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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.

Digital Compact Cassette Explained and Compared with Digital Audio Tape (DAT)

<p>The digital compact cassette &lpar;DCC&rpar; is an improved version of the analog compact audio cassette or what is known as the standard compact cassette&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It was positioned to rival the <a href&equals;”https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;freevideoworkshop&period;com&sol;digital-audio-tape-dat&sol;amp&sol;” target&equals;”&lowbar;blank” rel&equals;”noreferrer noopener”>digital audio tape &lpar;DAT&rpar;<&sol;a> and <a href&equals;”https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;freevideoworkshop&period;com&sol;minidisc-audio-format&sol;amp&sol;” target&equals;”&lowbar;blank” rel&equals;”noreferrer noopener”>MiniDisc<&sol;a>&comma; promising near-CD sound quality&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The DCC has a similar size to the analog […]

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Hi-MD Disc Format Explained : Player Models and Disc Features

<p>The Hi-MD disc format was introduced by Sony in April 2004&period; Hi-MD stands for Hi MiniDisc&comma; an improved version 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 introduced in 1992&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The original MiniDisc audio format limited the data storage size to 140MB&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With the Hi-MD format&comma; storage space was increased to 1GB for blank discs&period; This allows you to […]

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MiniDisc Audio Format: How it Works

<p>A MiniDisc is a recordable CD&comma; permanently sealed in a plastic shell&period; It resembles a floppy disc&comma; but with a much smaller size&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A MiniDisc measures 2&period;5 square inches&comma; about half the size of a <a href&equals;”https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;freevideoworkshop&period;com&sol;compact-disc-cd&sol;amp&sol;” target&equals;”&lowbar;blank” rel&equals;”noreferrer noopener”>CD<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It has a storage space of 140MB&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The main advantage of a MiniDisc audio format over a CD […]

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What is the eDVD Disc Format? How is it Different from a Standard DVD?

<p>eDVD stands for Enhanced DVD&period; With the eDVD disc format&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;re allowed to link from the DVD to other resources on the web and also to those within the disc&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>An eDVD&comma; in other words&comma; is a hybrid DVD&period; Apart from watching videos&comma; you get access to other digital content as well&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>An eDVD is created on […]

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What is the cDVD Format? Learn More about this mini DVD on a CD-R

<p>The cDVD format is a CD-R&sol;RW that works very much like a DVD&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s also called a mini DVD&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ordinarily&comma; you would need a DVD disc to burn DVD-quality video&period; But the cDVD format allows DVD-quality video to be fitted into a CD&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The video structure in a cDVD is laid out like a <a href&equals;”https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;freevideoworkshop&period;com&sol;what-is-dvd-and-how-it-works&sol;amp&sol;” target&equals;”&lowbar;blank” […]

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MiniDVD Wiki: 3-Inch DVD Explained :Where is it Used?

<p>A MiniDVD disc has a diameter of 80 mm &lpar;3 inches&rpar;&period; Popularly used with DVD camcorders&comma; it has a storage space of 1&period;4 GB&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In comparison&comma; a standard DVD has a diameter of 120 mm and a storage space of <strong>4&period;7 GB<&sol;strong>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A MiniDVD disc is popularly called a <strong>3-inch<&sol;strong> DVD&period; The &&num;8220&semi;3-inch&&num;8221&semi; refers to its diameter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 […]

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Flip Video Camera Explained: Is it Worth Buying One?

<p><em>The Flip video camera is a point-and-shoot HD camcorder&comma; first manufactured by Pure Digital Technologies in 2006&period;<&sol;em> <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>These days&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s no big deal to pull out a compact video camera from your pocket and start shooting video within seconds&period; Of course&comma; we&&num;8217&semi;re referring to a smartphone&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the past&comma; there was such a convenience as well&comma; […]

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DVD-RAM Camcorder Wiki : How it Works and How to Edit Recordings

<p>One of the problems of tape-based camcorders like 8mm &lpar;Video8&comma; Hi8&comma; and Digital8&rpar; and MiniDV is the lack of direct connectivity with computers for video editing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Additional accessories like video capture cards and Firewire ports are required to convert the AV signals to digital&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>DVD camcorders addressed this problem&period; DVDs&comma; being digital&comma; are directly accessible by computers&period; […]

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How to Play a Sony Handycam MiniDVD on a Computer

<p>This post explains how to play a Sony Handycam MiniDVD on a computer&period; It also covers how to watch MiniDVD without a camcorder&period; Finally&comma; solutions are offered if your MiniDVD won&&num;8217&semi;t play on a computer&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The solutions offered here are not limited to Sony Handycam MiniDVDs&period; They also apply to MiniDVDs from other camcorder models&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a […]

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How to Download YouTube Transcripts as Text for Free with Top YouTube Transcript Generators

<p><em>You can download YouTube transcripts as text online by using transcript generators&comma; subtitle generators and even web browser extensions&comma; all for free&comma; as explained below&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sometimes a <a href&equals;”https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;freevideoworkshop&period;com&sol;amp&quest;s&equals;Youtube” target&equals;”&lowbar;blank” rel&equals;”noreferrer noopener”>YouTube video<&sol;a> is valuable because of the spoken content&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This is especially true with talking head videos&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You may already know that YouTube provides transcripts for such […]

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