Converting AVCHD Videos (part 2)

Recently I tried to use ffmpeg to convert AVCHD to mp4. However I experienced sound issues and I discovered the default audio bitrate was used (64k). I needed to enhance the command to:

ffmpeg -i $1 -sameq -ab 192000 -f mp4 $1.mp4

This is on Ubuntu 11.04 x86_64.

How to un-break graphical Java apps under Ratpoison

Finally, the ultimate solution.
Thanks!

Dropbox

I wanted to start using my Ubuntu One on my Debian server. Instead I tried out Dropbox. The installation is straightforward, I followed this guide. I needed to update the init.d script a little (I even updated the wiki @ Dropbox site).
I plan to use my account to store backups of my SVN repository, it's very small at the moment so the free 2GB quota should be enough for me. I will create a script that will compress, encrypt and store the SVN repo to Dropbox.

Update to Squeeze

Just updated to Squeeze. No issues so far, only munin got relocated from /var/cache/munin/www to /var/www/munin .

chmod recursion -- files only

chmod recursion -- files only
A great thread! Learned something new today again.

SFTP on Ubuntu/Debian

I reused this article again, so it's worth bookmarking.
SFTP on Ubuntu and Debian in 9 easy steps

Buzz

Google saved my ass once again..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JVqj7TIi-k