This post shows you how you can use the free ffmpeg tool to convert files: mov to mp4, either single files or whole folders. These days if you make a video with your phone or camera, the chances are it records it as an mp4. Older devices might store videos in mov format, which is… Read More »
Before there was the Discovery Channel, How Stuff Works and How Its Made, there were film makers producing educational films. Thankfully for us quite a few of them are now available on YouTube. In this post if picked out a few of my favourite old how it works videos. How Differential Steering Works This video… Read More »
SPARQL is a semantic query language for databases, often used to explore and retrieve data from public repositories. Useful as it is, if you’re not familiar with SPARQL, it can take a while to get used to. After a while of hunting around I found this good SPARQL tutorial series from Youtube user Dr Noureddin… Read More »
I’ve had a lot of problems with the rendered output video when using the ogv output from RecordMyDesktop and Blender. It would jump around and not always be in-sync with the audio. I tried a few things including converting the ogv file to different video formats, but nothing seemed to work consistently. In the end… Read More »