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Making a CD out of fondant requires a six inch round pan and a few other basic tools. Make a CD out of fondant with help from the Cake Diva in this free video clip.
Making an audio CD from a video DVD is something you can do with a great utility called Handbrake. Make an audio CD from a video DVD with help from an audio engineer in this free video clip.
Portable CD players have a dark secret: They deliver solid sound, but at the cost of chewing up batteries. With an AC adapter, owners of portable CD players don't have to worry about replacing batteries, as long as they have an outlet nearby. In addition, the steady power that an AC adapter delivers can make a CD player sound better and even last longer.
Among its lineup of audio-video equipment, personal computers, information technology solutions and kitchen appliances, Japanese manufacturer Hitachi -- now a division of Maxell -- offers a selection of home stereo equipment. The now-discontinued Hitachi AX-131U compact Hi-Fi component system stereo features CD, MP3, radio and USB playback and outputs 50 watts of sound. The stereo's included remote control and plainly labeled button layout make operating the AX-131U a fairly straightforward process.
When you burn data to a CD over multiple sessions, each session updates the CD's table of contents. When you have duplicate files compressed in multiple sessions, the updated table of contents will only display the file in the second session when you mount the disk. If you have root privileges, you can use Linux's CD File System, or CDFS, to mount the disk and "unlock" all these entries for any user on your system.
The Onkyo Company makes a series of DVD players that are supposed to play any region DVD. Models include the DV-SP504S, DV-SP406 and the DV-SP504. This means that you can play DVD discs from any country using the player and a television. In some cases, the DVD players have to be programmed by a user to select a specific region or make them region free. Using a firmware-upgrade disc, you can upgrade your DVD player within minutes and allow the Onkyo device to play any region DVD that you wish.
The Dreambox is a Digital Video Broadcasting cable, terrestrial and satellite digital television receiver based on the Linux operating system. Although it is widely used to watch TV, you can watch a DVD on it if the box is on the same network as your computer. You just need to configure the Dreambox and use VideoLAN Media Player, known as VLC, to stream the DVD from your computer to the Dreambox.
The Digital Versatile Disc is a staple of data storage for millions of users. Rewritable DVD-RW discs store more information than six compact discs and can be erased and reused multiple times. Should the data on a DVD-RW disc become accidentally damaged or compromised through an inadvertent erasure, use a data-recovery software program to recover data that was seemingly lost forever
During the videotape format wars of the late 1970s and early 1980s, rival manufacturers released different standards of home-recording media, with VHS ultimately vanquishing Betamax. DVD manufacturers fought the same battle in the late 1990s, with two major industry groups -- DVD Forum and the DVD+RW Alliance -- releasing different and sometimes incompatible technical specifications for DVDs. As all DVDs look alike, it was up to consumers to parse the codes on the discs to figure out which one they needed. Although the industry has mostly converged on universal readers, picking a DVD format still retains some significance.
Many automobile CD players currently on the market feature built-in technology that significantly limits skipping when the car drives over bumps. However, older CD players and less-expensive newer models may still skip on a bumpy road. Several factors can increase the skipping of a car’s CD player, but taking preventive steps can minimize skipping when driving over bumps.
If a Memorex rewritable CD or "CD-RW" is truly blank, you're able to write or "burn" files, such as MP3 audio or data files, to it from your computer. If you receive an error message when you attempt to write files to the CD, you are missing one of the components necessary for a successful burn, which include a functional CD that hasn't been burned before.
By default, pressing the eject button on the Denon CD player or remote control automatically ejects the disc, however, if standard 120mm discs don't eject, the issue is usually with the discs or the player itself. If the Denon CD player isn't performing as expected, Denon provides solutions to solve common ejector problems.
The Zenith XBR413 DVD recorder/VCR combo unit is compatible with an assortment of DVD formats -- including DVD-RW -- produced by a variety of manufacturers, such as Maxell. The XBR413 is capable of recording to and playing DVD-RW discs whether they're produced by Maxell or not. With its cross-media capabilities, the XBR413 lets you edit home movies and record simultaneously to a DVD and VHS cassette.
