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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.

Why Buy an MP3 Player? The Best MP3 Players for Runners, Swimmers and Children

<p>MP3 players may seem redundant these days&period; Everyone has a smartphone that can play back MP3 files don&&num;8217&semi;t they&quest; So&comma; what&&num;8217&semi;s the need for an MP3 player when you have got a smartphone&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;”wp-block-heading”>Why Buy an MP3 Player When You&&num;8217&semi;ve a Smartphone&quest;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<ol class&equals;”wp-block-list”>&NewLine;<li>You don&&num;8217&semi;t want to waste battery power listening to music when you need […]

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How To Make YouTube Videos Without Talking, With or Without a Camera

<h2 class&equals;”wp-block-heading”>Why Make YouTube Videos without Talking&quest;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Here are the reasons why you would want to make YouTube Videos without talking&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul class&equals;”wp-block-list”>&NewLine;<li>You believe you don&&num;8217&semi;t have a good voice<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>You can&&num;8217&semi;t talk free flow when recording a video<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>You don&&num;8217&semi;t have a good recording environment &&num;8211&semi; no soundproof room etc<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>You don&&num;8217&semi;t have good audio recording equipment<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Recording your voice […]

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How to Connect a DVD Player to a Computer Monitor

<p>Generally&comma; you can&&num;8217&semi;t connect a<a href&equals;”https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;freevideoworkshop&period;com&sol;differnce-between-a-dvd-player-and-a-dvd-recorder&sol;amp” target&equals;”&lowbar;blank” rel&equals;”noreferrer noopener”> DVD player<&sol;a> to a computer monitor&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>DVD players are meant to be connected to TVs&period; DVD players come with <a href&equals;”https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;freevideoworkshop&period;com&sol;what-does-rca-stand-for-in-cables&sol;amp&sol;” target&equals;”&lowbar;blank” rel&equals;”noreferrer noopener”>RCA<&sol;a>&comma; <a href&equals;”https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;freevideoworkshop&period;com&sol;what-is-s-video-analog-video&sol;amp&sol;” target&equals;”&lowbar;blank” rel&equals;”noreferrer noopener”>S-Video<&sol;a>&comma; and <a href&equals;”https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;freevideoworkshop&period;com&sol;what-is-component-video&sol;amp&sol;” target&equals;”&lowbar;blank” rel&equals;”noreferrer noopener”>component video<&sol;a> outputs&period; TVs have these connections or any of them&period; Therefore both […]

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Best Free DVD Player Software for Windows and Mac

<p><strong><em>Updated&colon; 11&period;8&period;2021<&sol;em><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Playing DVDs on Windows used to be a straightforward affair&period; Just pop your DVD into your drive and hit the play button when the default Windows DVD player software opens&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;”wp-block-heading”>Windows 10 DVD Disappointment<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>A big disappointment for Windows users is after they upgraded to Windows 10&comma; they could no longer play DVD or Blu-ray […]

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Best Free DVD Burning Software that Rival Their Premium Counterparts

<p><em><strong>Updated 24&period;5&period;2021<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It&&num;8217&semi;s a little strange to be talking about DVD-burning software in this age of HD video&comma; video streaming service and cloud storage&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>DVDs aren&&num;8217&semi;t really top of mind for many&period; Newer computers don&&num;8217&semi;t come with DVD drives or writers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Many are choosing to play back their video files through pen drives plugged into their HDTVs&comma; computers […]

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Best Free Video Capture Software without Watermark

<p>You would need video capture software if you wish to record your computer screen to create a tutorial&period; The same goes if you want to record a webinar&comma; video call&comma; or game&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There are many premium video capture software programs out there&period; An example is Camtasia Studio which comes with all its bells and whistles&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Most […]

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Best Free DVD Rippers with No Limitations or Watermark

<p><em><strong>Updated 18&period;4&period;2021<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In these days of HD and Blu-ray video&comma; thinking about DVDs may seem a little odd&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But then you may have lived in the DVD heyday and amassed a huge collection of discs&period; If so&comma; you can&&num;8217&semi;t get rid of DVD from your life entirely&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Of course&comma; you can always replace your favourite DVD movies with […]

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How to Use a mini-DV Head Cleaning Tape

<p>If you&&num;8217&semi;ve left your mini-DV camcorder lying around for a long time you may experience tape playback problems&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You may get horizontal lines when you play back your mini-DV tape&period; You may also get a snowy picture&comma; grey bars or just a blue screen&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It looks like serious problem which seems like a mechanical or electronic failure […]

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How to Remove Timestamps from SRT or VTT Subtitle File with a Free Tool

<p><em><strong>Updated 24&period;4&period;2021<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You may have prepared captions in the form of an SRT or VTT file to be uploaded to YouTube&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>An SRT or VTT file is very much like a text file&comma; only that it has timestamps on it&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;”wp-block-heading”>Why Remove Timestamps from SRT&quest;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>You may want to use the the text portion of the SRT […]

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What is DVD Rot? Can You Fix DVD Rot?

<h2 class&equals;”wp-block-heading” id&equals;”h-metal-reflective-layer”>Metal Reflective Layer <&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>When we talk about DVD rot&comma; we talk about the &&num;8216&semi;damaged&&num;8217&semi; metal reflective layer of a DVD&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>All optical discs -CD&comma; DVD and Blu-ray &&num;8211&semi; come with a metal layer&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The aim of the metal layer is to reflect the laser light of a DVD player and send the disc info […]

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