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What are the sofa cushions that women buy really for?

Jason L Froebe — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 16:34:17 +0000

This is every father (especially my dad and father-in-law) when no one else is around

Jason L Froebe — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 03:05:17 +0000

FW (Sun): MVC, DCI, and NetBeans Platform Applications

Jason L Froebe — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:31:23 +0000

MVC, DCI, and NetBeans Platform Applications

Jaroslav Tulach discusses the relationship between MVC and the NetBeans Platform and explains why the DCI approach offers a better understanding.

Be a supervillain for halloween (FW: Space Channel)

Jason L Froebe — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:35:55 +0000

Be a superhero for Halloween (fw: Space Channel)

Jason L Froebe — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:33:31 +0000

Howto convert an entire directory of videos to play on your Sony Playstation 3 using ffmpeg

Jason L Froebe — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:16:00 +0000

I think a lot of people have been struggling with mass converting of videos for the ps3…
I’ve been searching for a way to mass convert my videos (mostly podcasts) to play on my Sony PlayStation 3 over the wire with Mediatomb. For a long time I’ve been using a hodpodge of mp4box and mencoder to convert the videos. The problem was that mp4box more often then not would crash or get stuck in a loop where it fills up a 1TB harddrive converting a 20mb file. There had to be a better way.

If your ffmpeg doesn’t support x264 (video) or aac (audio) encoding, like all Ubuntu Linux distributions, then you will have to recompile ffmpeg. Don’t worry, it is easier then you think!

FakeOutdoorsman over on the Ubuntu Forums posted the method to build ffmpeg from scratch:

Choose your Ubuntu

0.The instructions on the page are for Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope 9.04 and Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex 8.10. Separate instructions are also available for other releases:

* Install FFmpeg and x264 on Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04 LTS
* Install FFmpeg and x264 on Ubuntu Dapper Drake 6.06 LTS

Getting the Dependencies

1. Uninstall x264, libx264-dev, and ffmpeg if they are already installed. Open a terminal and run the following:

sudo apt-get purge ffmpeg x264 libx264-dev

2. Next, get all of the packages you will need to install FFmpeg and x264 (you may need to enable the universe and multiverse repositories):

Code:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential subversion git-core checkinstall yasm texi2html libfaac-dev libfaad-dev libmp3lame-dev libsdl1.2-dev libtheora-dev libx11-dev libxvidcore4-dev zlib1g-dev

Install x264
3. Get the most current source files from the official x264 git repository, compile, and install. You can run “./configure –help” to see what features you can enable/disable. If you are behind a firewall or unable to use git, then daily source tarballs are also available.

cd
git clone git://git.videolan.org/x264.git
cd x264
./configure
make
sudo checkinstall –fstrans=no –install=yes –pkgname=x264 –pkgversion "1:0.svn`date +%Y%m%d`-0.0ubuntu1" –default

Install FFmpeg
4. Get the most current source files from the official FFmpeg svn, compile, and install. Run “./configure –help” to see what features you can enable/disable. If you are behind a firewall or unable to use subversion, then nightly FFmpeg snapshots are also available.

cd
svn checkout svn://svn.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg/trunk ffmpeg
cd ffmpeg
./configure –enable-gpl –enable-nonfree –enable-pthreads –enable-libfaac –enable-libfaad –enable-libmp3lame –enable-libtheora –enable-libx264 –enable-libxvid –enable-x11grab
make
sudo checkinstall –fstrans=no –install=yes –pkgname=ffmpeg –pkgversion "3:0.svn`date +%Y%m%d`-12ubuntu3" –default

That’s it for installation. You can keep the ~/x264 and ~/ffmpeg directories if you later want to update the source files to a new revision. See “Updating Your Installation” below for more details.

