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Revision as of 10:29, 30 August 2015
This is a place where I post details about projects I work on and "recipes" I've come up with, mostly to help me remember, but others may find useful.
The Media PC
I want a Linux PC that will connect to my main TV to be used as a "new media" receiver. The target PC is a 300 MHz Pentium II I pieced together dumpster diving and getting parts off ebay. It has an nVidia GeForce video card with S-Video output. There is no capture card. I'm only interested in using this as a player.
Creating SSL Certificates
How to create SSL certificates for serving encrypted web pages or sending encrypted email. If anyone needs a "pabut" certificate let me know.
Verify Downloaded Files
How to use pgp to verify the integrity of downloaded files.
Creating a YUM repo
How to create your own custom repo of RPMs to be used by YUM.
Creating a custom POI file for Garmin
How to build a POI file for your Garmin GPS unit from a KML file generated from Google Maps
Rip a dvd to an iPod compatible mp4
Rip the DVDs that you own to a file format compatible with a video iPod using ffmpeg
Save a YouTube video to DVD
How to download a YouTube Video and convert to a DVD compatible format using ffmpeg
Configure port mirror on a Catalyst 2950
How to set up port mirroring to snoop packets on the wire for things like SIP, RTP and UPNP
Save off audio from a YouTube Video
How to save the Audio only from a YouTube flv file using ffmpeg
Extract part of a video with a one-line command
Given start-time and length, create a video segment with one command.
Change a browser user agent
Sometimes I need to see how changing the user agent effects the data sent by a website.
Build and configure SVXLINK
The SvxLink Server is a general purpose voice services system, which when connected to a transceiver, can act as both an advanced repeater system and can also operate on a simplex channel.
Configure Mailman with Exim and Fetchmail
(Under construction) Use mailman with forward mail domains to a remote computer
Create an Animated GIF from a movie clip
Take that embarrassing and put it in a form hat is social media friendly
NAT a VM port through its host interface
Set up iptables to allow inbound connections to a VM port that doesn't have an external interface
Experiments with RTL SDR
Things I've been working on with and RTL-SDR USB stick and downconverter