Sep 29, 2012
Scanning and Printing to Epson Artisan 725 on Fedora 17
It is a wonderful thing to get a new toy to play with, but frustrating when you plug it in and then the trouble begins. It works with most systems but sometimes there is one that just wants to cause a bit of pain. Well that happened recently when I tried to install my Epson Artisan To enjoy scanning over the on Fedora 17. This issue was getting the scanning features to work with GIMP. Previously I was... read more
Aug 20, 2012
How To Retrieve and edit MOD Movies off Panasonic Camorders
There are days that there is something you see makes you just scratch your head and go What?? Well one of those came to me when I was given a Panasonic Camcorder in which there was no software just the device and USB cable and asked to retrieve the movies and make a DVD. Upon connecting to the device I found files with the .MOD extension. Since I am running VLC I was able to double-click and was able to... read more
Aug 7, 2012
How to install Plex Media Server 0.9.6.6 on CentOS / Fedora / RHEL
In an earlier post we covered installing Plex Media Server 0.9.6.3 on a Windows 7 system. In this post we’ll cover how to install and configure on a Linux system, CentOS 6.2 to be exact, but this process can be used on Fedora / and RHEL as well. First make sure you meet the system requirements. System Requirements: 1.6 GHz processor (2.4 GHz dual core for 1080p transcoding). 256 MB RAM Gigabit... read more
Aug 2, 2012
Plex Media Server v0.9.6.6 / Plex v0.9.5.4 / Plex for iOS v2.5 Released
Great News !! Plex Media Server v0.9.6.6 / Plex v0.9.5.4 / Plex for iOS v2.5 has been released and here is the laundry list. You can download it here http://wiki.plexapp.com/index.php/Downloads and look for a future post on installing and configuring on Linux as well as some custom DLNA configs! If you’ve experienced an issue with TV scans missing posters or other artwork, somewhat randomly, this has been... read more
Jul 29, 2012
Streaming the Internet with Roku HD
Recently I felt the need to stream Internet content and update my Toshiba 19″ Flat panel to the latest century and on a friends recommendation found the Roku 2 XD. The Roku 2 XD is one of four models, It is a stylish small form factor box that plugs in either standard RCA cables or HDMI. Each Roku 2 XD player comes with: IR remote 2 x AAA batteries A/V cable A/C Power adapter Getting Started guide... read more
