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Ubuntu + iPod Touch/iPhone

Published on January 17, 2010 in Apple, Entertainment, How-To, Linux, Mac, Multimedia, Music, News, Open Source, Operating Systems, Picture, Ubuntu and Video. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .

Updated Information at End of Article

After spending a great deal of time researching Ubuntu and iPod Touch/iPhone sync issues, I’ve finally found a solution that isn’t a dreadful experience.

There is currently a project in the alpha/beta stages that, when completed, will provide sync support for the iPod Touch and iPhones that are using Firmware 3.

If you’re not using Firmware 3 on your iPod Touch or iPhone, then I’m not sure how much this guide will apply to you. You can try looking here for more information.

If you are using Firmware 3 (my iPod Touch is running OS 3.1.2), then I’d suggest you following the guide provided by A. Tres Finocchiaro (aka FatButtLarry) over on his blog.

Following his guide, which is comprised of two lines of terminal commands to copy-n-paste, I was able to have my iPod Touch sync’ing in no time!

While the transfer speed seems to be a bit slow, it is indeed working well! Cover art is transfered flawlessly, everything seems to be in order!

Remember that this project isn’t complete and you are likely to encounter bugs. My experience thus far has been positive, your mileage may vary. Good luck. ;)

Update (2010-02-24):
If you are using or plan to upgrade to Ubuntu 10.04, you will not need to manually install any of the software mentioned above. Ubuntu 10.04 brings support for the iPhone and iPod Touch by default. You should not have any problems with your device and Rhythmbox!

Screen Capture Tip: Use Jing!

Published on November 10, 2009 in Apple, Applications, How-To, Mac, Microsoft, Multimedia, News, Picture, Product Review, Video and Windows. 2 Comments Tags: , , , .

I’ve been using this little screen capture tool for several weeks now with very positive results! Jing is available to Mac and Windows in both a Free form as well as a Pro (pay for) form.

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Using Jing, you are able to quickly capture a screenshot of a specific window or a pesky little software bug in action, upload it to an online source and paste the link all within a matter of seconds!

If you can’t capture what you’re looking for in a simple image, you might like the option to capture a video of what you are doing on your desktop and share a link to that instead!

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To use Jing, you simply select it from the top of your screen (where it waits by default) and click capture. You’re then given a selection tool that allows you to pick to screen space that you want to capture….nothing more, nothing less. After selection the area that you want to capture, you simply specify if it’s for an image or for a video.

If you click image, you will have your capture almost immediately  and can pick where to store it! If you select video, you will have 3 seconds to prepare your cursor or anything else you need to do. After the count down, video recording begins. Simply click the stop button when you’re finished and pick a source to upload to!

One feature that I’ve only just started using is the FTP option to upload my captures to kyleabaker.com! Thus far, I’ve used Jing to capture tons of bugs that would have otherwise been nearly impossible to capture.

Aside from the slightly noticeable resource usage and slight hang when it’s first activated, Jing is an excellent tool that I would suggest to anyone who needs to capture a visual from your computer screen!

Kings of Leon – Use Somebody

Published on August 4, 2009 in Entertainment, Multimedia, Music and Video. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

This is currently one of my favorite songs on the radio and I found this great acoustic cover a little while back on YouTube and had to share it.

Lynzie Kent and Rich G – Use Somebody (Acoustic Cover)

VHS-to-DVD Conversions

Published on July 2, 2009 in Multimedia and Video. 0 Comments Tags: , .

I kept claiming that I was going to get this done a long time ago.

I have a bunch of home videos that I want to convert to DVD so we can hold on to them longer. So far I have a few converted, but I must have gotten side tracked.

It’s time to pull out all of my video conversion hardware and start up the process again. Hopefully I get a little more done this time around than I did before.

Install Boxee in Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty x86_64

Published on June 9, 2009 in Apple, Applications, How-To, Linux, Mac, Microsoft, Multimedia, Music, News, Open Source, Operating Systems, Product Review, Ubuntu, Video, Web and Windows. 19 Comments Tags: , , , .

After coming across details regarding Boxee and the extended number of sources that it can pull videos from, I just had to give it a test drive.

First of all, Boxee is a media player that is being developed for multiple platform use. It’s not restricted to videos and is able to stream music from Pandora as well as Last.fm.

One of the first things that I noticed upon registering for Boxee (which is free) was that it is currently only available for Mac and Ubuntu. A Windows version is in development, however, it’s not currently possible to get an install of the alpha/beta Windows builds.

