Audio & Video Media

To compress audio books to burn onto CDs, you need a computer with a CD-RW drive and a music management program capable of converting or "burning" audio files to a portable disc. The compression,...

Whether you want to make your own voice recording of a book, record audio notes or sing a song, putting these types of recordings onto a CD has become as easy as recording them onto a cassette....

Home audio systems can see more use and greater enjoyment than any other part of the home including the television. Buying and installing a home audio system involves balancing the best (not...

Import flip video Ultra/Mino file into Windows Movie Maker to convert flip video files to AVI, WMV or MPG format for editing flip footage in movie maker by flip video to wmm converter.

Now that cassette tapes are completely a thing of the past and nostalgia for the 80s and 90s is now dominating all facets of pop culture, more and more people are wanting to digitize their...

Transferring media from one format to another can be useful for archival and other purposes and is a common procedure in recording. Although used in audio work for many years, magnetic tape has...

Audio/Video cables make quick work of connecting home theater components with standard jacks, but the proliferation of electronic devices with different ports and jacks can make it challenging to...

MP4 files are files that contain both video and audio, while MP3 files are strictly audio. Most MP3 players will not play MP4 files, so you will need to convert it to MP3 before you can listen to...

Cassette tapes no longer have the panache they once did, but there are still plenty of recordings made by people that they would like to listen to now and again. Converting a cassette to a digital...

Vinyl records can be easily transferred to CDs for safe archiving, and digital listening convenience. It's a fact that vinyl records wear over time, and many owners shy away from playing them for...

Soldering is one of the oldest ways of connecting wires to other wires and to terminals. There are basics to good soldering that run counter to logical thought; the main issue being that more is...

After the 1980's, the cassette tape went the way of the dinosaur in favor of the newer digital forms of music on CDs. As technology progressed, we have acquired the ability to listen to music as a...

Friends, family and complete strangers hang on your every word. Some say fears and challenges evaporate like smoke when placed into your capable hands, turning their inability to realize dreams...

When your Video Cassette Recorder (VCR) is dirty, it will distort the playback quality of your Video Home System (VHS) tapes. There are VCR "Tape Heads" on the market that you can use in an...

Microsoft's Zune media player was released in 2006 as competition to Apple's iPod. Over the years, Microsoft has continued expanding the player and its software capabilities. In late 2009,...

MOD to WMV converter is such an effective converter that can convert MOD to WMV and Mod to other video formats.

In the digital age, building a radio broadcast studio can be done relatively inexpensively. A standard personal computer functions as the heart of the studio, coordinating all the input from the...

Creating a home theater when you're on a budget can be a challenge, but if you are willing to wait awhile and make some sacrifices, you can do it. Having a home theater can help you to reduce your...

After a while my iPod decided that it didn't want to turn off sometimes. I had to do something so I learned how to fix a frozen iPod. I'll show you the easiest way to get your iPod to restart once...

Removing the battery from an iPod Touch is a fairly difficult process. Apple recommends that you to return your iTouch to an Apple service center for battery replacement, and other professionals...

Many photo developers now offer to create a photo CD of your developed prints. These CDs will play in most DVD players, but are rather stale without background music to complete the slide show...

There are several inexpensive ways to convert VHS tapes to DVD discs, but the one that is best for you depends upon the specific equipment you have on hand. Regardless, though, as long as you have...

Sony Style is the official retailing arm of Sony, an electronics manufacturing company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Sony Style has numerous retail locations and an online merchandising and...

If you weren't around when records were the main means of playing music, you may not understand why they are so important. In fact, you may not even be familiar with how they are really different...

Although now is the time for having everything on DVDs some of the VHS tapes still stay close to our hearts because of their contents. However, when we do not play those tapes much they end up...

A horn strobe is a combination audible and visible notification device intended to alert occupants of a building emergency.

Convert your analog cassette tapes, which degrade and wear out over time, to timeless digital recordings. Using just a tape player, audio dubbing cable and some audio editing software, you can...

Compact discs are very sensitive to fingerprints and scratches. Eventually, damage can cause the error correction algorithms in a CD player or drive to fail, rendering the disc unreadable....

The audio cassette and compact disc have been with us for many years, and both are still used in many homes even after the proliferation of portable MP3 players. If you assume that CDs always...

Connecting a DJ system requires only a basic understanding how audio works. As long as you understand which cords go with specific components, and can read the words "in" and "out," then setup...

When choosing a TV you should think about how it sounds, not just how it looks. Normally, when shopping, it is hard to truly hear what the TVs sound like because of all the store noise and the...

As e-book (electronic book) readers become more popular, Amazon and Sony are competing against each other for leadership in the market. A lot of people prefer the feel of a good old-fashioned...

While CDs offer a lot of advantages over older kinds of storage media such as audio cassettes and floppy disks, they also get damaged much more easily. Even the most carefully handled disc is...

Jailbreaking your iPod Touch will give you certain freedoms, but it comes at a price. It's choice if you want to be able customize your iPod Touch however you want. However, there are some...

Using the area of one closet, perhaps the one in your office or a spare room, and any of your present a/v equipment, you can enjoy a stylish approach for listening to CD music, watching satellite...

This may sound gross and even downright unsanitary, but cleaning your dirty DVD/CD is as simple as inserting the DVD/CD into your toilet bowl and flushing it. The swirling water of the flushing...

If you see that your old LP collection is gathering dust and you would like to bring it into the 21st century, digitizing it and converting it to a CD is a great way to do it. There may be some...

Many classic LP collectors and casual music fans want to hold on to their favorite recordings in the old format but still have a more up-to-date version in CD form. There is a simple process to...

Sophie discusses the new video standard component video cables. Why it has subtly taken over the video world and what happened to composite cables?

RCA cable jacks are among the most common type of cable connections used in audio/video devices. Also known as phono or cinch connectors, they usually operate in color-coded groups of two or three...

Next time you are watching a movie, listen for all of the unseen noises that are present in each scene. Listen to the soundtrack that brings each scene to life and pay attention to how clear and...

MiniDisc was invented as a portable storage medium aimed at replacing the cassette market. It was introduced by Sony in 1992. The discs themselves look like small CDs housed in a cartridge....

Buying a karaoke machine can be a simple process if you know your price range and how you want to set up your karaoke player. Consider if you want to hook the karaoke player up to a speaker...

Because not many movies are made in this format any longer, it is of utmost importance that a laser disc be maintained so it can enjoy a long life. The process of cleaning a laser disc can be very...

The experience of feeling like you are right in the middle of a rock concert or an action movie can be adventurous. Especially if the presentation is coming at you in a digital format. Surround...

If you want to join two or more wires to make an electrical connection, a wire nut is a great solution. You don’t need solder or any special crimping tool. A wire nut is composed of a spring-steel...

An overhead light projector is traditionally powered by a powerful incandescent light. An electric current runs through a small filament. The filament is a resistor, which is a device that resists...

With multiple devices of varying levels of audio and visual quality, it can be difficult to determine which cables are suitable for which product. For those who do not own a high-definition...

RCA jack adapters are used to connect video or audio cables to components with different types of jacks. RCA jacks were introduced by the Radio Corporation of America for use with phonograph...

MiniDV camcorders are one of the most popular types of camcorders on the market today. MiniDV camcorders all record video to small MiniDV tapes. Sometimes those MiniDV tapes have problems. Here...