Getting Conky and Ubuntu 9.04 to play nice
Ever since the most recent upgrade to Ubuntu (9.04) my conky installation just has not been happy. I am guessing it is something to do with the fancy desktop effects Read More …
MediaPortal Comskip and Transcode Bat and Bash Scripts
As I mentioned earlier, I use MediaPortal to record DVB-T broadcasts. As these end up quite big, I then use two scripts to check the recordings for adverts and to Read More …
Windows Session Save and Restore
So, I do a lot of work from home and often have a large number of different programs and files open at the same time. I use two different computers, Read More …
UPnP, PS3, Transcoding and MediaTomb
For quite a while I had been using PS3MediaServer to provide access to my Video files from my PS3. The problem was, I was getting huge problems getting it to Read More …
How To Use FFMPEG To Transcode Video For The PS3
So, it seems my last post actually wasn’t the best solution. Although using Mediatomb and VLC worked some of the time, often I found that the audio and video was Read More …
Stop snort detecting local traffic
I use the rather excellent and Open Source snort to help monitor and protect my network. However, it was causing muchos havoc with my VNC, SSH and samba connections. I Read More …
Fix the Dell Mini 10v Touchpad
It comes with a horribly stripped down version of Ubuntu 8.04 from Dell pre-installed. Luckily, however, that can be ripped out and a nice new install of 9.04 can take Read More …
MediaCenter: PS3 No, XBMC YES!
So, for many months I have been slaving away with my PS3 and server, getting Mediatomb to work well and finding a setting for ffmpeg that my PS3 will like. Read More …