1. Finding iPhone Content for Free on iTunes Automatically

    Hey, now you can go directly to the free section of the iTunes store to get the free music on your iPhone. You can just use Safari to subscribe to the RSS feed to that section.

    PC World shows a new way to download free content to your iPhone by using software to directly access the free section of the iTimes store. Its a quick tutorial on how to use the Safari browser to subscribe and automatically get free content.

    Also, you can download all my MP3 songs for free and play them on your iPhone and it’s totally legal. All you need to do is download the files and import them into iTunes and you can use them on your iPod or other MP3 player. Here are the top free games you can get for your iPhone:

    10 Top Free Games For Your Ipod Touch

    Are you just using your Ipod Touch for playing for favourite music track and perhaps the odd video? If so you are missing out on 100 of games and applications that are available to you and many of these are 100% free. Lets kick off with 10 games than you can download free from the Itunes store.

    Everybody must at some site have played Pacman and you can now you can even play Pacman Lite on your Ipod. It looks like the original arcade version, complete with a virtual control stick for you to toggle. No wonder it looks so retro, it is made by Namco. Check it out for some classic gaming action! Available for both iPod Touch and iPhone.

    Playing Jelly Car you drive a car. You guessed it, made of jelly, through a world of jelly or at least try to. The shocking bad graphics, which look like something a 5 year old designed are actually more quiet pleasing than annoying and for me make the game. Available for both iPod Touch and iPhone.

    Tap Tap Revenge is a sort of low budget version of Guitar Hero. Tap through the beats of more than 40 free songs and donýt be surprised when you get addicted to this game. Available for both iPod Touch and iPhone.

    Ibowl is one of my favourites! Go bowling with your iPod Touch with great graphics. If you like bowling this game allows you to bowl at anytime and anyplace, and you don’t even need to hire smelly footwear. Available for both iPod Touch and iPhone.

    Cannon Challenge is developed by the Discovery Channel and to be honest is not one of my favourites. The game consists of shooting cannons at targets and try to hit them. It’s more fun than it sounds, but only just.. Available for both iPod Touch and iPhone.

    Labyrinth Lite Edition. In this game you have to roll a little metal ball through a wooden labyrinth while avoiding holes. This game is very addictive and very tricky and will keep you amused for ages trying to master the 10 levels. Available for both iPod Touch and iPhone.

    Ever played Risk? Well if so Lux Touch will appeal to you as it is a risk-like strategy game of global domination. Control the blue army and take over the world. Available for both iPod Touch and iPhone.

    Tic Tac Free ý Does exactly what it says on the tin, which is noughts and crosses for you Brits reading this article.. No one ever out grows this simple game, or do they?. Available for both iPod Touch and iPhone.

    Sol Free Solitaire - No free games list would be complete without Solitaire and Iým happy to say that there is a free Ipod version called Sol Free Solotaire. It is one of the all time classic games and now it is available for the iPod Touch. Available for both iPod Touch and iPhone.

    Brain Toot Free is a brain training game so download this and put on your thinking cap and see how smart you really are. It has four different games to train your brain’s memory, visual, thinking and math skills, so not only will you develop your brain powere but you will have plenty of fun.. Available for both iPod Touch and iPhone.

    All these games are available 100% free from the Itunes store so simply load the itunes store and type in the game you want to load. Now a word of warning! Donýt download these games from other sites or you could damage your Ipod or even get it infected by a virus or Trojan. So play safe, download from Itunes and have fun!

    By: Ben Sleuth

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    Peace,

    Dan-O

  2. Adobe Premiere Rendering and Compression Problems Solved

    If you are having trouble rendering in Adobe premier make sure you go in and delete all existing files under Sequence > Delete Render Files and Edit > Preferences > Media > “Clean” in CS4.

