Setup Linux for TiVo video to iPad video conversion

1) Install TiVo File Decoder

Download source from http://sourceforge.net/projects/tivodecode/files/ the 0.2pre4 version works fine for me.  Extract the source and build it.

./configure
make
sudo make install

Use "which tivodecode" to make sure it was installed properly in /ur/local/bin

2) Install Mencoder

Enable Medibuntu https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu
sudo apt-get install mencoder

Convert TiVo video to iPad video in Linux

Steps in General
1) Download the Video
2) Decode the Video
3) Re-encode the Video

Steps in Detail
1) Find the URL for the TiVo file however you like.  Find your TiVos MAK however you like.  Set the output file location.

curl '$url' --digest -k -u tivo:$mak -c /tmp/cookies.txt --retry 12 --retry-delay 10 -o $target

$c = "";
$c .= "curl '$url' "; //source
$c .= "--digest -k "; //tivo needs these??
$c .= "-u tivo:$mak "; //username and password
$c .= "-c /tmp/cookies.txt "; //storing cookies is necessary, we just don't want them.
$c .= "--retry 12 --retry-delay 10 "; //help retry??
$c .= "-o $target"; //output

2) Find your TiVos MAK however you like.  Set the input file location.  Set the output file location.

tivodecode $input -m $mak -o $output

$d = "";
$d .= "tivodecode $input ";
$d .= "-m $mak ";
$d .= "-o $output ";

3) Set the input file location.  Set the output file location.

mencoder $input -o '$output' -ss 00:00:02 -ovc x264 -x264encopts qcomp=0.8:nocabac:level_idc=30:bframes=0:global_header:threads=auto:bitrate=1200 -vf pp=lb,scale=1024:-10,harddup -oac faac -faacopts mpeg=4:object=2:raw:br=128 -af volnorm=1 -of lavf -lavfopts format=mp4

$m = "";
$m .= "mencoder $input -o '$output' ";
$m .= "-ss 00:00:02 ";
$m .= "-ovc x264 ";
$m .= "-x264encopts qcomp=0.8:nocabac:level_idc=30:bframes=0:global_header:threads=auto:bitrate=1200 ";
$m .= "-vf pp=lb,scale=1024:-10,harddup ";
$m .= "-oac faac ";
$m .= "-faacopts mpeg=4:object=2:raw:br=128 ";
$m .= "-af volnorm=1 ";
$m .= "-of lavf ";
$m .= "-lavfopts format=mp4";

UPDATE: Normalized Audio.

My Review of Sharpie Retractable Porous Point Pen

Originally submitted at Discount Office Items.com

Sharpie Retractable Pen features a soft grip for added writing comfort and fine point tip size for everyday writing and precise lines. Quick-drying ink prevents smearing. Water-resistant, acid-free ink is permanent on paper and won't bleed through paper. Color indicator on plunger helps disting...

Sharpie Retractable Porous Point Pen

A good Sharpie Pen

By Jim from Beaver Dam, WI on 3/8/2010

 

4out of 5

Pros: Ink Dries Quickly

Describe Yourself: Value Oriented

Primary use: Business

This is basically a very thin tip Sharpie marker that is retractable instead of having a cap. It has an extra long plunger because of the different mechanism to keep it from drying out.

(legalese)

P3P Explained: Compact Privacy Policies in 2010

Your first point of reference for P3P should be the wikipedia page. It'll give you a good overview. Here's the basics:

• Microsoft helped pay for it.
• Microsoft browsers are the only browsers that still use it.
• Microsoft browsers have never used it correctly.

When Internet Explorer (IE6 - IE8) is in the "High" Privacy mode it "Blocks all cookies from websites that do not have a compact privacy policy." So if you want to set a cookie on an IE browser in "High" Privacy, you need a compact privacy policy.  You don't need a well formed policy, you don't need a valid policy, you can put swears in your policy and it'll still be accepted.

In PHP:
<?php header('P3P: CP="JUNK DATA"'); >

gPhoto2 Image Capture on the Mac.

This is a good place to start
gPhoto Primer.

Installation:

• Install X11 and the Developer Tools from the OS Install Disc
• Download the Most Recent MacPorts for your Platform (It used to be called DarwinPorts) and install.
• Install gPhoto

• sudo port install gphoto2

• Install proctools

• sudo port install proctools

• I didn't bother with trying to upgrade gPhoto to the most recent version.

Installation:

• Make sure nothing else has access to the camera, and kill any other possible gphoto instances.

• pkill PTP

• pkill gphoto2

Setup Camera:

• gphoto2 --set-config capture=On

• gphoto2 --set-config whitebalance=4

• gphoto2 --set-config zoom=5

• gphoto2 --set-config assistlight=Off

• gphoto2 --set-config iso=0

• gphoto2 --set-config canonflashmode=off

• gphoto2 --set-config focusingpoint=0

For Testing Purposes

• gphoto2 --set-config canonimgquality=0

• gphoto2 --set-config canonimgsize=3

For Production

• gphoto2 --set-config shootingmode=3

• gphoto2 --set-config aperture=18

• gphoto2 --set-config shutterspeed=25

• gphoto2 --set-config iso=0

• gphoto2 --set-config canonimgquality=1

• gphoto2 --set-config canonimgsize=1

Toggle Focus

• gphoto2 --set-config focuslock=on

• gphoto2 --set-config focuslock=off

Take Infinite Photos Every 2 Minutes

• gphoto2 --capture-image --interval=180 --frames=0

Upgrade Flash Player in Ubuntu

Download some kind of thing from Adobe.
(There are lots of options)

Find a libflashplayer.so somewhere in the archives you downloaded.
Replace the copy of libflashplayer.so in /home/user/.mozilla/plugins

Dumping a DOMElement in PHP

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$xml = $domElement->ownerDocument->saveXML($domElement);
var_dump($xml);