Tag Archives: video

Split, cut, or sample a video file on the command line

There are many reasons to cut or split a video file. For example, one may want to cut a long video into multiple parts to upload to YouTube. I first ran into [this](http://superuser.com/questions/31135/split-mpeg-video-from-command-line) and [this](http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/how-do-you-split-mpg-files-using-a-ffmpeg-command-542607/), which suggests: However, for some reason my out file is almost as large as my in file, even though I’m read more »

Creative Commons: Share, Remix, Reuse — Legally

I recently wrote about the [GNU Public License](http://blog.nguyenvq.com/2010/11/02/gnu-general-public-license-gpl/) (GPL). All of my software that I write on my own will most likely be licensed by GPL so others can use and modify it freely. I really think this benefits society. What about content, such as text, image, audio, or video? Analogous to the GPL, there read more »

Create a video slideshow from images automatically

On a Mac, creating a video slideshow with some pictures is easy with iPhoto and iMovie. I haven’t found similar programs on the Linux side (yet). I mean, there are many photo manager apps such as F-Spot and Shotwell that can create a quick slideshow from the selected pictures, but they don’t export the slideshow read more »

WordPress: post via email using Postie

WordPress’s default “post by email” setting is pretty weak, mainly because it doesn’t handle attachments (think [posterous](http://www.posterous.com/), among other things. [Postie](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/postie/other_notes/) is quite powerful as it can handle different attachments and can handle my LaTeX and source code content. **Note to self**: use the development version! Setting up is quite easy — you only need read more »

vcasmo: video/presentation + picture/slides together!

I was reading this blog post on Revolutions Computing’s blog and discovered the vcasmo service, a way to post a presentation or video with the slides right next to it. This is DEFINITELY something I will use. Often times I watch talks or presentation videos online and most of the time the videos are either read more »

youtube alternative: vimeo and blip.tv

a few months back, i uploaded a slideshow onto youtube. got an email from them that there is copyrighted material (the songs). then, youtube stripped the audio. this is rediculous. i googled for other alternatives and found a site that compared different services. vimeo and blip.tv seemed to be the best. i uploaded my video read more »