Friday, December 28, 2007
Thursday, December 27, 2007
TiVo
Tivo Desktop
Running on Windows. Grabs the shows to a local VM disk. It won't save to a mapped drive. Lame.
VideoReDo
Converts the .TiVo to an mpg that the TiVo can view. Also strips commercials. Costs about $30. Windows.
TVAP
Watches the local VM disk for new shows. It then runs VideoReDo on the shows and saves them to the file server. It creates a text file with the show metadata in it. Windows.
pyTiVo
Publishes the shows on the file server for the TiVo to view again.
Runs on the file server (Solaris) but could be anything that can run python and ffmpeg (mplayer?). Unix, MacOSX, Windows. Uses the show metadata from TVAP.
Apparently pyTivo doesn't like "-" in the name of a share. Anything I tried to transfer from such a share would pause after 10 seconds and eventually kill the transfer. Removing the "-" from the sharename fixes it.
pyTivo has a version that will create a share for every subfolder you have. It works well.
Encoding and Ripping
Lifehacker Top 10: Top 10 Free Video Rippers, Encoders, and Converters
Running on Windows. Grabs the shows to a local VM disk. It won't save to a mapped drive. Lame.
VideoReDo
Converts the .TiVo to an mpg that the TiVo can view. Also strips commercials. Costs about $30. Windows.
TVAP
Watches the local VM disk for new shows. It then runs VideoReDo on the shows and saves them to the file server. It creates a text file with the show metadata in it. Windows.
pyTiVo
Publishes the shows on the file server for the TiVo to view again.
Runs on the file server (Solaris) but could be anything that can run python and ffmpeg (mplayer?). Unix, MacOSX, Windows. Uses the show metadata from TVAP.
Apparently pyTivo doesn't like "-" in the name of a share. Anything I tried to transfer from such a share would pause after 10 seconds and eventually kill the transfer. Removing the "-" from the sharename fixes it.
pyTivo has a version that will create a share for every subfolder you have. It works well.
Encoding and Ripping
Lifehacker Top 10: Top 10 Free Video Rippers, Encoders, and Converters
Organizing blogs
I've been reading a number of blogs about organizing, GTD (Getting Things Done) and dealing with clutter. Here's a list of links:
Unclutterer - and dealing with paper clutter
Declutter an area from Good housekeeping
43 Folders deals with GTD and is a source of the hipster PDA (paper based)
Lifehacker has tips on GTD and changing your life habits
Zen Habit's simplification of GTD Nice graphic of flow
Resources for Decluttering your home from http://zenhabits.net
WWLD? No. 2: Keeping Connected | 43 Folders
WWLD? No. 3: Organizing your environment | 43 Folders
WWLD? No. 4: Living Your Life | 43 Folders
Unclutterer - and dealing with paper clutter
Declutter an area from Good housekeeping
43 Folders deals with GTD and is a source of the hipster PDA (paper based)
Lifehacker has tips on GTD and changing your life habits
Zen Habit's simplification of GTD Nice graphic of flow
Resources for Decluttering your home from http://zenhabits.net
WWLD? No. 2: Keeping Connected | 43 Folders
WWLD? No. 3: Organizing your environment | 43 Folders
WWLD? No. 4: Living Your Life | 43 Folders
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Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Sysadmin
Brendan Gregg has a ton of Solaris tools and stuff that works elsewhere. Portping can substitute where pings are not returned but another service is.
Clonezilla is a ghost clone
How to Make a Network Cable
Clonezilla is a ghost clone
How to Make a Network Cable
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