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7 May 2013
Big News: Senate passes bill allowing states to tax online sales
The Senate has passed a bill that will allow states to tax online sales, even if the retailer does not have a brick-and-mortar presence in the state. Passed by a margin of 69 to 27, the bill will now head to the House where it is expected to see bigger resistance despite a public backing by President Barack Obama. Currently, states can only require retailers to collect sales tax if ...
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10 May 2013
YouTube starts paid channels
YouTube has announced today that they have launched paid channels starting at $0.99. Says the video sharing site: "Starting today, we're launching a pilot program for a small group of partners that will offer paid channels on YouTube with subscription fees starting at $0.99 per month. Every channel has a 14-day free trial, and many offer discounted yearly rates. For example, Sesame Street ...
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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.


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