*****************************************************************

DIGITAL DIGEST  | LiveUpdate Newsletter - Issue 212

22 August, 2010

******************************************************************

INDEX:

1. Introduction

2. Weekly News Roundup

3. Weekly Software Roundup

******************************************************************

1. Introduction

******************************************************************

2. Weekly News Roundup

Another very light news week, and I was too preoccupied with other stuff to have time to make up some news, so basically, there's not much to talk about. Which means I will have to go on one of my long, pointless rants until the required word count is reached, which is funny, because I'm not paid by the word (nor am I actually paid).

I shall start the ranting even before we get to the WNR proper, and it's something I've rarely covered here: politics. Okay, I've covered plenty of politics, since unfortunately, the Copyright Crusade™ has become very much a political issue, although one that seems to receive bipartisan support. But today, I shall talk about the elections in Australia, and the result which leaves the future of the National Broadband Network in the air. I didn't really want to talk about the elections before the actual voting, since this is not what this blog is about, and I've talked about the NBN before and the benefits it would bring, such as a truly on demand video service, which could go a long way in fighting the piracy problem.  The NBN plans to bring Fibre to the Premise to 93% of Australian homes, to provide up to 100 Mbps for all, with wireless and satellite of at least 12 Mbps to take care of the rest of the 7%. The opposition to the NBN has mostly been about the cost of the project, and also with some objecting to the need for faster broadband, so I thought I would outline some of the reasons why I support the NBN:

• Cost: $27 billion, over 8 years, in tax payer contributions, not $43 billion. Contributions will be earned back with interest under the NBN Co's projections, so effective cost to tax payers is $0 for infrastructure that lasts for decades and decades. The $27 billion represents just 0.3% of the GDP over the 8 year build cycle of the NBN. As a comparison, Australia spends $27 billion per year on supporting a defence force with only 55,000 active personnel. And while the opposition has concentrated their attacks on the cost of the project, hardly anyone has attacked the value of the project – in other words, if the NBN could be built for cheaper, hardly nobody would be in opposition to it. Since the trial rollout is current under budget, the cost may very well be reduced, since the rollout process is very much a repeatable process.
• Current Internet Access: Australia currently ranks 50th in terms of broadband speed in the world, below even New Zealand. This is for those that actually have access to ADSL, as there are 1.2 million pair gain or RIM affected lines that can't access ADSL (no direct copper connection to exchange). RIMs, mostly located in new housing estates, do not have enough ports to provide ADSL to all homes that it services, and for those that it does, congestion means sub 1 Mbps speeds in peak times. Internet access in the bush is even more pathetic.
• International Backhaul: Critics of the NBN say that having fast local speeds won't matter if the International link is insufficient, and they're right. Except Australia's link to the rest of the world is more than sufficient. And increased local speeds will mean much content will be cached locally, which reduces the need to use International links.
• Applications: In terms of current services, even accessing Google Maps and YouTube proves difficult for those in the broadband  blackspot areas. 720p IPTV requires 4 Mbps for decent-ish video, with 1080p requiring, in my opinion anyway, at least 8 Mbps, preferably 12 Mbps. With IPTV, TV networks would no longer be locked to the limited number of stations they current broadcast on, bringing television into the 21st century. I also work from home, and having adequate broadband would allow many other Australians to equally work from home, thus saving employers money and helping the environment as well by reducing congestion on roads. Cloud hosting will also help software companies fight piracy. As will "DVD/Blu-ray on demand" type services, which also keeps your "video library" floating in the cloud, ready for access at any time (anywhere), which helps with storage and also casual piracy. Those that read this feature will know I've long been a proponent of such a system. And of course there are those applications that will only invent itself after the network is in place, much like how YouTube came about, not when people were still using dialup, but when broadband speeds had reached a certain acceptable level.
• Alternatives: Wireless is dubbed an alternative to fibre, but the reality is that a shared service will never completely service the wide land that is Australia. Existing 3G and almost-4G services in Australia are already heavily congested. And any system that still relies on the quickly deteriorating copper network has no positive long term outlook. Relying on a private rollout is also infeasible, since the large geographical area of Australia, and the relatively low population, means no single company can afford to rollout fiber in the scale of the NBN, even if the business case is sound. Private companies would not look out for the national interest, and some will argue nor should they. The current unacceptable state of broadband (which both major political parties agree, that the current situation is unacceptable) has much to do with relying too much on privately owned infrastructure, and if private industry hasn't come up with a solution 15 years since the Internet went mainstream, they are unlikely to ever come up with one.
• Filter: The most controversial aspect of the proposed NBN is the proposed filter that also comes with it, blocking out indecent content, and possibly piracy related resources. The filter was always unlikely to pass through the senate, and given current election results, it's unlikely to even pass through the lower house, so it's pretty much dead. Which is good to see.