Now that we have a working ffmpeg, we can go on to the converting the video files (convert_videos.sh):

#!/bin/bash

function print_usage {
echo "============================================================================================="
echo " convert_videos.sh [file|directory] [output directory] {bb|bb_storm|ps3} {file prefix}"
echo "============================================================================================="
}

function verify_file {
echo j
}

function process_file {
ORIG_FILE="$1"
DEST_DIR="$2"

if [[ -z ${BLACKBERRY} ]]; then
DEST_FILE=${DEST_DIR}/${FILE_PREFIX}$( basename "${ORIG_FILE}" | perl -ne ‘s/\.(?:[a-z,A-Z,0-9]{3,4})$/\.mp4/; print $_’ )
else
DEST_FILE=${DEST_DIR}/${FILE_PREFIX}$( basename "${ORIG_FILE}" | perl -ne ‘s/\.(?:[a-z,A-Z,0-9]{3,4})$/_bb\.mp4/; print $_’ )
fi

if [[ -f "${DEST_FILE}" ]]; then
echo " We already processed \"${ORIG_FILE}\" … skipping"
else
VID_INFO_FPS=$( mplayer -identify -nosound -vo null -nocache -really-quiet -frames 1 "${ORIG_FILE}" 2>/dev/null | grep FPS )
VID_INFO_FPS=${VID_INFO_FPS#*=}
VID_INFO_WIDTH=$( mplayer -identify -nosound -vo null -nocache -really-quiet -frames 1 "${ORIG_FILE}" 2>/dev/null | grep WIDTH )
VID_INFO_WIDTH=${VID_INFO_WIDTH##*=}
VID_INFO_HEIGHT=$( mplayer -identify -nosound -vo null -nocache -really-quiet -frames 1 "${ORIG_FILE}" 2>/dev/null | grep HEIGHT )
VID_INFO_HEIGHT=${VID_INFO_HEIGHT##*=}
VID_INFO_ASPECT=$( mplayer -identify -nosound -vo null -nocache -really-quiet -frames 1 "${ORIG_FILE}" 2>/dev/null | grep ASPECT )
VID_INFO_ASPECT=${VID_INFO_ASPECT##*=}

AUD_INFO_FORMAT=$( mplayer -identify -ao null -vo null -nocache -really-quiet -frames 1 "${ORIG_FILE}" 2>/dev/null | grep AUDIO_FORMAT )
AUD_INFO_FORMAT=${AUD_INFO_FORMAT##*=}
AUD_INFO_CHANNELS=$( mplayer -identify -ao null -vo null -nocache -really-quiet -frames 1 "${ORIG_FILE}" 2>/dev/null | grep AUDIO_NCH )
AUD_INFO_CHANNELS=${AUD_INFO_CHANNELS##*=}
AUD_INFO_BITRATE=$( mplayer -identify -ao null -vo null -nocache -really-quiet -frames 1 "${ORIG_FILE}" 2>/dev/null | grep ID_AUDIO_BITRATE )
AUD_INFO_BITRATE=${AUD_INFO_BITRATE##*=}

if (( ${AUD_INFO_BITRATE} < 163840 )); then
AUD_INFO_BITRATE=160
else
AUD_INFO_BITRATE=$( expr ${AUD_INFO_BITRATE} / 1024 )
fi

###############
# We need to make the frame rate an acceptible amoun
###############
case ${VID_INFO_FPS} in
60.000)
# HD
VID_INFO_FPS=59.94
;;
30.000)
# NTSC
VID_INFO_FPS=29.97
;;
24.000)
# PAL
VID_INFO_FPS=23.97
;;
esac

