Video Post: At work…
May 8, 2008 video
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Change multiple video files in iTunes (Mac) with this script
Apr 8, 2008 Found Online, Technology
Have you ever tried changing the properties of more than one video file in iTunes before? You can only do one at a time, and it is a sloooow process. Well, for you Mac users out there, there is a script you can download that lets you batch-change the properties (if it is a movie or tv show, show mane, season, etc).
For example, say you were to download have several episodes of a tv show that you just brought into iTunes. By default, any video is labels a “movie” when imported. So with a tv show, you would want to change that so it goes to the “tv show” section.
With this script, it makes it ridiculously easy. Here is what you do.
1. Make a playlist with your tv show episodes that you want to change.
2. In the playlist, highlight all of the movies, and select the script (click to enlarge):
2. You are presented with the properties you can change:
3. Click on “Video Kind”, then click “edit”, and it brings up this window with your options. Pick your video type and click “ok”:
4. You get the idea. Click on all of the options and make your changes:
5. When you have changed all of the options, click “Done”, and voila!
It will quickly crunch through all of your selected files. You really don’t need to make a playlist of the files you want to change, but it makes it a little neater to organize. Enjoy!
Download the “Set Video Kind of Selected” iTunes Script from Doug’s Scripts
Tags: itunes, scripts, set video kind, tags, video
Apple TV Take 2: a mini-review
Mar 18, 2008 TV, Technology
I have been using the AppleTV now for a few weeks, and I have to say that it has really changed the way I watch movies/podcasts. For those of you that don’t know, the Apple TV is a device that hooks up to your TV and streams any music, movies, tv shows, and podcasts that you have in iTunes. You can also copy the various media types to the Apple TV so it will work without the computer on, but streaming seems to work fine, even with HD content.
I have a couple of hundred DVD’s that I have copied to my computer and imported into iTunes, and now I can watch them all without having to use the physical DVD disc. Instead, I select it from a list of all of my movies on the beautiful Apple TV interface, and it automatically starts playing, either streamed or directly from the Apple TV hard drive.
Also, iTunes now has movie rentals. I have rented a few, and they look great, especially the HD movies. It is a buck more, but you get 720p video downloaded straight from iTunes to the Apple TV, no computer needed.
Finally, video podcasts are watchable on the Apple TV. I have subscribed to the HD versions of several of them since I can watch them on the tv now. Diggnation has never looked so great.
So check it out: Apple TV
Tags: apple tv, appletv, itunes, mac, macbook, pc, streaming, video
VisualHub - The Ultimate Movie Converter (Mac)
Jul 29, 2007 Uncategorized
A lot of people have written reviews for this piece of software, and every one I have ever seen has been good. Well, this short review can be filed right next to the others. Visual Hub is the best and most useful piece of software that I own. It can handle almost any video file type you can throw at it, and then convert it to many of the most popular formats. It has presets for iPods, AppleTV, Divx, and many others. You can also tweak any setting you wish in the conversion process.
Yeah yeah yeah, we all have read that before. I want to share my favorite feature of the software. There is a tab for DVD. Plain and simple, it authors a DVD from the videos you have put in the window. What makes this so great is that you don’t have to worry about figuring out how to convert your whatever-kind-of-video the a DVD-compatible format. Instead, whatever kind of video you have, you just dump it (or them) into the window and hit start. It does all the work, then burns it if you want. You can fit several hours of video onto a single disc, and it compresses the video as needed.
The window above shows the main window in the DVD-creation process.
This is a very brief review, but I wanted to point out my favorite feature this software offers. For $23.32, this will be the only conversion software you will EVER need!
Crazy Man Dancing In Best Buy
Dec 14, 2006 Uncategorized
The title speaks for itself…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAxG3lgRKUU]
A-Team part 1 - A funny video!
Dec 13, 2006 Uncategorized
Several years back, some of my friends and I made a series of videos for the Simpsonwood UMC youth group. The videos were basically just us being dumb around town, and we would occasionally throw in some announcements (you know, so they would serve a real purpose). But despite their dumbness, they ended up being pretty funny (in this filmmakers opinion, anyways). So here is part 1 of a 3 part series.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhHJ3NuLcDY]
Clean Glass Prank
Dec 11, 2006 Uncategorized
Why can’t I get the mirror in my bathroom that clean? This is so funny!
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpKmS0MWrmI]
