links for 2005-11-30
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media player that supports tagging
November 30, 2005
DiggATI’s Avivo Xcode
For what it’s worth, I thought I’d blog this article (again via Digg). Downside is the requirement of one of their Radeon cards.
Summary:
Avivo XCode: Top-secret power tool for ATI’s Radeon X1000 GPUs
CHIP Online had the opportunity to test a beta version of ATI’s still secret „Avivo XCode“ encoding tool. It uses the power of the GPU to reduce video encoding time –into virtually any format – drastically. Our results show: The new ATI solution easily does it 5 times faster than even the fastest CPUs available today!
November 29, 2005
DV Guru NLE Comparision
So I come across this article entitled Top Four Non-Linear Editors via Digg.com (didn’t get my Digg), and I must say that I’m dissapointed with reviews nowadays, especially ones done by those considering themselves “authorities” on this subject. Why? Because they always compare the same old video editors that hold the top posistions in the market. Many great editors that don’t have privelege yet are not even mentioned. I’ve read to many like this.
And second, the title is a bit silly… I mean, are there really any Linear video editors nowadays (Ok, so the news still uses non-linear system. But are they available to the consumer?) The whole idea of the modern computer is to remove the linear bit. So all video editors on the market today are NLEs (show me one that isn’t). You would look silly to not work with NLEs as the work would be tremendous.
The video editor they have left out, that is my personal favorite and the one I use, is the underpriced, underrated Movie Edit Pro from Magix. Don’t be fooled by the dorky name or the price tag. Take my word for it.
Technorati Tags: video, editor, nle, review, comparision
links for 2005-11-29
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Why Apple Sucks. A Campaign blog to change Quicktime\’s upgrade system.
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Terragen⢠is a work-in-progress scenery generator for Windows and the Mac OS. At this stage of its development, Terragen is free for personal non-commercial use.
November 28, 2005
links for 2005-11-28
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per rippare DVD in Mpeg4. GPL, per MacOS X. fantastico!
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GPLed free software
Apple Sucks - Find out Why
I’ve launched a Blogger blog following a campaign I’ve started due to Apple’s flawed Quicktime upgrade system. They expect customers with PRO keys to upgrade to QT7 (which is now required by nearly every website with quicktime content) and lose what they paid for as the key becomes useless and they must therefore purchase another. I call that simply “underhand”.
Visit and support us at: applestinks.blogspot.com
November 27, 2005
links for 2005-11-27
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export and view firefox\’s history… the easy way
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freeware raster to vector software
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vector drawing program comparison matrices.
Huge list!
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Good article on Asynchronous JavaScript + XML (JavaScript, XmlHttpRequest, DOM, XHTML etc.)
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Free open-source disk encryption for Windows XP/2000/2003
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Slide is a free Windows application (Mac version coming soon!) for finding, playing, and instantly sharing photos, videos, and other media. Slide will help you group digital photos into channels to share with friends and family. It might even help you fin
November 25, 2005
Additions: More FREE Video Hosting
Here are 2 additions to the already healthy list of free video sharing websites.
- *FreeVideoBlog - Not a big community or as flexible as YouTube and Sharkle but allows you to embed videos into your site (not sure what the limit is) and the flash quality looks pretty good (although I’ve seen some WMV files there too.
- * StreetFire - Identical interface (except for color scheme) to the one above, so I guess has the same features. Don’t know the limitations for this one either.
Didn’t get much look at them but thought I’d post them anyhow.
* It is run on a service provided by Vidiac, who’s other partner sites can be found here.
November 24, 2005
Find that Font
Ever wanted to replicate a font? That’s where Whathefont comes in.
From site:
Ever wanted to find a font just like the one used by certain publications, corporations, or ad campaigns? Well now you can, using our WhatTheFont font recognition system. Upload a scanned image of the font and instantly find the closest matches in our database. If WhatTheFont can’t figure it out, you can submit your image to the WhatTheFont Forum where cloak-draped font enthusiasts around the world will help you out!
Below is an example of how it works. I chose a simple font to demonstrate, but you can pick nearly any font (if it’s too complex, you can visit their forums and ask the experts). You upload a font from your computer (not shown) or grab an image URL, and it will ask you to validate it’s guess (left) by changing any letters it got wrong. If everything is ok, submit it and you will be given the best matches for your font. Copperplate is a common font so my test went smoothly.
(via Tipmonkies)
Technorati Tags: font
