Complete List of Lamar's Articles about Windows Media and Entertainment on Bright Hub
How to Burn DixX and Xvid-Encoded Media Files to DVD - Have you downloaded a movie or TV show encoded in DivX or Xvid format and want to burn the file to DVD for playing on the TV? This article tells you how.
Alternate Media Players for Vista - Are you having problems playing files downloaded from the Internet on your Vista PC? This article looks at free alternate video players that run under Vista and that can often overcome the "missing codec" problem frequently encountered in Vista Media Center.
The Vista Backup Center - the Good, the Bad, and the Could Be Better - Your version of Vista determines what class of Windows Vista Backup Center you can use. Office, Enterprise and Ultimate users can backup their entire hard drive. Starter, Home Basic and Home Premium users can only create backups based on their document and file types.
Top Free Discovery Streaming Websites - Are you still listening to the same music that you did when you were a teenager or young adult? If you’ve bought the same Eagles album on 8-track tape, cassette tape, CD, and from iTunes, it's time to give some new music a try. This article is for you.
Checking Out Online Network TV - Updated September 2009 - the major networks are lining up to serve your favorite TV episodes over the Internet. Some efforts work better than others, and some are simply a pleasant surprise. Here we take a look at online TV and how it has changed the dynamic of our viewing pleasure for the better.
Hands-On with Apple's Latest Versions of iTunes - After brewing for almost two years, iTunes 8 has arrived. The Windows and other versions try to be all-things-connected, bringing together Apple and us in music, TV, movies, and now HDTV. How well does it do? Bright Hub goes hands-on to bring you the facts.
How to Deauthorize ALL Computers in iTunes - If you go through computers the way I do, you've probably encountered the problem of running out of authorizations in iTunes. It's no longer the hassle it once was. Now it is possible to de-authorize ALL the computers at once, instead of doing them one at a time.
"We're Not Blocking P2P Traffic" - How Comcast Did It - Every network provider has the right to manage traffic on his own network. However, did Comcast go too far when they decided to interfere with traffic that belonged only to a few specific file-sharing protocols? Here we'll look at how Comcast actually did it.
"We're Not Blocking P2P Traffic" - How Comcast Plans to Become Protocol-Agnostic - Ordered by the FCC to cease blocking P2P protocols, Comcast has revealed how they plan to comply in a "protocol-agnostic" manner. This has been a fascinating look at the inner workings of a large ISP, but can we trust them to treat heavy Internet users fairly?
How to Test High-Definition Video on Your Vista Desktop or Notebook PC - Want to find out what high-definition video looks like on your current Vista or high-end XP PC without spending any money or buying any additional equipment? You'll find out quickly if your PC can handle 720p or 1080p video. All you need is a fast Net connection and Windows Media Player 9 or 11.
Watch US Online Video From Anywhere in the World - Want to watch U.S. online video and listen to streaming music from another country? We've found an answer for you, but none for us, yet.
How to Create Free Ringtones from Music You Already Own - By using Audacity and your PC’s stereo mix feature, you can create free ringtones for your smartphone from any music that you can play on your PC.
Get Free Ringtones for Your iPhone in iTunes for Windows - Using an iPhone with Windows Vista? If you want to avoid the buck that Apple charges to convert a song you already own to a ringtone, you can record the song from any source, including iTunes, import it as an MP3, and convert it to a ringtone for your iPhone for free. This article shows you how.
How to Get a Detail File-Fragmentation Report in Vista - Think it's about time you defragged the hard drive in your Vista PC? Don't expect a nice graphical application like XP's. Vista's is designed to run in the background, but we can get at it from the command prompt to get a detailed report on fragmentation of the hard drive.
How to Fix Slow File Copying in Vista - Growing old waiting for Vista to complete a file copy operation? Although Service Pack 1 improved copy performance, we CAN do better. Here we'll look at what else is out there.
How to Save a DVD to a Hard Drive - In this article we’ll look at a way to copy a DVD movie to the hard drive for backup, storage, and to be opened and watched in an application like PowerDVD. A similar technique can also be used to "mount" and play an audio CD in your PC. We'll look at using DVD Shrink first.