January 30, 2010
So your friendly neighborhood admin has been asked this question way too many times and I have decided to share this information with you here in the hopes that users will Google this issue before asking! Camcorders such as the JVC Everio (pictured below) use a .MOD extension to save their video files. This is very [...]
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December 24, 2009
It’s the holiday season and the family is coming around to visit as usual. And as usual the technology requests are in. This year I have been tasked with converting VHS videos to DVD. I did not want to spend a fortune on conversion software and as the story goes I wanted FREE software so [...]
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December 15, 2009
Recently a friend of mine asked for my help to find a video of a good presentation to be shown to one of his classes. He also requested for it to be iPod friendly as he would also distribute the video to his students. Three things came to my mind: Steve Jobs, Quicktime and Handbrake. [...]
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November 24, 2009
We have covered plenty of audio/video tools in the past, from mp3 joiner to freeware video converters. If you are an avid user of such tools, you will have a nice, albeit a little lengthy, collection in your start menu. Well here is one tool that can make that list a little shorter. It is [...]
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November 18, 2009
The Flash FLV video format has become the default format for video on the web. Many popular video websites like YouTube, Google Videos, DailyMotion, MetaCafe, and Yahoo! Videos use the FLV video format. Meanwhile, most Windows desktop video programs used to play and edit videos use the Microsoft AVI file format. As a result, many [...]
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November 14, 2009
Have you ever downloaded a file and waited patiently for it to come in? Then you realize that the file’s extension is not an AVI or mpg and it is in fact a MKV file. MKV files are known for their high quality and their inability to play in most DVD players and media players [...]
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October 8, 2009
One of the first things I always do whenever I write a particular blog article that I’m very proud of is to distribute it using the methods that are appropriate to its content. For example, if I’ve written an article about something related to the paranormal or related research that I do in that area, [...]
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October 2, 2009
These days, everyone lives and breathes internet video. However, you can be damn sure you’re missing out on a part of the fun when you’re restricted to the use of only one site. There are some video portal aggregators that allow you to search multiple sites at once. Likewise, there are various sites that allow [...]
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September 1, 2009
Some people love a movie so much that they watch it time and time again. But spinning a disc over and over will surely wear it down to the point that it’s not watchable anymore. So, instead of buying a new DVD copy every time the old one has been scratched to bits; a better [...]
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August 21, 2009
One of the virtues of having a PSP is the ability to play media on the go. Whether you’re in the car, on an airplane, or just enjoying your coffee break. If you’ve cracked your PSP, you can get nearly all films working on your device, but otherwise, your movie watching is entirely limited to [...]
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August 9, 2009
YouTube is the biggest video sharing site on the planet. It doesn’t matter if you’re looking for a review of the latest gadget, or a simple walking tour of a historical site, chances are you’d find it on YouTube. Most videos uploaded to YouTube are made by amateurs like you and I, usually with modest [...]
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July 25, 2009
I have used MANY video converters over the years. DVD to MPG or DVD to AVI and then I needed to convert AVI to WMV and many other combinations. Every time I was forced to find a different application to convert my damn video files! It was pretty annoying. So when I happed upon VideoSpiritLite [...]
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July 18, 2009
There are plenty of sites that allow you to view and upload videos and share your memories, experiences and knowledge with the world. However, with its extremely large user base and plenty of tools at your disposal, few may argue that YouTube is the place for your videos to be. Some time back we showed [...]
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July 10, 2009
There are many reasons why one would want to convert their videos. More so if we’re talking about DVDs. Sure, they’re the favourite food of your DVD player, but they’ve got a huge filesize and are impractically subdivided. To be honest, the only reason we’re still using the format is because everyone keeps buying DVD [...]
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June 27, 2009
With the different audio and video formats available, there is often the need to inter convert amongst them – sometimes for quality and sometimes for compatibility. Here are some of the better software, that you can use to achieve the inter conversions on your Linux box. Sound Converter Available via the package manager, Sound converter [...]
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