I was having trouble finding some good instructions on how to convert video so that it would be playable on the Wii via the Photo Channel, so I thought I’d post some instructions on how to now that I’ve figured it out myself.

First of all, you’ll need an SD card and an SD card reader. The larger the capacity of the SD card, the better, but I think the maximum that the Wii can use is 2 GB. Once you’ve got your SD card and SD card reader, you’ll need to download WinFF, a GUI for FFmpeg.

After downloading and installing WinFF, you’ll also need the preset for the Wii. First, download the preset. Then simply click Edit -> Presets -> Import and import the preset file you just downloaded.

After adding the preset, click Add in WinFF and locate the video you wish to play on your Wii. Once you’ve done that, click Convert and wait until the conversion has finished. Keep in mind I’ve only tested this once so far and only on Photo Channel 1.0 (as of December, 2007, new Wiis use Photo Channel 1.1 and you can “upgrade” if you choose to, but there is no MP3 support in 1.1). It worked pretty much flawlessly on my first try, but feel free to give me feedback.

Ubuntu 8.04, otherwise known as Hardy Heron, is going to be released tomorrow. I thought I’d post some Ubuntu related stuff to celebrate the occasion.

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I got my very first computer recently: a refurbished Dell Inspiron 531 PC with an AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core processor, a 250 GB hard drive, and 1 GB of RAM for $250 for my birthday, and it came pre-installed with Windows Vista.
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I downloaded VMWare today and tried it with Fedora Core 6 while I was studying for my final in Science. It works pretty well, and I haven’t tried VMWare for over a year now either.

It was just released today! Yay!

Unfortunately, I’m not sure about the status of the DS Browser for the Nintendo DS (as opposed to the Nintendo DS Lite). I’ve heard conflicting rumors, such as that the DS Browser for the NDS will only be sold on Nintendo’s online store, but we’ll see what happens soon anyways.

I’m pretty sure Gamespot has accurate information regarding this, anyways.

Update: I ordered the browser yesterday. Hopefully it works well.

Update: I have the browser now!! Yay! It works very well too. I’m posting from it right now! =D

I had some “trouble” installing Delineate along with Potrace and AutoTrace, so I thought I might as well make some quick instructions on how to do it. This is in case anyone is interested in using the program, but is having trouble figuring the installation out. After all, it’s not as easy as just clicking on an executable file to install the program for you and waiting as most Windows users are used to. Also note that this information is for Windows XP users.

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I burned an Ubuntu 6.06 LTS LiveCD a few weeks ago for myself, which was my second LiveCD after Knoppix, and today I set up my 1 GB flash drive so that I can save my settings from my Ubuntu LiveCD. I think I should use my 512 MB flash drive instead of my 1 GB one, but for now it really doesn’t matter that much. I bet this will prove to be useful in the future, anyways.

Also, here’s information on how to do it yourself if you’re interested: LiveCDPersistence
It’s pretty simple and fast. Note that you should only use the information under the heading “Using a Loopback File” if you want to have the information stored on your hard drive instead of your flash drive.

Update, 2007-11-04: You may not wish to do this as I’ve heard it decreases one’s flash drive’s life rapidly.