Linux

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:

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.

Blender + DrQueue

DrQueue the Distributed Render Queue Manager
is a powerful open source distributed render farm manager, used for a range of applications across the visual effects industry and for general batch processing jobs in science, engineering and finance. DrQueue is licensed under GNU GPL Version 3.

bash history-search like tcsh

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add the following to `/etc/inputrc` or your `~/.inputrc`: 

"\e[A":history-search-backward
"\e[B":history-search-forward

Wiithon

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a Linux based WBFS management program

 -> Wiithon @ Launchpad

converting M4B audiobooks to MP3

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how to convert M4B audiobooks (used by Apple iPod) to MP3 using ffmpeg with libmp3lame.

Fonty Python - Font viewer/organizer

Fonty Python will let you gather your fonts and structure them into collections called "Pogs".

Flex intellisense forgets flash.*

Known bug, as described in FB-16703 and "Targeting Flash Player 10"

It looks like the problem is caused by {targetPlayerMajorVersion} no longer resolving.

workaround:

add the following SWC to the library path: FLEX_SDK\libs\player\10\playerglobal.swc