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Recorded Live April 7, 2009.
- Interview: Actor/producer/director, Reuben Langdon (Chris Redfield, Resident Evil 5) will be joining us to discuss the amazing technology behind video game and movie 3D motion capture.
- GoodGuy's Virtualization Series - Lesson 3: Finalizing your Windows XP virtual machine, setting up VirtualBox guest additions and making your Windows virtual machine run on a cube face of Ubuntu's Compiz Fusion cube.
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Topics Covered: - Viewer testimonials.
- Ubuntu Jaunty releasing in 16 days: Robbie will be featured on the disc.
- Viewer Question: How can I format an 8GB USB Flash Drive to NTFS in Ubuntu Linux? Are there any good formatting GUIs for Linux?
- Installing gparted in your Ubuntu system using Synaptic Package Manager.
- Robbie's thoughts about using disks to install software.
- Using gparted to format your device in Ubuntu Linux.
- Viewer Comment: NTFS is a bad filesystem to use.
- Viewer Comment: You could use an ext3 driver in Windows to access your Linux-based partition.
- Interview: Actor Reuben Langdon (Chris Redfield, Resident Evil 5).
- Professional history of Reuben Langdon and his experience with the progress of motion capture.
- Motion capture acting and how it looks to the actor.
- Virtual camera technology and how it revolutionises the "look" of video games and motion capture movies.
- Viewer Question: What is Avatar?
- The cost of traditional animation vs. motion capture, and how motion capture fits into the world of motion pictures.
- Bringing a motion capture character together: the body actor, voice-over actor and face actor.
- Viewer Question: Did you play Dente on all the Devil May Cry games?
- How Just Cause Productions got its start.
- Japanese productions moving to use western actors.
- Avatar movie: releasing in December 2009?
- Viewer Comment: Thank you for trying to help about getting Linux running on my old computer. I received the computer from the local Freecycle.
- Viewer Question: I've got Windows XP running in a virtual machine under Vista. If I move the virtual machine over to a Linux host, will Windows need to be re-activated?
- "Dear Partner" email. Recognising a scam as Robbie wins 15,000,000 pounds.
- Viewer Question: I'm watching from Sweden. I'm interested in trying Ubuntu Jaunty, but am curious if it's wise to try the beta, or if I should wait for the full version. What are your thoughts?
- Why Ubuntu Linux can be "buggy" during test cycle and sometimes even into the release.
- Viewer Comment: If you load Windows XP or Vista in a virtual machine and played a graphic-intensive game, would it play as well in the virtual machine as if it were on a native Windows installation?
- Understanding the basics of video performance on a virtual machine.
- Hardware acceleration on a virtual machine.
- Feature: Virtualization Part 3 - Finalising our Windows XP virtual machine by installing VirtualBox Guest Additions, which gives us our virtual hardware drivers for our virtual video, networking, sound card, input devices and more.
- Releasing your mouse cursor from your VirtualBox virtual machine so you can move your mouse cursor outside the virtual machine window.
- Viewer Question: Is Windows still vulerable to viruses when installed within VirtualBox?
- Viewer Question: How do you spin your cube to switch between Windows XP and Ubuntu Linux?
- Viewer Question: Are you running Jaunty on your production computer?
- Viewer Comment: I like VMWare Server better than VirtualBox.
- Windows XP driver installation slow, or just waiting for user input?
- VirtualBox Guest Additions freezes when installing the video drivers in Windows XP.
- Windows waiting for signed drivers behind the installation window.
- Viewer Question: What Windows drivers are signed?
- The problem with Windows' constant prompts for user authorization.
- Rebooting your virtual machine: does it affect your real computer?
- Resizing the Windows display resolution in a VirtualBox virtual machine.
- Making your VirtualBox virtual machine fullscreen.
- Treat your virtual machine as if it were a real machine.
- Precursor to next week's feature.
- Greetings to new viewers.
- Invitation to become a registered viewer on Category5 Technology TV.
- Viewer Comment: The audio sounds good today.
- Viewer Comment: I got the CD of your band through the post yesterday.
- Canada: always snowing.
Links: Notes: Reuben Langdon was meant to appear on the show via a Skype video link. Unfortunately his plane was held up and he had to call in from the airport instead. This is why we're looking at a stock image of Reuben for much of the interview. Keywords: linux, windows, technology, tv, robbie ferguson, ubuntu, free, download, view, tv, television, podcast, vodcast, video podcast, streaming video, ustream, category5.tv category5 technology tv, tech tv, pixar, disney, movies, animation, making of, motion capture, 3D, modern, compiz fusion, desktop cube, rotate cube, general settings, desktop size, compizconfig-settings-manager, spin, cube, sphere, cylindar. One person has commented on this article.  1. UntitledChris Chester, RegisteredGreat episode Robbie. I am really enjoying your Virtualbox Feature. Hope to see these in "The Meat". Your a great host Robbie. Thanks again for Category5. |
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