Please recommend a free, reliable program that will allow me to crop and edit .mp4 videos. [more inside]
posted by gnutron on Jun 5, 2009 - 6 answers

Best way to get analog 8mm videotapes to digital format? [more inside]
posted by toastchee on May 29, 2009 - 6 answers

Is 40% off a kitchen renovation to be used in training videos and advertisements too good to be true? I'm looking to the hive to help me ask smart questions that will suss out a scam. [more inside]
posted by butterstick on Mar 16, 2009 - 17 answers

I bought the ATI Sapphire HD 3870 a couple of months ago. I was especially stoked about the HDMI out feature that would allow me to play audio from my DVD receiver (Samsung HTQ80T/XAA). Well it does that but, the resolution is blurry. Changing the display quality on the pc doesn't help. My PC is connected to the HDMI IN on the receiver and the HDMI OUT on the receiver is connected to my monitor. DVD's look fine but the PC looks horrid. Not sure if it's the Home theater, or the card. Any Ideas as to what I can do about this? thanks.
posted by Student of Man on Oct 27, 2008 - 6 answers

I'm thinking of replacing/supplementing my PC monitor with a projector, but I've never really used or shopped for one. Is it worth it, or should I just go for a couple of the biggest monitors I can afford? [more inside]
posted by dozo on Jun 27, 2008 - 11 answers

Is this an optimal setup for my A/V equipment? [more inside]
posted by bleucube on Aug 5, 2007 - 3 answers

Home networking wizards: What cool stuff can be done when a house is wired with RG-6 and Cat6? Not just vanilla internet and file sharing. What wired activities and equipment do you love or covet? [more inside]
posted by Dave 9 on Aug 31, 2006 - 8 answers

Short version: Want to piggy back the audio/video output of my receiver onto my cable TV signal. Long version: I want to take the output of my receiver which is in RCA plugs (2 audio, 1 video) and somehow put that onto coax that ALSO contains my basic cable channels. I'm sure I stumbled onto something like this while looking at home automation stuff months ago, but I'm not finding it now. Effectively what I want is to be able to put my receiver's output on channel 100 or something on my coax. This would allow me to split that coax and run it to other TV's in my house and have the output from the receiver available on any TV on channel 100, while still having the regular cable channels available as normal. This will allow me to play Xbox on any TV in my house with my wireless controller. I found this but it only puts the one signal onto coax, it doesn't add it to coax with an existing set of channels. Not what I want, but its the closest thing I've found. Is this even possible or am I dreaming that I have seen this before?
posted by gfroese on Jan 6, 2006 - 4 answers

MediaFilter: Does what I want exist? I want to stream media to my home theater, but... [more inside]
posted by twiggy on Nov 25, 2005 - 44 answers

Building a media closet in an existing home... [more inside]
posted by adamrice on Sep 12, 2005 - 9 answers