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View And Extract Video & Audio Attributes Of Media File With MediaInfo

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MediaInfo is a minuscule application which is written for power users who want to know detailed information about the media file. The application gives an elaborated insight into numerous media file attributes, ranging from media format profile, settings, bit rate, writing application, video profile and settings regarding BVOP, Qpel, GMC, and Matrix, Codec ID, Frame rate, Chroma sub-sampling, Writing library, Bit depth, to Audio codecs used, Mode extension, Audio channels, Compression mode, Interleave duration and so on. The application supports a huge list of media formats including, AVI, OGG, MPG, MP3, WMA, WMV, MOV, VOb, MP4, M4A, M2V, AAC, AC3, Monkey Audio, and many others formats. It integrates with Windows Shell menu, letting user view media information of selected file quickly from right-click context-menu. Read More

Automatically Enlarge YouTube Videos To The Length Of Chrome Browser [Extension]

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When watching YouTube videos, it can be quite frustrating to manage the video size of the streaming content. The full screen option merely expands the video to your entire screen which can be quite undesirable. Windows Expander For YouTube is a Google Chrome extension that allows users to auto start a YouTube  video, set a custom size and mange its quality levels. Read More

Download, Convert, And Stream Videos From 300+ Websites With FVD Suite

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Earlier we have covered some video downloaders, such as Orbit Downloader and Free Make Video downloader, the latter having the ability to download and convert Dailymotion, Vimeo and Facebook videos as well. Today we will review FVD Suite, which supports more than 300+ video sharing platforms whilst offering on the fly conversion of downloaded videos. Along with downloading and converting flash-based videos, you will also be able to stream media from thousands of supported websites. Read More

Record Streaming Media With Stream Recorder.NET

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Windows Media Player and VLC is widely used for streaming audio/video from external locations but it is a real nuisance to record that streaming media, as you need to take multiple steps in both WMP & VLC to start recording the media being streamed. Ohad Schneider brings a simple solution to seamlessly record the streaming audio/video through his open source product called StreamRecorder.NET, a GUI based application which offers a simple set of options to let user record the streaming audio or video without requiring any copy & paste operations over source URL. The application offers utterly simple interface while options to set duration for recording audio/video (which is being streamed) are also available. Read More

FreeMake Video Converter v1.3 Brings GPU Hardware Acceleration, Preset Editor, And More

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Back in July, we reviewed FreeMake Video Converter – an aesthetically appealing video converter which at that point of time supported various video formats with an ability to upload converted videos directly to YouTube. Recently, its developer Kate Smith updated me with a whole lot of new & interesting features included in latest iteration - Ver 1.3.0. Amongst the list, the most significant improvements are, a preset editor to let user select video/audio codecs & other video parameters along with an icon, support for SWF, MKV, and MPEG formats, and intrinsic preset list has been improvised with Apple, Sony and Android devices. Additionally, users can now put a limit on output file size and select video quality-speed specific encoding options. Read More

Keep Flash Videos In Full Screen On Dual Monitor When Focus Is Lost

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If you’ve had the experience of working in a dual monitor environment, you may have come across the fact that you cannot play a flash video in full screen on the second monitor and perform some other task at the same time. Supposing that one of your monitors is playing a flash video in full screen mode, as soon as you perform some other activity on the second monitor you’ll notice that the full screen mode is gone. Apparently, this is one of the limitations of the flash plugin for almost all modern browsers. Read More

Quickly Analyze Sports Videos With Kinovea Video Editor

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If you’re a coach, an athlete, a medical expert or simply someone who wants to observe, analyze and describe performance captured on a video, you should give Kinovea a try. Being just under 13MB’s in file space, the abilities of the software can be well recognized. It primarily targets coaches, athletes and medical experts by supporting specific functions. Users can measure line length, speed and distance. Data can be exported to OpenOffice calc, Excel and simple text. Read More

PUMP – Media Organizer And Converter That Can Sync With Any Device

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PUMP is an all-in-one video manager which comes with many lofty boxed-up features to organize all the videos on your hard drive. Aside from merely being a video manager, it offers a list of services, video-sharing websites and BitTorrent search engines, such as, Dailymotion, Youtube, Mininova, LegalTorrents and Google Torrent, to fetch information on latest videos updates, stream videos, and download them. If you’re an avid movies fan having a huge collection of movies, music videos, and TV shows, it can help you in bookmarking most precious videos, so you can watch them anytime you want without having to search through your collection. The application comes with a list of some pre-mounted video feeds, which you can be customized. Furthermore, it is also capable of syncing your collection with iPod, iPhone, and other portable media players. Read More

Drag And Drop Conversion Of Videos With Handbrake Using DropFolders

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Video conversion is something that almost all of us have tried our hand at, one point or the other. Whether it is to make a video DVD Player-compatible, or to convert it so our portable media devices, aka smartphones and tablets, can handle the playback, almost everyone would've converted videos at least once. These days, choices among conversion software, especially the free ones, are numerous. One can arguably claim that Handbrake is one of the best free video encoding/decoding tools available out there. While the program itself has evolved quite a lot in terms of user friendliness and ease of understanding, wouldn’t it still be convenient if every single part of the process can be automated? Well, it seems developer Joseph Labrecque certainly thought so, so he created DropFolders. Read More

