Archive for September, 2011

FreeBSD, are you serious????

Tuesday, September 20th, 2011

I needed a quick multicast streamer, so I tried to install vlc from the ports. Here is the mess that my monitor got filled with:

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Use the arrowkeys to navigate a webpage using javascript

Sunday, September 18th, 2011

For a demo I was looking into the possibility of using a Vista MCE Remote controller to navigate a web portal. I found out that the arrow keys are the same as a keyboard arrow key and the “ok” button equals the “enter” key. So, now I needed to find a way to use the arrow keys to navigate.

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Embedding VLC mediaplayer as a multicast receiver in your browser

Friday, September 2nd, 2011

Using Windows Media Player as the mediaplayer of your choice is tricky at best, if you are trying to access a multicast stream. I have done some research and found that it is very difficult to receive a multicast stream which was not generated by a Windows Media server. So I had to revert to VLC mediaplayer.

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