Tinkernut Labs

  • 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

  • Awesome HTML5 Video Trick

    March 22, 2011 // davisde // Programming Tips Tags: chroma, coding, free, green, html, html5, multimedia, player, programming, screen, streaming, Video, web, website 8 Responses

    Create a free chroma key effect using HTML5 and canvas.

    LINKS:
    Live example – http://www.tinkernut.com/demos/273_chroma/video_chroma.html
    Project Files – www.tinkernut.com/demos/273_chroma/html5_chroma.zip
    HTML5 video  tutorial –

    Learn how to code an HTML5 video player in under 5 minutes and make it so that it plays on any browser!

    View the sample (You can attain the source code for this project by viewing the HTML source in the webpage listed below.):
    http://www.tinkernut.com/demos/html5/video.html

  • How To Make A Cheap WiFi Radio

    August 30, 2010 // davisde // DIY Projects Tags: asus, cheap, diy, internet, mp3, music, player, radio, shoutcast, wifi, wireless 40 Responses





    In this episode, I will show you how to create a cheap WiFi radio for under $50.

    Downloads
    Firmware direct download – http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/asus/wl520gu
    Asus Restoration Utility – http://www.tinkernut.com/demos/253_wifi_radio/wl520.zip
    Putty – http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/putty.exe
    Ario MPD client – http://sourceforge.net/projects/ario-player/files/
    GTK+ for Windows – http://gtk-win.sourceforge.net/home/index.php/en/Downloads

    Parts Needed:
    Asus WL-520GU – http://www.amazon.com/Asus-WL-520GU-ASUS-Wireless-Router/dp/B000R3BTDC
    USB Sound – http://www.amazon.com/External-Channel-Sound-Adapter-Notebook/dp/B000N35A0Y

    Links:
    MPC Commands – http://linux.die.net/man/1/mpc
    MPD Clients – http://mpd.wikia.com/wiki/Clients

    Reference Sites:
    OpenWRT – http://www.openwrt.org
    MightyOhm – http://mightyohm.com

  • Convert DVD’s to iPod for free

    September 30, 2009 // davisde // DIY Projects, Hacks, Multimedia Tips, Software Tips Tags: convert, dvd, free, freeware, hack, ipod, media, movies, player, portable, software, tips, tricks, tutorial, Video 6 Responses



    This video will show you some free programs to use for converting DVD’s to play on iPod’s or other portable media devices. For all the links used in this video, as well as alternatives for Mac users, please refer to the link below:

    This video will show you some free programs to use for converting DVD’s to play on iPod’s or other portable media devices. You can find the links to the software used in the video below:

     

    DVD Fab (free) -http://www.dvdfab.com/free.htm

    Handbrake (free) – http://handbrake.fr/?article=download

    iTunes (free) – http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

     

    FOR MAC USERS: As I do not have a Mac, I cannot test this method, but a free program to remove dvd encryption is MacTheRipper. Once it has ripped the DVD to your computer, you can then use Handbrake to convert it as shown in the video.

  • Howcast & Tinkernut: How To Create an Adobe Flash Video Player

    September 9, 2009 // davisde // Howcast & Tinkernut, Programming Tips Tags: actionscript, flash, Howcast & Tinkernut, player, programming, tinkernut, Video 34 Responses


    How To Create an Adobe Flash Video Player on Howcast

    You’ve just returned from vacation and have tons of videos to share. Create your own custom video player to showcase these memories online. Inspired by the Instructables project: http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Create-an-Adobe-Flash-Video-Player/

  • How To Create Flash MP3 Players

    April 23, 2008 // davisde // Cool Websites, Video Tags: diy, embed, flash, mp3, myspace, picture, player, tips, Video, website 4 Responses

    At Moonk.com you can create customized video, mp3, and photo players that you can embed on your website or myspace account.

  • VLC Tutorial

    October 4, 2007 // davisde // Multimedia Tips, Software Tips Tags: instructional, mp3, music, network, player, share, stream, tutorial, Video, vlc 1 Response

    This shows you cool things you can do with VLC Player, a multi-platform video player. You can do things like rip and encode DVD’s, play videos as ASCII art, and even stream music and video over the internet.-www.videolan.org/vlc