BestTechVideos: Videos Tagged with 'music' http://www.bestechvideos.com/tag/music/rss Tue, 01 May 2012 04:47:52 GMT BestTechVideos: Recently Posted Videos with short descriptions Color, Music, and Emotion http://www.bestechvideos.com/2012/05/01/color-music-and-emotion

Color, Music, and Emotion

Google Tech Talk (more info below)
June 30, 2011

Presented by Stephen E. Palmer
Professor of the Graduate School
Psychology & Cognitive Science
University of California, Berkeley

ABSTRACT

Arnheim (1986) once speculated that different aesthetic domains (e.g., color and music) might be related to each other through common emotional associations. We investigated this hypothesis by having participants pick from among an array of 37 colors the five colors that went best (and later the five that went worst) with each of a set of 18 brief samples of classical orchestral music that varied in composer (Bach/Mozart/Brahms), tempo (slow/medium/fast), and mode (major/minor). They also rated each musical selection and each color for its emotional associations (happy-sad, lively-dreary, strong-weak, angry-calm). Systematic mappings were found between the dimensions of color and music: faster music and major mode were associated with lighter, more saturated, yellower colors, whereas slower music and minor mode were associated with darker, desaturated, bluer colors. More precisely controlled musical stimuli (single-line melodies by Mozart on a synthesized piano) produced more refined relations between the music and the colors chosen to go with them. These color-music mappings are mediated by common emotional associations, because the correlation between emotional ratings of the musical selections and emotional ratings of the colors chosen to go with them were extremely high (.90 to .98) for all emotional dimensions studied (e.g., people picked happy colors to go with happy music and dreary colors to go with dreary music). The mediating role of emotion was established by obtaining analogous effects when people picked the colors that went best (and worst) with faces and body poses that expressed emotions (happy-sad and angry-calm). Similarly high correlations were obtained when the emotional ratings of the faces/gestures were compared with corresponding emotional ratings of the colors chosen to go with them. Further findings identify a stable aesthetic difference between people in terms of their level of "preference for harmony" across the domains of color combinations, musical compositions, shape preferences, and spatial composition within a rectangular frame.

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Scott Schiller: Probably, Maybe, No - The State of HTML5 Audio

Flickr's Scott Schiller provides a history of audio in the browser and discusses the current state of native audio element, including browser support, its spec, the ongoing format wars, and how you might implement audio in project work today.

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NIPS 2011 Music and Machine Learning Workshop: Learning from Musical Structure

International Music and Machine Learning Workshop: Learning from Musical Structure at NIPS 2011

Invited Talk: A Topic Model for Melodic Sequences by Athina Spiliopoulou

Athina is a PhD student in the Machine Learning group of the Institute for Adaptive and Neural Computation at the School of Informatics,University of Edinburgh. She works with Amos Storkey on Machine Learning methods for music, with a specific interest in unsupervised learning of musical structure from melodic sequences.

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NIPS 2011 Music and Machine Learning Workshop: Brain-Computer Interfaces for Music Recommendation

International Music and Machine Learning Workshop: Learning from Musical Structure at NIPS 2011

Invited Talk: Brain-Computer Interfaces for Music Recommendation by Kira Radinsky

Kira Radinsky is a PhD Computer-Science student (since 2010/05) in the Technion, graduate of the Technion Excellence program. Today, she is working as a researcher at Microsoft Research Israel.

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NIPS 2011 Music and Machine Learning Workshop: This is the Remix: Structural Improvisation...

International Music and Machine Learning Workshop: Learning from Musical Structure at NIPS 2011

Invited Talk: This is the Remix: Structural Improvisation using Automated Pattern Discovery by Sean Whalen

Sean Whalen is a postdoctoral researcher in the IDS lab at Columbia University, focusing on anomaly detection in the cloud for the MEERKATS project. His research interests include computer security, machine learning, network theory, statistical inference, complex systems, and immersive visualization.

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NIPS 2011 Music and Machine Learning Workshop: Variations on a theme: Factorisation based models...

International Music and Machine Learning Workshop: Learning from Musical Structure at NIPS 2011

Invited Talk: Variations on a theme: Factorisation based models for analysis of temporal structure in musical audio by Taylan Cemgil

Ali Taylan Cemgil, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Engineering at Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey. He received is B.Sc. (1993) and M.Sc. (1995) in Computer Engineering, Bogazici University, Turkey and my Ph.D. (2004), Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

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NIPS 2011 Music and Machine Learning Workshop: Automating Music Search and Recommendation

International Music and Machine Learning Workshop: Learning from Musical Structure at NIPS 2011

Invited Talk: Automating Music Search and Recommendation: an Active and Dynamic Learning Process by Gert Lanckriet

Gert Lanckriet is an Associate Professor of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California, San Diego. His research focuses on convex optimization and machine learning with applications in computer music and computer audition.

