My Audio Did Not Seem Quite Right! Test Tool Time!

I have a chicken wire and patch cord audio system. Three different make, model and year speakers. Well, they seemed to have lost the edge they once had. Flat was, well too flat and the bass was rumble city.

The fix is simple use a calibrated source. THX

Tex2: Moo Can from THX Ltd. on Vimeo.

The image you see is deliberately posted because I think it is a silly thing for the source to require folks to do. Easier to just suck the video out of the net and park it on you private account in the Caymans.

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THX Monster HDMI Trailer from THX Ltd. on Vimeo.

Sucks! You cannot trust compressed audio in a rinky-dink flash server. All the range is squished

out!

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Therefore use this from THX via HD

http://www.thx.com/consumer/movies/8286288

Test separation and low notes

http://www.thx.com/consumer/movies/8284166

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But what the hell is one click to get audio that will tell you your speakers suck.

signed, 12th hour at the keyboard cat

P.S.

A song with the help of: http://www.brunching.com/ alanislyrics.html

"Why"

Sweaty, pushy, choking Why God, Why?

Pushy, steamy, crowds Why God, Why?

What have I done to deserve this red horror? 

Surrounded on all sides with the Hell of crowds Like a poe character, 

I'm wordy and alone Why God, Why?  

Smelly, sweaty, icky Why God, Why?

Crowds, icky, choking Why God, Why?  

What have I done to deserve this red disaster that is my life? 

Surrounded on all sides with the Hell of crowds Like a poe character, 

I'm wordy and alone Why God, Why?  

What have I done to deserve this red misery? 

Surrounded on all sides with the Hell of crowds Like a poe character, 

I'm wordy and alone Why God, Why?  

Why God, Why? 

Why God, Why? 

Why God, Why? 

Why God, Why?

And a second one to be sure I formatted text right.

"I Think"

I Think crashing are really a huge problem

I Think dying are too much on my mind

I Think bleeding have got a lot to do with why the world sucks

But what can you do?

Like a teal rain, beating down on me

Like a Bacon line, which won't let go of my brain

Like Nancy's ass, it is in my head

Blame it on traffic

Blame it on traffic

Blame it on traffic

I Think screaming are gonna drive us all crazy

And broken make me feel like a child

I Think shattered will eventually be the downfall of civilization

But what can you do? I said what can you do?

Like a teal rain, beating down on me

Like a Bacon line, which won't let go of my brain

Like Nancy's ass, it is in my head

Blame it on traffic

Blame it on traffic

Blame it on traffic

Like a teal rain, beating down on me

Like Nancy's smile, cruel and cold

Like Bacon's ass, it is in my head

Blame it on traffic

Blame it on traffic

Blame it on traffic

BlackCats and Halloween [photos]

Being a black cat on Halloween is hard. You have no idea what those little monsters do. Look at last years photo? What is that stuff on my head? Cheetos® dust from the little rug rat's hand. Should have bit him but my agent (a person) forbids that. Not only that, the party monsters want tricks. Play Dead Kitty! I am not a dog but do it anyway.

Therefore, NO MORE Children's parties. See my agent for other gigs.

Signed,

Mr.BlackCat AKA Max

{No critters or people where harmed making this blog entry. Direct anger over that and anything else important to @fairuse on twitter. He is my agent}

Beach 2010 - Sunrise

Just 11 Photos.

Targus 12" to 42" Universal Travel Tripod UPC 8 71436 00525 5 : HP photosmart 733 : Mother Nature.

Cat issues a declaration of music: 00 Sunday Morning - wake up!

The track title is Sunday Morning but lets imagine any day is in need of a wake up. Ok brain, wake up sunshine.

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Download: 00 Sunday Morning

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Other track in series.

Download: 01 Sunday Brunch [116MB 1hr 24min]

That is it. Just my plug for dropio

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Youtube HTML5 staring; Bad Romance & Alien Weed

Note: Testing continues. 04:40 EDT post for status report.

Change #001 [Sep 07 2010 15:33 EDT: Added HTML (Badge verified at youtube) with text description.

Change #002 [Sep 27 2010 03:31 EDT : If you did not join youtube html5 beta you will not see HTML 5 badge.

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Sci-Fi 'ish music videos make for better testing than some dry lecture; really is better than blah, blah, blah. Well, some say p0rn is more fun but this is a G-Rated test. [tip: Want to surf p0rn sign up with a company that filters it and proof those URL submits.]

