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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’t Share Multiple Private YouTube Videos? Here’s the Best Way to Do It

<p><em>Want to share multiple private YouTube videos but don&&num;8217&semi;t know how to&quest; This post will show you the best way to do it&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>YouTube allows you to choose among <a href&equals;”https&colon;&sol;&sol;support&period;google&period;com&sol;youtube&sol;answer&sol;157177&quest;” target&equals;”&lowbar;blank” rel&equals;”noreferrer noopener”>three visibility modes <&sol;a>when publishing a video&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The common being&comma; public&period; Anyone can view the video&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Then there&&num;8217&semi;s the unlisted mode&period; Briefly&comma; an unlisted […]

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YouTube Chapters Not Working: Here’s What You’re Doing Wrong

<p><em>This post will help you fix the YouTube chapters not working on your YouTube video&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Adding chapters to YouTube videos is a good way to improve viewer engagement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It gives viewers the option to jump to sections that are relevant to them&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You see&comma; some viewers don&&num;8217&semi;t need the basics of a subject&period; So&comma; they may want to […]

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How to Fix a DVD Player Not Turning On : Steps to Try Before Sending to Service Centre

<p>Just when you want to watch a good movie&comma; your DVD player won&&num;8217&semi;t turn on&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> It was working fine the last time you switched it on&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>What&&num;8217&semi;s the problem&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Could it be that your DVD player is faulty&quest; Before you decide it is and plan to send it to a service centre&comma; try the fixes mentioned below&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Any […]

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The Best VHS to Digital Converters that Work with a Computer

<p><em>If you want to quickly convert your VHS tapes to digital&comma; you may use a VHS to digital converter&comma; also called a VHS digitizer&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>So&comma; you want to save your VHS tapes before they degrade permanently&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Instead of sending them over to a tape-to-digital service&comma; you can convert them to digital yourself&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Assuming you have a VHS player&comma; […]

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How to Fix Unfortunately YouTube Has Stopped on Android and PC

<p><em><strong>This post will offer solutions to the &&num;8216&semi;Unfortunately YouTube has stopped&&num;8217&semi; error&period; It covers your PC and Android phone&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>YouTube is one of the most reliable video streaming platforms out there&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Most of the time it works fine when you access it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But then sometimes you get an &&num;8220&semi;Unfortunately YouTube has stopped&&num;8221&semi; error message&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This is frustrating if you&&num;8217&semi;re […]

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How to Open YouTube Audio Library on Your Mobile Phone: Easy Audio Track Downloads

<p><em>This quick tutorial will show you how to open YouTube Audio Library on your mobile phone&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The YouTube Audio Library is a boon for video creators&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>First&comma; it saves you the trouble of running into copyright problems when using tracks with videos you upload to YouTube&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Second&comma; you don&&num;8217&semi;t spend money buying royalty-free audio tracks&period; You can […]

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How to Fix VLC Not Playing YouTube Videos: Quick and Easy Steps

<p><em>This quick tutorial will show you how to fix the problem of VLC not playing YouTube videos&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sometimes you don&&num;8217&semi;t want to watch YouTube videos through the YouTube site&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Maybe you don&&num;8217&semi;t want to be distracted by the other videos there&period; You may not also want others to know that you&&num;8217&semi;re visiting YouTube&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In this instance&comma; you can […]

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How to Download YouTube Videos with Subtitles with VLC Media Player

<p><em>This quick tutorial will show you how to download YouTube videos with subtitles with VLC&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sometimes you want to download YouTube videos to watch them offline&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This would be useful if you&&num;8217&semi;re travelling and have no Internet access&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It could also be that you may have Internet access but not fast enough to stream videos&period; This would be […]

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Dolby Noise Reduction Systems Explained: What are the Differences Between Them?

<p>One major problem with recording audio to tape is the hissing noise that gets included&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>To overcome the problem a noise reduction system is used&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>One such system is the Dolby noise reduction system&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Dolby noise reduction system performs two functions&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This applies to the high-frequency spectrum of audio signals&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The audio signal energy is primarily focused on the […]

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NetMD Disc Format: How it Works

<p>NetMD or NetMiniDisc is an extension of the <a href&equals;”https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;freevideoworkshop&period;com&sol;minidisc-audio-format&sol;amp&sol;”>MiniDisc <&sol;a>format&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Despite MiniDisc&&num;8217&semi;s versatility&comma; it had a limitation back in the day&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It could not speed-record music in digital mode&period; You could only record music at a single speed in analog mode as you would with an audio compact cassette&period; Thus a 74-minute audio track took […]

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