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NIPS 2011 Music and Machine Learning Workshop: Symbolic Music Information Retrieval with music21

International Music and Machine Learning Workshop: Learning from Musical Structure at NIPS 2011

Invited Talk: Symbolic Music Information Retrieval with music21: New Applications to Score Following and Feature Extraction Beyond MIDI by Jordi Bartolomé Guillen

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NIPS 2011 Music and Machine Learning Workshop: Learning melodic analysis rules

International Music and Machine Learning Workshop: Learning from Musical Structure at NIPS 2011

Invited Talk: Learning melodic analysis rules by David Rizo

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NIPS 2011 Music and Machine Learning Workshop: Modeling the Acoustic Structure of Musical Emotion...

International Music and Machine Learning Workshop: Learning from Musical Structure at NIPS 2011

Invited Talk: Modeling the Acoustic Structure of Musical Emotion with Deep Belief Networks by Erik M. Schmidt

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International Music and Machine Learning Workshop: Learning from Musical Structure at NIPS 2011

Invited Talk: Automatic Detection of Ornamentation in Flamenco by Paco Gomez

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International Music and Machine Learning Workshop: Learning from Musical Structure at NIPS 2011

Invited Talk: Getting Into the Groove with Hierarchical Probabilistic Latent Component Analysis by Michael A. Casey

Michael A. Casey is a Professor of Music and the Chair of the Department of Music at Dartmouth College.

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International Music and Machine Learning Workshop: Learning from Musical Structure at NIPS 2011

Invited Talk: Hit Song Science Once Again a Science? by Matt Mcvicar

Matt Mcvicar is currently reading for a PhD in Complexity Science at the Bristol Centre for Complexity Sciences, under the supervision of Tijl De Bie and John Shawe-Taylor. This is being undertaken at the University of Bristol. His current interest is the automatic extraction of musical chords from audio.

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International Music and Machine Learning Workshop: Learning from Musical Structure at NIPS 2011

Invited Talk: A Unified Probabilistic Model of Note Combinations and Chord Progressions by Kazuyoshi Yoshii, Matthias Mauch, Masataka Goto

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NIPS 2011 Music and Machine Learning Workshop: Multi-Timescale Principal Mel Spectral Components..

International Music and Machine Learning Workshop: Learning from Musical Structure at NIPS 2011

Invited Talk: Multi-Timescale Principal Mel Spectral Components for Automatic Annotation of Music Audio by Philippe Hamel

Philippe Hamel ia a Ph.D student in computer science at the Université de Montréal. He is studying machine learning and its applications to music.

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Tekzilla Daily Tip #648: Windows: Give Your iTunes a Boost

Enhanced options for your music player

Wish iTunes had a bit more functionality, but don't want to give up on Apple software? On today's Tekzilla Daily, Veronica introduces you to iTuner, providing playlist export, lyrics support, and much more!

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Tekzilla Daily Tip #642: OS X: Sleep Timer for iTunes

Set iTunes to automatically turn off

Do you like to fall asleep to music pouring from your iTunes window? With the help of iTunes Sleep Timer, you can set iTunes to turn off playback after a specified number of minutes, as Veronica explains on today's Tekzilla Daily.

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Tekzilla Daily Tip #629: iTunes: Remotely Deauthorize Computers

Deauthorize iTunes on all computers at once

Have you reached your five computer limit for authorizing in iTunes? Veronica has a tip to deauthorize all computers at the same time on today's Tekzilla Daily.

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Tekzilla Daily Tip #565: Discover New Music with YouTube

Broaden your musical horizons with Youtube

Tired of your current music library? Find new tunes with the help of Youtube's new Music Discovery Tool. Veronica shows you how it works on today's Tekzilla Daily.

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Tekzilla Daily Tip #561: Preview iTunes Songs on the Web

Listen to iTunes from your browser

Want to browse iTunes without launching the application? On today's Tekzilla Daily, Veronica shows you how to do just that from Apple's website!

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Tekzilla Daily Tip #543: Firefox: Control Music Playback

Never leave your browser to adjust audio

Tired of switching programs just to change tracks or check the title or artist of your songs? Firefox addon Foxytunes makes your life easier by putting it all into your browser, and Veronica shows you how on today's Tekzilla Daily.

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Tekzilla Daily Tip #540: CES 2010: Dolby Volume Technology Tames Loud Ads

Why are commercials on TV so loud? Why does surround sound often make it harder to hear your TV programs and movies? The audio wizards at Dolby asked that same thing, and then invented Dolby Volume.

Why are commercials on TV so loud? Why does surround sound often make it harder to hear your TV programs and movies? The audio wizards at Dolby asked that same thing, and then invented Dolby Volume. This audio breakthrough makes surround-sound audio sound great on your TV and home theater receivers, but also levels out commercials, making the video viewing experience much, much better. This breakthrough is going to be everywhere! Great going Dolby.

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Tekzilla Daily Tip #542: CES 2010: Best iPhone Dock EVER From iLuv

This amazing dock turns your iphone into a great audio player, but also a digital clock with a downloadable application and great bass kick.

