Archive for the ‘Audio & Video’ Category
Mediatomb vs. MiniDLNA
I have been using Mediatomb for nearly two years now but I decided to give MiniDLNA a whirl since it is a fully fledged DLNA server whereas Mediatomb is UPnP only. I am currently running both Mediatomb SVN and MiniDLNA CVS. So, how does MiniDLNA compare to Mediatomb? MiniDLNA is easier to compile, configure, uses [...]
In: Audio & Video · Tagged with: comparison, DLNA, Linux, Mediatomb, MiniDLNA, server, UPnP, versus
DVD to MPEG2-TS Ripper for Linux
A while back I released a script that rips a DVD to MPEG-2 PS allowing the user to select one audio stream and one subtitle stream. Optionally the video can be requantised, using M2VRequantiser and an ISO image created. If creating an ISO image the chapters are also preserved from the original DVD. You can [...]
In: Audio & Video · Tagged with: DVD, H.264, ISO, Linux, MPEG2-TS, ripper, Script
IMDB Film Summary as a MPEG2 video, Part 2
Back in April I released a script to create a MPEG video summarising a movie using data from IMDB, you can find the original post in the URL below to learn why I created such a script in the first place. IMDB Film Summary as a MPEG2 video Today I’ve release v2.0 of that script, [...]
In: Audio & Video · Tagged with: IMDB, MPEG, php, Script, summary, video
MKV to MPEG-4 conversion script
The Play Station 3 can’t play MKV file. Therefore I’ve written a script that creates a PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 compatible MPEG-4 from Matroska providing the video is H.264 and audio is AC3 or DTS. Xbox 360 compatibility requires that audio is forcibly downmixed to stereo with ‘–stereo’. AAC 5.1 audio will have the [...]
In: Audio & Video · Tagged with: AAC 5.1, AC3, conversion, DTS, Linux, MKV, MP4, MPEG-4, PlayStation 3, PS3, Xbox 360
MP3Gainer – Apply ReplayGain to your entire music library
Work has been crazy. We’re moving house. Hence, not much time for geeky stuff recently. I’ve been putting this off for ages, I need to “normalise” the volume of my MP3 music music library. Not all CDs sound equally loud. Whilst different musical moods require that some tracks should sound louder than others, the loudness [...]
In: Audio & Video · Tagged with: Linux, mp3, mp3gain, replaygain, Script
PlayStation 3 compaitble MPEG-4 container repacker
Some of my mobile phones have been able to record video clips in MPEG-4 format. Sadly some of these clips don’t play on the PlayStation 3 and those that do stutter terribly. I use ‘iplayer-dl‘ to download content from BBC iPlayer. Sadly the files are in a Quicktime container and are not playable on the [...]
In: Audio & Video · Tagged with: fix, iPlayer, MPEG-4, PlayStation, PS3, Script
MKV to M2TS conversion script
The Play Station 3 can’t play MKV file. Therefore I’ve written a script that creates a PlayStation 3 compatible M2TS from a MKV, assuming video is H.264 and audio is AC3 or DTS with as little re-encoding as possible. Any subtitles in the MKV are preserved in the M2TS although the PS3 can’t display subtitles [...]
In: Audio & Video · Tagged with: conversion, M2TS, MKV, PS3, Script
DVD to MPEG2-PS Ripper for Linux
Every so often I find myself in looking through the ex-rental DVD “bargain bin”. Quite often I find something I consider a bargain. However, the experience of watching an ex-rental DVD is typically ruined by the various trailers and marketing guff at the start which you can’t skip. My wife hates that stuff, and I [...]
In: Audio & Video · Tagged with: DVD, ISO, Linux, M2VRequantiser, MPEG2-PS, ripper, Script
M2VRequantiser for 32-bit and 64-bit Linux
I recently discovered that ‘tcrequant’ (part of the transcode suite of tools) has been deprecated. Worst still I found that when I ran ‘tcrequant’ on my 64-bit Linux workstation is was corrupting the video. See the links below for details. transcode 1.1.0 Final Release [transcode-users] tcrequant status Therefore I decided to get the M2VRequantiser code [...]
In: Audio & Video · Tagged with: 32-bit, 64-bit, M2VRequantiser, tcrequant
IMDB Film Summary as a MPEG2 video
If you’ve read my blog before you’ll know I run Mediatomb DLNA server with my PS3 as the client, You’ll also know I am working towards importing my entire DVD collection into my Mediatomb server. However, my wife wants to know something about each film in the library without having to dig out the DVD [...]
In: Audio & Video · Tagged with: IMDB, Mediatomb, MPEG, php, Script
