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Re: [Wlug] Stream rippers
by Clint Moyer Aug. 29, 2005

Aug. 29, 2005

You can use mplayer. There was an article on it in the last Linux Journal. > > From: Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net> > Date: 2005/08/29 Mon AM 01:09:45 EDT > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Subject: [Wlug] Stream rippers > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > HI gang, > > Does anybody have a favorite stream ripper that they'd like to recommend? > > FYI, a stream ripper (as I've very recently learned) is a program which > "listens" to a streaming audio broadcast and saves that information on > your hard drive. Streaming audio broadcasts are available on > shoutcast.com and icecast.org, and probably many other places. > > I'm using a program called 'streamripper' (strangely enough) which I > found at http://streamripper.sourceforge.net/. I'm wondering what > others might be using. It has a feature where songs can be saved as > individual .mp3 (or .ogg) files, or the whole stream can be saved in one > file. I've downloaded these songs into my portable MP3 player for later > enjoyment. > > There seems to be some controversy about the use of such programs. > Frankly, I don't see it as any different than holding a microphone in > front of the radio. Granted, the quality is much better with a ripper. > > Prior to learning something about stream rippers, I had been using the > Ogg encoder output feature of xmms while xmms was "tuned" to a streaming > audio broadcast. As I understand it, this involves taking the stream > source (an MP3 stream generally) and re-encoding it into the Ogg format, > which technically involves a loss of quality (can I hear it? I'm not > sure...). > > Later, > > Andy > > > - -- > Andy Stewart, Founder > Worcester Linux Users' Group > Worcester, MA, USA > http://www.wlug.org > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFDEpiZHl0iXDssISsRAugEAJ9sXsJT2J56YFD+h5SGQJE8EhW15ACcDa2M > WYtthInJlx1HOEV9P6IfvHc= > =0/fb > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

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Stream rippers
by Andy Stewart Aug. 29, 2005

Aug. 29, 2005

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI gang, Does anybody have a favorite stream ripper that they'd like to recommend? FYI, a stream ripper (as I've very recently learned) is a program which "listens" to a streaming audio broadcast and saves that information on your hard drive. Streaming audio broadcasts are available on shoutcast.com and icecast.org, and probably many other places. I'm using a program called 'streamripper' (strangely enough) which I found at http://streamripper.sourceforge.net/. I'm wondering what others might be using. It has a feature where songs can be saved as individual .mp3 (or .ogg) files, or the whole stream can be saved in one file. I've downloaded these songs into my portable MP3 player for later enjoyment. There seems to be some controversy about the use of such programs. Frankly, I don't see it as any different than holding a microphone in front of the radio. Granted, the quality is much better with a ripper. Prior to learning something about stream rippers, I had been using the Ogg encoder output feature of xmms while xmms was "tuned" to a streaming audio broadcast. As I understand it, this involves taking the stream source (an MP3 stream generally) and re-encoding it into the Ogg format, which technically involves a loss of quality (can I hear it? I'm not sure...). Later, Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDEpiZHl0iXDssISsRAugEAJ9sXsJT2J56YFD+h5SGQJE8EhW15ACcDa2M WYtthInJlx1HOEV9P6IfvHc= =0/fb -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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report from KDE confrence in Malaga
by Karl Hiramoto Aug. 27, 2005

Aug. 27, 2005

I'm at the KDE conference: http://conference2005.kde.org/ Saw a good presentation this morning on a groupware (exchange replacement) software: http://kolab.org/ It works with kontact, outlook plugin, and web interface. Then saw a kde power users talk where i saw some cool stuff. for example. in konquerer to open a sftp like session where you can drag and drop files in the URL go to: fish://sshserver For viewing the ls man pages in konquerer for example: man:/ls Gota go now, leaving the conference to go to a friends wedding... -- -- Karl Hiramoto US VOIP: (+1) 603.966.4448 Spain Casa (+34)951.273.347 Spain Mobil (+34) 617.463.826 Yahoo_IM = karl_hiramoto jabber.org=karl_hiramoto

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Manuals for Monitors
by Tom Misilo Aug. 26, 2005

Aug. 26, 2005

Hi, I was wondering if anybody knew where to get a manual for a Mag Innovision DX15F monitor. As I need to find out the Hz and Refresh rates so I can use nVidia's TwinView Thanks, Tom -- Tom Misilo AIM:Tmisilo FL MSN:tmisilo@gmail.com Jabber:tmisilo@jabber.org Skype: tmisilo

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[Fwd: Attention LUG President, Officer or Represenative]
by Andy Stewart Aug. 24, 2005

