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12 Hours Ago

andrew.46 replied to a thread HOWTO: Install and use the latest FFmpeg and x264 in Tutorials

I see ftp support is in place for FFmpeg, has anybody got it working? I have tried and failed several times :(

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12 Hours Ago

andrew.46 replied to a thread FFmpeg Mplayer VLC - News & Howtos in Multimedia & Video

For those who do not follow the svn MPlayer there is an MPlayer release earlier this month: 1.1.1. A few details here: ...

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13 Hours Ago

andrew.46 replied to a thread How to convert to .mp4 (for streaming)? in General Help

I would be the wrong person to advise on PPAs as, against current thinking in Ubuntu, I don't believe they are such a good thing. IMHO your best bet...

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15 Hours Ago

andrew.46 replied to a thread How to convert to .mp4 (for streaming)? in General Help

Your copy of FFmpeg is a little old and syntax has moved around a little I'm afraid. But have you tried FakeOutdoorsman's suggested MP4Box syntax?

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1 Day Ago

andrew.46 replied to a thread Howto: Compile the development version of vlc under the latest Ubuntu release in Tutorials

Thanks for that, I shall alter the guide. It has been a decent while since I have looked at the FFmpeg configure options properly and I should also...

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1 Day Ago

andrew.46 replied to a thread Ubuntu 13.04 is utterly, utterly gorgeous. :) in Ubuntu, Linux and OS Chat

I have to say that my own experience with 13.04 has been very positive. I hope future versions are as solid :)

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1 Day Ago

andrew.46 replied to a thread Compiling xpdf from source -- "make" errors in General Help

A good first step might be to assemble all of the dependencies needed to compile xpdf and the easiest way to do this is: sudo apt-get build-dep...

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1 Day Ago

andrew.46 replied to a thread Canonical's decision not to supply Ubuntu on DVD anymore in Ubuntu, Linux and OS Chat

I had almost forgotten about the CDs from shipit.com, gave Ubuntu a decent legup in the old days :)

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1 Day Ago

andrew.46 replied to a thread Howto: Compile the development version of vlc under the latest Ubuntu release in Tutorials

Thanks for looking at that mc4man! I will not admit to the stupid thing I was doing but of course 1.2.13 builds and installs just fine. So now this...

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1 Day Ago

andrew.46 replied to a thread Howto: Compile the development version of vlc under the latest Ubuntu release in Tutorials

I have added in instruction to compile libdvdcss as Medibuntu has gone at least for the moment. Could not get 1.2.13 to compile but I will have...

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1 Day Ago

andrew.46 replied to a thread Medibuntu abandoned in Multimedia & Video

You can use a debian package as has been suggested or perhaps experiment with building your own: ...

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1 Day Ago

andrew.46 started a thread Medibuntu and libdvdcss: Building your own... in Multimedia & Video

The future of Medibuntu's Repository is a little uncertain so now might be a good time to consider building your own copy of libdvdcss. Building your...

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2 Days Ago

andrew.46 replied to a thread How to convert to .mp4 (for streaming)? in General Help

Hmmmmm.... in the not too distant past you would run your file through qt-faststart after encoding with FFmpeg. Not sure if this is still the case...

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2 Days Ago

andrew.46 replied to a thread Howto: Compile the development version of vlc under the latest Ubuntu release in Tutorials

Goom has arrived back again and a big thanks to alienBOB for much of the work massaging the old source code into some shape. I have sourced a newer...

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3 Days Ago

andrew.46 replied to a thread Advanced screenshot tool in Multimedia & Video

Well, Gimp is a gui :)

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3 Days Ago

andrew.46 replied to a thread Really need a nice alternative to winamp. in Ubuntu, Linux and OS Chat

Perhaps try the gtk interface?

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4 Days Ago

andrew.46 replied to a poll Your thoughts on Ubuntu.com without Community? in Ubuntu, Linux and OS Chat

Well said, and I agree completely with this.....

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5 Days Ago

andrew.46 replied to a thread Howto: Compile the development version of vlc under the latest Ubuntu release in Tutorials

I have added in the required gtk library to build the notify plugin for vlc. Seems a little twitchy on my system with a few vlc crashes but it builds...

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6 Days Ago

andrew.46 replied to a thread Advanced screenshot tool in Multimedia & Video

That is one fancy piece of software. So my own more 'manual' suggestion is probably not what you are after: scrot -q 100 -e 'gimp $n' but I...

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6 Days Ago

andrew.46 replied to a thread A question about ffmpeg and qscale in Multimedia & Video

Rather than me talking about an area I understand poorly have a look here: https://ffmpeg.org/trac/ffmpeg/wiki/x264EncodingGuide where the...

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6 Days Ago

andrew.46 replied to a thread VLC won't unmaximize in General Help

For me the f key goes fullscreen and esc returns. For all the default keys have a look at Tools --> Preferences --> Hotkeys.

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6 Days Ago

andrew.46 replied to a thread Advanced screenshot tool in Multimedia & Video

I am not entirely clear what you mean by notes and highlights?

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6 Days Ago

andrew.46 replied to a thread HOWTO: Install and use the latest FFmpeg and x264 in Tutorials

Thanks for introducing me to FFmpeg in the first place :). BTW it may be a very stupid question but do you actually have to build the x264 executable...

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1 Week Ago

andrew.46 replied to a poll Your thoughts on Ubuntu.com without Community? in Ubuntu, Linux and OS Chat

Hmmm.... just had a look at the site. Top image is a dell with Ubuntu, next left a phone with Ubuntu (natural flow of reading). Both products for...

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1 Week Ago

andrew.46 replied to a thread Encrypted DVDs won't play on Ubuntu in Multimedia & Video

Can you try to run one of the troublesome dvds from the commandline and then post the complete terminal output here? Something like the following...

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