How to remove the audio track from an AVI file (using mencorder)

Issue the command from the folder in which the files are located. Change the .avi file names to the relevant ones.

Using the following command one can remove the audio track from an AVI file.
mencoder -ovc copy -nosound video.avi -o video_nosound.avi

The following command will add a new track to the AVI file.
mencoder -ovc copy -audiofile soundtrack.mp3 -oac copy video_nosound.avi -o video_new.avi

How to Rotate a Video Taken by a Camera Using Mencoder

It was really essential to rotate a video before you post on to your blog or somewhere else if the video is taken in the other orientation from your camera. If you have mencoder, you can fire this command on the command line (I am considering Linux) from the place that you have your video file that you want to rotate.

mencoder -vf rotate=1 -ovc lavc -oac copy name_of_your_video_file.avi -o new_name_of_the_converted_file.avi

Change the names of the video file as described. Write the command continuously on the command line with relevant spaces.

If you don't have MPlayer or Mencoder you can download it from here.
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html

Nautilus Scripts

Nautilus scripts are scripts embedded to nautilus file manager which is the official file manager in GNOME. These scripts can be run from the menu you get by right clicking somewhere, probably on a file so that you can fire an instant command on that file.

There were lacking some scripts for linux earlier but now it is not true anymore. These two scripts will be very useful to anyone who works with images and videos frequently.

1. nautilus-image-converter
You can just run this command on the command line
sudo apt-get install nautilus-image-converter
2. nautilus video converter
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=193754
Click on the link and follow the instructions given by the author carefully.

Enjoy the scripts.

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Lynda.com Ruby on Rails Training

Lynda.com provides multimedia learning experience to many computing subjects and I found that this Ruby on Rails training videos to be very interesting.

*Ruby on Rails Essential Training
*Ruby on Rails Beyond the Basics

cheers ;)

Install Ruby on Rails on Ubuntu

If someone is not quite sure what he/she is doing, then installing Ruby on Rails on Linux could be tricky. I found this documentation in official Ubuntu website and it seems really useful for a Ruby on Rails beginner.

Ruby on Rails on Ubuntu

Enjoy.

Ice Skating

That was an amazing experience to do ice skating for the first time in my life.

First I couldn't at least stand up on the skating field. Because I didn't have any balance. So I started to shiver on the field and always used to grab the fence. But then my friends grab me a support which is used to practice children for skating. I didn't have another choice :)

After a while I was so exhausted of using the support because it was too and my backbone started to pain. So I decided to stand up by myself. Amazing, now I can stand and walk a little bit. A little progress. But my friends said who are really good at skating, that I am not bad on the first day. :)
Hope to do it again

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BrainStore Workshop "Shaping the Siemens Employer Brand"

Siemens is a huge and an international brand. BrainStore is a well organized IdeaFactory. What if someone get a chance to work for both of them? Amazing... Isn't it?
Well, I got this opportunity to be a part of the workshop called "Shaping the Siemens Employer Brand" of which the main goal was to make Siemens the most admired company.

I joined it as a FreeThinker who (all the FreeThinkers) helped to maintain the flow of the process with the generation of new, innovative and creative ideas.

People work in Siemens in 40 different counties also took part in the workshop while 10 external experts fertilized program. BrainStore technicians and the team leaders kept the flow perfectly.

It was organized very well with a smooth flow of extraction of ideas from the participants while they are offered with nice snacks. ;)

Two of great days (20.01.2009 - 21.01.2009) in my life, spent having lot of fun. I believe it is another milestone in my life.

"Be inspired and inspire the world!"