Aug. 24, 2005

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Attention LUG President, Officer or Represenative Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 23:55:05 -0400 From: mike <mike(a)bcpub.com> To: Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net> Hello, Andy, We are a group of developers (also members of the Athens Area LUG) who have started a business called TuxDelux.com, which sells t-shirts with Tux the Penguin on them. We want to reach as many Linux Users as possible, and as such, we are interested in reaching out your members. We want to abide by your LUG's policies and procedures on soliciting to members. If you have specific policies and procedures regarding solicitaion, please let us know the steps we need to take in order to reach your members. Thank you for your time and consideration. Michael McSteen Bryan Dumm TuxDelux.com - ------------------------------------------------ btw- if you were wondering, we are starting this project to have some fun as well as help support our development project (http://projectamin.org) If you are interested in learning more about Project AMIN or xml administration we would be willing to present some of our ideas to your group, provided its not too far away or too cost prohibitive :) another btw- if you simply want to share information about TuxDelux.com with your members, below is a copy of our press release. If you have any questions and/or policies and procedures, please contact me at: support(a)tuxdelux.com or mike(a)bcpub.com Thanks again! - ------------------------------------------------- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tux Delux LLC c/o Michael McSteen 175 Second Street Athens, Ohio 45701 support(a)tuxdelux.com Announcing a New Online Store for Tux T-shirts Still waiting to get that fabulous Tux t-shirt? Wait no more. Now you can get a Tux T-shirt and help out the Linux community! Introducing TuxDelux (http://tuxdelux.com) a new online store solely devoted to marketing and promoting Tux the Penguin. The brainchild of two Linux enthusiasts, Bryan Dumm and Michael McSteen, TuxDelux is an effort to increase public awareness of Linux by shamelessly marketing and promoting Tux the Penguin, the adopted mascot of the Linux community. "We don't see Tux as much as we should. We don't see it on the street, in the stores or in any media." said Dumm. "We want to change that." The two originally thought of the idea for Tux Delux while attending a recent conference. They saw a lot of logos and icons promoting individual software programs and corporations, but nothing promoting the Linux. "Mike and I always talk about the need for 'Place' (one of the four P's of marketing) for Linux. The same holds true for 'Promotion'," Dumm explained. Both Dumm and McSteen think one of the best ways to introduce the public to Linux is by introducing them to Tux the Penguin. They hope that the more the Linux community promotes Tux, the more the general public will be curious about Linux. "We want people to ask, 'hey, what's up with the penguin?' We want to peak people's curiosity about Tux and Linux," McSteen stated. "We think Tux is a fantastic image and that the Linux community needs to rally around him to market and promote Linux," Dumm added. Tuxdelux.com currently offers eight different Tux designs, including the original. The company plans to introduce several new designs over the next couple of months. Visit tuxdelux.com to find out more. If you have any questions, please contact Michael McSteen at: support(a)tuxdelux.com ### - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDDO23Hl0iXDssISsRArLPAJ9Q4xYWMQ8Iyx6+49N+No8g5Q2NDgCbBfwP ylGq1ngY0AdhK6FP3Eyxsck= =D7Lq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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playing (movie) DVD's?
by Bill Mills-Curran Aug. 16, 2005

Aug. 16, 2005

What application do you use for playing movie DVD's on linux. I'm running fc3. Thanks, Bill

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MythTV vs. Tivo
by Marc Hughes Aug. 15, 2005

Aug. 15, 2005

So I've been thinking about picking up a PVR card and turning an old machine I have lying around into a MythTV box to replace my tivo to get rid of that nasty monthly fee. Does anyone have any comments on the comparisons between the two? Will I miss my tivo? Does mythtv have equivelant options for season passes or recommentations? Thanks, -Marc

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MythTV questions...
by Bill Smith Aug. 13, 2005

Aug. 13, 2005

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I know that I could get some answers from the MythTV website, but I'm looking for some opinions, since others have been talking about the Tivo/MythTV stuff... I've got a Matrox Mystique and Rainbow Runner card (it's a little "old, I think) that I have been thinking about using to make a MythTV-ish system. (The Rainbow Runner is an add-on TV tuner card for the Mystique.) Given that I'm not expecting spectacular results with something like that (I mostly want to play with it), what sort of base system should I use it in? (CPU speed, Drive capacity, RAM?) Any suggestions are welcome. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- William Smith wsmith-at-chezsmith-dot-com Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFC/V+Iz+l4y7Xx77MRAnkWAKCQt+gLgbbY+NaLGxs2GotJoXdMdACdFhYb gmf8SBL6Cp1Dcv4c5Q4rklk= =jahA -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Sorry for the dup, playing w/mutt settings
by Jeff Kinz Aug. 12, 2005

Aug. 12, 2005

Sorry for the dup, playing w/mutt settings -- speech recognition software was used in the composition of this e-mail Jeff Kinz, Emergent Research, Hudson, MA. Â¡Ya no mas!

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Its Meeting time !
by Andy Stewart Aug. 10, 2005

Aug. 10, 2005

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI Everybody, Time flies, especially in the summer. I can't believe its already time for another WLUG meeting. Our meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, August 10th at 7:00 PM. What will we discuss this month? I was hoping somebody had an iRivier or iPod MP3 player with the Linux software working that would bring it to the meeting to demo it, but so far, nobody has volunteered. (iRiver, iPod, iAudio, for what does the 'i' stand - individual??). One possible area of interest is directory services (LDAP). I don't think we've ever had a talk on that subject. Its my understanding that LDAP is good for more than just creating a giant list of email addresses for an organization. Another possible idea would be a talk about databases. What are the differences between MySQL and PostgreSQL - are they technical or is this a religious war? OK, I've tossed out a few ideas, but to make it work, we need a volunteer. Please send me email if you are interested in leading the discussion on either these proposed topics or something else of interest to the group. See ya later, Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFC9KiSHl0iXDssISsRAiVFAJwNeAujY0DpolNA2rUYQceKHR4hKwCfYZd6 hAIXR4wrRQM2YCrmuk0K6hk= =WiLv -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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