Anyway, in short, the NBN is good. And hopefully it will still be built. Let's get on with the rest of the WNR now.

Starting with the copyright news, is piracy really bad, or does it actually help content owners. I've asked this question many times here, and I can only conclude that there is a positive side to piracy, and content owners are well aware of it (see Viacom vs YouTube, and how Viacom employees allegedly pirated their own stuff for promotional reasons).

So it was interesting to read that the CEO of one of the largest porn companies in the world say that piracy may be a good thing. Pirated adult videos is even more of a problem than mainstream videos, because by their nature, they're very attractive, and paying isn't always viable (if someone else has access to your credit card bills, for example). Private Media Group CEO Berth Milton says that he not only accepts piracy exists, and he actually welcomes it, thanks to increased promotion. He also talks about selling things that aren't easy to pirate, like physical objects. This is a topic I've been thinking about lately (no, not porn or porn related accessories), is that even with the dangers of going completely digital (ie. making things easier to pirate), not more is done to create a more balanced product. Remember when DVDs first came out and they all came with booklets with chapter stops and information about the movie, and then the booklet became a single sheet, still with the chapter stops, and now, there's nothing inside the box except ads and sometimes an anti-piracy leaflet. A value added physical object, that is much harder to pirate, has been removed and studios wonder why piracy is up?

I've long been an advocate of all digital distribution, but physical distribution still has its merits and will have a place in the "new world order". And I would definitely like to see more unique physical products accompany digital music, movies and games. Games instruction booklets are so thin these days, there's barely any explanation of the sometimes quite wonderful storyline. Sure, you'll get to know the story when you play the game, but perhaps a little additional content, some back story, would help gamers get into the mood better, perhaps. And it's good that collector's editions now usually feature physical collectibles, but I think even the standard releases could use some more printed content and other things that are harder to pirate. This is definitely one way to compete with digital piracy. On that topic, I should mention the most excellent Lost Complete Collection Blu-ray, which I will talk about more in the HD/3D/Blu-ray section below.

Another way to fight piracy is to just give the content away, legally. Well not exactly give away, but ad-supported or subscription services like Spotify may just be another way to combat music piracy. A new poll shows that users of Spotify and related services are pirating much less music, and some have completely stopped. Ad-supported content sometimes do work, but most of the time, it's hard to cover costs, let alone make a profit. Subscriptions do make more sense, because the discovery element of music means that it's awfully expensive to legally purchase everything you want to listen to. Many have theorized, and it's backed up by some stats, that a lot of people pirating music are only doing it so they can sample a new artist's work, and many eventually end up paying not only for CDs, but concerts and more. And one of the best things about the digital revolution is improved access, and people want access without the current cost associated with it, and Spotify and other music services provide this without promoting piracy. I think the same model could work for video, because I see people recommending TV shows all the time, and I wonder how many are actually buying the DVDs just to check it out, and how many are following up on these recommendations by pirating the shows. Which is why Hulu is so successful I guess, but unfortunately, it's only available in the US.

And last week I posted in the forum, but not here, about Google going Evil, the Google, Verizon Net Neutrality deal, or how Google learned to stop being so nice and love their corporate power. I didn't post it here because, while there are copyright implication, it wasn't so clear cut. But with the RIAA wading into the debate, it is now definitely more clear cut. The RIAA wants to use the deal as a platform to get ISPs to do more about piracy, with incentives (does not getting sued count as an incentive?). The RIAA, and the cohorts, are about the only people happy with the Google/Verizon deal, which is just so typical, really.

There's more about piracy in the gaming section below, in regards to a surprising development for the PS3. But before we get to that …

In 3D/HD/Blu-ray news, the news I posted about Star Wars on Blu-ray didn't include a firm release date. It's believed that October 2011 is when we can expect the trilogy (both the good and bad one) to come on Blu-ray. That still sounds like a long time though, but if it means a superior transfer, perhaps all the various editions of the film seamlessly branched, and new bonus content, and maybe a Lost style package (see below), then the wait have been worth it.

