Easy way to install libdvdcss2 and w64codecs for Ubuntu 8.10 AMD-64 bit

admin on October 27th, 2008 | File Under Linux OS, Multimedia & Video, Ubuntu, Uncategorized -

As 32 bit system,you need to install some Window codecs to play rmvb & rm format video.For 32 bit system,It is easy to find w32codecs from internet to install,but for AMD-64 version system like Ubuntu 8.10 AMD-64,you might need to spend some time to look for 64 bit codecs-w64codecs. I have a easy way to install w62codecs and libdvdcss2 in 3 minutes as followings :) Read More »

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Scientific Linux Live CD/DVD 5.2 released

admin on August 16th, 2008 | File Under Linux news, Recommended -

Scientific Linux Live CD/DVD 5.2 has been released for i386 and x86_64

New Feature
- Changes can be stored persistently on a storage device like an USB key Read More »

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zooming in Xine

admin on July 14th, 2008 | File Under Linux ariticles, Recommended -

I use Xine to watch DVDs. In the past I’ve encountered “full screen” (4:3) DVDs that carried a wide-screen (16:9) image. This means there were black bars on the top and bottom of the video frame. When watching this sort of video on a 16:9 monitor, you end up with a full border of black surrounding the image. I have encountered this much more frequently when recording standard definition TV that contains wide-screen video. For example, many music videos on MTV have a wide aspect, but are displayed with top/bottom bars in the 4:3 standard definition frame:

16:9 displayed in 4:3 with black top/bottom bars

Displayed on a 16:9 monitor, in Xine:

16:9 within 4:3 on a 16:9 display resulting in black border

In MythTV, there is a “zoom” function that zooms the video, matching the width of the frame to the width of the display. This ends up cropping the top and bottom black bars, allowing the zoom to fit to the width of the frame:

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WinFF- a powerful video converter

admin on July 11th, 2008 | File Under Linux Software, Multimedia & Video -

You know,FFmpeg is a powerful video converter runs in command line,but not everyone like to convert video in command line,especially for those common user.now,I strongly recommend a powerful video converter - WinFF . Read More »

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Smplayer -let Mplayer be easier

admin on June 30th, 2008 | File Under Linux Software, Multimedia & Video -

008_softSmplayer is a complete front-end for Mplayer,it fully supports all Mplayer ’s features, moreover,it offers more friendly interface and easy controlling.One of the most interesting features of SMPlayer: it remembers the settings of all files you play, so if you have to close the Smplayer while you are watching  movie,you can go on watching the movie from the same point next time, and with the same settings: audio track, subtitles, volume… Read More »

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Creating DVD subtitles using Linux tools

admin on June 29th, 2008 | File Under Linux ariticles, Recommended -

My mother is completely deaf without her cochlear implant, so closed captions and subtitles on DVDs are standard fare in our house. However, when I make a home movie, I haven’t always had a way to subtitle it for her. You can make a video with captions that are part of the video itself, but I could find no way to turn them off — until I found SRT files and learned how to author a DVD with them using open source tools.

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How to install Fedora 9 audio and video decodes

admin on June 18th, 2008 | File Under Fedora, Linux General Tips, Linux OS -

tipsFedora 9 audio player solutions:
# yum install rhythmbox gstreamer-plugins-ugly gstreamer-plugins-bad gstreamer-ffmpeg
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OGMrip-a DVD ripping and encoding tool

admin on October 8th, 2007 | File Under Linux Software, Multimedia & Video -

OGMRip is an application and a set of libraries for ripping and encoding DVD into AVI, OGM, MP4, or Matroska files using a wide variety of codecs. It relies on mplayer, mencoder, ogmtools, mkvtoolnix, oggenc, lame, and faac to perform its tasks.It has feature below: Read More »

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