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iMovie '11 Review

Posted 12/03/2010 at 9:48am | by Steve Paris

Ever since Apple completely redesigned iMovie back in 2007 to make it more approachable for novice home-movie editors, it’s received a lot of flak from all those who were using the previous version for more pro-level work. But iMovie was never meant for professionals, and that version (iMovie ’08) was ideal for anyone who didn’t know a thing about video editing. As iMovie ’09 came and went, the howling continued, but with the return of audio editing and more to iMovie ’11, the outcry should subside at last.

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How-To Turn Your Old Mac Into a Media Machine With Plex

Posted 11/01/2010 at 12:12pm | by Ambika Subramony

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Now that the new Apple TV is out, you're probably debating whether to buy it or not. After all, it's only $99--even if you just use it to stream music from your various iTunes libraries, it might be worth it, right? Well, hold your horses! Before you plunk down your well-earned $99 plus tax, just hear us out--we've got a far more powerful and free solution to your dilemma.

Most of us die-hard Mac users have an old Mac or two laying around. Perhaps an old MacBook, MacBook Pro, or Mac mini. Even an iMac will work, if you have the space. Now, you could sell that old machine on Gazelle or Craigslist for a fraction of what you paid for it, or you can install some kick-ass software on the thing and hook it up to your TV. Of course we prefer the latter, so we're going to fill you in on exactly how to do it using Plex, a beautifully designed, super complete media solution that plays just about everything!

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Adobe Premiere Elements 9 Review

Posted 10/18/2010 at 12:48pm | by Roberto Baldwin

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Once upon a time, only the fastest computers--and the wealthy Mac users who owned them--could afford to edit video on their machines. The rest of us had to do manual edits with two VCRs and twitchy fingers on the pause button. Those were dark times indeed. Fast-forward a decade, and there are more video-editing programs than you can shake a Media 100 at. Adobe’s Premiere Elements is aimed at advanced consumers looking to elevate their edits beyond iMovie’s capabilities, borrowing some firepower from more advanced editors.

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Hulu Plus Review

Posted 09/24/2010 at 10:03am | by Zack Stern

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Our trusty TiVos can’t be everywhere at once. Sometimes, something great will happen that we didn’t record, and we won’t catch the snappy references at the next day’s staff meeting. For instance, did you see Neil Young sing the “Double Rainbow” song? For missed moments like these, Hulu Plus serves up a massive roster of TV shows and a smattering of movies to quell our pop-culture needs. You’ll be able to quote lines from old favorites--“It’s a floor wax and a dessert topping”--and recent hits. But before you mumble, “I want to go to there,” be warned that Hulu Plus still might leave you out of the loop at that meeting. In spite of the great iPad and iPhone apps, it omits certain episodes and other crucial features.

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ABC Player

Posted 04/19/2010 at 10:26am | by Susie Ochs

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ABC Player streams full episodes of ABC shows through Wi-Fi, including Lost, Modern Family, FlashForward, and a bunch more, straight to your iPad. And it's free.

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Roxio Popcorn 4

Posted 03/03/2010 at 11:28am | by Zack Stern

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For something that looks roughly the same wherever it’s played, video sure comes in a lot of formats. Online videos, including YouTube’s, are often Flash (FLV or F4V) files, while DVDs contain the Video_TS structure, TiVo shows get wrapped in their own proprietary MPEG-2 format, your camcorder captures clips in AVCHD--and the list keeps going. You shouldn’t need to know any of this to play and watch video, which is where Popcorn steps in. Roxio’s software imports these and other formats and compresses them for use on an AppleTV, iPhone, PS3, YouTube, DVD, and more. While it occasionally stumbles, the app comes in handy more often than it disappoints.

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Knocking Live vs. Ustream

Posted 02/22/2010 at 10:53am | by jamor

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Twitter feeds and Facebook are replacing web browsing and email for many of us, but seasoned social networkers know the revolution is only just beginning. In fact, the next phase may already be underway with Knocking Live Video and Ustream Live Broadcaster, two video-streaming tools that put the power to share live video with friends, family, and followers in the palms of your iPhone-clutching hands. Both apps offer fun features, impressive tech, and our favorite price tag: free! But which one should you use?

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Apple Final Cut Pro 7

Posted 10/15/2009 at 1:54am | by jamor

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Apple’s newest edition of Final Cut Pro polishes an already mature, dominant video editor. That’s good news, since every Final Cut user will find clever, thoughtful refinements in version 7 that make life easier. But the focus on smaller tweaks has one drawback: it’s kept Apple from some fundamental infrastructure work that’s also needed.

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The Little App Factory RipIt

Posted 09/18/2009 at 9:50am | by Ray Aguilera

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In-flight movies suck. They’re usually not the greatest films to begin with, and then anything that could possibly offend anyone--otherwise known as “the good parts”--gets edited out. Lucky for you, all you need is a MacBook and some headphones to stage your own film festival at 35,000 feet. But spinning a DVD takes a serious toll on battery life, which is where DVD ripping comes in.

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Elgato Video Capture

Posted 08/13/2009 at 11:08am | by Arvind Srinivasan

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If you were a kid (or had a kid) any time between the mid-1980s and the turn of the century, chances are you have a bunch of old videotapes with incriminating footage on them. Chances are also good that your mother (or someone like her) has probably bothered you on more than one occasion about converting those aforementioned tapes—because really, who uses a VCR anymore? Using Elgato’s Video Capture, you can turn any analog source into 640x480 digital video files, for playback on your Mac, iPod touch, or iPhone.

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