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VLC player as streaming server/client

2009-03-13T10:40:00.010+05:30

Till yesterday, i didn't know that VLC player can be used as a streaming server. Its really easy to use vlc as streaming server. You don't need to install any extra software other than VLC player. You can also control the player from client's browser.

For easy understanding, will explain with an example.
Say, System A with ip 10.129.11.111 is server
System B with ip 10.129.12.135 is client

Settings at Server side(System A):

Open vlc player
Click on 'File -> Open File'
Browse and select a video/audeo file in 'Open' location bar

Select the 'Stream/Save' option in Advanced options and Click on 'Settings' just beside the 'Stream/Save' check box

Select 'Play locally' if you want file to be played on server also
Select 'UDP' and type the address of the client in address location bar, here it is 10.129.12.135
Click 'OK'. Thats it.

Now Server is ready to stream.

To get the control of player from client(B)'s browser, On server(A), Click on 'Settings -> Add Interface -->Web Interface'

Settings at Client side(System B):

Open VLC player
Click on 'File -> Open Network Stream'

Everything is already set, just click on 'OK'

Thatsit, You can see the file playing.

To control from client's browser. Open browser, type "http://serverIP:8080" (in our example, http://10.129.11.111:8080 ) in the address bar. Then you will get the Controls on your browser.

Saving images from orkut albums

2008-08-19T21:52:00.003+05:30

Recently Orkut disabled saving images from albums. Here are the ways to hack it.

For geeks, install firebug addon for firefox. Open the photo which you want to save in Orkut. Click on firebug icon(which will be bottom right corner of browser). Click on inspect button in firebug window and click on the pic in orkut. Now firebug will highlight the code related to that pic. Copy the pic's address from firebug window and open it in new tab. Now you can save the pic.
Easiest way is, you just save the whole page(Ctrl+S) and all the files including pic will be saved in the files folder. Open the folder and get your interested pic. Thanks to Sharat for this idea.

Downloading m3u file from i-dose

2008-07-11T12:42:00.003+05:30

I tried to listen to tunes on i-dose, but i can't due to some problem which i couldn't figure out. Then i searched for how to download that tunes on to my computer. There are some hints on the net but not clear. Here is the way...
Right click on any of the links on i-dose site, click on CopyLinkLocation. Now in your browsers locationbar where you type url addresses, paste the copied address(Ctrl+V). Here is the trick, chnage the file extention to mp3 from m3u(just edit it in locationbar itself). Hit Enter and save file. Njoy the tunes....Don't ask me for the effect of i-dose tunes :) .
Sorry, the downloaded file is playing just buzzzzz.... i don't know why :) ...

Don't know BSNL telephone number of someone???

2008-07-05T10:42:00.002+05:30

If u want to know someone's bsnl telephone number u can easily get it from bsnl online directory search. Go to http://www.bsnl.co.in/onlinedirectory.htm
Select your state. And follow the instructions. Thatsit. You can use this service to find out someone's address if you know his/her number...

OpenMoko FreeRunner Released

2008-07-05T10:21:00.003+05:30

FreeRunner is running!!!!
GSM850 Freerunner is available in stock, Debug board and spare also!!!
http://www.openmoko.com/store.html .
Its cost is Rs.20,000. Currently only GSM850 is available. But in India we have to wait for GSM900 i guess. For more details http://us.direct.openmoko.com/products/neo-freerunner

Firefox 3 Guinness Record

2008-07-04T09:49:00.001+05:30

With 8 Million Copies Firefox 3 Achieves Its Desired Guinness World Record

Firefox 3 has entered today in the Guiness Book of World Records as the
most downloaded software in 24 hours. As you might remember, in its
first day of release, Firefox 3 was downloaded for 8,002,530 times.
Mozilla has removed form the server logs the duplicates and incomplete
downloads and then has submitted the documentation Guinness World
Records, which announced today its approval.

"As the arbiter and recorder of the world's amazing facts, Guinness
World Records is pleased to add Mozilla's achievement to our archives,"
said Guinness records manager Gareth Deaves in a statement. "Mobilizing
over 8 million internet users within 24 hours is an extremely impressive
accomplishment and we would like to congratulate the Mozilla community
for their hard work and dedication."

In fact, Mozilla's impressive effort to keep its servers alive it paid
off and Firefox 3.0 registered 10 million downloads in the first two days.

Firefox was officially born in November 2004, as the project of Dave
Hyatt and Blake Ross. In fact they began working an a new Internet
browser since 2002 and initially Firefox was known as Phoenix. However,
due to the trademark problems with the Phoenix Corporation, the browser
was renamed in 2004 as Mozilla Firebird. The new name did not last long
because of the opposition from the community behind Firebird database
and in February 2004 Mozilla's browser has become officially known as
Mozilla Firefox.

Firefox was born in a period when Internet Explorer was the undisputed
leader of the market and its declared goal from the beginning was to
offer a better, speedier and more secure alternative to Microsoft's king
of the Internet.

Many have thought that Firefox didn't stand a chance in face of
Microsoft' heavyweight browser, but year after year and version after
version, Firefox fought back, bringing new things, new enhancements,
proving the power of the open source.For Firefox 3.0, Mozilla promised a
browsing experience like never before, and it delivered exactly that, by
working on improved performance, better stability, less CPU usage, more
sustainability, and by giving it a personal touch.

Based on the Gecko platform, which has been under development for the
past 34 months, Firefox delivers protection for anything from malware to
forgery and data leaks.

