How-To: Get Full Multimedia Support in Ubuntu and Unlock FFmpeg
This is probably the most important guide to any Desktop Linux user who wants to work with and playback a variety of multimedia files on their system. As you know, most of the popular codecs/formats (i.e. MP3, AAC, DVD, H.264, Flash, etc.) are not included in Ubuntu or other Linux distributions because they’re proprietary and require licensing. Fortunately, however, the Ubuntu community has gone through great strides to make acquiring them a lot easier – although still technically illegal if you live in the United States (my 2-cents: playback codecs should be free to acquire for personal use, especially those that become industry standards). MORE »
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Tips for Transcoding Cinelerra Compatible Video with FFmpeg, MEncoder
I just wanted to post the fruits of my labor so others could benefit. A little background first… for the past couple days I’ve been banging my head against the wall trying to figure out how to take the video produced from my digital camera (Casio Exilim EX-S500) and convert it to a format that Cinelerra (project page) would be able to work with – the following also applies to any video downloaded from the Internet. Yeah, yeah… I know I should buy a REAL camcorder. MORE »
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Alexander Grundner is a San Francisco Peninsula based web publisher who spends most of his time tracking down news stories for eHomeUprade, attending technology events, or working on his next big project.
For fun he likes to stay active outdoors, take photographs, shoot video, hack together PHP/Python code, play with Linux, and test new technologies.