The Sony Optiarc AD-7560A is an internal DVD-RW drive for recording data to recordable or rewritable CD and DVD discs. The AD-7560A is also compatible with "plus" formatted blank DVD discs. However, you may encounter some problems when writing to DVD+RW discs that could either be related to the blank media or to software issues.
D-Link, formally known as Datex Systems Inc., is a Taiwan-based company that manufactures networking and communications products geared towards home users, as well as small and medium-sized businesses. D-Link products include wireless routers, switches and firewalls, media players, security cameras and other surveillance devices. Many of these devices feature a Stateful Packet Inspection, or SPI, mode option.
Onkyo CD players may begin to skip while playing audio CDs for a variety of reasons. If you notice your Onkyo CD player has begun to skip whenever someone in your home walks across the room, you can fix the problem by cleaning the disc or CD player or moving the CD player to a different location. However, it may also be a sign that your Onkyo CD player needs to be replaced.
Roxio's Toast software enables you to burn music CDs with advanced mastering features. In the past these features were part of a separate product named Jam that was bundled with Toast. Roxio stopped developing Jam and added the features to Toast, enabling music CD assembly, mastering and burning in one application. Enable "hidden" advanced options to add product information and support for older digital devices.
Electronics manufacturers use infrared laser diodes in CD players for music and computer data CD-ROMs. Though lasers made early videodiscs possible, the development of the laser diode made low-cost compact disc players practical. The CD playback process requires a source of pure light having a specific wavelength, and infrared laser diodes provide this at a reasonable cost.
Most DVDs and Blu-ray discs created by Hollywood movie studios have animated menus. In many cases, these menus will play a portion of the movie in the background with music from the movie providing ambiance. With a decent DVD menu creation program you can mimic this effect in your home movies, providing top notch production values. Before you can actually import an animated background into your DVD menu, you'll need to edit the background into a separate video file yourself.
Recordable DVDs allow users to back up programs and other files, burn file collections to a transportable disc and create video DVDs compatible with home DVD players. When purchasing recordable DVDs, users have several options to choose from. Some options have readily-apparent differences such as discs that can be recorded once versus those that can be rewritten multiple times. Other options are not as obvious, such as the differences between "+" and "-" discs.
A Toshiba DVD-RW drive may stop recognizing blank DVD disks for a variety of reasons. The problem could be a dirty laser lens, or the type of disk you're using may be wrong. Unfortunately, not recognizing media can also be the first sign of a DVD-RW drive that needs to be replaced.
A volume license key (VLK) is used when installing purchased Microsoft software on multiple computers. Most individual users purchase software that they wish to use on one machine; businesses and schools that have multiple computers can purchase a VLK version of the software that can be installed on a specified number of machines. The easiest way to do this is to place the installation software on a network server, where can be run by each user. But if your computers aren't networked, you can create an installation CD.
While comparing different CD-RW drives, you may have noticed that they are labeled with a series of numbers in the form "##x-##x-##x," and wondered what this meant. These numbers represent the speed, or data transfer rate, of the drive when reading or writing to different forms of CD-ROM discs.
Depending on your computer’s capabilities, you are likely limited to using a DVD- or DVD+ formatted disc when saving data from your computer to a DVD disc. The main difference between these types of DVD formats is their writing speeds, internal linking and drag-and-drop capabilities. Besides these facets, DVD- and DVD+ discs hold the same amount of data and are comprised of two subclasses that indicate the amounts of times they can be written to.
CD players contain multiple controls for adjusting volume, bass, tone and other settings. CD players with a Multiplex or MPX control let you remove the lead vocals on a song and keep the background music. MPX is also known as vocal remove, vocal changer and vocal partner. MPX controls are also present on CD players that are part of karaoke systems.
Unlike normal DVD discs, DVD-RW discs can be written to more than once. If you’ve already copied some pictures to a DVD-RW, you can delete them from your disc using Windows’ built-in tools. Deleting individual pictures is possible only if you’re using Microsoft’s Live File System format. If you have pictures on a DVD-RW created with a different format by another device or a previous version of Windows, you can effectively remove a single file by copying the files you want to keep, erasing the entire disc and putting the files back on the disc.
