Willy V.’s Blog

JVC Everio GZ-HD10 Compression Test

Mon, 5 Oct 2009 11:11:40 -0400

JVC Everio GZ-HD10 Compression Test Here is a test of the JVC Everio GZ-HD10, please note that the video you will be seeing is not the original video from the camcorder. It has been converted over to a Quicktime H.264 video file. The original file was approximately 1440x1080 300 MB @ 17 Mbps (VBR) then we used a Single Pass H.264 @ 640x360 800 kbps, 500 kbps & 300 kbps just to see the quality of each file.

Also the file encoded at 300 kbps is somewhat pixelated cause the bit rate was just to low for the dimension but could be used just fine at 320x180.

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MAC: Convert DVD to .VOB

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 09:00:36 -0400

MAC: Convert DVD to .VOB Here is a quick tip in order to convert your DVD's to a .vob file. This is a great way to archive your movies to use with Toast to burn to DVD, or to play on your PS3 so long as you keep it under 4GB due to the FAT32 file system limit. Both of these programs are about $50 in price & offer many different options as to what you can do with them. Both of these programs use the VIDEO_TS folder from any movie that was ripped to your hard drive or directly from the DVD it self as long as it is unencrypted.

DVD2oneX2 $55.00 US Dollars from $39.99 Euro: http://www.dvd2one.com/

DVD Remaster Pro $49.99 US Dollars : http://www.metakine.com/products/dvdremaster/

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iTunes: Organize Playlist

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:01:37 -0500

iTunes: Organize Playlist Here is a quick tip in order to help keep your ever growing playlist to a minimum while viewing them in iTunes. We will be creating folders then moving the playlist into them even can be done with your smart playlist as well.

If your looking for a more automated way of doing this then I recommend using a apple script from Doug's Apple Scripts for iTunes. I will provide the link to it via his site.

http://dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/ss.php?sp=moveplaylisttofolder

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Connect: Final Cut Pro and ADVC-300

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 22:57:30 -0500

Connect: Final Cut Pro and ADVC-300 This tutorial we shall be going over on how to connect your ADVC-300 or similar device to your computer running Final Cut Pro, in order to capture your video. In my example I am using a Sony VHS to DVD Recorder, but in most cases you may be using a regular VCR which the steps outlined will still be the same. Make sure that you have your ADVC-300 device connected and both your computer & device turned on. Keep in mind that some applications such as iChat or Screen Sharing can conflict with your device so be sure not to be running those while doing your capture. Just follow the video tutorial for the rest of this setup.

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How to copy VHS Tapes with Macrovision

Sat, 21 Feb 2009 09:06:18 -0500

iWeb 09: Gradient Features With the new release of iWeb 09, many new great features were added. Now introduced is a Advanced Gradient feature, whereas before it was only a 50/50 split. Now you can customize it to the way you want it to look for example a 30/70 split, Linear, Radial, Reverse Angle. So if you were on iWeb 08 and upgraded to iWeb 09 now you can spice up those previous pages you had created.

Feel free to comment or leave your suggestions on iWeb 09.

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