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Downton Abbey fans don't typically tune in for the nudity, so it came as a shock when Jessica Brown Findlay, Lady Sybil herself, had a topless scene in the film Albatross. But now the 23-year-old actress, who shot the movie before Downton was a hit, thinks the nude scene has become something of an albatross—and she regrets it. "To be honest, Albatross was naivete and not knowing that I could say no," Findlay said of the movie, "I had no idea what was going to happen and thought I was going to be shot from behind. It's not something I would do again."
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 10:42 am
Post subject: Scar's 3 round mock draft (Groundhog day edition)
Round 1
1 Kansas City Chiefs DT Star Lotulelei Utah
2 Jacksonville Jaguars DE DaMontre Moore Texas A&M
3 Oakland Raiders QB Geno Smith West Virginia
4 Philadelphia Eagles OT Luke Joeckel Texas A&M
5 Detroit Lions DE Bjoern Werner Florida State
6 Cleveland Browns OLB Jarvis Jones Georgia
7 Arizona Cardinals LT Eric Fisher Central Michigan
8 Buffalo Bills QB Tyler Wilson Arkansas
9 New York Jets QB Mike Glennon North Carolina State
10 Tennessee Titans CB Dee Milliner Alabama
11 San Diego Chargers OLB Dion Jordan Oregon
12 Miami Dolphins WR Cordarrelle Patterson Tennessee
13 Tampa Bay Buccaneers CB Johnthan Banks Mississippi State
14 Carolina Panthers DT Sheldon Richardson Missouri
15 New Orleans Saints OLB Barkevious Mingo Louisiana State
16 St. Louis Rams OG Chance Warmack Alabama
17 Pittsburgh Steelers NT Jesse Williams Alabama
18 Dallas Cowboys OG Jonathan Cooper North Carolina
19 New York Giants OT Lane Johnson Oklahoma
20 Chicago Bears ILB Alec Ogletree Georgia
21 Cincinnati Bengals ILB Arthur Brown Kansas State
22 St. Louis Rams (from Washington) WR Keenan Allen California
23 Minnesota Vikings DT Sharrif Floyd Florida
24 Indianapolis Colts ILB Manti Te'o Notre Dame
25 Seattle Seahawks WR Terrance Williams Baylor
26 Green Bay Packers FS Kenny Vaccaro Texas
27 Houston Texans DE Ezekiel Ansah Brigham Young
28 Denver Broncos DT Kawann Short Purdue
29 New England Patriots WR Tavon Austin West Virginia
30 Atlanta Falcons DE Alex Okafor Texas
31 Baltimore Ravens S D.J. Swearinger South Carolina
32 San Francisco 49ers NT Jonathan Hankins Ohio State
Round 2
1 Jacksonville Jaguars OL Barrett Jones Alabama
2 Kansas City Chiefs QB Ryan Nassib Syracuse
3 Philadelphia Eagles CB Xavier Rhodes Florida State
4 Detroit Lions CB Desmond Trufant Washington
5 Cincinnati Bengals (from Oakland) S Eric Reid Louisiana State
6 Arizona Cardinals TE Zach Ertz Stanford
7 New York Jets OLB Sam Montgomery Louisiana State
8 Tennessee Titans OL Dallas Thomas Tennessee
9 Buffalo Bills WR DeAndre Hopkins Clemson
10 Miami Dolphins DE Margus Hunt Southern Methodist
11 Tampa Bay Buccaneers S Matt Elam Florida
12 Carolina Panthers CB Jordan Poyer Oregon State
13 San Diego Chargers OT D.J. Fluker Alabama
14 St. Louis Rams LB Khaseem Greene Rutgers
15 Dallas Cowboys RB Eddie Lacy Alabama
16 Pittsburgh Steelers LB Kevin Minter Louisiana State
17 New York Giants TE Tyler Eifert Notre Dame
18 Chicago Bears OL Justin Pugh Syracuse
19 Washington Redskins OT Kyle Long Oregon
20 Minnesota Vikings WR Justin Hunter Tennessee
21 Cincinnati Bengals RB Jonathan Franklin California - Los Angeles
22 Miami Dolphins (from Indianapolis) OT Oday Aboushi Virginia
23 Green Bay Packers OG Larry Warford Kentucky
24 Seattle Seahawks DT John Jenkins Georgia
25 Houston Texans CB Logan Ryan Rutgers
26 Denver Broncos DE Datone Jones California - Los Angeles
27 New England Patriots S Jonathan Cyprien Florida International
28 Atlanta Falcons RB Giovani Bernard North Carolina
29 Baltimore Ravens OL Travis Frederick Wisconsin
30 San Francisco 49ers WR Robert Woods Southern California
Round 3
1 Kansas City Chiefs WR Markus Wheaton Oregon State
2 Jacksonville Jaguars CB Will Davis Utah State
3 Detroit Lions S Phillip Thomas Fresno State
4 Oakland Raiders DT Brandon Williams Missouri Southern
5 Philadelphia Eagles S Tony Jefferson Oklahoma
6 Cleveland Browns WR Marquise Goodwin Texas
7 Arizona Cardinals LB Chase Thomas Stanford
8 Tennessee Titans TE Jordan Reed Florida
9 Buffalo Bills DE Cornelius Carradine Florida State
10 New York Jets OG Alvin Bailey Arkansas
11 Tampa Bay Buccaneers CB David Amerson North Carolina State
12 San Francisco 49ers (from Carolina) DE Sylvester Williams North Carolina
13 New Orleans Saints QB Matt Barkley Southern California
14 San Diego Chargers WR Quinton Patton Louisiana Tech
15 Miami Dolphins WR Stedman Bailey West Virginia
16 St. Louis Rams RB Andre Ellington Clemson
17 Pittsburgh Steelers QB Tyler Bray Tennessee
18 Dallas Cowboys DE Brandon Jenkins Florida State
19 New York Giants S T.J. McDonald Southern California
20 Miami Dolphins (from Chicago) RB Marcus Lattimore South Carolina
21 Minnesota Vikings LB Sean Porter Texas A&M
22 Cincinnati Bengals DE John Simon Ohio State
23 Washington Redskins DT Kwame Geathers Georgia
24 Indianapolis Colts OT Menelik Watson Florida State
25 Seattle Seahawks OT Chris Faulk Louisiana State
26 Green Bay Packers RB Montee Ball Wisconsin
27 Houston Texans WR Da'Rick Rodgers Tennessee Tech
28 Denver Broncos CB Dwayne Gratz Connecticut
29 New England Patriots CB Robert Alford Southeastern Louisiana
30 Atlanta Falcons TE Travis Kelce Cincinnati
31 Baltimore Ravens ILB Jonathan Bostic Florida
32 San Francisco 49ers OLB Corey Lemonier Auburn
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Great value for the Giants. Would love Johnson in the 1st. The Giants just drafted a TE last year but if Eifert's available can't blame Reese at all for pulling the trigger there.
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Round 1: Shariff Floyd - I like Floyd, I think this is a solid pick.
Round 2: Justin Hunter - Bad pick. Hunter just isnt a good fit for the Vikings offense. The Vikings arent going to be an air it out offense, they need receivers who can do damage in the intermediate passing game and Hunter simply doesnt offer much as a route runner and good hands receiver.
Quinton Patton would be a much better fit for the Vikings.
Round 3: Sean Porter - Another pick I don't like. The Vikings need a three down LB, and if they go the WLB route, I would prefer they add a player who can play MLB in nickel set. I just am not a big fan of Porter, the Vikings need a true coverage Linebacker most of all.
Give the Vikings Gerald Hodges here
(was he taken earlier?)
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I'm not sold on Arthur Brown as a first roubnder, but overall it looks good for Cincy. Given that Vaccaro is still there, I would take Vaccaro in the first and either go Lacy or LB at the top of two, and grab the other at the bottom of two.
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3 Oakland Raiders QB Geno Smith West Virginia
I hate you so much right now.
Oakland's new punter. Yes.
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INbengalfan wrote:
I'm not sold on Arthur Brown as a first roubnder, but overall it looks good for Cincy. Given that Vaccaro is still there, I would take Vaccaro in the first and either go Lacy or LB at the top of two, and grab the other at the bottom of two.
I tend to agree. And Rogers in the 3rd is very TEmpting
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Nobody wrote:
Are you kidding me?
He's not, and comments like this don't help this process either.
