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PhotoFilmStrip Creates Ken Burn-Style Video From Images
9:00AM Adam Pash | Windows/Linux: Free, open-source application PhotoFilmStrip creates video from photographs quickly and easily, complete with effects, a soundtrack and smooth zoom in/out effects (commonly referred to as the Ken Burns effect). More »
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Windows Live Movie Maker Leaves Beta, Ready For Download
7:00AM Adam Pash | Windows only: Windows Live Movie Maker—the new, ribbon-sporting, updated version of Windows Movie Maker, has left beta and is now ready to handle your video editing needs. More »
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Free Video Cutter Cuts And Splits Your Videos
9:00AM Adam Pash | Windows only: If you’ve ever needed to extract a small section of a much longer video to share with friends or family, Free Video Cutter 1.1 is a dead-simple solution. More »
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EncodeHD Offers One Click Conversion For Popular Portable Devices
7:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | If you’re looking for a fire and forget way to bulk encode your media, EncodeHD is a drag and drop video encoding solution with support for for over a dozen devices. More »
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NetVideoHunter Downloads Videos From Popular Video Sharing Sites
5:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Firefox: If you’d like to save a video you’ve found on a popular streaming video site, NetVideoHunter is a handy Firefox extension that makes that download a snap. More »
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12:00PM Angus Kidman | You’d never guess it from the name, but Bluegobo.com is basically YouTube for musical theatre geeks. YouTube itself is not short of the odd tune or two from musicals, but Bluegobo slightly ups the ante by including basic information on each show (even though many of the clips are from TV performances). Got another YouTube alternative you like whiling away the hours with? Share in the comments. More »
Bluegobo Shows Off Musical Theatre Clips
12:00PM Angus Kidman | You’d never guess it from the name, but Bluegobo.com is basically YouTube for musical theatre geeks. YouTube itself is not short of the odd tune or two from musicals, but Bluegobo slightly ups the ante by including basic information on each show (even though many of the clips are from TV performances). Got another YouTube alternative you like whiling away the hours with? Share in the comments. More »
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Six Best Video Editing Applications
2:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | You want to be the supreme ruler of your own virtual cutting room? Better break out the checkbook—your film-chopping powers aren’t going to come cheaply. Photo by FaceMePLS. More »
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Embedr Makes Online Video Playlists
4:30AM Adam Pash | Fancy yourself an aficionado of online video? Curate your own long-playing video playlists with Embedr, a new site that links together online videos from popular video sites (including YouTube) into one embeddable video extravaganza. The service is a breeze to use: You’ll need to create an account to make your own playlists, or just head to the site and enjoy some compilations (like the “Best Moments from Lost” video embedded here). Creating playlists is as simple as pasting the URL or embed code from any of the many supported sites. Like the idea? If you give it a go, share your video compilations in the comments. Embedr [via TechCrunch] More »
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iPodME Converts Your Video To iPod Friendly Format
7:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Windows only: If you’re looking for a fire-and-forget video converter to help stock your iPod, iPodME is a dead simple and lightweight tool for bulk converting your video files. iPodME is a completely portable standalone application—a GUI wrapper of the venerable ffmpeg for the curious among you. Operation is as simple as running the application, dragging and dropping a list of video files you want to convert onto it, and adjusting the basic video settings. You can select the video dimensions and the quality using the plain English metric provided–slow, quality or turbo, size for instance—to determine the conversion speed. If you dig into the options menu you can also tweak the process priority. The default for the application is to take advantage of idle cycles and back off when you’re actually attempting to do work. Using the fast, quality setting and leaving it on the default of idle, it took approximately one hour to convert 20 episodes of Fraggle Rock into iPod-compatible MP4 files. An unexpected bonus in such a small package is support for SRT subtitle files, if you have them for your favourite foreign media you can embed them as you convert. If you’d like more fine tuned control over your video conversions, check out the candidates in the Hive Five Best Media Converters and the Top 10 Free Video Rippers, Encoders, and Converters to fulfil your tweaking needs. iPodME [via Freeware Genius] More »
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