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Microsoft Seadragon

admin — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:15:27 +0000

Seadragon is an incubation project resulting from the acquisition of Seadragon Software in February. Its aim is nothing less than to change the way we use screens, from wall-sized displays to mobile devices, so that visual information can be smoothly browsed regardless of the amount of data involved or the bandwidth of the network.

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Freeware Quick Media Converter HD Version 4.0.0.0 Final the best Video Audio Converter around

admin — Sun, 30 May 2010 10:54:13 +0000

You can download this free universal video and audio converter here :
http://www.cocoonsoftware.com
Quick Media Converter is a free, very powerful and complete video and audio conversion software. Converts to and from most formats including but not restricted to :
Video:
flv,avi,divx,xvid,mpeg4,ipod,iphone,psp,3GP,3G2,AVI,DIVX,XVID,TS,DVD,
VCD,MPEG,Mpeg2,Mpeg4, mp4,vob ,mov,h264,h263, wmv.
Thumbnail capture as converting video according to the time you set (5s-59sec)
conversion for video games consoles
Xbox XBox 360,Wii, PSP , PS3

Audio :
MP3,WAV,amr,m4a, ,wma
QMC also allows you to record videos in or take pictures from your Web cam or DV Cam flux ,in avi divx format and then convert it to any format you want.
Batch Conversions are supported
Contains its own codecs no need for Addons
Has its own multi format media player (ffplay)
Based on FFmpeg open source code by Fabrice Bellard uses its own codec library, there is no need to install extra codec packs
Includes screen activity and audio recorder (Camstudio) for demos and tutorials in avi.

Also Included are two users modes:

Mode 1- Easy Mode Very intuitive : For all users includes: standard conversions settings to allow users to convert quickly without having any particular skills. Convert In 3-5 clicks.
Now also includes custom resizing possibility where appropriate and thumbnails capture.

Mode2 – Expert mode: For skilled and more experienced users, allows more flexibility and more specialized conversions settings such as cropping bitrates frequency rates, sizes ,aspect, includes much more codecs and requires good knowledge of video and audio conversion…

Application also has :

Direct access to the help forum through the application.
Converts to and from mobile phones ( Some us phones are not supported QCELP and KIdd proprietaru codecs Issues).
Converts all FLV files ( Youtube, Dailymotion, Break etc …).
Captures and records Web cam and DV Cam flux (video and sound)
No trial period
No engraved logo
No spyware
No malware
100 % Free software

Other Video Tutorials :
http://www.cocoonsoftware.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=category§ionid=10&id=34&Itemid=106
Download on http://www.cocoonsoftware.com ( left of the main page)

Whats new in QMC HD V 4.0.0.0 Full HD AVC support
· Easy mode formats, now include direct access to expert mode and prefilling of the fields to put you on track according to your specific needs.
· Now supports QCELP audio codec· Now supports KDDI codec
· Now support latest Youtube FLV AVC codec without giving the infamous resampling error.
· 3GP (AMR) coding has been removed due to license issues.
· New improved faster interface
· New improved installation process
· Many bugs have been solved and removed.
· Improved and embedded video player with possibility to extend its window or to go to full screen.
· Technical Information on files now are in a separate window and include your pc os and your current QMC version to allow copy and paste on the help forum when required.
· HD TS files are also supported.· Full HD section added as in 3.8.0 Beta
· The version is now fully portable , all previous beta versions will be discontinued as soon as this version will be released .

Have fun

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Web 2.0 Expo SF 2010: Steve Blank, “Days of Future Past”

admin — Tue, 11 May 2010 07:21:39 +0000

Steve Blank (Stanford/Berkeley/Columbia),
“Days of Future Past”

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Media Players part 1 (Windows Media Player)

admin — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:18:10 +0000

Here is a look at Windows Media Player, Windows Media in general is good for common users who only are using standard formats such as WAV, mp3, AVI, or any other common windows formats. For other audio/video formats, I would recommend VLC player which works with Mac’s and Pc’s
I will be doing a video on a VLC as well in another part. If your a mac or Linux user I will also show you some great media players as well. all this coming up. Rate this video as like please (youtube changed its stars)

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HP Pavilion dv9000 – Media QuickPlay Demonstration

admin — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 17:23:12 +0000

This is a demonstration on how the touch-sensor QuickPlay controls work on my HP Pavilion dv9000 laptop. I’m Selling this laptop on Craigslist I will post the link to the ad at the bottom of this description. Btw this is out of the Kansas City, MO. area.

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Host Media Processing Software Debuts New Video and HD Voice Codecs

admin — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 15:17:15 +0000

Support for new video codecs and wideband HD voice codecs via an upcoming release of Dialogic HMP Release 4.1LIN.

Dialogic Corporation (www.dialogic.com), a global provider of world-class products and technologies for multimedia and signal processing, today announced support for new video codecs and wideband HD voice codecs via an upcoming release of Dialogic® Host Media Processing Software (HMP) Release 4.1LIN. http://www.dialogic.com/products/ip_enabled/hmp-4.1lin.htm

Dialogic® HMP Software Release 4.1LIN is high-density, cost-effective multimedia processing software for building innovative communications solutions on Linux platforms and contains patent-pending software developed by Dialogic® Media Labs http://www.dialogic.com/medialabs/default.htm to enhance the quality of mobile video with improved bit-rate control. Specifically, the software update will provide support for native streaming of the following codecs:

Video Codec: H.264 (aka MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding)
HD Voice Codecs: AMR-WB (G.722.2) and G.722

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Winamp Tutorial – How to Rip a CD

admin — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 15:17:13 +0000

In this Winamp tutorial we show you how to Rip a CD using the Winamp Media Player. The tutorial also covers encoding options (AAC, AAC+, FLAC, WMA, WAV, etc), how to manually edit CD Information, as well as how to set your CD Ripping Preferences.

For more information on Winamp or to watch additional How-to videos visit the Winamp Blog – http://blog.winamp.com/

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Play DVD’s in Windows XP’s Media Player

admin — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:28:58 +0000

Visit http://PCWizKidsTechTalk.com for more tips.
This quick registry tweak enabled the Windows Media player in XP to play DVD’s so you do not have to get another program to play them. This was tested with Media Player version 11 in Windows XP and works great.

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How to Burn a CD

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:28:04 +0000

http://www.beyourownit.com -A video outlining all the necessary steps to burn a cd. Music cd’s data cd’s and video cd’s all use the same process when burning using windows xp. See more information at www.beyourownit.com

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DVD Studio Pro Tutorial: Power Learning Series-Lesson 2: Getting Media Ready for DVDSP

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:23:25 +0000

How to prepare your media for DVDSP.

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