How to piss me off with online video sharing websites

May 15, 2008 · Filed Under Life Log · Comment 

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The idea of sharing an internet connection with strangers can be really annoying, not that I have a choice, but was forced to because the landlord says so, I do have the option of acquiring my own telephone line but it is going to cost me a bomb.

Long story short, the situation was made worst when I am forced to share the internet connection with 7 people in the house; the best part is the broadband connection quota for every month capped at 40GB. That is like 170MB for each person per day, which is hardly enough. The 40GB cap per month is the ceiling quota from the company.

Since the broadband internet connection is limited to 40GB per month, why can’t these users be more considerate? Is it a must to watch funny videos online, multimedia sites such as YouTube really annoys me, especially video streaming sites that uses torrent technology.

I found a few ways to block Azureus, but could not find a solution towards the much more popular p2p video streaming software known as ppstream.com, its a Chinese video streaming website that utilize p2p technology and it is really killing the bandwidth. As much as I would like to scream ‘Go back to China’, but that is somewhat rude. (No racism here, I’m Chinese but not from China)

Buying a new VPN modem is out of the question, it is just way too expensive and why should I be the one paying for the hardware? P2P technology, it is a love hate relationship. God help me.

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How to Rip or Compress DVD to Fit Into a 700MB CD and iPod Touch

December 8, 2007 · Filed Under How To and Online Tutorials · Comment 

How to Rip a Movie for your iPod with HandBrake? Handbrake has a list of tutorials on how to rip a movie to your iPod or fit to a DVD movie to a 700MB CD. HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded DVD to MPEG-4 converter, it has a relatively user friendly interface, and is available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows.

How to Rip or Compress DVD to Fit Into a 700MB CD and iPod

How to Rip or Compress DVD to Fit Into a 700MB CD and iPod

What makes Handbrake different from other DVD ripper is the various output format, unlike other video encoder or compressor, Handbrake can compress a DVD movie for your iPod, not only does it keeps the quality of the output video to the highest, file size are small as well, here is the list of features:

Supported sources:

  • Any DVD-like source: VIDEO_TS folder, DVD image or real DVD (encrypted or unencrypted, but protection methods other than CSS are not supported and must be handled externally with third-party software), and some .VOB and .TS files
  • PAL or NTSC
  • AC-3, DTS, LPCM or MPEG audio tracks

Outputs:

  • File format: MP4, MKV, AVI or OGM
  • Video: MPEG-4 or H.264 (1 or 2 passes or constant quantizer/rate encoding)
  • Audio: AAC, MP3, Vorbis or AC-3 pass-through (supports encoding of several audio tracks)

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Top 20 Magic Trick Tutorials

August 26, 2007 · Filed Under Hollywood, Movies and Gossips · Comment 

With Web 2.0 and broadband internet, Magic is no longer magic, it is just a trick. Here is a collection of 20 magic tricks that is easy to perform and learn. Visit Magic Uproar.

As a magician who has invented and sold ticks to the public - I can only say this kind of behaviour means that I will keep my magic to myself - perform it rather than sell it. I feel that this practice is just as illegal as copying DVDs and CDs for a friend. Doing what you are doing is stealing away the way we make a living AND will cause us adapt accordingly. You and others out there are ruining the beauty of magic and the growth of the magic industry as a way people earn a living and attact inventors. The effects here are not lame and old - just poorly presented. When properly performed, the oldest magic is extreamly beautiful. For many budding inventors out there its time for a career change… no thanks to you. - Quoted from a Magician

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“We own your content.” Says YouTube

July 20, 2006 · Filed Under Software · Comment 

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YouTube latest policy says that when you upload your home made video into their server, the copyright belongs to them. The Terms of Service also say that YouTube’s licensing right ends when you take your video off the site. So here’s the game plan. Now, why would they allow such a loophole in their policy?

Assuming that I’ve got this great video and YouTube just sign an agreement with some big distributor, it so happen that I pull off the video on their server. Too late, they’ve started manufacturing the DVD for sales, so go ahead and hire your USD400 per hour lawyer and battle on.

YouTube’s idea is great, but the longer term question is, can YouTube find a business model that won’t completely screw up their wonderful offering or will they ultimately go the way of Napster? Lets hope they’re here to stay for good.

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