ConvertXtoDVD is a DVD authoring program developed by VSO Software that allows users to convert and author any video files to DVD format. The program includes support for subtitles, alternate language tracks and personalized DVD menu screens. ConvertXtoDVD is compatible with both standard and widescreen formats for video footage and DVD menus. The Aspect Ratio drop-down box in the DVD Specification menu is used to change the aspect ratio of DVD menus in the ConvertXtoDVD application.
The Marantz 2270 is a popular stereo receiver that was first manufactured in the 1970s. The receiver supports a variety of audio input selections as well as an on-board AM/FM radio tuner. The receiver does not have any labeled support for external CD players, but you can connect a CD player with the appropriate cables.
Just because you have an iPhone doesn't mean that all of your CDs are obsolete. Sure, you can easily download and sync albums and purchased music to your iPhone, but you might still have stacks of CDs at home you might not want to transfer to digital copies. If you're looking for a better way to listen to your music at home or in the office, the best of both worlds is an iPhone speaker dock with a built-in CD player.
As computer applications grow larger in size, organizations develop higher-capacity storage units. One such media format is the DVD-9, also known as a double-layer disc. A DVD-9 unit uses two physical layers that allow it to store approximately 8.5GB of data. Conventional single-layer discs hold approximately 4.7GB of content.
The Optiarc AD-7170A is a optical disc drive from Sony Optiarc Inc., a division of Japanese electronics company Sony Corp. that specializes in optical-disc products for personal computers. Using a tray disc-loading design and connected to a PC via an Integrated Drive Electronics interface, the AD-7170A accommodates a variety of CDs and DVDs, and it functions as both a player and a recorder.
Though they may be difficult to distinguish from each other by sight, there are actually numerous types of DVDs, all of which vary in storage capacity. DVD-5 and DVD-9, or D5 and D9, formats are the most common types of DVD. The D9 disc is something of a mid-range option; though it sports a higher storage capacity than the D5 disc, other less common types of DVDs feature even greater capacities.
Designed for use in digital camcorders, mini DVDs are storage devices that come with the same features offered by their standard-sized counterparts used in several types of electronic devices, including computers and DVD players. Mini DVDs come in two main formats: mini DVD+ and mini DVD-, each of which include R and RW versions. The main differences between mini DVD+RW and mini DVD-RW discs are their writing speeds, drag-and-drop capabilities and internal linking capabilities.
Dealing with a damaged or defective factory CD player in your 2002 Kia Sportage can make a long commute seem even longer. The factory CD player features an industry-standard “DIN-size” form factor, with an optional factory CD changer interface. Replacing the radio with an original equipment manufacturer's unit does not require any specialized tools, technical knowledge or major interior component removal procedures to complete.
Marantz is a brand of home audio components with a history dating back to 1952. Establishing a reputation for superior quality performance, vintage Marantz equipment continues to be sought after by audiophiles, while current product lines continue to provide flexibility with quality performance. That flexibility extends to the variety of audio components Marantz receivers support, including CD players.
The most common form of optical storage for computers is the Digital Video Disc or DVD. DVDs are available as read-only, write-once or rewritable media. Rewritable DVD media can be further categorized into two competing formats, DVD-RW and DVD+RW. Most blank media manufacturers, including Memorex, offer media in both the DVD-RW and DVD+RW formats. When you purchase rewritable DVD media, you'll want to understand the differences between DVD-RW and DVD+RW discs.
A DVD-9 disc is a data or video DVD with two layers that hold information, allowing it to store approximately twice as much data as a standard single-layer DVD. This increased storage capacity allows you to use fewer discs when backing your computer up, and also allows you to store multiple movies on a single disc. However, DVD-9 discs have cost and speed drawbacks.
Despite the fact that the F-150 is the youngest of the F-series lineup by 22 years, it is the best-selling model of Ford's popular lineup. The 2001 F-150 came standard with an AM-FM stereo system that included a cassette player. For buyers who desired higher quality sounds, Ford offered an optional CD player. Replacing the CD player in the 2001 F-150 is a task that nearly any owner can perform, but it requires a special tool.
