News Archive for 07/10/15

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Io HD for 10-bit editing

10/15, 7:50pm

Io HD sports 10-Bit HD editing in ProRes 422

AJA Video is now shipping Io HD, a tool that delivers HD editing to the MacBook Pro and Mac Pro Pro via a Firewire 800 (IEEE-1394b) interface. The device natively supports Apple's ProRes 422 video format in hardware, and includes a similar feature set to AJA's industry-leading KONA lineup; 10-bit hardware-based up-conversion, cross-conversion, and down-conversion, performed in real time. The new unit also works with a new AJA-built driver, supporting features such as core audio, and very low latency. Included are SD/HD analog inputs and outputs, SD/HD digital I/O including HD-SDI and HDMI, as well as RS-422, Genlock, Balanced analog and AES audio, and even LTC time code connections. Io HD is available now at $3500.

iPhone/iPod 8-in-1

10/15, 6:30pm

iPhone/iPod 8-in-1 transmitter debuts

USB Fever has introduced an 8-in-1 FM transmitter for the iPod/iPhone. The device features a remote control, charger for the cradled device, FM music playback, a 3.5mm line-in, and a frequency display on LCD with Backlight. The main unit is nearly 180° adjustable in the cigarette adapter, - High quality Stereo output, and features TDTT: (Two Dimensional Tuning Technology), which scans radio frequency quicker and more accurately rapidly switches from coarse tuning to fine tuning. You can store 10 pre-set memorized channels, and output to the full FM frequency (87.5M~108MHz, 0.1 intervals). The unit is priced at $40, and available in black and white.

Led Zeppelin on iTunes

10/15, 4:40pm

Led Zeppelin coming to iTunes next month

Iconic rock band Led Zeppelin has announced plans to offer its music online beginning in mid-November. Starting November 13th, original Led Zeppelin tracks will be available via the iTunes Store for download either individually for $0.99 each or as complete albums, according to Macworld UK. The band's offerings due to launch on iTunes next month include Led Zeppelin; Led Zeppelin II; Led Zeppelin III, its untitled fourth album; Houses of the Holy; Physical Graffiti; Presence; The Song Remains the Same; In Through The Out Door; Coda; How The West Was Won; and Mothership. "We are pleased that the complete Led Zeppelin catalogue will now be available digitally," said band guitarist Jimmy Page. "The addition of the digital option will better enable fans to obtain our music in whichever manner that they prefer."

Streaming music to iPhones

10/15, 4:10pm

Dot.Tunes streams music to iPhones

Dot.Tunes is bringing streaming music to iPhone and iPod touch owners via two new plug-ins designed to interact with its audio server application, enabling users to access a complete iTunes library via Wi-Fi. The company's plug-in for Apple's iPod touch provides a custom Dot.Tunes interface on the iPod that supports viewing all movies as well as videos, and enables users to play any track from an iTunes music library on a networked computer. A similar plug-in for the iPhone offers the same functionality on the cellular device, effectively removing the storage capacity limit of either device when users are within range of a wireless network.

iJailBreak opens up Touch

10/15, 10:35am

iJailBreak automates iPod touch hacking

A 13-year-old coder going by the alias of "AriX" has released iJailBreak, a tool meant to automate the process of hacking the iPod touch. Two previous pieces of hacking code are used: first is the TIFF exploit developed by "Niacin" and "Dre," while the second is iPhuc, a program meant to grant command-line access to an iPhone via desktops. Once run, iJailBreak can be used to simplify the installation of unofficial software on a Touch. iJailBreak is covered under v2 of the GNU General Public License, and available for download from Google Code; currently at v0.2.1, the app will only run on Intel Macs with Mac OS X Tiger, but a PowerPC version is said to be in development.