To further disappoint me just a bit, I found that the installers for Ubuntu were for 32-bit machines only. fortunately there is that geeky thing you can do called “force-architecture” or “force-all”. :P

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After using my online best friend (Google) I was able to come across several guides for installing Boxee on Ubuntu 9.04 64-bit. Some of them were correct and some of them weren’t. Some of them were scattered and unorganized and…well…none of them were pathetically easy to follow.

That’s why you’re here. ;)

If you want to install Boxee on Ubuntu 32-bit, just follow the installation instructions provided after registering. If you’re installing in Ubuntu 64-bit (Jaunty Jackalope I might add) then please continue.

Installation

  1. Install “getlibs-all” by downloading it from here and double clicking to install or by copy/pasting the following terminal commands. (More details about getlibs here).
    wget http://frozenfox.freehostia.com/cappy/getlibs-all.deb
    sudo dpkg -i getlibs-all.deb
  2. wget http://apt.boxee.tv/dists/jaunty/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz
  3. zcat Packages.gz | grep Filename
  4. Make sure that the bold part in the following command matches the file name from the above command (ignoring the jaunty and intrepid folder differences).
    wget http://apt.boxee.tv/dists/intrepid/test/binary-i386/boxee-0.9.11.5777.deb
  5. sudo dpkg -i –force-all boxee-0.9.11.5777.deb
    sudo dpkg -i –force-architecture boxee-0.9.11.5777.deb
  6. The following command may take some time to complete, however, be patient and wait for getlibs to prompt you whether or not to install additional libraries to make Boxee work on your machine. Be sure to answer yes or y. ;)
    getlibs /opt/boxee/Boxee
  7. sudo apt-get install lib32nss-mdns

After being patient and completing these (honestly) few steps, you should be able to launch Boxee from the application menu and start enjoying some Internet videos!

For further reading or more detailed/technical instructions please see the source thread of this process.

Also, for the record, Netflix Watch Instantly does not work in Boxee for Ubuntu as far as I can tell (due to the lack of DRM support).

I hope I’ve been able to help in some way. Best of luck with Boxee!

Comedy: Auto-Tune the News

Published on May 3, 2009 in Entertainment, Multimedia and Video. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

First off, thanks to a friend for sharing this with me on Facebook. Secondly, these are hilarious and I hope you enjoy them.

Auto-Tune the News #1

Auto-Tune the News #2

Dilbert

Published on April 27, 2009 in Entertainment, Multimedia and Video. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .

This afternoon I decided to rest up from a very busy day and so I turned to Hulu.

After watching several new episodes of my favorite shows I decided to see what else was available on Hulu.

That’s when I came across Dilbert. You know, the little cartoon office guy from the funnies.

I’ve posted a couple that I found humorous. Hopefully you will as well.


Know of any other ones that I missed that are worth mentioning? Share them below!

Happy 22nd Birthday Jasmine!

Published on April 13, 2009 in Birthday, Entertainment, Holiday, Jasmine, Multimedia, Music, News, Picture and Video. 1 Comment Tags: , , .

I love my babe gurl Jasmine and I have to give her a special shout out for her 22nd Birthday!

I love you Jasmine. It’s been a great past 7 years (nearly 8) with you and I’m anticipating on many more great years to come!

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I had to edit that picture from your 20th birthday cake to your new 22nd (in Gimp for all you nerds). :D

I’m proud of you gurl and I want you to know how much I love you! I’m posting this song kind of as a “rite of passage” song. :P

You’ve passed the 21 mark, now that you’re 22 everything will be different. No more special birthdays that you care about and no more benefits until you reach Senior Citizen status. :P

You’ve been traveling on your (youth) road too long, the youth in you is dead and gone. :P

Make the most of your special day. I’ll be right there with you every step of the way..until we part..by..dead and gone. ;)

I love you,
Kyle

The Waterboys – The Whole Of The Moon

Published on March 25, 2009 in Multimedia, Music and Video. 4 Comments Tags: , , , , .

This is one of my new favorite songs thanks to Absolute Radio even though it’s actually really old. You should give it a listen and see what you think! I actually really like it and think that a lot of people would love it if they gave it a shot! Go check it!

Twouble with Twitters

Published on March 23, 2009 in Entertainment, Multimedia, Twitter and Video. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

If you’re into Twitter and other forms of micro-blogging then you might enjoy this short clip.

 

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