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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 Stop Buffering When Streaming Internet Video

<h2 class&equals;”wp-block-heading”> Why does Buffering Occur&quest; <&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p> Buffering occurs because your video player can&&num;8217&semi;t download the video stream ahead of what you&&num;8217&semi;ve watched&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If you&&num;8217&semi;ve finished watching the first minute of a streaming video&comma; at least a good portion of it ahead must have been downloaded for the video to play continously and smoothly&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If this doesn&&num;8217&semi;t […]

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How to Fix Blurry YouTube Videos

<h2 class&equals;”wp-block-heading”>Why is My Video on YouTube Blurry&quest;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>There could be a couple of reasons why your video on YouTube is blurry&period; even when you&&num;8217&semi;ve uploaded a good quality video&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Check out the following solutions to see if they work for you&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;”wp-block-heading”>Wait for YouTube to Fully Process Your Video<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>If the problem occurs right after you […]

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Why is my DVD playing in Black and White and How Do I Fix it?

<p><em><strong>Updated 7&period;9&period;2021<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Why is your DVD playing in black and white when it&&num;8217&semi;s supposed to be playing in color&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Here are the possible reasons&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;”wp-block-heading”>NTSC&sol;PAL Issue<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>If you have a TV that supports PAL only&comma; then you can&&num;8217&semi;t play back an NTSC disc on it&period; Your picture will appear in black and white&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>These days most TVs support […]

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Mini-DV Tape Converter without a Camcorder : Is it Possible?

<p><strong><em>Updated 20&period;11&period;2020<&sol;em><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You have a sizeable collection of mini-DV tapes containing precious memories&period; Now you want to convert them to digital but you don&&num;8217&semi;t have a camcorder or are saddled with a faulty camcorder&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Can you convert your mini-DV tapes to DVD or digital without a camcorder&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You may be wondering if there&&num;8217&semi;s a mini-DV tape converter which […]

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How to Convert 8mm to DVD Yourself without Using an Expensive Video Conversion Service

<p>The easiest way to convert 8mm to DVD is to use an<a href&equals;”http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;freevideoworkshop&period;com&sol;8mm-tape-to-digital-service-tips&sol;amp&sol;”> 8mm to digital service<&sol;a>&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>That would be ideal if you have an 8mm tape or two to convert&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; if you&&num;8217&semi;ve a bunch of tapes&comma; accumulated over the decades to convert&comma; then the cost might be prohibitive&period; Also you may not want to […]

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How to Fix Unsupported Video Codec on Android

<p>Here are the quick fixes for unspported video codec on Android&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;”wp-block-heading”>Update Your Android Version<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>When it comes to video playback on Android&comma; generally the following <a href&equals;”http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;freevideoworkshop&period;com&sol;video-codecs-explained&sol;amp&sol;”>codecs <&sol;a>are supported&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul class&equals;”wp-block-list”>&NewLine;<li><a href&equals;”http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;freevideoworkshop&period;com&sol;what-is-h263-and-its-uses&sol;amp&sol;”>H263<&sol;a><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li> <a href&equals;”http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;freevideoworkshop&period;com&sol;what-is-h264-frequently-asked-questions&sol;amp&sol;”>H264 AVC<&sol;a> &lpar;Android 3&period;0 and above&rpar; &&num;8211&semi; Baseline Profile<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li> H264 AVC &lpar;Android 6&period;0 and above &&num;8211&semi; Main Profile&rpar;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li> <a href&equals;”http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;freevideoworkshop&period;com&sol;hevc-h-265-vs-avc-h264&sol;amp&sol;”>H265 HEVC<&sol;a> -&lpar;Android […]

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Fix Windows 10 Won’t Recognize DVD Drive : Here’s How to Troubleshoot Within Minutes

<p>You&&num;8217&semi;re about to burn a video to DVD on your Windows computer&period; Just as you&&num;8217&semi;re sitting back to start the process&comma; nothing shows up on your screen&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>What&&num;8217&semi;s the problem&quest; How do you fix Windows 10 won&&num;8217&semi;t recognize DVD drive&quest; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Before you jump to the conclusion that it&&num;8217&semi;s a hardware problem which needs your DVD drive […]

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Ways to a Start Sony Digital 8 Camcorder Transfer to Computer

<p>The best way to start a <a href&equals;”http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;freevideoworkshop&period;com&sol;sony-8mm-camcorder-models-list&sol;amp”>Sony Digital8 camcorder <&sol;a> transfer to a computer is to use the Firewire port in the camcorder&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;”wp-block-heading”>Firewire Video Capture<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Using a <a href&equals;”http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;freevideoworkshop&period;com&sol;firewire-video-capture-for-computer-video-editing&sol;amp&sol;”>Firewire video capture<&sol;a> will ensure that you get the highest video quality&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;ll need a sizeable amount of computer space&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>An hour of video footage […]

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(Full Tutorial) Make a Facebook Cover Video For Free in Minutes Without Watermark

<p>Can you put your video as your Facebook cover&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> Yes&comma; you can&period; Usually&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;ll see photos on Facebook covers&period; But then you can make your Facebook page stand out with a Facebook cover video&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You may have seen a video on a Facebook cover and wondered how you&comma; too&comma; could put one for your Facebook page&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It&&num;8217&semi;s […]

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8mm Tape to Digital Service: How to Use It and What to Expect

<p><strong><em>Updated 30&period;12&period;2020<&sol;em><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>8mm tape to digital service should come as a last resort if you&&num;8217&semi;re planning to <a aria-label&equals;” &lpar;opens in a new tab&rpar;” rel&equals;”noreferrer noopener” href&equals;”http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;freevideoworkshop&period;com&sol;steps-to-digitize-analog-video-vhs-to-dvd&sol;amp&sol;” target&equals;”&lowbar;blank”>digitize your old 8mm tapes<&sol;a>&period; This includes any videotape -VHS&comma; Beta&comma; or mini-DV &&num;8211&semi; you want to convert to DVD or digital&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If you&&num;8217&semi;re going to convert your 8mm video […]

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