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 and this, which suggests: ffmpeg -ss 00:00:00 -t 00:01:00 -vcodec copy -acodec copy -i in.avi out.avi ## -ss: start position ## -t:… Read more »
I recently wrote about the GNU Public License (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 »
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’s default “post by email” setting is pretty weak, mainly because it doesn’t handle attachments (think posterous, among other things. Postie 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 »
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 »
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 »