    Also, make sure that you use different disks for your preview scratch disks than you for for raw video and project files… they should not say “Same as Project”

    In a worse case scenario you will need to go back to a restore point. Also, if you are having problems with windows media video compression:

    Windows Media Video Compression Using Adobe Premiere Pro

    I’ve written this tutorial for anyone who uses adobe premiere pro and wants to find out the best way to compress a video using “Windows Media Video”.

    I cover things like what bitrate to use with what resolution and frame rate aswell as what a few of the different settings do and mean. Find out for yourself and take a read…

    (not you will need to copy and paste image url’s in to your browser)

    Getting to Adobe Media Encoder

    1. Render all unrendered footage if you haven’t done so already in premiere pro

    2. Now go, File >> Export >> Adobe Media Encoder

    3. Select “Windows Media” from the format drop down list

    4. Then, from the preset drop down list, select something like “WMV9 720 25p” (doesn’t really matter what you choose)

    Video Settings

    1. Select “Video” on the left hand side of the Adobe Media Encoder

    2. Under Video, make sure…

    • Select “Windows Media Video 9” as the codec
    • Leave “Allow Interlaced Processing” Unticked
    • Under Bitrate Settings, Select “Two” encoding passes and make sure the mode is “Variable Constrained”. This offers way better results compared to a single encoding pass

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    Audio Settings

    1. Select “Audio” on the left hand side of the Adobe Media Encoder

    2. Under Audio, make sure…

    • Select “Windows Media Audio 9.1” as the audio codec
    • Under Bitrate Settings, Select “Two” encoding passes and make sure the mode is “Constant”. This will make sure the audio quality stays the same the whole way through the video

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    Audience Settings

    1. Select “Audiences” on the left hand side of the Adobe Media Encoder

    2. Audiences is the most important part as this is where you actually set the quality and the file size

    3. Now, select your desired frame rate, it’s usually best to keep it at its original level. But, say you’re original level is 50 frames a second, reduce it to 25. If you’re going for a really small file, then you’d want to bring your fps down to 20 or 15, but 25 will always enhance the footage as it will appear a lot smoother.

    4. For Pixel Aspect Ratio, set it to however you’re original footage is set. If you’re editing footage shot on the computer, then square pixels will give you the best results.

    5. Frame Width and Frame Height is a big factor for when considering image quality with file size. You kind of need to match them both up. In theory, for simple scenes like a close up of a human face “1 bit” per 200 pixels will offer good results,you may even want to try 250 pixels per bit. But with a more complex scene which includes maybe scenery and shrubs or a fast action video.etc, you’d want to aim around “1 bit” per 100 pixels (no where over 140 pixels per bit). To work this out, simply look at all the scenes in your video. If your scenes vary a lot in terms of colour and complexity, then you want lesser pixels per bit, this will increase file size (or reduce image size) but will offer way better results otherwise. On the other hand, if you’re video contains long interviews with a still background. Then the compressor will be able to produce good results with a high pixel per bit rate.

    6. Now, moving down to the basic audio settings, if you’re video contains a lot of sound and the sound is really important in the video. Then you wont want to go under 96kb/s, but I usually prefer to use 160kb/s or 128kb/s as if you compare the 160kb/s bitrate of the audio to the say 5000 bitrate of the video, you can see that the audio isn’t going to effect file size much in this case. The higher your video bitrate, the lesser the impact the audio will have on the filesize. Use CBR audio, not (A/V) CBR audio. Use stereo if your sound differs from channel to channel (most music does).

    7. Back to the Video now, Set Decoder Complexity to Auto

    8. For key frame interval, if you have a high action video with complex scenes, set this to about 1 or 2. On the other hand, if you have not so complex scenes like an interview with a still background, then you can raise this up to about 10.