First up is Lady Gaga. My ears tire of pop music quickly but the video is interesting. This embed (The Red One) is fully customized (via youtube); size, color, privacy, what's related and fullscreen. It is standard Flash HTML code.

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The Red One - Looks dated huh?

The Second embed is HTML5. The fun part here is when the browser is not HTML5 ready - plain old Flash player is used. The question is: what will google do? Sorry couldn't resist that. So, what will youtube do a runtime? I don't know, will see.

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Should see the minimal light silver player.

Last but not least we need Aliens. How about green and blue ones? Wish granted.

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Ok, that one is just for fun. Aliens have killer weed? Yeah they better, they have the killer spaceships.

Results:

1. I expected both embeds to finish the same, i.e., just a replay button. The only difference in the setup at youtube was putting a check mark in the iframe box, they should be the same; no next video just a replay button. A side effect of pressing next video is a black screen when video ends.

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Record by fairuse Edited via MPEG Streamclip

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by Bruce Branit and Branit VFX (from YouTube page bbrant)

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This is change #001 for HTML5 Labeled Video. Note: Video with ads will invoke Flash Player.

Change #002 : If you did not join youtube html5 beta you will not see HTML 5 badge.

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Dept. of TwoCents: Rubicon - Did AMC go to the BCC School of Quality Entertainment?

Usually the BBC or BCCAmerica has short series that are a step above the offerings by ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX and cable networks. The exception in the cable network crowd is AMC and to some extent TNT. Lately AMC has jumped way above its rivals with the series Rubicon. There have been other short series on the network but Rubicon has the mood and some of the look of The Eleventh Hour. It just looks BBC; maybe the BBC school of Quality Entertainment?

Here is what AMC has to say:

"Rubicon is an incredible story about trust and power born out of the desire to find a way to capture the intensity and mystery of the best conspiracy thrillers in a series. It is a show that appeals to everyone who has some skepticism about the relationship between big business and our government, which we think is pretty much everybody,” said Joel Stillerman, SVP of original programming, production and digital content for AMC.

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In the 'Sea of TV Programming' a few big fish survive because they do have an audience, one starving to death on low calorie script writing & performance. Call me stuffy or cranky but 99% of TV shows people talk about I can't watch or never watch, i.e., primetime cartoons, anything with a laugh track and of course "Reality TV" (There is no reality on TV except Science/History/Education. Double 'no reality' for local & 24hr news) .

Hurricane Earl 24hr Loop or 19th Century French Bastard Inheritance

All kinds of stuff can happen; even a blog update.

Here is what happens when I surf the net without adult supervision. How Much Should a 19th-Century French Bastard Inherit by Doron Zeilberger [1] http://is.gd/eSZzq [PDF]

Oh, wrong audience? You have strayed into this cat's back yard looking for a Hurricane Earl video. Got one piece of eye candy via @ageekmom's[3] RT of an animated GIF[2] of Earl heading for North Carolina.

Flash embed of MP4 made from GIF

Animated GIF Provided courtesy of UW-Madison SSEC/CIMSS

Download full sized 1920 x 1080 MP4 [29MB] http://is.gd/eSMb6

Loop showing Earl's current location:

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tropic/real-time/marti/2010_07L/webManager/last24hrs.gif

Credits:

1. How Much Should a Nineteenth Century French Bastard Inherit by Doron Zeilberger

http://www.math.rutgers.edu/~zeilberg/mamarim/mamarimhtml/bastard.html

2. University of Wisconsin, Space Science and Engineering - Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/

3. Twitter @ageekmom http://twitter.com/ageekmom/status/22861504563

Tools:

1. MPEG Streamclip v1.9.3b4

http://www.squared5.com/svideo/mpeg-streamclip-mac.html

And that concludes this broadcasting day. Well, something like that was on TV at 1 o'clock in the morning when I watched B&W TV.

Australia - Full frontal nudity (soft p0rn) edited photos has an unbelievable side effect

Twitpic photo: Australia - Full frontal nudity (soft p0rn) is regulated by a... [on Twitpic]

This "neat and tidy" look has a side effect that is outrageous. Not going to plaster links, video and photos right now but I will say a form of cosmetic surgery has become a growth industry due to that "Classification Board" guideline. Current trend shows the use of Botox and other self image improving solutions by teenage through college girls is increasing at an alarming rate everywhere. However, cosmetic surgery requests in Australia to achieve the above is increasing. No human can look like a magazine cover found in the grocery store much less have genitals that fit above specification. And that is what all photos are in fashion magazines & skin magazines -- made to a specification.

