Raising the dead

Another attempt to bring this place back. So here are few updates that I feel are worth mentioning in no particular order.

1. I have changed my Job and will be staying a little bit longer in Singapore. I will be doing the same thing with some more responsibilities perhaps.

2. I have fallen for microblogging – http://www.twitter.com/swengeorge. However,  I will *try* not to delete this blog and to post more. (You have heard this one before.)

3. I am now the proud owner of a PS3. And I have played and finished these games so far : Metal Gear Solid 4, Half life 2 Episode 2, Portal, Killzone 2. What next ? InFamous most probably.

4. I have upgraded to Ubuntu 9.04 and must say the boot up speed amazes me, especially if you are using the Ext4 File System.

5. I lost all my songs because I backed up onto a FAT32 drive. The software in question sBackup writes a zip file to the back up device with incremental updates. If the zip file size exceeds 4GB (which it surely will do if you have a lot of stuff), nothing else will be backed up – but no error message is displayed. The problem? FAT32 File System supports files to a max size of 4GB. My fault, I knew it but somehow didn’t relate it.

6. I have developed a taste for Macallan and Ginger Ale. Love it.

7. I finally feel the new iPhone 3G S is worth buying. At least it has a complete feature set.

How to convert videos for PSP

I have a PSP 2000 with firmware 3.95. Over the last month I have been struggling to create videos for my PSP using Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.10 . I did manage to create a few videos, using PSPVC,  but the audio seemed out of sync. Finally after a lot of trying I found a solution that seems to work for me and encodes faster too.

Following the guide on this page did the trick for me. AviDemux2.4 allows me to convert videos to H.264 format for the PSP in 720*480 resolution. You dont need to follow the entire guide -  just till the installation is complete. Then the Auto PSP full res option should work properly.

Oh, and in case it still doesn’t work for you, I remember doing this before installing AviDemux. Not sure whether it has any impact on AviDemux.