Latest Codex - It's Getting Harder to Watch Movies by Scott Morris
After a long, exhausting day you came home, had your dinner and then sat in front of the TV looking for a nice relaxing movie. Nothing! Then suddenly you remembered that you bought the CD of the new, Oscar-winning movie “Million Dollar Baby”. You took out your laptop, inserted the first CD and... Without these “dictionaries” (codecs in the case of video and audio files) the code would seem as meaningless to the player or the viewer as it is to you. ... XVID - Relatively new, one of the most used video codecs.

What are MP4 Files - and What Do They Do? by David Bain
MP4 is short for ‘MPEG-4’. The official file extension for MPEG-4 is .mp4 – hence the shortened name MP4. MPEG-4 technology has been developed to provide DVD quality audio and pictures in an extremely small file size – ideal for playing on portable MP4 players such as the iPod Video. ... If you take the time to convert your video files to MP4 (for which there is free software available) then you can play them on your cheaper MP4 Player, which probably has more functions than the Video iPod. ... Microsoft developed the software to compress and decompress video, which is called a called a...

How to Convert Video for iPod by Zachary Scott
You probably know how to put movies on your iPod, but do you want to put some previously owned videos which aren't in mp4 format. MP4 being the format that the iPod reads and understands? Well let me show you how! It is simple when it comes down to it. ... The iPod has these limitations: H.264 MPEG-4 (This is a codec, the mp4 format I was talking about) Maximum Resolution 480x480 (You can go under, but it will be really small to watch) Maximum Bitrate 2500 kbps (This will also affect the quality of the video) Maximum Framerate 30 fps (This is the normal framerate for most videos, so you...

And You Thought HD Was A No-Brainer by Jonathan G. Michel
Technology is never that simple and it just got somewhat more complicated to understand. Remember 'content scrambling system', CSS for the abreviation, which was designed to protect the content on DVDs by the movie industry as you watched it on your PC? ... The new Windows Vista supports HDCP and if you don't have the correct video card, and monitor that supports HDCP, you will lose some functionality. ... HDCP needs DVI and HDMI connections, which guarantees HD video capability. ... You obviously need a fast machine to be able to decode the compressed HD video from the source.

Blu-ray vs HD-DVD - The Lowdown on the Warring Formats by Josh Biggs
The current aim of blu-ray and HD-DVD is to get as much public support quickly as ultimately it is the consumer who will decide which format comes out on top. With the unification talks failing it is up to you to make the decision of which format to adopt. ... Codecs Both formats use the same codecs to play video as they are both able to play standard and high-definition. ... This means that MPEG-2, Microsoft Video Codec 1 (aka VC1, WMV HD, etc.) and H.264 / MPEG-4 AVC are all supported on both formats.

Three Software Applications That Will Surprise You by John Deprice
When you think software, you probably think e-mail, backup, antivirus and other technogeek stuff. Belive it or not, software can be fun. Here is the proof. Living Cookbook (Radium Technologies) Living Cookbook is cooking and recipe management software. ... is one of the largest resource available for viewing Internet Television, with over 1500 channels of TV, Live video channels and Web cams, plus an Internet Video Search, with over 2 million videos. ... River Past Screen Recorder (River Past) River Past Screen Recorder lets you capture AVI video from the full screen, a window, a...

DivX and Movie Downloading -- What, How, and Why? by Sergio D'Alesio
Most films that are downloaded at present,are in the DivX Format,and by using this method of compression/decompression, a Movie can typically be compressed to about one tenth of its original size and downloaded without noticeable loss of quality to a users PC. ... Due to the massive popularity of Movie Download networks, DivX has become a very popular video compression technology (it was initially derived from MPEG-4) ,and is doing for video what MP3 did for music. ... For example,a Movie containing several Gigabytes of data can be compressed to several hundred Megabytes of data,and...

MP4 Videos - What Is MPEG 4 by Johnny Smithings
The main websites that you’ll find use the MPEG-4 are sites that have trailers of upcoming movies and sometimes long trailers which are rarely found. MPEG-4 is used on many devices such as iPods and Satellite Television which many of us still use today and tomorrow. ... The project was started in the millennium which in this case shows a relatively new product. ... It has a clean but robust skin showing that much work has gone into this product. ... Another unusually frequent player is RealPlayer with its silver skin and its many features which keep it very alive which includes the message...

The Ultimate Guide to Video iPod by Ian Richardson
Alright. So after all that hype about having a practical way of watching TV and movies while on the go, you have finally gone and bought yourself the new iPod. Now what? Well, let’s see. There are so many options squeezed into one slim, 2.5” LCD screen media center that it’s going to take a lot... Tip #2 – Add Video to the iTunes Library The other way of finding out if your video files are iPod compatible is to add your video to your iTunes library. ... According to Apple’s website, the video specifications of the new iPod are the following: • H.264 video: up to 768 Kbps, 320 x 240, 30...

Making Sense Of DVD Software by John Deprice
How is a DVD ripper different from a DVD converter? Is there a way to record steaming video? How do I put my home video onto a DVD? Here are the answers and the tools that can help you. Xilisoft DVD Ripper Xilisoft DVD Ripper is a DVD ripping tool easy to use with high ripping speed. ... A4 Video Converter A4 Video Converter can convert video formats, extract audio from video files and extract images from video files, or captured video clips. ... The following video formats are supported: AVI (DivX, XviD, MS MPEG4, Uncompressed and other), MPEG (MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 Video), WMV(Windows...