Tag Archive: ubuntu 8.04


Using AviDemux 2.4.1 to convert a video to h.264 mpeg4 for the Sony Playstation 3

Filed Under: Gadgets, How To, Linux, OS by Jason L Froebe — 7 Comments
June 18, 2008

Hi all,

After trial and error, I finally figured out how to convert an old divx 3 (you know, the old hacked version of the codec) video file to a format that my Sony Playstation 3 (PS3) could handle.  Why is it that Sony has made the PS3 to be such a finicky beast when it comes to reading video files, I will never know:

How to convert a video file using AviDemux v2.4.1 on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron):

  • Load the original video file into AviDemux
  • Auto -> PSP (H.264) – choose defaults

  • Video -> Configure -> 2 Pass

  • Format -> MP4

  • Save with the extension “.mp4″

If you’re going to put the video on an USB thumbdrive, you will need to create a folder:

  • On the USB Thumbdrive:   VIDEO
  • Group videos with subdirectories:  VIDEO / SCIFI
Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Comment

ubuntu server 7.10 as a vmware guest on an ubuntu 8.04 host, requires ‘clock=pit’

Filed Under: Linux, OS, VMware by Jason L Froebe — Leave a comment
May 21, 2008

In order to avoid a drifting time clock in “ubuntu server 7.10″ vmware guest machine on an ubuntu 8.04 host, you need to do a few things:

  • /etc/vmware/config
  • host.cpukHz = 2000000  <– replace # with speed of your cpu (2GHz listed here)
  • host.noTSC = TRUE
  • ptsc.noTSC = TRUE
  • ‘clock=pit’ added to the kernel line in /boot/grub/menu.lst
  • tools.syncTime = “TRUE” in the (vmware_guest).vmx file
Tags: , , , , , , , ,
Comment

Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron has been released! :)

Filed Under: Linux, OS by Jason L Froebe — 1 Comment
April 24, 2008

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop:

http://releases.ubuntu.com/8.04/ubuntu-8.04-desktop-i386.iso.torrent i386
http://releases.ubuntu.com/8.04/ubuntu-8.04-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent AMD64

Kubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop:

http://releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/hardy/kubuntu-8.04-desktop-i386.iso.torrent Kubuntu x86
http://releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/hardy/kubuntu-8.04-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent Kubuntu AMD64

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server:

http://releases.ubuntu.com/8.04/ubuntu-8.04-server-i386.iso.torrent i386
http://releases.ubuntu.com/8.04/ubuntu-8.04-server-amd64.iso.torrent AMD64

Tags: , , , ,
Comment