Video Compression with 3ivx

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3ivx

3ivx is an MPEG-4-based video compression algorithm that is developed by 3ivx Technologies. Since 3ivx is not a stand-alone application, it requires an application that allows you to access codecs. For Mac users, it can be used with QuickTime Pro, MPEG Streamclip, Roxio Toast Titanium 7 and so forth. Windows users can freeware titles like VisualDub to access 3ivx codec. Though it is not widely used compared with DivX and XviD, some people use it to compress movies. Conveniently, 3ivx offers a free version of its video codec for Mac and Windows. Continue reading →

WWDC in Video Streaming with VLC

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WWDC in San Francisco started on Monday, and Apple has introduced a long-expected, intel-based Pro machine, Mac Pro. In the meantime, you can watch the streaming video that Apple has released. You can enter this long url (Right-click on this and choose ‘Copy Link.’) on Quick Time after choosing ‘Open URL…’ under ‘File.’ And if you have seen our VTC for VLC, we suppose you already know that you can watch this streaming video on WWDC with VLC as well.

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Free Domain, Good or Bad?

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Many web hosting providers nowadays offer you a free domain for a term sign-up longer than one year. So the question is Should you accept it? It’s indeed free, so you can save at least $8 to $10 a year, depending on where you buy a domain otherwise. But the answer is that you shouldn’t accept a free domain. Why not accepting it if it’s free? Simply, you will be better off not accepting it in the long run. An analogy is this. Let’s say that you get $10 worth of credit at an online gamble site. Why would they give you such offer? They would because you would be hooked to gambling and end up spending more than $10. Likewise, if you get a free domain, you are most likely renew your term contract with the current web hosting provider. Continue reading →