DVDRemaster Pro 5.1
Duplicate or convert DVD for iPod, iPhone or Apple TV

Special Offer This Weekend – Friday’s ZOT – Decompose. See below.

Normally: $49.99

ZOT Price: $24.99

What is DVDRemaster?

DVDRemaster is an application which recompresses large DVDs so they can be burned on a standard DVD or converts them so they can be watched on your video iPod, iPod Touch, iPhone, Apple TV and many others. DVDRemaster accommodates both novices and experts with its simple but yet powerful interface. It can either copy an entire DVD and keep all tracks, copy only the main feature or copy only selected audio and video tracks.

How does it work?

Recompressing a DVD

DVDRemaster can work in two modes. It can either preserve all tracks (including menus, multiangle, commentaries, other languages, etc.) or work in movie only mode where everything but the main feature is discarded, thus leaving more space for the main movie and yielding a better quality of image. Advanced users will appreciate that the Pro version lets them choose exactly which video and audio tracks to keep or to discard.

DVDRemaster comes with Fairmount which is a free companion tool that allows on-the-fly decryption of DVDs. Once Fairmount is launched, making a backup of a DVD is as simple as dragging and dropping its VIDEO_TS folder somewhere on your hard disk. The resulting copy will be decrypted as it is copied and will be ready for archival.

Converting to iPod, iPhone, Apple TV and other video players

DVDRemaster can convert a DVD to a video compatible with your video iPod, iPhone and Apple TV. No need to worry about cumbersome settings, everything is summarized for you in simple presets.

You can choose the audio track from the DVD, listen to it in the preview and choose to include subtitles.

Extracting streams

DVDRemaster also allows you to extract raw data streams from your DVD. You can reuse those streams in another application.

What are people saying about it?

What are the computer requirements?

DVDRemaster is an universal binary application which will work on both PPC and Intel based Macs running Mac OS X 10.4 or higher and having QuickTime 7.2 or higher

Want more information?

For general information about DVDRemaster, simply visit the DVDRemaster product page. We are committed to provide the best customer care. Hence, to get answers to your DVDRemaster questions, visit our FAQ page. To quickly learn to use the product you can consult our tutorials. If you can not find your answers in our FAQ or tutorial pages, feel free to contact us. We we will gladly answer all your questions.

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Decompose

Decompose is an application allowing an easy and flawless extraction of elements from pictures in order to use them to make composite images. It is the perfect tool for making images for web pages, newspapers and magazines or simply for your own creations.

Click here to find out more about, Try, and BUY Decompose.

Who are we?

We are Metakine Inc., a Canadian software company located in Montreal. Metakine specializes in the development of software for audio, video and image processing. The founders hold software engineering degrees and are passionate about programming and digital video and hope to translate their passion into useful and usable software.

Our product line includes the widely popular DVDRemaster and Fairmount DVD utilities. In addition to our current products, we have contributed to various projects in the Macintosh community over the years. Namely, we have been involved in the development of the MediaPipe project which was a pioneer in providing DivX, Vorbis and (S)VCD encoding for Macintosh, OpenShiiva to reencode MPEG2 as MPEG4 and SonicBirth.

Decompose 1.0.3
Extract objects from images with ease
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Duplicate or convert DVD for iPod, iPhone or Apple TV.

Normally: $29.99

ZOT Price: $14.99

What is Decompose?

Decompose is an application allowing an easy and flawless extraction of elements from pictures in order to use them to make composite images. It is the perfect tool for making images for web pages, newspapers and magazines or simply for your own creations. Extracted objects are saved as a TIFF file with transparency. Decompose also corrects colors to remove all traces of the previous background, thus generating perfect mattes.

How does it work?

Decompose allows you to easily extract elements from a picture and use them to make composite images. It is the perfect tool to make images for web pages, newspapers and magazines or simply for your own creations.

Traditional extraction of objects with a lasso tool typically takes time and the results are far from perfect. The extracted objects have rough edges that are often tinted with the color of the previous background. Decompose produces smooth edges and completely removes the background color.

You simply need to draw a rough approximation of the edges of the objects and identify the foreground and the background regions. Decompose then refines the edges, corrects the colors and allows you to save the result as a TIFF image ready to be used in your favorite compositing software.

What are people saying about it?

What are the computer requirements?

Decompose is an universal binary application so it will work on both PPC and Intel based Macs running Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.

