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  • Make A Media Center For Less Than $40

    October 6, 2012 // davisde // Computer Hardware Tags: android, apple, center, cheap, computer, device, games, ios, ipad, iphone, media, movies, music, pi, portable, raspberry, server, smartphone, stream, television, tv, xbmc 6 Responses

    Learn how to make a Media Server using a $35 raspberry pi device and XBMC.

     

    http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Raspberry_Pi

     

  • Download Torrents With Android

    August 3, 2012 // davisde // Hacks Tags: android, device, download, games, illegal, mobile, movies, music, phone, pirate, portable, software, web 4 Responses

     

    Want to download a torrent and aren’t around your computer? You can use these programs to download and seed torrents directly from your Android device.
    Bittorrent – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bittorrent.client
    Ttorrent – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hu.tagsoft.ttorrent.lite
    uTorrent Remote – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.utorrent.web

  • Super Cool Hulu Tricks

    July 19, 2010 // davisde // Web Tips Tags: access, anywhere, download, free, hack, hulu, movies, stream, tips, tricks, tutorial, tv, Video 3 Responses





    Download and watch Hulu videos from anywhere including outside of the US.

    Download Firefox – http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox
    Modify Headers add-on – https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/967
    IP addresses by country – http://nntime.com/proxy-country
    StreamTransport – http://www.streamtransport.com

  • Cool Websites: Star In Your Own Films

    June 16, 2010 // davisde // Cool Websites Tags: cartoon, create, famous, make, movies, office, star, tips, tricks, tutorial, wars 11 Responses





    This is a collection of websites that allow you to put yourself into movies and video clips by uploading a picture of yourself.

    Here’s my list of websites that allow you to put yourself in the videos. If you know of anymore, please list them below:

    http://starwars.jibjab.com

    http://www.mymoviemoment.com

    http://www.etradebabymail.com

    http://www.ilovegain.com/en_US/common/duet_dance_party.jsp

    http://en.tackfilm.se

    http://www.funpunch.com/All-Ecards-Youre_The_Star

    http://www.oddcast.com/widgets/

    http://www.thedexterhitlist.com/intro.php

  • How To Make A Cheap Projector From An Old Laptop

    May 19, 2010 // davisde // DIY Projects Tags: diy, electronics, laptop, movies, old, projector, recycle, repurpose 9 Responses



    Make a cheap projector using an old laptop and an overhead projector. To do this project you will need an old laptop or an LCD screen that you don’t mind tearing apart. You’ll also need an old overhead projector. This is just a basic tutorial, and is only meant to be built upon.

  • Cool Websites: Creaza

    November 18, 2009 // davisde // Cool Websites, Multimedia Tips, Web Tips Tags: audio, cool, editing, free, internet, maps, movies, multimedia, tips, tricks, tutorial, Video, web, website 6 Responses




    Creaza (www.creaza.com) is a free multimedia editing and creation website. With creaza you can create and edit web comics, movies, audio and mind maps.

  • Convert DVD’s to iPod for free

    September 30, 2009 // davisde // DIY Projects, Hacks, Multimedia Tips, Software Tips Tags: convert, dvd, free, freeware, hack, ipod, media, movies, player, portable, software, tips, tricks, tutorial, Video 6 Responses



    This video will show you some free programs to use for converting DVD’s to play on iPod’s or other portable media devices. For all the links used in this video, as well as alternatives for Mac users, please refer to the link below:

    This video will show you some free programs to use for converting DVD’s to play on iPod’s or other portable media devices. You can find the links to the software used in the video below:

     

    DVD Fab (free) -http://www.dvdfab.com/free.htm

    Handbrake (free) – http://handbrake.fr/?article=download

    iTunes (free) – http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

     

    FOR MAC USERS: As I do not have a Mac, I cannot test this method, but a free program to remove dvd encryption is MacTheRipper. Once it has ripped the DVD to your computer, you can then use Handbrake to convert it as shown in the video.

  • Video Tip: Embed Subtitles

    September 1, 2008 // davisde // Multimedia Tips, Software Tips Tags: embed, foreign, movies, subtitles, tips, videos, virtualdub 1 Response

    This video will show you how to embed subtitles into video files. All the programs used in this video are freeware. The programs are virtualdub and mediasubtitler.

  • Cool Websites: Watch Free TV and Movies

    March 28, 2008 // davisde // Cool Websites, Video Tags: free, hack, how, hulu, movies, stream, to, tutorial, tv, website 1 Response

    Watch free Prime Time television shows and movies at media website Hulu.com. Currently Hulu is only available to the United States. However, if you live outside the US and cannot access the videos, try this:

    1. Download and isntall hotspot shield and create a VPN (http://anchorfree.com/downloads/hotspot-shield/)
    2. If your get bandwidth exceeded error , try downloading SMAC2.0 at http://rapidshare.com/files/78093750/SMAC.Professional.v2… NOTE: SMAC 2.0 only works with XP. Use at your own risk!