IPodMe is a free, open source program that can convert video into MP4 format suitable for iPod or iPhone playback. It is a portable, single executable which contains all the filters and codecs needed for it to do its job. Want to convert your videos so you could play them on your Ipod or Iphone? →
UHAnimation: three animated shorts from the University of Hertfordshire’s digital animation program
If you are interested in some very cool short animated films check out the Film Page on the University of Hertforshire’s digital animation program (also check out their page on Vimeo). These films are made by students as graduation projects and are really very impressive. I’m showcasing three films here, two of which (“World War →
Radiohead in Japan: an interactive video experience
this page, set up by Japanese TV station Wowow offers an interactive experience of a live Radiohead performance of their track “15 Step” during the group’s 2008 Japanese tour. It allows you to remix the video in real time using pixellized flash video streams captured from 12 different points-of-view, and to generate your own custom →
Taksi: screen-recording app that captures 3D-rendered graphics
Taksi is a free video/screen recording tool that can capture 3D graphics applications such as games. It will record any Windows application that uses DirectX 8, DirectX 9, OpenGL or GDI and create an AVI file using any type of codecs that are installed on your system (or capture frames to PNG/BMP). Audio capture is →
How to convert PowerPoint to DVD for free
This posting will outline a number of options for converting a PowerPoint presentation to DVD using all free software. There is not a single free app that will do this; however there are three “routes” illustrated below that you could take to achieve PowerPoint to DVD conversion using all free apps. Here’s a quick summary: →
Automen: a small yet brilliant video converter
Automen is a free GUI for Mencoder that can perform video conversions across multiple formats and encoders. It supports XviD (for AVI encoding), FLV, X264 (MP4 for Ipod/PSP/PS3), WMV, MPEG4, MPEG2, and Huffyuv and is designed to be simple and straightforward for quick video conversion. I will not mince words: this little program has unexpectedly →
DVDnextCOPY iTurns Manager: create DRMS free copies of your iTunes songs
DVDnextCOPY iTurns Manager is a free program that can convert iTunes DRMS protected tracks to normal unprotected MP3s. It installs a virtual CD-writer driver and takes advantage of the option to burn tracks to CD in iTunes in order to capture and re-encode protected audio files to normal MP3s. I’ve always had an interest in →
Mp3splt-gtk: powerful MP3 and OGG file splitting utility
Mp3splt-gtk is a free multi-platform tool that can split large MP3 or OGG files without re-encoding. It offers a number of different ways to do this, including autodetecting silences, using a a local CDDB or CUE file, and downloading album and track length info from freedb.org . Other options include splitting by fixed time segments →
TubeMaster Plus: download any media file from (almost) any site
TubeMaster Plus is a free tool that can download streaming video and audio files from almost any media sharing site, including sites with anti-leeching protection. TubeMaster Plus also can convert downloaded videos to several formats, offers a video search function across multiple video sources, and offers a downloadble audio mp3 search function. [Review Updated July →
TED: find and download your favorite TV shows
TED (Torrent Episode Downloader) is a free tool that can find episodes of almost any TV show for downloading using a torrent client. It’s database of torrent sources is updated periodically to include new shows, and the program allows users to search for and add any shows that are not listed. This is an extremely →
Satsuki Decoder Pack: open any media file from any app with this nifty decoder pack
Satsuki Decoder Pack auto-installs a collection of media decoders and filters on your system. It will allow you to view or open almost any media file or DVD using the enclosed Windows Media Player Classic or from within any other application. In order to avoid conflicts and clutter this pack does not include codecs, only →
RichFLV: free tool to merge, cut, and manipulate FLV video
RichFLV is a free Adobe Air tool that performs a number of operations on FLV video files, including merging files, extracting sections from larger FLVs, exporting audio as FLV or MP3, converting to SWF, extracting individual frames to image files, and defining cue-points and metadata. Operations can be performed on the whole video or user-defined →
