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Problems with video conversion temp files
by Leo Mauler 29 Nov '06

29 Nov '06

I've been looking into doing some video editing in Linux. I have a video a friend of mine in Colorado took of our wedding. He digitized it and sent it to me awhile back (2000), before he had a DVD burner, so its about two hours of video on two CDs. So I thought I'd see if I could do what needed to be done to make a DVD out of it to pass on to the relatives. My best man's wedding toast is on it and he was rather good, so I also wanted to strip off the audio as its own file. I wanted to load the first hour of video into Kino (Kino was on the Debian package repository), so I told Kino to import the video (about 650MB AVI). About an hour later it had filled up the 8GB left in /home and wanted more. What I didn't read in the documentation is that Kino only works with DV files which are uncompressed audio and uncompressed video, and "importing" means it will convert compressed audio/video files into uncompressed DV files. So I stopped Kino, and deleted the temp file it had created. The problem is that the temp file didn't go away. I did "ls -lahR | less" and checked all the filesizes, and nothing was 7.9GB or anywhere near that size. Processes attached to my account were crashing all over the place, since they couldn't save their config files. Eventually I had to reboot and that fixed the problem, but I wanted to know if anyone knew of a solution that didn't require rebooting? Incidentally, what does work for home video editing (and is also on the standard Debian package repository) is: Avidemux (you might see it listed as Avidemux2). If any of you have used VirtualDub in Windows, Avidemux is VirtualDub, except I found Avidemux a little easier to figure out. Avidemux is available for Windows too. Converts, edits, strips out audio as its own file, all the stuff a home user needs. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Cheap talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. http://voice.yahoo.com

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RE: SANS Course At KU
by Kelsay, Brian - Kansas City, MO 29 Nov '06

29 Nov '06

Hell, I'd pay my airfare if someone would pay the course fee. Yikes! >-----Original Message----- >From: On Behalf Of Luke -Jr > >On Wednesday 29 November 2006 11:41, Dave Hull wrote: >> $895 - Early Registration (by January 19, 2007) >> $995 - Late Registration (after January 19, 2007) > >Isn't that expensive or at least non-cheap if someone can't >afford travel to the regular SANS stuff? :p (or has airfare >gone up that much lately?) >

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the latest drama about google earth
by David Nicol 28 Nov '06

28 Nov '06

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=5091 -- perl -le'1while(1x++$_)=~/^(11+)\1+$/||print'

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Linux system rescue distribution
by Kyle Sexton 27 Nov '06

27 Nov '06

Just picked up a 1G USB Flash drive and am trying to decide which system rescue distro to put on it. Anyone have any experience with these or other live rescue systems? Recovery is Possible (RIP) Linux, http://www.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/looplinux/rip/ SystemRescueCD, http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page INSERT, http://www.inside-security.de/insert_en.html Basically looking for an environment with good tools to rescue Linux and Windows (ntfs) systems. -- Kyle Sexton

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KC SUG - November Meeting
by Russ Starr 27 Nov '06

27 Nov '06

I just wanted to let everyone know that tomorrow we will be having our Kansas City Snort User Group meeting for November. We will be hosting this at the KC Public Library's Plaza branch and details are located at: http://www.kcsnort.org/index.php/Meetings We have a special guest speaker tomorrow by the name of Matt Jonkman. He is the founder of Bleeding Edge Threats [http://www.bleedingthreats.net] and he will be discussing how to handle new threats using Intrusion Prevention System technology. As always, everyone is welcome regardless of your experience with Snort, GNU/Linux, security, etc. We just ask that you post a message to our list indicating your potential presence so we can get a basic head count. Thanks, -Russ

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Laptop Shopping
by Jim Herrmann 27 Nov '06

27 Nov '06

So, I'm planning to buy a laptop. I started out by looking at the low end of new ones today at the big box stores, and I thought I would run some questions by all you gurus out there. The lowest end of the laptop market today is so kick ass, maybe it doesn't matter anymore, but here goes. I found several CPU's being used in the lower end. Which one's do you all like for Linux on laptops: AMD Turion 64 Intel Core Duo T2050 AMD Sempron 3400 Obviously the Sempron just being a simple 32 bit processor was quite a bit cheaper, but the 64 bit and dual cores have become pretty price competitive. There was also an AMD Turion Dual Core, and the Intel Core 2Duo, but those were in a higher price bracket. I guess the question is, would you take a 32 bit dual core over a 64 bit single core, and is it even worth 200 bucks to go there over a single core 32 bit processor? Then the other question I would have is did any one go out to the early sales on Friday and get some great deals that they'd be willing to pass on for some cash above what they paid? I'm also not above considering a used laptop, but with the price/performance of the new laptops today, can a used one really compete? Let me just add that I want to do some mobile audio recording, but I'll probably get a USB2 audio card for that. Do you think it will matter what CPU I get for that to work well? Discuss. Thanks, Jim

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Re: Laptop Shopping
by Jared Jennings 27 Nov '06

27 Nov '06

I would disagree with that statement. Specially when it comes to Linux. nVidia I believe is much better supported in the Linux world.\ Jared >>> Luke-Jr <luke(a)dashjr.org> 11/26/06 11:37 PM >>> You'll want to be careful about WiFi and video chipsets. Not sure on the WiFi, but be sure you don't get an nVidia chipset if you need 3D performance. ATis up to the X850 and Intels should be good, though... _______________________________________________ Kclug mailing list Kclug(a)kclug.org http://kclug.org/mailman/listinfo/kclug

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Job Opening - System Engineer
by Kyle Sheumaker 27 Nov '06

27 Nov '06

Hope this isn't too off topic... We're looking to fill a System Engineer position at Advanced Clustering Technologies. We are a local small business that focus on building high performance computer clusters to higher education, government, and large corporations. It's a full-time position with benefits (insurance, vacation, 401K with matching). Job requires a high-level of Linux skills, and interaction with customers, including some travel. You can check out the full details of the job (and company) at: http://www.advancedclustering.com/cms/systems_engineer.html If interested please send me a resume. Thanks! Kyle Sheumaker Advanced Clustering P: 913-643-0305 F: 913-643-0299

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Microsoft Firefox- has to be read!
by Oren Beck 26 Nov '06

26 Nov '06

Do NOT read while in a place you cannot laugh hysterically out loud. http://www.msfirefox.com/microsoft-firefox/index.html "Never ascribe malice to that which incompetence amply explains" Oren

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MapLinx or ESRI Buisness Map OSS Replacement
by Dale Beams 22 Nov '06

22 Nov '06

I am looking for a MapLinx, Microsoft Maps or ESRI Buisness Map Replacement in OSS Software. Is there any such beast out there? On-line services will work as well if they provide the same functionality. Dale Beams _________________________________________________________________ Get FREE company branded e-mail accounts and business Web site from Microsoft Office Live http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/mcrssaub0050001411mrt/direct/01/

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