Media

Install ffmpeg

Install for Linux Mint 21 thanks to Syeda Wardah Batool docs

sudo apt install dirmngr ca-certificates software-properties-common gnupg gnupg2 apt-transport-https
sudo gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring /usr/share/keyrings/rob-savoury.gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys E996735927E427A733BB653E374C7797FB006459
sudo gpg --list-keys
sudo gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring /usr/share/keyrings/rob-savoury.gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys E996735927E427A733BB653E374C7797FB006459
echo 'deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/rob-savoury.gpg] https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/savoury1/ffmpeg4/ubuntu jammy main' | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ffmpeg-4-rob-savoury.list
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt install ffmpeg

DVDs

mount a dvd

sudo mount /dev/sr0 /media/dvdrom

Since I don't do this frequently using a GUI is fine for me. backing up DVDs with makemkv, following guide here

sudo apt-get install build-essential pkg-config libc6-dev libssl-dev libexpat1-dev libavcodec-dev libgl1-mesa-dev qtbase5-dev zlib1g-dev

Handbrake-CLI

Install dependecies and Handbrkake with CLI:

sudo apt-get install libavcodec-extra libdvd-pkg regionset
sudo dpkg-reconfigure 
sudo apt install handbrake handbrake-cli

run handbrake-cli

HandBrakeCLI -i /media/dvdrom -o /data/Movies/my_dvd_backup.mp4 --preset="Fast 1080p30"

MakeMkv

The below commands combine the ones from above as well. Build-tools and ffmpeg need to be available for makemkv to be installed.

sudo apt-get install build-essential pkg-config libc6-dev libssl-dev libexpat1-dev libavcodec-dev libgl1-mesa-dev qtbase5-dev zlib1g-dev
sudo apt install dirmngr ca-certificates software-properties-common gnupg gnupg2 apt-transport-https
sudo gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring /usr/share/keyrings/rob-savoury.gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys E996735927E427A733BB653E374C7797FB006459
sudo gpg --list-keys
sudo gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring /usr/share/keyrings/rob-savoury.gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys E996735927E427A733BB653E374C7797FB006459
echo 'deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/rob-savoury.gpg] https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/savoury1/ffmpeg4/ubuntu jammy main' | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ffmpeg-4-rob-savoury.list
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt install ffmpeg

wget https://www.makemkv.com/download/makemkv-bin-1.17.6.tar.gz
wget https://www.makemkv.com/download/makemkv-oss-1.17.6.tar.gz
tar -xvf makemkv-bin-1.17.6.tar.gz
tar -xvf makemkv-oss-1.17.6.tar.gz

cd ../makemkv-oss-1.17.6
./configure
make
sudo make install

cd ../makemkv-bin-1.17.6
make
sudo make install
makemkv

Copy DVDs

makemkvcon mkv disc:0 all /path/to/folder

CDs

Backing up CDs with abcde. abcde stores the output in Unknown_Artist-Unknown_Album/ directory lame is needed for mp3 encoding and eye3 is used for metadata tags.

sudo apt-get install abcde eyed3 lame 
abcde -o mp3

Tags can be edited with Rhytmbox in GUI

Plex

Plex could not read from a NAS NFS that I mounted on my home directory. I had to add the plex user to my usergroup ro fix it.

systemctl status plexmediaserver.service
groups
groups plex
MYGROUP="$USER"
sudo usermod -a -G $MYGROUP plex
systemctl status plexmediaserver.service
systemctl restart plexmediaserver.service

Games

Agar.IO

I used this clone to run on a server. Running setup

git clone https://github.com/huytd/agar.io-clone.git
cd agar.io-clone
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/master/install.sh | bash
nvm install --lts
source ~/.bashrc 
npm install
npm run start

Clones repo, install npm and runs the server on port 3000 Create a systemd file /etc/systemd/system/agar-io.service

[Unit]
Description=Agar.io Node.js Application
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
WorkingDirectory=/home/ubuntu/agar.io-clone
ExecStart=/home/ubuntu/.nvm/versions/node/v20.16.0/bin/node ./bin/server/server.js
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=10
User=ubuntu
Group=ubuntu
Environment=PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin
Environment=NODE_ENV=production

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Reload systemd after changes to service file and run service

systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl 
sudo systemctl status agar-io.service
sudo systemctl start agar-io.service

Not sure if updating manifest.yml file does anything

---
applications:
- name: agar-clone
  memory: 4096M
  disk_quota: 4G
  buildpack: nodejs_buildpack
  host: agar-clone
  domain: mybluemix.net
  timeout: 180
  env:
    NPM_CONFIG_PRODUCTION: false