This amazing dock turns your iphone into a great audio player, but also a digital clock with a downloadable application and great bass kick. At only $30 when it ships later this year, this is absolutely the dock to buy!

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Tekzilla Daily Tip #533: CES 2010: Yurbuds are Custom Earbuds for $20

Yurbuds changes the equation for custom molded earbuds for iphones, ipods, music, cellphones and more with an innovative web application that helps you figure out exactly which “ear bud enhancer” will help you get better sound, better fit and more.

Don’t spend thousands of dollars for a good fitting earbud! This new company will get you all taken care of for just pennies.

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RubyConf 2008: Two Turntables And A Git Repo

Over the last year, there has been a huge increase of interest in using Ruby to create and manipulate music. If you're interested but haven't been paying attention, or have just been sitting on the sidelines, we're here to show you how you too can be a computer DJ.

First, we'll set the scene with some information about the technologies involved. We'll get you pushing notes with Ben's MIDIator library, and get you set up with a software synthesis environment so that you can play along at home. Best of all, we'll do it all on the cheap.

Then we'll get into the actual music, demonstrating how to represent actual, legitimate music in code using a project Jeremy Voorhis has been working on, and how to manipulate it and play it back. We'll make some beats with Giles Bowkett's Archaeopteryx, and take a brief tour of how it works under the hood.

If you're not into making your own music (be it beats, tones, or just "damn noise"), you're going to need to work with music that someone else has made. Being a good DJ and reacting to the crowd is no walk in the park, and while making a good playlist is easier, it's still no cakewalk. With the right tricks up your sleeve, you can let your computer build a playlist that's unique but still sticks to your personal style. We'll show you what Yossef has tried and learned.

About Ben Bleything, Yossef Mendelssohn
Ben Bleything is a Rubyist, hardware hacker, and musical dilettante from Portland, Oregon. Sometimes he does other things. He has not yet found a quote that adequately sums up his personality.

There's a famous reddit comment that says "Learning how to program might get you paid, but learning how to dance will get you laid." Well, Yossef Mendelssohn can do both. He also aspires to be a better dance DJ and use his laziness and programming know-how to help.

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Tekzilla #50: Multiple Monitors, SSD vs. RAM, Modbook, Headphones for Consoles, Copy Files Faster, iTunes 8

NAS vs. FTP. AngryAliens. What's the best way to use headphones with your to your PS3 or Xbox? TeraCopy moves files faster. How many screen can you attach to your monitor? Can I use a Solid State Disk in place of RAM?

iTunes 8, New Nanos, New iPhone software... Apple's made a few announcements the morning we taped the show.

Think Comcast's new 250GB cap is low? Viewers from around the world emailed to tell us they live with 50-60GB caps!

SpinRite! We received a few dozen responses to answers we gave on last week's question about burning in hard drives... pretty much all of 'em said Hey! Why didn't you recommend SpinRite???

Freebie Download Pick: TeraCopy. Greg sent this idea in and said, "TeraCopy is a great program that speeds up the copying of files on Windows. Perfect for moving music to an external drive!"

More than a few of you have been clamoring for a review of Axiotron's Modbook... the Macbook that's been converted to work like a Tablet PC. We've got the review on the show!

iTunes 8: Genius auto creates playlists, Genius Sidebar tries to sell songs on iTunes, nifty new browsing modes.

The New Nano goes back to 1st/2nd gen form factor (no more fatty nano!), adds the accelerometer from the Touch/iPhone for shake to shuffle... 24 hours music, 802.11b/g networking, a built in speaker... starts at $149 for 8GB.

Nick's looking to use headphones with his PS3, which, of course, doesn't have a headphone jack. We go over his options, which will work with the Xbox 360, too!

Want to send us a video question? All you need to do is record yourself in front a video camera asking a question no longer than 15 seconds. Then up load them to YouTube, and email us the link with "Video Question" in the subject line. No attachments, please!

This week's "Website We Just Can't Get Enough of" is Veronica's new fave time killer: AngryAlien.com. You won't actually find very many "angry aliens" here, but what you will find bunny rabbits, as they reenact (in 30 seconds) some of our favorite movies from Fight Club to Jaws, Goodfellas to Jurassic Park!

Bastiaan in Belgium wants some help adding more screens to his monitor. From extra cards to USB video adapters, we've got some ideas for him... and, yes, you can control muliple computers with one keyboard and mouse. You just need a KVM switch!

What's the difference between a NAS server and vanilla FTP server? We'll tell you all about it on the show, Trey!

Isn't an SSD just as fast as the RAM in your computer? If so, why do you need RAM in a computer that has an SSD for storage? Fun question, Joe... there are some big differences between the RAM in an solid state disk and the ram your CPU uses to run your OS and applications!

Jon's 22 inch monitor has an HDMI port... can he use it with his PS3? Sure, if it supports HDCP, the copy protection built into pretty much everything designed to play Blu-ray disks.

