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Webcam Recording using VLC on Linux

Posted on July 13, 2010 by brousch

These instructions apply to Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx LTS and VLC 1.0.6 Goldeneye. Recording from a webcam on Linux has been very underwhelming for me. A program called Cheese comes with Ubuntu, but it has some shortcomings that really annoy … Continue reading →

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Video Editing on Linux – Part 1

Posted on June 25, 2010 by brousch

I gave the first of three planned talks about video editing on Linux at last night’s West Michigan Linux Users Group meeting. This talk covered file types, codecs, and many of the uses for FFMPEG. I promised to make the … Continue reading →

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WMLUG Lucid Questions Answered

Posted on April 30, 2010 by brousch

I gave a demo and talk about the newly-released Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx LTS at the West Michigan Linux Users Group last night. There were a few questions for which I had inadequate or no answer, so I will try … Continue reading →

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Pump Up the RAM

Posted on January 14, 2010 by brousch

The guys in #ubuntu-us-mi were talking about “pumping up the ram” in a System76 laptop, and as always happens whenever someone mentions pumping up anything, Tecknotronic‘s “Pump Up the Jam” started looping through my head. Due to being fueled by … Continue reading →

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Linux File Type to Opening Program Mappings

Posted on January 5, 2010 by brousch

I learned a few useful things while helping a chap troubleshoot a problem in #ubuntu-us-mi today. It seems that VLC had taken over as the default program for opening folders and directories on his Ubuntu computer, and he couldn’t figure … Continue reading →

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