Speaking of Lost, the complete Blu-ray collection is available to pre-order on Amazon (please click link to buy if you want to buy from Amazon, to help out this humble, unpaid, blogger). I saw it being promoted on Jimmy Kimmel, and it really impressed me, and I've seen a few special editions in my time. Puzzles, black light, hidden content (did Matthew Fox say hidden discs?) – it all sounds like a fun package. And the best thing is that the price isn't totally crazy either, currently less than $150 for all six seasons of Lost (that's 5074 minutes of prime time TV), plus all the goodies. Well, it's better than that Lord of the Rings package anyway.

And moving on finally to gaming. The PS3's status as the only next-gen console not to have been hacked for playing copied games is under threat, with perhaps the simplest hack yet. So simple, that I'm still not convinced it isn't a hoax.

But assuming it's real (and I think it is, thanks to new videos being posted of the hack in action), the hack involves only buying a USB drive which when plugged into the PS3, allows games to be dumped to either the internal or external HDDs. And copied games can then be played back, and all of this is done with the latest firmware. Sony is said to be aware of the hack, so expect the next firmware to quickly plug the hole, but perhaps the USB drive can be software upgraded to defeat then next firmware update (or users can stick with 3.41, and resist upgrading). And so on and so on. It's bad news for people not interested in piracy (or playing their backed up games), as this will mean more Sony firmware, which may equal more upgrading pain. It is ironic though that the hardest to break console requires the easiest to implement hacking solution in the end, although we'll see how Sony fights this with their firmware updates.

And that was that. A very top heavy rant-astic edition of the WNR this week. See you next week.

******************************************************************

3. Weekly Software Roundup

August 22, 2010	K-Lite Codec Pack 6.3.5 Freeware
August 22, 2010	multiAVCHD 4.1 build 765 Freeware
August 22, 2010	ProgDVB 6.46.3 Freeware
August 21, 2010	Net Transport 2.95
August 21, 2010	Media Player Classic HomeCinema Edition 1.3.2283 Beta Freeware
August 21, 2010	ImageGrab 5.0.0 Beta Freeware
August 21, 2010	MPEG-VCR September 2010 Update (3.14.7.4)
August 20, 2010	PlayOn 3.0.8.1093
August 20, 2010	VDownloader 2.10.509
August 20, 2010	eXtreme Movie Manager 7.0.7.6
August 20, 2010	WebM 0.9.10.0 Freeware
August 20, 2010	DeVeDe 3.16.9 Build 4 (Windows) Freeware
August 19, 2010	VideoLAN (VLC) 1.1.3 Freeware
August 19, 2010	TS-Doctor 1.0.58 Freeware
August 18, 2010	HandySaw DS 4.4
August 18, 2010	MeGUI 0.3.5.8 Freeware
August 17, 2010	VideoInspector 2.2.6
August 17, 2010	AVC Streamer 0.02-alpha.b138 Freeware
August 17, 2010	PlayClaw 1.9.9 build 1000a
August 17, 2010	J. River Media Center 15.0.95
August 17, 2010	XMedia Recode 2.2.5.8 Freeware
August 17, 2010	madVR 0.27 Freeware
August 16, 2010	DVDRemaster Pro 6.3.4
August 16, 2010	DVDRemaster Standard 6.3.4
August 16, 2010	BurnAware Free Edition 3.0.3 Freeware
August 16, 2010	BluRip 0.5.1 Freeware
August 16, 2010	x264 r1698 Freeware
August 16, 2010	FLV Extract 1.6.1 Freeware
August 16, 2010	eac3to 3.24 Freeware
August 16, 2010	DVDStyler 1.8.2 beta 2 Freeware
August 16, 2010	CDBurnerXP 4.3.7.2356 Freeware
August 15, 2010	SPlayer 3.5 Build 1383 Beta Freeware
August 15, 2010	Subtitle Edit 2.9.3 Freeware
August 15, 2010	InfraRecorder 0.51 Freeware
August 15, 2010	Comskip 0.80.032
August 15, 2010	WAV to AC3 Encoder 5.0 Freeware

======END OF LIVEUPDATE NEWSLETTER======

• New Members 2

*****************************************************************

DIGITAL DIGEST  | LiveUpdate Newsletter - Issue 211

15 August, 2010

******************************************************************

INDEX:

1. Introduction

2. Weekly News Roundup

3. Weekly Software Roundup

******************************************************************

1. Introduction

The NPD analysis for July 2010 has been posted. It was a good month for the Xbox 360, not so much for the DS and PSP in particular. The Xbox 360's good results are directly related to the "Slim", and with August bringing a new "Arcade" "Slim" (I wish Microsoft would actually give the new consoles a nickname, as it's kind of boring to refer to these console version as "250GB" and "4GB"), and with Halo Reach coming in September, the next two month looks good for the 360 as well.

