RX-8 controlled from an iPod Touch

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Sunday
Sep 6,2009
     
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www.geekmyride.org. Quick demo of accessing a web server linked to an Arduino in my RX-8 from an iPod Touch so it can be started, stopped, locked/unlocked, current location shown on Google Maps, and engine parameters displayed. More info at www.geekmyride.org

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Nintendo DS / iPod clone

Saturday
Sep 5,2009
modrak asked:


Showing off the new lmp-ng homebrew app ;) the first song is mp3 320kbit/s, the other one is ogg at 192kbit/s. There is newer version already out there, as Lick stopped developing it… google for “lmp-ng”. and use DLDI patch if it freezes on two white screens. if that still doesn’t make any sense to you, die. don’t send me messages, I won’t respond. be idiots on your own…

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Lets Compare-apple Iphone Vs Apple Ipod

  • Filed under: iTunes
Friday
Apr 10,2009
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The Apple iPhone is an internet-enabled multimedia mobile phone that has been designed and marketed by Apple Inc. It features a touchscreen interface with a virtual keyboard. The device is packed with useful applications like iTunes, Google Maps, Calculator and YouTube. It features a built-in web browser and supports Bluetooth & Wi-Fi connectivity. Its YouTube application streams videos over Wi-Fi and/or EDGE networks.

The iPhone Canada allows users to watch television shows and films on its display. The handset comes equipped with a 2 megapixel camera and a portable media player. The device runs on the optimized version of OSX operating system. It is a quad band GSM smartphone that has 8 GB of flash memory. When Wi-Fi is active, the device automatically switches from the EDGE network to any previously approved Wi-Fi network. The handset weighs 135 gm and measures 115 x 61 x 11.6 mm. It comes equipped with a non removable battery that has a talktime of upto 8 hours and a standby time of upto 250 hours. A new version of Apple iPhone is scheduled to be launched soon that would operate on faster 3G networks.

On the other hand, Apple iPod is a portable media player that is designed and marketed by Apple. The device uses the Apple’s iTune software to download and play music files. The device allows the user to transfer photos, videos and games to other compatible devices. It can play a variety of music file formats like MP3, AIFF, WAV and Protected AAC. The fifth and sixth generation iPod Classics can also play MPEG4 and Quicktime video formats.

There are four models of Apple iPods - the Classic, the Nano, the Shuffle and the ipod Touch. Newest models of these devices feature a touch-sensitive click wheel instead of a mechanical scroll wheel. They also use flash memory instead of hard disks. The batteries of these devices are not designed to be replaced or removed by the users. Fifth generation models of these devices have their batteries attached to their backplate with adhesives.

Buy Apple iPhone and Apple iPod are equipped with a wide range of features. While the former is smartphone, the latter is a portable digital media player. Both of these devices have been designed and marketed by Apple Inc. Both of them have got wide public acceptance during last few years.



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How to Get Album Artwork for Your Songs

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Wednesday
Apr 8,2009
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It is possible to associate album artwork with a song with the help of iTunes. This new feature will be enjoyable to iPod users. iTunes support multiple album artworks for a song. The iTune 4.7 version will help you to transfer album artwork to your iPod photo and thus, enables you to see the album while you play the song.

The process of associating album artwork with songs is not at all difficult. Just search in Google for CD covers and drag the desired one to the song album placeholder in iTunes. However, it is easy only if you want album artworks for few songs only. If you have thousands of songs in your iTunes library then it is not possible to associate album works to all that songs. However, some free sites are available to make it possible to add album artworks to the songs. The most important among them are clutter and art4iTunes.com.

Clutter: Clutter will help you to associate albums to number of songs. You can put some CD after installing Clutter. It will search in Amazon.com to see whether the album artwork for that song is available. If multiple albums are available for the song then pair of arrows will be displayed and you can select any album according to your wish. Then you can copy the album artworks to iTunes by using File - copy cover to iTunes.

Suppose, the clutter is not able to find any album artwork for the song, then you can search in Amazon.com by going to File- Find cover in Amazon. Here you will get a list of matching albums for your song that you can select according to your interest. Clutter also has a fantastic feature of dragging and dropping images to your desktop. However, clutter will not work well in compilation where you may have number of artists.

Art4iTunes.com: This is another free site that will help you to get album artwork for your songs in iTunes. First select Find- Export song list to get the list of songs. Then go to the site where you just select the song list. Then art4iTunes will search for album artworks in various sites like Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk. Once you get the matching album artworks you can drag and drop the desired images to your iTunes.