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Browse the archive of posts filed under Networking, Mobile, Podcasts]]> Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:38:50 GMT http://www.bestechvideos.com/2008/11/28/tekzilla-50-multiple-monitors-ssd-vs-ram-modbook-headphones-for-consoles-copy-files-faster-itunes-8 BestVideos http://www.bestechvideos.com/2008/11/28/tekzilla-50-multiple-monitors-ssd-vs-ram-modbook-headphones-for-consoles-copy-files-faster-itunes-8 Tekzilla #40: Free Anti-Virus. Moving files to a new PC. Blu-ray Burners. http://www.bestechvideos.com/2008/11/28/tekzilla-40-free-anti-virus-moving-files-to-a-new-pc-blu-ray-burners

Tekzilla #40: Free Anti-Virus. Moving files to a new PC. Blu-ray Burners.

Veronica's DIY Audio Studio. Skitch. Get the best price when you buy tech toys and tools. Skinning your laptop, cell phone, Wii, PS3, Xbox or PC! Buying a used PC. Regular phone vs. VoIP vs. Digital Phone

Heads up: Starting Saturday, July 19th new episodes of Tekzilla will release on Saturday instead of Friday!

Steve's miffed: he wants us to point out when local shops probably won't have a product we review... and we've got some buying advice for the next time he heads for Frys, Best Buy, or RadioShack!

This week's Freebie Download Pick: AVG Anti-Virus Free 8.0, free anti-virus tool that works great.

Alan sent in a video question, he's in search of something a little easier than using Print Screen or CMD-Shift-3 to take a screen shot... Veronica's all about Skitch, "one of my favorite new apps out there, and it makes editing and sharing screen grabs a total snap. Get it? Snap???"

Brian wants to build an audio studio for his dorm room. For under $1100. No problem: Veronica's got a list of gear that can get you some great audio for a lot less than that, starting with a good solid microphone, the beloved Shure SM58 and our favorite free audio editing and recording software, Audacity.

Bill's thinking about buying a used PC on craigslist.org, but doesn't want to get ripped off. We've got a list of things to keep an eye out for. (One thing we didn't mention: getting a bill of sale from the person you're buying from in case the machine is stolen!)

AT&T has (officially) announced pricing for iPhone 3G sevice... four plans, starting at $69.99 a month, says PCMag.com... is Veronica going to camp out for an iPhone 3G?

This week's Website We Just Can't Get Enough Of: freshAIRapps.com, a glorious repository of applications that run on Adobe Air. (That's the cross-platform runtime environment that enables programmers to make, for example, desktop applications like Twhirl, Patrick's fave Twitter client, and Snackr, a slick RSS reader. (It's also a wonderful resource for Adobe Air developers -- it has a tutorial section that covers all the basics for fledgling devs, as well as links to the tools you'll need to build the apps.)

What is the difference between regular phone, digital phone and VoIP? Anthony, we're glad you asked! POTS, VoIP, and Digital Telephony have more in common than you might think. Just don't ask us to explain how cell service works...

Fifty Free Songs? Sign up for a free trial at emusic.com/tekzilla! (And check out some of Veronica and Patrick's fave tunes!)

Patrick's friend is getting a new desktop for college and he wants to know "the best way to transfer his massive music collection from his XP computer to his new Vista rig." We've got some help for ya, including the scoop on copying files from his old hard drive that still has Windows on it.

Blu-ray on the Mac? Marshall is looking for something a tad less expensive than the $699 kit from MCE Tech. Fortunately, Roxio's Toast can burn Blu-ray disks... and the price of Blu-ray burners is down around $350. Now if 25GB BD-R disks would just drop in price!

Chris V. wants to personalize his notebook... it's too generic for his tastes. NO problem! There are skins from GelaSkins and skinit (skinit can decorate your PS3, Wii, guitar hero guitars, a laundry list of cell phones and MP3 players...).

Veronica had her Macbook Pro laser etched with a design she loves... you can learn how to etch just about anything with a VersaLaser in this episode of Systm.

ColorWare sprays solid colors consoles, mp3 players, HDTVs... while Smooth Creations offers up sick airbrush designs.

And if you want help painting your notebook yourself, or, uh, covering it with fur, check out Systm Episode 43!

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Browse the archive of posts filed under Web Technologies, Operating Systems, Security, Graphics, Mobile, Podcasts]]> Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:55:56 GMT http://www.bestechvideos.com/2008/11/28/tekzilla-40-free-anti-virus-moving-files-to-a-new-pc-blu-ray-burners BestVideos http://www.bestechvideos.com/2008/11/28/tekzilla-40-free-anti-virus-moving-files-to-a-new-pc-blu-ray-burners Tekzilla #39: Hands Free Bluetooth Roundup, Secure Your Computer, Mohawks and Vinyl... http://www.bestechvideos.com/2008/11/28/tekzilla-39-hands-free-bluetooth-roundup-secure-your-computer-mohawks-and-vinyl

Tekzilla #39: Hands Free Bluetooth Roundup, Secure Your Computer, Mohawks and Vinyl...

