Re: [gentoo-user] [OT]: Detecting frames at aspect-ratio-changes in a video file?

2011-07-02 Thread meino . cramer
David Haller [11-07-02 09:04]: > Hello, > > On Sat, 02 Jul 2011, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > >David Haller [11-07-02 07:12]: > >> On Sat, 02 Jul 2011, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > >> >is there a software, a tool, a "something" which with it is possible > >> >to print the frame numbers of those

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT]: Detecting frames at aspect-ratio-changes in a video file?

2011-07-02 Thread Stroller
On 2 July 2011, at 08:31, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > ... > Initially I wanted to know the frame numbers to navigate - guess what > program ? :) - avidemux directly to the advertising parts of the video > to cut that stuff out of my (visual) way :))) > I didnt want to scroll through the video st

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT]: Detecting frames at aspect-ratio-changes in a video file?

2011-07-02 Thread Sebastian Beßler
Am 02.07.2011 09:31, schrieb meino.cra...@gmx.de: > What is the name of the programm to cut off advertisings? > ATM??? IIRC??? ATM and IIRC are acronyms metatron@Shao ~ $ wtf IIRC IIRC: if I recall correctly metatron@Shao ~ $ wtf ATM ATM: at the moment Greetings Sebastian Beßler signature

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT]: Detecting frames at aspect-ratio-changes in a video file?

2011-07-02 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 02.07.2011 09:31, schrieb meino.cra...@gmx.de: > David Haller [11-07-02 09:04]: >> On Sat, 02 Jul 2011, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: >>> David Haller [11-07-02 07:12]: On Sat, 02 Jul 2011, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > is there a software, a tool, a "something" which with it is possible

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT]: Detecting frames at aspect-ratio-changes in a video file?

2011-07-02 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 2 Jul 2011 09:38:50 +0100, Stroller wrote: > I'm extremely sceptical of a plan to reimplement a media centre / > home-theatre PC in bash scripts - just install MythTV and stop trying > to reinvent the wheel. I was about to post something similar. > >> There's also a program that tries t

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How do I turn off glibc's runtime error checks?

2011-07-02 Thread Ivan T. Ivanov
Hi, On Sat, 2011-07-02 at 04:18 +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 07/02/2011 03:05 AM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > This is driving me nuts. Since a few days ago, glibc will abort programs > > with a: > > > > *** glibc detected *** program: free(): invalid pointer: ... *** > > > > or similar e

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT]: Detecting frames at aspect-ratio-changes in a video file?

2011-07-02 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 02 Jul 2011 10:50:00 +0200, Sebastian Beßler wrote: > > What is the name of the programm to cut off advertisings? > > ATM??? IIRC??? > cted from initi > ATM and IIRC are acronyms If I were a pedantic old bastard (which I am) I would point out that they are abbreviations, not acronyms.

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT]: Detecting frames at aspect-ratio-changes in a video file?

2011-07-02 Thread David Haller
Hello, On Sat, 02 Jul 2011, Stroller wrote: >On 2 July 2011, at 08:31, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: >> ... >> Initially I wanted to know the frame numbers to navigate - guess what >> program ? :) - avidemux directly to the advertising parts of the video >> to cut that stuff out of my (visual) way :

Re: [gentoo-user] Help with blocking, please: vte is blocking gnome-pty-helper

2011-07-02 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hi, Neil. On Fri, Jul 01, 2011 at 01:17:01PM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 1 Jul 2011 10:39:18 +, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > After emerge-synching, an emerge -puND gives, in part: > > [ebuild N] x11-libs/gnome-pty-helper-0.28.1 > > [ebuild U ] x11-libs/vte-0.28.1-r200

Re: [gentoo-user] md device hda -> sda

2011-07-02 Thread Adam Carter
> I do not use lilo. > But, if it boots, then no problems :) The box is at another site - i need to know if it is likely to work before i try :)

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM filter question

2011-07-02 Thread Alex Schuster
David W Noon writes: > On Fri, 01 Jul 2011 22:05:12 +0200, Alex Schuster wrote about > [gentoo-user] LVM filter question: > > [snip] > > > filter = [ "r|/dev/nbd.*|", "r|/dev/sdd|", "a/.*/" ] > > > > This should reject /dev/sdd from scanning. But it doesn't, pvscan > > spins it up. Any idea

[gentoo-user] Re: How do I turn off glibc's runtime error checks?

