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9 May

I wanted to share this example I found on another blog. It's my first working Python code using the gstreamer framework. It loads an mpeg movie file and an MP3 into the pipeline at the same time, in effect compositing them together.

I will spending the next many days fine tuning my Python skills ...



9 May

After much turmoil, I have decided that multimedia support for my language has to be the #1 priority for this project to succeed. It doesn't matter how efficient the language is if it can't encode / decode certain video files.

I have also decided which multimedia framework I am going to use. Again, after ...


8 May

One of my co-workers was inquiring about why am I taking on such a large project? Was I going to get paid? If successful, would I become rich? So, I thought I would share my underlying motivations with everyone.

My motivations are simple: I want to create a powerful, stable, and artistically kick-ass video editor ...


7 May

My research has opened my eyes to many important points to making this project a success. The most important point is that I need to use an underlying multimedia framework. This framework is responsible for encoding / decoding video & audio, importing & export various formats of media files, and generally doing all the hard work ...


5 May

I have been programming for over 10 years professionally, and even longer if you count the years of hacking before that. However, all my experience comes from the Microsoft / Windows world of languages. I regularly use C# for most of my *real* programming jobs. However, I have dabbled in C, C++, Pascal, Basic, Perl, and ...


1 May

I started my journey over 6 months ago to the world of Linux (Ubuntu 7 to be specific). It was a beautiful place. It had photos, music, eye candy, and lots of free, open-source software to enjoy. Life was good. It wasn't too long before I noticed that something was very, very wrong. You ...


15 Apr

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Behind every great program, is a great story. Well... I'm not sure if this is a great story or not, but here it is. My name is Jonathan Thomas. I live in Arlington, TX ...


15 Apr

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