How to convert DVD iso to avi using mplayer

Here is a python script to convert an .iso of a DVD to avi and to encode it using mpeg4. It is a slightly modified version of the script found at http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/2003-April/032226.html to work with newer versions of mplayer/mencoder. Later edit: It seems that mplayer/mencoder know to play/convert .iso files directly so we can do:…

How to convince the SmartGWT ListGrid to automatically fetch from the server only the data it displays

Since I was looking all over the net how to do this and I only found pieces of information, here is an example: [java] public class OperationsGrid extends ListGrid{ OperationsGrid(){ super(); TreeGridField accNoField = new TreeGridField(“accountNo”, 150); TreeGridField commentField = new TreeGridField(“comment”, 150); setFields(accNoField,commentField); setHeight100(); setWidth100(); setAutoFetchData(true); setAlternateRecordStyles(true); setDataSource(OperationsDS.getInstance()); setShowFilterEditor(true); } } [/java] [java] public…

MySQL Java SQLException error codes enum

Because I had this problem and I could not find a list of MySQL error codes on the Internet, I’ve decided to implement my own MySQL error codes enum. It is based on MySQL 5.1.35 sources, include/mysqld_ername.h file. Now I can do something like this: [java] catch (SQLException e) { if(e.getErrorCode() == MySQLExceptionCode.ER_DUP_ENTRY.getErrorCode()){ r =…