Banana Pi Case Remod

25. Februar 2015 in GNU/Linux, Physics, Technology.

I cut a bay for my Clicktronic HDMI-to-DVI adapter into my Banana Pi case. To maintain structural stability of the case, I had to cut about one half of the bay into the lower half of the case and the other into its upper half. To do this, I had to raise the mount level […]

RDP With Copy&Paste From Windows to xrdp on Debian

11. Juli 2015 in Administration, GNU/Linux.

The package of xrdp (Version 6.1.2) that is available in Debian does lack support for Copy&Paste. The “master” branch of xrdp on github provides this feature but is not packaged for Debian at the moment. To have it available, I built it manually on my Debian server. The procedure took about 1 hour, most of […]

Alles Banane!

7. Februar 2015 in GNU/Linux, Technology.

Aus dem Banana Pi Pro Board und einem “Eurobox” Universal-Gehäuse Polystyrol (EPS), Conrad Artikel-Nr. 523130 – 62 habe ich eine kleine Appliance für mein Netzwerk konstruiert, die verschiedene Aufgaben übernehmen kann. Als Betriebssystem verwende ich Bananian, welches mir ein Debian Wheezy zur Verfügung stellt. Das System war sehr unkompliziert einzurichten und funktioniert super. Die von […]

Determining The Playtime In Seconds from an OGG Vorbis File

2. Februar 2015 in GNU/Linux, Multimedia, Programming.

Problem To determine the runtime in integer seconds (not including a fractional amount) of a given audio file in format OGG-Vorbis. This value is required, for example, in the EXTM3U syntax. Solution 1. Install package vorbis-tools 2. Define this shell function: ogglength() { LANG=C ogginfo “$1” | perl -ne ‘ BEGIN { $rv = 1; […]