PUBLIC MARKS from parmentierf with tags linux & video

“OpenID means the elimination of multiple user names and passwords and a smoother, more secure, online experience. For businesses, this means a lower cost of password or account management, the opportunity for easier and higher numbers of new user registrations and the elimination of missed transactions because of user frustration with lost and forgotten passwords. OpenID allows for innovation in the authentication space beyond just using a password to “unlock” your OpenID identity, but the ability to strongly protect your OpenID and have that benefit move with you everywhere you go online.”

The only video player you need. Free and open-source, because open media matters.

All in all, this video took about 4 hours to make, including the time to install and set the required software up. Here’s the step-by-step lowdown: 1. Used xvidcap to record the video at 10 frames per second into an MPEG file. 2. Used Kino to find out a suitable end frame for the video. That way I can encode only from the start to a certain frame. 3. Used mencoder to scale and encode the MPEG movie into a DivX AVI file. This is the command line: mencoder -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1000:mbd=2:v4mv:autoaspect test-0000.mpeg -o youtube.avi -frames 950 -vf scale=320:240 4. Used Ardour to create a mini-mix of The world is mine, for the audio track. 5. Used mencoder to encode the audio and copy the DivX file into the final DivX video. This is the command line: mencoder youtube.avi -audiofile track.mp3 -oac mp3lame -ovc copy -o final.avi 6. Uploaded the final video to YouTube. 7. Uploaded the final video to my Web site. 8. Wrote this post.