AVS2ASF – Open Source VC-1 Encoder SDK application

Posted By: Ben Waggoner | Today @ 1:31 AM

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As you may recall, we released the VC-1 Encoder SDK Professional as as free download. That included a very basic command-line encoder along the lines of Alex Zambelli’s WMCmd.vbs, but with much more limited input support and no preprocessing. A fellow called Kurtnoise13 jumped on it on the Doom9 Forums discussion about the SDK. He quickly created a new version that supports AVISynth files as source as well.[Click to read the full post

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Tags: AVISynth, avs2asf, compression, VC-1, VC-1 Encoder SDK

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Live Blog TEST

Posted By: Sarah Perez | Jan 6th @ 11:33 PM

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How to Build (or win) a Tiny Windows Home Server

Posted By: Larry Larsen | Jan 6th @ 6:43 PM

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Donavon from Home Server Hacks has put together instructions on how to build a tiny little Windows Home Server using an ARTiGO Pico-ITX kit. It's an interesting read and an especially good pick if your main concern is low power consumption - the Pico uses a staggering 13-watts of power at idle. While the board isn't the most plug and play compatible hardware out there for Home Server, this will show you how to make it work.

And if you're not so handy, Donavon is giving this one away to a lucky commentor. You have until Sunday January 11th to enter.

Tags: WHS, Windows Home Server

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Channel 10’s CES 2009 Coverage & Live Blog

Posted By: Sarah Perez | Jan 5th @ 10:03 PM

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At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show 2009 (CES), Steve Ballmer will be giving a keynote speech on January 7th at 6:30 PM PST. If you can’t make the event, don’t worry – you can watch it virtually! The Microsoft PressPass site, of course, has a virtual pressroom setup. But right here on Channel 10, we’ll be covering the event live, via a live blog. And frankly, won’t that be more fun to follow? Other content will be posted to Twitter by yours truly - just follow the Twitter user @sarahintampa for my CES tweets all week. Oh, and if you’re a true social media addict, there’s also a FriendFeed room set up which I’ll also keep up-to-date with content during CES.

CES, here we come!

Tags: CES, CES 2009

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Best practices for Windows Media Encoder in 2009

Posted By: Ben Waggoner | Jan 5th @ 8:54 PM

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I’ve had a bunch of emails lately from people still using Windows Media Encoder for a variety of reasons. A surprising number of people seem to be using ancient versions of actual encoder .dll files, so I figured it was time for one-last roundup post for best practices with WME and the old Format SDK. Hopefully everyone’s planning their migration to a VC-1 Encoder SDK based product, but for those who can’t move yet, please follow these best practices.[Click to read the full post

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Tags: compression, Expression Encoder, silverlight, VC-1, VC-1 Encoder SDK, Windows Media Encoder, Windows Media Player, WMcmd.vbs, WMV9 PowerToy

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Diamonds????

Posted By: rultedge | Jan 5th @ 1:59 AM

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I bought my new stepbrother xbox360 Far Cry 2. He is having a hard time playing this. I am too!! If and does anyone know it theres a cheat code that when he is in pause mode he can get more diamonds????? Thanks

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Two New Microsoft Surface Apps Revealed

Posted By: Sarah Perez | Jan 4th @ 1:45 PM

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Microsoft Surface developer Kevin Kennedy recently gave us a look at two new Microsoft Surface applications he has under development. Although neither app is 100% ready for real-world use just yet, both are great examples of Surface’s potential. The two new apps are called SplatBox and Bubble Wrap...[Click to read the full post

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Xbox 360 Car

Posted By: Sarah Perez | Jan 2nd @ 11:44 PM

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You’ve heard of Xbox 360 mods, but have you ever seen anything like this? A gamer modded his car with Xbox 360 components including game controllers and an Xbox console soldered into the dash. According to the photo’s description on flickr, the car actually has two 360’s, two projectors, and two flat screens inside. Hopefully, the gamer doesn’t play when driving! Yikes! Still, the end result is a pretty sweet looking ride.

