Compiler jpegtran (avec le drop patch) pour Mac OSX

Pour faire du "Cut and Paste" lossless sur des fichiers jpeg (en ligne de commande).

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use MKVToolNix / mkvmerge on Mac OS 10.10 (Yosemite) and later

So you've read about mkvmerge / MKVToolNix / MKVToolNix GUI , and want to use these video tools on your Mac : 

Save your Photosynths from your iPhone !

When Microsoft discontinued the Photosynth.net website earlier this year, they warned the users to export their photosynths before it's too late. But I knew about the closure of the service just days after it actually happened,... so no chance for me to export my Photosynths from there.

I might have found a partial solution : From an iPhone backup (created by iTunes), I could extract the application data (thanks to the free app JuicePhone) and obtain what seems to be all the data needed to generate the photosynth (at least, all the pictures and some metadata) :

The picture shows the arborescence inside the folder

Application Data\capture\Documents\panorama\0EF8E9A8-392D-4416-843B-C36456F542CF\

 (each Photosynth has its data stored in such a folder) 

Having read the best info available on the internet about .pano files (see below), I thought I could give a try at zipping my folders and rename them with a .pano extension.

I tried to open the resulting files with the Microsoft Offline Viewer (1.0.1) 

[info : it won't work under older macs, at it seems to be a 64 bit only app].

Three error messages gave me infos about what was expected and is missing :

Unable to load as Photosynth     0.json is required inside the Photosynth ZIP archive

Unable to load as panorama      /formats/cubemap/cubemap.json is required inside the panorama archive

Unable to load as Photosynth     path.bin is required inside the Photosynth ZIP archive

I also got the same messages when trying to open other files directly from the original uncompressed folders, for exemple Application Data\capture\Documents\panorama\0EF8E9A8-392D-4416-843B-C36456F542CF\deepzoom\panoramaWebTemplate.json , or \deepzoom\ZipFiles\front\front.zip (you never know).

I run out of options. My goal is to 

1) be able to preserve and view my immersive panoramas on the Mac. 

2) be able to share them, optimally in a web browser with just a link (thanks to OneDrive maybe ? but an open-source solution would be great), allowing other users, on different platforms, to see them.

3) if needed for long-term in mind, convert them to a more open and safe format.

Seeking help out there !

I hope the Photosynth file format experts Benedict Hurkett, James Mackenzie, Nate Lawrence, Henri Astre and Christoph Hausner will be able to assist in finding a solution for us Mac users !

Thanks to all. I'm on a MacBook Pro (2014) with mac OS 10.10.

recommended reading :

Windows 8.1 Panorama Files | Benedict Hurkett

James Mackenzie - What are .pano files?

James Mackenzie - Convert Equirectangular Projection to .Pano File

Making .pano files the hard way | Benedict Hurkett

Vidéo pour le tuto de France Musique

Voici une mise en application du tuto : Récupérer les concerts archivés sur le site France Musique :

Compilation de rtmpdump sous Mac OS X

Voici une petite vidéo explicative pour la compilation de rtmpdump sous Mac OS X :

Enregistrer Arte +7 avec VLC

Voici comment enregistrer les vidéos WMV en streaming sur le site Arte +7.

1) Chopper l'adresse du WMV HQ dans le code source de la page arte :

Pour afficher le code source, dans Safari, Pomme-Alt-U, puis faire une rechercher (Pomme-F) avec le mot clef "wmv".

Dans notre exemple on trouve cette URL :

http://artestras.wmod.rd.llnw.net/geo/arte7/SAT/arteprod/A7_SGT_ENC_07_040851-000-A_PG_HQ_FR.wmv

2) Ouvrir VLC, faire Fichier / Ouvrir un flux réseau

3) Dans l'URL mettre l'adresse trouvée en 1.

4) Cocher Diffusion/Enregistrement et cliquer sur Paramètres.

5) Régler comme suit :

6) Cliquer sur Ok pour fermer cette fenêtre, et ensuite sur Ouvrir.

7) Attendre que ça soit fini :)

Récupérer les concerts archivés sur le site de France Musique

Pour faire suite à cette astuce reposant sur l'extention Download Helper pour Firefox, qui malheureusement ne fonctionne visiblement plus sur le site de France Musique, voici un tutoriel tout simple nécessitant uniquement... Safari !