tech sectiontech sectionYour MP3 player does more than just play music, and some media formats can cause corruption and harm your device if you are not careful. When a device becomes completely unresponsive, it's known as being "bricked." In most cases, resetting your player will fix the issue, but larger problems can create the need for a factory reset. Before you reset your device, back up the contents if possible, and avoid inadvertently reloading malicious software by purchasing apps and media from approved sources.
With all the iPhone's advanced features, it's easy to forget about the "i" that started it all -- the hard-disk based, click-wheel iPod. Released in 2001, the original iPod did one thing -- play music files in MP3 and other formats. Over the years, Apple has expanded its portable device line to include the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad, and every device includes iPod functionality.
You can charge your MP3 player even when you don't want to use your computer for any other reason. Most computers allow for power to be sent via USB while they are asleep, and some even allow it when they are turned off. If your computer doesn't supply USB power while in sleep mode, you will have to change your computer's power settings.
Releasing players is something you can do during the off-season on "Madden 10", so long as you follow a few basic steps. Release players during the off-season on "Madden 10" with help from a video game expert in this free video clip.
Saving a Web page as an image in Windows is something you can do from any Internet browser. Save a Web page as an image in Windows with help from the creative director for Graceroot.com in this free video clip.
VLC doesn't just play media files - it can also burn media files in any which way you'd like. Burn with VLC Media Player with help from a software engineer with broad and extensive experience in this free video clip.
Subtitles on DVD video may appear reasonably simple to the viewer, but under the hood there are a variety of conflicting formats and file types that affect when the subtitles may be viewed. A DVD that cannot display subtitles on a DVD player, but which displays them on a computer, probably has a subtitle track that is incompatible with the DVD-Video format.
Updating existing imagery is something you can do using Media Manager on your WordPress blog. Update existing imagery through Media Manager on your WordPress blog with help from a programmer and web designer in this free video clip.
Windows Live Movie Maker is part of the broader Windows Live Essentials software pack that is available for Windows 7 operating systems. Although Windows Movie Maker is not an audio editor, it can be used to edit an audio clip and create a remix of a song. The options are limited, so you can only fade in, fade out, adjust the volume and split the audio clip. However, if you just need to make some minor edits, Movie Maker is a free alternative to a professional audio editor.
Windows that open sideways on hinges are useful in playhouses, small structures and sheds. These types of windows work well in areas where a sliding type of window will not fit. Building your own window allows you to customize it. After building the basic window, you can dress it up with special trims. The measurements used in this project are guidelines, so you will need to adjust the window dimensions to fit your own home.
Firefox plugins allow the browser to display and stream video and audio content. You're undoubtedly familiar with the Flash plugin, which you need in order to see videos on such sites as YouTube and on sites that use Flash to display content. Several Linux-friendly media players include browser plugins for viewing embedded content in Firefox, but they are prone to bugs and errors.
The MxTube iPhone application was the first Cydia application that allowed you to download YouTube videos directly onto your iPhone. Unlike many video downloading applications that save downloaded videos to your iPhone's camera roll, the videos downloaded with MxTube are stored and played directly in the MxTube application. If you want to watch a video with MxTube but you want to remove the video's sound, you can do so through the application's media controls.
A Video Disk Recorder, or VDR, features a recording and video playing application for Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) cards. Some cards have a built-in decoder -- known as "full featured" cards -- and they provide direct access to DVB stream. On the other hand, budget cards do not feature a decoder. As such, they must have a software decoder.
Most routers are designed to automatically block connections trying to go through ports that aren’t used by normal Internet programs, such as Web browsers. If you are trying to use the Xbox 360 Media Center (the Xbox 360’s media player) and you aren’t able to connect to the Internet, it is likely that your router is blocking the connection. To disable connection blocking on the ports Xbox Media Center uses, you need to log in to your router’s setup menu and configure port forwarding for the ports in question.
Computer owners have a wide array of file formats available for creating, saving and playing videos, and some tech-savvy movie enthusiasts choose to watch videos in AutoCAD Movie, or MVI, format. Although this file format allows you to view videos created entirely within Autodesk's AutoCAD application, you may encounter skips and pauses while trying to play back MVI videos.
Many Toshiba laptop computers come with a DVD-RAM drive that is capable of reading DVD and CD discs so that users can listen to music, watch movies, or install software that is on the disc. Although the DVD-RAM drive works well for many Toshiba users, you may find that yours to recognize inserted discs. Toshiba DVD-RAM media recognition issues have five common causes. By troubleshooting through each cause, you can typically get your DVD-RAM drive working again.
Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is one rating used to measure the quality of sound produced by a device, such as a stereo or MP3 player. The ratio is one of several factors to consider when evaluating the purchase of an MP3 player. The signal-to-noise ratio measures the level of background noise during playback.
