What's worse is, that just as VHS saved the MPAA's ass back in the 80's and CREATED an at home video revolution that created billions in revenue, the MP3's that they fought so hard against nearly 10 years ago is quickly becoming their bread and butter.
What concerns me most, as a consumer who prefers his music in Atoms as opposed to bytes, is the fact that a day may come where a DRM and/or Lossy option is my only option. That will be a sad day indeed.
And, I am sucker for cool/limited packaging. I will not spend $18 for the new Bob Dylan CD in a plastic jewel case, but I will spend $22 for the same disc a special package with bonus DVD.
It seems a lot of folks are making the presumption that the current iPod screen would just become color for a video iPod - is that based on anything beyond the photo iPod?
Turn your iPod sideways and flip it over to the nice chome area. I don't have mine in front of me, but I'd guess you could get a 5"-6" 16x9 screen there. Has everyone noticed Apple's dedication to HDTV protocols with iMovie, iDVD, Final Cut Pro, etc. ? Somehow it would be contrary to their mission to give a video iPod a 4X3 when everything else there doing is designed for the future (16x9).
I may be misinformed, but EVERY time I see a prototype of a Blu-Ray unit, it says Blu-Ray Recorder. This should be a significant advantage for ANYONE who's owned HDTV for more than a day or two. Eventually, you want to record these beautiful concert performances in 5.1 and time-shift the Sopranos. So far as I've read, HD DVD is a playback only device, just like DVDs today. If Blu-Ray can RECORD HD and playback when it launches, it MUST win over the other format. Early HDTV adopters need to make sure of it, despite what the porn industry decides and what joe six pack can find at WalMart.
People coming to the movie bring their little radios or FM headphones with them and tune in to the frequency which the movie is being broadcast on. This keeps the movie dude from having to bring large speakers and getting arrested for disturbing the peace. Also makes it a little easier to pack-up quickly if needed.
Anyone project on their garage door every? Seems ideal for a widescreen 16x9 and is somewhat reflective white surface. Now if I could just do something about those windows...
At this point there is giant void between 'hobby' P2P webcasting solutions like this and PeerCast and P2P-Radio (http://p2p-radio.sourceforge.net/) and the professional applications like Abacast, ChainCast and the others. The hobbyist applications fail to deliver the counting tools needed for us to report our listenership numbers appropriately to ASCAP, BMI and the others and still have some flaws in terms of functionality. The proprietary options have these tools available but they are currently not much of a savings compared to the traditional bandwidth options.
What's needed is something like Shoutcast which provides a professional means of distribution, but built on a P2P architecture. To my knowledge that simply doesn't exist, but I have my fingers crossed. As a new webcaster who sees his listenership growing week after week, there may come a time when I can no longer afford to be popular without a REAL P2P webcast solution.
Nothing is more frustrating than tuning in to a pirate or even LPFM broadcast and hearing the same PAP which a Clear Channel broadcasts! If you're going to the trouble of building your own transmitter and risking personal freedoms in order to broadcast - MAKE IT WORTH WHILE. Not only for you, but for your listeners as well.
When discussing P2P Broadcast solutions, most people talk either about open sources solutions like PeerCast or Streamer or proprietary solutions like Abacast or Chaincast. Unfortunately, a multiplatform Java-based solution often overlooked by both broadcasts and listeners is P2P-Radio. With a bit of support from both side, could be a really strong canidate to change the way we listen to online streams (both audio & video);
http://p2p-radio.sourceforge.net/
While the original works are certainly copyrighted and probably illegal for distribution by any means, what about the home tapers/traders who create their own artwork? Could they in essence release artwork of their own under a Creative Commons license so that others (FreeDB) could distribute this "other" artwork electronically?
Can a tracklist of an album be protected under copyright laws as well?
We need Larry Lessig to write this email! He's the one law professor who is most up-to-date with the damage that the DMCA, RIAA, CARP and others are doing daily and can articulate it in a way that most non-/. folks will understand. He has taken on Jack Valenti (head of the MPAA) directly in debates and run circles around their theories and ideas.
