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- Video Codec Round-Up 2023 – Part 18: Conclusion
- Video Codec Round-Up 2023 – Part 17: librav1e (“Fastest & Safest” AV1)
- Project: Generate High-Quality Industrial Fire/Alarm Sounder Audio with Python
- Video Codec Round-Up 2023 – Part 16: libsvtav1 (Scalable Video Technology for AV1)
- Video Codec Round-Up 2023 – Part 15: av1_nvenc CQP Mode (AV1 Nvidia NVENC)
- Video Codec Round-Up 2023 – Part 14: av1_amf (AV1 AMD Advanced Media Framework)
- Video Codec Round-Up 2023 – Part 13: av1_nvenc (AV1 Nvidia NVENC)
- Video Codec Round-Up 2023 – Part 12: libaom-av1 (AOMedia Video 1)
- Happy New Year 2024: Reflection & Updates, Bad Luck SSDs, Public Transport & More Random
- Video Codec Round-Up 2023 – Part 11: hevc_amf (H.265 AMD Advanced Media Framework)
- Video Codec Round-Up 2023 – Part 10: h264_amf (H.264 AMD Advanced Media Framework)
- Video Codec Round-Up 2023 – Part 9: hevc_nvenc (H.265 Nvidia NVENC)
- Video Codec Round-Up 2023 – Part 8: h264_nvenc (H.264 Nvidia NVENC)
- Video Codec Round-Up 2023 – Part 7: hevc_qsv (H.265 Intel Quick Sync Video)
- Video Codec Round-Up 2023 – Part 6: h264_qsv (H.264 Intel Quick Sync Video)
- Video Codec Round-Up 2023 – Part 5: libvpx-vp9 (VP9)
- Video Codec Round-Up 2023 – Part 4: libvpx (VP8)
- Video Codec Round-Up 2023 – Part 3: libx265 (MPEG-H Part 2/H.265/HEVC)
- Video Codec Round-Up 2023 – Part 2: libx264 (MPEG-4 Part 10/H.264/AVC)
- Video Codec Round-Up 2023 – Part 1: libxvid (MPEG-4 Part 2/H.263/ASP)
- Video Codec Round-Up 2023 – Part 0: Motivation, Methodology, Limitations
- RoadTest Review: ROHM Semiconductor BD9G500EFJ-EVK-001 Buck Converter Evaluation Kit
- Analysis: Free Calls to Santa (#HOHOHO) 2023 – Now with AI!
- RoadTest Review: Toshiba Thermoflagger TCTH021AE
- Breaking: Optus Nationwide Outage (08/11/2023)
- Review: WD_BLACK SN770 2TB NVMe SSD Game Drive (WDS200T3X0E) @PCIe3.0x4
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- Radiofax Update: Farewell ZKLF / ZLG2 (New Zealand MetService)
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Daily Archives: December 19, 2012
Update on Tripview Live Bus Data
[Continuing on from my last post about Tripview bus data] So I woke up this morning and what did I find? Something had changed. Requesting data at URL’s encoded with http://realtime.grofsoft.com/tripview/delays?routes=SB_???_u always returned no tuples, even for a known active … Continue reading
Youtube Rewind 2012 Australia – Easter Eggs!
A friend of mine referred me to this video last night: While watching it, on the last frame, I noticed this icon in the top right corner … … it’s an Easter Egg! Buried in the video above, there are … Continue reading