###############
# We need to make the video resolution a multiple of 16 for it to be properly compressed
###############
if (( ${VID_INFO_HEIGHT} % 16 )); then
VID_BORDER_VERTICAL=$( expr 16 – ${VID_INFO_HEIGHT} % 16 )
VID_BORDER_VERTICAL=$( expr ${VID_BORDER_VERTICAL} / 2 )

if (( ${VID_BORDER_VERTICAL} % 2 )); then
let VID_BORDER_VERTICAL_TOP+=$( expr ${VID_BORDER_VERTICAL} – 1 )
let VID_BORDER_VERTICAL_BOTTOM+=$( expr ${VID_BORDER_VERTICAL} + 1 )
else
VID_BORDER_VERTICAL_TOP=${VID_BORDER_VERTICAL}
VID_BORDER_VERTICAL_BOTTOM=${VID_BORDER_VERTICAL}
fi
else
VID_BORDER_VERTICAL_TOP=0
VID_BORDER_VERTICAL_BOTTOM=0
fi

if (( ${VID_INFO_WIDTH} % 16 )); then
VID_BORDER_HORIZONTAL=$( 16 – ${VID_INFO_WIDTH} % 16 )
VID_BORDER_HORIZONTAL=$( ${VID_INFO_WIDTH} / 2 )

if (( ${VID_BORDER_HORIZONTAL} % 2 )); then
let VID_BORDER_HORIZONTAL_RIGHT+=$( expr ${VID_BORDER_HORIZONTAL} + 1 )
let VID_BORDER_HORIZONTAL_LEFT+=$( expr ${VID_BORDER_HORIZONTAL} – 1 )
else
VID_BORDER_HORIZONTAL_RIGHT=${VID_BORDER_HORIZONTAL}
VID_BORDER_HORIZONTAL_LEFT=${VID_BORDER_HORIZONTAL}
fi
else
VID_BORDER_HORIZONTAL_LEFT=0
VID_BORDER_HORIZONTAL_RIGHT=0
fi

if [[ -z ${VID_INFO_ASPECT} ]] || [[ ${VID_INFO_ASPECT} == "0.0000" ]]; then
VID_INFO_ASPECT="16:9"
fi

if [[ -z ${AUD_INFO_CHANNELS} ]]; then
AUD_INFO_CHANNELS=2
fi

##############
# If we’re not converting for the blackberry, perform a normal conversion
##############
if [[ -z ${BLACKBERRY} ]]; then
VID_INFO_RESOLUTION="${VID_INFO_WIDTH}x${VID_INFO_HEIGHT}"

convert_file_first_pass

if [[ ! -z ${FIRST_PASS_BITRATE} ]]; then
BITRATE=${FIRST_PASS_BITRATE}
fi
else
############
# if we have a blackberry, set the resolution appropriately
############
case ${BB_TYPE} in
STORM)
VID_INFO_RESOLUTION="480×360"
;;
*)
VID_INFO_RESOLUTION="240×180"
;;
esac
fi

convert_file_second_pass
fi
}

function process_directory {
ORIG_VIDEO_DIR="$1"
DEST_VIDEO_DIR="$2"

if [[ -d "${ORIG_VIDEO_DIR}" ]] && [[ -d "${DEST_VIDEO_DIR}" ]]; then
IFS=$‘\n’

for ORIG_VIDEO_FILE in $( find "${ORIG_VIDEO_DIR}" -depth -maxdepth 1 -type f -readable -iregex ‘.*\.$3gp\|3g2\|avi\|divx\|flv\|m4v\|mj2\|mov\|mp1\|mp2\|mp4\|mpe\|mpeg\|mpeg4\|mpg\|mkv\|mv\|ogm\|rm\|rmvb\|rv\|qt\|wmv$’ ); do
process_file "${ORIG_VIDEO_FILE}" "${DEST_VIDEO_DIR}"
done
fi
}

function convert_file_first_pass {
echo "—————————————————-"
echo " First pass: ${ORIG_FILE}"
echo "ffmpeg -i \"${ORIG_FILE}\" -an -pass 1 \
-vcodec libx264 -flags +loop -cmp +chroma -partitions +parti4x4+partp8x8+partb8x8 \
-me_method epzs -subq 1 -trellis 0 -refs 1 -bf 3 -b_strategy 1 -level 31 -coder 1 -me_range 16 -g 250 -keyint_min 25 \
-sc_threshold 40 -i_qfactor 0.71 -bt 200kb -rc_eq ‘blurCplx^(1-qComp)’ -qcomp 0.6 -qmin 1 -qmax 51 -qdiff 4 \
-padtop ${VID_BORDER_VERTICAL_TOP} -padbottom ${VID_BORDER_VERTICAL_BOTTOM} \
-padleft ${VID_BORDER_HORIZONTAL_LEFT} -padright ${VID_BORDER_HORIZONTAL_RIGHT} \
-threads 2 \
-s ${VID_INFO_RESOLUTION} -aspect ${VID_INFO_ASPECT} -f rawvideo -y /dev/null"

