VIDEO

• Rewritten video output core and modules, allowing subpicture blending in GPU.
• Shader support in the OpenGL output, for colorspace conversion, including 10bits.
• New video outputs for Windows 7, Android, iOS and OS/2.
• New debanding, grain, denoising and anti-flickering filters.
• New deinterlacing filter, including an Inverse Telecine algorithm.

AUDIO

• New resamplers for higher quality audio.
• New dynamic range compressor and karaoke filters.
• Simplification of the audio core for faster processing.
• New audio outputs for iOS, Android and OS/2.

FORMATS

• Multi-threaded decoding for H.264, MPEG-4/Xvid and WebM.
• Support for 10bits codecs, WMV image and some other codecs.
• Rewritten support for images, including jpeg, png, xcf, bmp…
• Important changes in RealVideo and Real Format support.
• CrystalHD cards and Android OpenMAX support for hardware decoding.

INPUT AND DEVICES

• Experimental support for BluRay discs:
  - Menus are deactivated in this release (will come soon).
  - AACS and BD+ DRM libraries and keys are not shipped, for legal reasons.
• Support for SDI capture cards and QTKit devices.
• Support for new adaptive streaming protocols, like HLS and DASH.

FOR MAC USERS

• Completely new, single window interface:
  - Available in 2 colours: Lion grey and QTX black.
  - Extensions support and better Lion integration.
• Support for all QTKit devices through qtcapture and qtsound modules.
• Continued support for X 10.5 and PPC users (1080p and ProRes on Dual-G5!).

FOR ANIME FANS

• Vastly improved MKV demuxer.
• Rewritten linked segments and ordered chapter files support.
• Correct support for FLAC, RV and Hi10p in MKV.
• Rewritten seeking support in cue files.
• Various ASS subtitles improvements.

FOR PROFESSIONAL USERS

• Support for ProRes 422 and 4444, AVC/Intra.
• Support for Jpeg-2000 and DNxHD/VC-3 in 10bits.
• Support for EBU subtitles (stl) and EIA-608.
• SDI and HD-SDI card support for input on Linux.
• New Dirac/VC-2 encoder, faster than the previous one.

FOR DEVELOPERS

• libVLC, libVLCcore and libcompat have switched from GPL to LGPLv2.1+.
• New libVLC examples are available: media player, photobooth and mediainfo clones.
• New JSON requests on the web interface to control running VLC instances.
• Implementation of the MPRIS2 interface to control media players.
• VLC’s web plugins have been rewritten for better integration and stability in all browsers.

Download from here: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

I’ve decided I need to learn a new language! French, Germany even Latin. Well maybe Latin again in the future but for now I’m going to be focused on ruby.

I’ve been convinced by a good friend @martinrue (a ruby dev) that it’s not only a more intuitive language but also has great web based potential too.

I’ve only had a one hour beginner’s class while having breakfast at #chill, I was astonished as to the almost English scripted nature to it.

I’m hoping to have another “lesson” at the next prestongeekup, then I will start a regular post on my progress with ruby.

Keep tuned!

Do your search

Click on the Cached link to view Google’s cached version of the page with the query terms.

As several schools have complained about Wikipedia being down this workaround also works for searching wiki articles…

Just do a search like this:

1. Download this root.zip file

2. Copy the root.zip onto the root of the SD card of your device.

3. Turn off the device, and turn it back on by pressing together the POWER button and VOLUME UP

4. The device will now boot into the Android System Recovery menu, navigate using volume controls to “Apply update from external storage”

5. Navigate to “root.zip” and execute by pressing the Power Button.

6. When the patch has been applied it will ask you to reboot the device.

Congratulations you have ROOT.

1. Download the official Android 4.0.3 ICS zip file.
2. rename it from ‘VQ8PQk_V.zip‘ to ‘update.zip’.
3. Copy/Move the update.zip file to the root directory of the target Nexus S.
4. Power off the Nexus S.
5. Power back up while holding down the Volume Up button, followed by the Power button.
6. Using the Volume keys on the phone, navigate to the RECOVERY option and select using the Power button.
7. You should now be seeing an exclamation mark on the screen, don’t be alarmed this is normal. Now hold down the Power button followed by the Volume up button.
8. You will now be into your Nexus S recovery menu. Select the update from SD card option, select the ‘update.zip’ file you placedon the phone, press the Power button to confirm the selected update.
9. Once you’re done, select the ‘reboot system now’ option and you’ll boot into Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich.

Job Done!!

I have a copy of the Nandroid backup of the stock Nexus S Rom, this includes OTA update GRH78. This is 100% stock.

At this point, I’m going to assume you have ether Clockwork recovery or other custom recovery installed.