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I don't really understand the Goodwin pick, please explain
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Round 1 - Kenny Vaccaro - We have a ton of D-line contracts coming up after next year and we need more pass rush,
Ziggy Ansah
would be a much better pick.
Round 2 - Larry Warford - Really confused by this pick, he looks like a RG in the NFL and we have a Pro Bowl/All Pro caliber RG in Josh Sitton who we just gave a new contract too. Also we are set at LG with TJ Lang who also just got a new contract.
John Jenkins, Jon Cyprien, Robert Woods or Sly Williams
Would all be way better picks.
Round 3 - Montee Ball - Not sure he really adds anything that we don't have and I don't see him being better than Dujuan Harris who was really coming on strong in our system.
Robert Alford, Travis Kelce or Corey Lemonier
would all fit better for the Packers.
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Post subject: Re: Scar's 3 round mock draft (Groundhog day edition)
scar988 wrote:
Round 1
28 Denver Broncos NT Jonathan Hankins Ohio State
Round 2
26 Denver Broncos RB Marcus Lattimore South Carolina
Round 3
28 Denver Broncos ILB Jonathan Bostic Florida
If it plays out like you predict, here's what I'd like to see for the Broncos
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Great for Jaguars, but would prefer Darius Slay or Blidi Wreh-Wilson in the third.
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Nobody wrote:
Are you kidding me?
Pretty much my thoughts.
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McDonald over Bray in the third and you got yourself a damn good Steelers draft.
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Post subject: Re: Scar's 3 round mock draft (Groundhog day edition)
scar988 wrote:
Round 1
2 Jacksonville Jaguars DE DaMontre Moore Texas A&M
Round 2
1 Jacksonville Jaguars OL Barrett Jones Alabama
Round 3
2 Jacksonville Jaguars CB Will Davis Utah State
I'd be ok with 2 and 3. Not a fan of Moore.
Would prefer....Geno, Rhodes, Chris Faulk.
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The AMP position on gene patents and the legal position it has taken with regard to these patents has polarized the membership more, perhaps, than any other issue in this organization's history. Although it is possibly true that members representing "for-profit" commercial organizations favoring the patentability of gene sequence information are disproportionately represented, there are members from industry who stand to gain if gene patents are disallowed and from academic institutions who will lose revenue if gene sequences are found to be non-patentable. Although it may be several years before we know the answer, on April 4, 2011 the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) heard oral arguments on Myriad Genetics' appeal of the decision invalidating its BRCA1 and BRCA2 sequence patents. >>Read the Article
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Enjoy the outdoors and learn about diverse plant life on this leisurely paced, level, 2-mile hike with Laguna Canyon Foundation volunteer naturalists. For ages 8 and up. Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Little Sycamore Canyon Staging Area/Nix Nature Center (west side of Laguna Canyon Rd/SR-133, approximately 3.5 miles south of I-5/405).
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MISENHEIMER, N.C.- The Brevard College (0-4) men's tennis team lost 7-2 while traveling to Pfeiffer University Falcons (4-1) for a non-conference match on Thursday, February 27 at Knapp Tennis center.
Nathan Sabate and George Finch anchored Brevard by gaining both wins off the singles competition. Nathan Sabate competed against Pfieffer's Timmy Moline in the No. 3 singles spot winning both sets 6-2. The Tornados No. 6 singles spot was represented with a win by George Finch against the Falcons Zack Huff with scores 5-7, 6-3, 10-4.
Finch and Sabate paired up for a doubles run in the No. 3 spot coming within one at 9-8 but were unable to close play for a point.
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Feb 27, 2014 at Misenheimer, NC (Knapp Tennis Center)
|Singles competition
|1. Loic Minery (PUM) def. David Taggart (BCMT) 7-5, 6-4
|2. Sebastian Wernecke (PUM) def. Rory Northam (BCMT) 6-1, 6-2
|3. Nathan Sabate (BCMT) def. Jimmy Molina (PUM) 6-3, 6-2
|4. Stephen Miller (PUM) def. Christoph Plasa (BCMT) 5-7, 6-0, 10-7
|5. Bret Williams (PUM) def. Guilherme Prophirio (BCMT) 4-6, 6-2, 11-9
|6. George Finch (BCMT) def. Zack Huffman (PUM) 5-7, 6-3, 10-4
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|2. Bret Williams/Stephen Miller (PUM) def. Christoph Plasa/Guilherme Prophirio (BCMT) 8-0
|3. Orlando Castillo/Jimmy Molina (PUM) def. George Finch/Nathan Sabate (BCMT) 9-8
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|Brevard 0-4
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When asked if Gaga cracked the whip on set, she replied, "Well, you have to to keep the pace going. We had our work cut out for us with this video. It was a very big production. We shot for six days, and it was just such a pleasure working with the whole team."
She added, "We had a really, really great time."
The pop superstar also addressed rumors that everything she does is an act. "We sometimes think that there is a perception that what I'm doing is all a big show," she said. "I really, truly feel that it's just a part of who I am. Every moment of my life is devoted to my music and to my fans."
In recent controversy-grabbing headlines, Gaga made a stir with her vomit-inspired performance at the South By Southwest Music Festival (SXSW) in Austin. "I guess we weren't completely surprised," she noted of how things blew up following the showcase. "Millie [Brown] and I know that not everyone is going to love that performance, but we both really believe in artistic expression and strong identities. I support her in what she does."
"My new album ARTPOP is about bringing art and music together in the spirit of creative rebellion. For us, that performance was art in its purest form, but we totally understand that some people won't be into it," she said "Did we want the controversy? I suppose it doesn't matter."
The full "G.U.Y" music video will premiere on Dateline on Saturday, March 22, at 8/7c. Set those DVRs, Little Monsters!
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Avoid a Collision
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When to Call Police
Always call the police when:
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as for Daley I agree that he hasn't beaten alot of top guys since he has been away and was a dick for what he did. However, is it anymore damaging to the sport than the likes of Marquart/Barnett getting multiple bans for juicing yet still being in the UFC? In fact, unlike almost all other sports its fairly usual for guys to be banned for doping but kept in the organisation until their ban is over. Shocking fckin double standards. And I think we can all agree that Paul is definately UFC calibre and there are some great fight in the WW division for him


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Video Conversion
Video Conversion
This guide does not advocate the illegal duplication of copyrighted content. However, fewer and fewer devices use DVDs any longer, and a large amount of video content is distributed on DVDs. It becomes necessary to convert video content into formats that can be viewed on devices that no longer used DVDs. Furthermore, online content is often in a format that is not universally playable and this also requires conversion. Trying to select and encode a video into a format which your device accepts is not always a straightforward task.
There are lots of video and audio codecs and lots of methods and preferences for converting between formats. These are only some basic examples. A good deal of trial and error is often required for successful video conversion.
- Mencoder and FFMPEG are the two packages that are the workhorses of video conversion. Of these, mencoder is faster and generally gives better results.
- Handbrake uses a streaming algorithm and FFMPEG to "rip" DVDs and can work with many different encryption methods. It uses the (superior, open source) .MKV container only, however (which is not supported by many devices). It also does not support XVID (and uses either X264/H.264 or MP4 video codecs) and therefore its video output is also not universally accepted by a wide range of devices. As these standards become more widely accepted, however, this will be an invaluable encoding tool. On rare occasions I rip a video with Handbrake (to .MKV and H.264/MP3) and then convert it to .AVI (XVID/MP3) in a second step (using mencoder).
- When I originally wrote these articles, .MKV was accommodated by only a handful of DVD players. A recent survey of new DVD players shows that most (including widely available inexpensive DVD players) will now play files in .MKV format. In fact, it is now difficult to find DVD players that will still play .AVI with XVID / DivX video. However, over the years I have accumulated a very large collection of .AVI / XVID / MP3 videos. In 2013, there were only a limited number of DVD players that advertised DivX and .AVI compatibility that I could find (including some Philips players) that would play them all. Check compatibility charts for players carefully if you find yourself with a large collection of .AVI / XVID video files.
Mencoder is part of the MPlayer set of libraries (that also uses several of the FFMPEG libraries) for audio/visual conversion. If it is not installed on your system, install it:
sudo apt-get install mencoder
Usage instructions can be found from the command-line (man mencoder) or here.
