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creating FLV videos with ffmpeg

1pass:
ffmpeg -i input -acodec libmp3lame -ab 96k -ac 2 -vcodec flv -b 300k -s 960x540 output.flv

encoding MP4 videos with ffmpeg

1pass:
ffmpeg -i input -acodec libfaac -ab 96k -ac 2 -vcodec libx264 -vpre slow -crf 22 -threads 8 output.mp4

2pass:
ffmpeg -y -i input -an -vcodec libx264 -vpre medium_firstpass -b 300k -threads 8 -f mp4 /dev/null
ffmpeg -y -i input -acodec libfaac -ab 96k
-ac 2 -vcodec libx264 -vpre medium -b 300k -threads 8 output.mp4

deny net access to linux applications

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ever wanted to run suspicious linux (wine) commands and make sure they don't access the net? here's how, in a nutshell:

Netgear WNDR3700 - enable telnet/ssh access

since those devices run openwrt, one can enable telnet/ssh access with a little tool.

Ubuntu 10.04 + Wacom Bamboo + TwinView

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how to get your Wacom Bamboo to work in Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" using an NVIDIA "TwinView" setup.