● Download nandroid file from here – Stock-GRH78-Nandroid.zip

● Extract the .zip file on your computer

● Move the folder “2010-12-22.21.06.07″ to the clockworkmod/backup/ directory of your phones internal storage.

● Note: if you have never used nandroid you won’t have the directory “clockworkmod/backup” on your phones internal storage, so just copy the clockworkmod from the zip to the phone’s root.

● Enter “bootloader” mode by pressing volume up and power button at same time, then go down to “recovery” by using the volume up/volume down keys to scroll up or down, then press the power button to launch it, and this will launch the recovery manager

● Once you’re in clockworkmod recovery, select “backup and restore”

● Then click “restore”

● Now you should be able to choose and select “2010-12-22.21.06.07″

● Clockwork will now restore this nandroid backup

● Shutdown phone.

Note: This version of android build “GRH78″ will give you stock recovery manager everytime you reboot the phone. So after doing this, after you reboot you will no longer have clockwork mod.

Now to remove the padlock you see when turning your phone on.

● Plug your phone into your computer using the phone cable.

● Enter bootloader again.

● Once the Nexus S is in bootloader open a CMD.

● Type in the following command:
>fastboot devices

The output should look something like this: 3933E575BC1400EC fastboot

If the output does not look like this, then your phone isn’t being detected. Check connection to your computer.

● In the CMD type in the following command:
>fastboot oem lock

● Now reboot the phone, note the padlock has gone!

step by step – unlock bootloader then rooting nexus s

Disclaimer: I am not responsible if your device gets “bricked” or damaged during the process. Please take care and proceed at your own risk!

Make sure your phone is running 2.3.3. If it’s not, follow THIS guide.

Download the following and put into the “Tool” folder in the Android SDK Dir

• Latest Android SDK
• recovery-clockwork-3.0.0.5-crespo2.img
• su-2.3.6.1-ef-signed.zip
• fastboot.exe
• AdbWinApi.dll

Unlocking The Bootloader

WARNING

– This will wipe EVERYTHING from your phone, make a backup 1st –

WARNING

● On the Nexus S. turn “Debugging On” by going into “Settings” “Applications” “Development” then ticking “USB debugging”

● Now, turn off the Nexus S.

● Plug phone into computer via USB.

● Turn on the phone into the “Bootloader” by pressing “Volume up” and “Power” button at same time.

● On computer open a command prompt

● In the command prompt change directory to the tools folder in the android sdk folder where the fastboot and the other file you just downloaded are.
E.g I typed “cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk-windows\tools”

● Now, to make sure your devide can be seen type in the command:
>fastboot devices
The output should look something like this: 3933E575BC1400EC fastboot

● Now we have it connected we are ready to unlock. Note, on the phone below the phone serial number it will say “LOCK STATE – LOCKED”

● In the CMD type in the following command:
>fastboot oem unlock

● Your phone will change screen to a warning. PLEASE READ!

● To carry on press the volume button to navigate to “YES” then press the “Power Button”
You should see something like this in the CMD window when its completed:
…
OKAY [ 0.047s]
Finished. Total time: 0.47s

Where it once said “LOCK STATE – LOCKED” it will say “LOCK STATE – UNLOCKED”

● Now in the same CMD prompt type in the following:
>Fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-3.0.0.5-crespo.img
When completed you should see something similar to this:

sending ‘recovery’ (3980 KB)…
OKAY [ 5.088s]
writing ‘recovery’…
OKAY [ 0.498s]
finished. total time: 5.586s

● Back on the Nexus S, select “reboot”.

● When the phone is back on, mount the phone storage on the computer. When done place the “su-2.3.6.1-ef-signed.zip” into the root of the phone storage.

● Turn off the phone.

● Boot the Nexus S into “Bootloader”

● Select “Recovery”

● Again, using the volume buttons to navigate select “install ZIP from sdcard” press power button

● Select “choose ZIP from sdcard” press power button

● Select “su-2.3.6.1-ef-signed.zip” the press power button to install

● Select “Yes” and power button to select it.

● Now it should say “Install from sdcard complete”

● Select “go back” then “Reboot”

DONE!!

You can now install program from the market and elsewhere that require root permissions. One such app that I can’t live without is ASProxy. when you first run an app that requires root permissions you will be given a prompt asking if you want to grant root permissions or not.

I have also made a quick guide on how to restore the Nexus S back to stock! HERE

Every computer user from student to network administrators knows, getting files from one computer to another is vital. For years people used floppy disks and ZIP drives, but with their small storage capacity and their size when USB flash storage came to the market, overnight that market was died, hailing the age of the pen drive.