Album artwork Locator: The album artwork locator in iTunes will help you to find and copy albums into iTunes. Sometimes your iTunes music library will have music but a few albums may be missing. Album artwork locator helps you to find the artworks and then copy them directly to your iTunes. Without albums your songs will not be that much exciting. Therefore, this feature is gaining a high reputation among music lovers. You can give the file details in the locator by artists or title or album in the correct section not all in one line it will be easy to find the correct albums. However, you need some advanced operating systems like Windows 2003, windows xp or some other operating system to download this product.



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Ipod Touch

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Sunday
Mar 8,2009
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iPod touch

First introduced on iPhone, the multi-touch interface uses pioneering new Mac OS X-based software to present the ideal user interface for each application. The iPod touch also includes Wi-Fi wireless networking, the first on any iPod, and three applications that use it — Safari, the most advanced browser on any mobile device, lets users wirelessly view web pages just as they look on their computer, and features Google Search or Yahoo! oneSearch; Apple’s YouTube application lets users wirelessly watch over 10 million free videos from the Internet’s most popular video website; and the new iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store lets users wirelessly browse, preview and buy songs and albums from the most popular online music store in the world. The iPod touch is an unbelievable 8 mm thin, and is priced starting at just $299.

“The iPod touch is a landmark iPod, ushering in a whole new generation of features based on its revolutionary multi-touch interface and built-in Wi-Fi wireless networking,” said Apple chief executive Steve Jobs. “People are going to be amazed at how thin it is and how much it does.”

With its 3.5-inch widescreen display, iPod touch is ideal for watching movies and TV shows, as well as viewing photos and album art. The player also features a built-in accelerometer that automatically senses when you rotate it into its landscape position, just like iPhone. When you’re in music, it automatically switches to Cover Flow so you can browse your music collection by album cover artwork with just a flick of a finger. When in Photos, it automatically displays the photo in its landscape aspect ratio; and when in Safari it displays the web page horizontally.



iPod touch — which features up to 22 hours of audio playback and up to five hours of video playback — also has a built-in ambient light sensor that automatically adjusts the display’s brightness.

iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store

Also launched alongside the iPod touch is Apple’s iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store, which lets you browse the iTunes Top Ten lists of songs and albums overall or by genre, check out new releases and “What’s Hot,” or search for your favorite songs, albums or artists.

You can preview any song for free, then purchase and download the ones you like directly onto your iPod touch over Wi-Fi. The music you download will be automatically uploaded into your iTunes library the next time you sync your iPod touch with your computer.



With Safari, which Apple says is the most advanced web browser ever on a portable device, you can see web pages the way they were meant to be seen, with the ability to zoom into any webpage with a tap of your finger. The Safari web browser includes built-in Google Search and Yahoo! oneSearch so you can quickly and easily find information you need. iPod touch also includes Apple’s proprietary YouTube application that allows you to access, browse and search for millions of free YouTube videos over Wi-Fi.

Starbucks partnership

Apple also announced an exclusive agreement with Starbucks that allows you to access the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store for free in participating US Starbucks stores starting next month. When you enter a participating Starbucks location, your iPod touch, iPhone, or PC or Mac running iTunes will automatically recognize the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store. You can see what song is currently playing or has recently played in the store, and immediately preview, buy and download it over Wi-Fi.

Pricing & Availability

The new iPod touch is scheduled to be available later this month. The 8GB iPod touch model is $299 (US) and the 16GB iPod model is $399 (US). iPod touch requires a Mac with a USB 2.0 port, Mac OS X 10.4.10 or later and iTunes 7.4; or a Windows PC with a USB 2.0 port and Windows Vista or Windows XP Home or Professional (Service Pack 2) or later and iTunes 7.4. Internet access is required and a broadband connection is recommended, fees may apply. The iTunes Store is not available in all countries.



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Sunday
Feb 22,2009
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Several months ago I nearly had a heart attack. Not really, but I felt like I was going to have one when my hard drive crashed and my entire music collection (worth thousands of dollars) went with it.

I was slightly relieved when I thought about the fact that most of my music was on my iPod Touch hard drive. As soon as I got my new computer, I downloaded iTunes and planned to download my music back to the new computer. I was shocked when I discovered that iTunes did not have an option to sync from my iPod to iTunes. iTunes only allowed me to transfer data one way - from the iTunes library to the iPod and not vice versa. That was simply not an option as I am sure you can understand.

There’s no doubt I was frustrated beyond belief at this point because I thought I could seriously lose all of my music. I actually contemplated buying a new iPod so I would not have to ever sync the old one, but I eventually thought better of it.

After a day long cooling off period, I started researching other options. I called some local computer repair guys. They were worthless. I made a phone call to the computer store where I purchased my PC and they were no help either.

I then turned to my friend Yahoo (yes, I’m one of the few people out there who actually prefer Yahoo to Google). I quickly read a couple of tutorials for transferring music back to a computer. Although they gave me hope, I was simply too afraid to try any of the techniques because I thought I would screw it all up.

