- When doing a show, I usually like to record multiple copies of audio and video to make sure nothing gets lost. I have the master signal record to SSD on a Hyperdeck, a secondary H.264 stream goes to a Mac over USB from…
- As predicted , Blackmagic just updated the MultiDock to Thunderbolt 2 and SATA III . At $600, it’s a very affordable competitor to other Thunderbolt storage adapters, providing 4 SATA III 2.5″ slots and a…
- From the latest Bits und so #366 : technical details about the SSL security vulnerability in iOS and Mac OS.
- I use a Blackmagic Hyperdeck to record ProRes video to SATA SSDs and was looking for Thunderbolt adapters to ingest the files into FCPX. Buy on amazon.com , amazon.de The obvious choice is the Blackmagic Multidock,…
- When uploading long-form video to YouTube, I always get this warning message: Your videos will process faster if you encode into a streamable file format. From what I can gather from around the web, this means that…
- For the new English-language Lightroom workshop , I once again looked for a way to make selling a little easier and came across FastSpring. I must have considered it before: support told me I still had an account from…
- Get really random coupon codes from random.org , save as coupons.csv. First line needs to be column title, “Coupons”. Create PDFs with LaTeX https://gist.github.com/thetzel/8147211 There are a ton of modules to mail…
- ffmpeg -f concat -i files.txt -map_channel 0.1.0:0.1 -map_channel 0.1.1:0.1 -filter:a "aformat=channel_layouts=0xFFFF" -vcodec libx264 -preset ultrafast -r 25 -pix_fmt yuv420p -y output.mp4 \ This will discard 14 of the…
- Spring cleaning for our internal apps, too: out with the linen texture and in with a few new features. Today’s update to the Bits und so app now sends push notifications through Parse.com, and they can be controlled…
- I grabbed Christian @hessi Heßmann and recorded an episode about what may be the best space movie in a long time. Your browser does not support the audio tag. Download MP3 (45 MB, 90 minutes)
- So, your fancy webcam or video capture card won’t work as a video input for FaceTime. Let’s take a look at why that happens. sandboxd[768]: ([766]) FaceTime(766) deny mach-lookup…
- The doors to Munich’s Carl Orff Hall should be opening any minute now. It’s probably too late to make it in person, but you’re very welcome to watch online. Buy your #bus350 online ticket now
- The design of the Bits und so website is getting pretty dated. Someone ought to do something about it. A small first step is the new checkout page for the #bus350 online ticket . The page is built on Twitter’s Bootstrap…
- A few more tips about the iPhone passcode: If no passcode is set and the device is lost, you can set one afterward through iCloud / Find My iPhone. If a passcode is set, forgotten, and needs to be removed, Apple’s…
- The Data Protection discussion in Bits und so #340 could use a few more details. Devices from the iPhone 3GS onward always encrypt their physical storage. This is what makes, for example, fast remote erasure possible:…
- Threema is an iOS messenger like the much-loved WhatsApp, with one key difference: data is encrypted in transit, and users hold the keys. The provider therefore cannot decrypt messages, and after comparing key…
- An old pick from Bits und so #294 , but worth repeating. You should check newly purchased SD cards, USB sticks, and similar storage for their real capacity and reliability before recording irreplaceable data—even if…
- Hidden deep inside YouTube’s subtitle feature is the Google Translator Toolkit . It lets you: Upload a German transcript to YouTube without timing information. Have YouTube sync the individual lines to the audio. Use…
- We’ll be back on stage at the Gasteig on Saturday, September 14. Tickets go on sale today at noon through München Ticket .