Veronica explains the mysteries of CD Audio. Does Memory Brand Matter? Testing with Memtest86+, California and Washington go hands free July 1st. Turntable recommendation! Is there a picture of Patrick with a Mohawk?

California and Washington go 'hands free' for cell phone use in the car on July 1st, so we got hands on with some hands free bluetooth earbud and speakerphone options from $65 to $125: Aliph's New Jawbone, BlueAnt's Supertooth 3 Jabra's SP5050 and the Venturi Mini, which includes an FM transmitter for A2DP audio.

Richard's upgrading the memory in his notebook and asks "Does the brand really matter?" Less than you'd think, in our experience, but no matter the brand or how much we pay, we run something like Memtest86+ or Memtest OS X right after we install it to make sure it's good to go out o' the box.

You know how we were gonna do a live stream of Tekzilla's taping this week? Well because of some... what do you call them? Ah yes "technicalities" we actually can't do it this week. So we heartily apologize to those of you who were waiting in anticipation. But we are planning to live stream Tekzilla's taping next week! You can find more details at revision3.com/watch

This week's Freebie download pick! is IcoFX, a handy icon editor lets you create, edit and modify icons for Windows XP, Vista and OS X!

A review of the nVidia GeForce GTX 280, Richard? We'll defer to our go to source for GPU reviews: ExtremeTech.com... it's expensive, fast, and sucks down ridiculous amounts of power. Check out Brute Force: Nvidia's GeForce GTX 280 and 260 to see how fast it really is!

If you have questions regarding video cards, CPUs, mobos, overclocking and other bits of PC gaming hardware, get your questions ready. We will be doing some shoots with the supergeeks over at extremetech.com. Email us: tekzilla@revision3.com!

Website We Just Can't Get Enough Of? Today's pick: Project Gutenberg, "Project Gutenburg" a volunteer project that collects, digitizes and make available as many cultural works to as many people as possible. Thousands of books are available online for anyone to access completely free and legal, a majority of the books are in the public domain, so you'll find a lot of the classics: Edgar Allen Poe, Shakespeare, Moby Dick, Dracula, even Grimm's Fairy Tales.

 

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Browse the archive of posts filed under Operating Systems, Graphics, Podcasts]]> Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:28:50 GMT http://www.bestechvideos.com/2008/11/28/tekzilla-39-hands-free-bluetooth-roundup-secure-your-computer-mohawks-and-vinyl BestVideos http://www.bestechvideos.com/2008/11/28/tekzilla-39-hands-free-bluetooth-roundup-secure-your-computer-mohawks-and-vinyl Tekzilla #36: VHS tape to DVD, Neflix Roku, DIY Phone Repair http://www.bestechvideos.com/2008/11/28/tekzilla-36-vhs-tape-to-dvd-neflix-roku-diy-phone-repair

Tekzilla #36: VHS tape to DVD, Neflix Roku, DIY Phone Repair

Jorge wants to move his VHS tapes to DVD. You asked, we review the Netflix Roku. Should you repair the iPhone yourself? HDMI video cards. AAC vs. MP3: which sounds better... and what are best sounding audio encoding tools?

Don't worry... Veronica's not leaving Tekzilla. She can just finally talk about her job, "shooting for the new show, Qore. It's fun, I get to talk to a lot of game developers and artists in the PS3 world. But enough self promotion! I've got more info on my blog, so go check it out!" Now!

Jorge wants to archive his video tapes... Veronica explains the advantages to doing this yourself vs. sending your tapes to a service, and different ways to do the job at home, such as capturing 'em over a camcorder, using a dedicated USB kit like Pinnacle's Dazzle, or our producer Roger's favorite, a set top box like Lite-On LVC-9006

Roku's Netflix Player promises an easy way to watch instant streaming movies from Netflix on your TV instead of your computer. You asked for a review. Patrick's got the hands on scoop.

Freebie Download Pick o' the Week: FreeSnap , "the app that lets you quickly move and resize windows." Quit snickering: this is a nifty way to manage your windows without a mouse!

Should you repair the cracked screen on an iPod yourself? Great question, James, and thanks for sending it on video. We show off the inside of an iPhone on the show, then take a look at the iFixit guide for the display assembly. It's a tough fix, and replacement screens cost at least $165. And, as Veronica points out, with a new iPod around the corner, you might want to wait for Apple fanboys to start selling their old -working- iPhones off cheap!

AAC vs. MP3: Nik has music, a Zune, an iPhone and would rather not render everything twice... so which sounds better, AAC or MP3?

Meanwhile, Kent wants to know which "program produces the truest sounding MP3 or AAC?" We'd go with Exact Audio copy or dBpoweramp on the PC, or Max on OS X. (And let us know if you hear a difference between their encoding and, say, the work done by Windows Media Player or iTunes!)

This week's Web Site We Can't Get Enough Of: Apple TV Junkie... it's more than a complete list of HD Movies on the AppleTV, but that's a great place to start!

