Finger On The Pulse -- Download Help

Download Help

So I should start off by saying I'm not an expert on BitTorrent, but I was able to get this to work and download the mpeg successfully.

I used the Azureus client on Windows to do a full download. I also installed it on linux and that seemed fine, too, after some iptables magic. I had some trouble getting the NAT config correct and found these instructions on port forwarding really helpful.

The BitTorrent FAQ might also help you out.

Burning VCDs

I was able to burn a VCD from the mpeg file I downloaded. I did this under linux but I'm sure there are tools for other OSes, I just don't know them. Here is some info on how I did it:

I found this page useful as an overview http://www.satlug.org/~bigjnsa/vcd-linux.htm

I used vcdimager, which is available here: http://www.vcdimager.org/ (I grabbed an rpm for redhat 9 from this list)

Then I did the following:

% vcdimager xiuxiu_pulse.mpg
% sudo cdrdao write --device 0,0,0 --speed 8 --driver generic-mmc videocd.cue

Note that your options to cdrdao might be differnt, but the above worked like a charm for me. The resulting VCD plays in my DVD player just fine. The video quality isn't perfect, but the sound is pretty good. Rad!

Licensing

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Thanks

A big thank you to the kind folks at waverunner.tv for working with me to make this possible.