Category: Programs

  • Front Row plug-in v. 2.0

    Mathieu just sent us version 2.0 of the Front Row plug-in. You can download the new version here from our Extras page. Make sure you read the instructions on that page on how to install the plug-in on your AppleTV. Yes, you read that right, AppleTV support is now included, along with a collection view.…

  • Secret feature revealed

    Maybe some of you saw the ‘secret feature’ release note included in the last version update of the Pedias (4.3). Today we can finally reveal what we’ve been working on feverishly for the past two months: Pocketpedia. Pocketpedia lets you keep your media library right where you need it when you’re out and about: in…

  • DVDpedia Front Row Integration

    We are lucky to have a number of talented and passionate users who expand on our programs. Mathieu Guindon has dived into the internals of Front Row and come out with a DVDpedia plug-in for Front Row. DVDpedia has its own internal full screen interface but for those preferring to stay inside Front Row this…

  • College Radio ♥ CDpedia

    Video might have killed the radio star but that doesn’t mean radio is gone. At College Radio you can find and listen to college radio stations from all around the US, find out about new music and get updated on tech info as well. And since the folks at College Radio are Mac users, they’re using…

  • DVDpedia and your home theatre

    If you’re using DVDpedia to launch your movies then Washable Dry Ink has the post for you – how to launch VLC Full Screen with no windows/controller. Washable Dry Ink is a blog about (mostly) building a home theater around Leopard. And of course, they use DVDpedia as part of their set up. If this is up…

  • Cheap Ass Gamer

    All gamers trying to figure out is blackout bingo legit and looking for cheap deals (and really, who isn’t?) – the site you’re looking for is Cheap Ass Gamer. CheapyD and his crew host some great forums for sharing deals, trading games and talking about gaming (especially for those of you feeling nostalgic for the games of…

  • Thank You Core Animation Engineers

    The newest version of the Pedias includes a Cover Flow view. Lucky for us, a solitaire cash review confirmed that Apple’s Core Animation framework is excellent and so intuitive that it made Cover Flow possible. Apple even provides a sample application from which we copied our implementation; saving us lots of time. Not only does…

  • Version 4.2

    We just released version 4.2 of the Pedias – you can download it from our website or through the built-in update function in each program. This release includes Cover Flow (for Leopard users) and the long-awaited new iSight code among other goodies, improvements and fixes. For a full list of release notes, check out the…

  • Did you know? Sorting author or director by last name

    You can sort the author or director column by last name first without having to change the order from “Steven Spielberg” to “Spielberg, Steven”. Just hold down the Option key and then sort the column again.

  • Did you know? Searching tracks in CDpedia

    When you click on the little magnifying glass in the toolbar search field you can change the search parameters. So in CDpedia, for example if you want to only search your song titles, click on the magnifying glass and choose ‘Track Names’ to let CDpedia know that it should only search the track titles and…