SubDownloader: Search for & Download subtitles for your movies

Posted on January 25, 2009 by Ahmed Tawfik

TBD

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Ubuntu TTS (Text To Speech) DRAFT

Posted on January 24, 2009 by Ahmed Tawfik

While going through the options of StarDict (that I wrote about in an earlier post)…
TBC, DRAFT

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Avidemux; Cut your undesirable scenes from any movie in Ubuntu

Posted on January 23, 2009 by Ahmed Tawfik

Need a software to help you remove the undesirable scenes from your movies before giving it to friends or family? If so, then Avidemux is for you. Avidemux is an open-source and free software that lets you cut your movies in a very easy manner, you can simply load any movie, specify the start and end points, cut them and save! That’s it! It’s totally opposite to Windows Movie Maker (although I like this software, but not for this purpose AT ALL). It just removes the scenes, no loss of quality, no format change, nothing!

By the way, it’s available in the Ubuntu repos by default, but 2 versions exist; The GTK+ version for GNOME users (e.g. Ubuntu), and the Qt one for KDE users (e.g. Kubuntu).

Enjoy!

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DeVeDe; Convert your favorite movies to be played on a DVD player

Posted on January 23, 2009 by Ahmed Tawfik

One of the things I was looking for since a very long time ago is that I wanted to play my favorite movies on the TV, not on the computer. I wanted that for 2 reasons:

  1. The TV is much bigger than the Laptop or PC’s screen
  2. I wanted to watch movies with my family, not alone!

As usual, I found the solution in one of the very nice open-source software; DeVeDe; This software does a LOT of functions, but my favorite one is choose a movie file (DVD-rip for the best image quality), choose the subtitles (oh yes, it can include the subtitles :-)), convert it to an ISO, and burn it to a DVD, then play it on my PlayStation 2 :-)))))). It brought so much fun to me and my family! Thanks a lot Sergio. I’m so sorry I couldn’t donate as the site accepts only PayPal which is not available for Egypt 😦 Shame on you PayPal!

Regarding installation, it’s there by default in Ubuntu’s repos (I’m talking here about Intrepid Ibex, don’t know if it’s available for other versions). Applications -> Add/Remove -> DeVeDe

Enjoy!

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Ubuntu Gamers Arena

Posted on January 22, 2009 by Ahmed Tawfik

I found a fantastic site specialized in games available for Ubuntu. If you’re a gamer and you’re using Ubuntu, then “Ubuntu Gamers Arena” is for you.

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