PVR , The DVR Kingdom !!!

Actually , i came across this , on the video released by one o those Creative Commons .
Who am i talkin about , whom else than Kevin Rose & Dan Huard . I came across one o those sites ( www.thebroken.org ) , i got a mail from them , about their new site ( www.systm.org ) .
Their Second video ( A must see , if u ask me ) , They have explained splendid , about setting up your own DVR , without the hassles , most would face .

Whats a DVR ? DVR stands for digital video recording . Look at this situation , You're not home , u miss ur favourite show on , Tv , what would u do ?
Juz setup the PVR software ( Personal Video Recorder .. ) to juz , record the show , juz for u .
Then u come home , & u missed nothing .

Actually , I've took this topic , because , i want explain about the Open Source PVR alternative that exists ... u know what i'm talkin about , U R Right , MythTV .

U migha heard about the Window$$ Media Center Edition , But look at the cost , I'd rather spend on a 10.2 Home theater , for that .
But Myth Tv , allows what Window$$ crap can do ( mostly ) , with no cost for the ware .
So any show , anywhere in the world , u can schedule , backup & pleasure is with u .

Best of all , No Monthly Subscription .

So Myth Tv a check out , if u drop for the DVR . U r sure 2 stay .

Wishes ,
The CAT

Hunting India with a Cam !

Im sure Nilesh is taking india, somewhere , with his exotic & vivid photographs . Man , now i know how he's a photoenthusiast . He has won " The Best South East Asian Photoblog " & now i know , how he mould india so beautifully .
He has brought the pleasant landscape , along with the pleasing mountains & nature .
Be sure to visit the site , & iam sure u will feel india & its beauty (esp . The Taj .. ) .

Visit http://shutterbug.nu , Visit India Unveiled ,
( Actually im not supposed to display the photos , But i had no choice .... Sorry Nilesh :) )
Signing Out ,
The Cat .

Best things , Come Free

Have u ever been frustrated , because u could not get u r media player , play the video u downloaded . Sure if u had been in the net for long u musta had such a situation .

But , luckily there is a single player , which could play almost 98% of the formats available online . Wanna know what it is , yeah Mplayer .
It is a movie player , available for many systems & platforms . It can play any normal MPEG,Mp3 .... to the rarest and mostly not working Matroska container formats , NuppelVideo etc .... ( believe me , only this & only this player , played the "Potter" film i once downloaded .. , not even Matroska's recomended player did !!! ) .

Also ( if u r not a complete up to the brim kinda newbie !! :)) ) , It has a very wide range of output drivers , yeah the one from X11,XV,OpenGL.. to ATi,3dfx and Matrox . ( it can even use MPEG hardware decoder .. )

It also has , what a normal media player has , like On screen display ,subtitles , etc...
Juz look to this page , to see what it can really do ..

Only disadvantage , u would see , is that it doesnt have a GUI ( thats cause its power is from the command line .. ) . But third party Gui's by other members are also available..) .
Only the linux binary has a GUI .

The best part , im gonna tell u is that , the player is available for "FREE" .
Yeah its under the GNU GPL Licence . ( Even the source is free .. if u want it .. )

So i think u musta had the taste , what a true , powerfull Open Source software can do ...

One thing i wanna tell u , is that this player is fighting its way against Software Patents ( this because , mplayer could play any format , mostly it should not play .. for eg Windows Media Video should be played only by a Microsoft licenced player .. ) .
So it's our job to support , the player for fighting against the patents . We can do this by explaining to others the "No use " of patents & why it should not be there .
Mplayer also currently takes Donations .
This would surely , encourage the developers .

So i think i have done something for this wonderful player , ( campaining .. :) )
What about you ??
Support the player , Let Open source GROW !!!!!!

Wishing with Warmth ,,
The CAT

Spyware 2 Spy !! where ????

I 'm dead sure , that 99% of those , who are reading this article , must have come across spywares , adwares , mal - shits & other kinda stuff .

Yeah , u mustav had situations , like u cant go to u r favourite search engine ( Giggle !!!! ) , Ur connection seems 2 be slow .. ( yeah dead slow mo.. ) , 2 many ( yeah really 2 many .. ) popups blow u out & other situations like that ...

Believe me , i hav seen people spend "coins" , gettin their system clean . Juz Common Sense & set of right tools can get ya out of most ( yeah 90% ) .

At first , if ur a windows XP user (most are .. ), get ur system a Windows SP2 ( cause the windows shit , has 2 many bugs .... & vulnerability pussies .. where others can easily place their penises .. huhuhuh ... Juz kidding ) . You can find it here .

Then kindly follow these points to get those asses outta u r system .

1.) Dont click ( or even see .. ) popups , like " Your system is affected with Spywares " , " Your system 's date is changed " , " Find your weather.. " . They r juz poo's , trying to get u r attention .

2) Dont install any activeX , crack.exe ( kinda.... like this ) etc files , which popup while u surf .

3) Try to avoid toolbars like Mysearchbar , Alexa ... etc .. ( If u dont know what r these , U r rocking .. )

4) Be careful, when u r browsing Warez , Apps , XXX sites ... They say to install some ware , in order to continue .. ( believe me u can do without em ... :)) )

5) Now for some freebie ( yeah kinda , though not fully ..but gr8 4 our job ) toolz.

a) Spyware blaster - This helps in preventing known threats in cookies , dll's ..
b) Spybot S&D - One o those Antispy's .
c) Ad-Aware - Another one .

Install and run a scan , juz quarantine or delete ( yeah whatever the above software says .. )
& try to run a scan ( quick !! ) regularly .
( We are using 3 different softwares .. cause nothin's complete ... )

And u r problems r gone .. ( yeah mos propably..) .....
Thats it , u r gonna love u r browsing experience ( atleast .. :- )
Juz try it ... u will sure hav luck ... i can say .

Warm wishes ,
The Cat . ;-) ( Meow .. )