Add Or Replace Audio In Video File With Cute Video Audio Merger

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Cute Video Audio Merger is an application to merge video and audio file into single video file. This comes useful when you need to overlap the audio of a video file with some other audio. The application comes with a codec pack which supports MP4, FLV, SWF, and WMV video formats and has an ability to add/replace the audio in video file without requiring any extra codecs. Read More

How To: Watch DivX, XVID, MKV, AVI Videos On Android Phone

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Got a bunch of videos in DivX,XviD, MKV or AVI formats that you transferred to your Android phone to watch them on it while on the go, but got frustrated at finding out your device isn't playing them due to lack of format support? Thinking of resorting to video converters to convert them in a format compatible with your device? Stop, as you don't need to waste time in the lengthy conversion process. Using free app RockBasePlayer, you can play videos in all these formats on your Android device directly, with ease. Read More

FLVMeta Adds Metadata In FLV Video Files

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FLV files are a great and popular method of sharing videos online, but a key element lacking is metadata. The usefulness of such can not be underestimated; metadata stores a lot of useful information about any kind of media, be it images, videos, music etc. Hence such information in FLV files can be similarly beneficial. Unfortunately, there is no easy way to do that. Adding metadata to these files is for advance users, and if you are willing to take the pain, FLVmeta is a tool that can help you. Read More

Convert Your Images Into HD Videos With Photo Film Strip

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Photo slideshows are rather fun to watch, but they are not that friendly when it comes to compatibility over various viewing media. Photo Film Strip takes this concept to a new level, and created stunning, beautiful movies out of your images in few simple and easy steps. A tool that would appeal to both amateur and professional photographers. Read More

Convert Downloaded FLV Video To Mp3 Audio File

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When it comes to downloading flash videos from all the different video websites on the internet, at times you just want the audio in MP3 format rather than the whole video. While there are online tools available that let you directly download the audio for some video sites, they may not work for all sites. That's why one way to do it is to download the video in FLV format from them and then extract the audio from it in Mp3 format, and we will teach you how to do the extraction easily on your computer. Read More

How To Convert/Export PowerPoint 2010 Presentation To Video

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You may often find yourself in situations where you need to convert a PowerPoint presentation to Video, for instance it may be the case that you need to upload a presentation as a movie to YouTube or any other service. The advantage of converting presentation into video format is that viewers won't require PowerPoint to view it since it could be played in any media player. Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 includes a built in tool which lets you convert PowerPoint presentations to video. Read More

Download Any Flash Video With Orbit Downloader

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There are so many flash video downloaders out there that downloading videos from the internet is not a problem any more. What all developers miss out is that there are thousands if not millions of video portals out there, so we need a tool that can work for most or all of them, rather than merely the popular ones. Read More

Installation & Usage Of Top 12 Media Players In Ubuntu Linux

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One of the perks of Linux is that it offers a large numbers of free tools and applications. Ubuntu supports a vast number of media players, below we have reviewed 12 of them along with their installation instructions and usage. The benefit of writing the installation instructions along with a short review is that it helps a user to install multiple apps easily without having to visit the product page. Read More

Convert Any Video File Into Self-Running Executable (.Exe) Player

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MakeInstantPlayer is a free tool for Windows that is a bit similar to Screen2Exe but does a very different job. Just as you can create an executable file after recording a screen cast using Screen2Exe. This tool allows you to create an executable file from any media files, it could a movie, a family video, or whatever. The support of various video formats is astonishing, you can convert an .avi, .mov, .flv, or whatever video format to a self-playing .exe file. The first step is to choose a media file, also the output destination and file name. Second step is to choose the Splash file(should be in .gif format) and Icon file(should be in .ico format). You can also choose to add a personal URL, but it is not necessary. By benefits of adding the URL is that after the video playback is complete, your website can be shown in any default browser automatically. Read More

Rise Sun – Turn Your Webcam Into Video Surveillance Security Camera System

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Are you leaving your office or maybe planning to take a vacation. Security is something that everybody considers strongly. Instead of purchasing expensive video surveillance systems, you can now convert your webcam into a motion-sensing security camera without paying a buck. Rise Sun is a free webcam motion-detecting software for Windows that can turn your computer into a video surveillance system. The motion sensing is so accurate that I couldn’t resist trying it on myself. You can manually adjust the Sensor Sensitivity, Camera Performance, and Trigger Threshold. For the program to detect the motion more accurately, you will have to set the Trigger Threshold to medium. Note: Rise Sun for Windows has been discontinued. You can check out previously featured TeboCam and Forevid. Read More

Make A Slideshow With Music And Audio Using PhotoStage

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Remember, last year we discussed about making a free DVD slideshow(with music) in Windows Vista. Well it got a lot more easier and professional with PhotoStage. It is a free tool for Windows that lets you create a professional slideshow with any media file. You can add photos, videos, music, and also add your own recorded voice to the slideshow all from within a simple-to-use interface.

The slideshow feature in Windows DVD Maker contains basic features only, while in PhotoStage you can edit every aspect of the slideshow to give it a professional look.

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