WordPress is possibly the best blogging tools for people who have their own domain, and PHP/MySQL capabilities on their server. Out of the box it is a solid performer, with a lot of useful features. However, what makes WordPress really good is the fact that as an open source content management system, there are...
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Sound Lost When Transferring from MPG to FLV
I have a problem that I am struggling to resolve. When I convert a video recorded using my Sony Camcorder from MPG to FLV, using FFMPEG, I lose the sound. I have done a little reading, and am currently struggling to fix this problem, but I think that is has something to do with...
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Converting MPG to FLV Using FFMPEG
I have recently bought a Sony DCR-SR35E Hard Disc Drive Handycam to film my baby son, but was struggling to find a way to showing the videos online, without having to resort to using public video sharing portals such as YouTube. The solution is to use FFMPEG to convert the .mpg files (which Sony...
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Bring out the Gimp (Farewell Photoshop)
One of the things holding me back from a total move from Windows to Linux was the lack of (or my mistaken belief of) a way to process Canon’s RAW .CR2 files. As an amateur photographer, I take all my photos in RAW format, to give me the greatest control over the final image....
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