    9. Leave buffer size as default

    10. Now, here is the good bit. Because earlier on, we set a Video Encoding mode to a Two pass encode with a variable but constrained bitrate. This means we can now give a maximum and average bitrate. It will use the maximum bitrate in the more complex scenes and will use the average bitrate for normal scenes. Now, setting your bitrate is important. This is basically, where we shove all our resolution and other data, in to a tightly packaged file. If you package your file to tight, bits of data start oozing out the corners which is why it’s important to package your video tight, but not too tight. Let’s say we have a rather complex video which is fairly fast paced with lots of different colours and scenes. We set our resolution to 1024×768 with a frame rate of 25 and we want excellent quality, but a small file size.

    Ok, let’s put what we learnt in to play. Ok, 1024 multiplied by 768 gives us 786000 pixels. That means that every single frame will contain 786000 pixels. If our video is running at 25fps, that’s 19.2 million pixels a second. The way compressors work, is they look for similarities across multiple frames and they try and share the data. Sometimes, when you set the bitrate too low, it just can’t deal with that data so it needs to throw away some pixels. The lower the bitrate, the more pixels get thrown around or ripped up.

    11. Now, we need to set the bitrate. So, seeing our scene is fairly complex, and we want good quality, I think 130 pixels per bit will be fine. So, lets divide 786000 by 130. This gives us 6040 bits. So, 6000 bits a second is what we need. We’ll set 6000 as the peak and 5000 as the average. Now, 5000 bits a second will produce a fairly large file in terms of the internet, but remember, we are using a resolution of 1024×768 which is very big in terms of the net, but we want viewers to see “all” the work we have put in to it.

    12. Now, once the bitrate is set, we have our buffer size, the larger your bit rate, the larger you want your buffer size. In this case, a buffer of 20/25 will be fine (buffer usually doesn’t effect anything).

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    Saving

    1. Now, save the preset buy hitting the floppy disk icon up the top of the Adobe Encoder Window. But, before you do that, place a comment for the preset if you want.

    2. Now, hit ok at the bottom of the window which will then prompt you for a location to save it. It will also give an estimated file size based on your video length and you’re peak data rate (for both the video and audio). But seeing we are using a variable bit rate, this estimate is usually higher than the end result.

    3. Let it render out, then enjoy.

    Tips

    • It’s usually good to set your work area to a length of 5 seconds over a complex part of your video, that way, you can do test renders to find the best bit rate
    • If you get errors while exporting and you use a hyperthreading processor or a dual core processor, visit this site to fix the problem. If you don’t get this problem, it may still be a good idea to visit the site and get the new adobe media encoder. http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/330380.html

    I hope you learnt something from this tutorial Smiley

    Cheers!

    http://www.fullvoltage.com.au

    Dan-O

  3. Music for Youtube Videos that You Can Use

    Its so easy to create videos for YouTube.

    I heard about this guy just made up a commercial for his book while sitting on a chair and its been viewed hundreds of times!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTTpiQErVZQ

    Plus, if you want music for YouTube videos, just use creative commons music so YouTube does not block it!  Here are complete details on how to make a video for YouTube:

    How To Make A Video On Youtube

    Are you interested in making your own YouTube videos to download and share with the rest of the Internet community? If you are and if you try to do that, May you wonder how you can make your own videos. Although the process of making a YouTube video of May seems complicated, but it is not necessarily so. Even those with a small amount of computer knowledge are able to make their own videos, many of which later end up on YouTube.

    The first step to making a YouTube video is to get a video recording device. Video recording devices come in different sizes. For example, it is possible to use cell phones, cameras, camcorders or traditional. If you are interested in using his cell phone to help you make a YouTube video, you must ensure that your cellphone has the ability to record video. You will find that most new and modern mobile phones do. For the best quality videos you want to use traditional camcorders, particularly digital, webcams, but are also welcome to low cost alternatives. Once you have a video recording device in his possession, you can start making your own videos. Popular videos on YouTube are video blogs, comedy skits, how-to videos, videos or trip.

    You can do almost any type of video you want, if it is recording a scene or just the time to promote activities or conversations. When making a YouTube video, it is important to remember that YouTube does not limit the number of videos you can submit, but all videos must be ten minutes or less, if you have a traditional YouTube membership. Therefore, if you want to have videos of more than ten minutes, if you need to update your account or make your videos into different segments.

