Guides

DVD Authoring with WinAVI

How to rip and burn DVDs using the popular WinAVI program. There are many programs to choose from when creating a DVD. WinAVI and Nero seem to be the most popular, ...

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WinRAR – File Archive Tutorial

TAR, stands for tape archive, from when archives were initially backed up on magnetic tape. The .TAR format can archive files (combine many files into one file) but not compress, ...

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MPEG Deconstructed

Heres a quick guide to help you understand MPEG, the standardization format, and thereby have a better picture of the technical aspects behind the various video and audio files you ...

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VCD, SVCD, and DVD, what they are and how to burn them.

There are a four basic video media formats out there that one will encounter when downloading and burning to disc. The types and coding of the video behind them will ...

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Getting started with Project Neon

A while back I posted an article describing the new program Project Neon and recomended it as an easy method of sharing media files amongst family ...

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Advanced Azureus Techniques

There are a ton of cool and awesome settings on Azureus that often go either unnoticed or simply overlooked by us all. Here I intend to go over the 5 ...

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Ready to be an Internet DJ?

A TUTORIAL ON HOW TO GIVE A GLOBAL SHOUTOUT WITH SHOUTCAST AND WINAMP For those budding internet spinsters out there heres a quick how-to-guide on how to ...

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Defragmenting Your PC

Why defrag ment your PC? Regularly scheduled defragmentation your PC is very important in maintaining your hard drive's optimum performance. A good metaphor is to think of your hard ...

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DVD Decrypter – How to burn BIN, CUE, or ISO files

Now DVD Decrypter does many things, but all I’m going to discuss here is how to burn a BIN, CUE, or ISO files with this program. The ...

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What are BIN, CUE, and ISO files?

What sets the BIN/CUE file format apart from an ISO file format is that it has a CUE file, which is a "table of contents" that tells the burning program ...

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XBConnect � Free Global Gaming Networks (1st in a series)

XBConnect is one of several FREE, LEGAL, programs out there that allow you to essentially connect your game console to the internet and play against users worldwide. Instead of having ...

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