Some cameras and camcorders can record video directly onto DVD-R or DVD-RW discs. Before you can play the discs in another device, you must finalize the disc. If the disc is not finalized, most devices will not recognize it. If you don't have the device you originally used to create the disc, recover the video using software called CDRoller.
Sunlight contains ultraviolet rays that degrade the dye layer, also known as recording layer, present on a DVD-R disk. The dye layer contains the disk’s information -- movie files, data files or other type of information. The rays also cause heat to buildup within the disk’s layers and cause even more dye degradation, but the process is slow if the disks are not in direct sunlight.
As the CD format ages, many don't think twice about how the music flows from a five-inch silver disc through their speakers via the ubiquitous compact disc player. The way things work on these audio systems is a combination of how the components function internally, dovetailing with how signals pass from unit to unit in the system. These small signals are gradually stepped up in voltage from the CD player to the preamplifier and amplifiers down the chain, culminating in output from the speakers.
CD players left in hot and humid conditions can experience water condensation on the optics lens. When this happens, CDs may skip or fail to play altogether. The water condensation is often called lens fogging. Remove the fogging and condensation using great care to prevent scratching the delicate lens. The optics lens is responsible for reading your CDs, and if damaged, may permanently fail to read your discs.
Security breaches involving the theft of proprietary information are costly events for businesses, with research indicating an average of about a million dollars. Hackers exploit operating system flaws to gain entry to a server or network, their goal being to mine the databases they find on the network for valuable information. Many of these databases contain credit card numbers, Social Security numbers and other confidential information. There are several tools available for protecting both operating systems and data from hacker attacks.
Whether you buy blank DVDs or movie discs, they are usually of the DVD-5 variety. DVD-5 simply refers to the size of the disc, which is usually 4.7GB. Some DVD discs, however, store up to 8.5GB of data that most refer to as DVD-9 discs. Some movie producers utilize DVD-9 discs for movies that run longer than the average of two hours or those that include many menu or clip extras. It's a good idea make backups of your movies in case you damage the originals. Many DVD ripping applications allow you to compress DVD-9 movies and burn them to…
CD players have less moving parts than most electronics and don't typically experience a high number of problems. However, sometimes a CD player will become stuck because of an electronic glitch, a foreign object blocking the tray or simply because parts have worn down. The tray and cover of CD players are usually built with thin plastic. Be careful not to apply too much pressure to the components because they can break easily.
Security professionals use the Linux distribution BackTrack to test websites, software and computer networks for security vulnerabilities. In the past, the official BackTrack release only came with the KDE desktop environment. If you preferred to use Gnome you had to install it manually. However, with BackTrack 5 you can install a Gnome version of the distribution.
DVD players can play much more than just movies -- for example, you can use a DVD-audio disc to play an album or audiobook through the speaker system connected to your DVD player. DVD-audio discs provide a higher audio quality than standard audio CDs, and will work in your DVD player without modifying your DVD player.
The SubRip format, also known as "SRT" after its file extension, is a special file format that contains subtitles for video files and their timing. The subtitles can then be displayed by compatible video player software along with the video but can be switched on and off at will, unlike subtitles embedded directly in the video file. If you want to extract DVD subtitles to an SRT file you need to use a program with optical character recognition to process the ripped DVD since DVD subtitles are stored not in a text format but rather in a modified image format.
You can use your computer to create digital version of your VHS tapes if you have yet to change your library over to DVD. Once you have captured a digital copy of the VHS tape you can burn the video to a Magnavox CD-R to transfer it to another computer or view the footage on a DVD player that features digital playback. Windows includes native utilities to help you record the VHS to your computer and then burn the file to a disc.
Animoto, an outfit that offers Web video production tools, can turn your own personal movie creation into a hit on the Internet with its array of options to publicize the completed movie on social networks. But what if you want a copy of the movie to disc? Animoto doesn't provide you with the tools to burn DVDs, but provides you with the option to save your movies as ISO files, which the company then shows you how to burn onto DVDs for safekeeping.
