Music and Video

The music and video industries are massive, and there’s plenty of online resources for enjoying them. In this section, we’ll cover various applications for downloading or streaming, the latest brand or tech news, and managing your huge collections.

youtube autoplay

Google tests new video autoplay feature on YouTube

If you have been to YouTube recently and played a couple of videos on the site you may have noticed that new videos were loaded automatically at the end of the one […]

youtube html5 video

YouTube switches to HTML5 video in most browsers by default

The video hosting site YouTube supports Adobe Flash and HTML5 Video and delivers videos based on the web browser and system used to access the site. Chrome users were defaulted to the […]

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How to hide annoying comments on YouTube automatically

I stay away from user comments on YouTube as they provide little to no value most of the time. In fact, you could say that they are annoying or even worse than […]

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Can Yahoo Screen become a serious YouTube competitor?

YouTube is not the only online platform on which Internet users can upload, share and watch videos but it is without doubt the most popular one. While that is the case, there […]

waifu

Waifu the Popcorn Time for Anime Shows launches

Waifu is a cross-platform movie streamer that you can use to watch the latest Anime shows. It works similar to Popcorn Time, a streaming application for movies and TV shows in that […]

youtube gifs

Option to create video gifs on YouTube tested currently

Big news today for anyone who loves animated gifs and YouTube videos. Google is testing the creation of gif files on YouTube currently on select channels. Instead of having to rely on […]

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Chromecast's new Guest Mode explained

Google introduced a new Guest Mode for its Chromecast device in the most recent Android Chromecast app. It allows anyone to cast contents without having to connect to your wireless network to […]

where-to-watch

3 Services to search the catalog of TV show and movie streaming providers

If you want to watch a movie or TV show at home, either on your computer, another device or your television, then you have quite a few options to do just that. […]

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YouTube supports 60 fps videos now

Frames per seconds and resolution are a big deal in the gaming world and it is usually the case that the more you get the better for the gaming experience. While screen […]

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Skype Qik: mobile video swapping by Microsoft

I have a hard time understanding the concept of sharing photos or videos with other people. While I do understand that it can be useful at times, say wedding photos or special […]

gifv-video

What Imgur's GIFV format is all about

When the public started to use the Internet for the first time, Gif files became instantly popular as a means to display media contents on private homepages and community websites. Back then, […]

free video to gif converter

The best video to gif converters for Windows

When the first personal home pages came up back when the Internet started to get traction outside the academic and military world, animated gifs were one of the few means to add […]

video resumer

How to resume YouTube videos automatically or manually

Whenever you open a video page on the video hosting site YouTube, it starts to play from the beginning. While that is not an issue if you never opened the video before, […]

audentify

Audentifi identifies artist and song of YouTube videos

If you are a regular on the video hosting website YouTube, you may have had issues identifying music used in some of the videos. This is generally not a problem for single […]

isoplex search

The rise of torrent streaming apps continues: IsoPlex launches

There have always been two options available when it comes to watching movies and videos made available as torrents. You could either download them to your system using a torrent client or […]

mediapurge

Manage your media collection with MediaPurge

Depending on how you store your media collection, it may either be in pristine condition neatly sorted into folders and tagged properly, thrown all into one or multiple folders without any order, […]

yaffmi video converter

Yaffmi is a free easy to use video converter for Windows

There are so many video converters available for the Windows operating system that it has become difficult to keep an overview. A new program needs to distinguish itself from the rest if […]

google youtube rss feeds

Google's war on RSS continues, shuts down YouTube user subscriptions feeds

One of the great features of YouTube is that you can subscribe to users and channels you are interested in. If you do so on site, you receive update notifications on your […]

zona movies

Zona is an all-in-one piracy app from Russia

Before I start the review of Zona, a new application that provides you with access to movies, TV series, music, games and live TV, I'd like to use a paragraph or two […]

hulu vpn block

What you can do against Hulu's anonymous proxy tool block

If you are using a virtual private network (vpn) to access the US-based media streaming website Hulu, you may have received a notification in the last week instead of access to the […]

youtube what to watch homepage

How to remove channel recommendations permanently on YouTube

YouTube's new What to Watch page is a mess. It offers a mixture of updates from channels that you are subscribed to and popular channels on YouTube that the site's algorithm thinks […]

youtube music radio

Turn YouTube into a radio station

YouTube's popularity and size makes it a prime choice for all things music. If you are looking to play a particular song, chance is you find it on YouTube in one version […]

