You can determine the device that is you CD/DVD drive using the following command:

drutil status

Vendor Product Rev
MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-825 DAM5

Type: CD-ROM Name: /dev/disk1
Cur Write: 16x CD Sessions: 1
Max Write: 16x CD Tracks: 3
Overwritable: 00:00:00 blocks: 0 / 0.00MB / 0.00MiB
Space Free: 00:00:00 blocks: 0 / 0.00MB / 0.00MiB
Space Used: 66:55:27 blocks: 301152 / 616.76MB / 588.19MiB
Writability:

Now you will need to umount the disk with the following command:

diskutil unmountDisk disk1

Now you can write the ISO file with the dd utility:

dd if=/dev/disk1 of=file.iso

When finished you will want to remount the disk:

diskutil mountDisk disk1

Video on YourTuber

In handbrakecli you need to use the –optimize flag

At least it’s the only way I’ve had any luck.

Try using Handbrake to make a streaming version with the following command arguments (remember if you have spaces in your file name or path you will have to put the input file and output file in quotes):

handbrakecli –input –output –format MP4 –markers –x264opts level=30:bframes=0:cabac=0:ref=1:vbv-maxrate=768:vbv-bufsize=2000:analyse=all:me=umh:no-fast-pskip=1:subq=6:8x8dct=0:trellis=0:weightb=0:mixed-refs=0:ref=1:subme=2 –vb 1536 –two-pass –optimize –keep-display-aspect –turbo –audio 1 –aencoder faac –ab 160 –mixdown dpl2 –arate 48 –drc 2.0 –native-language eng –subtitle-forced scan –subtitle scan

If you are having trouble setting up a DLNA server it’s real easy to pop up mezzmo and it will stream files encoded with the above command line without fail here.

Just as a FYI… Of all the DLNA servers I have played with in the effort to get the Droid-X to stream transcoded media my favorite so far is the Mezzmo DLNA server from Conceiva. The support people are “Johnny on the spot” with bug fixes so far, they actually have a profile set up for the Droid-X, and the features are coming fast and quick. It runs on Windows so transcoding is slower, but the menus etc are better than the rest and so far it has been less finicky than the others I’ve tried.

Ok here are my experiences so far getting a DLNA server to transcode to the DroidX:
I have tried nearly every UP&P/DLNA server out there on virtually every platform (Mac, Linux, Windows).

Observations so far:

I’ve put up about 12 different DLNA server/platform combinations, so far there isn’t one that does everything I want. Mezzmo is the closest, but it still doesn’t have a few features I really crave.

Windows is the slowest at transcoding everything. So my current recommendation is to run in Linux or Mac (Linux is quickest so far)

The droid-x processor only supports MP4 natively (maybe wmv or some other format that I will not use, but MP4 as far as I’m concerned). That is the only format that will spool from a DLNA server to the phone.

Problem is that the phone requires the MP4 files to have specific data at the beginning of the file (lookup MP4 ATOMs for more detail). Well it seems that the information for some of the required ATOMs cannot be calculated until the file is converted to MP4 (it is also possible the FFMPEG could but just does not create these up front, since almost everyone uses FFMPEG for transcoding…). Most of the media servers will stream you a MP4 file that does not require transcoding. And most of the media servers will transcode the MP4 files into whatever format your other devices like. So it appears that your best convergence option is to re-encode (and take the quality hit) your video as MP4 so your phone can view it natively, then let your media server transcode for all the other systems (XBOX/TV/DVR/PS3/etc…). Note if you are using handbrake to convert, I have to set the file to enable streaming to get the phone to play it.

Other than that I’m off to my next level of convergence… The phone captures in .3gp I have one media server on a Linux VM (twonky I believe) that supports DLNA uploads. So I can seamlessly upload video to the server. Unfortunately I haven’t found one of the DLNA servers that will transcode the .3gp files… It would be really nice if I could simply DLNA copy videos and pics from my phone to the DLNA server then have them instantly available via transcode on the other DLNA clients around the house…

Anybody else have a DLNA that supports uploads or .3gp transcode?

Ok, first make the share  (I assume you already have a pool)

zfs create -o casesensitivity=mixed -o nbmand=on (poolname)/(newshare)

zfs set sharesmb=on (poolname)/(newshare)

(to define the name for the share  zfs set sharesmb=name=(sharename) (poolname)/(newshare)

zfs set compression=on (poolname)/(newshare)

If you screw up just zfs destroy (poolname)/(newshare)

Now just set the acl’s and you are ready to go… :)

zfs set dedup=on (poolname)/(newshare)

Check the share with

sharemgr show -vp

I saw this and really liked it…  Interesting thought…

So let’s set rations and turn the excess over to the DEA… ;)

The Story of Oedipus in 8 minutes performed by vegetables…

And in Hi Def.  ;)

Kayak provides flight destination information by price and more…

Instructions here.
Apparently many sites will allow googlebot in without being a registered user too… ;)

This is odd… The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled in a case that a police officer’s estimate that a car was going 73 miles an hour was acceptable enough to give the person a ticket. Even though the officer’s radar (which the court determined he was not qualified to use) read 83 miles per hour and the officer had apparently just decided to write the ticket for 79 miles per hour. I especially like the part where the ticket places the driver in a different lane than the one she claimed
to occupy.

I’d love to hear the actual details of the case as the difference between my immediate perception of what should have been decided by a Supreme Court and what was decided usually differs. Then when I hear the actual case details and the points that were argued the court’s decision makes sense. 

From TheSilentNumber

Strange enough though… the climate change crowd does not seem to consider inexplicable behavior associated with the source of our heat worthy of consideration as a forcing…

Solar Scientists Agree That the Sun’s Recent Behavior Is Odd, but the Explanation Remains Elusive

Just want to get this out there so it is searchable for people looking for information on AHS American Home Shield and swimming pool coverage.

Make sure of what you are signing up for before you buy American home shield’s swimming pool coverage.

When I signed up with AHS I was told that the contract would cover everything associate with the pool except the liner. When my pool developed a leak I discovered that they only cover components (pump, filter, and plumbing) that are above ground (which you could fix yourself for little or no money)…

If you pay extra for the pool coverage for an in-ground pool please be aware that AHS will not cover skimmers, drains, lights, liner, steps, and any plumbing under the dirt. I have no idea if they cover the diving board, but I bet they have an exclusion for that too.

exerpts from www.towelday.org

Today is Towel Day. Don’t forget your towel!

Douglas Adams, picture by Jill Furmanovsky

Towel Day is an annual celebration on the 25th of May, as a tribute to
the late author Douglas Adams (1952-2001).
On that day, fans around the universe proudly carry a towel in his
honour.

I love Douglas Adams! How can I get involved?

On the 25th of May, carry a towel. Where? Everywhere!

Proudly show the world you’ve observed Towel Day and upload a picture to
Flickr, tagging it with “towelday” (most interesting – latest – group)
or make a YouTube video (most relevant – latest). We look forward to seeing yours!

Want to help the cause? Tweet about #towelday, blog,
post in forums, share a link in Facebook, link to the site… The
more we are, the merrier!

More: FAQ

Everybody should stop by graphjam.com. It’s a funny site… :)