Tinkernut Labs

  • Cheap Ways To Stream Youtube To Your TV

    November 2, 2013 // davisde // Multimedia Tips Tags: android, box, browser, center, chrome, chromecast, ios, media, pi, raspberry, set, smart, smartphone, tablet, television, tv, xbmc 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 Tags: 3d, app, convert, ipad, make, photography, photos, Pic, pictures, printing, software, tinkernut, tips, tricks, tutorial 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 Tags: computer, digital, fake, forensics, help, hidden, image, photo, photography, photoshop, Pic, spy, technology 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 Tags: animated, convert, editing, funny, google, images, make, picture, plus, post, tinkernut, tips, tricks, tutorial, Video, youtube 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 Tags: audio, convert, encode, hack, hidden, hide, images, pictures, secret, spy, steganography, text 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 Tags: captions, create, embed, foreign, language, subtitle, tinkernut, tips, tricks, tutorial, youtube 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 Tags: android, audio, cloud, device, internet, itunes, mobile, music, player, portable 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 Tags: cell, junk, lcd, photo, screen, tinkernut, tips, tricks, tutorial, tv 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 Tags: backup, copy, dvd, hack, protection, rip, television, tv 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

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