Category Archives: Video
Can MythTV Serve Your Neighborhood?
Sunday, April 1, 2007
It’s no secret that, here at home, I use and love MythTV. Part of MythTV’s beauty is it’s expandability. Record T.V. and video in one part of your home, watch it in another. Andrew Greig has taken this concept to a whole new level. Andrew’s video content comes from a C-band (big dish) satellite receiver [...]
Law Enforcement Turns the Tables on YouTube Lawbreakers
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
A few years ago it wasn’t unusual for law enforcement officials to get caught violating the rights of citizens on tape. Looks like someone’s wised up; U.S. Customs Enforcement has executed a search warrant to get some information on supposed death threats sent via YouTube. Link via Techdirt
It’s All Geek To Me
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Niel Stephenson takes on 300, or rather takes on those who take on 300… Link via Linkfilter Link to a PDF for posterity.
AFSCME, The Union that Works for You!
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Hilarious union video from the 70s with an alternate sound track. (NSFW) Linkswiped from BoingBoing
Encode770
Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Encode770 is a shell script meant to encode video for Nokia 770. Unfortunately, this is Unix/Linux only; dependencies are mencoder and xterm. Once the script is installed in a file managers menu, Encode770 can be invoked from with a right-click. Great for re-encoding those T.V. shows recorded through MythTV.
The Core Media Player
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
There are few pleasures in life. For me, one of those pleasures is finding an open-source app. that saves me money and hassles. The Core Pocket Media Player (TCPMP) is one of those pleasures. It’s small, simple, modular, and does only what it’s supposed to. It’s also the best at what it does… play media. [...]
Book Support
Saturday, February 17, 2007
In this youtube video clipped from the Norwegian show “Øystein & Meg” a “help-desk” representative schools a monk on the proper use of a book. Modeled after typical “help-desk”/ employee conversations there’s a series of misunderstandings as the monk grapples with the proper use of a book.
HD-DVD / Blueray Encryption Explained
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Decrypting the movie industry’s latest content has been pretty popular lately. What does it all mean? Has HD-DVD encryption truly been broken? It can be a difficult subject to grok and it’s rare to find someone who can sum up the situation so succinctly. In Freedom to Tinker’s latest post J. Alex Halderman does just [...]