ffmpeg -i "${ORIG_FILE}" -an -pass 1 \
-vcodec libx264 -flags +loop -cmp +chroma -partitions +parti4x4+partp8x8+partb8x8 \
-me_method epzs -subq 1 -trellis 0 -refs 1 -bf 3 -b_strategy 1 -level 31 -coder 1 -me_range 16 -g 250 -keyint_min 250 \
-sc_threshold 40 -i_qfactor 0.71 -bt 200kb -rc_eq ‘blurCplx^(1-qComp)’ -qcomp 0.6 -qmin 1 -qmax 51 -qdiff 4 \
-padtop ${VID_BORDER_VERTICAL_TOP} -padbottom ${VID_BORDER_VERTICAL_BOTTOM} \
-padleft ${VID_BORDER_HORIZONTAL_LEFT} -padright ${VID_BORDER_HORIZONTAL_RIGHT} \
-threads 2 \
-s ${VID_INFO_RESOLUTION} -aspect ${VID_INFO_ASPECT} -f rawvideo -y /dev/null 2>&1 | tee pass2.out

BITRATE=$( grep -e "\[libx264.*kb\/s" pass2.out )
BITRATE=${BITRATE##*:}
BITRATE=${BITRATE/.*}

echo "average first pass bitrate: ${BITRATE}"

if [[ -n ${BITRATE} ]]; then
if (( ${BITRATE} % 16 )); then
let BITRATE+=$( expr ${BITRATE} % 16 )
fi
else
if (( ${VID_INFO_WIDTH} > 1024 )); then
BITRATE=15360
elif (( ${VID_INFO_WIDTH} > 900 )); then
BITRATE=10240
elif (( ${VID_INFO_WIDTH} > 719 )); then
BITRATE=8192
elif (( ${VID_INFO_WIDTH} > 620 )); then
BITRATE=2560
else
BITRATE=512
fi
fi

MAX_BITRATE=$( expr ${BITRATE} + 512 )
}

function convert_file_second_pass {
echo "—————————————————-"
echo " Second pass: ${ORIG_FILE}"

if [[ -n ${BLACKBERRY} ]]; then
echo "ffmpeg -i \"${ORIG_FILE}\" -vcodec mpeg4 -vtag XVID -s ${VID_INFO_RESOLUTION} \
-qscale 10 -ab 48k -ar 22050 -ac 2 -acodec libmp3lame -deinterlace \
-b 512kb -qmin 1 -qmax 51 \
-padtop ${VID_BORDER_VERTICAL_TOP} -padbottom ${VID_BORDER_VERTICAL_BOTTOM} \
-padleft ${VID_BORDER_HORIZONTAL_LEFT} -padright ${VID_BORDER_HORIZONTAL_RIGHT} \
-aspect ${VID_INFO_ASPECT} \"${DEST_FILE}\""

