Category Archives: technology

more progressive downloading

Posted on 2010/02/24 Wed by rob

Since my last post I have worked on applying a similar approach of making HTTP range requests to obtain indexes necessary for seeking in the Flash Video format version 1 (‘old’ FLV, if you will) and AVI (both legacy and … Continue reading →

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A wedding, OpenKvarken, ffmpeg-mt, Collabora

Posted on 2009/10/13 Tue by rob

Well, I’ve been quite busy over the past months, despite my lack of blog posts.
My brother got married.
FFmpeg finally has channel layout support for AAC and Vorbis. I’ve published my work-in-progress HE AAC v1 (Spectral Band Replication) code in FFmpeg’s … Continue reading →

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New PC

Posted on 2009/05/03 Sun by rob

I recently purchased a new PC. I had been using my Apple MacBook for quite some time without any desktop PC. And no, I’m not an Apple fan boy, but it has served its purpose quite well.
For what it’s worth, … Continue reading →

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Hauppauge WinTV Nova-TD 500 PCI in Linux and MythTV

Posted on 2009/05/02 Sat by rob

I recently purchased a Hauppauge WinTV Nova-TD 500 PCI to use in a Linux machine. I was planning to use Debian testing/unstable AMD64, and may still do so, but at the moment I’ve settled on Ubuntu Jaunty.
I don’t think I … Continue reading →

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Arizona stuff

Posted on 2006/08/31 Thu by rob

I’m getting rather excited about my trip to Arizona to see my good friend Nicole. There’s a bit of concern surrounding whether I’ll be able to have hand luggage on the flight due to the UK to US bombs on … Continue reading →

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