Convert video files for an iPod or iPhone

Filed under Cellphones, Desktop, Fedora, howto, Linux, Multimedia, Software, System by on May 4, 2010 at 4:40 am {one comment}

We have installed banshee on fedora. Its time to convert videos which can playable on your iPOD or iPAD. I am using handbrake for the same.

HandBrake is an open soure, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video trans-coder, available for Mac OS X, Linux and Windows.
Website: http://handbrake.fr/

Features :

  • Convert videos direct from DVD
  • Convert videos from most multimedia files
  • Create videos using a number of pre-defined format templates
  • Supports h264, MPEG-4, Theora, AAC, MP3 and Vorbis
  • Supports subtitles
  • Video filtering tools

To download & install HandBrake on fedora12, just run

yum install -y desktop-file-utils python yasm automake libtool m4 intltool yasm zlib-devel bzip2-devel glib2-devel gtk2-devel gstreamer-devel hal-devel libnotify-devel webkitgtk-devel gstreamer-plugins-base-devel libmkv-devel libogg-devel libsamplerate-devel libtheora-devel libvorbis-devel faad2-devel lame-devel libmpeg2-devel faac-devel a52dec bzip2 faac faad2 ffmpeg lame libdca libdvdnav libdvdread libmkv libogg libsamplerate libtheora libvorbis libmp4v2 libmpeg2 x264 zlib
 
wget http://handbrake.fr/rotation.php?file=HandBrake-0.9.4-Fedora_GUI_i686.rpm
 
rpm -ivh HandBrake-0.9.4-Fedora_GUI_i686.rpm

To convert videos, run HandBrake from Application > Sound & Video > HandBrake
Select the “Source” and in “Preset menu” select ipod.

Itune replacement for Linux

Filed under Desktop, Fedora, howto, Linux, Multimedia, Software, System by on May 4, 2010 at 4:00 am {2 comments}

Ever since I shifted from Windows to Linux I was missing itunes for uploading my music and videos to my iPOD. I have tried amarok, but fail to upload videos on ipod. Now I am using Banshee.

Banshee is maintained by Aaron Bockover, Alexander Kojevnikov, Bertrand Lorentz, and Gabriel Burt. Over 140 developers, 111 translators, 6 artists, and countless users and volunteers have contributed to Banshee.
The project was started by Aaron in early 2005. It is strongly affiliated with GNOME, using its infrastructure for Git hosting, issue tracking, mailing lists, and IRC.

Website: http://banshee-project.org/

Supporting operating systems:
opensuse, foresight, ubuntu, fedora, debian, mac os x, madriva

Features:

  • Device Sync: Sync your music and videos to your Android, iPod, or other device – or import its media
  • Podcasts: Download or stream podcasts and video podcasts
  • Play Queue: Queue up songs, videos, and podcasts, or let the Auto DJ take over
  • Shuffle Modes:Shuffle (or Auto DJ) by artist, album, rating, or even songs’ acoustic similarity
  • Album Art: Artwork is automatically fetched as you listen
  • Powerful Search, Smart Playlists: Find exactly what you want, fast
  • Video Support: All the power of Banshee, now for your videos.

Installing banshee just takes 5mins, for installing banshee on Fedora 12

yum -y install banshee

Just attach your iPOD select banshee from Application > sound & video > banshee and import your videos in it.

Installing Firefox 3.6 on Fedora 12

Filed under Desktop, Fedora, howto, Linux, Software, System by on February 22, 2010 at 6:02 am {no comments}

Firefox 3.6 is not available in the default repos of fedora 12. But still you can install it using the rawhide repo.

yum --enablerepo=rawhide list firefox

You will see a similar output

firefox.i686 3.5.6-1.fc12
@updates Available Packages
firefox.i686 3.6.1-0.11.rc2.fc13

Now, run the following command to install the latest firefox.

yum --enablerepo=rawhide install firefox

Slideshow maker on Fedora 12

Filed under Desktop, Fedora, howto, Linux, Multimedia, Software, System by on January 31, 2010 at 2:34 pm {no comments}

Hi Guys. From last two months I am using Fedora 12 as my primary os. I want to create a slideshow which i can able to covert in DVD. I just did google and found Slide 2 Video.
“Slide 2 Video” create DVD-compatible slideshow video, flash video, or just plain vanilla MPEG video from still images. Includes a graphical user interface for assembling slides in a timeline fashion, manipulating transitions, and adding title slides and a soundtrack.

