Category: Streaming and Multi-Media
Canada has better TV
ZeD – What is ZeD?
From the site:
A synapse-teasing space where the yin of the Web slips seamlessly into the yang of TV, and back again.
Any Canadians want to comment on this one?
Software and Art Organization in Amsterdam
Center for Research & Development of instruments & tools for performers in the electronic performance arts, Laboratory, Workshop, International meeting place, Artist hotel, Production office, Live electro acoustic music, Dj’s, Vj’s, Theatre, Video-dance, Installations and Nomad studio.
Open source 3D Software
From the site:
Blender, the open source software for 3D modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback. Available for Windows, Linux, Irix, Sun Solaris, FreeBSD or Mac OS X.
Thanks to Hans for the link..
Maya, Free for non-commercial uses
From the site:
Maya Personal Learning Edition now available for Maya Complete 5
Maya Personal Learning Edition is a special version of MayaÆ software, which provides free access to Maya for non-commercial use. It will give 3D graphics and animation students, industry professionals, and those interested in breaking into the world of computer graphics (CG) an opportunity to explore all aspects of the award winning Maya Complete%u2122 software in a non-commercial capacity.
New Windows based Media Server
From the site:
Efficient multimedia delivery over public networks is a challenge for modern technology. Insufficient bandwidth, network latency, paranoid firewall restrictions and many more obstacles make it very difficult to transfer streaming content to end users, especially in real-time. Existing Media servers, such as Microsoft and Real Networks ones, only partially cover growing demand for streaming quality.
The product presented on this site – Unreal media server – is a Media server for Windows operating systems, that dares to compete with above mentioned servers from the standpoint of quality and performance.
Apple Releases a new iTunes for Mac and PC
Unfortunately I can not give this a trial run as of yet because I am told that it installs a new version of QuickTime (6.4) and QuickTime for Java that is incompatable with some of my current development work.
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From http://developer.apple.com/quicktime/qtjava/index.html
Support for Java 1.4.1 in QuickTime for Java is being delivered as part of QuickTime 6.4 on Windows and Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther). Support for QTJava with J2SE 1.4.1 on Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) is coming soon.
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Waiting for more information.
Wired News
News and articles concerning just about everything I care about.. Hard to imagine the world without Wired.
Linux Distro for live streaming, editing and performance
d y n e : b o l i c — a free multimedia studio in a GNU/Linux live CD
From the site:
dyne:bolic is shaped on the needs of media activists, artists and creatives, being a practical tool for multimedia production: you can manipulate and broadcast both sound and video with tools to record, edit, encode and stream, all using only free software!
Video Mixing with Flash
From the site:
FLxER is a FREEWARE video mixer based on Flash MX%u2122 technology. It allows you to mix flash movies directly into your web browser.