MP4 with AAC audio to AVI with Xvid / MP3
- The AAC audio codec is not compatible with many DVD players and devices due to licensing restrictions, whereas the MP3 audio codec is nearly universally accepted. Xvid is the open source version of the DivX video codec and is accepted by a very large number of DVD players and other devices (even older ones, especially those displaying the DivX logo).
- The .AVI container only allows a constant bitrate, so the MP3 audio must be encoded at CBR. If the AAC is 5.1, it will be downcoded to stereo for MP3.
- This example is a two-pass technique that allows the file size to be specified and quality optimized for that filesize (using the information generated in the first pass). In this example, a 700 MB file is desired (and is specified by the negative value of 620000, which by a quirk of mencoder gives an approximately 700 MB file).
mencoder <input.mp4> -ovc xvid -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=128 -xvidencopts pass=1 -o /dev/null mencoder <input.mp4> -ovc xvid -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=128 -xvidencopts pass=2:bitrate=-620000 -o <output.avi>
- This basic command can be used for most input formats. For example, <input.mp4> can be replaced with <input.mkv> (for .MKV videos) or with <input.wmv> (for .WMV videos).
DVD to AVI with Xvid / MP3
- See the mencoder documentation.
- Extract a video (in the .vob format) from a DVD to a file with an .AVI container and XVID/DivX video and .MP3 audio using this (2-pass conversion) command:
mencoder dvd://1 -vobsub 999 -ovc xvid -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=128 -xvidencopts pass=1 -o /dev/null mencoder dvd://1 -vobsub 999 -ovc xvid -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=128 -xvidencopts pass=2:bitrate=-620000 -o <output.avi>
where dvd://1 indicates the first track of the DVD.
- If you are not sure which track contains the content you wish to extract to a file, one way to check this is to play the DVD with a media player like VLC, examining the tracks on it:
- VLC -> Media -> Open Disc... -> Play -> Playback -> Navigation
or from the command line install lsdvd (sudo apt-get install lsdvd) and use it:
lsdvd -v -t 1 /dev/dvd
This will show a list of the title numbers (for the content tracks) on the DVD (and information about them). Use the title number for the content to be extracted.
- Conversion is much faster when done from from a hard drive than from a physical DVD. It is possible to copy the VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folders from the physical DVD to a folder on the hard drive. Once you have copied the contents of the DVD to a folder, add the -dvd-device /path/to/dvd_folder option to specify it (with the same options as above in addition to the new one):
mencoder dvd://1 -dvd-device /path/to/dvd_folder
- Note the -vobsub 999 option to prevent subtitles from being automatically added. (If you wish to hardcode subtitles, use the number of the subtitle track, such as -sid 0 or -vobsubid 0 for the default subtitle track or -sid 1 or -vobsubid 1 for the next subtitle track. Note that mencoder numbers tracks from 0, so that subtitle track 1 would be designated -sid 0.)
- Other options for video cropping and scaling can be used. See these hints and these tips, as well as this section.
- When better audio quality is desired, an audio bitrate more than 128 kb/sec can be used (e.g. br=160 or br=192), but this will give a larger file (or will decrease video quality if the filesize remains constant). cbr (constant bitrate) is used for mp3lame encoding in .AVI; I generally increase the volume of the video by 30% using the vol=3 option, as well. My final audio command therefore usually ends up: -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=128:vol=3.
- If there are multiple audio tracks, the audio track can be selected with the -aid 1 (or similar) option, specifying the number of the desired audio track. (Note: check audio track numbering carefully.) The English default audio track is usually -aid 128. To show information about the audio tracks, use
lsdvd -a -t 1 /dev/dvd
- Although the bitrate=-700000 option specifies a target file size of 700000 (approx. 700 MB), this actually results in a file size of nearly 800 MB. Specify a target filesize about 15% less than actually desired, therefore. For a target 700 Mb file, for example, I use bitrate=-620000.
- For XVID there is an option to allow video seeking (for fast forwarding or rewinding) in 1 second increments (instead of the default 10 second increments): -xvidencopts max_key_interval=25 (seek every 25 frames instead of the default 250 frames). This would be included as part of a more complex option string, such as -xvidencopts pass=2:max_key_interval=25:bitrate=-620000.
- In order to play the converted .AVI file on my older DVD players and televisions (and avoid significant motion artifacts and pixelation), I find that I must use deinterlacing. Only two interlacing methods have worked well for me: -vf pp=lb or -vf yadif=0. There are many methods of deinterlacing for mencoder, however (see here and here, for example). Deinterlacing may not be necessary for your needs (when used for archival purposes only, for example, or if viewing files with media players (such as VLC) that already have built-in deinterlacing capabilities). Often recommended when ripping NTSC-format movies (progressive or telecined) is to include the option -vf pullup,softskip,harddup, which must be used with a deinterlacing filter, such as -vf pullup,softskip,pp=lb,harddup (or -vf pullup,softskip,yadif=0,harddup). The order of the telecine/progressive option, the deinterlacing option, and any cropping or scaling options is very specific -- read the mencoder documentation carefully when mixing these options. Specifically, cropping and scaling (when used) should be done after the telecine/progressive/deinterlacing options but before the frame duplication option, e.g. -vf pullup,softskip,pp=lb,crop=720:416:0:80,scale=704:304,harddup.
- Note: You will need libdvdcss2 installed on your system to access DVD data. If your DVD has encryption that is not able to be decrypted by libdvdcss, then consider using Handbrake, which uses a streaming algorithm to "rip" DVDs.
- This is the 2-pass command I end up using most often (with 4:3 NTSC videos):
mencoder dvd://1 -dvd-device /path/to/dvd_folder -vf pullup,softskip,pp=lb,scale=640:480,harddup -vobsub 999 -aid 128 -ovc xvid -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=128:vol=3 -xvidencopts pass=1 -o /dev/null mencoder dvd://1 -dvd-device /path/to/dvd_folder -vf pullup,softskip,pp=lb,scale=640:480,harddup -vobsub 999 -aid 128 -ovc xvid -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=128:vol=3 -xvidencopts pass=2:max_key_interval=25:bitrate=-620000 -o <output.avi>
- or
mencoder dvd://1 -dvd-device /path/to/dvd_folder -vf pullup,softskip,pp=lb,harddup -vobsub 999 -aid 128 -ovc xvid -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=128:vol=3 -xvidencopts pass=1 -o /dev/null mencoder dvd://1 -dvd-device /path/to/dvd_folder -vf pullup,softskip,pp=lb,harddup -vobsub 999 -aid 128 -ovc xvid -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=128:vol=3 -xvidencopts pass=2:max_key_interval=25:bitrate=-620000 -o <output.avi>
- Note: While scale=720:540 will also give a 4:3 aspect ratio (1.33), many TVs will only allow a maximum height of 480, so I do not use it. Also note that not specifying the scale (as in the second command example) always gives a default 720:480 aspect ratio (which is a 1.5 ratio instead of 1.33), which may distort the aspect somewhat. I therefore no longer use this second command example and instead specify the aspect ratio explicitly (as in the first command example).
- This is the 2-pass command I end up using most often (with 16:9 NTSC videos):
mencoder dvd://1 -dvd-device /path/to/dvd_folder -vf pullup,softskip,pp=lb,scale=720:406,harddup -vobsub 999 -aid 128 -ovc xvid -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=128:vol=3 -xvidencopts pass=1 -o /dev/null mencoder dvd://1 -dvd-device /path/to/dvd_folder -vf pullup,softskip,pp=lb,scale=720:406,harddup -vobsub 999 -aid 128 -ovc xvid -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=128:vol=3 -xvidencopts pass=2:max_key_interval=25:bitrate=-620000 -o <output.avi>
- The scale option is set for use on most widescreen TVs. However, an alternative is to use scale=648:364 so that I can play the video on analogue televisions with overscan (I still have a few of those).
Using k9copy as a conversion front-end
- k9copy is a good front-end for mencoder (as well as ffmpeg).
