7/19/2012

How to Convert MPEG Files to WMV Format and Stream to Xbox 360?


When it comes to MPEG video, we usually take it as MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 rather than MPEG-4 which often comes with AVI or MP4 extension. MPEG files are difficult to stream from Windows Media Center to devices like Xbox 360. WMV is the best video file format for Windows Media Player and can be easily streamed from computer to Xbox 360.
The following steps are about how to convert MPEG to WMV whether you have an Xbox 360 or not. If you merely need WMV file for any reason, the conversion steps below will work. To convert MPEG to WMV, we need a MPEG to WMV video converter.
Steps on how to convert MPEG to WMV on Windows
Step 1. Import MPEG file by clicking “Add File(s)” button.
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Step 2. Go to “Common Video” and choose WMV as output format.
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Step 3. Click “Output – > Browse” to set the destination to save the converted video files. And also you can customize files by clicking “Edit” and “Setting” before converting MPEG to WMV.
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Step 4. Click “Start” to begin the MPEG to WMV conversion process.
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It will take a while to finish the conversion process. After it finishes, you can transfer to video to Xbox 360 or just play it in WMP flawlessly.

7/16/2012

Burn Photos or Videos to a CD or DVD Using VideoFlick


Related Contents:

  • Burn videos or photos to a CD
  • Burn photos to DVD
  • Create a web photo album

Part 1: Burn videos or photos to a CD

With VideoFlick, any computer user can copy or burn pictures and videos to a writeable CD disc. The following instructions explain how to burn photos or videos to a CD using VideoFlick.
Step 1 Insert a writable CD into your computer’s CD recorder.
Step 2 Import your photos or videos by clicking “Import Picture/Video” and choosing the photo or video folder. Select the photos or videos you want to merge.
Step 3 Click “Burn to CD” button to turn to “Merge” box. Here we take “burn video to CD” as an example.
Step 4 Personalize your CD by setting: Disc Label, Target Drive, Drive Speed
Step 5 Click “Start”, few minutes later, the photo or video to CD burning progress will be finished.
how to burn photos to cd disc

Part 2: Burn photos to DVD

Besides burning photos to CD disc, you can also burn or copy your loved photos to DVD disc. Let’s see how it works:
Step 1 Import your photos by clicking “Import Picture/Video” and choosing your photo folder. Select the photos you plan to burn to the DVD.
Step 2 Insert a blank DVD into your DVD-burning drive.
Step 3 Click “DVD” button to turn to the “Slideshow DVD” window.
Step 4 Set the output path and click “Start” button.
how to copy photos to a blank DVD

Part 3: Create a web photo album

VideoFlick makes everything so simple to create a web photo album of all the photos in a directory.  Follow the steps to learn how to create your web photo album:
Step 1 Import your photos by clicking “Import Picture/Video” and choosing your photo folder. Select the photos you want to create web album.
Step 2 Click “Album” button to appear “HTML Album” window.
Step 3 Custom your web album: set destination path, sitefolder, banner title.
Step 4 Click “Start” to create your own photo web album instantly.
create a web photo album

7/11/2012

Free Tips to Defeat DVD Region Code


Just imagine you buy a DVD from another country while on tourism, or order it online. But when you put the disc in your DVD player, there is just a message telling you “wrong region”. You would feel very upset, right?
There is really a region code to prevent you from playing DVDs acquired from other countries. Say, if you live in US or Canada, you friend just returned from Europe with the latest movie. Or you live in London, got a disc from US. You put it into the DVD player, got the chill message. That would be the most expensive Frisbee you’ve got.
A few companies issued region-free discs that will play anywhere in the world. But studios don’t because they want to control the date when DVDs will be released in different regions to stop people picking up bargains.  But it is legal to buy whatever discs you want from anywhere under the sun.
However, there is a thing we can do that is to defeat region codes. How? Use a region code free DVD player.

HARDWARE REGION CODE FREE DVD PLAYER

region code free dvd playerYou will find there are a lot of region code free DVD players on sale in electronic shops or online stores, and some of them are astoundingly cheap and do a great job. They are able to play PAL from Europe and NTSC discs from North America.
If you are willing to purchase an upconverting player for superior picture effects, you have to pay more for a higher level one. LG, Toshiba, Philips are offering different class region code free DVD players for different demands.

SOFTWARE REGION CODE FREE DVD PLAYER

region code free dvd player softwareThere is also region free DVD player software to play any disc on a computer. Just download a setup file and install it in your computer, you will watch any DVD movie as you like. You may think Region Code is not a big problem, but if you travel a lot, you will see many must-have DVDs at quite low prices, then you will realize what Region Code means to you.

7/06/2012

Why online games run slow on my computer


It must be very annoying the Internet becomes disconnecting or slow when playing online game. So why online games run slow on my computer? Here we show a list of various reasons for the slow online games.

SLOW ONLINE GAMES REASON 1: CONNECTION SPEEDwhy my online games run slow

The Internet connection speed can greatly affect the speed of online games. A modem user will have much higher ping than other players during playing online games.

SLOW ONLINE GAMES REASON 2: SERVER

There are also many other factors that can contribute to a slow or laggy online game experience, including where a server is located, how many players are playing on the server at the same time, what connection the server has, or how fast the computer server is. On this problem, follow any of the below for recommendation:
  1. Check if all users are experiencing high pings or high latency. If all users are slow, it means that the server is a slow computer or has too many players for the connection being used at once.
  2. Change to an alternate server. If the server you are playing on is in another country in the world, it may cause the slow connection with some games.
  3. Play the game at a different time of day. If the server is being used for more than just running a game server, it may be experiencing a heavy work load or high bandwidth usage, which may cause the game to slow down.

SLOW ONLINE GAMES REASON 3: UPDATES

When your online game goes slow, see if you have the latest updates for the game together with the operating system you are using on computer. Updating the game to the latest version, updating the drivers in computer, and updating the operating system can help to improve a game performance effectively.

SLOW ONLINE GAMES REASON 4: MORE COMPLEX ENVIRONMENT

When entering an area with some other online players, the stress on your PC can increase for the requirements of the needs to load each of the characters and their actions. If the computer performance decreases every time when other players are on your screen or around, you need to try to decrease the video quality of the game, which can be done by the Settings or Display area of the game.

HOW DO I KNOW THE PING IN MY ONLINE GAME?

In fact, almost all online games offer a feature which can be enabled or disabled and allow players to see the ping or latency of Internet connection with the game server. But where this information is located and how to enable or disable it is different on the games.

HOW TO KNOW IF MY PING IS HIGH?

The higher the ping or latency values on your game, the worse your connection. To see if the ping is high when compared with other players on the save server, it depends on the game and the server. The color coded ping, latency or connection indicators can be used to see if the ping is high or not, on which, the red for bad (high ping), yellow for ok, and green for good (fast or low ping).