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• Death of A Micro Center

  21 septembre 2012, par Multimedia Mike — History

  The Micro Center computer store located in Santa Clara, CA, USA closed recently :

  
  
  

  I liked Micro Center. I have liked Micro Center ever since I first visited their Denver, CO location 10 years ago. I would sometimes drive an hour in each direction just to visit that shop. I was excited to see that they had a location in the Bay Area when I moved here a few years ago (despite the preponderance of Fry’s stores).

  Now this location is gone. I wonder how much of the “we couldn’t come to favorable terms on a lease” was true (vs. an excuse to close a retail store at a time when more business is moving online, particularly in the heart of Silicon Valley). But that’s not what I wanted to discuss. I came here to discuss…

  The Micro Center Window Logos

  The craziest part about shopping the Santa Clara Micro Center location was the logos they displayed on the window outside. Every time I saw it, it made me sentimental for a time when some of these logos were current, or when some of these companies were still in business. Some of the logos on their front window were for companies I’ve never heard of. It reminds me of the nearby 7-11 convenience stores when I was growing up– their walls were decorated with people sporting embarrassingly 1970s styles long after the 1970s had transpired.

  I thought I would record what those front window logos were and try to pinpoint when the store launched exactly (assuming the logos have been their since the initial opening and never changed).

  
  
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  Here we have Lotus, Hewlett Packard/HP, Corel, Fuji, Power Macintosh, NEC, and Fujitsu. Lotus was purchased by IBM in 1995 and still seems to be maintained as a separate brand. The Power Macintosh was introduced as a brand in 1994. Corel’s logo has seen a few mutations over the years but I don’t know when this one fell out of favor.

  Fuji (vs. Fujitsu) appears to refer to Fujifilm, though this logo is also obsolete.

  
  
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  Hayes– I specifically remember reading the Slashdot post accouncing that Hayes is dead (followed by many comments reminiscing about the Hayes command set). Here is the post, from early 1999.

  From Googling, it doesn’t appear IBM still has a presence in the consumer computing space (though they do have something pertaining to software for consumer products). Then there’s the good old rainbow Apple logo, something that went away in 1997. I suspect 1997 was also the last hurrah of the name ‘Macintosh’ (though I remember mistakenly referring to Apple computer products as Macintoshes well into the mid-2000s and inadvertently angering some Apple enthusiasts).

  
  
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  As for the next segment, obviously, both Sony and Toshiba are still very much alive. Iomega was acquired by EMC in 2008 but is still maintained as a separate brand. USRobotics is still around and making — what else ? — 56K modems (and their current logo is slightly different than the one seen here).

  Targus seems to be a case maker (“Leading Provider of Cases, Bags and Accessories for Laptops and Tablets”). I wonder if that’s just their current business or if they had more areas long ago ? It seems strange that they would get brand billing like this.

  Finally, searching for information about Practical Peripherals only produces sites about how they’re long dead (like this history lesson). It’s unclear when they died.

  The interior of this store was also decorated with more technology company logos near the ceiling (I didn’t really register that fact until I had visited many times). Regrettably, I now won’t be able to see how up to date those logos were.

  Based on the data points above, it’s safe to conclude that the store opened between 1995 or 1996 (again, assuming the logos were placed at opening and never changed).

  Epilogue

  Here’s one more curious item still visible from the outside :

  
  
  

  “See the world’s fastest PC !” Featuring an Intel Core 2 Extreme ? That CPU dates back to 2007 and was succeeded by Nehalem in late 2008. So even that sign, which is presumably easier and cleaner to replace than the window logos, was absurdly out of date.

• arm-linux-androideabi-gcc is unable to create an executable - compile ffmpeg for android armeabi devices

  25 juillet 2013, par Chaitanya Chandurkar

  I am trying to compile ffmpeg for android armeabi devices.
  I am following tutorial by roman10.net
  His given build script builds ffmpeg for armv7-a devices. I want to build it for armeabi.
  

  My ultimate aim is to run ffmpeg commands on android armeabi and armv7-a devices.

  So i change the script's CPU part from

  #arm v7vfpv3
  
  CPU=armv7-a
  
  OPTIMIZE_CFLAGS="-mfloat-abi=softfp -mfpu=vfpv3-d16 -marm -march=$CPU "
  
  PREFIX=./android/$CPU
  
  ADDITIONAL_CONFIGURE_FLAG=
  
  build_one 

  to

  #arm v6
  
  CPU=armv6
  
  OPTIMIZE_CFLAGS="-marm -march=$CPU"
  
  PREFIX=./android/$CPU 
  
  ADDITIONAL_CONFIGURE_FLAG=
  
  build_one

  (I thought changing it to armv6 would build ffmpeg compatible with armeabi devices. m i wrong ?)

