Convert video files for an iPod or iPhone

We have installed banshee on fedora. Its time to convert videos which can playable on your iPOD or iPAD. I am using handbrake for the same.

HandBrake is an open soure, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video trans-coder, available for Mac OS X, Linux and Windows.

Website: http://handbrake.fr/

Features :

• Convert videos direct from DVD
• Convert videos from most multimedia files
• Create videos using a number of pre-defined format templates
• Supports h264, MPEG-4, Theora, AAC, MP3 and Vorbis
• Supports subtitles
• Video filtering tools

To download & install HandBrake on fedora12, just run


#yum install -y desktop-file-utils python yasm automake libtool m4 intltool yasm zlib-devel bzip2-devel glib2-devel gtk2-devel gstreamer-devel hal-devel libnotify-devel webkitgtk-devel gstreamer-plugins-base-devel libmkv-devel libogg-devel libsamplerate-devel libtheora-devel libvorbis-devel faad2-devel lame-devel libmpeg2-devel faac-devel a52dec bzip2 faac faad2 ffmpeg lame libdca libdvdnav libdvdread libmkv libogg libsamplerate libtheora libvorbis libmp4v2 libmpeg2 x264 zlib

#wget http://handbrake.fr/rotation.php?file=HandBrake-0.9.4-Fedora_GUI_i686.rpm

#rpm -ivh HandBrake-0.9.4-Fedora_GUI_i686.rpm

To convert videos, run HandBrake from Application > Sound & Video > HandBrake

Select the "Source" and in "Preset menu" select ipod.

Itune replacement for Linux

Ever since I shifted from Windows to Linux I was missing itunes for uploading my music and videos to my iPOD. I have tried amarok, but fail to upload videos on ipod. Now I am using Banshee.

Banshee is maintained by Aaron Bockover, Alexander Kojevnikov, Bertrand Lorentz, and Gabriel Burt. Over 140 developers, 111 translators, 6 artists, and countless users and volunteers have contributed to Banshee.

The project was started by Aaron in early 2005. It is strongly affiliated with GNOME, using its infrastructure for Git hosting, issue tracking, mailing lists, and IRC.

Website: http://banshee-project.org/

Supporting operating systems:

opensuse, foresight, ubuntu, fedora, debian, mac os x, madriva

Features:
Device Sync: Sync your music and videos to your Android, iPod, or other device - or import its media

• Podcasts: Download or stream podcasts and video podcasts
• Play Queue: Queue up songs, videos, and podcasts, or let the Auto DJ take over
• Shuffle Modes:Shuffle (or Auto DJ) by artist, album, rating, or even songs' acoustic similarity
• Album Art: Artwork is automatically fetched as you listen
• Powerful Search, Smart Playlists: Find exactly what you want, fast
• Video Support: All the power of Banshee, now for your videos.

Installing banshee is just take 5mins, for installing banshee on Fedora 12

#yum -y install banshee

Just attach your iPOD select banshee from Application > sound & video > banshee and import your videos in it.

SSH Server on Windows

At my workplace most of the users use windows as their primary operating system. Windows do not have any inbuilt ssh server. Basic idea behind ssh server on windows is I can transfer files from my Linux box to user's windows box without taking much efforts.

For the same I found MobiSSH. MobaSSH allows you to run commands and transfer files on a remote Windows PC from any operating system (GNU/Linux, Unix, HP-UX, AIX, Windows, ...) through a fully secured and encrypted network connection. MobaSSH is 100% compatible with the Linux/Unix/HPUx/AIX SSH clients, but also with Putty or WinSCP on Windows.

It is very easy to install and setup.
Download it from here.