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Open Source Matter

This blog will used as a platform to share some information about open source software, tips and tricks , news, simple open source software tutorial, software update and so on.

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Save webpage as an image.

1.Using Mozilla Firefox,  Install Screengrab! plugin first as add on.



2. You can rightclick, to use screengrab menu or use screengrab menu at status bar


3. If website content flash movie, please set capturing method using java in screengrab! options.

 
here example of website that captured using Screengrab! addon with java capture method  


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Friday, June 13, 2008

VLC Screencast

My friend ask me some question, how to layout a form using openoffice, i told him to create a table with tree column . after that insert semicolumn in second column of table.. but he couldn't figure out what i mean .

so i decide to make simple video (screencast ) so he could understand what i mean. at home, i used to use camstudio as my screencast software but in my office pc, camstudio software not installed. so i use VLC trick to take screencast .. see tutorial below..



Vlc screencast also can run from command line ( linux and windows )

vlc screen:// \ --screen-fps 5 --dshow-fps=29.950001
--nooverlay --sout "#transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=800,
scale=0.5,acodec=mp3,ab=128,channels=2}
:duplicate{dst=std{access=file,
mux=mp4,dst="C:\download\test.flv"}}


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Thursday, June 12, 2008

Deluge,Lite Torrent Alternative to by pass throttle

Nowadays, with the increasing user of broadband internet all around the world. ISP are trying to stop and control user by throttle their bandwith on certain torrent site. For torrent user there a lot of alternative.
Have u experienced slow download when you using torrent client software... ? it's because your ISP throttled your line .. lol. serve your right...

ok, on internet, many of us are discussing online on how to bypass throttled including using the VPN client.. but .. the problem is we must pay to use VPN service.Thanks tu Deluge software.. superb lightweight torrent client .. full encrypted data... let's kick your ISP CISCO . lol..

Windows/Mac/Linux: Freeware application Deluge is a lightweight, cross-platform BitTorrent client. Aside from the standard BitTorrent functionality (you know, downloading), Deluge has a—dare I say—flood of great features for such a young client, including a web interface (like uTorrent and Transmission), full encryption, RSS support, and a plug-in system for adding even more functionality. In fact, if anything Deluge is an attempt at building a cross-platform BitTorrent client with the chops of the popular Windows-only uTorrent, and so far it looks promising. Deluge is free, open source, works on Windows, Mac, and Linux. via Lifehacker


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Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Movie Converter Software for China iPod

My friend just bought a China iPod with 2 Gigabyte storage. He want to play some video clip and movie with it. He thought, China iPod can play 3gp file or mp4 file as shown in the Box cover unfortunately it can't. That's why it is cheap lol :)

After searching in the internet, he find out that China iPod cannot play any 3gp or mp4 format file.

Ok, Actually China iPod use AMV format file.So in order to convert your 3gp, flv or avi file to AMV format,we need to use mpxconveter.It is an open software and free. Compare to other amv converter . MPxConverter is much better because it use hacked ffmpeg software as a back end so the converting process is a lot faster than other amv converter software.

So if you already bought cheap China iPod like my friend here :) mpxconveter is the answer.


















Mpxconverter available in windows and linux.Download here

http://www.bytessence.com/bmpxc.html


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Monday, June 9, 2008

Alternative To Winzip & Winrar

always heard myfriend say : " I used to use winRAR and winzip, but became annoying with the nagg screens.".

ok .. let's try this open source and free software... 7zip ..

Download at http://www.7zip.org



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Open DocX file without MS Office 2007

AbiWordImage via Wikipediayour pc ( windows ) not installed with MS office 2007. but one of your friend send you docx file. how to open this file without purchase MS office 2007.

The easy way to open docx file is ( this is my solution ) .. download Abiword, dont worry, this software is open source and free .. and available in windows and linux.

1. Download Abiword

2. Download Abiword Import Export Plugin

3. Install Both software

4. Open docx file ...



**Open Office 3.0,also open source software, will support docx converter soon.. still in beta test..



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Firefox 3.0 RC 2 Available

Mozilla FirefoxImage via Wikipedia




Released: June 4, 2008

This second Firefox 3 Release Candidate is a preview release of Mozilla's next generation Firefox browser and is being made available for testing purposes only.


http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.0rc2/releasenotes/



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