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Joining MP3 Files Together Based on Date in Filename?

WCityMike — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:08:55 -0800

I have a podcast that downloads as multiple segments over multiple days. Its format arrives as YYYYMMDD_showcode_segment.mp3; so, for example, one download might result in files as 20090323_goofa_01.mp3 through 20090323_goofa_21.mp3, and also within the same download 20090324_goofa_01.mp3 through 20090324_goofa_21.mp3. What I'm looking for is a Unix script (shell, perl, what have you) that would look at a directory and look at what dates are represented there, and let me join all of the segments together by day. I can use mpgtx -j to do the actual joining; I'm looking for the code that would let the script determine what dates are in the directory and then get each day's segments united into a single MP3 for that day's show.

How many people work from home who aren't traditional telecommuters?

jenkinsEar — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:46:52 -0800

I'm trying to figure out how many people in the US work from home, but aren't (traditional) telecommuters. I'm trying to figure out the # of people who 'work from home' - and am wondering if anyone has any ideas. Specifically, I'm looking to understand how many people are actually employed by those 'work from home!' Companies (eg freelance writing, online tutoring, survey-answering etc. ) I'm not interested in your basic telecommuter- but instead, the group of people looking for part-time work, flexible hours, convenience of never having to leave your house, and cash.

Any thoughts on how to figure out how many people do that sort of thing? Is there a commercial service that aggregates this kind of data? Google Answers has some old Small Business Administration surveys, but they don't quite match up- they are mostly telecommuters, not work from home / freelance folks.

How to add computer to LAN with access to one workstation?

imaswinger — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 10:34:18 -0800

Best way to add a computer to LAN that is only connected to one workstation? We have a network of XP machines, and I'd like to add an existing win98 box (in the warehouse) and have it only communicate with one workstation on the LAN (win2000). Would it be best to add an extra network card to that one workstation, or can I slip a router in there instead (I have an extra router). The reason is we don't want the guys in the back using that win98 box to connect to anything, but we want to dump files onto it from the office.

What's the easiest way to join MPEG-2 segments?

aaronetc — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 09:25:02 -0800

I have a set of about two dozen DVD-ready MPEG-2 files that I'd like to combine into one file without re-encoding. What's the easiest way to do this? I can do under XP or OS X, but XP is preferred. I am using Sony DVD Architect to build the DVD itself, and it seems that joining separate MPEGs into one title is the only thing it won't do. The MPEGs were created using AviSynth, which craps out if I try to combine them in the source, so it seems I can only do it after the fact. If I Google for MPEG joining software, I get tons of results that all look similarly dodgy. As I said, Mac or Windows is fine, but the Mac is a MacBook and the Windows machine is a Dell desktop with about twice the processor and RAM, so I'd rather use the latter.