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VLC 1.1.8 update released

Video Lan Client, the nigh-indispensable open source media player for multiple audio and video formats (MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, Divx, ogg, etc.), was updated to version 1.1.8. The new version, a 25.2 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: – Security update regarding video width concerning some demuxers. – Support for a new Dirac encoder […]

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HandBrake updated to 0.9.5, now Intel-only

Handbrake, Eric Petit’s incredibly useful open-source DVD ripping/conversion utility, has been updated to version 0.9.5 and gone Intel-only. The new version, which can be found here, boasts the following fixes and changes: Core Library: – BluRay disc structure support (No decryption support) – Updated Libraries (x264, ffmpeg) – SSA Subtitle support (Including burn-in) – MP3 […]

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Apple opens up video decoding APIs to Adobe, other developers

Sometimes a well-publicized conflict between two large companies can actually lead to something good. Per Macworld, Apple has released information on how third-party developers can take advantage of hardware acceleration for graphics, a previously unavailable feature that’s been blamed for Flash’s poor performance on the Mac platform. Traditionally, Flash hasn’t performed nearly as well on […]

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MWSF: MacSpeech Offers Scribe, Upcoming Dictate iPhone App at Expo

Longtime Mac software developer MacSpeech presented the first of its Macworld Expo goodies via the release of MacSpeech Scribe (which also arrives in both Legal and Medical editions) as well as introducing its Dictate iPhone extension app. According to the cool cats at the Mac Observer, Scribe produces a transcript from a spoken-word audio file […]