Bashore Technologies

TWiT Theater

Andrew — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:49:58 +0000

Play On Demand and Live video from TWiT right on your desktop with Adobe Air.

TWiT Theater currently plays Bitgravity High video and TWiT, TWiG, Windows Weekly, Macbreak Weekly, and NSFW video on demand at 864×460 1000 Kbps.

To change player modes, hover your mouse cursor over the top left corner of the video.

Update 1.01 – Now supports lower quality videos from TWiT’s Youtube channel with additional shows such as The Giz Wiz and Maxwell’s House.

Live

On Demand – TWiT.tv

On Demand – Youtube

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Inline Dictionary TT2

Andrew — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:30:48 +0000

In this Tech Tip, I show you how to use the inline Dictionary keyboard shortcut in OS X.

File Path Save Dialog TT1

Andrew — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:46:40 +0000

In this Tech Tip, I should you how to use the file path save dialog found in most (if not all) OS X applications.

Increase the Buffer In VLC

Andrew — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:25:28 +0000

Recently I have been watching a lot of streaming video streamed by the CDN Bitgravity. I however have been having an issue with the video shuddering every few minutes. Whether this is caused by my computer, my internal network, or more likely Comcast, it tends to get annoying.

After some searching a found an option in the VLC preference pane to increase the streaming cache (buffer).

Steps

Open the VLC preferences and select the “All” radio button. This will give you the advanced options.
Drill down the “Input/Codecs” > “Access Modules” menu and select “HTTP(S)”.
Now raise the cache value to a higher number. I am currently using 8000 (8 secs) but you my want to find a different value that is best for you.