• Game Consoles - July 2010 NPD Sales Figure Analysis 
  

******************************************************************

2. Weekly News Roundup

Looks like I'll be managing to bring you this week's WNR on time. Again, it wasn't a week bursting with news items, but the NPD folks were kind enough to release their July US video game sales reports, and I was able to get the analysis done yesterday. The Xbox 360's big win in July has people talking, mostly those who think that the result won't last. I agree, because just like when the PS3 Slim was released, the sales boost is all very temporary. But as I said at the beginning of the year, 2010 is about Microsoft trying to make sure the PS3 doesn't run away with things until Kinect comes out, and thanks to Sony's mistake of not providing enough stock to the market, and thanks to the "surprise" release of the Xbox 360 "Slim", Microsoft has managed to do this. Now, all eyes on are Kinect and whether it will give Microsoft the boost to overtake the Wii as the most popular console, at least in the US, for this generation. I think it may be possible, but mainly because the Wii isn't looking too healthy – it's an ageing console in terms of hardware, with mostly sub-par games (especially if one looks at third party titles), and both Sony and Microsoft will soon be able to do what the Wii can do. The only thing in the Wii's corner is Nintendo's ability to make great games, and it's these great games and accessories (Super Mario Bros, Mario Kart, Wii Sports Resort, Wii Fit …) that are keeping the Wii alive. For now. Anyway, on to the news.

Let's start with the copyright news for the week. We'll start with Viacom's appeal of the US District Court decision in June to throw out their copyright case against YouTube.

Let's be honest here, this news isn't any sort of surprise at all. It wasn't as if Viacom would just give up, and it's very likely this case will end up before the US Supreme Court before we have a final decision. Viacom still argues that YouTube, knowing that piracy was happening on their website, didn't do nearly enough to stop it and profited from it as well. YouTube argues that the US District Court's decision was correct, that the DMCA affords them some level of protection for user generated content, as long as they had an active policy in place. Whether that policy is good enough for the likes of Viacom, and whether the policy was effective at stopping piracy, that's an entirely different matter. It's very much like the AFACT vs iiNet appeal I mentioned last week here, in that the copyright holders are demanding an Internet service provider (YouTube providing a video upload service, iiNet being the more traditional service provider) to do more to fight piracy, when the service provider feels they've already done all they can. Viacom feels they're the victims, and and party to profit most from these activities is in fact YouTube, not the uploader (who doesn't get paid) nor the downloader (who, if we're honest, has many other better places to get their piracy fix). This argument has some merit, but there is only so much YouTube can do, and in the end, it has to be the copyright holder's responsibility to point out which pieces of content violates their copyright, as only the copyright holders can say for definite if this is the case, unless we want an automated system with a high degree of false positives, which isn't good for anyone. And Google/YouTube rightly points out that Viacom and other copyright holders sometimes are more than happy to let a piece of content that violates their copyright stay on the network, since the hype and attention it generates outweighs what potential loss that could stem from the copyright infringement.

And just because someone steals your copyrighted content, it doesn't always mean you lose money. Someone using a copyrighted song in their home video that's uploaded to YouTube would have otherwise used another song, perhaps a royalty free one, if they were prohibited from using the song, where's the actual gain or loss for the copyright holder in this situation? Perhaps if there was a system in place where home users could pay a nominal amount, say $10, to use a song in their uploaded video, then the copyright holders could argue that there was an actual loss. But what if the video, with the illegal audio, became a hit and the song, as a result, becomes a hit too. Shouldn't it work both ways too, that the copyright holder then have to pay the video uploader for their efforts in promoting the song? Or at the very least, allow the video to stay online, regardless of the copyright infringement. And this is why copyright holders should be the one responsible for signalling which content is okay, which isn't – it's more work for them, but it's actually beneficial for them as well. YouTube's only obligation is perhaps to make this process a bit easier, perhaps automatically help identify a list of potentially infringing videos, but they, like iiNet, should not be held responsible for determining whether an infringement has occurred or not. I know I like my analogies, but it's like asking the bus driver to be responsible for something stolen on his or her bus, and not only responsible for the loss, but responsible for identifying the stolen object, the rightful owners, and to place guilt on the offender. I know Google are powerful, but legal authority is not something I would want them to have, no matter how easy it makes things for the copyright holders.