The Medion 81017 is a compact MP3 player offering 512MB of memory storage and running on a single AAA battery. A variety of issues can affect the Medion 81017 -- before troubleshooting problems with the device, eliminate other factors, such as faulty headphones or speakers, or badly encoded MP3 files, by testing them with other players if possible. The Medion 81017 is able to play audio tracks encoded in WMA or MP3 format.
Windows are normally installed in exterior, weight-bearing walls. The rough frame for a window or door includes large structural boards to support the structure above the window while making room for the opening in the wall. The rough opening for a window in a non-bearing wall is different. It only needs to adequately support the window and not the house above it, eliminating the need for doubled studs and structural headers.
Computers have the ability to play multiple multimedia file formats. These multiple formats, however, can create conflict between your computer’s Web browser and operating system. If your computer does not have the correct codec for the file format, your computer cannot play the video or music file. GVI is a multimedia file format created by Google to play video files. Google discontinued support for this format in 2007. Google now supports a new, open-source multimedia file format called WebM.
Fixing your MP3 Player Pen with a firmware upgrade is primarily a matter of connecting the pen to your computer via a USB connector and then running the appropriate software to flash the upgrade software onto the pen’s firmware. Before you can flash the pen though, you’ll have to obtain the firmware that works with the hardware. In order to do so, you’ll need to disassemble the pen to identify the mainboard used in the player. Once you've made the proper ID, you can quickly flash your pen, restoring it to use.
As a media player, VLC is specially designed to open and play digital media files such as audio and video tracks; however, it also supports media conversion and recording. If the performance of your VLC is “buggy,” the underlying issue can be related to a digital media file’s formatting, obsolete software or limited space on your hard disk.
R0 files are those that have been compressed by WinRAR into a multi-volume set composed of the head file, R0, and any subsequent files: R1, R2, R3 and so on. The integrated compression tool WinZIP, which comes with Windows-based operating systems, cannot un-compress R0 files, so to access their contents, you will first need to download and install WinRAR.
"GMod," a computer video game, lets its players customize the appearance of in-game characters by using a special add-on tool known as HatMaker. By using this tool, players can import various original hats designed by the "GMod" community. Players can use HatMaker in "GMod" by selecting the tool and choosing a suitable hat.
Delivering multimedia content is big business on the Web with companies such as Microsoft producing media players that play it. One of the quickest ways to liven up a website is to give it the ability to show videos and play music. You can do this by adding Windows Media Video content to your Web pages. To make WMV content play, you must understand HTML, and how object tags and classIDs work.
VideoLAN Team's free VLC Media Player plays most video and audio files without requiring additional codecs packs, which are needed to decode video and audio. Although VLC Player plays most popular media file formats, you may have trouble decoding files that use uncommon codecs. If sound is absent in a video that should normally contain audio, you may be missing the required audio codec. However, other potential culprits could be your system's sound settings or improperly configured hardware.
If you are trying to transfer DRM-protected music files onto your Sony Walkman MP3 player, you're going to run into some trouble. Many DRM-protected files won't play on your Walkman. Unfortunately, there's not much you can do about it. Understanding the basics of DRM will help you to figure out which digital music you can use with your Walkman.
When contemplating whether to stream media via user datagram protocol or transmission control protocol, there's one thing to keep in mind: TCP requires and encourages communication between machines. The fact that UDP doesn't do so ranks as both a disadvantage and an advantage to smooth media streaming.
When trying to watch a movie saved in the MP4 format, you might sometimes see only a red screen instead of the actual video. Issues which can prevent a computer from properly playing MP4 files include having a corrupt file, a buggy media player or missing codecs.
Whether you're firing weapons in an online computer game or copying text from a document, you are often relying on modifier keys to help you perform your task. Windows has several special keys that change the way other keys respond when you press them simultaneously. Learning to use these keys can save you time and increase productivity.
Each time you turn on your computer, the Windows operating system launches numerous small applications, known as services, that control specific functions of your computer. Some services, such as the Plug and Play service, are essential to the operating system’s stability and must run at all times. When you consistently receive errors that the computer is terminating the Plug and Play service, you can troubleshoot both hardware and software to resolve the issue.
An exclamation mark displayed when you plug in your MP3 player to your computer is usually indicative of a USB driver problem. Although that is the most likely cause, it's still possible you could be facing a different issue. You have several options for resolving the problem so that you can go back to enjoying music on the player.
Multimedia capability on the Internet allows users to interact with more types of media and information than simple text or images. Video in particular gives developers and content providers new ways to create engaging content for users. The JW Player is a JavaScript utility to include movies in Web pages while controlling how the movie looks, how it is presented to the user and what sort of functionality it has. By including multiple plug-ins while declaring a JW Player object, you can present videos with closed-captioning or interactive elements suitable for social media.
WinFF is a graphical user interface designed to work with FFmpeg, which is an open-source command line-based video conversion utility. Version 0.41 of WinFF was released in 2008. As of the date of publication, the WinFF project had reached version 1.4. Though WinFF can't convert video files on its own, it can take mouse- and keyboard-based user input and determine the corresponding parameters to pass on to FFmpeg.