- To add an option to encode to XVID from an NTSC DVD (when using mencoder within k9copy), I add the necessary options to the Video codecs section:
- k9copy -> Configure k9copy -> Encoders -> mencoder -> Add -> label: XVID from NTSC -> first pass ->
-ovc xvid -xvidencopts bitrate=$VIDBR:turbo:pass=$PASS:aspect=$ASPECT -vf pullup,softskip,pp=lb,crop=$CROPWIDTH:$CROPHEIGHT:$CROPLEFT:$CROPTOP,scale=$WIDTH:$HEIGHT,dsize=$ASPECT,harddup
The same command is entered for the "second pass" option as well. For the "one pass" option enter:
-ovc xvid -xvidencopts bitrate=$VIDBR:aspect=$ASPECT -vf pullup,softskip,pp=lb,crop=$CROPWIDTH:$CROPHEIGHT:$CROPLEFT:$CROPTOP,scale=$WIDTH:$HEIGHT,dsize=$ASPECT,harddup
- To then use this new Video codec option, make sure it is selected:
- k9copy -> Configure k9copy -> MPEG-4 -> Video -> Codec -> XVID from NTSC -> 2 pass (ticked) -> Apply
At the same time, the MP3 (lame) Audio codec option can be selected:
- k9copy -> Configure k9copy -> MPEG-4 -> Audio -> Codec -> mp3 (lame) -> OK
- Now when the Output: MPEG-4 encoding is selected from the main screen, this "XVID from NTSC" Video encoding option will be used.
- Note that the -vf pullup,softskip,pp=lb,crop=$CROPWIDTH:$CROPHEIGHT:$CROPLEFT:$CROPTOP,scale=$WIDTH:$HEIGHT,dsize=$ASPECT,harddup option can be used with any Video codec, not just XVID.
AVI to MPG
- The MPG format is sometimes useful for creating DVDs (using the MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 video codec, which can be then used for conversion to vob files. If the audio codec of the AVI file is already AC3 or MP3, it usually can be copied. This example is taken from the MPlayer/Mencoder documentation. Example:
mencoder <input.avi> -of mpeg -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg1video -oac copy -o <output.mpg>
Increase volume
- Use the -af volume=3:0 option, where the first number (3 in the example) is the number of decibels to increment the volume (a 3 db increment doubles the volume), and the second number is 0 for hard-clipping and 1 to allow software-based clipping (to prevent oversaturation when the sound becomes too loud).
For example, if I want to double the sound volume of my .AVI video:
mencoder <input.avi> -ovc copy -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=128 -af volume=3:0 -o <output.avi>
- This can also be done when encoding to the mp3lame audio codec by adding an option to the mp3lame options:
mencoder <input.avi> -ovc copy -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=128:vol=3 -o <output.avi>
- where vol=3 can be set to any value between -10 and 10. I use vol=3 to increase the volume 30%. (This method works best for me.)
Re-synchronize audio with video
If the audio track is out of synch with the video, it can be adjusted using the -audio-delay [sec] option. For example, if it is found (using VLC -> Tools -> Track Synchronization, for example) that the required delay is 0.700 sec, then re-encode using -audio-delay 0.700:
mencoder <input.avi> -ovc xvid -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=128 -audio-delay 0.700 -xvidencopts pass=1 -o /dev/null mencoder <input.avi> -ovc xvid -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=128 -audio-delay 0.700 -xvidencopts pass=2:bitrate=-620000 -o <output.avi>
Add subtitles to video
- .srt subtitle files are essentially text files with time stamps. They are meant to be used with digital video files (such as .AVI files) and are different from the image-based .idx / .sub subtitle files (vobsub) used with the .vob format found on commercial DVDs.
- Using mencoder:
mencoder -ovc [codec] [codec opts] -oac copy -sub [sub file.srt] -subfont-text-scale [3 normally]
In the example above, this would be:
mencoder <input.mp4> -ovc xvid -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=128 -xvidencopts pass=2:bitrate=-620000 -sub <subtitles.srt> -subfont-text-scale 3 -o <output.avi>
- If the subtitles are too low or too high on the screen, they can be positioned so that the top edge of the subtitles are at a different position using the -subpos 95 option, where the number specifies the percentage from the top of the screen where the subtitles will be placed. For example, if using the value 95, the top of the subtitles will be placed 95% down the screen. The full command would then be, for example:
mencoder <input.mp4> -ovc xvid -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=128 -xvidencopts pass=2:bitrate=-620000 -sub <subtitles.srt> -subfont-text-scale 3 -subpos 95 -o <output.avi>
- Full subtitle options can be found in the manual (available from the command-line terminal): man mencoder
- Note: When adding subtitles to an .AVI video, you must transcode it completely. It is not sufficient to merely add the subtitle track as listed above -- the entire video must be re-transcoded. So, for example:
mencoder <input.avi> -ovc xvid -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=128 -xvidencopts pass=1 -o /dev/null mencoder <input.avi> -ovc xvid -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=128 -xvidencopts pass=2:bitrate=-1200000 -sub <subtitles.srt> -subfont-text-scale 3 -o <output.avi>
Trim a video
- Using mencoder:
mencoder <input.avi> -ovc copy -oac mp3lame -ss 01:57:12 -endpos 00:04:08 -o <output.avi>
where -ss indicates the start position of the clip (hh:mm:ss) and -endpos indicates how long the clip should be. (I use mp3lame for the audio codec because YouTube accepts that.)
Resize a video
- Using mencoder:
mencoder <input.avi> -ovc xvid -vf scale=320:240 -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=128 -xvidencopts pass=2:bitrate=-1200000 -o <output.avi>
where -vf scale=320x240 indicates that the resulting video should be of that size. The position of the suboption in the command string is important.
- HDTV resolution is usually 1920 x 1080 ("1080p") or 1280 x 720 ("720p"). A standard definition widescreen TV has a maximum height of "480p" (usually 853 x 480 but often 720 x 406). The standard width:height aspect ratio for cinema is 1.85:1 (although increasingly the original filming aspect of 2.35:1 is being used), whereas the average aspect ratio for widescreen movies distributed for display on television is 16:9 (1.77:1). When resizing a video, it is good to know the original dimensions of the video and maintain the width to height aspect ratio in the chosen scale.
- Example: An HQ video is distributed as 1280 x 692 (which has an aspect ratio of 1.85:1). The device (a low resolution television) on which it is to be displayed has a maximum width of 720. The desired resolution would then be 720 x 390 to keep the aspect ratio at approximately 1.85:1. The option would then be -vf scale=720:390. An analog television would require 10% overscan, making the maximum width 648. To keep an aspect ratio of 1.85:1 would require a resolution of 648 x 350, or a scale option of -vf scale=648:350.
- Example: An HQ video is distributed as 1280 x 544 (which has an aspect ratio of 2.35:1). The device (a low resolution television) on which it is to be displayed has a maximum width of 720. The desired resolution would then be 720 x 306 to keep the aspect ratio at approximately 2.35:1. The option would then be -vf scale=720:306. An analog television would require 10% overscan, making the maximum width 648. To keep an aspect ratio of 2.35:1 would require a resolution of 648 x 272, or a scale option of -vf scale=648:272.
- Example: An HQ video is distributed as 1920 x 1080 (which has an aspect ratio of 16:9, or 1.77:1). The device (a low resolution television) on which it is to be displayed has a maximum width of 720. The desired resolution would then be 720 x 406 to keep the aspect ratio at approximately 16:9. The option would then be -vf scale=720:406. An analog television would require 10% overscan making the maximum width 648. To keep an aspect ratio of 16:9 would require a resolution of 648 x 364, or a scale option of -vf scale=648:364.
- "Standard" definition analog television has a 4:3 ratio (1.33:1), for which a scale of 640:480 (-vf scale=640:480) is generally preferable.
- Example: An HQ video is distributed as 960 x 720 (which has an aspect ratio of 1.33:1). The device (a low resolution television) on which it is to be displayed has a maximum width of 720. The desired resolution would then be 720 x 540 to keep the aspect ratio at approximately 1.33:1. The option would then be -vf scale=720:540. An analog television would require 10% overscan, for which the original standard dimensions 640:480 would suffice. To keep the aspect ratio of 1.33:1 and a resolution of 640 x 480, use the scale option of -vf scale=640:480.
