Melton
12 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 7 years ago - ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsDon Melton worked at Netscape on Mozilla and at Apple on WebKit and Safari. Now he's a recovering programmer working on video encoding and whatever else he feels like. These are his stories.
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Episodes
12: Zero regression [Unrated]
June 19, 2017 05:08 - 42.2 MBDon's seen WWDC, has his glass of wine, and is ready to jump into all the Safari and WebKit updates, H.265 (HEVC) support and what it means for transcoding, and call BS on the latest tech nonsense. Listen along!
11: The big 6.0
January 05, 2017 15:47 - 54.1 MBIt's a Merry Melton Holiday Special, and we're talking Apple 2017, what re-orgs mean, how good products get delayed, Don turns 6.0 just as Handbrake goes 1.0, and more!
10: Gramps don't beta
October 30, 2016 12:19 - 53.8 MBWe're back! And we're catching up! But Gramps don't beta and didn't finish watching Luke Cage so we talk Macs, secret projects, transcoding, and NEON WARNING: U.S. politics.
09: Darth Melton
December 23, 2015 01:18 - 58 minutes - 40.5 MBDon and Rene avoid Star Wars spoilers (except for Return of the Jedi) by talking Apple executive moves, high definition audio, Netflix compression, going HTTPS, going WordPress, and more!
08: I'm a PC! (Gamer)
December 03, 2015 05:25 - 1 hour - 50.6 MBDon's built a gaming PC, Rene's got a DCI-P3 iMac, the new Apple TV, and more! Don's new gaming PC parts
07: Secret origins of blockers
October 14, 2015 02:57 - 1 hour - 46.4 MBDon and Rene talk Safari performance, content blockers, Apple event, 4K on Apple TV, and more!
06: Where the hell are my Hearts?
July 24, 2015 05:11 - 1 hour - 64.7 MBIt's Don vs. Apple Music with special guest star—and ace troubleshooter—Serenity Caldwell joining in to help!
05: Like browsers on watches
April 28, 2015 15:59 - 1 hour - 53.8 MBDon and Rene talk about the absence of Safari on Apple Watch, experimenting with D, transcoding updates, and all the new trailers: Star Wars, Batman vs. Superman, and more!
04: State of the 4K
February 22, 2015 04:44 - 1 hour - 51 MBDon and Rene talk about the latest updates, the state of 4K television and content, and transcoding, of course.
03: Like Uber for iPhones
December 20, 2014 14:34 - 1 hour - 52.3 MBRene reviews his new 13-inch MacBook Pro, Don reviews his new iPhone 6 Plus — and the process he had to go through to get it. Also, Amazon's 4K streaming plans, bitrate ballparks, and Don's adventures in 4K transcoding.
02: Retina 5K transcoding
November 21, 2014 00:26 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBThe Retina 5K iMac is here and we've got 'em! Rene loves the pixels. Don is too busy putting those 4 cores through his usual, brutal transcoding paces to notice. Plus, iCloud beachballs of unusual annoyance!
01: Day and night HomeKits
October 10, 2014 17:52 - 1 hour - 53.4 MBFormer director of internet technologies at Apple and recovering programmer Don Melton kicks off his new monthly show by talking to Rene about his second home, plans for HomeKit, True Justice Season 2, video transcoding, and the perils of light prototypes.