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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.

How to Fix DVD Player Stopping in the Middle of a Movie

<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>Say you&&num;8217&semi;re watching your favorite movie and as you&&num;8217&semi;re engrossed in the show&comma; your DVD player stops playing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>In other words&comma; your DVD player freezes&period; You panic and wonder if there&&num;8217&semi;s a problem with your DVD player&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>If your DVD player is stopping in the middle of a movie&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s not necessarily a problem […]

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How to Quickly Fix DVD Player Not Reading Disc

<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>This post will show how to quickly fix a DVD player not reading a disc&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>You insert a disc into your DVD player and hit the Play button&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>The disc takes a long while to load &lpar;you may hear a strange ticking sound&rpar;&period; When loading is complete&comma; it shows <strong>No Disc<&sol;strong>&period; The disc tray […]

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How Do Video Doorbells Work and How to Choose the Best

<h2 class&equals;”wp-block-heading”>How to Answer Your Door From Anywhere in the World<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>Do you have frequent unwanted visitors at your door out to waste your time&quest; Think door-to-door salesmen&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>Do you wish you could see who is outside your door first so that you can decide whether to deal with them or not&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>Do you need […]

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How to Play a DVD in Windows 10

<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>You may have a DVD of a home movie you want to play to relive old memories&period;<br &sol;>However&comma; your DVD player isn&&num;8217&semi;t functional&period; So&comma; you decide to play it over your latest Windows computer&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>You have two problems&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>First&comma; your windows computer doesn&&num;8217&semi;t come with a DVD drive&period; Second&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;re not sure what […]

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How to Fix Blurry Videos on Android

<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>One of the worst things that can happen when capturing an important moment on video is ending up with blurry footage&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>While there are tools that can improve video quality&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s important to know the causes to fix blurry video on Android&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>This is so that you can prevent blurry videos in future&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;”wp-block-heading”>Shoot […]

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Tutorial: How to Download Google Slides to Video with Audio

<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>Google Slides provides you with most of the features available in PowerPoint&period; However&comma; when it comes to export options&comma; it falls short &period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>You can download your presentation in the formats shown below&period; Notable among them is Microsoft PowerPoint and PDF&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>Also&comma; you can download a single slide as an image file either in […]

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How to Embed a Video in Google Slides: 2 Quick Step-By-Step Guides

<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>You may already know that Google Slides is a free service that allows you to create presentation slides&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>The main attraction of Google Slides is you don&&num;8217&semi;t have to install any software to use it&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>All you need is a Google account to access your work anywhere there&&num;8217&semi;s an Internet connection&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>Also&comma; you […]

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The Best Free Video Editing Apps for Android without Watermark

<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”><em><strong>Updated 21&period;6&period;2021<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>Time was when video editing was a tedious process&period; You had to shoot with a video camera&comma; then get your footage transferred to your computer &lpar;via a capture device or Firewire port&rpar; and then have software installed to edit your videos&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>These days with the advent of mobile devices like Smartphones and […]

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FREE: The Best Royalty-Free VHS Green Screen Effects to Make Your Modern-Day Video Stand Out

<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>VHS is practically dead and gone&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>The King of Home Video in the 1980s gave the home user power to watch their favourite movies and videos without having to rely on TV programming&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>VHS ruled the roost before it was dethroned by DVD&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>In this age of HD&comma; Blu-ray and 4K video&comma; very […]

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DVD vs Blu-ray: The Difference Between DVD and Blu-ray

<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>If you&&num;8217&semi;re already satisfied with your collection of DVDs and DVD player&comma; you may be wondering what the buzz is about Blu-ray&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>You may want to know what the differences are between DVD and Blu-ray&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>To understand the difference let&&num;8217&semi;s delve into how the Blu-ray format came about to displace DVD&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;”wp-block-heading”>Blu-ray History<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>Professor […]

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