How to redirect sound output to a file with gstreamer

On 16 August 2010, in applications, music, by ayoli

simple as : gst-launch-0.10 pulsesrc device=alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo.monitor ! audioconvert ! lame bitrate=256 mode=stereo ! filesink location=input.mp3 The device name (alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo for me) may vary. You can use the command : pactl list to list all pulseaudio connections, grab the name for “Destination #0”. Note that you need to add a .monitor extension when you call it [...]

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Install adium themes plugin for pidgin in Lucid

On 17 May 2010, in applications, config, by ayoli

I like the messages UI of empathy but still prefer the flexibility of pidgin. So, I used this tutorial to install pidgin webkit plugin with tiny modifications that make it even easier. This plugin make pidgin able to use adium styles (not all will work though). Here is how I proceeded :

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Mercurial hg push over http with authentication and multi repository

On 13 May 2010, in applications, computing, config, by ayoli

Assuming you can’t configure your apache server to use hg fast cgi script, or you don’t have apache, here is another solution : using hg—serve with nginx as proxy for authentication

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My january 2010 desktop #1

On 10 January 2010, in applications, computing, config, by ayoli

Ok, new year, new decade and a new desktop. New ? not exactly. It takes most of my prebious desktop features and ressources with some changes and evolutions. I’m trying to give you most of the details and ressources (orignals and my mods) bellow, in case you need to ask for something that missing, feel [...]

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A quick note on my new HP Probook 5310m

On 10 January 2010, in computing, config, by ayoli

I’ve just got a brand new HP Probook 5310m. It’s a really cute and efficient piece of hardware and almost everything worked out of the box after installing an ubuntu karmic 9.10.

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How to use Grsync with ssh

On 21 December 2009, in applications, config, by ayoli

Grsync is a simple frontend to rsync tool. It comes with many rsync options but nothing about ssh. I’ve found the solution in this thread. It’s pretty easy and obvious once one knows.

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My november 2009 desktop #2

On 19 November 2009, in applications, computing, by ayoli

Here is my second eee desktop setup for november. GTK Theme is devART Autumn 09 edition metacity comes from Sugar suite. I made a few modifications to gtkrc, I’ll try to update this post with a diff between original and mine. Conkyrc is the same as last time. The dock is cairo-dock with a custom [...]

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Asus eee pc 1101HA overcloclking

On 16 November 2009, in computing, config, by ayoli

I discovered yesterday, after reading this article, a bios option to overclock my eee pc processor.

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Vim short cheatsheet

On 10 November 2009, in applications, computing, by ayoli

Here is a short but very handy (at least for me ) chaetsheet for vim commands

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My 2009 november desktop

On 4 November 2009, in applications, computing, config, by ayoli

Here is my november setup on my Asus eee 1101HA, running ubuntu jaunty (9.04) with gnome. I have to try a lighter environment because gnome eats too much memory, unfortunately no time at the moment. You’ll find below most of the used ressources in this setup.

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