But with the hysteria over Internet piracy, I wouldn't bet against the government giving Google, and other corporations, just exactly this kind of authority. All's fair in love and war right? Love for ridiculous copyright legislation in the war against online piracy. The huge lobbying efforts of Hollywood and music labels are paying big dividends, and it seems the political will has translated to actual action, when the FBI is concerned. Citing recent reports which point to cases like missing persons and identity fraud are no longer "priorities" for the FBI, and the recent noises made about special task forces dedicated to fighting the serious crime of movie and music piracy, website techdirt can only surmise that the FBI takes copyright infringement far more seriously than those other crimes. Those that have watched the excellent HBO show, The Wire, will have noted how it identified the quickly shifting focus of the FBI when 9/11 hit, and the War on Drugs was no longer a top priority. Now, I'm not saying that the FBI now takes terrorism less seriously than people downloading a cam copy of Inception (great movie, btw), but it's certainly possible that things like identity fraud, hacking, and other online crimes are taking a back seat to the Crusade Against Piracy (CRAP, for short). With Vice President Biden pushing for his friends at the RIAA and MPAA, the lobbyist busy in DC, scary stories being told to governments all over the world about the impending collapse of the world as we know it if people download too much, it isn't too big a leap to come to the conclusion that there must be political pressure on the FBI to take action. And I recently reported on the diabolical plans by the French when it comes to fighting online piracy, basically making computer wire taps legal without seeking a court order (and I did mention the comparison with the reaction to terrorism, and how even during the height of the scare, nothing like this was being proposed seriously), and so nothing is too outrageous any more, now when this thing has morphed into a moral crusade.

And all of this when box office receipts from around the world are showing record profits for the film industry. Even here in Australia, where there's relatively little current government action to curb piracy (current, but of course the Great Internet Filter  of Australia proposed by the current government will see things turn nasty in the future, perhaps even more so than the proposed French model), and the courts haven't given the film industry all they've wanted (referring back to the iiNet case), and by all accounts, Internet piracy is up – despite all of this, box office receipts for 2009 have just managed to break all records, and 2010 looks to be even better. So much so that even the traditional "piracy is ruining everything" brigade has to come out and admit that innovation at the cinema seems to be winning against piracy. Whether it's bigger screens, budget Tuesdays, or 3D, or even just better, bigger films, a pirated video is not a substitute for the cinema experience. Are there people who would rather watch a poorly camcorded recording of a movie on their computer instead of going to a cinema to watch the same film on the big screen with friends? I actually don't think these are the same set of people. I can understand why people with a quality home cinema set up may forgo going to the movies, price and comfort the key considerations, but people who are happy watching a slanted, cut off, inaudible version of the movie with someone's head blocking half of the action, to me, just aren't the kind of people who would pay $15 to watch a movie at the cinema. But I guess it also depends on the movies themselves. `The Dark Knight', `Avatar', `Inception' – most people would gladly pay for the full experience (IMAX, 3D … and even popcorn). For movies like `Why Did I Get Married Too', `The Tooth Fairy' and `Furry Vengeance', well, perhaps piracy is hurting these movies. And maybe that's just it, that studios are concerned that the Internet makes filtering out bad movies too easily (both at the cinema, and when if gets released on home video), and so making good movies is all the more important these days. Maybe that's why they hate piracy so much – it means they may actually have to produce better stuff!

In 3D/HD news, for those in Australia that's still wondering if we really need fast broadband (or just broadband) or not, here's another application that's will put further pressure on your bandwidth (or rather, throughput, but also bandwidth too).

Samsung will soon start to stream 3D content to their Internet equipped TVs and Blu-ray players. It will start with trailers, but move onto full movies, and games. 3D videos streams will be around 1.5 times larger in bitrate than their non 3D equivalents, and if we're talking about Blu-ray 3D, then the peak bitrate is up at a high 60 Mbps. Let's just for a moment imagine that Blu-ray quality 3D is to be streamed, IPTV style, then the 100 Mbps being offered by Australia's National Broadband Network is just about enough. The only thing stopping someone from providing Blu-ray (or Blu-ray 3D) on demand right now is the lack of broadband speed, and bandwidth quota, and Australia has a great opportunity to catch up to the other countries that are already offering Gbps connections. We'll find out this time next week whether the NBN will survive, when national elections will pitch one party that wants fibre to homes (but with the annoying Great Internet Filter of Australia), and another who think 12 Mbps, peak, is already good enough for most (but barely good enough to even stream proper 720p content, let alone 1080p or 3D). Generally speaking, if HD IPTV is to take off, ADSL2+ just won't cut it, and considering there's a huge percentage of Australian homes that can't even get access to ADSL, let alone ADSL2+, money needs to be spent on infrastructure so Australia won't get left out of the IPTV revolution.

