ubuntu

Using mencoder to make time lapse video

Posted by Wim Koorenneef on 2008-12-28 11:00 CET

If you ever need to make a time lapse video of a series of jpeg images, try this:
mencoder -ovc copy -mf w=320:h=240:fps=6:type=jpg 'mf://*.jpg' -o time_lapse-test.avi

I used a bunch of small webcam images made with motion and it worked like a charm.

Webdav with SSL

Posted by Wim Koorenneef on 2008-09-21 11:07 CEST

For some reason Nautilus refuses to connect to the secure webdav service of my internet provider. Fusedav to the rescue!

sudo apt-get install fusedav
fusedav https://server.nl/directory /home/user/dav

Also see http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/fusedav/ for more information on fusedav.

Smooth fonts in Gnome (auto-hinting)

Posted by Wim Koorenneef on 2008-08-24 22:45 CEST

Want to improve the quality of your fonts on screen? Then create a file in your home directory with the name .fonts.conf with the same content as the attached file.

When you're done. Log out and back in again and prepare to be amazed :-)

P.S. Auto-hinting isn't enabled by default because Apple apparently has patented this 'technique'.

Need a good wireless pci LAN adapter for linux?

Posted by Wim Koorenneef on 2008-08-24 21:40 CEST

Look no further. The Edimax EW-7128G works out of the box on Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron.

It even says so on their website:

• Complies with IEEE 802.11b and IEEE 802.11g products
• Supports Turbo Mode to increase the transmission 30% faster
• Supports WMM (Wireless Multimedia) to increase multimedia data throughput
• High throughput supports multi-media data bandwidth requirement

Edimax EW-7128G

Posted by Wim Koorenneef on 2008-08-24 21:34 CEST