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Use streamWriter to record wishlist songs automatically

There is lots of music on the Internet. You can listen to Internet Radio, watch music videos on sites like YouTube, subscribe to music services such as Pandora or Spotify, or purchase […]

youtube resize dynamic

How to enable a dynamic player size on YouTube

One of the things that have bothered me on YouTube for a while is the static player that the site uses. While you can select a small, large or full screen player, […]

media hint accounts

Media Hint requires account now, launches premium accounts

Location-based content restrictions are fairly common on the Internet . It is most often used for streaming services that provide you with access to video or audio contents. Popular services that use […]

amazon-streaming-video

Exclusive streaming deals show that studios have not learned a thing

If you want to watch a particular TV show or movie on the Internet, you have check the various streaming providers such as Netflix or Amazon Prime to find out if they […]

VLC 2.2 addons manager

VLC Media Player 2.2 gets Addons Manager

Videolan, the company behind the popular program VLC Media Player are currently working on version 2.2 of the player. While information are sparse at this point as to what the company will […]

passmark soundcheck

SoundCheck tests your computer's audio components and capabilities

Listening to and recording sound on your Windows PC should be something that you do not really have to configure in most cases, as everything should work right out of the box […]

netflix

Could Netflix switch to P2P to lower ISP pressure?

Several Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in the US are pressuring Netflix to pay money to ensure the optimal delivery of Netflix streams to customers. Brian over at Betanews thinks that Netflix should […]

auphonic

Auphonic: post-process podcasts and audio recordings to improve quality

The quality of audio recordings depends a lot on the equipment that you are using for the recording.If you are using a microphone and computer, then you may have noticed that the […]

vlc for windows 8

The real VLC for Windows 8 has been released

Windows store is plagued by VLC Media player rip-offs and copies. If you search for VLC in store for example, you find several that use the official name and logo, but are […]

avi recomp

Use Avi ReComp to reduce the file size of avi video files

Lets say you have a couple of avi video files on your computer. Maybe you ripped some DVDs or Blu-Ray discs, downloaded some -- legal of course -- from the Internet, converted […]

popcorn time

Popcorn Time may revolutionize movie streaming

According to Google, piracy is all about availability and pricing, and while I do not agree with the company often these days, I have to admit that they nailed it this time. […]

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Amazon Instant Video Error 1002: what you can do

Amazon launched its Instant Video feature a couple of days ago for Prime members in Germany. Existing Prime members can use Instant Video without additional costs or signing up for the service […]

tinytask

TinyTask is probably the smallest automation tool for Windows

If you spend a lot of time doing a task regularly, automation may in theory help you free up part or even all of the time spend on the tasks. While that […]

change youtube player size

How to increase YouTube's video player size beyond the default values

When you play a video on the video hosting site YouTube, you have three options when it comes to the size of the player video. You can switch between a small and […]

tinymediamanager

tinyMediaManager is an excellent cross-platform media manager

TinyMediaManager is a free cross-platform media management software that offers an excellent set of features. The program supports movies and TV shows, and can pull information from various online sources to identify […]

new youtube layout

YouTube launches new centered layout: does away with sidebar menu

If you have visited YouTube today, or have been part of the beta test of the new site layout, then you have probably noticed that quite a few things have changed on […]

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MediaTab adds media information to Windows Explorer's Properties window

Depending on how you play or view media files on your system, you may never run into any issues playing or viewing them, or experience issues occasionally were files cannot be loaded […]

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How to find duplicate video files with free software on Windows

There are two main situations where you may want to search your system for duplicate files. You try to free up disk space in the first, and make file lists more manageable […]


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