Want more information?

For general information about Decompose, simply visit the Decompose product page. We are committed to provide the best customer care. Hence, to get answers to your Decompose questions, visit our FAQ page. To quickly learn to use the product you can consult our tutorial. If you can not find your answers in our FAQ or tutorial pages, feel free to contact us. We we will gladly answer all your questions.

Who are we?

We are Metakine Inc., a Canadian software company located in Montreal. Metakine specializes in the development of software for audio, video and image processing. The founders hold software engineering degrees and are passionate about programming and digital video and hope to translate their passion into useful and usable software.

Our product line includes the widely popular DVDRemaster and Fairmount DVD utilities. In addition to our current products, we have contributed to various projects in the Macintosh community over the years. Namely, we have been involved in the development of the MediaPipe project which was a pioneer in providing DivX, Vorbis and (S)VCD encoding for Macintosh, OpenShiiva to reencode MPEG2 as MPEG4 and SonicBirth.

This weekend’s ZOT?
March 21st and 22nd

DVD Remaster

Duplicate or convert DVD for iPod, iPhone or Apple TV. DVDRemaster is an application which recompresses large DVDs so they can be burned on a standard DVD or converts them so they can be watched on your video iPod, iPod Touch, iPhone, Apple TV and many others. DVDRemaster accommodates both novices and experts with its simple but yet powerful interface. It can either copy an entire DVD and keep all tracks, copy only the main feature or copy only selected audio and video tracks.

Learn more about DVD Remaster here…

EasyCrop
Crop and More, Without the Fuss

Normally: $11.95

ZOT Price: $5.95

The Hard Way

To illustrate the power of EasyCrop, consider the following scenario.

You wish to crop and scale down a photo to send in an email, and you want the file size to be under 50 KB. With a full-featured graphics application, these are the steps you would take:

The EasyCrop Way

To perform the above task, simply drag the photo into EasyCrop. Then select the area you wish to crop and resize using a slider.
When you’re happy with what you see in the live preview, enter the file size limit and drag the preview image straight to the email you are composing.

That’s it.

Download your copy today and try it out for yourself. Chances are that you will, like many others, find yourself using it more than you ever imagined.

Some Usage Ideas

Highlights

Another Fine Yellow Mug Product

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Stuf
The clipboard manager with network sharing, categories, TinyURL support and much more.

Normally: $18.00

ZOT Price: $9.00

Stuf is a clipboard manager designed for power users and creative professionals. Stuf runs in the background on your Mac watching your clipboard, when it changes, the contents are stored and can then be restored at any time. This means that you can copy text, pictures, and just about anything else and have those clipping silently stored by Stuf ready for use at any other time.

If you find yourself with many clippings that you use very frequently, you can create a new clipboard and drag and drop the clippings into the new clipboard. This means that you can sort all your clippings into categories which suit the way you work. If you want, you can give each clipping a name, so if you have complex text clippings in your favourite programming language, you can give them titles such as “Code for accessing MySQL database”, or “Convert JPG to PNG”, so you don’t have to read the code to work out what it does.

However, if you do want to read the code or look at clippings in greater detail, Stuf supports QuickLook on Leopard machines so you just need to select a clipping and hit space to view it in all it’s glory.

Networking built-in

If you work with more than one Mac, or in a group, you can also share your clipboards over your local network, each clipboard can be enabled or disabled for sharing, and you can even set a password if you want to allow some users access but not others. Stuf uses multiple processes and multi-threading, to make best use of today’s multi-processor Macs, it also means that other users viewing your clipboards won’t slow you down. Each user sharing clipboards will appear on other machines along with their user picture, and name. Remote clipboards work just like the ones on your own machine, you can still use QuickLook and other cool features.

Search everything

Stuf builds in a quick and simple search function, which searches all your clipboards and remote clipboards too! Just type in a word, hit enter and all clippings, on all machines running Stuf and return a list of all clippings containing that word, along with the familiar Stuf previews. If you see the clipping you want, you can can restore it to your clipboard, or drag a remote clipping into one of your own clipboards for later use.

Quick & easy

Stuf also provides an icon on your menu bar, alongside standard Mac utilities like Spotlight or Time Machine, this lets you access the core features of Stuf in an instant, and paste into any application just by choosing the item from the menu.

