VLC (VideoLan) Updates to Version 1.1.0

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Categories: Software News, DivX/XviD

VLC Media player (initially VideoLAN Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.

Playing back .MP4 H.264 encoded movies:

Use VideoLAN which has a built in .MP4 reader and H.264 decoder Use Media Player Classic or Windows Media Player and ffdshow For more information on how to play back, encode and convert MP4 files, please refer to our MP4 Usage Guide

The official change log for version 1.1.0 is as follows:

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Apple Updates iTunes to Version 9.2

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Categories: Software News, iPod, iPhone

The update adds quite a few performance enhancements but most notably the support for Apple's new iPhone 4 and allows syncing books to iPhones and iPods with the yet to come iBooks application.

Some of the new features are:

Sync with iPhone 4 to enjoy your favorite music, movies, TV shows, book and more on-the-goSync and read books with iPhone or iPod touch with iOS 4 and iBooks 1.1Organize and sync PDF documents as books. Read PDFs with iBooks 1.1 on iPad and any iPhone or iPod touch with iOS 4.0Organize your apps on your iOS 4 home screens into folders using iTunesFaster back-ups while syncing an iPhone or iPod touch with iOS 4Performance improvements make scrolling much faster

If you plan on being an early adopter of Apples iPhone 4 or upgrading your current device to iOS 4, don't forget to update to iTunes 9.2.

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ATI Updates Catalyst Drivers to Version 10.6

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Categories: Electronics, Hardware News, Other

AMD has posted a new set of Catalyst graphics drivers that have quite a few performance enhancements as well as some new video filtering options.  Catalyst 10.6 also brings OpenGL 4.0 support on 5000-series Radeon cards.

The new filtering options include video de-blocking support, which reduces blocking artifacts seen in low bit-rate video during playback, and Mosquito noise reduction support to help prevent the shimmering noise often found around the edges of sharp outlines in highly compressed progressive video.

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VideoLan Updates to Version 1.1.4 RC4

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Categories: Software News, Other, DivX/XviD

VLC (initially VideoLAN Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.

Playing back .MP4 H.264 encoded movies:

Use VideoLAN which has a built in .MP4 reader and H.264 decoder Use Media Player Classic or Windows Media Player and ffdshow For more information on how to play back, encode and convert MP4 files, please refer to our MP4 Usage Guide

Changes between 1.0.5 and 1.1.0-rc4:
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VSO PhotoDVD Updates to Version 4.0.0.28

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Categories: Software News, DVD Authoring, Recording

From the official site:

VSO PhotoDVD is probably one of the easiest programs to create an animated slideshow of your digital pictures to watch them on a regular home DVD player. Don't waste time on complex products when you can simply share your digital pictures on a DVD with friends or family.

VSO PhotoDVD takes your digital pictures and animates them to create a standard DVD movie. You can add optional soundtracks and comments to your pictures using DVD subtitles. The result is attractive and vibrant. The product is very easy to use and it is compatible with your DVD writer.

A wizard style interface lets you define the folders or files where to select the pictures. You can define multiple lists of music files to play in the background, and add up to 3 channels of DVD subtiles. The transitions and animations of your pictures are completely automatic and will enhance the experience of sharing your best memories. Use focus points to highlight the details of your pictures, like the sparkling eyes of your new born baby.

You can watch the results on a regular TV or computer using a DVD Player. This format uses the best quality available at the moment. A copy of your source files is stored in the DVD project and lets you keep trace of your digital pictures without quality loss using a computer.

Features:

Supported picture formats: JPG, GIF, BMP, ANI, PCX, EMF, WMF, and more... Supported audio formats for background music: MP3, WMA, OGG, MPC, WAV, APE Awesome pan and zoom effects Fullscreen (4:3) and Widescreen (16:9) output DVD output on DVD-R/RW and DVD

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TMPGEnc XPress Updates to Version 4.7.7.307

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Categories: Software News, DivX/XviD, DVD Authoring, Recording

Convert Almost Any Video File!

TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress excels at converting video from one format to another. Got a Media Center recording that you'd like to convert to DivX? Or maybe you have a DivX file you'd like to convert to DVD-compliant MPEG? TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress can do it all, and you'll have complete control over the output settings. You can even make your own custom output settings!

 Edit Your Video

TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress includes plenty of tools to enhance your video. Use the cut-editor to cut out unwanted scenes. Add filters to correct color, crop the picture, resize, sharpen, deinterlace, reduce noise, and more!

Convert Your AVCHD Footage!

The popular AVCHD video format is now officially supported as an input source! Easily take your AVCHD footage and convert it to other video formats such as DVD-Video!

Blu-ray Disc Encoding!

We've added a new output template for the Blu-ray Disc format! Convert your video into BDMV or BDAV compliant MPEG-2 video and maintain the quality of your high definition footage

The official change log for version 4.7.7.307 is as follows:

Added CUDA - CUDA 3.0 support. (There is no functional difference in TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress when using CUDA 2.3 or 3.0). This addition corrects the impossibility to launch TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress when a NVIDIA® GeForce GTX400 series video card (with a Fermi architecture graphic chip) is present. CUDA 3.0 support is available only for the GeForce GTX400 series video card.

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DVDRemaster Updates to Version 6.3.2

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Categories: Mac OS, DVD Authoring, Recording

From the Official Site :

DVDRemaster is an utility for Mac OS X to recompress large (unprotected/unencrypted) DVDs so that they fit on standard DVD5. DVDRemaster can work in two modes.

It can either preserve all tracks (including menus, multiangle, commentaries, other languages, ...) or work in "Movie Only" mode where everything but the main feature is discarded, thus leaving more space for the main feature and a better quality of image.

Advanced users will appreciate the Pro version, which lets you choose exactly which video and audio tracks you want to copy.

The official change log for version 6.3.2 is as follows:

Introduced a help manual accessible from the Help menu Improvements to the Japanese translation

 
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DVDRemaster Standard

DVDRemaster Pro

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