“The FLV Player is a little piece of software for Windows that allows you to play FLV files locally. It is free to use, even if your religion says otherwise. Like it or leave it.”
Month: March 2006
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FLV Player
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GWEI – Google Will Eat Itself
“We generate money by serving Google text advertisments on a network of hidden Websites. With this money we automatically buy Google shares.
We buy Google via their own advertisment! Google eats itself – but in the end “we” own it!”
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Convert Realmedia files using VirtualDubMod and Avisynth
“There is a second more complicated way to convert your RMVB files. VirtualDubMod, which supports AVISynth scripts and MPEG-2 video importing, is an alternative method for converting RMVB files to a format suitable for DVD.”
According to Wilbert on the VideoHelp.com forum, you need the latest AviSynth v2.56 for the convertfps to work. That did the trick for me, as I was first having trouble with VirtualDubMod giving me DirectShowSource does not have a named argument “convertfps” errors when trying to load the Realmedia file.
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Vatican Radio employees present pope with specially loaded iPod nano
“A group of Vatican Radio employees gave Pope Benedict XVI a brand new iPod nano loaded with special Vatican Radio programming and classical music. To honor the pope’s first visit to the radio’s broadcasting headquarters, the radio’s technical staff decided the pencil-thin, state-of-the-art audio player would make the perfect gift.
Now that Vatican Radio offers podcasts in eight different languages, the pope has the technological capability to plug in and import the radio’s audio files.”
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Olive OPUS
“The new OPUS combines the fidelity of a high-end CD player with the convenience of digital audio technology. The breathtaking audio fidelity is courtesy of a customized audio board with four 24-bit DACs and temperature-compensated crystal oscillator. Its innovation builds upon a 400GB hard drive that stores up to 1,100 of your CDs in lossless quality, allowing you to conveniently access all your favorite music.”
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Tux-shaped computer runs Linux
“Acme Systems is shipping a Penguin-shaped case for a tiny SBC (single-board computer) powered by an innovative MCM (multi-chip module) that runs Linux. The 6.7-inch tall, 30-Euro “Tux Case” houses the company’s “Acme Fox,” a 2.6 x 2.8-inch, 100-Euro, RISC-based board with Ethernet and dual-USB interfaces, and surface-mount connectors for other I/O.”
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What is the GeeXboX
“GeeXboX is no more than an awesome standalone media player. […] So, GeeXboX is a full operating system, running under Linux and based on the excellent MPlayer. No need for a hard drive, you just have to put the GeeXboX bootable CD into the CD-Drive of any Pentium-class computer to boot it. […]
[Nearly] every kind of media file can be played with GeeXboX, with the OS supporting :
- MPEG 1/2 movies (MPG files, VCDs, DVDs …)
- MPEG 4 movies (DivX, XviD, H.264 …)
- RealMedia and Windows Media movies.
- OggMedia streams
- Matroska streams
- Audio streams like : MP3, Ogg/Vorbis, WAV (AudioCD), AC3, MusePack (MPC), FLAC …
- Network streams : WebRadio and WebTV
- Watching analog TV and digital DVB”
GeeXboX via Juha
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Flickr image unblocker
Fuckin’ Flickr, functionality breakin’ faggot! Piece of shit, motherfucker! Thank God for Greasemonkey.
“A script to remove the invisible image (spaceball.gif) blocking images on flickr.”