Yikes! for nerds: how to get the code
I ran out of time yesterday, but as promised, here’s how to build and run Yikes!
Quick Start
cd yikes
rake && rake ffmpeg
ruby lib/main.rb -l /path/to/videos -t /path/to/ipod/output -r 1800 -b
Getting the code
By far, the best way to get the code is via Git; this lets you view the entire commit history, as well as send me changes. If you don’t have Git, you can download precompiled source code trees for Linux or Mac OS X 10.5. The Git clone URL via Github is git://github.com/xpaulbettsx/yikes.git
Building (”Huh? Building? On Ruby?”)
(If you downloaded the precompiled version, skip this part!) Even though the application is in Ruby, we need to build ffmpeg and its associated libraries from source, so you need to have the XCode tools installed, and you probably need MacPorts as well. While building this takes forever, it’s fairly easy:
Running the app
Right now, you have to run Yikes! from the command line, but the syntax is pretty easy. Here’s a sample:
# The long version
ruby lib/main.rb –library /path/to/videos –target /path/to/ipod/output –rate 1800 –background
# or if you want the short version
ruby lib/main.rb -l /path/to/videos -t /path/to/ipod/output -r 1800 -b
# If you want to run it on the sample files for development, there’s an easier way
rake run
It appears googlereader is getting confused by your geshi implementation and splurging style information everywhere. If there’s anything I can do to help pinpoint the problem I’d be glad to help, I use geshi on a number of my own sites and now it looks like I’m going to be spending my weekend at least testing all of them with google reader. I’m beginning to think google reader has something against planet linode….
Sorry to be the carrier of annoying news
C
Charles
6 Jun 08 at 1:57 pm
@Charles: I believe this is Planet Linode instead of Google Reader; I added my site in Reader directly, and it looked fine
Paul Betts
6 Jun 08 at 3:54 pm