Winamp was the first software that people installed in their computer after installing Windows and drivers a decade ago. Winamp was the most liked and most downloaded media player for Windows until the development basically slowed down after it was acquired by AOL and later by Radionomy. Many generations of Windows PC users still remember Read More …
Winamp was the king of all the media players for more than a decade as far as Windows is concerned. Then AOL bought it and the development of the amazing software went downhill after that. Finally they decided to discontinue the awesome audio player and ever since everyone started to look for alternatives. VLC Media Read More …
Over the past many years, I have tried dozens of different media players for Windows as well as other operating systems. Many years ago I was satisfied with using Windows Media Player along with K-Lite Media Codec pack. But the more I explored, the better media players I came across. For past two-three years I Read More …
When I bought my first digital camera, I was so much addicted to using it that I was snapping hundred of pictures and making dozens of videos everyday. I was copying all these videos to my computer’s hard disk and before I could realize, my hard disk was full. When you just keep copying media Read More …
Back in the old days of Windows XP, most people started out watching videos on their PC using the Windows Media Player that was included in the Windows operating system itself. And if you ever came across videos that would not play with Windows Media Player, then you could install some codecs for it. In Read More …
Microsoft has made the Windows Media Player so much bloated and sluggish that people are turning away from it in the search for a small music player that can do the job without consuming half of the system resources. We have posted about one of such music players 1 by 1 before. One another such Read More …
Web sites use different ways of embedding media content in their web pages. They can use the popular Flash player to put video or audio content in their pages. They can also use the newer HTML5 <video> and <audio> tags to put the media content in the pages. But some of the sites have direct Read More …
When you look for media server software on the internet, you often will find large software suites with many features you do not even need. Such media servers are difficult to configure, but they also consume a lot of your system resources. More often, the Windows users are looking for a simple DLNA based media Read More …
If you have your video collection on your Windows PC but want to enjoy it on other devices like your Android smart phone, iPhone or your television set, then you do not have to physically copy all the media files on a disk and attach it to the target device. You can actually use a Read More …
Angkor Wat is one of the seven wonders of the world. When my friend Patrick visited Cambodia, he made a large video of his visit to the Angkor Wat and sent it to me. I downloaded the whole video of around 1GB in size, only to find out that the video won’t play. I had Read More …