Fix desynchro with vlc

clipped from lifehacker.com If you've spent hours ripping a DVD or downloading a video just to find—when all's said and done—that the audio and video aren't matching up, reader Will suggests using video-Swiss-Army-knife VLC's desynchronization feature to sync up the audio. In the VLC Preferences, click on Audio and then tick the Advanced options checkbox; there is an Audio desynchronization compensation setting that allows you to set a positive or negative time delay between the video and audio tracks in milliseconds. I find unsynchronized video/audio unbearable, and have been known to delete files without watching them for it. It never occurred to me that there would be such a simple solution! Fix Desynchronized Video and Audio with VLC

wikipedia caserne

clipped from lifehacker.com Geek to Live: Set up your personal Wikipedia What you'll need Free WAMP server software and MediaWiki Install MediaWiki, the software that powers Wikipedia. Configure MediaWiki. Visit your brand, spankin' new personal wiki at http://localhost/mywikipedia/.

personal wiki

clipped from lifehacker.com Run Your Personal Wikipedia from a USB Stick Download the XAMPP Lite .EXE installer from here. Double-click on the file to extract it, and choose your flash drive's drive letter as the destination (not a subfolder.) A folder called xampplite will be created on your thumb drive. Install and Configure MediaWiki

Network diagnostic tool on ubuntu server

clipped from www.howtoforge.com Network Diagnostic Tool (NDT) On Ubuntu 7.10 Server Some of the issues that NDT can identify on your network, include: The slowest link in the end-to-end path (Dial-up modem to 10 Gbps Ethernet/OC-192) The Ethernet duplex setting (full or half) If congestion is limiting end-to-end throughput Duplex Mismatch Excessive packet loss due to faulty cables An example of the output that you can expect is shown in the image below.

your wii as media center

clipped from lifehacker.com get a better idea of what Orb can do for your Wii. Set Up Your PC Set Up Your Wii What Now?

turn any content in netvibes

clipped from grid.orch8.net Grab content from any website and turn it into a widget for your blog, add it to your Netvibes/Pageflakes/iGoogle homepage, or create an OpenSocial app! To get started, choose a website to grab content from and enter its web address (eg: http://xyz) below: Create a Content Clipping

Access linux partition from Windows

clipped from www.howtoforge.com Three Ways To Access Linux Partitions (ext2/ext3) From Windows On Dual-Boot Systems 1 Explore2fs 2 DiskInternals Linux Reader 3 Ext2 Installable File System For Windows