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Video Thumbnails won’t load in Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx

May 3rd, 2010 1 comment

I have currently installed Lucid Lynx in my laptop’s system and this is the first bug I have seen, video thumbnails won’t load. All the thumbnails for images and PDF files are loading.

What I mean about the thumbnails are the screenshot preview of the video, not the generic thumbnail.

So, here are the necessary solutions I have found in the Internet:

  • Check Nautilus preference (open any directory) then go to Edit Menu, Preference, and then the Preview Tab. Now, you could modify the settings.

* Video thumbnails should be automatic if you have a default gnome install and your gstreamer supports the codecs of the video.

  • Next step would be deleting your cache for thumbnails. You could just point yourself to ~/.thumbnails or /home/username/.thumbnails delete its content, or maybe the directory itself (don’t worry, it would automatically created in the future as long as your file wants to load a thumbnails).
  • Last solution I found is checking your codecs. I tried installing mplayer and the ffmpeg
    • sudo apt-get install mplayer
    • sudo apt-get install ffmpeg

    But here’s a package, which i think could help you to play restricted formats:

    • sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
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UnPLUG’s Statement about Election Day Issues

February 24th, 2010 1 comment

Pahayag ng USC Elections Technical Team hinggil sa mga balitang lumabas sa araw ng eleksyon sa UP Diliman

Una, nais namin linawin ang isyu tungkol sa pagiging late ng pagbubukas diumano ng mga presinto. Totoong nagkaroon ng pagkahuli ang pagbubukas ng ilang mga presinto dahil nagkaroon ng problema sa pagiimprenta ng mga password ng mga estudyante. Pero ang balitang mahigit dalawang oras naantala ang pagbubukas ng ilang presinto ay walang katotohanan dahil ang pinakahuli nang nabuksang presinto ay nasa 40 minuto lamang matapos ang alas otso ng umaga.

Ikalawa ay ang pagpapahinto ng pagboto sa buong unibersidad. Bandang alas-nueve y media ng umaga ay nahinto ang pagboto sa loob ng ilang minuto dahil ni-restart ang server na kinaroroonan ng Halalan (yung software). Ikatlo ay ang isyu sa CAL kung saan nagkaroon ng problema sa network. Naging dahilan ito upang maantala ang pagboto ng mga estudyante pero matapos malipat sa CAL Library ang presinto ay naipagpatuloy na ang botohan. Ito ay malinaw na problema sa network at hindi sa software.

Isa pang isyu na lumabas ay ang tungkol sa mga non-major. Hindi naimprenta ang listahan ng mga estudyanteng non-majors pero sila ay nakapaloob na sa sistema kung kaya’t sila ay maaring makaboto basta maipaalam lamang sa Technical Person na naka-assign sa bawat presinto.

Isa sa pinakamalaking isyung lumabas ay ang tungkol sa “glitch” diumano ng programa. Laman ng isang mensaheng teleteksto ang mga salitang ito:

“As you vote for less than 12 councilors only, tick that name and leave the others blank. Wag mag-aabstain, mavovoid votes niyo. Just let it be. Don’t tick abstain. May glitch ang system. Please pass.”

Nais naming linawin na hindi “glitch” ng sistema ang tungkol sa abstain. Ito ay function talaga ng sistema kung saan kapag pinili mo ang abstain ay hindi mo na nais bumoto para sa posisyong pinagbobotohan. Nabanggit naman namin sa mga public demo na ganito nga ang gamit ng abstain. Halimbawa nito ay kung hindi mo nais kumpletuhin ang 12 konsehal sa USC, maaari mong piliin kung ilan lamang ang nais mong iboto nang hindi pinipili ang abstain.

Maraming salamat sa pagsuporta sa Halalan. Sana’y nabigyan namin ng linaw ang mga agam-agam niyo hinggil sa ating eleksiyon.

- Halalan 2010, Technical Team

For more information regarding the computerized elections, please contact JP Bernardo at jp@jpbernardo.com.

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Pa Pe Pi!

November 22nd, 2009 3 comments

Passion! Persistence! Pizza!

I made this post because, last saturday after the kick-off party of Firefox @ 5 here in the Philippines, Randal, Rystraum, Kuya Mark, Kuya Wali, Aica and I thought about Kuya JM. Where is he right now? and as far as I could remember, logo for our UnPLUG was the last conversation I had with him. And second, Kuya Gerry is asking where he could find a logo for his AVP :)

So, where is Kuya JM?

unplug

*Hats-Off* to Kuya JM for our logo!

Ang source files ay makukuha rito:
http://groups.google.com/group/usapan/web/UnPLUG_Tuxblation-spiral_logo_seal.tar.gz

Para sa mga curious kung ano ang software at platform na ginamit ko:
Inkscape 0.46+devel — compiled mula sa isang recent svn snapshot tarball na matatagpuan rito: http://inkscape.modevia.com/svn-snap/?M=D; ‘di naman kumplikado yung ginawa ko sa seal/logo kaya walang kaso kung sa stable release ng inkscape niyo i-open yung source svg file nito
GPL/OFL-licensed fonts lang yung ginamit i.e. Linux Libertine (http://linuxlibertine.sourceforge.net/) at Jura (http://openfontlibrary.org/media/files/Daniel_J/359).

~JM

Here’s a link of the other proposed logo for our organization :)

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Be Part of ITALICS 2009!

November 16th, 2009 No comments

UnPLUG brings you!

UnPLUG

WHAT: Information Technology Application in Library, Information and Computer Sciences

ITALICS

WHEN: November 23, 2009 (Monday)
WHERE: University of the Philippines, Main Library

This is an event that will be held at the University of the Philippines Main Library on the 23rd of November 2009. It will be a day of exhibits, booths, lectures and library tour that will showcase new applications in the field of Library Information Sciences and new technologies used in the university.

For registration and other information, please visit this site.

See you there! :

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