Archive for September, 2007

Best DVD Authoring Software

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

Best DVD Authoring Software
I prefer to TMPGEnc DVD author . Its good and simple to use. If you want more complexity and control try DVD Lab Pro . TMPGEnc 2 will not allow you to author both PAL & NTSC simultaneously. However, version 3 will allow you to author but will re-encode the file which do not match the selected project format. That is if you start wit…

Intel’s X38 chipset slips again, but with Intel’s new front-side bus

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

Intel’s X38 chipset slips again, but with Intel’s new front-side bus
DailyTech - The DivX encoder already supports SSE4, and I’m sure it won’t be long until x264 will. Also if it can be used by decoders (like CoreAVC) it would make it possible to playback H264/VC1 enocoded content smoothly on massively underclocked/undervoltaged

A Hush404 Gameblog
Gamespot News - Sadly there are still some formats the PS3 doesn’t support, the biggest downer of which is Divx, but it’s nice to see improvements like this coming along. Speaking of the PS3, Sony’s chopped the price a bit on the system, $100 to be exact. In North

PVP recommendations for my specific needs

Friday, September 28th, 2007

PVP recommendations for my specific needs
Or a Divx/DVD player with a USB port. Copy your AVI file(s) onto a USB thumb drive (or hard drive) and play from there. A few caveats though: long filenames are usually only displayed in 8.3 format. High bitrate files (>3000 kbps) won’t be played smoothly.

ffmpeg failure when using svcd2dvd
ok

Office Depot Brand 16X DVD
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8363415&st=dvd+burner&lp=7&type=product&cp=1&id=1177717702793 What do you guys think about this? If this can record the Office Depot brand DVD+R at 16X I’ll be happy, plus this is 20X burner :)

AutoGK 2.46 beta
Auto Gordian Knot simplifies the DVD to AVI/DivX/XviD conversion process for people new to Gordian Knot and overwhelmed by the vast options. It also supports other MPEG2 sources, such as HDTV, DVB captures and transport streams. New in version 2+: AVI, DV, DivX, XviD input.

DVD burning kiosks planned for the holidays

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

DVD burning kiosks planned for the holidays
Video Business - For that reason, some content holders also will require anti-ripping protection such as Macrovision s RipGuard on discs burned through kiosks, Taylor said. RipGuard is already used by some major studios on commercially produced discs, and Sonic has

best way to connect new LCD Tv to computer

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

best way to connect new LCD Tv to computer
Try DVI to HDMI and if you have HDCP problems, switch to Component. I connect my PC with the TV using Component myself.

ProgDVB 4.87 / 5.11
ProgDVB allows you to watch Digital Television and listen to Radio channels directly from satellite by using DVB cards with hardware decoders on the board, SAT-dish, and personal x86-compatible computers.

EFF Prepared Testimony at Copyright Office section 1201 rule-making

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

EFF Prepared Testimony at Copyright Office section 1201 rule-making
Electronic Frontier Foundations - In July 2001, Macrovision reportedly made a test release in the United States, including one title that had sold almost 100,000 units [1] . This followed a report in May 2001, which quoted Marc Tokayer, the CEO of Macrovision partner TTR Audio, as

AVCHD Sony format help

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

AVCHD Sony format help
Hello Everyone, I am new to this, but I did find a program that will allow you to edit AVCHD (.m2ts). Pinnacle Studio 11 Ultimate Studio 11.0 and higher can import the following video file formats with the allowable extensions for each format noted in parenthesis: AVI File (.avi) MPEG Files - MPEG-1, MPEG-2 SD & HD, and MPEG-4…

This Just In

Monday, September 24th, 2007

This Just In
Multichannel Online - Horsham, Pa. Motorola shipped its 2 millionth Internet Protocol set-top box, less than six months after hitting the 1 million mark, and teamed up with Microsoft to test its video-encoding systems with the software giant s IP-television platform

First dual-format, high-def player arrives
Video Business - The Super Multi Blu HD player is shipping without an HD DVD logo, meaning it isn t guaranteed to play interactive HD DVD bonus features, have Internet access to features or meet HD DVD s video encoding standards. Circuit City even warns on its

Arris Issues Official Bid for Tandberg TV
Multichannel Online - Deal Would Combine Networking-Equipment Vendor, Video-Encoding Provider By Todd Spangler — Multichannel News, 2/15/2007 4:30:00 PM Arris launched a tender offer Thursday for the shares of Tandberg Television, a deal announced Jan. 15 , valuing

Foto2Avi 2.0

Sunday, September 23rd, 2007

Foto2Avi 2.0
Foto2Avi is a freeware basic video/photo converter to avi/mpeg/flv. Has special effects like, Transitions Flippage, Swirl , Basic Effects (Brightness/Noise/Fade in/Fade out), Advanced Effects (Distort, Ripple), Animations, Subtitles, Logos

The KMPlayer 2.9.3.1375 Beta
KMPlayer is a free movie and audio player that supports a wide range of codecs and file formats, it has full DVD playback functionality. Tons of built in features like video and audio filters, subtitle, zoom, pan & scan, open streaming media, play from tvcard,cam.

CopytoDVD states media does not have enough space - error message
Some AVI sources don’t compress dependably, that’s why the DVDShrink option exists. 4.37GB is probably just barely too big for the media, Shrink should fix it right up.

iTunes 7.4.2
iTunes is a digital media player application for playing and organizing digital music and video files. The program is also an interface to manage the content on Apples popular iPod digital media players.

SVCD2DVD 2.5.3200

Saturday, September 22nd, 2007

SVCD2DVD 2.5.3200
SVCD2DVD is a one click VCD or SVCD to DVDR with menus software. It automates the process of creating DVD-SVCDs and DVD-VCDs: putting VCD and SVCD content onto DVD without re-encoding video streams. Version 2 also supports HDTV and AVI/DivX/XviD to DVD, PAL to NTSC, NTSC to PAL framerate conversion and much more. Requires .Net Framework.

Removing ship engines humming noise
neither of them can be downloaded.

DVD Recorder with Custom Menu
And just for UK (or just PAL) folk who are interested that translates in the UK XS32, XS34, RD85, and the current model RD97(I think look in comet/currys!) For 1/2 frame DVD captures interestingly the XS32 seems to drop to 1/2 frame at about 2hr20mins even lower that JVC but this is increased to about 3hr or more on the RD85. This may be of int…