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7 Hours Ago

andrew.46 replied to a thread opening vlc player in terminal window in General Help

A slight misunderstanding: 'pathtovideo' is intended to be the actual path to (or location of) your own video :).

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7 Hours Ago

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

Vovoid's vsxu visualisations now in place and I have added in a soundfont suitable for vlc + libfluidsynth, midi playback possible with this. I...

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11 Hours Ago

andrew.46 replied to a thread store dvds on hard drive and play back in Multimedia & Video

Best quality comes from simply storing a copy of the DVD on your HDD, takes a lot of space but quality is same as DVD itself. If you like the...

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12 Hours Ago

andrew.46 replied to a thread ffmpeg - Unknown encoder libfaac in Multimedia & Video

When I use aac encoding I spend some extra time and use NeroAacEnc, I am not what you would call an audiophile and my speakers etc are not the best...

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22 Hours Ago

andrew.46 replied to a thread ffmpeg - Unknown encoder libfaac in Multimedia & Video

Mind you faac is not the best aac encoder to use anyway :)

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1 Day Ago

andrew.46 replied to a thread Video Export: Audio Scratch in Multimedia & Video

I experimented a little and it looks like theora + vorbis is a bad choice for the avi container. Perhaps try an mp4 or mkv container instead?

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2 Days Ago

andrew.46 replied to a thread How to encode h.265 in Multimedia & Video

I suspect that MEncoder would be unlikely to ever support HEVC, and FFmpeg has not joined the bandwagon yet. Interestingly enough some samples here:...

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2 Days Ago

andrew.46 replied to a thread Video Export: Audio Scratch in Multimedia & Video

Not a lot of people use MEncoder any more as there is very little development, this has been the case for some years now. You could try FFmpeg or...

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2 Days Ago

andrew.46 replied to a thread Software center hangs in General Help

I can see where you are coming from but Synaptic is not such a bad choice, I use it in preference to the Software Centre.

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3 Days Ago

andrew.46 replied to a thread Hardware suggestion for development box in Hardware

More than enough cash for a new build, I spent substantially less and still have a great machine :). You will get many suggestions I am sure but I...

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3 Days Ago

andrew.46 replied to a thread How to convert video to MKV in Absolute Beginners Section

You would simply be swapping containers so there are many applications that will do this. My own personal favourite is mkvtoolnix and this one is...

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3 Days Ago

andrew.46 replied to a thread Can't play midi files in General Help

vlc will do this when built against libfluidsynth and with a soundfont installed. I have not tested this package but it looks like a good choice: ...

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3 Days Ago

andrew.46 replied to a thread avconv remove tags question in General Help

I believe that you need to investigate this option: -map_metadata -1 but I have not tested this...

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3 Days Ago

andrew.46 replied to a thread Software center hangs in General Help

Or perhaps take a step sideways: sudo apt-get install synaptic

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4 Days Ago

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

I have vsxu running on Slackware (which was not easy btw) so I can now see the visualisations running properly (VM with 3D acceleration does not do...

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4 Days Ago

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

I have been experimenting a little with vovoid's vsxu which works well enough with the git vlc, although it is a little twitchy in VM. I still have...

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4 Days Ago

andrew.46 replied to a thread Uninstalling firefox plugins in Absolute Beginners Section

Hmmm... do you mean from Tools --> Add-ons --> Plugins from within Firefox? My apologies if I have misunderstood.

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5 Days 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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5 Days 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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5 Days 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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5 Days 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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6 Days 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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6 Days 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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6 Days 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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6 Days 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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6 Days 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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6 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 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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6 Days 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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6 Days 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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1 Week 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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