Multimedia Tips – Tinkernut Labs

Cheap Ways To Stream Youtube To Your TV

November 2, 2013 // davisde // Multimedia Tips 1 Response

Here are some cheap alternatives to stream to your TV from your computer, Android devices, or iOS devices.

Chromecast Basics:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7mUOPggOG4

Use your Android or iOS device as a Chromecast:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arx-xi84XnQ

Turn a Raspberry Pi into a Media center:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFI5BntUi6g
Turn Photos Into 3D Objects

June 9, 2012 // davisde // Multimedia Tips 6 Responses

Learn how to take 2D photos and automatically convert them into 3D models and them print them out as 3D objects.

To download the project files, please visit the project page here:

http://www.tinkernut.com/wiki/page/Episode_319

Download links used in the video:

123D Catch – http://www.123dapp.com/catch

MeshMixer – http://www.meshmixer.com/download.html

123D Make – http://www.123dapp.com/make
Identify Faked Photos

April 7, 2012 // davisde // Multimedia Tips 14 Responses

Want to know if a photo has been faked in Photoshop? Here are some tips to help you find out the truth.

Links used in this video:
www.fotoforensics.com
Make Free HTML5 Animations

August 21, 2011 // davisde // Multimedia Tips, Web Tips 16 Responses

Use Adobe’s new Edge software to create HTML5 animations and say goodbye to Flash!
Download Adobe Edge here:
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/edge/

View live example and download project files here:
http://www.tinkernut.com/forum/topic/make-free-html5-animations
Turn YouTube Videos Into Animated GIF’s

July 29, 2011 // davisde // Multimedia Tips 20 Responses

Take advantage of Google Pluses animated Gif support by turning your favorite YouTube videos into animated Gif’s

http://gifninja.com

http://www.cellsea.com/media/vindex.htm

Geocitie-size your page!

http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer
Hide Secret Messages In Audio

June 15, 2011 // davisde // Hacks, Multimedia Tips, Safety & Security 12 Responses

If you’re into making secret messages, this episode will show you how you can embed text and images into audio spectrographs. See if you can decode my sound clips at http://soundcloud.com/tinkernut

Links used in this video:
Coagula
http://hem.passagen.se/rasmuse/Coagula.htm

MetaSynth
http://www.uisoftware.com/MetaSynth/index.php

Sonic Visualiser
http://www.sonicvisualiser.org/download.html

Audacity
http://audacity.sourceforge.net
How To Add Subtitles To Videos

May 31, 2011 // davisde // Multimedia Tips 5 Responses

This is a one stop shop for adding subtitles to your videos. This video covers transcription, translation, adding and embedding of subtitles.

These are the links referenced in the video:

http://www.moviesubtitles.org

http://www.simplyscripts.com

http://www.dcmp.org/ciy/converting-youtube-to-srt.html

http://translate.google.com/toolkit

http://www.virtualdub.org

http://www.virtualdub.org/virtualdub_filters
Sync iTunes with Amazon Cloud Player

April 13, 2011 // davisde // Cool Websites, Featured Articles, Multimedia Tips 18 Responses

Description:
Last week Amazon announced their new cloud player for music. But many of us already use and store our files with iTunes. This video shows you how you can sync your music to both programs so that when you purchase a song from one, it automatically syncs with the other.

Links used in this video:
http://www.amazon.com
http://www.gladinet.com/p/download_starter_direct.htm
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=C26EFA36-98E0-4EE9-A7C5-98D0592D8C52&displaylang=en
Make A Cheap Jumbotron

March 22, 2011 // davisde // Multimedia Tips 2 Responses

This video shows you how you can make a cheap multi-screen jumbotron that will let you view pictures.

Links used in this video:
http://jumbotron.media.mit.edu
How To Rip A DVD Into Individual Episodes

February 21, 2011 // davisde // Multimedia Tips 3 Responses

If you’ve ever tried to copy a TV series DVD to your computer, you know how hard it is to get it split into individual episodes. This video aims to make that task a lot easier.

DVD Fab: http://www.dvdfab.com/free.htm
Handbrake: http://handbrake.fr/downloads.php