For years now best way to move large files was by flash drive, CD’s and DVD’s, smaller files e-mail would have been used, I’m sure most computer savvy people have used Google to store and transfer files before. Well, now there’s DropBox, which has-in the year or so since it came out of beta become my best and only way of making sure I have my most important files to hand.

If you’re not familiar with DropBox, Where the bloody hell you been? Well, it’s simple: You create a free account over at DropBox.com, and then install the app on your computer(s). The DropBox application creates a folder on your computer where ever you want it to be and then the program monitors that folder at all times watching out for changes. Whenever you change the contents of this folder, by adding, modifying or deleting files, DropBox then automatically syncs these changes to your account’s folder on their servers. Additionally, any other computers you have installed the program and logged in using the same account will have their DropBox folder synced as well. There’s nothing necessarily new or interesting about this capability, the idea has in some form or other been around for years in some form or other. But DropBox’s process is amazingly simple and makes collaboration an absolute breeze.

The account I have is a free one with extra storage from there many free small upgrade options upping me from the 2GB basic to a 3.3GB free plan. To date I have two Windows computers one Macintosh and two Android devices on the one account. One of my main functions of DropBox is providing me access to my website. I installed DropBox onto my Windows 2008 server and mapped the wwwroot folder onto my DropBox sync folder, meaning I have access to my web files making it easy to update and add files where ever I am. Other thing I use it for is to have access to my work files and projects I’m working on. I have even been known to have music on there so I can play then where ever I am.

 For A Free Account Click HERE

For six months on and more off i have been working on a project called the Wi-Fi Pineapple first featured on the brilliant home-brew tech show Hak5.

(Fictional Scenario!!!)
The original problem was, when you are trying to own noobs on the wireless man-in-middle… you had to do it on an individual basis. Now, thanks to @Mubix @RobinWood and @DarrenKitchen we have the project Jasager and a thing called Karma installed onto a FON access point.

What it does is takes advantage of the way Macintosh and Windows computers work with stored favourite wireless access points. So, when you have say your windows laptop and you take it home, you set it up once to access your home access point and from then on when you are home it will automatically connect when in range. When you are trying to be productive and visit your local starfuks coffee shop to do some work, your laptops first job is to see where it is, and if any of your favourite wireless networks are in range by sending out a Probe Request.

The pineapple quietly sitting there scanning the 2.4GHz airways for your probe request packets, sees your request and Sais “YE, I’m your home access point (SSID)” or “YE, I’m your works access point (SSID)” and your laptop connects the pineapple where the noob will be none the wiser, there just happy to be on the internet looking at noobtube. All the time we are in the middle of their traffic able to intercept packets and all that good stuff.

What makes the Jasager so brilliant is its ajax interface where we can securely log in to the backend ether through the Ethernet port of by making a personal SSID to access it wirelessly and watch the noobs logon to the pineapple in real-time with their basic information, MAC address PC name and what IP address they have been assigned.

From there we can take it easy, we have them assigned with DHCP they are on the internet with us in the middle. From there we can power up Wireshark and check out there packets, or step it up and run Cain & Abel. That’s the neat thing about this project, once you have them in the honey-pot you can break out all your best tools and work away.

Now I have only just got my pineapple working a few hours before this year’s #BCBlackpool 2010 so was unable to demo it working, and as yet not even taken it out into the wild. I hope to be able to “TEST” at my local StarFuks coffee shop with the aid of a “Willing, Compliant” laptop or two.

I certainly can’t condone hacking anyone’s Wi-Fi connection as such a thing is legal and against the telecommunications act. It’s more of a learning of how to best protect your wireless when out in the wild.

Check List

• A FON 2100 [UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES PLUG HIM INTO THE INTERNET!!]
• FON must be wearing firmware version 0.7.1 r1
• Software like PuTTY / WinSCP to SSH onto FON

THIS IS NOT A TOY!!!

Step By Step

• Download the Official 2.3.3 update HERE
• With the Nexus S on, plug it onto your PC and mount the phone storage.
• Copy the file to root of the phone storage.
• Power down the phone and disconnect USB cable from phone.
• Next you need to boot the phone into Recovery Mode, by holding down the “Volume Up” and “Power” button at same time.
• Now in Recovery Mode navigate down to “Recovery” using the volume button for navigation and power button to select.
• A “!” graphic will be showing, hold the “Power” button and then press the “Volume Up” button to get recovery options. (Note: you might have to press power and volume button a few time for it to respond)
• Navigate down to “Apply update from /sdcard” and press power button.
• Select the update file you copied to the root of phone storage then press power button to flash it.
• WAIT for the upgrade to complete, then reboot phone for the upgrade to take effect.

Congratulations you now have Gingerbread firmware installed.