Remote control support (input device events) is now handled by the kernel (>=2.6.17). However, not all remote buttons may work out of the box. The driver that handles input device events, xf86-input-evdev, needs to be patched in order to remap higher keycodes than the xserver may handle. x server (Xorg/x11) is built with 255 keycodes [...]
Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick)
OUTDATED: go to http://archive.pfb.no/2010/12/14/fully-working-remote-control/
I have been quite frustrated over the lack of being able to navigate in media center menus for a long time since the back/exit button has failed to do the desired response, namely navigate back / go up one level / go to parent dir / go to parent menu. [...]
I wanted to create a time-lapse video with a few CCTV cameras and a video capturing card.
To record images at 10 sec interval I used motion.
This analog video recording left me with lots a couple of mpg files that I wanted to crop in order to remove black lines on the sides. ffmpeg turned out [...]