I found an old PDF file on my server that I wanted to read, but it had a password. After some guesing I figured out the password, but I thought to myself ” Gee. Wouldn’t it be nice if I didn’t have to type in a password anymore.” After some googling I found a simple to use command line tool for linux. Basically what the program does is convert the password protected PDF file into a postscript file and then back into a password-free PDF file. Here is the Guide I Found detailing how to do it with Ubuntu. I ran into a few issues, but take a look for yourself and see if it helps you.
Computers, How To
password, pdf, remove, ubuntu
I got my new Canon Vixia HF10 camcorder recently and had to figure out how to convert the AVCHD files that it makes. I’m running Ubuntu 8.04, which means that I can’t use any of the available windows applications, but after some searching I was able to convert my MTS files into perfectly working AVI files. In order to save others’ time I decided to make a how-to guide. It is still a work in progress and some things are probably missing, but hopefully it should be enough to help you out.
UPDATE: 12/4/2008:
I’ve found that this guide is now outdated to the point of not being useful. I would highly reccomend using HandBrake to convert your .MTS files. Although it does not give you an .AVI file directly, it does give you an easy to work with .mp4 which you can then convert into AVI if you need to.
How To, Video
avi, conversion, guide, mts, ubuntu