ALL MAGAZINES SHOULD HAVE A BLACK BOX LABEL DISCLOSING THE PHOTOS ARE NOT REAL BUT ARTISTICALLY ENHANCED MODELS.

In other words cartoons.

Same old flash dance and the crash is not the same

I hammered on Safari and Flash 10 for an unspeakable amount of time (5 hrs.) and I have my reward. Plugin failure and Safari is still running. What's next!

Note: WTF does this mean?

Interval Since Last Report: 131345 sec

Crashes Since Last Report: 1

Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 126210 sec

Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 1

Crashed into appleware and flash10 got reported to the dean.

Process: WebKitPluginHost [178]

Path: /System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/WebKitPluginHost.app/Contents/MacOS/WebKitPluginHost

Identifier: com.apple.WebKit.PluginHost

Version: 6533 (6533.13)

Build Info: WebKitPluginHost-75331300~7

Code Type: X86 (Native)

Parent Process: WebKitPluginAgent [177]

PlugIn Path: /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/PlugIns/FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin/Contents/MacOS/FlashPlayer-10.6

PlugIn Identifier: com.macromedia.FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin

PlugIn Version: 10.1.82.76 (10.1.82.76)

Date/Time: 2010-08-22 09:44:51.202 -0400

OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.4 (10F2056)

Report Version: 6

Interval Since Last Report: 131345 sec

Crashes Since Last Report: 1

Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 126210 sec

Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 1

Anonymous UUID: 5136ED55-356C-40E3-9F46-6C0E6CD75F8F

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)

Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x000000001b78d024

Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Thread 0 Crashed: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

0 ...dia.FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin 0x13f1ef70 main + 1487104

1 ...dia.FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin 0x13f16776 main + 1452294

2 ...dia.FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin 0x13f1cb30 main + 1477824

3 ...dia.FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin 0x13f1e804 main + 1485204

4 ...dia.FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin 0x13f212f8 main + 1496200

5 ...dia.FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin 0x13c227bb 0x13900000 + 3286971

6 ...dia.FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin 0x13b6afed 0x13900000 + 2535405

7 ...dia.FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin 0x13943639 0x13900000 + 276025

8 ...dia.FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin 0x13c4939d 0x13900000 + 3445661

9 ...dia.FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin 0x13b69dd8 0x13900000 + 2530776

10 ...dia.FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin 0x13b67ae7 0x13900000 + 2521831

11 ...dia.FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin 0x13c5edbb 0x13900000 + 3534267

12 ...dia.FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin 0x13c5f43c 0x13900000 + 3535932

13 ...dia.FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin 0x13db7c37 main + 15815

14 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x914f70fb __CFRunLoopDoSources0 + 1563

15 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x914f4bbf __CFRunLoopRun + 1071

16 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x914f4094 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 452

17 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x914f3ec1 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 97

18 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x994eff9c RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 392

19 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x994efd51 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 354

20 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x994efbd6 BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 81

21 com.apple.AppKit 0x97fcba89 _DPSNextEvent + 847

22 com.apple.AppKit 0x97fcb2ca -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 156

23 com.apple.AppKit 0x97f8d55b -[NSApplication run] + 821

24 com.apple.WebKit.PluginHost 0x4311f40f 0x4311e000 + 5135

25 com.apple.WebKit.PluginHost 0x4311f04d 0x4311e000 + 4173

Thread 1: Dispatch queue: com.apple.libdispatch-manager

0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x96fc3922 kevent + 10

1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x96fc403c _dispatch_mgr_invoke + 215

2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x96fc34f9 _dispatch_queue_invoke + 163

3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x96fc329e _dispatch_worker_thread2 + 240

4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x96fc2d21 _pthread_wqthread + 390

5 libSystem.B.dylib 0x96fc2b66 start_wqthread + 30

Quicktime Pro version 7 & MPEG Streamclip Test

Just seeing if 27" iMac works. The Flash Player is playing the file below. The mp4 was made in MPEG Streamclip from a MJPEGA (12GB) record. Recording by Snapz Pro X by: http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/snapzprox/

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Download: SerenityDirectorDub00-mpsc-mjpeg.mp4

DUH.

Spent way too much time getting tools to play nice.