[OLPC-SF] [Fwd: Re: request for help: update OS, convert video, copy activities]

[jim]

more and more thanks. we plan to do this on 
thursday afternoon. in the meantime i'll be 
researching this stuff and come back with 
questions, if any. 


On Tue, 2009-10-13 at 08:26 -0700, Sameer Verma wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 2:58 PM,  <akleider at sonic.net> wrote:
> >
> > sorry, I should have posted to the list instead of only to Jim
> >
> > I hope I got the facts right
> >
> >
> > ---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
> > Subject: Re: [OLPC-SF] request for help: update OS, convert video,  copy
> > activities
> > From:    akleider at sonic.net
> > Date:    Sun, October 11, 2009 1:01 pm
> > To:      "jim" <jim at well.com>
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >>
> >> carol ruth silver has a few XO computers that need
> >> * update the OS. if someone can provide me a USB
> >> stick and instructions, i can do the work.
> >
> > go to http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_notes/8.2.0
> 
> Release 8.2.1 is the latest stable.
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_notes/8.2.1
> 
> > and download the two files:
> > fs.zip
> > gg-767-4.img
> 
> This should be gg-802.1.img
> 
> > onto a usb stick
> > Stick that stick into a usb slot of an XO (be sure it is plugged in, not
> > running just on battery) and start the XO while holding down all 4 game
> > keys (to bottom right of screen) until you are told to let go. Then go
> > have coffee.
> > When all is done, connect the XO to the internet and update: I think
> > that's done via the control panel (don't have an XO with me to check.)
> > Everything previously on that XO will of course be vapourized!
> >
> >
> > You will probably find those two files on your laptop somewhere from when
> > we did this on your XOs at one of the lug meetings, remember?
> >
> >
> >
> >> * convert a video from existing format (it's in
> >> .m4v and .mp4 and .flv) to ogg theora format.
> >
> > I think grantbow at gmail.com recently did some conversions to ogg so ask him
> > how.
> >
> 
> Here's an article on how to convert video using the Windows platform.
> http://www.camerahacker.com/myink/ViewPage.php?file=docs/Creating%20OGG%20Video%20for%20the%20OLPC%20XO%20Laptop
> 
> In Linux, one can use ffmpeg2theora from the command line directly.
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Theora
> >>
> >>    we also have the problem of copying a couple
> >> of custom activities from one XO (where they're
> >> working) to a couple or three other XOs.
> > sv3rma at gmail.com is where I would go to answer this one.
> > Also: Saturday next will be the next OLPC meeting
> >
> > If/when you get answers to the last two issues, please share.
> >
> 
> I found http://olpc.af/index.php/downloads.html which seems to have
> the activities Jim/Carol are looking for.
> 
> Sameer
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