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Jan/11

dvd::rip Debugging (Warning: No libxvidcore API 4 found)

Filed Under Linux, Software at 9th January 2011 21:03 by

I had an issue with dvd::rip failing to transcode videos when using clusters but using the Transcode button worked fine. In the Cluster Control window everything was added fine but when the project started it failed at 0% on all … Continue reading →

02

Jan/11

Mounting / Extracting .bin and .cue Files In Ubuntu

Filed Under Linux, Software at 2nd January 2011 10:34 by
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Install bchunk which will conert the bin and cue file to an iso sudo apt-get install bchunk Convert the files to iso using the following syntax: bchunk [image.bin] [image.cue] [output name] Where image.bin is the .bin file, image.cue is the … Continue reading →

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Dec/10

3 Mifi (Huawei E585) Mini Review

Filed Under Hardware, Networking, Review at 22nd December 2010 16:12 by

When I was barred from using data because I had gone over my “fair usage” on my mobile phone I decided to buy the Mifi from Three to get around the problem. The total cost of the package was £60 … Continue reading →

17

Dec/10

fstab Options

Filed Under Linux at 17th December 2010 20:47 by

A quick note on fstab mount options from How-To-Geek auto/noauto: Specify whether the partition should be automatically mounted on boot. You can block specific partitions from mounting at boot-up by using “noauto”. exec/noexec: Specifies whether the partition can execute binaries. … Continue reading →

05

Dec/10

energy@home 0.5 Released

Filed Under energy@home at 5th December 2010 1:04 by

I’m excited to say a new release of energy@home have been released! The new version includes: Offline data storage – If it was unable to save the data to the database it will save it file and later re-insert the … Continue reading →

03

Dec/10

Monitor Calibration Software

Filed Under Software at 3rd December 2010 0:15 by

Check out Flat Panel HD‘s website and go to the “Test software” category to get colour patterns to calibrate your monitor. I found the patterns to be OK but you need Flash for the downloadable and interactive versions.

20

Nov/10

User And Registration Changes

Filed Under Website at 20th November 2010 9:31 by

I have enabled Captcha to help stem the number of bot registrations. I have never been a fan of Captcha technology but with lack of alternatives there was little choice in implementing it. Another change to this site is the … Continue reading →

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Nov/10

Error: You Are Using A High Performance Setting

Filed Under Blog at 18th November 2010 19:12 by

I ran the Windows 7 “Power Efficiency Diagnostics Report” tool to see what can be done to reduce power consumption but it reports that using the performance power setting as an Error? Surely it should be a warning or not … Continue reading →