Freevideoworkshop provides tech explainer articles, tutorials and guides for beginners.

What You Need to Know About the PCM Audio Format: A Quick Explanation

<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>PCM stands for Pulse Code Modulation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>PCM converts analog audio to digital audio without any form of compression&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>It is a form of digital signal that is used to represent analog audio&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>The main purpose of PCM is to duplicate the original analog audio as closely as possible into a digital format&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>As the […]

Kumara Velu

The Best Free Essential Tools for YouTubers to Grow Their Channels

<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>If you&&num;8217&semi;re a YouTuber out to make a living or earn part-time revenue out of the video-sharing platform&comma; you would have invested quite a bit in equipment to get your channel going&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>With the physical side of things taken care of&comma; you would now have to look at the software side of things&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>These […]

Kumara Velu

How to Prevent Copyright Strikes on YouTube and Protect Your Channel from Penalties

<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>Contrary to popular belief&comma; you can just upload any video you like to YouTube&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>YouTube may be a platform where many upload fun videos&period; However&comma; many do not know that YouTube takes copyright protection seriously until they receive copyright strikes for their videos&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>You&&num;8217&semi;ll get a copyright strike when you&&num;8217&semi;re found to have uploaded […]

Kumara Velu

How to Add Chapters to YouTube Videos Manually and Automatically

<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>Do you often upload long videos to YouTube but find your views and engagement wanting&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>Well&comma; your videos may have valuable content&comma; but then they may not be attracting attention because of the length&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>It&&num;8217&semi;s not going overboard saying certain folks look at the length of the video first before deciding whether to click […]

Kumara Velu

How to Download Your Own YouTube Videos: 2 Easy Methods

<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>Why would you want to download your own YouTube videos&quest; The main reason is you don&&num;8217&semi;t have the original file with you&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>You may be unable to locate it among the hundreds of files you have backed up somewhere&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>Or simply because you left your video file lying on the hard disk and you […]

Kumara Velu

The Best Component Video to HDMI Converters

<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>So&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;ve bought a new HDTV that doesn&&num;8217&semi;t come with component video input&quest; Also&comma; you have an older DVD player that doesn&&num;8217&semi;t come with an HDMI connection&period; Or what if your HDTV comes with only composite input for analog video&quest; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>So&comma; what do you do&quest; Do you ditch your DVD player and buy […]

Kumara Velu

How to Manually Open a DVD Player Tray Without Power Supply to Remove a Stuck Disc

<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>You have finished watching a movie on your DVD player&period; Now you want to remove the disc and insert another one&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>When you try to eject the DVD player tray or drawer&comma; it doesn&&num;8217&semi;t open&period; You keep pressing the Eject button with no luck&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>Or it could be that your DVD player suddenly stops […]

Kumara Velu

What is an Amazon Fire TV Streaming Device? How Does It Work?

<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>Amazon Fire TV may mislead some folks into believing that it&&num;8217&semi;s a TV set offered by Amazon&period; Yes&comma; there are Amazon Fire TV smart TVs&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>But usually&comma; <a href&equals;”https&colon;&sol;&sol;en&period;wikipedia&period;org&sol;wiki&sol;Amazon&lowbar;Fire&lowbar;TV”>Amazon Fire TV<&sol;a> refers to the range of streaming devices offered by Amazon beginning in 2014&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”> In this post&comma; we will look at the […]

Kumara Velu

How to Convert Analog TV to Digital TV Quickly and Affordably

<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>Since June 12&comma; 2009&comma; analog TV signals have been replaced by digital TV transmission in the USA&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>The government had also imposed the ruling that all analog TV broadcast stations must adopt digital by July 13&comma; 2021&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>Owners of Digital TV with <a href&equals;”https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;freevideoworkshop&period;com&sol;difference-between-an-ntsc-tv-tuner-and-an-atsc-tv-tuner&sol;amp” target&equals;”&lowbar;blank” rel&equals;”noreferrer noopener”>ATSC tuners<&sol;a> would not be much affected by […]

Kumara Velu

What is a Time Base Corrector (TBC)? When Do You Need One For Your Video Projects?

<h2 class&equals;”wp-block-heading” id&equals;”h-what-is-a-time-base-corrector”>What is a Time Base Corrector&quest;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>A time base corrector &lpar;TBC&rpar; stabilizes video quality and video signals output from tapes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>When we talk about time base&comma; we&&num;8217&semi;re talking about the rate &lpar;based on time&rpar; at which each line&comma; field&comma; and frame of video that is reproduced when video is played back&comma; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>Taking […]

Kumara Velu