Video cards with HDMI output? There are a few of 'em, Garry, but cards with DVI ports and an HDMI adapter in the box are a lot more common. (And they work just as well.) Shop carefully, especially if you want 5.1 audio passthru to your surround sound receiver or HDTV. And make sure the chipset supports HDCP if you want to watch Blu-ray movies!

Want to be part of a world record? Claudio emailed to remind us that Firefox is on a mission to set a Guinness World Record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours... learn more at SpreadFirefox.com

While we're talking Firefox, Patrick is loving the next version of Firefox: Firefox 3 RC1 on Vista and OS X.

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Tekzilla #22: DVD Ripping Tools, HD Antenna, MP3 Players, Wondercon!

Rip any DVD with AnyDVD, MP3 Player Reccos, Game Developers Conference, HD picture frame antenna, Spoof a MAC address, get kicked out of school. Wondercon!

1UP.com's reviews editor Garnett Lee joins us as cohost today...

... and he's got the scoop from the Game Developers Conference '08 (The PC Gaming Alliance was big news, sort of... and where is Sony's Home for the Playstation??? )

Antennas Direct's hid its newest HDTV antenna inside a picture frame... Jim Louderback put the PF7 Picture Frame Antenna thru the paces and found it does a great job sucking down analog HDTV. It's cheap, too!

We love the comic books, so our producers Roger and Serafina took a trip to Wondercon, and came back with quite the collection of video.

Can't rip that DVD? You need some stronger tools.... AnyDVD is the bomb at gettting around copy protection on Windows.

On OS X, the folks at Handbrake have a step by step guide for dealing with disks that won't rip: you'll need Fairmount, DVD2OneX and this page!

Yahya wants a recco on a portable music player... that delivers excellent sound quality, and maybe that isn't an iPod. First off, make sure you've got quality audio files to listen to... and a decent set of headphones. (Garnett's convinced the player is the least of your worries.)

Patrick's spent a bunch of time with the Zune and it's quite good. We've also heard good things about Creative's Zen V Plus, the oh so stylish iRiver Clix Gen 2 is a great (if pricey) follow up to the most excellent iriver Clix. If you're looking for video playback, too, the editors at Cnet are big on the Archos 605.

Several folks want to buy Patrick's old Xbox 360 HD DVD drive.... can anybody beat $7.37?

Why does an HDTV cost more than the same sized LCD monitor? Good question, Christopher.

Free file o' the week:

Quick Media Converter lets you drag and drop video into 13 different formats, including PSP, iPod and web friendly formats!

Turning a vertical PC case on its side and running it that way hurt it? We wouldn't worry, Benedict. Patrick's run most of his PCs in horizontal mode with no ill effects. Just don't cover the vents. (They do take up more desktop space, that way, tho!)

Dave, Michael and "B" wrote in with ideas to help Jesse get his Xbox 360 connected to the his dorm's ResNet... and Eric sent a warning that spoofing a MAC address can get you kicked out of school. (It got him tossed!)

What's a good program to format you computer Naevek? Whatever comes with the OS, Windows or OS X will work fine for partitioning a drive.

If you want to do a 'non destructive' partition, ie, you want to change a partition without wiping all the data from inside it, Paragon's Parition Manager is the gold standard, tho GParted, the Gnome Partition Editor is an excellent Open Source alternative. (FYI, here's a great guide to modifying partitions with GParted)

No matter what tool you use, we recco backing up your data before you resize a partition... just in case.

Now, Naevek, if you're looking to format and wipe a drive before you, say, sell the computer it's inside of, our favorite tool is Darik's Boot and Nuke... it should be more than enough to protect your identity... tho Wikipedia says that as of November 2007, "overwriting is no longer a DoD-acceptable sanitization method for magnetic media".

Converting FLAC files to MP3 files? No problem, John. We use dBpoweramp, tho you will have to pay for MP3 support... ya know, since you're using a Zune, you might want to go with WMA instead of MP3... you should be able to do that for free in dBpoweramp.

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Browse the archive of posts filed under Networking, Operating Systems, Podcasts]]> Sun, 30 Nov 2008 11:19:59 GMT http://www.bestechvideos.com/2008/11/28/tekzilla-22-dvd-ripping-tools-hd-antenna-mp3-players-wondercon BestVideos http://www.bestechvideos.com/2008/11/28/tekzilla-22-dvd-ripping-tools-hd-antenna-mp3-players-wondercon Tekzilla #8: DIY Media Server, Cheap Notebooks, Songza and Songbird http://www.bestechvideos.com/2008/11/28/tekzilla-8-diy-media-server-cheap-notebooks-songza-and-songbird

Tekzilla #8: DIY Media Server, Cheap Notebooks, Songza and Songbird

The simplest DIY media server. Ex Machina. Using the Xbox 360 HD DVD with your PC. Find Music: Songza and Songbird. Cheap Notebooks, Buying Online, is WiFi 802.11n done yet?

