I love YouTube. I’m certain I’m not alone. I was curious about finding new videos to watch on YouTube, and while there are a ton circulating on Facebook and Twitter, they’re often recycled and stuff that I’ve seen before. Luckily, I stumbled upon these two methods of discovering new videos. Here they are: 1. Show [...]
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Snipreel (alpha) is a very simple tool that helps you ‘snip’ a part (or parts) from a YouTube video and then share it with your friends using the generated Snipreel URL. I went in search of this utility when I wanted to highlight something from a cookery video I was watching on YouTube. The entire [...]
With the advent of larger displays and powerful graphic cards, Media Center PCs are nowadays very popular among the masses. It not only provides a user the power of a computer but also promises an advanced (and enriching) entertainment experience. Of course there are software like Windows Media Center and Apple Front Row to handle [...]
A common phrase we use when it comes to praising something is “ short and sweet ”. Have you ever heard anyone saying “It was long but sweet”? I suppose no. Same is the case with videos. People usually prefer short and interesting video clips rather than long videos that beat around the bush. Of [...]
There’s no doubt that VLC is one of the most acclaimed and feature-rich media players available. Yes, of course the reason is its seamless ability to play wide variety of media files and discs but that’s not all. Using VLC you can do many creative things with your videos and one of the examples that [...]
TED, the abbreviation that stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design is a non-profit organization that works on a single primary goal of aggregating and sharing “Ideas Worth Spreading”. These ideas are shared via their global conferences called TED Talks which gives a platform to visionaries in diverse fields to spread their creative ideas to the [...]
Recently, we discussed how we can use Windows Movie Maker as a video cutter to separate out segments from videos easily. I agree the process to cut videos is very simple, but if you are looking for an even easier way to cut out small video segments and are an ardent VLC media player fan [...]
Windows Movie Maker is an excellent tool to work on videos and the best part is that it’s free! Obviously, you can’t compare it to the advanced tools like Sony Vegas or Adobe Movie Maker but if you are looking for some basic, in fact more than just basic video editing then Windows Movie Maker [...]
With the tons of TV shows, movies, and documentaries out there in various different definitions and encoded in different codecs and formats, every user looks for the one player that is able to smoothly buffer videos and has the ability to open all sorts of files, ranging from .mp4‘s to .mkv‘s. I hated those days [...]
YouTube has its place; maybe on the throne of all video hosting websites. But then many ‘pretenders’ have come along. What they have given us are myriad ways of watching an online video. Throw VHX.tv into the mix. VHX.tv says that they have combined the best parts of TV with the best of the web. [...]
“Windows Media Player cannot play the file because the required video codec is not installed on your computer.” “Invalid File Format.” These are just two of the more common error messages you might get while attempting to play an audio or video file. The reasons for this very common error lie in missing codecs. It [...]
Web conferencing is the way to go if you need to collaborate with people who are sitting miles away from you, may be in a different hemisphere of the globe. The thing about good web conferencing tools is that they don’t come cheap. You could of course use different tools, like Skype for calls and [...]
Almost every second day we find ourselves in situations where we need to convert videos for our handheld, clip audio for an upcoming birthday party, take screencast for presenting in a conference and other such activities related to media files. Although many individual applications are available for such tasks, a good all-one free tool is [...]
The information glut on the web means that you have to pick and choose what you want to read, listen, or watch. If you are looking for two of the more intellectually captivating and inspiring sources of information, you could do no better than the two streaming video sites profiled here. TED Talks and the [...]
Guiding Tech has talked about many online video downloading tricks till date. No doubt, all these applications and plugins helped us to download the online videos but most of them focused on YouTube. Of course, YouTube still holds the biggest share among online video services but still we can’t ignore new and emerging names like [...]
At times, I get phone calls from my parents and acquaintances asking for some how-to stuffs concerning their computer. Guiding them over the phone is usually less of helping and more of an annoyance. Hence, to make things simple for myself and for them, these days I record a quick video showing the solution and [...]
