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Howto extract tracks from mkv and avi
This howto requires: mplayer mkvtoolnix your Linux box Audio from Avi files (es. Xvid + MP3): mplayer -dumpaudio "mymovie.avi" -dumpfile mymovie_audio_track.mp3 Tracks from Matroska MKV file: List all...
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Howto merge two torrent files
Update October, 2010: before trying this howto, I suggest to try mergetorrent. It’s free software, released under GNU GPL by Eyal (read comments) and it’s simpler than the method described below. Thank...
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Theme a multiple CCK field with a table
Sometimes CCK contrib modules cannot do exactly what you want. It’s time to build your custom CCK field! Official documentation on CCK fields creation for Drupal 6 is incomplete and some passages are...
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Disable upload and comment for a new content type programmatically
Following code is useful when installing a module that create a new content type programmatically on Drupal 6.x. Basically, it adds two variables setting default values for comments (core Comment...
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How to automatically translate your Drupal module
You’ve created your module. But how to translate it into different languages? Tested with: Translation template extractor 6.x-3.0 Drupal 6.x English default + Italian translation Prerequisites: Another...
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How to edit a PDF file with Open Office
Some months ago I’ve looked for a decent PDF editor for Linux. Results? Only an application called PDFedit was interesenting enought. Now, an extension (plugin) for the cross platform suite Open Office...
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Localize date format using i18n
Tested on: Drupal 6.16+ Date API 6.x-2.4 Internationalization 6.x-1.3 Any date format is stored as system variable (on the global $conf variable). Since Internationalization module allows to declare...
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Turn Raspberry into a small NAS with samba
I got a Raspberry Pi Model B. It’s cheap and I want to do some experiments for fun. Experiment #1: I have a 1T external HDD (FAT) and I want to turn Raspberry into a very basic NAS. I used: 1 External...
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Django development on Virtualbox: step by step setup
I had a bad morning trying to repair my Cygwin installation from a virtualenv mess. It’s time to get a Debian and install it on a Virtualbox for my new django project! Windows: host Debian: guest...
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Pair view fields content on a Drupal 7 view quick howto
Valid for: Drupal 7, Views 3. I have two multiple text fields on a Drupal 7 content type. I want to display those fields paired by delta in a view. Here the code I used in my module named...
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