EPISODE #17 (October 3rd, 2005)
Big thanks to Dave (AKA Ringer) and Bart for shooting and editing for us this week while Brian is getting married in California. If you want to support commandN, we'd love it if you would buy one of our J!NX tees ($14.99 - any profits we make will be put back into our show).
FYI - We'll be taking Thanksgiving week/Monday off (it's Canadian Thanksgiving - yes, we eat turkey early here in the Great White North), but commandN will be back on schedule Monday, October 17th with another great episode. In the meantime, check out Episode #17 below.
WATCH/DOWNLOAD IT BELOW
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LINKS WE MENTION
J!NX
iPod Nano
Invisible Shield for Nano
Ultra-soft Micro-Chamois cloths
iPod Subway Maps
The Adventures of Tom Cruise and Spork
Audioblog
How to build a 10-minute podcast
Phil Torrone's Blog
Phil Torrone's Flickr Sets
Make Magazine
GoDaddy Promo code: COMMANDN
Digital Web Magazine
Site Planning Article
Jeff's new blog
Altec Lansing
webPICKS
Placeopedia (Amber)
Hot Recorder (Mike)
10/17? thats my birthday! give me a shout!
Posted by: owine | October 03, 2005 at 07:47 PM
Happy (pre) B-Day!
-Amber
Posted by: Amber Mac | October 03, 2005 at 08:14 PM
FYI the mpeg-4 isn't as good quality as usual, but still appreciate the effort the the extra guys put in while Brian is away.
Long live the spork!
Posted by: Chris Nolan.ca | October 03, 2005 at 09:36 PM
Yet another great show gang. =)
Sporks have their place, however, i don't know that they should replace forks and spoons. Sorry. =( Soup with a good spoon on a cold day jsut wouldn't be the same.
And Mikey, i've e-mailed some places to get a few ideas for hair styles. Hope they help.
Have a great Turkey Day and I hope Brian had a great wedding and honeymoon! =)
Posted by: Brian DeWitt | October 03, 2005 at 10:01 PM
The Xvid comes out bad.
I downloaded it twice with iPodder, once from the commandn.tv mirror and once from mirrorme.org site. So 4 tries all together and none of the files would play in WMP9 with DivX6.
ep16 plays fine after installing DivX6 so I know the codec isn't the problem.
Oh and Happy Birthday, Amber.
Posted by: Wolf68k | October 03, 2005 at 10:03 PM
I meant Happy Birthday, ownie
Mis-read that.
Posted by: Wolf68k | October 03, 2005 at 10:04 PM
We'll see if we can get a better MPEG-4 rendered - shouldn't be an issue ;).
-Amber
Posted by: Amber Mac | October 03, 2005 at 10:19 PM
I'm also having the same problem with XVid, at about the 12.45 mark it just cuts out.
Posted by: Hiren | October 04, 2005 at 01:47 AM
In short, WHO do I need to contact and WHAT do I need to do to become an apprentice? Seriously! :)
Posted by: Tyler | October 04, 2005 at 04:54 AM
This is the first vidcast that didn't crash QT partially into it.
Thank YOU!!!! :)
Nice job, keep up the good work! :)
Posted by: MissM | October 04, 2005 at 05:12 AM
The XVID is definitely OK now, so please try downloading again.
Thx!
-Amber
Posted by: Amber Mac | October 04, 2005 at 09:32 AM
Well here's a new twist to the Xvid problem.
The audio plays but it acts like it can't find the right video codec. And I know DivX5 and 6 shouldn't have a problem playing Xvid encoded videos.
Posted by: Wolf68k | October 04, 2005 at 02:24 PM
This episode crashes my Quicktime 1/4 of the way through. This has been happening almost every week now. Pls. fix this problem!
Thx
Posted by: ShanMac | October 04, 2005 at 03:15 PM
I like your show and I've been using Audioblog.com for my new podcast and it's extremely easy to use I highly recommend it for newbies to Podcast like myself and it's cheap.
Posted by: Jastrom | October 04, 2005 at 03:27 PM
Hello:
Love the effort you all put into the work that you enjoy.
I keep hearing that people are missing the DVD Decryptor and other programs that allow one to copy a dvd movie to a VOB file.
Why not do a special on how to use Mplayer to do the same thing with just Mplayer?
I would be happy to assist in the production. Perhaps a user 3-minute section in a future commandN episode?
Thanks,
Counsel
Posted by: Counsel | October 04, 2005 at 05:14 PM
The version I downloaded and play using iTunes (5.0.1) dies at 4:15 into the program. The audio and video stop, iTunes keeps the timeline going.
Posted by: Paulie {eatl/ga] | October 04, 2005 at 06:27 PM
The first time I downloaded the Xvid version, it would not play at all. Now all I get is just the audio. This is the first episode I have had a problem with. Please get this fixed!
Posted by: Chris C | October 04, 2005 at 06:57 PM
Xvid was busted, haven't tried getting a new version. However, Monday I downloaded the H.264 version from the site and at 17:45ish (middle of the apprentice thing) it dies... this happens in quicktime (Win) and in VLC, so it's definately related to the program. I guess I'll live without the last few minutes, because I have no desire to download it all for the 3rd time. Love the show, first issue I've had.
Posted by: Andy L. | October 04, 2005 at 10:08 PM
If you can, try downloading again...the H.264 is definitely OK and we'll check on the XVID again, but after uploading it yesterday there weren't any issues.
Thx!
-Amber
Posted by: Amber Mac | October 05, 2005 at 05:04 AM
I'm not sure why but i am not having any problems with the episodes at all.
Some possibly things to help remeday the problems:
-I know this seems obvious, but make sure you have the latest version of your player, codec, etc.
-Maybe wait an hour or two after the episode comes out to download it. The servers might be getting hammered and if you are direct downloading the file, your connection might get dropped.
Posted by: Brian DeWitt | October 05, 2005 at 02:46 PM
Good to hear you're issue-free ;)!
Posted by: Amber Mac | October 07, 2005 at 06:27 AM
HAHA!! I guess thats where my luck is. I don't have problems with vids that i download.
Now watch, next show i try to download, i'll get all kinds of flagrant system errors. =)
Posted by: Brian DeWitt | October 07, 2005 at 10:19 PM
I believe the Colonel and his 11 secret herbs and spices hath invented the spork as a method of transportation of the soylant green coleslaw from styro-tainer to mouth.
Long live KFGrease!
At any rate Command N should do feature on ehMac.ca on an episode.
Posted by: John | October 09, 2005 at 05:40 AM
Thx for the heads-up on the history of the spork ;).
-Amber
Posted by: Amber Mac | October 09, 2005 at 02:09 PM
Wow. holy crap! I had no idea Tom Cruise and Spork is Back!! This was the first webcomic I ever read, back before the flash Episodes. He had stopped updating it probably 4 years ago - but now it seems as if it was a lull.
As soon as I saw TC go crazy-go-nuts on Oprah, I lamented Spork not being around. thankfully, I was wrong!
huzzah!
Posted by: Rich Sigfrit | October 13, 2005 at 04:36 AM