  Doubt 1 :
  Do i also have to change toolchain ?
  i.e from arm-linux-androideabi-4.4.3 to arm-eabi-4.4.0 ?????

  Doubt 2 :

  When i try running ./build.sh (without changing toolchain) it gives me following error :
  

  /home/chaitanya/android/android-ndk-r5b/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.4.3/prebuilt/linux-x86/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-gcc is unable to create an executable file.
  
  C compiler test failed.
  
  
  
  If you think configure made a mistake,.. blaah blahh blaah

  after that i got lot of warnings saying :
  ‘sub_id’ is deprecated and many other function deprecated warnings.

  platform : ubuntu 11.10
  ffmpeg version : 0.11.2
  NDK : android-ndk-r5b

  Here is my build script :

  #!/bin/bash
  
  ######################################################
  
  # Usage:
  
  # put this script in top of FFmpeg source tree
  
  # ./build_android
  
  # It generates binary for following architectures:
  
  # ARMv6 
  
  # ARMv6+VFP 
  
  # ARMv7+VFM-ïd16 (Tegra2) 
  
  # ARMv7+Neon (Cortex-A8)
  
  # Customizing:
  
  # 1. Feel free to change ./configure parameters for more features
  
  # 2. To adapt other ARM variants
  
  # set $CPU and $OPTIMIZE_CFLAGS 
  
  # call build_one
  
  ######################################################
  
  NDK=~/android/android-ndk-r5b
  
  PLATFORM=$NDK/platforms/android-8/arch-arm/
  
  PREBUILT=$NDK/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.4.3/prebuilt/linux-x86
  
  function build_one
  
  {
  
  ./configure --target-os=linux \
  
      --prefix=$PREFIX \
  
      --enable-cross-compile \
  
      --extra-libs="-lgcc" \
  
      --arch=arm \
  
      #--cc=$PREBUILT/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-gcc \
  
      --cross-prefix=$PREBUILT/bin/arm-linux-androideabi- \
  
      #--nm=$PREBUILT/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-nm \
  
      --sysroot=$PLATFORM \
  
      --extra-cflags=" -O3 -fpic -DANDROID -DHAVE_SYS_UIO_H=1 -Dipv6mr_interface=ipv6mr_ifindex -fasm -Wno-psabi -fno-short-enums -fno-strict-aliasing -finline-limit=300 $OPTIMIZE_CFLAGS " \
  
      --disable-shared \
  
      --enable-static \
  
      --extra-ldflags="-Wl,-rpath-link=$PLATFORM/usr/lib -L$PLATFORM/usr/lib -nostdlib -lc -lm -ldl -llog" \
  
      --disable-everything \
  
      --enable-demuxer=mov \
  
      --enable-demuxer=h264 \
  
      --disable-ffplay \
  
      --enable-protocol=file \
  
      --enable-avformat \
  
      --enable-avcodec \
  
      --enable-decoder=rawvideo \
  
      --enable-decoder=mjpeg \
  
      --enable-decoder=h263 \
  
      --enable-decoder=mpeg4 \
  
      --enable-decoder=h264 \
  
      --enable-parser=h264 \
  
      --disable-network \
  
      --enable-zlib \
  
      --disable-avfilter \
  
      --disable-avdevice \
  
      $ADDITIONAL_CONFIGURE_FLAG
  
  
  
  make clean
  
  make  -j4 install
  
  $PREBUILT/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-ar d libavcodec/libavcodec.a inverse.o
  
  $PREBUILT/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-ld -rpath-link=$PLATFORM/usr/lib -L$PLATFORM/usr/lib  -soname libffmpeg.so -shared -nostdlib  -z,noexecstack -Bsymbolic --whole-archive --no-undefined -o $PREFIX/libffmpeg.so libavcodec/libavcodec.a libavformat/libavformat.a libavutil/libavutil.a libswscale/libswscale.a -lc -lm -lz -ldl -llog  --warn-once  --dynamic-linker=/system/bin/linker $PREBUILT/lib/gcc/arm-linux-androideabi/4.4.3/libgcc.a
  
  }
  
  
  
  #arm v6
  
  CPU=armv6
  
  OPTIMIZE_CFLAGS="-marm -march=$CPU"
  