Dependencies:

Java
ImageMagick
FFMPEG

Download it from here.

Installation steps

cd /usr/local/src
wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/jslideshow/jslideshow-binary/0.8/Jslideshow-bytecode0.8.tar.gz
wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/jslideshow/jslideshow-src/0.8/Jslideshow0.8.tar.gz
tar zxvf Jslideshow-bytecode0.8.tar.gz
tar zxvf Jslideshow0.8.tar.gz
cp -rf /usr/local/src/Jslideshow/bin /usr/local/src/Jslideshow-bytecode0.8
cd /usr/local/src/Jslideshow-bytecode0.8

To run the application:

java -jar /usr/local/src/Jslideshow-bytecode/Jslideshow.jar

Basic Linux Commands

Filed under CentOS, Desktop, Fedora, howto, Linux, Network, Server, Software, System, Ubuntu by on May 28, 2009 at 1:10 am {no comments}
Following are the useful linux commands:
FILE COMMANDS
  • ls – directory listing
  • ls -al - formatted listing with hidden files
  • cd dir – change directory to dir
  • cd – change to home
  • pwd – show current directory
  • mkdir dir – create a directory dir
  • rm file – delete file
  • rm -r dir – delete directory dir
  • rm -f file – force remove file
  • rm -rf dir – force remove directory dir *
  • cp file1 file2 – copy file1 to file2
  • cp -r dir1 dir2 – copy dir1 to dir2; create dir2 if it doesn’t exit
  • mv file1 file2 - rename or move file1 to file2 if file2 is an existing directory, move file1 into directory file2
  • ln -s file link – create symbolic link link to file
  • touch file – create or update file
  • cat > file – places standard input into file
  • more file – output the contents of file
  • head file – output the first 10 lines of file
  • tail file – output the last 10 lines of file
  • tail -f file – output the contents of file as it grows, starting with the last 10 lines
SEARCHING
  • grep pattern files – search for pattern in files
  • grep -r pattern dir – search recursively for pattern in dir
  • command | grep pattern – search for pattern in the output of command
  • locate file – find all instances of file
PROCESS MANAGEMENT
  • ps – display your currently active proceess
  • top – display all running process
  • kill pid – kill process id pid
  • killall proc – kill all process named proc (use with extreme caution)
  • bg – lists stopped or backgrpund jobs; resume a stopped job in the backgrpund
  • fg – brings the most recent job to foreground
  • fg n – brings job n to the foreground
SYSTEM INFO
  • date - show the current date and time
  • cal – show this month’s calender
  • uptime – show current uptime
  • w – display who is online
  • whoami – who you are logged in as
  • finger user – display information about user
  • uname -a – show kernel information
  • cat /proc/cpuinfo – cpu information
  • cat /proc/meminfo – memory information
  • man command – show the manual for command
  • df - show disk usage
  • du – show directory space usage
  • free – show memory and swap usage
  • whereis app – show possible location of app
  • which app – show which app will be run by default
COMPRESSION
  • tar cf file.tar files - create a tar named file.tar containing files
  • tar xf files.tar – extract the files from file.tar
  • tar czf file.tar.gz files – create a tar with Gzip compression
  • tar xzf file.tar.gz – extract a tar using Gzip
  • tar cjf file.tar.bz2 – create a tar with Bzip2 compression
  • tar xjf file.tar.bz2 – extract a tar using Bzip2
  • gzip file – compress file and renamed it to file.gz
  • gzip -d file.gz – decompress file.gz back to file
NETWORK
  • ping host – ping host and output result
  • whois domain – get whois information for domain
  • dig domain – get DNS information for domain
  • dig -x host – reverse lookup host
  • wget file – download file
  • wget -c file – continue a stopped download
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