What is an AAC file? AAC stands for Advanced Audio Coding. It is an audio format endorsed by ISO and IEC as MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 standards for video streams. The MPEG-2 technology behind AAC allows audio files to be compressed to smaller file sizes without compromising audio quality. As such it’s one of the preferred […]
More often than not, when producing videos for YouTube, more attention is paid to video quality than audio quality. But then there are some instances where audio quality matters more than video quality. An instance of this is talking head videos. There’s nothing much to see except the person talking and what he or she […]
You may have recorded a video on iPhone in the MOV format and now want to convert it to MP4. Or you may have used an older Android phone to record video in the 3GPP or MPEG-TS format. You want to now save your phone video as an MP4. MP4 is a universal video file […]
When out shopping for an HDTV or computer monitor you would have come across the terms video refresh rate and video frame rate. What are they and how do they work? What is Video Refresh Rate Refresh rate is the number of times an image is reprojected or ‘newly drawn’ on a TV screen every […]
On your TV set, you’ll notice that one of its features is that it comes with an NTSC or ATSC tuner or both NTSC and ATSC tuners. Now, what does that mean? To understand what they mean, you would first have to know what a tuner is. What is a Tuner? A TV tuner is […]
You may want to discontinue your cable TV subscription and want to opt for OTA TV. OTA TV now being fully digital in the USA, offers some programs that rival paid cable or satellite TV services. OTA TV’s Two Frequencies You may have learned that OTA TV is broadcast in two separate frequencies. The two […]
More often than not, Google Drive doesn’t allow you to play video uploaded to it. Is downloading and playing it offline the only solution? No, there are quick and easy fixes to overcome the problem. Google Drive is an excellent cloud storage solution for video files. If you have dozens of video files you can […]
While exploring how to record TV programs you may have come across PVR and DVR. You may not be clear as to what each does. You may also wonder which you should get to record your TV programs. This post will clear the air on the matter. Personal Video Recorder (PVR) A PVR is a […]
DVD recorders with hard drives give you the best of two worlds. They allow you to record video to disc and to hard disk. If you’re recording the odd show, then you could do with a generic DVD recorder (without a hard disk). But if you’ve hundreds of shows to record and don’t fancy spending […]
Metal particle videotapes were first introduced in the 1980s to be used with the 8mm video format. Metal Particle Tape Types There are two types of metal particle tapes – metal powder (MP) and metal evaporated (ME) tapes. These tapes have a pure metal coating on the magnetic material of the tapes. Uniformity of Metal […]