Questions related to storage media on which data can be stored such as hard disks, floppy disks, CD-ROMs, and tapes. It can also used for questions about multimedia files, for example, combine sound, pictures, and videos, all of which are different types of media.
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Windows 7 / Media Center lock problem
we have a Win7 with Media Center that is connected to a large screen. It displays a corporate slideshow near the coffeemachine.
When the computer is started it automatically logs in and starts the ...
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Video format for both iPhone and Android?
Is there a format that plays both on iPhone and Android?
I have been trying to encode videos in MP4 using ffmpeg - however, using libx264 or mpeg4 - the videos either only work in Android, or in ...
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Streaming problems between XBOX360 and Windows 7
Can I get the optional media update for 360 without xbox live?
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Best way to “stream” music / video to my HDTV from my pc?
My requirement is simple: I have a laptop and a desktop at home that I often use for various media (music, videos etc.) and I want to know what the best (quickest, most seamless, best quality etc) ...
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How to convert subtitles from IDX/SUB to SRT?
My WD HD Media Player supports only SRTs. How to convert subtitles from IDX/SUB to SRT?
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foobar2000 truncate media library
I want to start using the media library feature of foobar2000 v1.0 and added one music folder, which contains a couple of subfolders with music of different albums.
I restricted the filetypes to ...
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Disable autohide in Windows Media Center (WMC)?
How can I prevent the time and playback controls from autohiding in Windows Media Center? I am running W7/64.
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Why do most songs in my media collection play twice? - Corrupt media?
Problem:
Whether I'm playing the media with Rhythmbox on Ubuntu, Winamp on Windows, or my Nokia N95's media player, most of my audio files (OK, maybe only 40%) play twice.
Info:
I have a 500GB ...
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How do I get a listing of music files on a specific drive
I'm helping someone setup their iPod, but they are using Windows 7, and I know XP. I don't see the music in the directory listing on his computer that I see on the iPod.
So I'm trying to search for ...
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Can Spotlight or Media Browser index metadata contained in iPhoto or Aperture in Mac OS X?
It seems silly to go to all the trouble to assign "Face" data to thousands of photos, but not make it possible to use that data to locate them outside of that application.
Is there any way to get ...
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External hard drive and Xbox
Is there any way of playing movies on the Xbox from an external hard drive?
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Feasible to use a laptop as a Digital Media Receiver/Extender?
Since the price of many dedicated hardware Digital Media Extenders is only slightly lower than that of a cheap laptop, is there any reason you couldn't use a laptop as a Digital Media Extender?
I'm ...
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Remove Properties and Personal Information - Batch mode or app
I am trying to remove all the properties\personal information from a set of media files in a bunch of different folders. So far the only way I have found is by clicking into each folder, selecting all ...
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Unhappy with performance of GBit Ethernet to Fiber converter
I just bought a TP-Link MC200CM GBit Ethernet (1000-T) to Fiber (1000-SX) media converter.
The device works but I'm unhappy with the performance: When connecting my computer over 1000-T (twisted ...
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Is it possible to do a wget dry-run?
I know you can download webpages recursively using wget, but is it possible to do a dry-run? So that you could sort of do a test-run to see how much would be downloaded if you actually did it? ...
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Dual-screen Multimedia Control Suite for Linux (like Screen Monkey)
I'm looking for some linux software to manage and control a dual monitor/multi screen setup for use in professional-like presentations (ie: monitor1=control, monitor2=projector/audience). I have the ...
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A Media Player that increases the sound volume?
I have some movies that they have low sound volume , thus I'm looking for a Media Player that increase the sound volume by itself.
Would be OK if you introduced me the Media Player that could do it? ...
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Manage song metadata on CentOS from command line
I am making a simple Pandora.com alternative for myself and a few friends where the user can upload his/her songs and listen to them anywhere. My intent is to make a lightweight, simple player in ...
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Volume control tools
Sometimes I feel watching some youtube in Chrome has very low volume even if I turn everything to 100%. Is there any tools can increase volume above the system's maximun? I know IndieVolume does, but ...
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How to share text, pictures and video to restricted set of users
I want to share pictures and videos of my kid growing up but I don't want it to be open to the public. I just want me and my wife to be able to add material and then share with grandparents and ...
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how to stream audio and video files, but use any media player on Windows (without using Windows file sharing)
I want to access and play media files on machine S (Windows XP) from machine C (Windows XP). Using Windows File Sharing ("share this folder" stuff), if it works, I would share the folder containing ...
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What is the default mount point on Linux systems (all)?
My question is very basic in nature. Is the mount point for external media (like USB) always /media?
Because in a Debian system, if I plug in any USB device that goes to the /media folder. So is it ...
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Stuttery 1080p playback on decent system
We have a media center system that was recently built. It works well for all types of content, however it has issues with 1080p content. 720p plays fine.
I have tried VLC, ffdshow and finally, ...
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how to make netjukebox work without winamp
I found this tutorial on the internet and I'm disappointed because it needs winamp to work. Anyone in here who have tried this one without using winamp? Or do you have any tutorial that can turn a ...
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System freezes for 5 seconds when seeking in or skipping to songs and videos
When I start playing a new video or MP3 or skip to a time when playing them, my system hangs for a couple of seconds. A restart solves this problem, but only for a while. It does not matter which ...
