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 less [...]
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, which is [...]
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 of [...]
In: Audio & Video · Tagged with: Linux, mp3, mp3gain, replaygain, Script