- It is possible to use VLC to determine the aspect ratio of the original video while it is playing:
- VLC -> Tools -> Codec Information -> Stream 0: Resolution
Cropping and Scaling
- The -vf filters operate on the video in the order they are loaded. The crop filter uses width:height:x-offset:y-offset. (The default x-offset and y-offset is centered, so these are optional.) For example, to first crop the 688x464 region of the picture with upper-left corner at (x=12,y=4) and then scale the result down to 640x464, the following chain is used:
-vf crop=688:464:12:4,scale=640:464
If I want to remove subtitles (-sid 999), crop out black bars and extraneous noise at the top/bottom of an .mkv video, scale it, and convert to an .avi format, an example command might be:
mencoder <input.mkv> -sid 999 -ovc xvid -oac mp3lame -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=128 -xvidencopts pass=1:bitrate=-620000 -vf crop=1280:688,scale=720:406 -o <output.avi>
Convert to .MP3 audio file
- To use Mplayer to extract audio from an .avi file to an ,mp3 .wav file:
mencoder <input.avi> -of rawaudio -oac mp3lame -ovc copy -o <output.mp3>
- This can be combined with start markers (-ss hh:mm:ss) and a length marker (-endpos hh:mm:ss) to extract only a segment of audio from an .avi file. In the following example, only audio from starting position at 3 minutes 45 seconds with a length of 2 minutes 4 seconds will be extracted:
mencoder <input.avi> -ss 00:03:45 -endpos 00:02:04 -of rawaudio -oac mp3lame -ovc copy -o <output.mp3>
- (Under construction) To use Mplayer to extract audio to a pcm .wav file:
mplayer <input.avi> -vc null -oa pcm -aofile -ss 1441.4 -endpos 260.1 <output.wav>
- Then convert the .wav file to .mp3 with your favourite converter (such as Audacity or SoundConverter).
Change audio track of video
- In general, Avidemux is a good video editor for most needs, including muxing and demuxing video and audio.
- For a quick method to change the audio for a video, I like to merely remove the audio from the original video file using the -nosound option, for example:
mencoder <input.avi> -ovc copy -nosound -o <outputnosound.avi>
- Then, I add a new audio file as the audio track to the video using the -audiofile option. For example, if I now want to add an .mp3 audio track named <newaudio.mp3>, I would use the command:
mencoder <outputnosound.avi> -ovc copy -oac mp3lame -audiofile <newaudio.mp3> -o <output.avi>
MKV files
- To manipulate .MKV files directly, install the mkvtoolnix utilities:
sudo apt-get install mkvtoolnix mkvtoolnix-gui
- This toolset includes the mkvextract and mkvmerge tools. Instructions for mkvextract can be found from the command-line terminal (man mkvextract) or here.
Extract .MKV audio track
- Use mkvmerge to identify the tracks:
mkvmerge --identify <input.mkv>
This command will also list the format of the audio track (AC3, MP3, AAC, etc.)
- If the audio track to be extracted is track 2, use
mkvextract tracks <input.mkv> 2:<output.ac3>
- Use an audio editor such as Audacity to edit or modify the audio track as desired (and export it to the desired audio format).
- It is then possible to use the new audio file to change the audio track of the original video.
Extract .MKV subtitle file to .SRT subtitle file
- Use mkvmerge to identify the tracks:
mkvmerge --identify <input.mkv>
- If the subtitle file to be extracted is track 3, use
mkvextract tracks <input.mkv> 3:<output.srt>
- For this to work, of course, the MKV subtitle track must already be in text (.srt) format, not image (.sub/.idx) format.
- If instead of the text-based .srt format the subtitle track of the input.mkv video is in the image-based vobsub format used with .vob commercial DVDs, the mkvextract tool will output the subtitles as a pair of output.sub and output.idx files instead. The .sub/.idx subtitle files can then be converted into a .srt subtitle file using VobSub2SRT.
- Edit the .srt subtitle file for errors or unnecessary information (use the gedit text editor instead of kate if using Ubuntu instead of Kubuntu):
kate <output.srt>
Remove .MKV subtitles and convert to AVI (XVID/MP3)
Mastroska container (.MKV) video files can have multiple subtitles included. In the default conversion from an .MKV container format to an .AVI container format, the default subtitle file of the .MKV container is automatically hardcoded into the converted .AVI file, which may be undesirable. To overcome this behaviour (so that the converted .AVI has no subtitles), use the -sid 999 option:
mencoder <input.mkv> -sid 999 -ovc xvid -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=192 -xvidencopts pass=1 -o /dev/null mencoder <input.mkv> -sid 999 -ovc xvid -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=192 -xvidencopts pass=2:bitrate=-1200000 -o <outputnosub.avi>
- To hardcode one of the subtitle tracks onto the .AVI video from the .MKV video, choose the subtrack ID, such as -sid 0 or -sid 1.
- If using NTFS and the error
> Too many audio packets in the buffer: (4096 in 837540 bytes). > Maybe you are playing a non-interleaved stream/file or the codec > failed? For AVI files, try to force non-interleaved mode with the > -ni option.
appears, then add these options:
-mc 0 -ofps 24000/1001 -noskip
- Of course, a new .srt subtitle file could then be added to the resulting .AVI file. See this section.
FFMPEG is the swiss-army knife of video and audio format conversion. It succeeds when no other program can. It is free and open source. If it not yet installed on your system as part of another package (it is used by many video/audio editors), then install it:
sudo apt-get install ffmpeg
- A recent .deb package can also be found from the Debian wheezy site for ffmpeg found here. Choose the correct package for your system (32-bit i386 or 64-bit amd64).
- To convert many different formats, read the FFMPEG documentation. Also see this tutorial.
Flash video (.flv) to MPG-2 using FFMPEG
- To convert a saved Flash video (.flv) to an MPEG-2 format playable on a DVD, convert:
ffmpeg -i samplevideo.flv -target ntsc-dvd samplevideo.mpg
- Then use K3b (or Gnomebaker) to write the mpg file to a New DVD Data Project.
- For PAL use -target pal-dvd. For widescreen, use -target film-dvd. For other conversion tips, see this forum. (Note: Most Flash video has very low resolution, with a screen size of 360x270, for example. You may see a slight diminishment in resolution if you wish to convert it to 720x480 (which is the NTSC standard size) or other screen size. You can keep the original screen size and resolution by omitting the -target parameter.) If your original file is 16:9 widescreen and you desire a 4:3 letterbox output for playing on an overscanned TV, you may need to pad the file so that the widescreen is not compressed (see this forum):
ffmpeg -i samplevideo.flv -target ntsc-dvd -s 648x364 -padleft 36 -padright 36 -padtop 58 -padbottom 58 samplevideo.mpg
- You can also use the WinFF GUI and add the command (as above) as a "Preset," for subsequent use. For example:
- Video converter (WinFF) -> Edit -> Presets ->
- Preset Name: Letterbox -> Preset Label: 16:9 Widescreen to 4:3 Letterbox
- Preset command: -target ntsc-dvd -s 648x364 -padleft 36 -padright 36 -padtop 58 -padbottom 58
- Ouput file extension: mpg -> Category: DVD
- -> Add/Update -> Save
- To convert to MPEG-4 (mp4) files, use
ffmpeg -i samplevideo.flv outputvideo.mp4
- FFMPEG requires that multiple restricted extra codecs be installed. This can be done in a single easy step from the command-line Terminal:
sudo apt-get install kubuntu-restricted-extras
- or
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
Convert to .MP3 audio file using FFMPEG
Convert Flash video audio to mp3
- Once you have downloaded flash video content (.flv) from the Internet (using the Video Download Helper plug-in for Firefox, for example), the audio component can be converted to an mp3 using this command (from the command line Terminal). (This will work for any type of video file, not just Flash.)
ffmpeg -i nameofvideoclip.flv -ab 160k -ac 2 -ar 44100 -vn nameoffile.mp3
- where -i indicates the input, -ab indicates the bit rate (in this example 160kb/sec), -vn means no video ouput, -ac 2 means 2 channels, -ar 44100 indicates the sampling frequency. See FFMPEG docs for more info.
If I only want a segment of the video to be converted, I can use the time markers:
ffmpeg -i nameofvideoclip.flv -ss 00:00:09 -t 00:03:00 -ab 160k -ac 2 -ar 44100 -vn nameoffile.mp3
- where -ss 00:00:09 indicates the point in the video (hh:mm:ss) at which to start conversion and -t 00:03:00 indicates the amount of time (from the start point) to convert.
- As long as FFMPEG is already installed, the Video DownloadHelper plug-in for Firefox already has an option to automatically convert an online video (such as those found at YouTube) into an .MP3 file. (Settings are adjustable.) From the DownloadHelper icon in Firefox, highlight the video to convert, then
- DownloadHelper icon -> Download and Convert -> Converter options: MP3
Edit/convert screencapture with FFMPEG
Note: This section under construction.
