Garmin releases MalSingMaps Malaysia/Singapore/Brunei NT 2009.40 for free update

Garmin has made available MalSingMaps (MSM) Malaysia/Singapore/Brunei NT 2009.40 for free update now. The update file SgMyMal_2009.40.exe has the size of 164,515kb.

The installation program will update gmapprom1.img, gmapprom1.unl and SGMYMAL.JCV in your Garmin GPS navigator.

During the installation process, you'll be asked for the unlock key. The key is stored in the existing gmapprom1.unl file in your Garmin GPS navigator, which you can open with Notepad or any text editor. Just copy and paste the key to the installer when asked.

The size of SGMYMAL.JCV has increased to 199,587kb from the previous 199,430kb (for MalSingMaps NT 2009.30).

Version highlights:

• Synchronize to Malsingmaps v3.09
• Add toll road information
• Add more speed limit and lane information

Click here to download the installation file of MalSingMaps Malaysia/Singapore/Brunei NT 2009.40 from Garmin server.

Using Avidemux to rotate video movie in Linux/BSD/Solaris/Mac/Windows

Recently, I wrote about "using free software to turn/rotate/flip video movie" which can be done with 2 Windows based applications namely Windows Movie Maker and Free Video Flip and Rotate.

Now I am going to write about Avidemux, which can do the same video rotating function, and is multi-platform (can run in Linux/BSD/Solaris/Mac/Windows). Being GNU GPL licensed, you can also install and use Avidemux for free.

To rotate a video, open the video file. Then, change "Copy" in the Video section to one of the video format of your choice.

After that, click on the "Filters" button.

Double click the "Rotate" option under the Transform filter, and select the rotation degree. You can click the "Preview" button to see how it is going to look like.

Close the Video Filter Manager when you are done. Save the video with a new filename and you will get the rotated video.

Click here to go to the website of Avidemux.

If you are using Ubuntu Linux, you can probably install Avidemux with Synaptic Package Manager.

Using free software to turn/rotate/flip video movie

Certain video taken by digital camera or mobile phone might be displayed at 90 degree rotated on your monitor. Don't worry, you can make use of some free tools to turn it back to normal orientation (instead of turning your neck to watch the video).

Method 1: Using Windows Movie Maker

Windows Movie Maker that bundled in the Windows operating system is pretty feature rich, and is able to rotate the video by 90, 180 or 270 degree, as well as flipping (mirroring) vertially or horizontally.

You need to firstly open the original video file, then drag it to one of the box in the storyboard bar. After that, right click on the box and select "Video Effects...". You can pick and add the rotate effect from the list.

To save the rotated video, pull down the File menu and select "Save Movie File...". Follow the instruction and you will get a new rotated video file either saved in .WMV or .AVI format.

Method 2: Using Free Video Flip and Rotate

If you find Windows Movie Maker way of rotating video to be tedious, or Windows Movie Maker is unable to open and/or process your video file, you can download and use the Free Video Flip and Rotate utility.

This utility is very straight forward, and supports a vast variety of video format.

You just need to specify the source (input) video file, and the output file, then click on the conversion button (which allow you to rotate and/or flip the source video). Then click the "convert" button and you will get a new .AVI file.

Click here to go to the download page of Free Video Flip and Rotate.

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• Using Avidemux to rotate video movie in Linux/BSD/Solaris/Mac/Windows