Multimedia-filter: Looking for help from HDTV, NAS, Media Servers and Network Gurus' in making my first house totaly awesome. Movies, Televsion, Music, Wifi, Streaming Content and 50mgbt broadband within. [more inside]
posted by Cogentesque on Nov 13, 2009 - 4 answers

How do I create a YouTube channel to promote my business? [more inside]
posted by mooders on Apr 17, 2009 - 3 answers

I'm consolidating and trying to save some money in the coming years. To that end I've acquired an older Mac Mini and pulled out an old monitor. I've set it as a working media center, but I think I could do more and do it more efficiently. [more inside]
posted by Gideon on Mar 16, 2009 - 7 answers

What are your favorite places to find archived news footage and imagery online for free? Looking to put together a list of sites for communications studies students to help them approximate the functionality of the Vanderbilt Television News Archive without spending hours hunting on YouTube for media to critique. [more inside]
posted by activitystory on Mar 13, 2009 - 1 answer

How can I store DVDs for use in a media library and get the benefits of compression without losing the menu structure and special features? [more inside]
posted by odinsdream on Feb 21, 2009 - 12 answers

What are the best programs (paid/shareware/freeware/open source) that can convert almost ALL kinds of video files and vice-versa? [more inside]
posted by omaralarifi on Jan 21, 2009 - 10 answers

My Neighbor Totoro...........I want to buy the DVD, but on Amazon a lot of people are saying certain versions are not good. There is a 2006 Walt Disney widescreen version; and then there is a 2002 full screen version that is not Disney. What do you think the best version would be for me to get? [more inside]
posted by lynnie-the-pooh on Dec 7, 2008 - 16 answers

What's the best solution for streaming HD media from a PC? [more inside]
posted by YoungAmerican on Nov 29, 2008 - 20 answers

I'm moving and starting over just about from scratch. I'd like people's input on what I should do about setting up nifty integrated audio/visual/computing stuff in my new place. [more inside]
posted by Echidna882003 on Oct 19, 2008 - 3 answers

Donating a veterinary disease symptom video - would any library / video collection want this? Is any university veterinary school collecting things like this? [more inside]
posted by amtho on Jul 18, 2008 - 5 answers

Naming Filter: Hive mind, please help us name our open source OS X media center application! [more inside]
posted by ill3 on Jun 3, 2008 - 15 answers

My little brother will in a few months embark in a year-long trip around Asia (India, Vietnam, Thailand...), towards Australia as final destination. He asks me to set up a blog for him - easy does it, I'm a WordPress translator. But what about media? And in general, what should I not forgot to make sure we get the best from his experience while not making it hard for him to communicate? [more inside]
posted by XiBe on May 21, 2008 - 10 answers

What video/media player do you use in OS X? Can you recommend one that has some specific features (listed inside)? [more inside]
posted by chudmonkey on May 20, 2008 - 6 answers

How do I delete the audio track from an mvi. file? [more inside]
posted by fshgrl on May 11, 2008 - 2 answers

Is there a good program to monitor progress in various TV shows? I.e. what episode I'm on in shows if watching multiple shows in different seasons irregularly. [more inside]
posted by lrodman on May 6, 2008 - 11 answers

How do I set up a server to stream media ? A client has contacted us about developing a website with a streaming TV station and a streaming radio station. [more inside]
posted by asnowballschance on May 3, 2008 - 5 answers

I'm researching viral marketing campaigns, and I'm looking for some of the best and worst examples out there. [more inside]
posted by Prevailing Southwest on Apr 3, 2008 - 23 answers

Xbox 360 + Connect 360 (OS X) + 720p + 802.11n = jerky video? [more inside]
posted by bryanjbusch on Feb 15, 2008 - 4 answers

I'm interested in buying a TV Tuner Card for my PC, but I don't know where to find good reviews. Does anyone have any recommendations for a cheap, decent-quality card that preferably comes with a remote? [more inside]
posted by Aanidaani on Dec 27, 2007 - 9 answers

Is there such a thing as a future-proof DVD player? My roommate just moved out and took his DVD player with him. So I need to visit the local big box electronics store to pick up a new one. I'd like something that's built to last, can upsample standard DVDs and that can handle one or both of the new HD formats. What should I purchase? [more inside]
posted by aladfar on Nov 15, 2007 - 20 answers

How can repair my video codecs? Out of nowhere, I cannot see any video in my AVI files but I can hear the audio just fine. Windows Media Player 11 simply does not load when I click to open an AVI. It is fully installed and everything but when I try to click on an AVI to open it -- nothing happens. [more inside]
posted by cheero on Jul 16, 2007 - 12 answers

What's the best media player for playing pieces of movie files? [more inside]
posted by matkline on Jul 8, 2007 - 7 answers