About The Escapers

The Escapers is based in London, UK, we pride ourselves on being an approachable Mac developer, responsive to user requests and bug reports. We also endeavour to update our products frequently and for free. The Escapers has never charged for a software update! You can find us at theescapers.com or in one of many pubs in central London.

System Requirements: Mac OSX Tiger or Leopard. Try it on a G4 or better…Could be fine.

BusySync
Share iCal calendars on a LAN
and sync iCal with Google Calendar
48 hrs, Monday and Tuesday on ZOT.

Normally: $25.00

ZOT Price: $15.00

Share Calendars on your LAN

With BusySync it’s incredibly easy to share iCal calendars with family or coworkers on your LAN without the need for a dedicated server. Shared calendars can be viewed and edited by multiple users, and changes are instantly published and synchronized with all users on the network. You can even make changes to shared calendars while offline and your changes will sync when you reconnect to the network.

Sync iCal with Google Calendar

In addition to syncing calendars on your LAN, BusySync syncs iCal with Google Calendar, allowing you to:

• View and edit calendars online — Calendar events can be viewed/edited in both iCal and Google Calendar and automatically synchronized between the two.
• Sync calendars between home and work — Users can sync their home and office computers with Google Calendar (as an alternative to syncing calendars with MobileMe).
• Share calendars remotely — Users in remote locations can share calendars with each other by syncing with Google Calendar, even while traveling.

Key Features

	Bonjour networking — BusySync automatically synchronizes calendars with others on your local area network. No dedicated servers or complicated network settings to configure. It just works.
	Google Calendar Synchronization — Sync iCal with Google Calendar for online read-write access to your calendars from any computer, anywhere.
	Multi-user editing — BusySync allows multiple users to share and edit calendars with full read-write access. Changes made by one user are instantly synchronized with all others on the network.
	Security — Calendars can be password protected to provide users with read-write or read-only access. SSL encryption keeps your data private when syncing on the LAN or with Google.
	Offline access — Changes made to a calendar while disconnected from your home or office network are automatically synchronized when you reconnect to the network.

Buy Now and Save 40%!

BusySync normally costs $25 per computer. Buy now for $15 and save 40%!
* One license required per computer.

More info

• Download 30-day Trial
• Screencasts
• BusySync User’s Guide
• Frequently Asked Questions

FileChute
Send Files Easily
Below…A Special Offer – EasyFrame
And A macZOT Developer Interview Below….

Normally: $17.95

ZOT Price: $8.95

How many times have you tried sending a large file as an email attachment
only to have it bounced? FileChute makes sending files drag-and-drop easy.
And it makes retrieving files a simple one-click affair for your recipients — no
special software needed.

To send a file, just drop it on FileChute.
FileChute puts the file on your MobileMe account (or another server)
and generates a link for retrieving the file.
Drag the link to your email and send it off. That’s it.
And since what you’re sending is just a link, your recipients
can retrieve the file from a Mac, a PC or any other platform.

You can even drop multiple files and/or folders at once. FileChute
automatically creates an archive in the format of your choice – it
supports dmg, zip and tar – and sends the archive file.

Setting FileChute up to work with your MobileMe account is super easy.
But since not everyone has a MobileMe account, FileChute also works
great with other FTP or WebDAV-accessible web servers. Perform the
one-time set up by following the built-in Help. Once it is properly
set up, FileChute works just as perfectly with non-MobileMe servers.

Still not convinced? Here’s what our users say

Dan Frakes on MacWorld Mac Gems:”…and if you frequently send larger files to others across the Internet, it’s the easiest solution I’ve seen…”

Mac|Life magazine (July 2008) says, “FileChute makes sharing files online cut-and-paste easy.”

gulliver on VersionTracker:”I just tried this out last night,
and I am so hooked. Rarely have I seen such a perfect little app,
I can’t think of what could be improved.”

sinemacula on VersionTracker:”Very nice little app – does what it says and does it well. I particularly like the built-in ability to get a short download url via snipurl – very cool indeed!”

System Requirements

Mac OS X 10.4 or later. Intel or PowerPC Macs.

Get more info at http://yellowmug.com

Get Yesterday’s EasyFrame ZOT All Weekend Also!

Have you ever looked at a photo with a cool torn-paper edge and wonder how you can get that effect on your own photos? Using EasyFrame, you can apply all sorts of cool frames and edge effects to your photos in seconds.

Click here to try, buy, and/or find out more about EasyFrame.

A macZOT Developer Interview with Jay Teo – Creator of FileChute.

Jay Teo at Yellow Mug Software Worldwide Headquarters

1 What’s the most unique, useful feature of your product?

Drag-n-drop simplicity.

2 Why did you create this app? or What need were you trying to satisfy?

Like many indie developers, I created FileChute initially to scratch an itch. I wanted a way to send large files in as few steps as possible. For example, if the “file” is really a folder, I want the app to automatically zip it for me before sending. If the resulting link is long and unwieldy, I want the app to automatically obtain a short redirection link for me. Basically, I wanted to be able to drag-n-drop what I want to send and be done with it.

I didn’t (and still don’t) like web-based solutions or solutions that require my recipients to install special software (who wants to install yet another app just to receive a file from someone? That’s nuts!).

So I created FileChute. It turns out my itch is shared by enough Mac users that FileChute is now one of my best-selling apps.

3 What is most interesting to you about developing SW for the Mac platform.

One thing I find interesting is the level of misconception regarding Mac software development. Every now and then, someone would ask me something to the effect of, “Isn’t it hard to develop for the Mac since Apple is so secretive and hates third-party developers?”.

Nothing can be further from the truth. Apple is secretive, but only with regards to future products. As a development platform, the Mac is really very “open” in the sense that the development tools are free and frameworks are well documented. Another neat thing is that, being UNIX based, Mac OS X is able to leverage lots of open technologies. For example, I’m currently working on adding SFTP support to FileChute. And I’m doing so using Ruby, an open source scripting language.

4 What features should a prospective buyer look into during a trial of your product?

FileChute is really simple from the user’s perspective. Drag, drop, send the link. :-)

5 What are some interesting experiences you’ve had creating new versions of your software when OS is upgraded?

Things broke. Users complained. Developer (yours truly) stayed up all night fixing bugs. New version released. Users happy once again. Profit!

6 What’s your favorite Mac app out there from another developer? Why?

I have many favorites. Here are three I use many times a day: Quicksilver, TextExpander and 1Password.

I’d be lost without Quicksilver. I’d still be on question 4 without TextExpander. And without 1Password, my head would hurt from all the random strings (you do use random strings for passwords, don’t you?) I’d need to remember.

7 What features would you like to add to your product that at this time seem improbable/impossible?

The “Cure Cancer” button has been on my to-do list forever. I’ll get to that once I’m done implementing the Stop Global Warming feature. I know I can do it, but I need the help of new frameworks in Snow Leopard. Stay tuned.

8 What are the answers to some common questions people have about your app before they buy?

Q. Is there a size limit to what you can send?
A. FileChute doesn’t have a limit per se. However, MobileMe limits each file to no more than 2 GB. Other servers may also have some kind of size limit.

Thanks Jay!

EasyFrame
Give Your Image an Edge
Weekend ZOT Preview Below – FileChute.

Normally: $14.95

ZOT Price: $7.49

Yum
Organize your recipes on your Mac

Normally: $20.00

ZOT Price: $9.99

SkypeCap for Mac
Start saving your audio conversation from Skype!

Normally: $39.95

ZOT Price: $23.95

SkypeCap is a Skype Call Recorder for Mac

Record it now. Listen to it later. Save it forever.

SkypeCap for Mac captures and records audio calls made from Skype. Recorded calls are saved as MP4 files, to be replayed, shared, archived, or studied. SkypeCap is valuable for business, a practical tool for everyday and very easy to use.

Wouldn’t you love to stop time and take a minute to catch up? It’s nearly impossible to take notes during a call session and keep up with the conversation. Stay in the conversation and keep the discussion moving when the Skype call is recorded with SkypeCap.

Skype calls recorded with SkypeCap can be referenced again and again. Calls are saved in an MP4 format: compact and versatile. Use the saved calls to hone your phone presentation skills. A saved conference call can be distributed to anyone who missed the original call. Sales calls and interviews can be saved and more carefully reviewed later.

SkypeCap records your audio Skype calls for you. It’s so easy now to record your call, listen to it later, and save it forever.

SkypeCap for Mac is great for personal and business use.

• Record important conference calls.
• Distribute saved calls to your organization.
• Use the recorded call as the meeting call report.
• Record audio Skype calls from far away loved ones.
• Share recorded calls with family and friends.
• Playback important calls to get all the details.