- Note: I now recommend using mencoder for all video conversion techniques. It uses some of the ffmpeg libraries but is faster and gives more reliable and high-quality results.
- This is only one example of a wide variety of techniques. Once I have a captured video, I want to convert it to XVID video (which is the format my older DVD player accepts) and MP3 audio (mp3lame), which I will place in an AVI container (which my DVD player also accepts).
ffmpeg -i Punchcast1.avi -vcodec mpeg4 -vtag xvid -acodec libmp3lame -ss 00:00:09 -t 00:03:00 Punchcast2.avi
I will start conversion (-ss) at second 9 (to eliminate unimportant things at the beginning) and convert 3 minutes (-t) of video (00:03:00).
- I happen to watch my screencasts on my old-fashioned 4:3 television. To do that, I make a letterboxed video:
ffmpeg -i Punchcast1.avi -vcodec mpeg4 -vtag xvid -ss 00:00:09 -t 00:03:00 -s 648x364 -padleft 36 -padright 36 -padtop 58 -padbottom 58 -acodec libmp3lame Punchcast3.avi
My laptop screen is 1366x768, which I reduce to a size of 648x364. My TV wants 720x480, so I pad the sides and top/bottom. Why not a width of 720 initially? My older television has 10% overscan, which cuts off 10% of the video. I therefore use (at least) 10% padding on the edges.
In newer versions of FFMPEG, the padding (and many other) options have changed. The proper command is now:
ffmpeg -i Punchcast1.avi -vcodec mpeg4 -vtag xvid -ss 00:00:09 -t 00:03:00 -s 648x364 -vf pad 720:480:36:58 -acodec libmp3lame Punchcast3.avi
ffmpeg movie=Punchcast1.avi:seek_point=9 -vcodec copy -acodec libmp3lame Punchcast1f.avi
WinFF (FFMPEG GUI)
WinFF is a free, GPL-licensed open source GUI frontend for FFMPEG. Install:
sudo apt-get install winff xterm
- Menu -> Applications -> Sound & Video -> WinFF
Avidemux (Video editor/convertor GUI)
I happen to like the command line for video conversion (because the commands are more transparent), but many users prefer a GUI interface, for which Avidemux has long been a favourite.
Split a file into segments
Any file can be split into segments using the Linux command:
split -b 1440k my_big_file
which will split my_big_file into equal segments of size 1440 kb.
Join .MPG video segments
Individual video segments (MPEG-2, for example) can easily be joined:
cat samplevideo1.mpg samplevideo2.mpg samplevideo3.mpg > samplevideo123.mpg
- You can then write the resulting MPEG-2 file to a DVD and play it in most DVD players.
VobSub2SRT (Convert subtitles from .sub/.idx to .srt)
- VobSub2SRT is a simple (GPLv3-licensed) command-line program to convert the image-based .idx / .sub subtitle files (used with the .vob format found on commercial DVDs) into text-based .srt text subtitle files by using OCR. It is based on code from the MPlayer project, Tesseract as OCR software, and libavutil (part of the FFmpeg project). Install the (K)Ubuntu/Debian (.deb) package from a PPA repository:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ruediger-c-plusplus/vobsub2srt sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install vobsub2srt
- Alternatively, you can download and build a version from source code.
- Install dependencies:
sudo apt-get install pkg-config build-essential cmake libavutil-dev libtesseract-dev
- For (K)Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal) also install:
sudo apt-get install libtiff5-dev tesseract-ocr-eng
- For (K)Ubuntu 12.04LTS (Precise) also install:
sudo apt-get install libtiff4-dev tesseract-ocr tesseract-ocr-eng
- If you will be converting subtitles in languages other than English, you must install tesseract for any or all of those languages as well:
sudo apt-get install tesseract-ocr-vie tesseract-ocr-deu tesseract-ocr-fra tesseract-ocr-ita sudo apt-get install tesseract-ocr-nld tesseract-ocr-spa tesseract-ocr-por tesseract-ocr-deu-f
- where vie is for Vietnamese, deu is for German, fra is for French, ita is for Italian, nld is for Dutch, spa is for Spanish, por is for Portugeuse, and deu-f is for German Fraktur script. If you don't you will get an error of the type: Unable to load unicharset file /usr/share/tesseract-ocr/tessdata/xxx.unicharset.
- Download and unzip the VobSub2SRT .zip file into its own directory:
mkdir vobsub2srt cd vobsub2srt wget -O vobsub2srt-current.zip https://github.com/ruediger/VobSub2SRT/zipball/ca53a18108eb08d6e2b853643d8c6838e2489823 unzip vobsub2srt-current.zip rm vobsub2srt-current.zip
- This will create a subdirectory with the current version. For example, my version is vobsub2srt/ruediger-VobSub2SRT-ca53a18. Change into that directory then compile and install the program.
cd ruediger-VobSub2SRT-ca53a18 ./configure make sudo make install
- This should install the program vobsub2srt to /usr/local/bin. You can uninstall vobsub2srt with sudo make uninstall. You can build a *.deb package (Debian/Ubuntu) with make package. The package is created in the build directory.
- Convert the .sub / .idx pair of subtitle files (named Filename.sub and Filename.idx) into a .srt subtitle file (named Filename.srt):
vobsub2srt Filename
- where Filename is the file name of the subtitle files WITHOUT the extension (.sub / .idx).
- If there are multiple languages in the .sub / .idx pair of subtitle files, you can select which language to convert (using the 2-letter ISO 639-1 language code, e.g. en, fr, de, it, es, pt, etc.):
vobsub2srt --lang en Filename
- Edit the .srt subtitle file for OCR mistakes (use the gedit text editor instead of kate if using Ubuntu instead of Kubuntu):
kate Filename.srt
Create a commercial (.vob) format DVD
- The audiovideo container of commercial DVDs uses the .vob format. This container requires either MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 video (.mpg) and either AC3 or MPEG-2 (.mp2) audio. Therefore, the first step in creating a DVD-video in this format is to convert all audiovisual files (to be included on it) to .mpg files (with one of those video and audio formats), usually with the MPEG-PS (A+V) container. This can be done from the command-line terminal (using mencoder or ffmpeg) or from a GUI utility (such as Avidemux).
- Open the file and allow the time map and Index to be rebuilt.
- It is best to convert a file (to be included on the DVD) to a format with MPEG-2 (avcodec) video, AC3 (lav) audio, and the MPEG-PS (A+V) container as an intermediate first. The MP2 audio format (the default for Avidemux in "Auto" mode) can also be used, and will result in a much smaller .mpg file than when using AC3 audio, but several of my very old DVD players only recognise AC3 audio (so this has therefore become my personal preference).
- The easiest method for doing this is to use the Avidemux Auto DVD wizard. (Avidemux -> Auto -> Optical Disc -> DVD). Select the appropriate souce and destination ratios. (My source videos are usually already in 16:9 widescreen formats, and I want to make DVDs for my widescreen 16:9 TV. I therefore choose 16:9 for both the "Source Aspect Ratio" and the "Destination Aspect Ratio.") The Auto DVD Wizard uses MP2 audio by default, but I personally like AC3 audio instead (the format usually used on "commercial" DVDs). I therefore change this using the Audio -> AC3 (lav) option.
- It is possible to customise (or initially set) the format options manually as well (see the Avidemux documentation). Select the Video (and make sure the aspect ratio is the one you desire in Video -> Configure -> Configuration: DVD -> Aspect Ratio: 16:9 ), Audio, and (container) Format options.
- To be DVD compliant, the resolution must be
- 720*480 or 704*480 or 352*480 for NTSC
- 720*576 or 704*576 or 352*576 for PAL/SECAM
- This is set automatically if using the Auto DVD wizard. If your original video does not already have the correct aspect ratio, you will have to use cropping, scaling, and/or black bar "Filter" options until one of the standard resolutions is achieved.
- Save the file ( Avidemux -> File -> Save -> Save Video... -> myconvertedvideo.mpg ) to activate the conversion process. (If prompted whether to "Reuse the existing log file?" answer "No.")
- Alternatively, mencoder can be used from the command-line to convert a file to the .mpg format.
- Alternatively, FFMPEG can be used from the command-line to convert a file to the .mpg format. A simplified preset option for for conversion to both PAL and NTSC options is available.
