Over the past few weeks I’ve been playing with cross platform development tools. With Microsoft’s announcement of the Visual Studio Code preview [LINK], the latest version of Mono (version 4.0, built against the C# 6.0 spec) [LINK] and Microsoft open sourcing their entire Core CLR for .NET [LINK], now is Read more…
To get the most out of this post, I’d suggest reading these two earlier posts [LINK] and [LINK]. Using MeGui to convert a video file requires the following steps. I’ll cover each in detail and will provide screen shots where applicable. Script generator Index the video Analyse the video Resize Read more…
Just a really quick post to say that I’ll be publishing a follow up to this post [LINK], which I wrote on the 25th of January, in a few days. Watch this space… I guess
Video? A few days ago I stumbled upon someone asking how (digital) video files work. I’d spend a lot of time looking into video formats during my first year of university, It wasn’t part of the Computer Science course I studied, but I was interested in video file formats at Read more…
This tutorial is going to cover how to backup the contents of a DvD, HD-DvD or Blu-Ray DvD with MakeMKV in a format that is readable by your computer. The key is to make sure that you have media playback software that can handle the MKV container, and x264 and Read more…
This is my inaugural tutorial. The aim of this, and subsequent tutorials is to offer my knowledge and “expertise” to those who are looking for specific answers to specific questions. This tutorial is going to cover how you create an EPUB or Mobi of a graphic novel or manga for Read more…
See, the great thing about ISPs is this: EVERYTHING – and I mean everything – that you send or receive is logged on their servers. Any websites you visit, any files you download or upload, any videos you watch on youtube (or DailyMotion, or any video service), even your spotify Read more…
A friend asked me today, “wanted to ask for your helpful points when it comes to doing harvard referencing (bibliography)” I figured that he asked me, rather than another of our mutual friends – who is educated to a much higher level in the matters of prose – because I was Read more…