Scenario: You’re working on one display but you want to use the second display as a media center while you’re working. Well, Front Row 2.0 can be used on a second display that is connected to your computer. Mac OS X uses a unique identifier to track each display connected to a computer. To get started you’re first going to need to figure out what the unique identifier for that second display is. In order to do so, download the displaysInfo utility. Open terminal and run the ./displaysInfo command using the directory that it was downloaded to. Look for the d2_ID field (you can also use | grep d2_ID followed…
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Discovery
A great commercial. It’s well shot, well edited and has a nice soundtrack to boot. Good stuff…
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Rough Cut Editor for Final Cut Server
Artbox allowed you to generate Final Cut Projects. But that was a feature lost when Apple acquired Artbox and turned it into Final Cut Server. Apparently I’m not the only one that noticed and wanted this feature. Andre Aulich, of ConSol in Germany published a movie awhile back showing how they had developed a similar feature. See it here: http://www.andre-aulich.de/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/ConSol_RCE.mov Well, now it’s in beta. Contact them at rce@consol.de for a beta of the tool if your interest is peaked!
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pcastaction verbs
pcastaction comes with a number of verbs, each specific to a type of automation that can be used in Podcast Producer. These include: unpack – extract a folder archive before running the automation shell – run a command or shell script preflight – run a script before the automation postflight – run a script after an automation encode – input a standard video file and then output a video file using a different codec annotate – annotate a files metadata qceffect – run a custom Quartz Composer composition against a file watermark – insert a watermark into an indicated video file title – provide a title for the resultant file…
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NAS, Clouds & Backup
NAS (Network Attached Storage) devices are a popular alternative to providing centralized file services to smaller environments. This includes devices such as the Seagate BlackArmor, the DroboShare NAS and the Netgear ReadyNAS Pro. These are inexpensive as compared to an actual server, they require less management and they often come with some pretty compelling features. But one of the primary reasons to buy a NAS can end up being a potential pain point as well: they require less management than a server because they can’t do as much as a server can. For example, the option to replicate between two of them. Most have NAS to NAS replication built in. However, that…
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Assigning Poster Frames Manually in Podcast Producer
Podcast Producer will automatically generate a poster frame for each video that is generated. The poster frame is a frame of the video that is automatically generated and then applied to the video. The poster frame that each video has can therefore be a bit random. However, you can use any image that you like as a Poster frame (also called Poster Image in Podcast Producer). To manually configure the poster frame, open the workflow in Podcast Composer (or do so during the initial creation process). Then click on the Window menu and click on Workflow Inspector (or use the Command-I shortcut key when you’re in Podcast Composer. At the…
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Romulus and Remus Get Drunk
Sorry kids, still nothin’ technical (I’ve been painting my house for a week). Buuuuut, Star Trek is about to release an energy drink called Romulan Ale: http://www.toywiz.com/startrekenergydrink.html And while I’m quite aware this isn’t Roman but instead a Star Trek thing (and I’ve never been much of a Trekkie myself) I felt it needed to repost the recipe for Romulan Ale before the energy drink forever obfuscates it (my guess is you’ll just add energy drink and liquor at that point). So for starters there was the lightweight version from high school: 1 1/2 oz white rum 1 oz Blue Curacao Sprite Next, there was the regular version in college:…
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The Original Tablet
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Publish Screencasts to Twitter
You can publish screencasts directly to your Twitter feed using screenr, a nice little website that is compatible with both Mac and Windows clients. It’s quick, easy and while it doesn’t have some of the more advanced features that a Podcast Producer type of solution would have it’s a great quick and easy solution for those getting started with screencasting!
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XKCD Vid
Special thanks to Chris (where do you find this crap, dude?!?!)!