2011-07-02 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 07/02/2011 12:32 PM, Ivan T. Ivanov wrote: Hi, On Sat, 2011-07-02 at 04:18 +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 07/02/2011 03:05 AM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: This is driving me nuts. Since a few days ago, glibc will abort programs with a: *** glibc detected *** program: free(): invalid point

Re: [gentoo-user] LVM filter question

2011-07-02 Thread David W Noon
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 02 Jul 2011 14:19:08 +0200, Alex Schuster wrote about "Re: [gentoo-user] LVM filter question": >David W Noon writes: [snip] >> So, your r.e. should read: >> >>r|/dev/sdd.*| >> >> which decodes to "reject ^/dev/sdd.*$ ". >> >> This suppr

[gentoo-user] {OT} Time for hardware upgrade(s)

2011-07-02 Thread Grant
My motherboard is getting flaky and it's time for a new one. I have an AMD 6000+ CPU, 4GB DDR2/800 RAM, 2TB SATA2 HD, Blu-Ray burner, PCI wireless card, 400W power supply, and ATX case. I could replace any of these components if it's worthwhile for some new feature, but I may as well keep them if

[gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Time for hardware upgrade(s)

2011-07-02 Thread Grant
> My motherboard is getting flaky and it's time for a new one.  I have > an AMD 6000+ CPU, 4GB DDR2/800 RAM, 2TB SATA2 HD, Blu-Ray burner, PCI > wireless card, 400W power supply, and ATX case.  I could replace any > of these components if it's worthwhile for some new feature, but I may > as well ke

Re: [gentoo-user] Feeding /etc/cron.dail and such into ?

2011-07-02 Thread Bill Longman
Meino, I don't know fcron but I just put cron lines in a file and do "crontab filename"

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Time for hardware upgrade(s)

2011-07-02 Thread Dale
Grant wrote: My motherboard is getting flaky and it's time for a new one. I have an AMD 6000+ CPU, 4GB DDR2/800 RAM, 2TB SATA2 HD, Blu-Ray burner, PCI wireless card, 400W power supply, and ATX case. I could replace any of these components if it's worthwhile for some new feature, but I may as we

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Time for hardware upgrade(s)

2011-07-02 Thread Grant
>> Is Nvidia still the way to go instead of ATI?  I use the nouveau >> drivers with my onboard Nvidia chipset now and they've been fine for >> the most part.  I use a threaded ffmpeg to decode HD video instead of >> VDPAU so I don't bother with nvidia-drivers. >> >> - Grant > > I don't have any exp

[gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Time for hardware upgrade(s)

2011-07-02 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 07/02/2011 09:06 PM, Grant wrote: The most important thing is reliability and Linux compatibility but I also need HDMI and I figure USB 3.0 is a good idea. The system is for playing music and movies, no gaming whatsoever. If you're familiar with the current hardware scene, where would you go

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Time for hardware upgrade(s)

2011-07-02 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Saturday 02 July 2011 20:36:55 Dale wrote: > I see no need in me getting a ATI card. That's just me. It's also me. NVidia has been straightforward for years: just plug it in and go. Choose the closed-source driver, or nowadays the Nouveau driver, and everything Just Works. Mind you, I don't

Re: [gentoo-user] Feeding /etc/cron.dail and such into ?

2011-07-02 Thread meino . cramer
Bill Longman [11-07-02 23:57]: > Meino, I don't know fcron but I just put cron lines in a file and do > "crontab filename" Hi Bill, sorry for the confusion, Bill, my English screws the things up. Problem has solved itsself... Best regards, mcc

[gentoo-user] Managing multiple Gentoo systems

2011-07-02 Thread Grant
After a frustrating experience with a Linksys WRT54GL, I've decided to stick with Gentoo routers. This increases the number of Gentoo systems I'm responsible for and they're nearing double-digits. What can be done to make the management of multiple Gentoo systems easier? I think identical hardwar

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Time for hardware upgrade(s)

2011-07-02 Thread Grant
>>> The most important thing is reliability and Linux compatibility but I >>> also need HDMI and I figure USB 3.0 is a good idea.  The system is for >>> playing music and movies, no gaming whatsoever.  If you're familiar >>> with the current hardware scene, where would you go from here as far >>> a

Re: [gentoo-user] Feeding /etc/cron.dail and such into ?

2011-07-02 Thread Bill Longman
On Jul 2, 2011 3:12 PM, wrote: > > Bill Longman [11-07-02 23:57]: > > Meino, I don't know fcron but I just put cron lines in a file and do > > "crontab filename" > > Hi Bill, > > sorry for the confusion, Bill, my English screws the things up. > Problem has solved itsself... > It's my mother tong

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Time for hardware upgrade(s)

2011-07-02 Thread Dale
Grant wrote: Is Nvidia still the way to go instead of ATI? I use the nouveau drivers with my onboard Nvidia chipset now and they've been fine for the most part. I use a threaded ffmpeg to decode HD video instead of VDPAU so I don't bother with nvidia-drivers. - Grant I don't have any

Re: [gentoo-user] Managing multiple Gentoo systems

2011-07-02 Thread Dale
Grant wrote: After a frustrating experience with a Linksys WRT54GL, I've decided to stick with Gentoo routers. This increases the number of Gentoo systems I'm responsible for and they're nearing double-digits. What can be done to make the management of multiple Gentoo systems easier? I think id

Re: [gentoo-user] Managing multiple Gentoo systems

2011-07-02 Thread Alex Schuster
Grant writes: > After a frustrating experience with a Linksys WRT54GL, I've decided to > stick with Gentoo routers. This increases the number of Gentoo > systems I'm responsible for and they're nearing double-digits. What > can be done to make the management of multiple Gentoo systems easier? I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Time for hardware upgrade(s)

