …

Getting and Managing Free Fonts for Linux – aimed at Ubuntu

One area sadly lacking in most Linux installs is the availability of really nice fonts useful for design and great fonts are not cheap, circa $150 for a font set. Best all in one location for getting great free fonts, I think is www.fawnt.com If Ubuntu really wants to have a go at competing with …

DimDim – Open source Web conferencing and Meetings

For my future reference. DimDim is an open source web conferencing and meeting software with the following features: No Install to Host/Join meetings Easy Share Screens&Webpages Audio & Video Conferencing Present PowerPoint and PDFs Private & Public Chat Whiteboard & Annotations Record and Playback Meetings Open Source and open APIs SynchroLive Co-Browsing Free Recording & …