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Handbrake 0.9.3 Brings New Video Sources

Written on November 25, 2008 by Weldon Dodd and No one has commented

The video encoding and transcoding tool, Handbrake has been updated to 0.9.3. This latest release brings a number of substantial changes to this excellent video utility.
The two most fundamental changes make Handbrake more flexible and also more limited. First flexibility — Handbrake will now accept many different video sources and does far more than just [...]

Boxee is Back On Apple TV 2.3

Written on November 24, 2008 by Weldon Dodd and 2 people have commented

And there was much rejoicing! I noted in my Apple TV 2.3 article that the latest Apple update broke boxee, but now the official boxee blog explains that they have got it working again. It took a little longer to get the USB Creator updated to work with Apple TV 2.3, but you can find [...]

Apple TV 2.3 Update Adds Refinements, Kills Boxee

Written on November 19, 2008 by Weldon Dodd and 8 people have commented

Late on Wednesday, Apple released the Apple TV 2.3 software update. This update adds a few refinements to Apple TV, but doesn’t offer any breakthrough new features. If you read my post about boxee and installed it on your Apple TV, you’ll want to wait because boxee won’t run after updating.
Apple’s summary of the 2.3 [...]

Liberate Your Memories: Home Movies on Your Apple TV

Written on October 08, 2008 by Weldon Dodd and 2 people have commented

I adore my Apple TV. Really, I absolutely would not want to give it up. My love affair with the Apple TV began when it gave me access to my entire (50+ GB) music collection on my “big” sound system. Then there’s the little things like the family pictures that float by while the music [...]

iTunes’ Attackers

Written on May 20, 2008 by Jethro Jones and 2 people have commented

Netflix and Napster are both launching assaults on Apple, today. CNET is reporting the release of Netflix’s Apple TV rival, simply called Player by Roku, and Napster is getting into the digital music distribution with apparently an identical model to iTunes ($0.99 a song, $9.95 an album).
I am all for competition, but I don’t think [...]

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