The password manager finally delivers what I (and others) have been
waiting for: a manager that offers to remember passwords after a
successful login, not every time I type my password wrong!

The download manager is actually useful now, and the resume button makes
other download managers useless. And another thing: if you miss you last
browsing session, Firefox can save it for you.

But what got everyone saying "wow!" was the "Awesome Bar," which
replaced the old and dull location bar with a Smart Location Bar, which
basically works like a search engine, offering multiple matching results
based on bookmarks and browsing history.

The Install Add-ons Manager makes Firefox easy to customize, while the
Library makes every search through bookmarks and history a stress-free one.

In terms of speed, there's no doubt about it, Firefox is a winner, by
making some applications run twice as fast as before.
In addition to that, your computer won't cry for over usage of memory
anymore, as Mozilla developed a system that reduces the amount of memory
used during a browsing session.

Firefox 3.0 also integrates malware protection, a system that will warn
users when they arrive at sites which are known to install viruses,
spyware, trojans or other malware.

As Mozilla promised there are over 15,000 enhancements and Firefox 3.0
is quickly moving to a share of 20 to 25 percent of the browser market,
putting the future Internet Explorer under heavy pressure.

Problem with downloading eenadu font???

2008-07-04T09:40:00.003+05:30

From few days eenadu.xyz font file is not available on www.eenadu.net font help link. In font help eenadu mentioned that download eenadu.xyz and change its name to eenadu.ttf and place it in fonts folder. But the download link is not working now. Now they have changed the file name to eenadu.ttf from eenadu.ayz on the server itself but forgot to edit the link.
So now you can get eenadu.ttf file from http://www.eenadu.net/eenadu.ttf
Enjoy telugu paper reading on your browser.

Open Source Mobile Phone

2008-06-16T09:52:00.006+05:30

Openmoko is an Open Source Mobile developed under GPL and LGPL license.
First version "Neo 1973", the programmers' phone was released on July 9 2007.
Next release, "FreeRunner" is going to come soon, which is aimed at normal users. Openmoko will make the layer between MobilePhone and Computer much more thin. The whole software source and hardware designs are open, so anyone can do innovative things with it. Be ready to play with FreeRunner.

Declaration at National Convention on Free Software

2007-02-27T23:08:00.001+05:30

A National Convention on Free Software, organised by Free Software Foundation of India, Swecha and Dept. of History University of Hyderabad is scheduled to be held on 3rd and 4th of March 2007 in Hyderabad.

Declaration:

Information Technology is revolutionizing the way people communicate with other and the way companies run their business. The new space – the cyber space—has facilitated the people around the globe to organize and exchange knowledge, goods and services on a global scale. Mailing lists, forums and online communities are a few forms in which people around the globe organize and exchange ideas, independent of space and time. Encyclopedias made by communities (groups in the cyberspace) are gaining acceptability. While IT and global connectivity has the enormous potential of communities of people in different parts of the world working together for a better future, it can also lead to increasing monopoly of power by a few corporations. In order to fulfill the promise of IT and global connectivity be monopolized by proprietary software and proprietary systems.

Free Software has convincingly demonstrated to the world how knowledge building is enhanced by freedom, openness and social consciousness. Today, Free Software Movement, has got around 2 million volunteers across the world. It has shown that software incorporating the freedom to use, adapt and modify and disseminate leads to a higher quality of software and a valid business model. The worldwide acceptance of this new paradigm of “copyleft” is now encompassing new areas such as biology and the creative arts.

In spite of such significant advances over the last two decades, the proprietary systems and corporations promoting such systems are still trying to influence Governments, international bodies, regulatory systems and educational institutions to restrict the freedoms propounded by free software community. Various proprietary standards are being proposed and there are continuous attempts not only to extend the boundary of proprietary software but also try and “fence” knowledge and software using alien tools such as patents.

It is in this context that this convention has decided to take up as an urgent action plan the following:

1) Procurement of software by Government, Government organizations/undertakings and Government funded organization shall be Free Software.

2) Only non-proprietary software and data formats to be used for any Government work.

3) Making all software developed under Government funding to be made Free Software and put in public domain

4) The recent change introduced in the copyright law that allowed encryption, and hardware locking should be opposed.

5) University Grants Commission should ensure the usage of Free Software both in the curriculum framework and research.

6) The Government should take initiative in starting Free Software Development Centres suited for Indian requirements and developmental goals.

7) All fonts in Indian languages developed under Governmental aegis to be immediately put in public domain.

8) Time bound development and standardization of Indian language coding systems, keyboards and fonts under DIT aegis.

9) Promotion of Free Software in schools, colleges, universities and the curriculum should not name any brand.

10) Promoting self-reliance in IT sector.

11) Internet access to every individual within 2km radius within a time bound programme.

We demand that the State and Central governments to accept the above demands. We appeal to the community to rise in large number to pressurize the governments to accept the above mentioned demands.

Softricks

2007-02-23T23:25:00.000+05:30

'Experts use shortcuts' we come in another way -- use shortcuts &tricks to become an expert........

Some tricks:

To zoomin and zoomout use Ctrl+scroll(mouse wheel) in firefox and InternetExplorer. U can also use Ctrl+ PlusSign(+) for zoomin ,Ctrl+ MinusSign(-) for zoomout in Firefox.
In Firefox, to open a link in new tab middleclick on that link & middle click on the tab button to close the tab