A file with the extension LRC contains the lyrics for a song encoded as plain text. LRC files work with various computer programs and hardware music players. You can even make your own LRC files using the text editing software on your computer.
The Olympus WS-400S digital voice recorder with Dragon Naturally Speaking software permits users to sync their Windows Media Player audio files to the recorder. It is very simple to do and it comes with a hierarchy function that automatically organizes all your audio media files.
“FusionFall” players fight alongside popular Cartoon Network characters to save the world in the multiplayer online game. Players may team up to attack the evils infesting the popular settings of many different Cartoon Network shows. Many players looking to form teams or socialize with their friends use the in-game chat feature for quick and simple communication.
Media Transfer Protocol, or MTP, is a USB mode used by portable devices with hard drives and expansion slots for memory cards. These devices include cellphones, MP3 and video players. MTP mode is primarily used to sync content such as music, photos and videos using "AutoSync." It's only available for USB devices that are compatible with Windows operating systems.
A Digital Speech Standard player is a computer application that retrieves and plays audio files from Olympus dictation devices. The program works on Windows and Mac systems and is capable of playing other audio files. DSS players are bundled with Olympus digital voice recording devices and include instructions and tips on usage. DSS players are also available for downloading directly from Olympus.
As a media player, VLC is optimized to open and stream digital media files. But if you load a supported digital media file into the application and it does not stream sound, there are a few things you can check to re-enable the audio track.
Mass Storage Device Class is a Universal Serial Bus connection mode that allows USB devices such as cellphones and MP3 players to work like portable hard drives. It's especially useful for transferring content to and from compatible devices without using third-party applications such as photo-editing and management programs and digital media software. Also known as MSC mode, it's compatible with Windows and Mac OS X operating systems.
Although the Insignia line of MP3 players are built to automatically work with the Windows operating system, some users encounter issues with Windows not recognizing the player. If the Insignia MP3 player is not recognized by the computer, the user is unable to add new songs and other files to the device. Knowing the different reasons for why the Insignia MP3 player may not work with Windows is the key to fixing this problem.
Designed for fans of Jonas Brothers and Miley Cyrus, the VIP Backstage Pass MP3 Player includes a variety of pre-loaded songs recorded by the musicians. The portable music player also allows you to sync your favorite songs from your computer. While the device doesn’t include synchronization software, you can use Windows Media Player to complete the process. Depending on the size of each music file, you can store up to 240 songs.
AirMedia Player lets you play Apple iOS videos on your Windows PC. This software creates increased crossover potential for your peripheral devices, but it also leads to occasional compatibility hiccups. Periodic glitches are understandable in software designed for using iOS software on a Windows PC, because the code behind this program is like fitting a square peg into a round hole, but you can take steps to eliminate the vast majority of bugs. When you perform basic Windows troubleshooting, common compatibility issues are addressed. If Windows troubleshooting doesn’t work, you can reinstall a fresh copy of the program to reduce…
An acronym for Transport Stream, TS is a digital video format that is commonly employed in the DVD manufacturing process. It is a multimedia container that was especially developed to format movie data onto DVDs. While the media can be read by a DVD player, you can also load individual TS files into media applications. Nonetheless, there are some limitations when it comes to working with the file type because of its specialized use.
AVI (audio-video interweave) is a digital video format that was developed by Microsoft. The file type is supported by major media players like VLC. If you find that your edition of VLC fails to play the audio on an AVI file, you can do a few things to enable streaming.
Streaming media systems consist of software that process media files and servers that transmit data. Some streaming media systems translate many different file formats into a single, universally accessible format, while others provide support for specialized devices.
JW Player, an embeddable media player for Web pages, supports MP4 files containing H.264 video and AAC-format audio. JW Player uses the appropriate player for MP4 files on each platform. Visitors using desktop Web browsers can watch the MP4 file in a Flash video player and visitors using iPads or other devices that don’t support Flash can watch the MP4 file in an HTML5 video player. You can use JW Player with MP4 on your website by uploading the JWPlayer files and including a few lines of HTML on a Web page.
The RCA Opal is an MP3 player with a color screen and a scroll wheel control on the front of it. There is a separate button above and to the right of the scroll wheel that you use to turn the device on and off and to call up the menu. You use the scroll wheel to navigate the menu, controlling the device and choosing songs to play. Occasionally, the device might get stuck in the "initializing" phase of turning on. If it does, there are several things you can try.
Many desktop and online applications render audio in the WAV format. Many developers use the WAV format because it requires no compression and provides no loss of audio quality – unlike MP3 and some other formats. If you want to route and record WAV audio that plays over your computer speakers, placing a microphone in front of a speaker is one solution. However, that method causes feedback and recording quality is often low. If you want to create accurate and clear recordings of WAV audio, use tools already built-in to Windows and negate the need for a microphone completely.
