A Guide to Encoding, part eight (editing video)

Well it's about time, eh? I started talking about encoding two months ago and said I'd cover editing video and so here I am. This part is not meant to be read alone. It's named part eight for a reason - you should have read the other seven parts before you start on this one....

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Hello! Project 2010 Summer Concert review

It's Thursday and all of the new H!P releases for the week (except for the Morning Musume Blu-Ray concert which I don't expect to show up) have surfaced on the internet. Last night after I got the concert up on my channel, I was able to watch the concert in it's entirety and so here is my review....

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Fankora Concert + Momoko's solo DVD ISOs found!

I've been looking for those two ISOs (as well as the Morning Musume Blu-Ray concert DVD ISO) at various Japanese sites/places and finally found the ISOs earlier and I'm downloading them now. Will upload to Youtube when they finish in a couple of hours tomorr...

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Aitai Lonely Christmas radio rip

One word: AWESOME. I was a bit worried about this single because Dance de Bakoon! was full of all kinds of win and I wasn't expecting Lonely Christmas to be anywhere near Bakoon!'s level. This time, I am so glad I was wrong. I think I might like Lonely Christmas more than Bakoon! Airi's solos are amazi...

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Youtube dancer Kozue to release a single... kinda

On the 27th, some Nicovideo (think of the Japanese version of Youtube) singer named Mitani Nana will release a CD of some vocaloid single. Kozue will be in the PV as a dancer and also took a lovely picture for the CD's cover. Cover of the single Check out the official website to see small pictures of Kozue or various online stores if you want to support her by buying the single (which releases on the same day as Morning Musume and AKB48 lol)...

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The greatest picture in H!P history

The picture speaks for itself...

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My dream concert setlist pt1

It was recently announced that Hello! Project's 2011 Winter Concert will follow the same pattern as the Hello! Project 2010 Summer concert - meaning the setlist will change for every city that they visit. I absolutely love this idea. It allows a bunch of different songs to be performed by an almost random group of members. That is exactly how I prefer the Winter and Summer concerts to be. Some of my greatest H!P concert memories were performances like Mikan at the 2009 Winter concert where most of Morning Musume and Risako and Maimi join together...

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Learning to write Japanese makes my brain hurt

Okay, so some quick background information on me. I'm on my third semester studying Japanese. The end of this semester will mean I have been studying for about a year and a half. Inevitably this meant I would learn the Japanese writing system. For those of you that don't know, the Japanese use three different systems as a means to communicate. Katakana, Hiragana, and Kanji. I knew basic things like that, but I really doubt I knew what I was getting myself into when I signed up for Japanese. Katakana is mainly used for foreign loan words. Words...

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Onna to Otoko no Lullaby Game preview

Morning Musume's 44th single was performed at their latest concert. It's like Balalaika crossed with Shouganai Yume Oibito. I love it. If you love it too, be sure to support Morning Musume by buying it when it releases on November 17th! CD Japan: http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=EPCE-5728 Amazon Japan: http://tinyurl.com/28uw65m Yesasia: http://tinyurl.com/25c3c8v HMV Japan: http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/product/detail/3877...

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Songs I can't get enough of

Random post time. Here is a screenshot of my thirty top played songs, as reported by iTunes.                                                          (Click for fullsize) It...

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What is this I don't even

More S/mileage hilariousness on MUTENMUSUME's chann...

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