  PREFIX=./android/$CPU 
  
  ADDITIONAL_CONFIGURE_FLAG=
  
  build_one
  
  
  
  #arm v7vfpv3
  
  #CPU=armv7-a
  
  #OPTIMIZE_CFLAGS="-mfloat-abi=softfp -mfpu=vfpv3-d16 -marm -march=$CPU "
  
  #PREFIX=./android/$CPU
  
  #ADDITIONAL_CONFIGURE_FLAG=
  
  #build_one
  
  
  
  #arm v7vfp
  
  #CPU=armv7-a
  
  #OPTIMIZE_CFLAGS="-mfloat-abi=softfp -mfpu=vfp -marm -march=$CPU "
  
  #PREFIX=./android/$CPU-vfp
  
  #ADDITIONAL_CONFIGURE_FLAG=
  
  #build_one
  
  
  
  #arm v7n
  
  #CPU=armv7-a
  
  #OPTIMIZE_CFLAGS="-mfloat-abi=softfp -mfpu=neon -marm -march=$CPU -mtune=cortex-a8"
  
  #PREFIX=./android/$CPU 
  
  #ADDITIONAL_CONFIGURE_FLAG=--enable-neon
  
  #build_one
  
  
  
  #arm v6+vfp
  
  #CPU=armv6
  
  #OPTIMIZE_CFLAGS="-DCMP_HAVE_VFP -mfloat-abi=softfp -mfpu=vfp -marm -march=$CPU"
  
  #PREFIX=./android/${CPU}_vfp 
  
  #ADDITIONAL_CONFIGURE_FLAG=
  
  #build_one

  How do i tackle this problem ? what is going wrong ?

• FFmpeg saving rtmp live stream cuts off after 3 minutes

  20 janvier 2013, par user1636922

  I was playing with ffmpeg and was able to save a live stream to a file. The command to do so is :

  ffmpeg -re -i "rtmp://<ip addr="addr">/livestream live=1" -f h264 test.flv
  
  </ip>

  However, I have tested this twice, and both times ffmpeg stops after grabbing 3:28 worth of live video.

  The entire output is here :

  bash-4.2$ ffmpeg -re -i "rtmp://<ip addr="addr">/livestream live=1" -vcodec libx264 -f h264 test.flv
  
  WARNING: gnome-keyring:: couldn&#39;t connect to: /home/me/.cache/keyring-bpajcJ/pkcs11: No such file or directory
  
  ffmpeg version 0.10.4 Copyright (c) 2000-2012 the FFmpeg developers
  
    built on Jul 20 2012 22:01:52 with gcc 4.7.0 20120507 (Red Hat 4.7.0-5)
  
    configuration: --prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin --datadir=/usr/share/ffmpeg --incdir=/usr/include/ffmpeg --libdir=/usr/lib --mandir=/usr/share/man --arch=i686 --extra-cflags=&#39;-O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m32 -march=i686 -mtune=atom -fasynchronous-unwind-tables&#39; --enable-bzlib --disable-crystalhd --enable-gnutls --enable-libass --enable-libcdio --enable-libcelt --enable-libdc1394 --disable-indev=jack --enable-libfreetype --enable-libgsm --enable-libmp3lame --enable-openal --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libpulse --enable-librtmp --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libv4l2 --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-libxvid --enable-x11grab --enable-avfilter --enable-postproc --enable-pthreads --disable-static --enable-shared --enable-gpl --disable-debug --disable-stripping --shlibdir=/usr/lib --cpu=i686 --enable-runtime-cpudetect
  
    libavutil      51. 35.100 / 51. 35.100
  
    libavcodec     53. 61.100 / 53. 61.100
  
    libavformat    53. 32.100 / 53. 32.100
  
    libavdevice    53.  4.100 / 53.  4.100
  
    libavfilter     2. 61.100 /  2. 61.100
  
    libswscale      2.  1.100 /  2.  1.100
  
    libswresample   0.  6.100 /  0.  6.100
  
    libpostproc    52.  0.100 / 52.  0.100
  
  WARNING: gnome-keyring:: couldn&#39;t connect to: /home/me/.cache/keyring-bpajcJ/pkcs11: No such file or directory
  
