Category: Linux

GPS to Google Map using gpsbabel and gpxgoogle

By admin on Aug 19, 2007 | In Linux | Send feedback »

Use a bash script, invoking gpsbabel, to pull the gps points off the gps device. In my case, it's a Garmin gecko 301 on /dev/ttyS0. #!/bin/bash filename="`date +%y%m%d-%H%M`" echo "creating $filename-tracklog.gpx" gpsbabel -t -i garmin -f /dev/ttyS0 -o… more »

watching tv with mplayer

By admin on Dec 26, 2006 | In Linux | Send feedback »

Here's my command line for watching tv with mplayer and my Hauppauge BT878 tv tuner card. mplayer -tv driver=v4l2:norm=ntsc:width=640:height=480:outfmt=i420:chanlist=us-cable -vc rawi420 -vo xv tv:// ----- more »

encoding FLV files with mencoder

By admin on Dec 13, 2006 | In Linux | 2 feedbacks »

This is how I'm doing two-pass encoding of avi video to flv with mencoder. pass 1: mencoder -ffourcc FLV1 -of lavf -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=flv:vbitrate=200:vqmin=3:vpass=1:acodec=mp3:abitrate=56 -srate 22050 -oac lavc -lavcopts acodec=mp3:abitrate=3… more »

creating flash video files from avi

By admin on Nov 20, 2006 | In Linux | Send feedback »

UPDATE: This makes rather large flv files. See this post for a better two-pass encoding. I've worked through many permutations to create .flv video files from my dv camera. For this round I captured with dvgrab in .dv format. I edited the clips in ki… more »

Working with Geko 301 gps data in linux

By admin on Aug 15, 2005 | In Linux | Send feedback »

geko 301 GPSman XML::Simple ----- more »

LaBrea: "Sticky" Honeypot and IDS

By admin on Jun 27, 2005 | In Linux | Send feedback »

LaBrea takes over unused IP addresses, and creates virtual servers that are attractive to worms, hackers, and other denizens of the Internet. The program answers connection attempts in such a way that the machine at the other end gets "stuck", sometimes… more »

Whatever the hell you want

By admin on Jan 7, 2005 | In Linux | 2 feedbacks »

"I'm Steve and I'm a super-villian." more »

Linux + iPod in hfs+

By admin on Dec 21, 2004 | In Linux | Send feedback »

I wanted to use an Apple-compatible iPod on my linux machine. This post explains how to mount an iPod that's in hfs+ format (Apple compatible) onto a Fedora Core 2 filesystem and transfer mp3 files onto it. These instructions assume your kernel is curr… more »