- Once all files to be included on the DVD-video have been converted to .mpg files, the utility dvdauthor can be used for conversion to .vob format (appropriate for writing to the DVD). While this utility can be used from the command-line, "authoring" (conversion) is more easily accomplished using one of several available GUI front-ends, which allow creation of menus for the DVD as well.
- With Kubuntu I use KMediaFactory for simple projects. (QDVDAuthor, which is difficult to install in recent Kubuntu versions, is superior and more powerful. KMediaFactory, in contrast, is in the repositories and is adequate (and quick) for most purposes.
- Rename the .mpg files (created with Avidemux or other method) carefully. The filename(s) becomes the Title(s) used by KMediaFactory for the video(s) on the DVD menu.
- Set up the DVD menu in KMediaFactory.
- KMediaFactory -> Project -> Title -> MyDVDTitle (this will appear on the DVD Menu at the top)
- -> Type: DVD-NTSC -> Aspect: 16:9 -> Destination Folder /home/user/DVDs
- Add the .mpg files to the DVD.
- KMediaFactory -> Media -> Add Video -> MyFirstVideofile.mpg -> VideoProperties: Aspect ratio: 16:9
- -> Add Video -> MySecondVideofile.mpg -> VideoProperties: Aspect ratio: 16:9
- Choose the DVD Menu appearance.
- KMediaFactory -> Template -> Preview 3
- Choose the output format. For this, I generally create a "DVD folder":
- KMediaFactory -> Output -> DVD Folder
- Start the conversion ("DVD authoring") process. If an error appears, the problem usually lies in a non-existent (or write-protected) folder having been specified when setting the "Title" options. Make sure the folder has been specified properly. KMediaFactory will then create the standard AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS folders in the folder specified.
- -> Start
- Prior to burning I check to make sure that my DVD looks the way I had intended using VLC (VLC -> Media -> Open Disc... -> Browse... -> specified_folder -> Play)
- In Kubuntu I then use K3b to burn the AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS folders to a blank DVD. This can be done in K3b using the "New Video DVD Project" (K3b -> More actions... -> New Video DVD Project) using the AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS folders as the data. Edit the name of the DVD to reflect the desired DVD name. "Burn" the DVD. The result will be identical to commercial DVDs. (Note: In recent versions of K3b I have had to "Burn" using the "growisofs" Writing app at 8x Speed and DAO (Disc-At-Once) Writing Mode in order to achieve reliable burns. See here for more details.)
Recommended formats
- There is only one format that works on all my devices (computer (both Linux and Windows), (Android) tablet, (Android) eBook reader, MP3 player, (older) DVD player):
- .AVI container with XVID/DivX video codec and MP3lame (MP3) audio codec
- I use this for all my devices, and encode video files to about 700 MB. This is a good size that gives good quality and allows me to fit many videos on a single SDcard (which I use in my mobile devices). For most of my devices, a 128 kb MP3 encoding bitrate is sufficient; I previously encoded at 192 kb for MP3lame (which is the default bitrate for AC3 sound), but I find this bitrate to be unnecessary. (The higher the encoding bitrate, the larger the encoded file, and I try to keep all my files around 700 MB.) The .AVI container has several limitations: it does not allow more than stereo audio (i.e. no 5.1 surround sound), does not allow multiple subtitle files, and requires a constant bitrate (CBR) audio channel. For advanced archival purposes it may not be suitable in the long-term, but currently it is desirable for the wide range of devices that accept it. It is also one of the only containers guaranteed to be accepted by Windows computers (since the container is originally a Windows-based format).
- I am also able to use an .MP4 container with X264/H.264 video codec and either the AAC audio codec or the MP3lame (MP3) audio codec on many devices, but not all. Neither the X264/H.264 video nor the AAC audio will play on my (older) DVD player or MP3 player, for example (though it plays on my computer and some newer Android tablet devices). Furthermore, the rewind/forward/seek function for .MP4 files does not work accurately on many of the devices that do play it.
- The related .M4V container (the proprietary Apple Quicktime format) works on almost none of my devices, and, furthermore, is difficult to decode and re-encode to a different container. I shun this format like the plague.
- The newer .MKV container, though open source and a superior container, is accepted by very few of my older devices. It does not play on my (older) DVD player or MP3 player, for example (no matter which video and audio codecs are used).
- Nevertheless, most newer DVD players seem to accept the .MKV format. In fact, it is now difficult to find DVD players that will still play .AVI with XVID / DivX video. Over the years, however, I have accumulated a very large collection of .AVI / XVID / MP3 videos. In 2013, there were only a limited number of DVD players that advertised DivX and .AVI compatibility that I could find (including some Philips players) that would play them all. Check compatibility charts for players carefully if you find yourself with a large collection of .AVI / XVID video files.
- My Android (2.3) tablet devices will also not accept the AC3 audio codec (which is the standard audio used on commercial DVDs, for example), so most of the time I re-encode any files having AC3 audio with the MP3lame audio codec instead.


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Taiwan-based motherboard maker ASRock is showcasing its new entry-level notebooks and nettop at CeBIT 2009.
The 12.1-inch MultiBook G12 is equipped with a dual-core processor and weighs around 1.7kg, while the 15.6-inch M15 and is equipped either an Intel Pentium or Celeron processor.
The two notebooks will start shipping to Europe and China markets after CeBIT 2009.
- Wireless broadband developments in Southeast Asia markets
As of 2013, the 10 ASEAN nations had a total of over 700 million mobile subscriptions, with the CAGR from 2003-2013 reaching 24%. This Digitimes Research Special Report analyzes the various mobile broadband markets in ASEAN and looks at the respective trends in 4G LTE development for those markets.
- 2015 global tablet demand forecast
This Digitimes Research Special Report provides a 2015 forecast for the global tablet market and analyzes the strategies of key market players such as Google, Apple, Intel, and Microsoft.
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ACT Brumbies centre Andrew Smith will quit Australian rugby at the end of the year after deciding to end his Super Rugby career and sign a deal with Irish club Munster.
Smith, 29, has signed a one-year deal to join Munster at the end of the Brumbies' campaign. It ends a five-year stint in Canberra and the hard-running outside-centre is determined to leave with a Super Rugby title.
Brumbies director of rugby Laurie Fisher is a former Munster assistant coach.
"I'm really looking forward to joining Munster and making the most of the opportunity," Smith said.
"Laurie Fisher has always spoken highly about the team and culture. It's somewhere I want to go and make an impact, working closely with the boys and training hard. I've got no doubt it will be a great experience."
Smith has been forced to bide his time on the Brumbies' bench after Fijian powerhouse Tevita Kuridrani cemented a place at outside-centre. Injuries in the past two seasons have crippled Smith's bid to chase a Wallabies jersey and hold on to a regular starting spot for the Brumbies. He has played 43 Super Rugby games and will start from the bench against the Canterbury Crusaders on Saturday.
Munster chief executive Garrett Fitzgerald said: "We look forward to welcoming Andrew when he arrives at the end of his Super 15 commitments with the Brumbies. We are delighted to have secured the services of a player of his calibre for next season."


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Spring 2014
@Kauai CC
|Credit Hours:
Becky Santos
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|Instructional Mode:
|03/10/2014 - 05/07/2014
|Schedule Notes:
|Course delivery is generally through the use of Internet contents and virtual office meetings. Students MUST check Hawaii.edu emails regularly to keep up with announcements, homework, assignments, exams, etc.
Please check your MYUH portal account regularly for announcements about class cancellations and UH system announcements.
Course announcements are posted directly on to our Laulima course site; however, students will also receive messages on their MyUH portal (your hawaii.edu email account). You should check the website or your MyUH for recent announcements.
This course will also be using Schoology.com to facilitate assignments, discussions, projects, etc. Course updates will be posted to the course webpage. Students are encouraged to activate the notification preferences for prompt information.