And good news for Star Wars fans, all six Star Wars movies will be available on Blu-ray sometime in 2011, George Lucas made the announcement at Star Wars Celebrations V. Of course, "real" fans will only want the first three, or is that the last three, movies. You know, the ones that didn't suck. But real fanatics won't care and will watch all 6 movies in one go while wearing their Jedi robes and swinging their hand built lightsabers. My only wish is that Lucasfilms include the original theatrical versions on the Blu-ray discs too, and pray that George doesn't tamper with the films too much for yet another release (not much hope of this happening though, not with Star Wars 3D also in the works).

And finally in gaming, the NPD analysis means there's not much I want to talk about here, except some more Blu-ray news, but this time, it's got to do with the Wii.

Rumours surrounding the Wii 2 is hotting up, with the latest rumour suggesting that the console's new 1080p resolution will be coupled with a Blu-ray drive too. But knowing Nintendo, it will probably be the only Blu-ray equipped machine that doesn't actually play Blu-ray movies, because if the rumours are to be believed, Blu-ray discs are being used for Wii games to help curb piracy. It is true that Blu-ray discs are harder and more expensive to copy, but if the Xbox 720, Wii 2, and PS3/PS4 all use Blu-ray discs, expect burner prices to drop (they're already not that high), media prices to drop, and piracy to increase. I think Nintendo do need a new console though, since the Wii is looking pretty outdated compared to what the PS3 and Xbox 360 will be offering via Move and Kinect.

And that's all the news for this week. I won't promise "more next week", because chances are, there will be less. Have a good one.

******************************************************************

3. Weekly Software Roundup

August 15, 2010	VDownloader 2.10.478
August 15, 2010	DVRMSToolbox 1.2.2.2 Freeware
August 14, 2010	SMPlayer 0.6.9.3577 experimental Freeware
August 14, 2010	Haali Media Splitter 1.10.262.12 Freeware
August 14, 2010	Collectorz.com Movie Collector 7.0.3
August 14, 2010	Media Player Classic HomeCinema Edition 1.3.2235 Beta Freeware
August 14, 2010	ConvertXtoDVD 4.1.0.333 Beta
August 14, 2010	K-Lite Codec Pack 64-Bit 3.8.0 Freeware
August 14, 2010	K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 6.3.0 Freeware
August 14, 2010	K-Lite Codec Pack 6.3.0 Freeware
August 14, 2010	EncodeHD 1.2.214.0 Freeware
August 14, 2010	DVD Swarm 1.0.10.813 Freeware
August 14, 2010	Windows 7 Codecs 2.6.1 Freeware
August 14, 2010	Vista Codec x64 Components 2.6.4 Freeware
August 14, 2010	Vista Codec Package 5.8.1 Freeware
August 14, 2010	K9Copy 2.3.6 KDE Freeware
August 14, 2010	PlayOn 3.0.5.1067
August 13, 2010	MediaCoder 0.7.5 Build 4720 Freeware
August 12, 2010	My MP4Box GUI 0.5.5.2 Freeware
August 12, 2010	eXtreme Movie Manager 7.0.7.5
August 12, 2010	ffdshow Rev. 3529 (generic/x64) Freeware
August 12, 2010	DVDAuthorGUI 1.026 Freeware
August 11, 2010	MKVExtractGUI-2 1.1.5.2 Freeware
August 11, 2010	HC (HCenc) 0.24 Beta (2010-08-09) Freeware
August 11, 2010	EMDB 1.13 Freeware
August 11, 2010	BD Rebuilder 0.34.07 Beta Freeware
August 10, 2010	StaxRip 1.1.6.7 Beta Freeware
August 10, 2010	MovieConverter 1.6
August 9, 2010	PopCorn MKV AudioConverter 1.82.10 Freeware

======END OF LIVEUPDATE NEWSLETTER======