2011-07-02 Thread meino . cramer
Grant [11-07-03 01:12]: > >>> The most important thing is reliability and Linux compatibility but I > >>> also need HDMI and I figure USB 3.0 is a good idea.  The system is for > >>> playing music and movies, no gaming whatsoever.  If you're familiar > >>> with the current hardware scene, where wo

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Time for hardware upgrade(s)

2011-07-02 Thread Grant
Is Nvidia still the way to go instead of ATI?  I use the nouveau drivers with my onboard Nvidia chipset now and they've been fine for the most part.  I use a threaded ffmpeg to decode HD video instead of VDPAU so I don't bother with nvidia-drivers. - Grant >>> I d

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Time for hardware upgrade(s)

2011-07-02 Thread meino . cramer
Dale [11-07-03 03:08]: > Grant wrote: > >>>Is Nvidia still the way to go instead of ATI? I use the nouveau > >>>drivers with my onboard Nvidia chipset now and they've been fine for > >>>the most part. I use a threaded ffmpeg to decode HD video instead > >>>of > >>>VDPAU so I don't bother with n

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Time for hardware upgrade(s)

2011-07-02 Thread JD
On 07/02/2011 06:26 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Grant [11-07-03 01:12]: The most important thing is reliability and Linux compatibility but I also need HDMI and I figure USB 3.0 is a good idea. The system is for playing music and movies, no gaming whatsoever. If you're familiar with the cu

[gentoo-user] smplayer and kmplayer only works (almost) OK as root

2011-07-02 Thread Francisco Ares
Hi, All, I am trying to use smplayer or kmplayer as a regular user. They both don't work: kmplayer keeps saying that it is waiting mplayer buffering and smplayer reports "Mplayer has finished unexpectedly. Exit code:1". Running both as root from a terminal, the following message appeared: KGlob

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Time for hardware upgrade(s)

2011-07-02 Thread Dale
meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Dale [11-07-03 03:08]: Grant wrote: Is Nvidia still the way to go instead of ATI? I use the nouveau drivers with my onboard Nvidia chipset now and they've been fine for the most part. I use a threaded ffmpeg to decode HD video instead of VDPAU so I don't

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Time for hardware upgrade(s)

2011-07-02 Thread Dale
Grant wrote: I bet that's just old stock. I can't find a single motherboard with Nvidia graphics and an AM3+ or FM1 socket on newegg.com. - Grant I didn't see a AM3+ either. May have to buy a mobo and a separate video card. At least that way, you can get what you really want. This i

[gentoo-user] Why does update want to replace ssmtp with courier?

2011-07-02 Thread Walter Dnes
Fortunately, I do emerge -pv... otherwise I wouldn't be able to send this email, asking what the bleep is going on. I'm trying to do a regular update on my desktop and laptop. Apparently the update wants to replace ssmtp with courier on both machines. equery shows courier to be a dependancy fo

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Time for hardware upgrade(s)

2011-07-02 Thread Grant
>> I bet that's just old stock.  I can't find a single motherboard with >> Nvidia graphics and an AM3+ or FM1 socket on newegg.com. >> >> - Grant > > I didn't see a AM3+ either.  May have to buy a mobo and a separate video > card.  At least that way, you can get what you really want.  This is one >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Time for hardware upgrade(s)

2011-07-02 Thread meino . cramer
JD [11-07-03 05:57]: > On 07/02/2011 06:26 PM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > >Grant [11-07-03 01:12]: > >The most important thing is reliability and Linux compatibility > >but I > >also need HDMI and I figure USB 3.0 is a good idea. The system is > >for > >playing music and

Re: [gentoo-user] Why does update want to replace ssmtp with courier?

2011-07-02 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Saturday, July 2 at 23:15 (-0400), Walter Dnes said: > Fortunately, I do emerge -pv... otherwise I wouldn't be able to send > this email, asking what the bleep is going on. I'm trying to do a > regular update on my desktop and laptop. Apparently the update wants to > replace ssmtp with cour

Re: [gentoo-user] Why does update want to replace ssmtp with courier?

2011-07-02 Thread Walter Dnes
On Sat, Jul 02, 2011 at 11:15:04PM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote > Fortunately, I do emerge -pv... otherwise I wouldn't be able to send > this email, asking what the bleep is going on. I'm trying to do a > regular update on my desktop and laptop. Apparently the update wants to > replace ssmtp with cou

[gentoo-user] [OT] Difficulties to use scripts from openbox menu.xml

2011-07-02 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, a weird problem hit me... ;) I have a script, which cd into a certain directory and starts a program from there with "./". This scripts works fine from the commandline. But when I use the same script inside the ~/.config/openbox/menu.xml, I does not work: No program start. My setup: recen

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Time for hardware upgrade(s)

2011-07-02 Thread pk
On 2011-07-02 17:41, Grant wrote: > My motherboard is getting flaky and it's time for a new one. I have > an AMD 6000+ CPU, 4GB DDR2/800 RAM, 2TB SATA2 HD, Blu-Ray burner, PCI > wireless card, 400W power supply, and ATX case. I could replace any > of these components if it's worthwhile for some n