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DVD ripping in Linux
So there are multiple methods to pull this off, however after doing it by hand, using DVD::rip, using Handbrake, etc. I finally settled on VLC. Yes, good old VLC has DVD ripping support. http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-rip-DVDs-for-free-with-VLC outlines how this is done, and … Continue reading
Rsync snapshots / rolling backups
Today I had the task of updating my backup system, for a long time I didn’t bother rolling backups because, well I just didn’t care. However I now wanted to set something up. I remembered long ago that I had … Continue reading
Perl link extractor
Below is a simple script I use almost daily which I thought I would share with you all. The script fetches various URL’s then extracts all hyper links from the fetched data. It cleans them up a bit and prints … Continue reading
Parse smb.conf based on an NFS mapping directory
So I’m not sure how others run their home networks but in my case I have a single large NFS NAS. This NAS hosts both Samba and NFS shares as well as a web portal. After many years of trying … Continue reading
ffmpeg / avconv image to video file…
So while playing around with one of the local ski resorts website I decided, hey wouldn’t it be neat to time lapse the whole day by grabbing a frame a second from the public web cam. After collected my images … Continue reading
Using Imagemagick to split anitmated gifs up
So once again I had to go googling the man page to find this so I’m posting it here. convert animated.gif -scene 1 +adjoin frame_%03d.gif