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  1. Non-linux Tivo-esque software by neoshmengi · · Score: 1 · on Home-Grown TiVo Stories?

    From the Hacking the Tivo FAQ , here are several programs for windows.

    Ligos: Windows based PTV.
    PowerVCR: Windows based VCR.
    WinVCR: Windows based VCR.
    SnapStream: Windows based PTV (freeware and commercial version).
    ShowShifter: Windows based PTV (freeware).
    VideoLAN is an open source, multi OS video streaming program.

  2. I've had that working since 1997. by Animats · · Score: 3, Interesting · on Go Stand By the Stairs, So I Can Protect You
    I was the first to simulate falling downstairs. I first showed "Falling Bodies" at the Softimage user convention in 1997. The technology inside Falling Bodies is now licensed for some major games.

    Here's my simulation of someone falling down a circular staircase. [.avi, 1.5MB]. Note that there's less "boink" than with impulse/constraint simulators; the bounces take several frames, rather than being instantaneous. That's because Falling Bodies is a spring/damper system, which produces better results. Takes more cycles, though.

    Now everybody does falling downstairs as a demo for physics engines. I've created a cliche, like the old "teapot" graphics test.

    More videos.

    (Most of these videos are encoded with the Intel Indeo codec, which Intel discontinued, but you can still get it from Ligos. I should convert that material to another codec. What would you suggest that will work five years from now?)

  3. Laying it on a bit thick, no? by tulare · · Score: 2 · on Go X10 Speed Racer!

    I mean, what this guy has done is certainly a creative and dare I say worthy use of one of those nefarious X10 pervcams, but damn... Calling an Intel Indeo avi a QuickTime movie is pretty damn irritating, particularly given the fact that it won't ever play on OS X without borking the creator codes. If you're lucky that'll work. And don't even get me started on divx. Just a thought to people who want videos posted somewhere like /. - think mpeg.

  4. Re:What about Make your own ReplayTV - PTV links by Speare · · Score: 1 · on Build Your Own Set Top Box

    Lazy? Make 'em links!

    PureDiva: Software only bundled with complete PC's. http://www.purediva.com

    Ligos: Windows based PTV. http://www.ligos.com/news/pr_timeshift.html

    PowerVCR: Windows based VCR. http://www.cyberlink.com.tw/english/products/power vcr2/powervcr2.asp

    WinVCR: Windows based VCR. http://www.cinax.com/Products/winvcr.html

    SnapStream: Windows based PTV (freeware and commercial version). http://www.snapstream.com

    ShowShifter: Windows based PTV (freeware). http://www.showshifter.com

  5. Have you tried Ligos? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Windows NT and DVD Decoders?

    Ligos has a MPEG-2 decoder that runs as a codec for Windows Media player. They have a time-limited beta version for free download. I don't have an NT system here to test with but I suspect it will work if Windows Media works.

  6. MPEG-2 is even worse! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Ask Slashdot: What Quicktime Format for X-Platform?

    ..for low bitrate video. Encoding a 176x120 clip at 150 kbit/sec with RealProducer G2, Ligos mpeg encoder, and Windows Media Encoder 4.0 (using mpeg-4 v.3), mpeg-2 doesn't even come close. It has compression artifacts all over the display where the others did not. Plus it actually took 196 kbit/sec for the video where the other two kept their speed to 118 (verified by resulting file size). G2 and mpeg-4 were pretty close but I think mpeg-4 looks a little better.

    The reason is mpeg-2 is for high bitrate streams. This is like DVD type bitrate. I took another file which was 704x480@30fps. I encoded it at 2500 kbit/sec with Windows Media mpeg-4 and Ligos mpeg-2 and the mpeg-2 was the clear winner here. The playback on the mpeg-4 clip looked like it was skipping frames. Also, I am using Ligos' software mpeg-2 decoder (beta version free on their site along with a 30-second encoder) so hardware playback would be even faster.