FreeBSD, are you serious????
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011I 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, 2011For 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.
Embedding VLC mediaplayer as a multicast receiver in your browser
Friday, September 2nd, 2011Using 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.
How to install FreeBSD on a compact-flash disk using Qemu
Friday, August 26th, 2011I recently installed FreeBSD 8.2 on a compact-flash disk for my home-build CPE project. Previously, I would use a laptop, a CF-adapter and boot a FreeBSD installation CD. For my latest project, I thought of a new way. Using Qemu, it is very easy to install and configure the OS prior to mounting the CF into the device.
How to build your own multicast capable CPE
Friday, August 26th, 2011Recently, I was faced with a challenge. I needed a CPE which was able to receive multicast over PPPoE session and send it to a client behind NAT. To the best of my knowledge, no commercially available CPE can perform this task. Yes, I know that dd-wrt should be able to do the trick but I did not have an old Linksys laying around. So I decided to build my own CPE based on a Soekris net5501.