Getting the most out of…your tech and other things
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I have two favorite media players VLC media player and media player classic. Both are free and both play many different file types with ease.
VLC Media plalyer http://www.videolan.org/vlc
A cross-platform media player and streaming server. This player is highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, …) as well as DVDs VCDs , and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in ipv4 or ipv6 on a high bandwidth network. The site tracks how many are being downloaded and at the time I am writing this it is being download 2.2 times per second. Below is an example of an avi file I tested
The other one is media player classic.
I love this one because of it’s small memory footprint. On my old computer I could actually play a video and do something else at the same time. Also you don’t need to install it. The program is just one exe file good which is also good for a USB drive. I did have one problem though. I have a new computer so I had to install the xvid codec. After that everything worked perfectly. Below is the same avi file in media player classic
I like media player classic because I think the picture is sharper but vlc is brighter. Both have many options to customize the video settings but I prefer to just click and go so classic works for me.
BBC sends legal threat over fan’s Dr Who knitting patterns
Glyn sez, “Mazz has been posting knitting patterns to help other people re-create characters from the cult series using only two sticks and ball of wool. Impressive? The BBC, producers of the series, didn’t think so. They sent Mazz a letter, which states:”
We note that you are supplying DR WHO items, and using trade marks and copyright owned by BBC. You have not been given permission to use the DR WHO brand and we ask that you remove from your site any designs connected with DR WHO. Please reply acknowledging receipt of this email, and confirm that you will remove the DR WHO items as requested.”
Omnisio is a new site that allows you to edit video from youtube, google video, and bliptv.
It lets you splice the existing clips and mash them together.
Here is a projet I made in a few minutes. I put together scenese from three movies with a common theme.
They also have options to easily share your videos with various blogging, bookmarking, and social networking sites including facebook and myspace.
Welcome to AOL TV listings is what greets you when you surf to AOL’s TV listings site for the iPhone.
You can find it at http://iphone.television.aol.com. Just type in your zip code and click go.
You then get a detailed list of television services in your area.
After clicking save you get the following menu.
Choosing channel guide will give you the total list of channels available. You then have the oportunity to uncheck the ones you do not want to see listed.
Now go back and click what’s on now you will see a list of channels, the shows that are on, and the time.
If you click the magnifying glass or choose complete listings you get the ability to sort by date and category.
When you click one of the shows you get a short synopsis and a list of whenever it runs again.
Today I learned that Hulu has been out of Beta for a month or so.
Hulu is a site where you can watch TV shows and movies.
They have will over a hundred shows that you can watch full episodes of for free, legally.
They also have over a hundred movies.
You can watch the first episode of Life below.
you need to look up the television schedule on your iPhone there are two sites that I recomend.
One of my favorite Cartoons is Home Movies. It is a comedy about eight year old film maker, Brendon Small.
It is now on adult swim on the cartoon channel At adultswim.com there are many clips and one full episode.
Other full episodes include
Aqua Teen Hunger Force – Boost Mobile, Dirtfoot
Tim and Eric Awsome Show Great Job – Missing
And Many More