    When your video on YouTube, you want to make sure that the quality is good. To do this, it is a good idea to speak directly into the camera or use raised voices. This will ensure that they see your video on YouTube can understand what you say. It is also recommended that you check that the lighting is good. The best time to make films during the day. If you want to make their movies at night, if it takes place indoors or outdoors, you will want to ensure you have the right amount of lighting. There is nothing worse than seeing a movie that is difficult to see.

    Although there are a number of measures, such as those mentioned above, you can take to ensure that their quality of YouTube videos are expensive, there is a way you can fix problems later. You can do with video editing software. Moving editing software allows you to preview and edit your videos, if you want to do before sending it to YouTube. If you have a new computer, you should be able to find a video editing software already on your computer. If you can not find the video editing software, you should be able to get free software or buying software online luxury or one of its stores to local media.

    The decision whether or not you want to edit their videos before sharing them on YouTube, you have to do it, but it is recommended that you at least do so, especially if your computer already has a video editing program. You want to see their films and see if there something you want to modify, change or delete. If so, the time before posting the video on the YouTube site. Modification of their videos on YouTube, or at least a first preview is likely to improve its quality, which, in turn, improve the exposure to get videos from YouTube. Many members share YouTube videos that are interesting for those who know and your videos can be one of them.

    By: Michael Singer

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    Peace,

    Dan-O

  4. Jailbreak Best Apps - No It Won’t Hurt Your iPod

    Here is latest in iPod news for the week…

    • Hands down the top 5 Jailbreak best apps are WinterBoard, SBSetting, Mobile Scrobbler, StatusNotifier and Mobile Chat. Also, don’t worry your iPod Touch will be fine if you use Jailbreak.
    • Now MapQuest has an iPhone and iTouch application you can use for directions that you can get free.
    • Apple is discouraging people from using other music players with iTunes and even issued a statement about it…gee, I wonder why they would do that?
    • If you still have an old Atari laying around now you can use it with your iPod! Slippery Brick has put out a dock you can insert into the cartridge holder.

    Now I wish I never threw out my Atari, and I miss playing Adventure too. Also, the good news is that iTunes still accepts MP3s from anywhere - so signup and download my MP3s for free! Here is more on hacking the iPhone:

    Tutorial To IPhone Hacks

    Did you know that one of the first written hacks for the iPhone was completed 5 days after its release? It was creased by DVD Jon notorious for various reverse engineering projects (which means getting details of systems one is not supposed to know). He managed to use all the functions on the iPhone but he did not succeed in hacking the phone so that he could get activated with another carrier so he had to remain with AT&A just for a little bit longer. There were many more people that followed suite and have hacked the iPhone since then with different inventions and methods

    Iphone Hacks What Types are there

    There are many applications now available to hack your phone for various reasons and they can be classed in the good and bad. You have the ones that help you unlock your phone so that you can use another carrier other than AT&T so that if you have a phone that you want to use outside the USA then you can. Also AT&T pricing may seen too extreme for you. Some people don’t mind using AT&T but want to be able to use other third party applications on their phones which are not supported by Apple. You then have the so called bad hack, this is where people try and hack the iPhone and the Apple system so to be able to get the users private details such as password and personal information.

    Hacking terminology - Firmware, Jailbreaking, Brick

    There are some basic terms you should be familiar with, which you could have already encountered but are not sure about their meaning.

    By hacking your phone it can become inoperable this is where the term brick comes from it means that the hardware has become unusable for one reason or another. This can happen if Apple does an update and Apple applies a new program which disables your hacks rendering your iPhone useless. There are hackers which are constantly writing new programs to try and overcome these problems so that you can recover your phone

    The firmware is basically the operating system and programming, the basic and in-depth specifics, which are not available to the everyday user. Apple periodically releases updates that fix former bugs and offers new features, and will possibly work on and stop iPhone hacks. Firmware version 1.1.1. is quite famous for rendering many iPhones useless, turning them into bricks, although a fix was released some weeks later.