Radeon 7000 Series wont play nice with Media Center 2005 [more inside]
posted by sandra_s on Jan 15, 2007 - 6 answers

Help with tagging home movie video files, not DVDs. [more inside]
posted by Pastabagel on Jan 4, 2007 - 4 answers

How can I turn a WMA into a WMV with blank video? [more inside]
posted by superboy422 on Dec 1, 2006 - 3 answers

Is there work in NYC for someone who is excellent at programming Dataton Watchout? If so, where?
posted by idledebonair on Nov 29, 2006 - 2 answers

How easy would it be to set up some PCs to record the local news on several channels for purposes of offering a media clipping service? [more inside]
posted by pzarquon on Oct 7, 2006 - 9 answers

Portable DVD player, or video player, or custom-built Frankendevice, with VERY high-quality audio output?? Video quality doesn't matter (could even be b/w), but screen should be 8"+ and unit should be as lightweight as possible. For live concerts where I need to see video, just for my own reference, that's exactly in sync with my pre-recorded audio (so I would make DVDs or video files with my audio + the visuals I need). Laptop = expensive/heavy/overkill.
posted by allterrainbrain on Sep 27, 2006 - 5 answers

Help me figure out how to fairly develop quotes for jobs in the photo/video/film industry? [more inside]
posted by Alterscape on Aug 10, 2006 - 1 answer

I watch episodes of TV shows on my pc laptop in bed before I sleep most nights. They are usually divx AVIs, but sometimes DVDs. Is there a piece of software that would work well with a touch-screen monitor that would make watching things easier? I'm thinking of something like Apple's Front Row but for windows.
posted by cmicali on Mar 18, 2006 - 6 answers

Is there any way in OS X Tiger to create a Smart Folder of movies (mostly .avi) with the condition "Play Count Is...", as in iTunes? I'd like to make an "unseen movies" folder. This is very easy to do in iTunes, but I don't seem to see such an option in the Finder. [more inside]
posted by rossination on Jan 3, 2006 - 5 answers

I'm looking for the movie footage (digital or otherwise) from which these screencaps are taken... [more inside]
posted by vanoakenfold on Dec 14, 2005 - 3 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

How can I set up and stream LIVE video to be viewed through my, or another website? [more inside]
posted by TeamBilly on Oct 13, 2005 - 3 answers

Some people on the media platform took photos or video of me and the sign I was holding at D.C. on Saturday in the Ellipse. Where can I look for this picture/video? [more inside]
posted by odinsdream on Sep 25, 2005 - 4 answers

Okay, videophiles...two questions. 1) Where can I host 50-75Mb of QuickTime files online (preferably for free), and b) What are the most efficient web compression settings? [more inside]
posted by ArsncHeart on May 30, 2005 - 5 answers

Recommendations on a free, lightweight media player (video, audio) that can run on a very slow PC running WinXP attached to a TV? [more inside]
posted by aberrant on Apr 27, 2005 - 11 answers

How does IE decide whether to stream a media file or download it fully before opening it? How can I get players other than Windows Media Player to properly stream mp3s with a browser click?
posted by Pretty_Generic on Mar 27, 2005 - 12 answers

I wish to rip DVDs to a Linux server and then watch them at my leisure on my TV via either a wired or wireless network. There appear to be countless devices that will stream videos (like this) but I haven't been able to tell which will play DVDs off a network (with menus and all) and which just stream plain-old-MPEGs. Has anyone got experience with a digital media gadget that will do this?
posted by jewzilla on Dec 27, 2004 - 5 answers

Recommended political video clips from the past 4 years? [MI] [more inside]
posted by casarkos on Oct 25, 2004 - 1 answer

I want to watch TV on my laptop via wifi. Does anyone know how I can do this? For example, Toshiba's new Qosmio laptops come with a 'Wifi TV Router'. Does anyone else make a WiFi TV router? Or, alternatively, I have another computer with a TV card in it. What software could I install to stream the live TV signal from my server? I know there are streaming video products, but I don't know if any of them can also handle changing channels on a live TV stream. Any helpful suggestions appreciated. Thanks! [more inside]
posted by PigAlien on Sep 1, 2004 - 3 answers

For some reason, as of late, .avi files have been playing weird in Windows Media Player (which i'm getting a little sick of). The sound plays fine but the video starts dragging and keeps getting farther and farther behind. This does not happen with .mpg or .asf files. Is this a simple RAM problem or is something up with windows media?
posted by Slimemonster on Apr 10, 2004 - 7 answers

Video Camera help. I'm trying to help pick out some low end professional quality video cameras for a local low budget cable station and was looking for some recommendations. [more inside] [more inside]
posted by drezdn on Feb 28, 2004 - 3 answers