ubuntu

My last post talked about compiling ffmpeg on Ubuntu, for use with Drupal's op_video plugin. I then had to do the same thing on a Debian 4.0 server, and found that I had to compile literally every library from source, which means all of those handy apt-get lines do nothing for you. Here are the packages that you need:

• ffmpeg
• lame

I needed to install the op_video module into a Drupal install today at work, and found that the default Ubuntu install of ffmpeg won't transcode audio properly for FLV files. Here are the steps to compile FLV and create a deb package that will work properly:

So, since I've gotten Ubuntu setup the way that I want on my workstation, I've been trying to figure out a good way to back up everything that is free, encrypted, and doesn't run the risk of media dying. The solution? Using gmailfs + encfs to mount a spare GMail account and use that 5GB of space for something other than porn and penis-enlargement spam. I'll detail in another post how to setup the actual backup, but here I'll cover setting up the encrypted, online mount point in Ubuntu 7.10 (which will probably work for other distros).