ffmpeg -i "${ORIG_FILE}" -vcodec mpeg4 -vtag XVID -s ${VID_INFO_RESOLUTION} \
-ab 48k -ar 22050 -ac 2 -acodec libmp3lame -deinterlace \
-b 512kb -qmin 1 -qmax 51 \
-padtop ${VID_BORDER_VERTICAL_TOP} -padbottom ${VID_BORDER_VERTICAL_BOTTOM} \
-padleft ${VID_BORDER_HORIZONTAL_LEFT} -padright ${VID_BORDER_HORIZONTAL_RIGHT} \
-aspect ${VID_INFO_ASPECT} "${DEST_FILE}"
else
echo "ffmpeg -i \"${ORIG_FILE}\" -acodec libfaac -ar 44100 -ac ${AUD_INFO_CHANNELS} \
-async 1 -f mp4 -pass 2 -vcodec libx264 -vtag XVID -flags +loop+ilme -cmp +chroma \
-partitions +parti4x4+partp8x8+partb8x8 -flags2 +mixed_refs -me_method umh -subq 5 \
-trellis 1 -refs 5 -bf 3 -b_strategy 1 -level 31 -coder 1 -me_range 16 \
-g 250 -keyint_min 250 -sc_threshold 40 -i_qfactor 0.71 -bt 200kb \
-rc_eq ‘blurCplx^(1-qComp)’ -qcomp 0.6 -qmin 3 -qmax 15 -qdiff 4 \
-s ${VID_INFO_RESOLUTION} -aspect ${VID_INFO_ASPECT} \
-padtop ${VID_BORDER_VERTICAL_TOP} -padbottom ${VID_BORDER_VERTICAL_BOTTOM} \
-padleft ${VID_BORDER_HORIZONTAL_LEFT} -padright ${VID_BORDER_HORIZONTAL_RIGHT} \
-b ${BITRATE}kb -maxrate ${MAX_BITRATE}kb \
-bufsize ${MAX_BITRATE}kb -ab ${AUD_INFO_BITRATE}kb \
-threads 2 \
-r ${VID_INFO_FPS} \"${DEST_FILE}\""

ffmpeg -i "${ORIG_FILE}" -acodec libfaac -ar 44100 -ac ${AUD_INFO_CHANNELS} \
-async 1 -f mp4 -pass 2 -vcodec libx264 -vtag XVID -flags +loop+ilme -cmp +chroma \
-partitions +parti4x4+partp8x8+partb8x8 -flags2 +mixed_refs -me_method umh -subq 5 \
-trellis 1 -refs 5 -bf 3 -b_strategy 1 -level 31 -coder 1 -me_range 16 \
-g 250 -keyint_min 250 -sc_threshold 40 -i_qfactor 0.71 -bt 200kb \
-rc_eq ‘blurCplx^(1-qComp)’ -qcomp 0.6 -qmin 1 -qmax 51 -qdiff 4 \
-s ${VID_INFO_RESOLUTION} -aspect ${VID_INFO_ASPECT} \
-padtop ${VID_BORDER_VERTICAL_TOP} -padbottom ${VID_BORDER_VERTICAL_BOTTOM} \
-padleft ${VID_BORDER_HORIZONTAL_LEFT} -padright ${VID_BORDER_HORIZONTAL_RIGHT} \
-b ${BITRATE}kb -maxrate ${MAX_BITRATE}kb \
-bufsize ${MAX_BITRATE}kb -ab ${AUD_INFO_BITRATE}kb \
-threads 2 \
-r ${VID_INFO_FPS} "${DEST_FILE}"
fi
}

if [[ -n "$1" ]] && [[ -n "$2" ]]; then
if [[ -n "$3" ]]; then
case "$3" in
bb)
BLACKBERRY=1
BB_TYPE="norm"
;;
bb_storm)
BLACKBERRY=1
BB_TYPE="STORM"
;;
ps3)
;;
*)
;;
esac
fi

if [[ -n "$4" ]]; then
FILE_PREFIX="${4}_"
else
FILE_PREFIX=""
fi

if [[ -f "$1" ]]; then
process_file "$1" "$2"
elif [[ -d "$1" ]]; then
process_directory "$1" "$2"
fi
else
print_usage
exit
fi

The ffmpeg parameters are based off of Using ffmpeg to transcode video for the PS3. Hope his works for you too.

The 5th Amendment of the US Constitution… why you DON’T want to speak to the police

Jason L Froebe — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:39:53 +0000

Nope, I am not in trouble with the police nor do I think ill of any police officers or their jobs.

