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HandBrake

Posted by New Media Specialist November - 21 - 2008 - Friday 2 COMMENTS

HandBrake is a free, open-source program that will take files from an unencrypted DVD, as well as other high quality video sources, and convert them into mpeg4 videos. This includes the “h.264″ version of mpeg4 which is of very high quality and at lower bit-rates. In other words, you can start with a DVD movie that is 4GB in size and convert it to a file that looks as good in terms of quality and is only 1.5GB in size. These smaller files can then be played back from a computer using QuickTime, or in one of our favorite programs VLC Player. They could also be played in a web page with the new Flash player which supports h.264 in addition to flash video (flv). This program is available for both the Mac and the PC.

Latest version of HandBrake


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Official handBrake website

http://handbrake.fr/

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CDBurner XP

Posted by New Media Specialist November - 19 - 2008 - Wednesday 1 COMMENT

CDBurner XP is a free, Windows only program that allows you to burn data files to CDs and DVDs. Similar to the commercial programs such as Roxio (Roxio Toast is available for the Mac) or Nero, you can also create audio CDs, create and burn ISO images (an ISO image would be a multiple file disc saved as a single file), and create bootable discs. There is an equivalent free Mac program is called Burn.

Latest version of CDBurner XP


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Official CDBurner XP website

http://www.cdburnerxp.se/

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Welcome to the University of Mary Washington New Media Center. The UMWNMC is a sub-division of the Division of Teaching and Learning Technologies (DTLT), and as part of its mission, provides research, oversees development, and offers production assistance and consultation for new media approaches to supporting technology-enhanced and online learning at UMW.

The University of Mary Washington is a member of the New Media Consortium, which we joined in 2007. The NMC provides programs and services that foster the exploration of new media and new technologies. The NMC provides an annual Horizon Project that reports on the emerging technologies in education.

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