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The magic of Voodoo.
Introducing a unique and powerful program for mixing son et lumière into fascinating experimental videos.
Linux software on Macintosh desktops with Linux renderfarms creates Paramount movie.
How codecs are hurting multimedia, how Linux is dealing with it, and why free codecs can save it.
How to use node-based compositing in Blender.
KDENLIVE is the Kracker-Jack video editor with the Kantankerous name.

OpenMedia myPVR 2.0

October 1st, 2007 by Jes Hall in

A nicely polished Myth configuration on excellent hardware with slightly weak HD performance.
An overview of the awesome power and configurability of MPlayer.
Retransmit from a radio scanner to the Internet via Ices and Icecast.
Finally, a company that understands Internet media distribution.
DreamWorks Animation pushes the limits of CG filmmaking with Linux.

Tech Tips

April 1st, 2007 by Staff in

Make USB/MIDI work, turn your existing soundcard into a high-quality synthesizer, and exploit the power of X.
Use embedded Linux and open-source software to build a networked audio appliance.
How to use AcidRip to make DVD backups.
Use H.264 to create high-quality, low-bitrate digital video with currently available tools on Linux.
Did MythTV get its name because the ability to install it easily is a myth?
A primer for various digital photography programs available for Linux.
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November 2008, #175

There aren't many numbers that put the US national debt to shame, but here's one: 1,100,000,000,000,000. What's that? That's how many floating-point operations per second the Roadrunner supercomputer at Las Alamos can perform. That's about 100 FLOPS per dollar of US debt (unfortunately, the debt is winning the second derivative race). Read the article about Roadrunner in this month's High Performance Computing issue of LJ.

Along with that, find out how to program the Cell processor and how to use CUDA with your NVIDIA GPU. Also in this issue: Mr HandS (aka Kyle Rankin) gives us a few tips on using Compiz, Chef Marcel shows you how to get blogging off your plate quicker, Mick Bauer talks about Samba security, Dan Sawyer interviews Cory Doctrow and Doc talks about how information technology can affect democracy and fix the national debt (just kidding about that last part). That and more for your reading pleasure in this month's Linux Journal.

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