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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.

S-VHS vs VHS: Easily Learn the Difference Between VHS and S-VHS

<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”><em><strong>Updated 22&period;9&period;2021<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”> If you&&num;8217&semi;re not from the VHS age&comma; you may be wondering what the difference is between VHS and S-VHS&period; Especially if you&&num;8217&semi;ve come across these two tape formats from the days of your forefathers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>Well&comma; let&&num;8217&semi;s check out the difference between VHS and S-VHS&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;”wp-block-heading” id&equals;”h-vhs”> VHS <&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”> VHS means […]

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Play Hi-8 Tapes Without a Camcorder: Quick Options

<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”> The production of Hi-8 camcorders has long since ceased&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”> So&comma; if you have a Hi-8 camcorder that no longer functions&comma; you may be wondering how you could play your Hi-8 tapes without a camcorder&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”> You may want to watch your old Hi-8 tapes to take a trip down memory lane&comma; or […]

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Clean 8mm Camcorder Heads: The Easy and Safe Way

<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”><em><strong>Updated 17 November 2020&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;”wp-block-heading”>Nothing Wrong with Your Camcorder<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>If you try to play your 8mm tapes and you see horizontal lines running across your screen or if you don&&num;8217&semi;t see a picture or if you see a snowy image&sol;blue screen&comma; it doesn&&num;8217&semi;t mean that your camcorder is faulty&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>Before you entertain the thought […]

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What is the ASF Video Format and How Do I Play It?

<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>ASF is known as <strong>Advanced Systems Format&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”> Developed by Microsoft&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s a little-known format mainly because it&&num;8217&semi;s used for video and audio streaming&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>ASF is a container format which apart from storing audio and video data can also support the storing of other content like title&comma; description and so on&period; For example&comma; JPEG […]

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Digital Video Formats Explained to Help You Navigate the Modern Video Landscape

<h2 class&equals;”wp-block-heading” id&equals;”h-what-are-digital-video-formats”>What are Digital Video Formats<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>Life was much easier&comma; though not that convenient&comma; during the analog video days&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>You didn&&num;8217&semi;t really have to worry much about video formats&period; As long as you had the right equipment to play your video content&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;re fine&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>If you had a <a href&equals;”http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;freevideoworkshop&period;com&sol;what-is-the-difference-between-vhs-and-s-vhs&sol;amp”>VHS <&sol;a>tape&comma; you played it […]

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What is a Premium HDMI Certified Cable? Do You Need One to Watch 4K Video?

<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”> As you go shopping for a quality HDMI cable for your 4K-enabled device&comma; you might have come across Premium HDMI Certified Cables&period; You may have noticed some of their hard-to-miss labels which have two main parts&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;”wp-block-heading”>The Two-Part HDMI Premium Certified Cable Sticker<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>The first part says HDMI Premium Certified Cable &&num;8211&semi; this […]

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What is 4K Video Resolution? Does Your 4K TV Really Come with 4K Resolution?

<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>From the title&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s clear that 4K is not a video format as many wrongfully think&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>When we talk about 4K we often refer to our TV sets and Blu-ray players or TV boxes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>In truth&comma; these devices aren&&num;8217&semi;t really 4K&period; Here&&num;8217&semi;s the explanation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>There are two types of 4K resolution&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;”wp-block-heading”> DCI 4K […]

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Where Can You Get Copyright-Free Videos to Upload on YouTube without Paying a Cent?

<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>Don&&num;8217&semi;t upload copyrighted videos to YouTube&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;”wp-block-heading” id&equals;”h-what-happens-if-you-post-a-copyrighted-video-on-youtube”>What Happens if You Post a Copyrighted Video on YouTube&quest;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;”wp-block-heading” id&equals;”h-youtube-s-content-id”>YouTube&&num;8217&semi;s Content ID <&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”> The copyrighted video could end up with a Content ID claim&period; Content ID is a video fingerprinting system used to detect unauthorized uploading of copyrighted videos already published on YouTube&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>With […]

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The DVD-Audio Format and Why It Didn’t Catch On

<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>DVD-Audio &lpar;Digital Versatile Disc -Audio&rpar;&comma; also known as <strong>DVD-A <&sol;strong>was developed by Panasonic&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>It offers up to twice the sound quality of the audio CD or compact disc digital audio &lpar;CDDA&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>It also sought to offer a playback time of about 7 times longer than that of an <a href&equals;”http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;freevideoworkshop&period;com&sol;audio-cd-format-little-known-secrets&sol;amp&sol;”>audio CD<&sol;a> with its higher […]

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Super Audio CD : SACD vs CD

<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>SACD means Super Audio CD&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s also referred to as SA-CD&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>Introduced in 1999&comma; its developers&comma; Sony and Philips&comma; intended it to be the successor of the<a href&equals;”http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;freevideoworkshop&period;com&sol;audio-cd-format-little-known-secrets&sol;amp&sol;”> audio CD format<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;”wp-block-paragraph”>The improvements SACD sought to make were&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul class&equals;”wp-block-list”>&NewLine;<li>more audio channels&semi; to include surround sound<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>audio encoded at a higher bitrate<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>extending playing time to more […]

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