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DVD Jon's Doubletwist sends and shares your media

by Mike Schramm Feb 24th 2009 at 8:00PM

Why, you might wonder, would we want another media program -- isn't iTunes enough? But a new app called Doubletwist (by DVD Jon, creator of the old DeCSS DRM-stripping software) looks to answer that question by taking an iTunes-style interface, and expanding it to pretty much anything you'd want to do with media -- send it to your own phones and portable devices, upload it to sites like Facebook or YouTube, or even send it off to your friends, even those who don't have the app. We first heard about Doubletwist about a year ago, but there wasn't a Mac version to speak of (so who cares, right?).

But the Mac version is now out in public beta, and it's pretty impressive -- you can basically ignore file types, formats, or anything else that would keep you from sending a video, audio, or photo file from your computer out into the great blue yonder. There are a few other screencasts floating around as well, including this demo of the way the app works with pretty much any device you want, from iPod Blackberry to Android, the Sony PSP, and soon, the Nintendo DSi. [Note that the current build only supports the iPhone and iPod on the Windows side, but they say that Mac support for our favorite devices is forthcoming.]

It seems very enticing (though I'm doubtful that all of the video converting and sharing really goes as fast as it looks in the video). But if you want to find out for yourself, have at it -- DoubleTwist is currently a free beta download for Intel 10.5 and up users.

Thanks Sebastiaan!

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bob

you can sync non drm muisic. anything you've imported into itunes from CD's you've burned or tunes you've paid the extra $.30 to be DRM free.

March 13 2009 at 7:26 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Sam

oh oh oh! And guess what else? It's against the EULA to circumvent Doubletwist's DRM?

Get it? DVD Jon can circumvent all the DRM in the world, and doubletwist can circumvent iTunes DRM, but if you circumvent DVDJon's DRM then he'll shut you out!

March 03 2009 at 2:36 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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bob

uh, Sam, doubleTwist doesn't circumvent Apple DRM. You might consider using the application before commenting. Just saying....

March 12 2009 at 5:23 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Sam

Then how does it allow you to share your purchased iTunes music?

March 12 2009 at 5:53 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Sam

After reading the EULA, I decided not to install this. It gives itself carte blanche on installing 3rd party applications.

No thanks!

March 03 2009 at 2:21 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jake

I too am having trouble getting my confirmation email....

February 25 2009 at 8:52 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Dolphy

This software seems to be using Perian for all media decoding/encoding (FFMPEG). Looks like DVD Jon did not get enough court cases in his life :)

I am curious to see how long it will take before all companies holding patents on the various media formats used by DoubleTwist go after his California based venture.

Additionally there's no mention to the free software project (Perian is LGPL) on their page, not nice...

February 25 2009 at 10:17 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
colouroflight

Long live DVD Jon!

February 25 2009 at 9:50 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jimbo

You lost me at OS X Intel 10.5 - what a piece of shit OS...

February 24 2009 at 11:35 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Shunnabunich

Thanks for sharing that insight with us, Ms. Sunshine—err, Mr. Ballmer.

February 25 2009 at 4:54 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
bikeham

Didn't I read somewhere that the mac version doesn't support the ipod yet? Fail !

February 24 2009 at 11:14 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
GadgetGav

Shame they picked the name of a genomic data portal that boomed and bust in the space of about 3 years around the millennium.
Don't see the connection between what this software does and the name doubletwist.

February 24 2009 at 9:37 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Aseem

Did anyone notice... Andrew Stanton, after receiving Oscar for Wall-E, also mentioned Steve Jobs in this Thank-You speech for "creating a safehaven where movies like this could be made".

February 24 2009 at 9:12 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
2 replies to Aseem's comment
Adam

You do realize that Steve Jobs helped to create Pixar and is now the largest Disney shareholder after Disney bought Pixar? It does not mean that because Steve Jobs made Apple computer they have a better work place.

February 25 2009 at 12:43 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Aseem

Yes indeed... my point was to highlight the work of a genius (Steve Jobs) in making a place which nurtures more creative geniuses... no offences.. !! ;-)

February 25 2009 at 12:49 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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