SkypeCap’s control panel is straightforward and easy to use.

• Record audio calls automatically or start and stop recording where you like.
• Change the Sample Rate to improve the audio quality or decrease the file size.
• Specify an output folder location to keep your recorded calls organized.

And because Skype can also be used for telephone and cellular calls, SkypeCap can also record these calls. Any kind of audio call made with Skype can be recorded with SkypeCap:

• Conference calls
• Cellular calls
• Telephone calls
• Skype to Skype calls

Use SkypeCap to record your call now!

Listen to the file created by SkypeCap later!

Save important calls forever!

ScriptLight
Search Code Files with Minimum Effort!

Normally: $19.95

ZOT Price: $9.95

Brand New Version 2.0

HAMSoft Engineering and macZot have teamed up with this special sale for the initial release of version 2. If you’ve tried version 1.x of ScriptLight then you need to try version 2.

Version 2 has been completely rewritten from the ground up. This makes it perform so much faster than v1 you won’t know you’re using the same program! Everything has been made better. The Code Table has many new columns and you can hide or show any columns you choose. The searching capabilities now are incredible. Now you can search on any column, or any combinations of columns, so you can find exactly what you’re looking for with a minimum of effort. There’s a new path control so you can get at your files very easily and there’s so many more new capabilities. You just have to try it to believe it. I think you’re going to love it!

About ScriptLight

ScriptLight does what Spotlight does not. ScriptLight allows you to search and manage source code files on your computer.

Do you use applescript? Do you dabble in shell scripting? Lots of us use languages to write things for our computers. Maybe you use HTML or maybe you use JavaScript. Whatever language you use, ScriptLight will make it easy for you to search the actual code of your files so you can quickly find it and re-use it in your next project! ScriptLight also makes it easy for you to manage your code files with it’s other built-in functions.

With the number of files many of us have on our computer it becomes almost impossible to find code we have already created. Spotlight doesn’t allow us to search for Applescript code files and Spotlight doesn’t index all of the folders that hold our other types of source code. Now there’s ScriptLight which allows you to have all of your code files in one place. You’ll rediscover files you forgot you ever had!

What types of files does it work with?

Note: If your file type is not listed contact HAMSoft Engineering through our website and we’ll add it for you.

Why I created ScriptLight

I started programming with Applescript. What frustrated me most was as I got more into applescript I had a harder and harder time finding the applescript code that I had already written. When I would try to write a new applescript I wanted to re-use some of the applescript code that I had already written but I had no easy way of finding the code I needed. Spotlight doesn’t index applescript code files so Spotlight was useless for this task.

I set out to find something to help me. I found a few solutions but they were very expensive. That’s when I decided to write my own program and that’s how ScriptLight started. I quickly learned that I wasn’t the only person having these difficulties. So after several months of using ScriptLight for my own personal use, I decided to release it as a program so others could benefit too. Then as my programming skills expanded I started using other languages, and ScriptLight naturally morphed into more than just a tool to search applescript files. Today ScriptLight has many languages that it handles and many more capabilities than just searching. Really, I don’t know what I would do without it!

How does ScriptLight work?

It’s very easy. You tell ScriptLight what types of code files you want added, you tell ScriptLight what folders to search for those files, you update your database, and that’s it. ScriptLight will find your code files in those folders and add them to the database of information so you can perform all of the functions in ScriptLight. You can add/remove search folders. You can change the file types Scriptlight will search for. Just press the “Update DB” button and ScriptLight will make the necessary changes according your preferences.

Now that ScriptLight is all set up you double-click a file in the table and the Code Preview window opens so you can view your code. You can search for specific files in the search area and the Code Table will adjust to find only those code files. If you view their code all of your search terms are highlighted so you can find the terms easily. Select another file in the Code Table and the Code Preview Window will adjust accordingly. It’s that simple!

Besides searching, what else can I do with ScriptLight?

What are people saying about it?

What are the computer requirements?

Verion 2.x of ScriptLight will work on Macintosh computers with system software of Mac OS X 10.5 and higher. You can download a version for OS X 10.4 on the HAMSoft Engineering website too. ScriptLight is a “Universal Binary” application so it will work on both PPC and Intel based Macs.

More Information

ScriptLight Website

Other HAMSoft Engineering Products