Sharing media throughout your house isn't too hard if you have a home network... even if, like Walt, you have "3 Macs, 2 iPhones, and numerous iPods." The trick is putting all the audio/video/photos you want to share on one machine you can always leave on, then turning on file sharing. And mapping your various machines at home to it. Call it the simplest home media server possible...

Looking for music on the web? We've got nifty tools for you to check out!

Songbird is billed as a "Desktop media player mashed up with the web." We think of it more as a media browser. Built on the Mozilla application framework (the code underneath Firefox!), Songbird skims web pages for downloadable audio files when you load them, can play your local audio, and thru plugins, even manage your iPod. (And this just scratches the surface.)

Songza is pure music search. And playback. And one click posting to your website. You can even build playlists. We just can't figure out just exactly where it searches... tho we suspect it plays the audio tracks from files found in Google Video searches... you can't download the songs you find to your desktop, but there's a lot of stuff being played from YouTube thru Songza!

"Any ideas when or if Draft n will become standard?" Sure, Scott. The 802.11n spec has one last IEEE vote in early 2008, then should be finalized and on the shelves around September 2008. The years of staring at Pre-N and Draft-N on boxes is almost over... Wi-Fi Alliance certification has already begun.

Certification would be nice, since we've bought Draft n products off the shelves recently that wouldn't work together.

Do you need 802.11n? It's not going to make your Internet connection faster (not unless your existing Wi-Fi network is saturated with too many clients... rather unusual for a home setup) but, in theory, it should give you four times the bandwitch of 802.11g... which is nice for transferring big files across your network. (Gigabit Ethernet stomp it, speed wise, tho you'll have to run a cable!)

The ground has been doing the earthquake thing here in San Francisco, so we sent our fearless producer Neha Tiwari to the Berkeley Seismological Lab to get the latest on earthquake science.

Nintendo fans have a whole new Mario experience: Super Mario Galaxy will probably be the biggest title on the Wii this season... and with 40 galaxies, gorgeous art, and a whole new style of play, it's living up to the hype.

Ex Machina, Heather's producer pick this week is one of Patrick's favorite comics, too. Penned by Brian K. Vaughan, the series follows the exploits of retired super hero Mitchell Vaughan, who was elected Mayor of New York City post 9/11. Are all his powers -the ability to communicate with and control machines- gone? Not exactly...

"Power Down": is the latest trade paperback in the series... if you're starting from scratch, you'll want Ex Machina VOL. 1: THE FIRST HUNDRED DAYS.

Code Red is where Jessica tells you about her latest obsession... this week it's FFFFOUND!.com, a neat little place on the Internet where you can post and share your favorite images. The service also has the ability to recommend images it thinks you'll like based on your interests. This isn't another Flickr clone. The makers call it "an inspirational image-bookmarking experience!!" Jessica agrees.

John needs a cheap notebook, he's a "full-time student living off water, sunshine and take-out" that needs to talk with his family overseas. We've got ideas, from a Nokia's $250 N800 Internet Tablet to the name brand notebooks showing up at CompUSA for $650 with 1.5GHz Core 2 Duo processors, 1GB of RAM and 160GB hard drives... we're talking Sony and HP here, not no brands.

That said.. John, we know you don't trust posting your credit card info on the web... but, like Jessica said, it's time to get over that. If you like to shop local and support local business, that's awesome, but millions of folks shop online safely every day. And US federal law limits the liability of card holders to $50 in the event of theft, regardless of the amount charged on the card.

Why didn't we recommend a used notebook? Did you see that pile of parts Patrick had at the beginning of the show? That was a used notebook... make sure it works before you hand over any cash!

Yes, Andrew, you can use the Xbox 360 HD DVD Player as the HD DVD drive in your computer/Home Theater PC... if you want to play movies, you'll need Cyberlink PowerDVD Ultra, $99, which can also play back Blu-ray movies, if you have a Blu-ray drive. (Only the Japanese version of Intervideo's WinDVD has HD DVD playback.)

One catch: you'll need an HDCP compliant graphics card and monitor to get the full HD resolution out of those pre-recorded movies. (Tho we hear you can get around that with a copy of SlySoft's AnyDVD. Email us if you're curious.

You'll also need a powerful system to play back HD DVD or Blu-ray movies. Run CyberLink's Blu-ray/HD DVD Advisor before you drop the cash on the software!

As Jessica pointed out, this isn't much of a bargain. You're paying $180 for the drive and $99 for the software (not to mention the whole HDCP ready graphics card question). You can buy Toshiba's HD-A2 for $230 at Walmart and lots of other stores. Sure, it's not the latest HD DVD Player (there's no 1080p out), but it does a pretty good job.

The online shoe store Jessica and Patrick mentioned? It's called Zappos.com.