  Metadata:
  
    videocodecid          avc1
  
    width                 320.00
  
    height                240.00
  
    frameWidth            320.00
  
    frameHeight           240.00
  
    displayWidth          320.00
  
    displayHeight         240.00
  
    framerate             29.97
  
  trackinfo:
  
    timescale             90000.00
  
    language              eng
  
  sampledescription:
  
    sampletype            H264
  
    type                  video
  
    profile-level-id      42e00c
  
    sprop-parameter-sets  Z0LgDNoFB+wEQAAC7sAAr8gh,aM4zyA==
  
    description           {H264CodecConfigInfo: profile: "Baseline", level: 1.2, frameSize: 320x240, displaySize: 320x240, PAR: 1:1, frameRate: 29.97}
  
  rtpsessioninfo:
  
    name                  H264 Stream 1
  
    origin                - 1486490083 118668671 IN IP4 10.93.183.3
  
    timing                0 0
  
    protocolversion       0
  
  attributes:
  
    range                 npt=now-
  
  [flv @ 0x9578ee0] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccurate
  
  Input #0, flv, from &#39;rtmp://<ip addr="addr">/livestream live=1&#39;:
  
    Duration: N/A, start: 0.000000, bitrate: N/A
  
      Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (Constrained Baseline), yuv420p, 320x240 [SAR 1:1 DAR 4:3], 14.99 tbr, 1k tbn, 59.94 tbc
  
  [buffer @ 0x99ee900] w:320 h:240 pixfmt:yuv420p tb:1/1000000 sar:1/1 sws_param:
  
  [libx264 @ 0x9584540] using SAR=1/1
  
  [libx264 @ 0x9584540] using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2
  
  [libx264 @ 0x9584540] profile High, level 1.2
  
  Output #0, h264, to &#39;test.flv&#39;:
  
    Metadata:
  
      encoder         : Lavf53.32.100
  
      Stream #0:0: Video: h264, yuv420p, 320x240 [SAR 1:1 DAR 4:3], q=-1--1, 90k tbn, 14.99 tbc
  
  Stream mapping:
  
    Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (h264 -> libx264)
  
  Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
  
  RTMP_ReadPacket, failed to read RTMP packet body. len: 16582bitrate= 212.1kbits/s    
  
  frame= 3111 fps= 15 q=-2.0 Lsize=    5385kB time=00:03:27.47 bitrate= 212.6kbits/s    
  
  video:5385kB audio:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.000000%
  
  [libx264 @ 0x9584540] frame I:13    Avg QP:18.70  size: 31866
  
  [libx264 @ 0x9584540] frame P:1908  Avg QP:22.29  size:  2392
  
  [libx264 @ 0x9584540] frame B:1190  Avg QP:29.24  size:   451
  
  [libx264 @ 0x9584540] consecutive B-frames: 39.5% 24.0% 13.0% 23.4%
  
  [libx264 @ 0x9584540] mb I  I16..4:  0.2%  1.2% 98.6%
  
  [libx264 @ 0x9584540] mb P  I16..4:  0.0%  0.0%  0.7%  P16..4: 22.0%  3.5%  2.6%  0.0%  0.0%    skip:71.2%
  
  [libx264 @ 0x9584540] mb B  I16..4:  0.0%  0.0%  0.2%  B16..8: 15.6%  2.8%  1.1%  direct: 1.3%  skip:78.9%  L0:47.0% L1:42.2% BI:10.8%
  
  [libx264 @ 0x9584540] 8x8 transform intra:2.2% inter:8.5%
  
  [libx264 @ 0x9584540] coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 98.0% 94.9% 73.9% inter: 14.5% 16.0% 11.3%
  
  [libx264 @ 0x9584540] i16 v,h,dc,p:  0% 50% 17% 33%
  
  [libx264 @ 0x9584540] i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu:  7% 21% 11%  3% 13%  6% 21%  4% 14%
  
  [libx264 @ 0x9584540] i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 11% 21% 14%  5% 11%  7% 14%  5% 12%
  
  [libx264 @ 0x9584540] i8c dc,h,v,p: 65% 15% 10% 10%
  
  [libx264 @ 0x9584540] Weighted P-Frames: Y:0.5% UV:0.1%
  
  [libx264 @ 0x9584540] ref P L0: 80.8% 10.4%  7.6%  1.2%  0.0%
  
  [libx264 @ 0x9584540] ref B L0: 94.9%  4.8%  0.2%
  
  [libx264 @ 0x9584540] ref B L1: 96.4%  3.6%
  
  [libx264 @ 0x9584540] kb/s:212.48
  
  </ip></ip>

  Although I don't see any errors. It just looks like ffmpeg thought the stream had ended ? But that's not possible since it's a live stream.