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Flash Media Server and Surround 5.1
Is it possible to get a flash application streaming surround 5.1 sound?
Does Flash Media Server support Surround sound ac3 encoded 5.1 dolby surround, and if so, can i stream it via rtmp stream to a ...
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How do you convert FLV file format to a format that Picasa recognizes (e.g. AVI, MPEG, WMV)?
I use one of the Firefox plugins for embedded video to download content from Youtube and other sites. The program downloads these videos in FLV format, and I have VLC Media Player to play them, which ...
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Disable multimedia scanning in Windows 7
Whenever I open a folder with more than just a few pictures or videos, Windows 7 becomes slow and takes several minutes to scan every single file for media information such as resolution. Is there any ...
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forcing itunes tags to the file itself
How do I make itunes save tagging information to the file itself?
I tagged a file and then loaded it into a different itunes library on a different computer via a NFS share. The tagging info wasn't ...
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Utility to optimally distribute files onto multiple DVDs?
I have a bunch of media files which I want to record to DVD, but since each DVD only fits 4.5GB, I have to find the optimal way to organize the files to use the minimum number of DVDs (otherwise the ...
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Is Flash a secure content delivery technology for password protected digital content?
We are working on a project that would be a competitor to Yudu for online publishing and what we are debating is whether to use Flash for content security protection as Yudu does.
See for example ...
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Where is Blu-Ray on Linux
I'm considering picking up a Blu-ray drive for a PC that will be used as my home entertainment center, but ideally, I'd like to keep a Linux based OS.
Are there currently any players in the Linux ...
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Easiest way to playback jpg on a stand-alone LCD monitor
I have an LCD on a stand and I want to playback some pictures. One way would be to get an LCD with a media card reader and just put those pictures on there.
Are there any other solutions out there? ...
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Is a multimedia PC just a computer with video and audio output suitable for a television?
I'm just trying to figure out what's so special about a multimedia PC. I have an older computer, few years, that's not too too slow and I wanted to use it. To me the multimedia PC just looks like a ...
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Why does iTunes make 2 copies of my music when adding to library?
I set iTunes to "Keep iTunes Media folder organized" and to "Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to library" because I prefer to keep my music consolidated, organized, and consistent. ...
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What to do with old OS install media? [closed]
I'm doing an end-of-the-year clean up and found some old OS install media - Mac OS X 10.3.5, Windows 2000, Windows XP. It seems wrong to just throw them out but they can't have a home with me anymore. ...
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How to get the 'rating' of an artist?
I'm using MediaMonkey, and I'm looking for some way to get "the rating" of every artist in the library, something like the average rating of the songs of that artist. So I know the best artists and ...
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Will movies look different on different video cards
My PCI-E card is an 8400GS and my onboard video is an HD4200. They both play movies without any slowdown. Will the movies look different? Will one picture look sharper than the other? I suspect ...
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Help Please! Home Network Design [closed]
I had a recent scare with my main home computer; one of my internal drives appeared to fail and I thought I lost all our digital media (pictures, video, MP3s) since I didn't have a backup (I know, bad ...
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DLNA/UPNP server with tag support?
I'm looking for a DLNA server that allows tagging media and then browsing by those tags.
I have a large media library (music, videos, photos) on a server and I use my PS3 to view it. Let's say I have ...
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What is an easy, reliable way to determine the type of container a video file uses on Windows?
There are a lot of different video file containers floating around (AVI, WMV, MKV, OGM, etc.), and I've found you can't always trust the file extension. Too often, some confused individual changed it ...
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Open a second instance of Rythmbox - Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10
How can I open two instances of Rythmbox on two different workspaces (but I'd like to be able to do it in general)?
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How to watch movies in Black and White ? ( no colors )
Where I can change settings to watch movie in black and white in VLC ?
if this feature is available on any other player , please let me know .
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I upgraded to the latest version of VLC Media Player and now I can no longer play mp4 file types. Why?
I assume this has to do with codec issues?
EDIT: I'm sorry, let me clarify. I can open mp4 files with VLC, I just have no video. Just a black screen. BUT I do hear the audio just fine.
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Windows Media Player 12 Library import keeps dying
I cannot get WMP 12 to import my library. I have searched around various forums and tried all the common solutions like disabling Media Sharing, deleted my %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Media Player ...
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Convert windows media video stream to mp3 audio?
I'd like to take a windows media video stream and convert it to mp3 audio. Using mencoder I can convert from windows media video to avi but not directly from windows media to mp3. The following is the ...
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Why doesn't Windows Media Player 12 remember non-default folders added to libraries
In Windows Media Player 12 on Windows 7 files folders that I add to the Music and Videos libraries, other that the built-in C:\Users\Username\Music and C:\Users\Username\Videos folders, disappear from ...
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How to transmit video card output wirelessly to a large screen TV?
I have a PC running Windows Vista (probably will upgrade to Windows 7 shortly) in one room of my home and a large screen HDTV in another. I can't run a line from the PC to the TV for various reasons ...
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How to stop Automatic MP3 importing + playback when downloading using Safari
I wish to retain the 'Open "safe" files after downloading' check box, as it contains things like images and pdf's that I do want to automatically open using Preview.
Although am sick of downloading ...
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Does Winamp include video or audio encoders?
Does Winamp have an audio/video encoder? I would really enjoy that.
