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Kumara Velu

Kumara has a background in electronic engineering and has been exploring video technology since 1996. He has been a multimedia trainer since 1999, while editing various trade and technical magazines before switching to web publishing in 2007.

Can You Play Moldy VHS Tapes? Tips on How to Clean Mold and Prevent It

<p>If you&&num;8217&semi;ve stored your VHS tapes for a long time&comma; you may have spotted a white substance clinging to the inner magnetic tape&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This shows that your tapes have had a mold attack&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;”wp-block-heading” id&equals;”h-why-does-vhs-grow-mold”>Why does VHS grow mold&quest;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>A mold attack results from storing your VHS tapes in unfavorable environmental conditions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mold growth may result in tapes […]

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How to Destroy VHS Tapes to Erase Personal and Sensitive Content

<p>When we talk about destroying VHS tapes&comma; we talk about<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In most instances&comma; you don&&num;8217&semi;t have to take the trouble of physically destroying your VHS tapes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It&&num;8217&semi;s not an easy thing to do&period; It could be messy and may pose a health hazard&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You may send them to a recycling center or a techno trash recycling service […]

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Is VHS Tape Toxic? Safe and Eco-Friendly Ways to Dispose of Your Old Tapes

<p>You may have a huge collection of tapes you aren&&num;8217&semi;t currently using&period; Maybe you have converted them to digital and have no use for them&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Some of them may be collecting mold&period; You may wonder if these tapes may pose a health hazard&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Generally&comma; VHS tapes aren&&num;8217&semi;t toxic as long as they&&num;8217&semi;re not heavily deteriorated&period; However&comma; they […]

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Blank VHS Tapes for Sale ‘Near Me’: Top Choices

<p><em>Are you wondering&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Are there any blank VHS tapes for sale near me&quest;&&num;8221&semi; The good news is there are&period; They may not be available at your neighborhood electronics store&period; But there are other options&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In these days of HD video&comma; VHS is not in vogue&period; However&comma; there&&num;8217&semi;s still a demand for blank VHS tapes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Yes&comma; there are […]

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How to Convert Cassette Tapes to MP3 Easily and Affordably

<p>Do you have boxes of audio cassettes lying around&comma; collecting dust&quest; Are you worried they might become unusable sometime shortly&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If so&comma; you need to act to digitize them&period; In other words&comma; convert them to a digital file format like MP3&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>First&comma; let&&num;8217&semi;s look at whether it&&num;8217&semi;s worth converting your collection of audio cassettes to MP3&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;”wp-block-heading”>Commercial […]

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How to Use a Picture to Find a YouTube Video if You Forgot the Title or Channel Name

<p>Have you watched a YouTube video and forgotten its title&quest; You may also have forgotten the video&&num;8217&semi;s channel name or the channel owner&&num;8217&semi;s name&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Have you tried different ways to locate the video on YouTube and still failed&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Just as you&&num;8217&semi;re giving up the idea of looking for the video&comma; you remember that you have a picture […]

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How to Find a YouTube Channel ID from Video URL and Playlist

<p>Most of the time we share the URLs of YouTube videos&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There will be times when we need to share our channel IDs on social media or with others who request it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>At other times&comma; we need a channel ID belonging to someone else&period; You may need to bookmark the URL to view the videos there&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Here […]

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Cannot Share a YouTube Video on Facebook? Here’s How to Fix ‘User Opted out of Platform’ Error

<p>You&&num;8217&semi;ve just published a video on YouTube&period; You&&num;8217&semi;re ready to share your work on Facebook&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But when you click the share button and try to share the video&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;re hit with this message&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>User opted out of platform&period; The action attempted is disallowed&comma; because the user has opted out of Facebook platform<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You wonder if something is wrong […]

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How to Change Video Quality in VLC Media Player

<p>You&&num;8217&semi;ve loaded a good-quality video file on <a href&equals;”https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;freevideoworkshop&period;com&sol;vlc-media-player-wiki&sol;amp&sol;” target&equals;”&lowbar;blank” rel&equals;”noreferrer noopener”>VLC Media Player<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; the quality of the video on playback isn&&num;8217&semi;t satisfactory&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Let&&num;8217&semi;s say you&&num;8217&semi;ve opened a <a href&equals;”https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;freevideoworkshop&period;com&sol;difference-between-1080p-video-and-1080i-video&sol;amp” target&equals;”&lowbar;blank” rel&equals;”noreferrer noopener”>Full HD 1080p <&sol;a>video&period; However&comma; when you play it back&comma; the quality you get is much lower&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Fret not&comma; as there&&num;8217&semi;s a way to fix […]

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How to Watch YouTube Videos without Visiting YouTube

<p>This post explains ways to watch YouTube videos without visiting YouTube&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;”wp-block-heading”>Why Watch YouTube without Visiting YouTube&quest;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>One thing many agree on is the fact that you can get easily distracted on YouTube&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You may visit YouTube looking for a particular video&comma; but you&&num;8217&semi;re presented with dozens of other videos which grab attention&comma;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Then there are the […]

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