If you haven't seen Big Thinkers on TechTV, you're missing out. I've actually started to save them to disc. Great 30 min. looks at the likes of Stewart Brand, Lawrence Lessig, David Gelernter, Rodney Brooks, Douglas Adams and more. I'm still pushing hard for a Kurzweil episode!
Any Bryce Lynch wannabe would be impressed. Get more details here: http://www.techtv.com/bigthinkers/
I read one of the links about the cut in funding ( http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/ar ecibo_cuts_011220.html ). It says that Arecibo observatory uses radio telescopes. Are these similar to what the SETI organization uses? Could a screen saver app be developed and deployed which would allow volunteers to use pure computing power to detail these NEOs more quickly?
The mp3 engineers hire a bean counter who tells
them how much money they are losing annually because of the popularity
of their format. They begin to enforce royalty and licensing
issues with an iron fist.
As providers of mp3s encoders and content providers begin to
get hit financially by the Germans they set out for a new alternative
to mp3. Something similar, if not better in quality than mp3
which would contain no financial implications. Ogg is discovered
in 2002! Marketing and PR dollars by many organizations are spent
on promoting Ogg as the next evolution in digital music.
Other forward thinking production companies, music labels begin
to release music using EFF's new
open
audio license therefore by passing all the BS of copyrights
for music that will be exchanged by the masses anyway.
Additional companies begin to insert FreeDB
tags into their ogg files so that players released in 2003 can
pull info off their now completely free and open music system.
Early adopters include NPR, IndyMedia and other production
companies. By 2004 WMP and QuickTime
have codecs for playing ogg files.
The only twist here is if Franhofer
never attempts to forcefully collect on the mp3 codec formula.
If it doesn't cost anything for developers to use, there will
never be reason enough to switch at this point of acceptance.
The point is not recode each Atari game, the goal would be to create a Mame which runs under various Palm / Phone devices so the 3000 or so ROMs that are available can be loaded into these machines with no alteration at all. Just put your virtual quarters in and go!
Like this:
http://www.yipton.demon.co.uk/content.html#EMame
-info
I'm not really sure which is worse; Wired for running this ridiculous story in the first place or sites like/.
and Macslash for commenting on it afterwards. Wired stopped being relevant years ago. Adults and many children swear. Who gives a rats ass! And please stop
whining that Wired made fun of Mac users; WHO CARES Its wired! Yes, they use a lot of Macs to produce their magazine. Does that mean because I drive a Jeep I can't call Jeep owners yuppies or rednecks or "artsy-fartsy" ? Fuck off. This is a non-comment for a non-story.
If you want a DVD player that can handle CDr's then you should have bought one with DUAL lasers. Sony does in fact make them, Pioneer makes them, you just have to look (and probably pay a bit more). If you're that concerned about compatibility, then take some various formats of CDr, VCD, ETC with you to your local big box and see what works BEFORE buying.
Odds are good that more money was spent on the changer part of the box than the laser part.
-info
What everyone should be or will be looking for in their second generation of DVD player is progressive scan out for 480p instead of 480i, DVD-Audio (up to 192Khz in Stereo or 24bit, 96Hkz in 5.1 channels). Added to this should be at a minimum the abillity to play most CDr's (sony dual beam) and HOPEFULLY mp3 CDs too. If santa can bring me that, I'll volunteer as an elf next year.
-pjc
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Amen.
What's worse is, that just as VHS saved the MPAA's ass back in the 80's and CREATED an at home video revolution that created billions in revenue, the MP3's that they fought so hard against nearly 10 years ago is quickly becoming their bread and butter.
What concerns me most, as a consumer who prefers his music in Atoms as opposed to bytes, is the fact that a day may come where a DRM and/or Lossy option is my only option. That will be a sad day indeed.
And, I am sucker for cool/limited packaging. I will not spend $18 for the new Bob Dylan CD in a plastic jewel case, but I will spend $22 for the same disc a special package with bonus DVD.