Both asynchronous and synchronous modes will be used in this course. Students are encouraged to work at their own pace, asynchronously. However, certain situations may call for synchronicity, such as group projects and tutoring sessions.
|Course Restrictions:
|If you have a disability and have not voluntarily disclosed the nature of your disability and the support you need, you are invited to contact the Student Services at your respective campuses through the following link: http://www.hawaii.edu/kokua/UHDSProviders.htm
Important Registration and Withdrawal Deadline Information
03/09/2014 Last day to register
N/A Last day to receive 100% tuition refund
03/21/2014 Last day to receive 50% tuition refund
03/21/2014 Last day to drop (No "W" on transcript)
04/13/2014 Last day to withdraw from class ("W" on transcript)
|Course Requirements:
1. Convey financial information clearly and appropriately to the audience and purpose.
2. Organize, analyze, interpret, and present timely and accurate financial information.
3. Apply accounting principles and techniques as needed.
4. Use standard and emerging technologies to perform basic office functions and to improve quality and productivity.
5. Maintain professional and personal development.
6. Demonstrate work attitude, behavior, and appearance that contribute to continued employability.
7. Use critical thinking skills that reflect legal and ethical standards and values of the accounting profession.
COURSE STUDENT LEARNING OBJECTIVES (CSLOs)
1. Using a practice set, apply accounting knowledge and skills to manually complete the accounting cycle for a business.
2. Using accounting software, apply accounting knowledge and skills to record accounting transactions, to maintain accounting records, to prepare financial statements, and to perform financial analysis.
3. To research and prepare a report on an accounting theory, ethical issue or other accounting topics.
|Course Prerequisites:
|"C" or higher in ACC 125 or ACC 201 or instructor approval.
|Course Description:
|This is a practical accounting course in which students will apply previously acquired accounting skills and knowledge to set up and maintain accounting records using a publisher's manual practice set and integrated accounting software. Topics include processing journal entries, general ledgers, accounts receivable, accounts payable, inventory, payroll, financial statement analysis, and conversion to an automated system.
QuickBooks Pro 2013, Complete - w/CD
Author: Conlon
Edition: 13
|Technical Requirements:
The Internet allows students to take a course at home using a personal computer. Familiarity with using a computer and basic Internet skills (browsing, sending e-mail, saving/sending files) is required. Students must have a computer with Internet access. Depending on the online course, students may be required to log in at a specific day and time or at anytime. Students taking an online course should always contact their instructor after registration or prior to the first day of class to get detailed information regarding the course.
It is also required that you obtain a UH Email account. Please go to the following URL for more information: http://www.hawaii.edu/askus/563
Students will be allowed access to Schoology.com once they complete a series of introductory assignments related to technology skills and the course commitment.
|Additional Notes:
|The Accounting program has a trio of certificates tailored to accounting and entrepreneurship. The three certificates of completion are the Accounting Assistant, Accounting Office Assistant, and Entrepreneurship. These certificates are designed to immerse students of an accounting and entrepreneurial mindset and get them workforce ready in a short period of time. Classes are compressed into eight-week modules, and each certificate can be completed in as little as 24 weeks. All classes are conducted in an online learning environment, are collaborative, and intense. These are programs that are workforce-based and follow current and future hiring trends as it relates to skills aspired by employers on Kaua'i and abroad. Email: email@example.com for more information. 8 week courses available for Spring 2014 are: ACC 124, ACC 125, ACC 128, ACC/BUSN 193V, BLAW 200, ECOM 100, ICS 100, MGT 122, and SMKT 150.
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July 17, 2006
9/11 Online Community Support Group:
Get the Word Out
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." Mead, Margaret American anthropologist (1901-1978)
So many family members have contributed wonderful ideas for reaching out to others at their time of need; their thoughts range from suggestions for self-care to improving family communications. Often these activities and words take courage. Courage to tell others and courage to listen. At a time when family members want others to support and reach out to them...the reverse is often true. It is the grieving family member who becomes the 'teacher' showing friends and acquaintances how much they need the support of others. This chat session will serve to explore ways to 'get the word' out...about the nature of loss, what helps the healing process and why the compassion and concern of friends and families is the most important tool we have for healing and recovery.
Please join your peers in the 9/11 community for an online chat on Thursday, July 6th from 8-9PM EST. This online chat session will provide 9/11 victims' families, survivors, first responders, and others affected by the attacks at the Pentagon, the World Trade Center, and Shanksville the opportunity to discuss issues and topics of importance in a safe, supportive environment. As a reminder, all participants must be FOS11 members (please see below on how to register as a member - membership is free). Dr. Donna Gaffney, a licensed mental health professional and noted trauma specialist, will facilitate the chat.
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After you login, you will be able to choose an anonymous chat name (which will identify you in the chat room) and a password. Then, you will receive an email with a link to the chat. On Thursday, July 6th at 8pm, please click on the link that is emailed to you and enter your chosen chat name and password. As a reminder, all participants must be 18 years of age or older and members of Families of September 11 (FOS11). To register as a FOS11 member, please click on the link at the bottom of this email. If you have any problems or questions, contact email@example.com or 212-575-1878.


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Peels vs Scrubs: What's Best For Your Skin
Carisa Janes is specifically focused on innovation. "If we feel there's something missing from the marketplace, if we believe we can improve on what already exists, if we've discovered a compelling new ingredient or technology—all these factors are influential," she said.
For spring, the California-based company is introducing Ambient Lighting Powder, a cutting-edge collection of finishing powders that soften the way the light appears on your skin that were inspired by Janes's mother. "She always used flattering pink light bulbs in the house," she said. "Groundbreaking new technology allowed us to make that viable."
"There are two things I came into this world loving: horses and makeup!" said Janes who wanted to "create a modern luxury line that incorporated clinical levels of active ingredients." Janes also wanted products that would look good on her counter. "I really wanted beautiful textures, rich pigments, and sophisticated packaging," she said.
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The Broad Spectrum of EBV Disease
Medical Author: Melissa Conrad Stoppler, MD
The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a member of the herpesvirus family, is found throughout the world. Studies show that up to 95% of all adults have antibodies against this common virus, meaning that they were infected at some point in their lives. Even though most infections with EBV go unnoticed or produce only very mild symptoms, in some cases, it can be associated with the development of serious conditions, including several types of cancer. Even mild or non-life-threatening infection with EBV can, occasionally, be associated with the development of serious complications from the infection. Although the virus typically targets lymphocytes, a particular blood cell involved in the immune response, almost all organs systems can ultimately be affected by EBV infection.
EBV is transmitted by close person-to-person contact. Primary, or initial, infection with EBV may not produce symptoms or there can be a number of different symptoms, especially in young children. The manifestations of primary EBV infection include:


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FAA Electronics Ban on Planes Causes More Harm Than Good
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Passengers are acting out against the rules and even hurting one another
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) worries that
electronic device use on planes
places passengers in harm's way, but the real issue is that the FAA is spreading fear about an issue that hasn't been proven yet.
The FAA has set rules that make it so passengers cannot use electronic devices like smartphones, tablets and e-readers during takeoff and landing on a flight. However, there is no solid proof that electronics affect the way a plane performs. This has been in question for some time, but the FAA continues to impose these rules on passengers, and it has caused panic and even injuries among those who travel by plane.
For instance, a 68-year-old man punched a 15-year-old on a plane when the teenager refused to turn off his smartphone during a flight. According to the man, he was doing it to save the entire plane from any harmful consequences.
Just a couple of months ago, a passenger was arrested in El Paso when he decided not to turn off his cell phone during landing. Last month, another passenger did the same when landing in New York and a swarm of cop cars were waiting for him once he exited the plane.
Of course, many also remember the incident where Alec Baldwin was kicked off a plane in 2011 for playing Words With Friends.
This goes to show that the FAA is causing more trouble by making people believe that electronics are an issue when they may very well not be.
Back in March, the FAA said it would
the effects of tablet/e-reader use
during takeoff and landing.
Pilots can already use iPads during the entire flight [Image Soure: The AirplaneNut]
The FAA likely put this testing off due to costs and the amount of testing required for these devices to pass. In order for the FAA to approve the use of e-readers and tablets during takeoff and landing, each kind of device needs to be tested. For example, an iPad cannot be tested alone; the iPad 2 and the new iPad must be tested as well. There are already several versions of the Kindle available as well, such as the Kindle Fire tablet, and many other Android-powered tablets on the market. There are now Windows 8 tablets on the market too.
In early December 2011, the FAA raised a few eyebrows when
allowing American Airlines pilots to use iPads in the cockpit
. The FAA allowed iPads to replace paper manuals and charts, and they could be used during takeoff and landing. The FAA argued that allowing two iPads in the cockpit was a significantly different scenario than several passengers using several devices for longer periods of time.
Earlier this month, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
pressured the FAA to allow greater use of electronic devices
during takeoff and landing because
"they empower people to stay informed and connected with friends and family, and they enable both large and small businesses to be more productive and efficient, helping drive economic growth and boost U.S. competitiveness."
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