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ffmpeg - and why it mostly won't work for normal users

Posted 06-19-2012 at 10:38 AM by error_401

Since I've got a new compact digital camera about a year ago I have the trouble that it's internal format is .MTS

.MTS ? What the heck is that? A question a lot of people will come up with as not all of us are the video cracks and sooo knowledgeable about all that stuff.

So - what would work under Linux to do something useful with all your videos having an .mts format?

Searches will lead you to ffmpeg a very powerful tool for video conversion. But unless...

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aaargh - Windows

Posted 05-19-2012 at 09:32 AM by error_401

Have to get this off my head.

Today I've spent 4 1/2 hours on installing Windows and 35 minutes on Linux. Plus 4 hours in vain on a couple Zyxel USG 50 Routers setting up a VPN connection. Result = no worky!

As I had this nice ACER AspireONE netbook I wanted it to run my usual flavor of Linux the Debian 6 Squeeze. So today I had some time to spend over lunch. It was a bit of fumbling until I had a bootable USB stick. Three attempts and 2 hours the other day until I...

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Software under Linux

Posted 04-22-2012 at 01:14 PM by error_401
Updated 03-28-2013 at 02:11 PM by error_401 (Continuation)

I have promised a bit about the software I regularely install on my Linux machines. For brevity I give the program name which can be searched for on the internet and for the apt-get users the package name with wich to install as well as a short description why I install this software.

Structure:
Proper Name of Software / apt-get package name / description

Here we go:
SECURITY SOFTWARE
-------------------------------------------------------------------------...

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A treat in HW has come to me - Linux on an IBM Intellistation Pro Z

Posted 04-22-2012 at 01:06 PM by error_401

Well sometimes things happen and you have no clue why but they turn out to be great!

As was the case with this one:

Couple months ago an accquaintance turned up with an offer to buy the old hardware at their workplace. So I got myself two nice unscratched Samsung SyncMaster 910T LCD screens.
I planned to look out for a video card featuring dual monitor connections so I could use it on my DELL Dimension 8300 PC for graphic design. I use Adobe's Illustrator and...

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Old laptops love Linux

Posted 04-09-2012 at 10:46 AM by error_401

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I'm using Linux on 2 own laptops and have installations running on 3 others.

One is a 7 year old siemens-nixdorf laptop used by a retired person for internet e-mail and a bit of card games. He loves it for the speed and ease of use. Especially the order of the programs in the very simple groups such as "Internet" "Multimedia" etc.

One is a 5 year old Toshiba. It came to me with a very ugly virus, trojan, worm infection. Unable to get rid of it under...

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