I read this over at Long Zheng’s blog this morning on how to use MediaCoder to encode properly for the Zune. You will need to download his preset from here to get all the settings optimized for Zune encoding and it is pretty fast too.
The Codec settings Long used are:
Video:
Format: Windows Media
Codec: Windows Media Video […]
Today the popular and preferred browser by many, FireFox 3.0 leaves beta and its final bits are released to the masses and they are hoping to set a World Record for the number of downloads. If you are a Windows Vista 64-bit user and are wondering why you can’t view some Flash based video due […]
The folks at John L. Scott Realty have a really cool application for Windows Mobile devices utilizing Silverlight to help showcase houses they are selling. The program also uses Silverlight to provide an interface to Virtual Earth so users can interact with maps and house in their area. Clicking on a house will not only […]
I just finished installing the latest version of on 2 Nokia phones I am borrowing. If you are not familar with it Mail for Exchange is a licensed version of Activesync that allows you to access the e-mail, calendar, contacts (address book), and tasks of your Microsoft Exchange account on your Nokia phone, mainly […]
Saw this HP Media Center Quad Core for $549 on Woot! today. Not a bad deal, not great either. However what really got me was the great write up using lyrics from Suicidal Tendencies song Institutionalized.
Here is the text if you can’t read the picture:
American Quad Core
Take it from me, man: the human race […]
OK I received a few emails on people having a problem getting their cursor/ mouse back after clicking on the mouse cursor inside of a Virtual PC environment or window.
It is pretty simple just press the ‘Right ALT‘ key and your back to your main desktop.
Written by Steven Hughes - Visit […]
Our good friend Arne Hess over at the::unwired posted up an article about Windows SideShow for Windows Mobile, something that many people have been waiting for when Windows Vista was released (recently mentioned an update to it here). Well its still not ready for the mass-market yet, Microsoft’s Windows SideShow for Windows Mobile Developer Preview […]
I am featured in the latest Press Pass from Microsoft entitled, Microsoft Windows Mobile Virtual Roundtable: Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008, where I am at a virtual round table where I discuss how the new management solution known as System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008, sometimes affectionately referred to by customers as MDM […]
I’ve been really digging the new tunes from the latest Weezer album, the Red Album on Sirius and can’t wait for its release. I stumbled upon their video on MSN Video and fell in love with it. It is a video based on popular viral videos on the internet.
'Pork and Beans' by Weezer
Fun to […]
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