Interesting side project: Setting up an Edubuntu machine for a special friend
Posted by JeffC on August 23, 2008 in General, Blues, Technology
With so much going on one would wonder why take on any more; I am behind on things as it is. Well for one thing I pay the tab here so if it takes me a year or two this get this out, ya know what? Too bad. Sometimes there is a karma tab to […]
Tasks are multiplying like rabbits….
Posted by JeffC on August 9, 2008 in DVDDB, EZRip, VOD, General, Technology
Holy cow have things caught up with me and the many projects I have going on. For the longest time so many projects were able to run in a vacuum or with only minimal interaction. No more. Now it seems that everything is needing some aspect of everything, not to mention the need for process. […]
Last minute details….
Posted by JeffC on July 19, 2008 in DVDDB, VOD, Technology
After a lot of refocusing of priorities, the DVDDB release will be delayed for at least another few days. Lots of things have changed but I think for the better. As a one-man coding crew, I get done what I can when I have the time. The thing is, while not all of the stuff […]
DVDDB 1.0 RC1 and EZRip 1.21 RC1
Posted by JeffC on May 31, 2008 in DVDDB, EZRip, VOD, Technology
Been a hell of a week so several things are not where they should be. However, I promised the code drop for the end of the week and it is the end of the week. Both toolsets are reasonably complete although the DVD DB service is as much proof of concept as anything else. The […]
Technology Preview: EZrip 1.20 and the premier of DVDDB 0.90 prealpha…
Posted by JeffC on May 26, 2008 in VOD, Technology
Two big announcements or rather pre-announcements. First, the big announcement. What is the biggest common problem when ripping any kind of DVD? Yep, naming the tracks, getting all of the right tracks ripped and so on. Usually this involves at a minimum a rip/rename process on a single-track rip or ripping them all in multiple […]
VOD: The media life-cycle
Posted by JeffC on April 12, 2008 in VOD, Technology
Last time we covered at a reasonably high level how to assemble a modest or not so modest video on demand system for your home. This time we will look at adding content to it from a variety of sources, cleaning it up and so on. It is at this point the VOD system will […]
The high level view of your very own video on demand system
Posted by JeffC on April 12, 2008 in VOD, Technology
Hi folks. In the VOD series we have skipped around a bit in describing the system because posts were motivated by timeliness of the changes. In this article you will get the big picture on how you can have a kick-ass video on demand (VOD) system for peanuts. This is exactly the system we run […]
The Delmark 55th Anniversary Show
Posted by JeffC on April 12, 2008 in Blues
Hi folks;
In March of this year Beth and I had the great fortune to visit the Windy City in time to catch the Delmark Records 55th anniversary bash at Buddy Guys Legends Club. Chicago as usual was freaking cold:
Updates on technical things
Posted by JeffC on February 23, 2008 in VOD, General, Technology
Howdy folks, a few updates:
1. What I do at work and what I do offline here such as the discussions on cross-platform in some ways has very little overlap yet in other ways, due to the broad nature of the architecture being discussed, could be applicable to anything. Since my employer pays my bills, I […]
CMakeWizard 2.0
Posted by JeffC on February 12, 2008 in Technology
CMakeWizard was OK for a first throw at something to make a CMake-based project out of nothing. However a few things needed changing plus I got one of those nifty Asus EEE pc laptops. This thing is the coolest little gadget because you can do nearly anything with it. However as with all flash-based […]