Peter Maurer Up to Many (new) Tricks: yFlicks

Peter Maurer is an interesting Mac developer. He's a German medical student who also happens to write really excellent Mac software in his spare time, probably most importantly Butler. He's already developed and sold several excellent apps such as TextExpander (was Textpander), MenuCalendarClock (was Calendarclock), and now yFlicks (was Clip Show); however, instead of selling yFlicks to another company this time he's decided to start his own: Many Tricks. He has always offered free licenses to people who have contributed to the pre-commercial versions of his software and he continues this laudable practice with yFlicks. Those who contributed to Maurer for Clip Show prior to Jan 12, 2007 are eligible for a free license for yFlicks.

yFlicks is a video player based on QuickTime. In some ways it looks sort of like an iPhoto for videos, allowing you to "play videos in fullscreen mode, organize your videos in groups, search them, rate them, and browse them in preview mode." In addition, like TubeSock and Tubular it allows you (with Perian) to download videos from YourTube or Google and then export them to your iPod.

yFlicks is €15 (~$19) and a demo is available.

[Edit: reverted to a language I actually know and clarified upgrade policy]

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Source: http://www.manytricks.com/yflicks/

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garrett james

ive actually been searching for a program like this. Front row is nice but something to actually catalogue my digital movies and play them would be great. Thought this was the one but i put like 6 movies into the libary and only one would play. Yes im using perlican too. Oh well!

January 15 2007 at 3:40 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Mat Lu

Thanks for the corrections, guys; I've decided to give up and just use 'was'!

@Peter: I just eliminated the confusing clause. Looking forward to seeing what other new "tricks" you have up your sleeve.

January 14 2007 at 4:26 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

bibi-pov

Actually it may be nÃ©e (but certainly not neÃ© or even worse nÃ¨e or neÃ¨), since it's used to give maiden name of married women.

January 14 2007 at 1:59 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Flo

The proper spelling is "nÃ©" (past participle, "born"), not "nÃ¨".

January 14 2007 at 1:53 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Lupercus

Your accent is still not ok. The Ã¨ is a grave accent.

January 14 2007 at 1:10 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Peter Maurer

Thanks, Mat, for pointing out yFlicks. I'm glad you found it worth mentioning, and I'm very flatterd by your "really excellent Mac software" verdict. :-)

I'd like to add two little annotations, though:

Firstly, Many Tricks isn't just a new name for yours truly. There's also Alex Schoen, who is -- in fact -- responsible for most of the code that distinguishes yFlicks from its predecessor, Clip Show. Clip Show was just a player with a very simple playlist/history, while yFlicks is indeed "sort of like an iPhoto for videos", as you've put it very aptly.

Secondly, the wording of your posting has caused a slight misunderstanding concerning the question who's eligible to a free yFlicks license. Some users seem to think that those who have donated for Butler, for instance, will also receive a yFlicks license. I'm afraid that's not the case. As stated on my web site, only those users who have donated for the original Clip Show on or before January 12, 2007 are eligible for a free yFlicks license. Thanks for understanding.

January 14 2007 at 12:41 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Jeffbbs

now yflicks would support subtitles and somehow combine with dvdpedia, my life would the most amazing life ever! YES! yES!!!! YES! pLease! somebody do it.

January 14 2007 at 11:20 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

flec65

Mat, you should use "nÃ©" not "neÃ¨". The accent is acute and as is it for "logiciel" (software in French), a masculine word, no extra "e" is needed at the end.

January 14 2007 at 10:38 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply