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How to Play MKV Video on Mac
What are MKV files? How to play MKV files on Mac? How to use MKV Converter for Mac to convert MKV on Mac for free? Recent Article published on 4/24/2009 by hans0m
Lexar tool makes creating bootable USB flash drives easy
Lexar tool makes creating bootable USB flash drives easy
BootIt doesn’t handle partitioning duties, so you’ll need to do that first. After that, making your drive bootable is just a couple of clicks away. Enter a volume label, flip the removable bit if you’re using multiple partitions, mark your active partition, and you should be good to go.
Keep in mind that this utility is designed for Lexar drives, so it may not work with any old flash drive. I had success with both my Kingston and Transcend drives, though.
10 Youtube URL Tricks You Should Know About
10 Youtube URL Tricks You Should Know About
Youtube – You know that site with videos and all. Yeah! It turns out that its quite popular and you happen to visit and use it quite often. Instead of just searching and playing here are some top Youtube URL tricks that you should know about:
1. View high quality videos
Youtube gives you the option to switch to high quality videos for some of the videos, however you can check if a video is available in high quality format by appending ‘&fmt=18′(stereo, 480 x 270 resolution) or ‘&fmt=22′(stereo, 1280 x 720 resolution) for even higher quality.
2. Embed Higher Quality Videos
While the above trick works for playback, if however you want to embed hig quality videos you need to append “&ap=%2526fmt%3D18″ and “&ap=%2526fmt%3D22″ to the embed url.
3. Cut the chase and link to the interesting part
Linking to a video where the real action starts at 3 minutes 22 seconds, wondered if you could make it start at 03:22? You are in luck. All you have to do is add #t=03m22s (#t=XXmYYs for XX mins and YY seconds) to the end of the URL.
4. Hide the search box
The search box appears when you hover over an embedded video. To hide the search box add ‘&showsearch=0′ to the embed url.
5. Embed only a part of Video
Just append ‘&start=30′ to skip first 30s of the video. In general you can modify the value after start= to the number of seconds you want to skip the video for.
6. Autoplay an embedded video
Normally when you embed a Youtube video and load the page, the player is loaded and it sits there waiting for you to hit the play button. You can make the video play automatically by adding ‘&autoplay=1′ to the url part of the embed code.
7. Loop an embedded video
Append ‘&loop=1′ to make the video start again without user intervention after it reaches the end.
8. Disable Related Videos
Publishing your content in the form of Youtube video? Don’t want people to see other people’s content that may be related but may as well be in competition to you? Just add ‘&rel=0′ to the end of the url part of the embed code and you just turned off the related video suggestions!
9. Bypass Youtube Regional Filtering
Some videos are only available in certain parts of the world. Your IP Address is used to determine your location and then allow or deny access to the video. Change the url from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<somecode> to http://www.youtube.com/v/<somecode>
10. Download Video
Although not inherently a youtube trick but useful all the same for downloading videos. Just change youtube to kickyoutube in the url of the video and it will take you to kickyoutube.com with all the options for downloading the video you were watching.
Do you know of some similar Youtube URL tricks and hacks? Fire them in comments!
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Manage Multiple Network Configurations with NetSetMan
Manage Multiple Network Configurations with NetSetMan
If you use different network connection on your laptop or computer at office and at home, then switching between the different networks is a tiring task. NetSetMan is a free application for Windows which can easily switch between 6 different network profiles quickly. NetSetMan is a network settings manager utility which can easily change your network settings.
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You can configure settings for the following options for 6 networks;
- IP Address
- Subnet Mask
- Default Gateway
- DNS Server
- WINS Server
- Computer Name
- Workgroup
- DNS Domain
- Default Printer
- Network Drives
- NIC Status
- SMTP Server
- Hosts File Entries
- Scripts
You can see the networks and overview of the IPs from the system tray.
Since all settings and changes are saved automatically in a separate file (settings.ini), you can do a backup or transfer from one PC to another.
NetSetMan is a freeware for non-commercial use only, if you need to use it at office, you need to get a PRO version which also offers more features.
Reezaa MP3 Converter is an easy-to-use all to mp3 converter.
Reezaa MP3 Converter is an easy-to-use all to mp3 converter.
Reezaa MP3 Converter is an easy-to-use all to mp3 converter. Converts all formats Video and Audio to MP3, WAV, WMA, OGG, FLAC, AMR, AC3, AAC. Reezaa supports AVI, WMV, MOV, 3GP, MP4, FLV, RM, RMVB, VOB, DAT, MPEG, WAV, WMA, ASF, OGG, RA and all DVD formats. Reezaa MP3 Converter also supports audio files conversion between MP3, WMA, WAV, AC3, AAC, AMR, MPG.
Features:
- Listen to Audio from Your Favorite Music Videos
- Study a foreign language when you’re on the go
- Create a CD with the music and present it as a gift
- Share your music on the Web
- Personalize your cell phone with MP3 ring tones
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Easily Burn Discs With BurnAware Free Edition
Easily Burn Discs With BurnAware Free Edition
Windows Vista and XP have built in disc burning functionality but they are lacking in features. Today we will take a look at BurnAware Free Edition which – as the name implies – is free and feature rich.
One thing to mention during installation is that the Ask Toolbar will be checked by default. If you don’t want another toolbar make sure and uncheck this.
The user interface of BurnAware is very clean and easy to navigate. Just click the type of media you would like to create on the left. Also worth pointing out is the ability to create ISO and DVD images, new in Windows 7 is a utility that will allow you to burn ISO images.
Burning a disc is very straight forward. Choose the type of disc to create from the menu above then add files.
One of the preferences I like is the ability to choose the write speed before burning. If burning an important data disc, quality movie, or DVD I prefer err on the side of a slower speed.
You can view the progress while burning the disc.
A successful burn of a CD as an example. We would have loved to try a Blu-ray but unfortunately no Blu-ray burner.
Conclusion
BurnAware is a very nice disc burning utility. It is extremely simple to install and use. One caveat is you will need to purchase a license for the Home version if you want to create bootable discs or images. The licensed version for $29.95 allows additional tools for copying DVD’s, games, and, other digital media. If you are looking for a free and easy to use disc burning application BurnAware Free is a great choice!
Build Your Own Linux Distribution with Revisor [Linux]
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Build Your Own Linux Distribution with Revisor [Linux]
Find yourself making the same customizations over and over again every time you install a Linux system? Revisor, a free distribution customizer, lets you pick the packages and tweaks you want to see kept in, then compiles and compresses it all into a CD, DVD, or USB-friendly ISO image for you to install or live-boot with. PC Plus has a step-by-step guide to using Revisor on Fedora, but you can compile nearly any type of desktop with this tool.
Carbon Copy Cloner
The key to a successful backup plan is to actually do the backups regularly. When left to a human, the task often gets tacked on to the end of a very long list of other things to do. When you eventually have a catastrophe, the data is simply gone. You know that feeling — you just lost six years of family photos. Your kids being born, their first birthdays, their first everything. The answer to this is consistent and regular backups, placed on a schedule and handled automatically by your computer.
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