For a while I used a commercial windows software to convert a bunch of MTS files, but as a Linux user (Windows is for games mostly :) ), I finally managed to find a way to do it using ffmpeg, a patch and mencoder.

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Have you ever wondered “What the hell is this J2EE thingy?”, “How can someone use Java to develop web applications?” or even “Web pages in Java? Isn’t this for applets only?”.
If so, than we have something in common, for years I have been asking myself those questions, while not having enough time to dig into [...]

Pseudocode interesting technique that I found in Code Complete, Second Edition by Steve McConnell.
PPP is a way of developing routines by writing pseudocode for them in the first place (not a new topic) and after that, making the pseudocode a comment in the routine (functions, procedure, method or whatever your language [...]