FAQ
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[edit] FAQ Live!
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[edit] TWiT.tv
- What does "TWiT" mean? Is it an acronym?
- "TWiT" stands for "this WEEK in TECH", the name of the flagship netcast for TWiT.tv, an operating trademark of TWiT LLC.
- What is TWiT.tv? Is it some sort of network? When did it start?
- TWiT.tv is one of the biggest netcast networks around. It started in August 2005 with only 2 netcasts and now it has grown to include over 15 shows. The domain twit.tv gets over 2 million views per week, according to alexa.com.
- Dude that's some cool equipment, what are they and where can I get it?
- You can find all the information on the equipment used here.
- Who did the album artwork and where can I find them?
- Those are done by "Nitrozac" from The Joy of Tech. Portraits can be ordered at the GeekCulture store.
- Dude, the music sounds awesome! Where can I find them and download a copy for myself?
- Music for each of TWiT's netcasts can be found here. Many composers of TWiT's music, jingles and themes include Ashley Witt, Pauly Wood, George Wood and Geoff Smith.
- I'd really like some TWiT wallpaper for my computer, where can I find some?
- There are a number of TWiT wallpapers on the TWiT Army flickr. TWiT Wallpapers
- Should I donate, what extra features does it get me?
- Donating gets you access to the TWiT donors forum, which hosts a lot of tech discussion and tech support questions. Donations support the ongoing costs of the TWiT Network, servers (including the server running this wiki), bandwidth, rent, and other regular costs. TWiT couldn't exist without the generous donations of its community.
[edit] TWiT Live & TWiT.am
- What's doing the graphics that I see on the screen and who did them?
- The graphics are done by Leo's Tricaster, a piece of video equipment designed to handle live video production. Most of the tricaster graphics or overlays are done by NiteInJail.
- Most of the current video streams require Adobe Flash, but less proprietary HTML 5 streams are becoming more common and may eventually win the standards war.
- What is the native resolution of the TWiT Live screen
- (Stickam's not currently supported. Is the rest of this paragraph still true?) 604x340. Leo streams into Flash Media Encoder at a higher resolution but FME outputs to Stickam in 604x340 to give best chance for quality since Stickam player should not have to rescale the images.
- What live streams are available?
- Live TWiT TV has the quickest links to live video and audio.
- Is there an audio-only stream?
- See TWiT.am, or copy this m3u link directly into an Icecast2 compatible media player like iTunes, Winamp, VLAN, or Windows Media Player.
- What downloads are available?
- - iTunes is still the most popular source of downloadable TWiT content, and MediaFly is the newest.
- - See How to Watch and Listen to TWiT for the latest and most comprehensive list of choices of video and audio streams and content, which changes and improves often.
- - Most videos have also been available to download (unofficially) at odtv.me. oDtv.me is run by kiwinerd.
[edit] TWiT Social Venues
- What are the most popular twitter addresses?
- - @LeoLaporte is Leo's "personal" address.
- - @TWiTLive announces each live show.
- - @TWiT announces newly available content.
- - Others
- How can I chat live with hundreds of other people?
- - For more serious chatters who want to use their own dedicated IRC chat client
- - For new users, an easier, web-based chat client
- TWiT Army, FriendFeed, Buzz, etc
- -yup. (need links, please)
[edit] TWiT Army
- What is the TWiT Army, does it also have another meaning?
- The TWiT Army is a term given to the loyal viewers of TWiT, who test out the servers of new Web 2.0 sites by connecting to them in massive droves. The TWiT Army is also TWiT's microblogging service.
- How do I join?
- There are two ways you can join, one is by registering for an account with your username, password, email, real name and avatar. Two is that you can use your OpenID to log in, if you have an OpenID url. Click the OpenID link, enter your OpenID, confirm it and you're done.
- The graphics are cool, who did them?
- The graphics are done by Ben Grelle, also known as "thefrogman". He has done the TWiT Army theme, various TWiT Army graphics, and the logo you see on the top-left hand corner.
- Can I follow people from identi.ca?
- Yes, you just go to the identi.ca contact those you want to follow, click follow and post in your url, click submit then accept and you're now the contact's new follower.
- Can I crosspost to Twitter. I don't want to forget about my Twitter peeps.
- You can do this by going into settings and clicking on the tab that says Twitter, enter your Twitter credientals and you should be good to go.
- What's that bugle over there, does it do anything?
- That bugle is used for daily announcements and your "Mu of the Day".
- Wait a second, what's a mu?"
- Mu (μ) is short for μblog or microblog, a short post containing 140 characters or less. It is the same thing as tweet. Other terms used by Laconica and clients are "notice" and "status".
- I noticed themes for holidays. Is there going to be a theme for every holiday?
- Yes, there is a theme for every holiday, there's already been one for Halloween, Thanksgiving and New Years. All of these themes are also done by thefrogman.
[edit] The Tech Guy Radio Broadcast
- What is The Tech Guy (TTG), and what does it have to do with TWiT?
- The Tech Guy is Leo's weekly national radio broadcast, and is completely separate from TWiT. Fortunately for us, Leo has been allowed to stream TTG from his TWiT studio, albeit with live caller audio restrictions. If Premiere Radio Network did not allow this, we would not get to watch Leo live at all during TTG.
- Why is caller audio restricted?
- Only radio stations that contract with Premiere Radio Network have full rights to broadcast TTG. Radio stations have to pay for their programming with income from advertisers. If no one listened to their advertisements, radio stations and The Tech Guy could not even exist.
- How can I listen to TTG with caller audio?
- Not via TWiT during the live TTG broadcast. Instead, see The Tech Guy or TechGuyLabs.com/radio.
- How can I call TTG and talk to Leo?
- Rehearse your question or topic so it can go smoothly, and call during show time. The number is 8888 AskLeo (888-827-5536). There's usually a lot of competition to get on. The people who try the most often get through the most often!