-nfo
It seems a lot of folks are making the presumption that the current iPod screen would just become color for a video iPod - is that based on anything beyond the photo iPod?
Turn your iPod sideways and flip it over to the nice chome area. I don't have mine in front of me, but I'd guess you could get a 5"-6" 16x9 screen there. Has everyone noticed Apple's dedication to HDTV protocols with iMovie, iDVD, Final Cut Pro, etc. ? Somehow it would be contrary to their mission to give a video iPod a 4X3 when everything else there doing is designed for the future (16x9).
just my 10.
-pjc
Give me a mini with enough horsepower to record and play an HDTV signal with full 5.1 sound and I'm in!
-Patrick
I may be misinformed, but EVERY time I see a prototype of a Blu-Ray unit, it says Blu-Ray Recorder. This should be a significant advantage for ANYONE who's owned HDTV for more than a day or two. Eventually, you want to record these beautiful concert performances in 5.1 and time-shift the Sopranos. So far as I've read, HD DVD is a playback only device, just like DVDs today. If Blu-Ray can RECORD HD and playback when it launches, it MUST win over the other format. Early HDTV adopters need to make sure of it, despite what the porn industry decides and what joe six pack can find at WalMart.
-nfo
Or Shoutcast.com for that matter...
People coming to the movie bring their little radios or FM headphones with them and tune in to the frequency which the movie is being broadcast on. This keeps the movie dude from having to bring large speakers and getting arrested for disturbing the peace. Also makes it a little easier to pack-up quickly if needed.
Anyone project on their garage door every? Seems ideal for a widescreen 16x9 and is somewhat reflective white surface. Now if I could just do something about those windows...
-nfo
At this point there is giant void between 'hobby' P2P webcasting solutions like this and PeerCast and P2P-Radio (http://p2p-radio.sourceforge.net/) and the professional applications like Abacast, ChainCast and the others. The hobbyist applications fail to deliver the counting tools needed for us to report our listenership numbers appropriately to ASCAP, BMI and the others and still have some flaws in terms of functionality. The proprietary options have these tools available but they are currently not much of a savings compared to the traditional bandwidth options.
What's needed is something like Shoutcast which provides a professional means of distribution, but built on a P2P architecture. To my knowledge that simply doesn't exist, but I have my fingers crossed. As a new webcaster who sees his listenership growing week after week, there may come a time when I can no longer afford to be popular without a REAL P2P webcast solution.
-pjc
I was wondering how we could do remotes with our new 80s radio station!
Thanks.
-nfo
Nothing is more frustrating than tuning in to a pirate or even LPFM broadcast and hearing the same PAP which a Clear Channel broadcasts! If you're going to the trouble of building your own transmitter and risking personal freedoms in order to broadcast - MAKE IT WORTH WHILE. Not only for you, but for your listeners as well.
-pjc
When discussing P2P Broadcast solutions, most people talk either about open sources solutions like PeerCast or Streamer or proprietary solutions like Abacast or Chaincast. Unfortunately, a multiplatform Java-based solution often overlooked by both broadcasts and listeners is P2P-Radio. With a bit of support from both side, could be a really strong canidate to change the way we listen to online streams (both audio & video);
http://p2p-radio.sourceforge.net/
-pjc
Actually, if you have a newer iPod there is a microphone option available;
s /A ppleStore?productLearnMore=T7419LL/A
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObject
Looking for more detail on the theories or practices of "web assisted retail" - please expound...
-nfo
While the original works are certainly copyrighted and probably illegal for distribution by any means, what about the home tapers/traders who create their own artwork? Could they in essence release artwork of their own under a Creative Commons license so that others (FreeDB) could distribute this "other" artwork electronically?
Can a tracklist of an album be protected under copyright laws as well?
-nfo
Give me the ability to burn on the top side and don't mess with the data side (of ANY disc).
Those damn labels always bubble up after a couple of years anyway.
-info
We need Larry Lessig to write this email! He's the one law professor who is most up-to-date with the damage that the DMCA, RIAA, CARP and others are doing daily and can articulate it in a way that most non-/. folks will understand. He has taken on Jack Valenti (head of the MPAA) directly in debates and run circles around their theories and ideas.
-info
If you haven't seen Big Thinkers on TechTV, you're missing out. I've actually started to save them to disc. Great 30 min. looks at the likes of Stewart Brand, Lawrence Lessig, David Gelernter, Rodney Brooks, Douglas Adams and more. I'm still pushing hard for a Kurzweil episode!
Any Bryce Lynch wannabe would be impressed. Get more details here:
http://www.techtv.com/bigthinkers/
-info
I read one of the links about the cut in funding ( http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/ar ecibo_cuts_011220.html ). It says that Arecibo observatory uses radio telescopes. Are these similar to what the SETI organization uses? Could a screen saver app be developed and deployed which would allow volunteers to use pure computing power to detail these NEOs more quickly?
-info
Maybe someone can set up a simple web database so we can keep track of which CDs need to be avoided (or purchased and returned in great volume).
I just checked with NS and TheHitShitList.com is available!
-info
The mp3 engineers hire a bean counter who tells them how much money they are losing annually because of the popularity of their format. They begin to enforce royalty and licensing issues with an iron fist.
As providers of mp3s encoders and content providers begin to get hit financially by the Germans they set out for a new alternative to mp3. Something similar, if not better in quality than mp3 which would contain no financial implications. Ogg is discovered in 2002! Marketing and PR dollars by many organizations are spent on promoting Ogg as the next evolution in digital music.
Other forward thinking production companies, music labels begin to release music using EFF's new open audio license therefore by passing all the BS of copyrights for music that will be exchanged by the masses anyway.
Additional companies begin to insert FreeDB tags into their ogg files so that players released in 2003 can pull info off their now completely free and open music system. Early adopters include NPR, IndyMedia and other production companies. By 2004 WMP and QuickTime have codecs for playing ogg files.
The only twist here is if Franhofer never attempts to forcefully collect on the mp3 codec formula. If it doesn't cost anything for developers to use, there will never be reason enough to switch at this point of acceptance.
http://digita.mame.net/
The point is not recode each Atari game, the goal would be to create a Mame which runs under various Palm / Phone devices so the 3000 or so ROMs that are available can be loaded into these machines with no alteration at all. Just put your virtual quarters in and go! Like this: http://www.yipton.demon.co.uk/content.html#EMame -info
I'm not really sure which is worse; Wired for running this ridiculous story in the first place or sites like /.
and Macslash for commenting on it afterwards. Wired stopped being relevant years ago. Adults and many children swear. Who gives a rats ass! And please stop
whining that Wired made fun of Mac users; WHO CARES Its wired! Yes, they use a lot of Macs to produce their magazine. Does that mean because I drive a Jeep I can't call Jeep owners yuppies or rednecks or "artsy-fartsy" ? Fuck off. This is a non-comment for a non-story.
-info
If you want a DVD player that can handle CDr's then you should have bought one with DUAL lasers. Sony does in fact make them, Pioneer makes them, you just have to look (and probably pay a bit more). If you're that concerned about compatibility, then take some various formats of CDr, VCD, ETC with you to your local big box and see what works BEFORE buying. Odds are good that more money was spent on the changer part of the box than the laser part. -info
Sen. Hatch Has 'Traffic' Cameo http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20001220/en/hatch_ rated_r_2.html
What everyone should be or will be looking for in their second generation of DVD player is progressive scan out for 480p instead of 480i, DVD-Audio (up to 192Khz in Stereo or 24bit, 96Hkz in 5.1 channels). Added to this should be at a minimum the abillity to play most CDr's (sony dual beam) and HOPEFULLY mp3 CDs too. If santa can bring me that, I'll volunteer as an elf next year. -pjc