    The operation system and basic software for the iPhone has been designed do that it can easily be modified. Jailbreak is a kind of iPhone hack in where the owner can gain entry to the inside of the phone and change it structure and thus change it, either to unlock the iPhone or install and run third-party applications not approved by Apple.

    Author Resource:- For more articles on the iPhone please visit: http://www.mobilephonereviewed.com
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    Dan-O

  5. iPod Help and Support FAQ and Jailbreaking

    I found these awesome iTunes and iPod Help and Support FAQ if you have questions about your new iPod:

    http://www.mcelhearn.com/article.php?story=20060807135351697

    This is a part of a new Yahoo group I joined and they keep it updated when new solutions are offered to the community. Its mainly for new members just getting started with the iPod and iTunes.

    I got an iPod Touch a few months ago and I love it…its better than the iPhone.  I love using it while waiting in lines, or while my son is napping in the car and I have nothing to do! So far the iTouch WiFi Connection has worked every place I go but not Starbucks and Borders. I have heard some people complain but then I  remembered that at places like Starbucks and Borders the WiFi costs money - so it will not work automatically!

    Did you just get a new iPod touch and you are having trouble finding Wifi spots? If you don’t have a decent finder application in can be much harder for you. The best iPod Touch WiFi connection finder that I have used is Spots, you can use the map to look around for new hotspots. First you need to be around a good Wifi and then you can use it to find others in the area.

    While you are visiting my blog, why not download my free MP3s to listen to on your iPod? Here is more about getting the most out of your iPod and an explanation of Jailbreaking:

    Getting The Most Out Of Your Ipod

    Ipod is an immensely popular lifestyle mobile gadget. It’s not only visually attractive on the outside, it’s also attractive on the inside. What makes it so attractive on the inside is its ability to allow the owner to download and store many useful digital files such as games, music, applications, videos, and more. It’s the ultimate all in one lifestyle gadget.

    To iPod fans, it’s obvious that having a visually attractive exterior simply isn’t enough. Without killer content and applications, it’s all for nothing. Fortunately, iPod owners can easily download a wide variety of content into their iPods. In a few days, any new iPod owner can personalize his or her own iPod in such a way that the gadget almost seems to take on the personality of its owner.

    For example, an iPod owner looking for entertainment may download the latest hip hop songs into his iPod. Or an avid movie goer may download iPod movies. There are even special software such as DVD to iPod converters or iPod video converters that are readily available to convert videos into the right format for playback on iPod.

    There are many ways to load content into an iPod. You can download content directly from websites, or convert your offline content to iPod compatible content by using special software. But the most popular way is to download content using Peer-to-Peer (P2P) software. This requires downloading and installing a simple application.

    When the application is installed, the user may then share files freely with literally thousands of other users online. That means you can search for, and download any files you want, as long as these files are shared by other users. In return, you may choose to share your own files with other users by allowing them to download files from your hard drive. This allows popular music and video files to spread very rapidly among the communities.

    But when downloading content for your iPod on a P2P network, always be cautious of the files that you have downloaded for security reasons. Always have an anti virus installed on your system that protects you from viruses. If not, scan the files individually to make sure that they are safe before running the files. It is not uncommon for pranksters to share virus infested files with well disguised filenames.

    Finally, bear in mind that your original iPod may not run some applications that are available for download on the Internet. That is caused by the manufacturer’s firmware. But that can be easily overcome by installing some special software. This is commonly known as “jail breaking”. You can easily search for more information by entering those terms as keywords in one of the major search engines. You should be able to find many different websites giving you instructions on how to “jail break” your iPod.

    Once your firmware has been modified, you are free to download virtually unlimited games and applications and they will run smoothly on your iPod. Note that jail breaking your iPod for personal use is completely legal. The hardware belongs to you, and you are free to do what you want to do with it.

