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26 April 2013
Thurrott: Upcoming Xbox to cost $299 with subscription, $499 without, other details revealed
The usually reliable Paul Thurrott has reported on the upcoming Xbox successor. Microsoft confirmed yesterday the console will be unveiled on May 21st at an event on their campus. Thurrott says the system will be released in early November and will cost $299 with subscription or $499 without. The "subscription" cost is $10 per month for two years and will require an Xbox Live Gold subscription. ...
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23 April 2013
Eric Schmidt: No consumer Google Glass until 2014
According to new comments from Google chairman Eric Schmidt, there will be no consumer Google Glass rollout until 2014. During an interview the exec was asked when the Google Glass would come to market in which he responded, "there will be thousands of [Google Glass] in use by developers over the next months, and then based on their feedback, we'll make some product changes, and it's ...
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EasyBD Blu-ray Authoring Tutorial Lesson 1 - A Basic Blu-ray Disc
In part 1 of our EasyBD Blu-ray Authoring Tutorial you will learn some basics about Blu-ray assets (video, audio, and subpictures), get an introduction to EasyBD's interface, and author a simple disc with a single title.

Preparing Assets For AfterDawn Blu-ray Authoring Tutorials
This guide will walk you through the process of preparing all the assets used for the lessons in AfterDawn's various blu-ray authoring tutorials. All the source files are available for free, as are the tools used to create Blu-ray assets from them.

AfterDawn Blu-ray Encoding Tutorial Lesson 1 - Prepare Source Video
In part 1 of AfterDawn's Blu-ray encoding tutorial you will prepare your source video for decoding with AviSynth using MediaInfo for analysis and MeGUI for indexing files where necessary.

AfterDawn Blu-ray Encoding Tutorial Lesson 2 - Create AviSynth Script
In part 2 of AfterDawn's Blu-ray Encoding Tutorial you will learn how to set various editing options in the AviSynth script MeGUI will use to encode your video.

AfterDawn Blu-ray Encoding Tutorial Lesson 10 - Make Menu Buttons With GIMP
In Lesson 10 of AfterDawn's Blu-ray Encoding Tutorial you will learn how to use GIMP to create simple buttons for use in authoring Blu-ray menus.

AfterDawn Blu-ray Encoding Tutorial Lesson 9 - Prepare A Still Menu Background
In Part 9 of AfterDawn's Blu-ray Encoding Tutorial you will learn how to use MeGUI to create a video file usable as the background for a still menu and also how to extract a single still as a PNG bitmap file to use in menu creation.

AfterDawn Blu-ray Encoding Tutorial Lesson 8 - Convert Text Subtitles To Images
In Part 8 of AfterDawn's Blu-ray encoding tutorial you will learn how to convert text-based subtitles, such as those in SRT format, to image-based subtitles accepted by most Blu-ray authoring programs.

AfterDawn Blu-ray Encoding Tutorial Lesson 7 - Advanced Audio Processing
In Part 7 of AfterDawn's Blu-ray encoding tutorial you will learn how to use Audacity for combining individual audio files into surround streams, either in uncompressed (LPCM) or Dolby Digital (AC-3) format.

AfterDawn Blu-ray Encoding Tutorial Lesson 6 - Advanced Bitrate Calculation
In Part 6 of AfterDawn's Blu-ray Encoding Tutorial you will learn some advanced methods for calculating bitrates when you are encoding multiple files to author on a single Blu-ray disc.

AfterDawn Blu-ray Encoding Tutorial Lesson 5 - Encode AC-3 Audio
In part 5 of the AfterDawn Blu-ray Encoding Tutorial you will learn how to prepare the audio from your source files for use as a Blu-ray asset by encoding to Dolby Digital (AC-3) and trimming it to match any video edits you've made if necessary.

AfterDawn Blu-ray Encoding Tutorial Lesson 4 - Encode Video
In part 4 of AfterDawn's Blu-ray Encoding Tutorial you will learn how to encode your video to Blu-ray compliant H.264 (MPEG-4 AVC) using MeGUI and the x264 video encoder.

AfterDawn Blu-ray Encoding Tutorial Lesson 3 - Chapter Points and Bitrate
In part 3 of AfterDawn's Blu-ray Encoding Tutorial you will learn how to create a file to set chapter points in your video during encoding and calculate the bitrate for encoding your video.


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