Media Management Misery
I’m sure I’ll get some heat for this, but here goes…
Why is managing media so painful under Linux?
I have a significant amount of audio on my laptop, and a phone that is a fairly capable music player. However if I want to copy some of that audio to my phone, I have to resort to manually copying and arranging the files, as well as ensuring the tags are right (as the N95 relies on these). It’s an awkward, but manageable process that I don’t do so often.
Podcasts are a different story though. My phone is capable of downloading podcasts itself, but they are slow to download and awkward to manage. Copying podcasts from the laptop to the phone can be fraught with peril.
By contrast I had to reset my daughter’s iPod today after I tried to manage it under Linux. The reset and re-population through iTunes was painless. I know it is because Apple control the software and hardware, but it can’t be that hard to get right can it?
Don’t even get me started on photos and movies…
Believe
I dozed off watching TV last night, and awoke to some sad yet dramatic music that demanded my attention. I realised what was being advertised just before they gave it away. Thanks to the wonders of Sky+ I rewound the advert and watched it again. Now thanks to the wonders of YouTube I can share it with you.
Finish the fight.
Multimediocre
Nik Butler put out a vlog, vodcast, video today commenting on the state of multimedia in FOSS. This is my response.
24 Season 6 - a summary
24 season 6 ended last night on Sky with a double bill, and having been a faithful follower of the series since the beginning I’d wax lyrical on my feelings about this most recent season.
Meh.
I really hope season 7 is better, but that’s what I said about this season as well so I’m not really that hopeful.
look good