    You can now get the most out of your iPod. Enjoy the free content and games!

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    For more information on downloading ipod touch games and free ipod movies, please visit.

    Dan-O

  6. Free Music for Podcasts That I Create Royalty Free

    Hi, my name is Dan O’Connor and I create royalty free music for podcasts using the creative commons license and allow downloads of it at http://www.danosongs.com. Many podcasters use the music as instrumental background music for spoken podcasts, or some of my actual songs with vocals in music podcasts on the podsafe music network. I have decent overall knowledge of music editing and music licensing.

    I’d like to learn more about the technology requirements and types of music needed by the general podcaster community and to see if I can answer any questions for people. Here are some of the reasons I have gotten into podcasting:

    Why Independent Artists And Musicians Should Podcast

    Independent artists have long struggled to gain recognition and attract an audience. Without the backing of a major label it can be very difficult for independent artists to obtain radio play time, that is, until now. Podcasting a revolutionary new medium, has opened new distribution channels for independent artists. Podcasting is the process of distributing audio files using the RSS format and has become very popular with the younger generations.

    With the use of technology, independent artists have a unique opportunity available, using technology they can significantly expand the exposure of their music.

    Why should a musician podcast?

    1. Distribution Channel

    The power of distribution is no more evident then when looking at the iTunes Music Store, with independent podcasts garnering millions of downloads. Notoriety has been gained and celebrities have been made. Independent artists who produce podcasts should include iTunes tags in their podcast feed and list their podcast in the iTunes Music Store. A listing in the iTunes Music Sore will significantly increase a podcaster’s exposure.

    2. Gain Interest and Fans

    Independent artists can attract listeners by creating a podcast with a music sampling.

    3. Send Demos

    Indies always searching for the brass ring or wanting to be signed by a big label can use podcasts for their commercial demos. Artists can promote their podcast and direct agents and labels to the demos as an inexpensive means to get signed.

    4. Get Gigs

    Night clubs looking for entertainment will listen to podcasts to find bands or artists who target their demographic. Clubs will have an idea of what to expect from the artist. Musicians might find themselves with additional booking as their podcast becomes a marketing tool.

    5. Promote Gigs at Establishments

    Establishments will be more willing to sign artists who will bring new listeners to their club. Musician can use their podcast to provide additional promotion for any booked events. The additional publicity might be the deciding factor, if the club management is torn between booking two artists.

    6. Build a Community

    Developing a community is critical to an artist’s success. Podcasting and consistent communication with loyal listeners will help encourage and strengthen a musician’s fan base.

    7. Sell CDs

    Shareware has long been a staple in the software community, adopted as a marketing method, to allow users the opportunity to sample software prior to making a purchase decision. Independent artists can use podcasting to sell their CDs. Sample music files or single songs that are given freely will encourage listeners to purchase a CD with additional songs.

    8. Reinforce Listener Loyalty

    Loyal listeners or “groupies” who listen to podcasts will share the podcasts with friends and extend the bands reach.

    9. Announcements

    Podcasting can be used as an additional vehicle to announce new songs, albums, interviews or other information relevant to the independent artists performances.

    10. Cross Promo Opportunities

    Bands who have a similar genre can exchange adverts in their podcasts and increase both of their fan bases. Quid pro quo promotion that costs little but can result in huge returns.

    Independent artists have a unique opportunity available to them. Podcasting is a fairly new medium that has far reaching distribution opportunities. Independent artists were once restricted by geography, playing at local clubs to increase their base. Podcasting has no borders.

    Producing a podcast can mean the difference between success and failure for an independent artist.

    By: Sharon Housley

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    About the Author: Sharon Housley manages marketing for FeedForAll www.feedforall.com software for creating, editing, publishing RSS feeds and podcasts. In addition Sharon manages marketing for RecordForAll www.recordforall.com audio recording and editing software.

    Peace,

    Dan-O