Tags: auto, car, mod, Xbox, xbox 360

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Microsoft Increases Donation to Creative Commons

Posted By: Sarah Perez | Jan 2nd @ 12:45 PM

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Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization run mostly by volunteers devoted to expanding the range of creative works for others to legally share and build on top of. They offer content creators a series of copyright licenses, the Creative Commons licenses, which allow creators to easily determine and mark their materials for sharing in whatever manner that they sees fit. There’s even an easy-to-use license building tool to help people pick out the correct license they need.[Click to read the full post

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Tags: creative commons, donations, nonprofit

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HP Gives Sneak Peek of Firefly Gaming Laptop

Posted By: Sarah Perez | Jan 2nd @ 12:43 PM

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Netbooks may be all the rage right now, but there’s nothing that makes us drool quite like a new gaming laptop. Although HP is making its official debut at CES, we recently got a sneak peek at their new Voodoo Firefly prototype laptop. One of the laptop’s unique features is a 4.3” secondary screen beneath the main 17” 1920x1200 screen. You can drag any window to the smaller display, which is perfect for keeping an eye on your email or surfing the web during game downtime. The multi-touch trackpad on the Firefly is located on the right-hand side of the keyboard...[Click to read the full post

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Tags: concept, gaming, Innovation, laptop, prototype

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A Windows 7 Taskbar for XP

Posted By: Sarah Perez | Jan 2nd @ 12:43 PM

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By now, you’ve surely seen the new Windows 7 taskbar which is one of the biggest UI changes in the upcoming OS. If you want to get a taste of that experience on your XP machine, you can check out Iconizer, a third party application that revamps the taskbar on XP PCs. The app changes the way the programs are displayed in the Windows taskbar from their default view of a minimized window to a view where only their icons are displayed...[Click to read the full post

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Tags: app, apps, taskbar, Windows 7, Windows XP

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OnTheFlyUnzipper for Windows Home Server

Posted By: Sarah Perez | Jan 2nd @ 12:42 PM

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OnTheFlyUnzipper is a an add-on for Windows Home Server whose funny name may have you thinking XYZ PDQ! But this add-on isn’t about zippers…it’s about zipping and unzipping files. Once installed, the add-on is completely automated, requiring no user input – it will simply zip and unzip files as needed by immediately unpacking any downloaded files to a subfolder. The add-on can handle .rar files, too. In a recent review on WHS enthusiast site, WeGotServed, blogger Jim Clark notes that although some users have reported difficulties with multipart rar files and very large zip files, he didn’t have a problem in his test. Your mileage may vary, of course, but this still seems like a really useful tool. (I would like a browser add-on that does this!)

Tags: add-in, WHS, Windows Home Server

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Take Screenshots with Greenshot

Posted By: Sarah Perez | Dec 31st, 2008 @ 4:55 PM

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For taking screenshots on my Windows PC, I’ve been using the free software from Jing, which lets me use a hotkey combination to take a screenshot then save it to my computer or quickly upload it to either Flickr or a web site via FTP. However, I’m always on the lookout for any utilities that could improve on the screenshot-taking experience. That’s why I’m now giving Greenshot a try.

This new, open source screenshot application runs from a small executable file – no installation required. After it’s up and running, you can use keyboard shortcuts to take a shot of either a region (hit the Print button), a window (Alt+Print), or your entire screen (Ctrl+Print)...

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Tags: free, Utilities, utility

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New Microphone for Rock Band Now Available

Posted By: Sarah Perez | Dec 31st, 2008 @ 4:45 PM

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There’s a new microphone for Rock Band out now called M.I.C., short for the ever-so-creative “microphone with integrated controller.” Like it sounds, this microphone offers Xbox controls built right into the mic itself. Although you might think that having buttons on your microphone would be an inconvenience during gameplay, a handy switch at the bottom will deactivate them from accidental presses. But whenever you need to make adjustments or choose a new song, you can quickly switch them back on – no need for a regular Xbox 360 controller. With a nearly 10” cord, this mic gives you plenty of slack and the price ($59.99) makes it a worthwhile buy for any serious Rock Band gamer. You can check out more details or purchase this official accessory from http://rockband.gameshark.com.[Click to read the full post

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Tags: Rock Band, xbox 360, Xbox Accessories

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