[Dr. Divx] is an open source video encoder that allows you to both encode and crop video at the same time. With Dr. Divx you can queue up encoding videos for a variety of download speeds.
VS 2008 Released Today
Visual Studio 2008 released today. [VS 2008 Express] can be downloaded for free.
XNA Game Studio 2.0 (Beta)
[XNA Game Studio 2.0 (Beta)] is now available. The new beta supports all the [essential game making requirements].
Cloning One of Two heads
I have a dual-head SLI rig. I’m able to create a desktop that extends over two monitors and a TV. But I need a new feature in the NVidia control panel. I’d like to choose a monitor to clone to customize the signal that goes to the TV. I’ve asked on the NVidia forums if this is possible.
I was hoping for an interface that looks more like this:
Sector 13 Interview
Caligari interviewed Drew Clark about our upcoming game Sector 13. You’ll find a [detailed story] about how we used Caligari GameSpace to create assets for the game. Visit the [download page] for links to the most recent playable demos. Also check out the [Gameplay Videos].
XP Pro on VMware
If you can install VMware server on Windows 2003 then you’ll be able to create a VMware virtual image. After the image is created, load the image with VMware player which works on Win2k, WinXP, and Vista. When the VMware image boots you can install any OS. Lastly, load the image on the VMware server to install the VMware client tools after the OS is running. Here’s an example of WinXP Pro running on Vista in a window.
Devin Plays Video Games
At six months, Devin has found a couple video games that he likes.
Sector 13 Gameplay Videos
Over the past 3 years, I recorded 43 gameplay videos. To backup these videos, I uploaded them to youtube. Enjoy the [Sector 13 playlist]. I haven’t really captured any gameplay videos since we sent a build to the IGS and IGF. So you’ll see one coming soon…
Meebo Firefox Add-on
VMWare Server
[VMWare Server] is a free product that allows you to create Virtual Machines. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like the drivers that it comes with are signed, so it doesn’t appear to work in Vista Ultimate.
VMWare Workstation
Apparently, you cannot install “VMWare Workstation” inside of a virtual machine.
Teamspeak and Vista Ultimate 64-bit
Apparently, [TeamSpeak] doesn’t install on Vista Ultimate 64-bit.
Blender Training Vidoes
[More Blender training videos] with be available in December. Either pay for the DVD or download freely.
New Computer
I recorded and posted a [Youtube video] featuring my new computer.
New NVIDIA 8600 Drivers
NVidia just came out with [new Vista 64-bit drivers] that improve software fixes for SLI technology.
Linux +1 Vista -1
Here is one thing that makes Linux better than Vista Ultimate:
At least in Linux you can have more than 1 user logged in at the same time.
1080p Movie Creation
Modo forums
While following [a Modo tutorial] to create my own paper lantern, I had a few questions that I posted on the Luxology forums.
Modo feature request: [add ability to comment on videos]
Modo question: [how would you do this lighting effect in Modo]
Modo settings: [how do you configure Modo to render using more threads]
Vista Ultimate Video Background
Vista Ultimate Extras provides a DreamScene add-on to allow for Video backgrounds. It will play any MPEG video file in looped mode.
Mushkin Memory
I have [Mushkin 5-4-4-12 2.0V memory] (996564). And [I’m wondering what BIOS settings are best]. [Search]
So far the following settings have increased my stability:
Halloween
Happy Halloween!
Vista SP1
According to MSDN subscriber downloads, “Vista SP1 is expected to RTM in the first quarter of 2008.”
Checking for memory problems
Although Vista has its own memory checker. It failed to detect any problems with my RAM. It runs for about an hour with 4GB of RAM.
The evaluation version of [SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10] also has a memory checker that you can boot to with the downloadable DVD bootdisk. This test is much more thorough and runs for more than 2 hours. And it did find some memory problems.
NVIDIA recommended Vista Hotifxes
NVIDIA has a [dedicated page] for the hotfixes they recommend to be used with Windows Vista.
Vista Reliability Monitor
Vista has a handy reliability monitor to chart when your system went down. This is helpful to track down driver problems that are choking your system.
