Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recording web audio in Dapper

2006-09-17 Thread Llywelyn Owen
Thanks for the replies.It's a bit late to begin experimenting at the moment, but I'm looking forward to giving it a go hopefully this week.RegardsLlywelyn Owen -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recording web audio in Dapper

2006-09-17 Thread Will Cooke
On Sun, 2006-09-17 at 20:09 +0100, Tony Arnold wrote: > On Sun, 2006-09-17 at 19:19 +0100, Stephen Garton wrote: > > I've done this before with mplayer, but AFAIK it will only dump to > > wav, you would then have to encode this with lame or similar. > > > > to use mplayer, use something like 'mpla

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recording web audio in Dapper

2006-09-17 Thread Neil Greenwood
Llywelyn and Tony, I'm including the following URLs from a similar thread on the South Wales LUG a few months ago. Quite a few recommended the mplayer tip mentioned in this thread, including one who was outputting directly to mp3 (at least the extension he used was mp3...) http://www.misticriver.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recording web audio in Dapper

2006-09-17 Thread Tony Arnold
On Sun, 2006-09-17 at 19:19 +0100, Stephen Garton wrote: > I've done this before with mplayer, but AFAIK it will only dump to > wav, you would then have to encode this with lame or similar. > > to use mplayer, use something like 'mplayer -dumpstream "" > -dumpfile ' if my memory serves me correctl

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recording web audio in Dapper

2006-09-17 Thread Stephen Garton
I've done this before with mplayer, but AFAIK it will only dump to wav, you would then have to encode this with lame or similar. to use mplayer, use something like 'mplayer -dumpstream "" -dumpfile ' if my memory serves me correctly. On 17/09/06, Llywelyn Owen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Whilst

[ubuntu-uk] Recording web audio in Dapper

2006-09-17 Thread Llywelyn Owen
Whilst I'm in a enquiring frame of mind, how easy is it to record to mp3/ogg/other some web streamed audio. I am thinking specifically of BBC programs which don't seem to have a download option, just a stream option. I used to use Total Recorder under windows, and would love to find a similar app i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Where does Ubuntu Dapper store its fonts?

2006-09-17 Thread Llywelyn Owen
Thanks for your help. It looks like the typeface is not stored on my Dapper PC as a ttf. I should have added that the deficient PC runs Windows and a OOo generated PDF contains some ticks and crosses in Dingbat typeface. I want to add this typeface so that lots of documents will look OK rather than

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Where does Ubuntu Dapper store its fonts?

2006-09-17 Thread Paul Sladen
On Sun, 17 Sep 2006, Joseph Price wrote: Hello Joseph, > Check out the .fonts folder in your home directory. This is where you install /custom/ fonts just for the use of one particular user. As was stated in the original email to which you replied: "the web point[s] me to .fonts in my home d

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Where does Ubuntu Dapper store its fonts?

2006-09-17 Thread Joseph Price
Check out the .fonts folder in your home directory. -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Where does Ubuntu Dapper store its fonts?

2006-09-17 Thread Paul Sladen
On Sun, 17 Sep 2006, Llywelyn Owen wrote: > Specifically, where I can get my hand on the Dingbat font $ fc-match -v Dingbats | grep file: file: "/usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts/d05l.pfb"(s) Which is a PostScript Type 1 font file. > so that I can copy > it to another installation. $ dpk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Where does Ubuntu Dapper store its fonts?

2006-09-17 Thread Adam Bagnall
At least some of the fonts are stored in /usr/share/fonts/ -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Where does Ubuntu Dapper store its fonts?

2006-09-17 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Llywelyn, > I'm trying to locate the directory where Dapper stores it's fonts. > Specifically, where I can get my hand on the Dingbat font so that I > can copy it to another installation. I'm getting very frustrated with > this seemingly simple task. At least Windows keeps everything in the >

[ubuntu-uk] Where does Ubuntu Dapper store its fonts?

2006-09-17 Thread Llywelyn Owen
I'm trying to locate the directory where Dapper stores it's fonts. Specifically, where I can get my hand on the Dingbat font so that I can copy it to another installation. I'm getting very frustrated with this seemingly simple task. At least Windows keeps everything in the same directory. Answers t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Where to put shared files

2006-09-17 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Steve, > I want a directory for files shared between users on the same machine > (music, photos etc.). Is there a convention for where that should be? No. I use /home so users files are still under /home even if they're shared, e.g. /home/joint, or /home/lab. > Should I be using NFS (bear

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Where to put shared files

2006-09-17 Thread Tony Arnold
Steve, On Sun, 2006-09-17 at 02:24 +0100, Steve Smith wrote: > I've finally got my server working, LTSP here we come! > > I want a directory for files shared between users on the same machine > (music, photos etc.). Is there a convention for where that should be? I'm not aware of any convention