Showing posts with label youtube. Show all posts
Showing posts with label youtube. Show all posts

Convert FLV Videos to MP4 Without Re-encoding

Most of the online videos are served in flv container. While the container itself is OK it doesn’t have the same capabilities as an MP4 format. For example you cannot properly tag your music videos. In WinAmp when you click Alt+3 (view file info) nothing comes up. You can edit metadata, but they can only be saved for temporarily.
What you can do is to convert these videos to mp4 format without re-encoding, you will not lose quality in the process, as video itself stays the same.
Easiest solution for this job is to use Avidemux, an open source application.
After you download the zip file and extract its contents, open up Avidemux, drag and drop your flv file on it and choose mp4 as format, you don’t need to change any other settings, leave video and audio settings to their default, as copy.
Avidemux
Then save the video.
When you open you new file in WinAmp, you can easily add or change its tag info.
WinAmp tagging
related posts:
how to wrap aac files into m4a or mp4 container
how to tag music files easily by using online databases

Youtube Videos Without Sound

A few days ago I updated both Chrome and Adobe Flash installations, but then I started having problems with online flash videos. Video was showing all right but there was no audio. It wasn’t happening every time but it was quite often.

I tried reinstalling Adobe Flash but that didn’t work (although I haven’t restarted the system as it was suggested). I tried the video on Opera and it played fine. Then I went to Chrome’s settings and disabled all but one flash plug-in and problem solved.

Here is how to disable them:

chrome wrench

Wrench –> settings –> go to lower end and click “show advanced settings”

chrome advanced settings

Then under privacy click content settings

Disable individual plugins

Under plug-ins click Disable individual plug-ins

Expand the view by clicking details on top right corner.

chrome plugins
You will see two or three flash plug-ins. Disable the integrated Flash plug-in

PepperFlash\pepflashplayer.dll

You can also access the plug-ins settings by typing in address bar: chrome://plugins/

Who Cares About Income Gaps


Uruguayan producer Fede Alvarez made this short film with a budget of just $300 and he get a $30 million deal from Hollywood afterwards.
Some of you may remember the "Blair Witch Project" which initially cost only around 20.000-25.000 $. After editing its cost rose to 750.000$. But its gross revenue was nearly 250 million dollars.
You can add to this list found via Youtube artists like Marie Digby and Esmee Denters.
Thanks to the enormous advances in technology and information sharing today we can access to top quality education and with the help of freeware or open source programs we can further improve our talents. All it takes is motivation and effort. If you have these you don't have to remain poor, you just have to find a passion, learn its requirements and advertise yourself. And it is all for free.

Access Blocked Facebook, MySpace or YouTube with Secure https(ssl) Proxies

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Some network administrators (or parents) block certain websites like Facebook, MySpace or YouTube (for company’s good or for your own good). But sometimes this causes even the most innocent(!) websites to become inaccessible. 
In order to circumvent the block and access your websites you can use an online proxy site to visit them. These proxies even work for bypassing countrywide censorship like those that imposed in Iran, Saudi Arabia or Chine.
Some of the best ones:


https://spacepiano.com 
http://www.mousematrix.com 
https://cakebird.com 
https://cheeseglobe.com 
http://atunnel.com
(you can also put any letter in front of tunnel such as btunnel.com, ctunnel.com all the way to the ztunnel.com) 

http://calculatepie.com 
http://kproxy.com 
http://www.stupidcensorship.com 
http://www.vmathpie.com 
http://www.backfox.com 
http://www.newbackdoor.com
cheeseglobe proxy site
Found the proxies via DevilsWorkshop

Related Ways to Access Blocked Websites 
How to watch Fox, ABC or NBC outside of USA