I found the solution when I discovered a software program named Lenogo iPod to Computer Transfer. It was exactly what I wanted. A free demo version was even available for me to test out before buying anything. Without a moment’s thought, I downloaded the demo version, installed it on my computer and fired it up.

After that, I connected the USB cord from my iPod Touch to the PC. Inside the Lenogo interface, I was able to see all of the songs, playlists and even videos on my iPod. Next I selected a new folder on my Desktop where I wanted to copy my songs to and clicked the button to start transferring. In about 15 to 20 minutes, I was done. All of the data was on my computer and ready to use.

My next step was to run iTunes and import the songs and playlists back into the iTunes library then sync it to my iPod. It was truly a piece of cake. If you find yourself in a similar position, do not panic. All is not lost!



By: Chad Kiser

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Thursday
Feb 12,2009
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the step by step tutorial about how to transfer DVD movies and TV shows, videos, YouTube and Google videos, iTunes DRM protected music to Microsoft Zune.

Before getting started, let’s take a look at the audio and video formats Microsoft Zune recognizes:

Audio Support

Windows Media Audio Standard (WMA) (.wma); WMA Lossless; Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) (.mp4, .m4a, .m4b, .mov); MP3 (.mp3).

Video Support

Windows Media Video (WMV) (.wmv); MPEG-4 (MP4/M4V) (.mp4) Part 2 video; H.264 video; DVR-MS.

So, you see, in order to put DVD movies and TV shows, video files and YouTube and Google video onto Zune, you will need a converter that will go from DVD and video to Zune WMV or MP4 (Video) or Zune WMA or MP3 (Audio). This kind of program can only rip the DVD’s or convert the video files to your PC, however, Microsoft offers Zune users the free program called “Zune Software” to sync the media from PC to Zune. You just need to download it from its official website http://www.zune.net , where you can get the most detailed information about Zune as well.

In this tutorial, I’d like to demonstrate how to rip DVD’s and convert videos to Zune using Clone2Go DVD to Zune Converter. The reason I choose it lies in that, unlike other DVD to Zune converters that can rip only DVD movies for Zune, this DVD to Zune converter can also be used to convert regular video files to Zune. Plus, it allows you to download videos from YouTube and Google and then convert YouTube FLV videos to some format accepted by Zune. Let’s take a look at how it performs:

1. Add DVD movies or TV shows

Insert the DVD disc into the disc drive, click the Open DVD button to import it if you are going to enjoy the DVD movie on your Zune. Or if the DVD movie is saved as a folder on your computer, you need to click the Add Video button to locate that folder, which is composed of two separate folders: VIDEO_TS and AUIDO_TS. From the VIDEO_TS folder, select the .vob file to import and then click OK.



2. Import video files

You can also import videos stored on your PC by clicking the Add Video button and then click OK. The supporting formats are shown as follows:



3. Download YouTube or Google videos

If you want to enjoy online YouTube or Google videos on your Zune, click the YouTube button on the main interface. In the pop-up window, copy and paste the URLs of the YouTube videos one by one.

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There will be a list of the added YouTube videos, which will be downloaded automatically one by one. And the downloading status is clearly shown on the list. After the status of all of them indicates Completed, you can tick whichever videos you want to watch on your Zune.



After the DVD’s, videos or YouTube/Google videos are imported, you can preview it on the main interface. If you only want a clip of the DVD/video, you can drag the Start to trim and Stop to trim button to get the certain segment.

After making sure you have chosen the right profile from the Profile drop-down list, now you can click the Start Encode button to starting ripping DVD movies or TV shows, converting videos or downloading and converting online YouTube/Google videos for your Zune.

4. Convert iTunes M4P music to Zune

The music downloaded from iTunes Store is under DRM protection. In order to play it on your Zune, you need to strip the DRM off and have the iTunes protected AAC (M4P) music converted to Zune WMA or MP3 format. The easiest way is to burn the iTunes M4P playlist to CD-R or CD-RW disc to make an audio CD and then use some CD ripper software to convert the audio CD track back to MP3. And iTunes allows you to burn the protected music files to CD-R or CD-RW disc to make a standard audio CD:

A. Insert a CD-R or CD-RW disc into your CD-ROM drive. You’d better use CD-RW disc as it can be used for more than once.

B. Create a new playlist in iTunes. Add the protected songs to your playlist until you have 72 minutes of music. Click the Burn Disc button, in the pop-up window of Burn Settings, tick Audio CD from the Disc Format checkboxes. Note: You cannot select the MP3 CD option since it requires the protected music files be converted to unprotected MP3 or WMA files.

C. After the audio CD is successfully burned, insert the disc into your CD-ROM drive again. Then you can use iTunes or Windows Media Player to import the music tracks on the burned disc to MP3 or WMA files.



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