Video: Sun/Oracle’s Netbeans 6.7 and the GlassFish version 3 application server

Jason L Froebe — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:25:37 +0000

Because it is friday: Werewolf Bar Mitzvah

Jason L Froebe — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:35:46 +0000

Excellent Training Videos from India’s National Programme of Technology Enhanced Learning (on YouTube)

Jason L Froebe — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:42:52 +0000

India’s National Programme of Technology Enhanced Learning provides technical lectures from all seven Indian Institutes of Technology and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

The Video Courses are organised as PLAYLISTS under the following Categories:

Core Sciences

Civil Engineering

Computer Science and Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Electronics and Communication Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Lecture 21 PERL – Part I from the Computer Science & Engineering’s Internet Technologies course is an excellent example of these training videos:

FW (Slashdot): Freedom Fry — “Happy birthday to GNU”

Jason L Froebe — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:15:38 +0000

Anne Walker wins Sybase’s video contest!

Jason L Froebe — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:25:54 +0000

From the official announcement:

A video featuring an intrepid corporate reporter and her real-time hunt for her on-the-move CEO was the winner of the Sybase “How We Did It” Video Challenge.

“Finding Jono,” created by Anne Walker of St George Bank, Treasury & Valorem Systems Australia, follows Walker from Valorem Systems headquarters to the local mall and ultimately the mall parking garage in her quest to find CEO Jon Tinberg. She is able to track his movements thanks to a company system featuring such Sybase solutions as ASE, PowerBuilder, PocketBuilder and MobiLink synchronization technology.

Attendees of TechWave 2008 selected “Finding Jono” as the winner of the challenge after viewing it and other video submissions over the course of the conference week and voting via text message. Walker won the top prize of $5,000 for the submission.

Second-place winner in the contest was “Desktop Widget,” produced by Team Sybase’s Bruce Armstrong. The second-place ranking earned Armstrong a Flip Mino compact video camera.

Contest voters rated the videos based on originality, creativity and how well the video showcased the company’s innovative use of Sybase software to solve a real-world challenge.

Sybase extends its congratulations to the winners.

At Sybase TechWave in Vegas, I demonstrate the “Tim Tam Slam”

Jason L Froebe — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:06:17 +0000

Jason L. Froebe, TeamSybase, ISUG Board Member, and MyDatabases magazine publisher, demonstrates the Tim Tam Slam: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_tam_slam

With all the craziness of trolls the past few months on the ISUG forums and Sybase newsgroups, Cali Lewis has advice

Jason L Froebe — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:46:39 +0000

I think we can all relate to this

FW: Revision 3: System Episode 45 – Practically Free DIY WiFi Antennas

Jason L Froebe — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:19:12 +0000

The building of the free windsurfer (using the Ez-12 Parabolic Reflector Template) from freeantennas.com is particularly interesting. The website claims an amplification of about 9 dBi of gain with the standard size template and 12 dBi of gain if you double the size. Something I will definitely try tonight

Rip a dvd with HandbrakeCLI on Ubuntu Linux 8.04 (Hardy Heron) for the Sony PS3 (mpeg4 / h.264)

Jason L Froebe — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:45:18 +0000

After much trial and error, I chose HandbrakeCLI for ripping a dvd to a h.264 mpeg4 file that I can play on my Sony Playstation 3 console. Please note that HandBrake does quite well on live action video but not so good on animation.

% sudo aptitude install build-essential
% sudo aptitude install zlib1g-dev jam yasm
% wget http://handbrake.fr/rotation.php?file=HandBrake-0.9.2.tar.gz
% tar zxvf HandBrake-0.9.2.tar.gz
% cd HandBrake
% ./configure
% jam
% cp HandBrakeCLI ../bin # to copy the binary into the user’s bin dir

We need yasm installed to pick up any cpu extensions that our cpu supports. For example: MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2 3DNow!

Now that we have a working HandBrakeCLI binary built for our system (works for 32bit or 64bit depending on which system we built it on).

