Archives for: February 2010

Command snippet: Convert wmv to flv on Ubuntu.

by John

First make sure ffmpeg is installed If it is not installed type and follow the prompts sudo apt-get install ffmpeg Once ffmpeg is installed you can run the following command on your video file. ffmpeg -i "INPUT_FILE.wmv" -sameq -acodec libmp3lame… more »

Blog Moved

by John

Please update your bookmarks ad this blog has moved back to its old home at jcroucher.com The old urls will continue to work. more »

Great Firewall of Australia - Youtube

by John

In an interview with the ABC's Hungry Beast Stephen Conroy said applying ISP filters to high-traffic sites such as YouTube would slow down the internet. So to handle this they are trying to work with Google to get videos removed from Youtube for Austral… more »

New Blog Theme

by John

As you can see I have a wonderful new blog theme thank you to Sofee from Heart Shaped Designs This also is a start of a new direction for this blog so be sure to check back soon. more »