January 17, 2009
So you downloaded the latest Futurama movie or your friend gave you a copy of last night’s Nip/Tuck episode and it does not play. You could be getting unexpected playback results, the file just won’t play or your player is saying that your file is corrupted. What do you do? Weep openly? Seek help? Or [...]
December 15, 2008
In Windows, you have the Windows Movie Maker that makes video editing a breeze. In Linux, while there is no default or inbuilt video editor applications, there are plenty of open source video editing tools that one can consider for their video project. In case you are searching for a good video editor for linux, [...]
December 11, 2008
I wanted to write about this feature back when I wrote about YouTube’s “Video Annotations” . But I couldn’t get it to work and I thought at the time that it was a US-only feature. But it has now appeared and I’ve discovered that it is a great feature for people wanting to put music [...]
November 24, 2008
If you are running a WordPress vodcast site, or you frequently post video content on your blog, wouldn’t it be great if you can upload, import, edit and create mash up of video/audio/photos right within your WordPress admin area? Kaltura is the first open source video platform for online video management, creation, interaction and collaboration. [...]
November 18, 2008
I am a big fan of my USB stick and so one of my favourite websites is John Haller’s Portable Apps. However, it’s been some time since I last checked the site and when I finally took a look at it again at the weekend, I was pleasantly surprised to see that he has been [...]
September 5, 2008
My mother and I have a tradition. Every year, she sends me a DVD recording of the Edinburgh Military Tattoo which is shown on BBC television every August. I have quite a few years worth of Tattoo recordings now – mostly Scottish bagpipe music so when I get a bit homesick, I turn it on, [...]
July 26, 2008
Having recently bought a shiny new camcorder and then having uploaded my first YouTube video, I am now enthusiastically looking to see what new developments YouTube are working on. Their equivalent of Google Labs is called Test Tube and right now, there are four experiments that they are working on. In my opinion, only two [...]
July 21, 2008
There are so many things you can do with a webcam or camera hooked up to your computer. You can do anything from take a picture to film a movie. There are many expensive programs that replaces elaborate hardware video and audio mixers but with the power modern personal computers contains, there is little reason [...]
May 27, 2008
Ever wondered if you could edit and mix different YouTube videos together? Or mix YouTube and Blip.tv videos ? Or play a Powerpoint presentation alongside a video ? Well…no doubt there are tools to do it but Omnisio is different. Omnisio is an excellent online tool which allows you to assemble clips from different video [...]
March 7, 2007
They are free and yet have a lot to offer… Zamzar Zamzar is a free and all-inclusive (video, music, images, documents) online file converter. In 4 quick steps you can convert almost anything to anything else; (1) simply enter a file you want to convert by pointing to its location on your local drive or [...]