I wrote a very simple script that will rip the dvd (legal dvd rip btw) into a mp4 file, copy it to the media-server which will be picked up automatically by mediatomb.

make_ps3_hb.sh:

#!/bin/bash

# make_ps3_hb.sh [genre]

nice -n 15 ~/bin/HandBrakeCLI -i /dev/dvd -e x264 -b 1200 -B 160 -R 48 -E faac -f mp4 -P=16 -x level=41:subme=5:me=umh -T -2 -d -7 -8 -O –crop -m -N eng -o "$1"

if [ -f "$1" ]
then
if [ $2 ]
then
echo copying $1 to media-server /home/jason/Videos/$2
scp "$1" "jason@media-server:/home/jason/Videos/$2/$1" && rm -f "$1"
else
echo copying $1 to media-server /home/jason/Videos
scp "$1" "jason@media-server:/home/jason/Videos/$1" && rm -f "$1"
fi
fivideo_name>

Handbrake documentation is available on the Handbrake wiki website.

UPDATE: If you’re looking for a GUI front end for HandBrakeCLI on Linux, check out RippedWire by th3rmite.

Get $5,000 from Sybase for your “How We Did It” video (contest)

Jason L Froebe — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:58:10 +0000

Now until July 30th, Sybase is accepting videos from companies,
students, mega corps, hobbyists and the ghost that lives in your
attic. The video has to describe how you used Sybase products to do
something ‘cool’ (in Sybase marketing speak: create an innovative solution to a real-world challenge). The videos must be original (you own the rights), under 3 minutes and file size of less than 50MB.

From The Sybase “How We Did It” Video Challenge:

Prizes

First Prize: $5,000

Second Prize: Flip Mino compact video camera ($180 value)

Third Prize: Flip Ultra compact video camera ($150 value)

Contest Rules

Please submit only your own original content

Any video content or comments will be approved by Sybase prior to being posted to the site

Sybase
employees and contractors and members of their immediate families are
not eligible to participate in the contest. Sybase reserves the right
to terminate the contest at our discretion

You must accept the terms & conditions of the contest

Non-English entries are welcome but need to be subtitled

You must be at least 18 years of age to participate

Submission Requirements & Judging Criteria

Deadline for submissions is on July 31, 2008

Video must be less than three minutes in length with a file size of no more than 50MB

Please include a “credits” section at the end of your video with your name and contact information

Include a mention of the Sybase, Sybase iAnywhere or Sybase 365 product used in your solution

Online viewers and TechWave
attendees will rate the videos throughout the contest. A panel of
judges will select finalists from the top online rated videos, based on
the following criteria:

Originality

Creativity

Clarity of message showing how you succeeded using Sybase software

The winner will be chosen at TechWave by popular vote via SMS

To enter your video, follow the Submission Guidelines section below

Submission Guidelines

Videos can be submitted online after agreeing to the Terms and Conditions, or by sending a DVD to Sybase Inc.
Video Contest

One Sybase Dr., A2014B

Dublin, CA 94568

Before uploading please fill out the entry form and create a zip file containing the video and the entry form. Upload this zip file to submit your entry

You must agree to the contest Terms & Conditions before you can upload your video

Review the terms and conditions and upload your video.

So, get out there and create your video because if you don’t, you won’t win $5,000 from Sybase! TeamSybase and ISUG members are eligible!

I’ve been seeing a lot of ‘younger’ drivers throwing stuff out their windows in Chicago lately

Jason L Froebe — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:12:59 +0000

Not sure if it is getting worse or that I’m just noticing it more…

The subject of litter should not be political … just pick up your crap.

FW (MAKE): Robert Bruce Thompson on the demise of the chemistry set

Jason L Froebe — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:56:13 +0000

My wife says this video is about me… what do you think? :)

Jason L Froebe — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:14:15 +0000

My wife says this is so me… the fact that I’m not allowed to touch her macbook says something… *big grin*