 

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Tekzilla #7: Tartan Racing, Eee PC, IMAP for Gmail, Tumblr, and Guitar Hero 3

Robots Drive: DARPA Urban Challenge. Asus Eee PC = tiny, not powerful, fun. IMAP support for Gmail. Tumblr 3.0. MozBackup. Veronica Belmont plays Guitar Hero 3

Robots will drive your car: Congrats to CMU's Tartan Racing and their vehicle, Boss, which won the DARPA Urban Challenge 14 MPH over a 55 mile course, but, hey, unlike most drivers in San Francisco, it obeyed the traffic laws.

Asus Eee PC: there's a lot of hype around this 2 pound portable notebook. It's got a ton of promise, but there's not a lot of processing power, or storage.

Finally: Gmail has added support for IMAP. That means a much easier time syncing your mail across different email clients, such as a cell phone and your home machine. We showed you how to turn it on in Gmail, here's Google's help page for setting up your clients.

Our favorite microblogging tool, Tumblr, shares pictures, photos, your text, videos, you get the idea. Version 3.0, adds a niftier dashboard, two major video updates and the ability to post audio files. Plus "Channels" which lets you share stuff with a group. Watch out, Pownce!

Our producer Neha Tiwari got to rock out one afternoon with Veronica Belmont... playing the new Guitar Hero III. You can catch more Veronica at Mahalo Daily.

Jessica's Code Red is MozBackup, a simple utility for backing up and restoring Profiles in Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, Mozilla Suite and Netscape. It's one click easy, covers your bookmarks, mail, contacts, history, extensions, and more. One downside: it's Windows only.

Got any thoughts on Google's Open Social? Curious to learn more? Email us if you care about Google's latest efforts to disparate sites on the web together... tekzilla@revision3.com

Love your video files but looking for something a little more serious than YouTube? Check out LiveLeak. The site features user submitted footage, but emphasizes politically charged reality based clips.

What speed should he burn DVDs at for maximum reliability? Forget about the speed, Fred. Turn on the verify or validate function in your burning software! If it doesn't validate, then try dropping the speed.

Chris says "I have info on a bunch of raw hard drives that I still need to access" but he'd "prefer not to buy enclosures for every single one." Patrick says no sweat: you need a hard drive to USB adapter! WiebeTech's DriveDocks are the Cadillac of USB/IDE (not to mention Firewire and SATA) drive adapters, but truth is, we've had good luck with your basic $20 USB/IDE adapters, too.

"Are there any tools out there that can re-initialize/format USB memory sticks?" Sure. Just use the regular hard drive utilities in your OS Justin.. tho, in your case, ATP Electronics does make a utility for its USB drives. If they keep dying on you, tho, it's probably time to switch brands!

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Systm #72: Make Electricity Sing: Build a Theremin

Synthesizers are cool, but the theremin is the original electronic instrument. We show you how to build one, and a master theremin player shows you what you can do with it.

While its eerie other-worldly sound may instantly recognizable, to most the Theremin's name and shape will draw blank stares. Based on amazing properties of electrical capacitance the Theremin is both a musical instrument and object lesson in the how electricity works.

Most if not all professionally used Theremins are produced by the Moog company. However, a number of companies Moog included build Theremin kits that you can assemble at home using copious amounts of solder and a soldering iron. For our purposes we went with the cheaper and less musical inclined PAiA Theremax kit. If you intend on following something approaching a career based on Theremin playing you're better off spending the additional cash on Moog's offerings.

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Tekzilla Daily Tip #44: Finding Frequencies for iPod FM Transmitters

Having reception issues with your iPod or MP3 player FM Transmitters? Well here's a handy tip for ya!

Before you head out in your car... check out Radio-Locator. It's a website dedicated to listing all the radio stations both in the US and around the world.

Select your location by typing in your zip code or station call letters if you're in the US, or pick the drop down menu if you're overseas. Then click the “go” button.

In a few seconds you'll be presented with a list of radio stations in your area and more importantly the frequencies they're on. Find out which FM frequencies aren't being broadcasted on and use those for your FM Transmitter.

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Book-Adaptive and Book-Dependent Models to Accelerate Digitization of Early Music

Optical music recognition (OMR) enables early music collections to be digitized on a large scale. The workflow for such digitisation projects also includes scanning and preprocessing, but the cost of expert human labour to correct automatic recognition errors dominates the cost of these other two steps. To reduce the number of recognition errors in the OMR process, we present an innovative application of maximum a posteriori (MAP) adaptation for hidden Markov models (HMMs) to build book-adaptive models, taking advantage of the new learning data generated from human editing work, which is part of any music digitization project. We also experimented with using the generated data to build book-dependent models from scratch, which sometimes outperform the book-adaptive models after enough corrected data is available. Our experiments show that these approaches can reduce human editing costs by more than half and that they are especially well suited to highly variable sources like early or degraded documents.

Author: Douglas Eck, Department of Computer Science, University of Montreal

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SD Ruby Episode 030: Tuneshelf

Dominic Damian talks about his experiences building Tuneshelf, a web application that allows music fans to keep track of their favorite music albums.

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