Play any YouTube Playlist with VLC Media Player

Play any YouTube Playlist with VLC Media Player

You can watch any YouTube video or entire video playlists outside the browser using the VLC Media Player. And the videos will play without the ads.

Do you know that VLC Media Player, the world’s favorite video player that supports nearly every video format, can also play YouTube videos on your desktop without requiring the web browser or the Adobe Flash player.

To get started, open the VLC player, press Ctrl+N to open the Network URL dialog and paste any YouTube video URL in the input box.

The Benefits of Watching YouTube Videos with VLC

The streaming videos will play inside VLC Media Player just like any other local video file while offering some additional benefits not available inside the standard YouTube player. For instance:

1.       You can choose Video -> Always on Top inside VLC and the YouTube video window will stick to the foreground while you work on other tasks.

2.      Press the Loop button in the player controls and the YouTube video will play non-stop in a loop (also possible with Chrome add-ons).

3.      You can change the Playback speed of the YouTube video and make it run slower or faster than the normal speed.

4.      Use the Tools -> Take Snapshot option to capture a screenshot image of any frame or scene in the YouTube video.

5.       Watch the YouTube videos without the ads. I played a couple of movies and music videos inside VLC and none of them carried any pre-roll ads.

Play YouTube Playlists inside VLC

VLC, by default, only supports single YouTube URLs but it also possible to import an entire YouTube Playlist into VLC and watch all the videos in sequence.

Here’s the trick. Right-click and save this file to your desktop. Now open the VLC installation folder (%ProgramFiles%\VideoLAN\VLC) and move the .lua file into the exiting /lua/playlist folder.

Restart the VLC Media Player and choose Media -> Open Network Stream. Now paste the URL of any public YouTube Playlist here and the enjoy the videos.

Forget Administrator Password!!! Don't Worry...

All most all of you have seen this screen but what to do if you forget your password or want to know how to by pass that password field..


Here are two Methods:-

Method 1

Boot up with DOS and delete the sam.exe and sam.log files from Windows \system32\config in your hard drive.
Now when you boot up in NT the password on your built-in administrator account which will be blank (i.e No password).
This solution works only if your hard drive is FAT kind.

Method 2

Step 1. Put your hard disk of your computer in any other pc .
Step 2. Boot that computer and use your hard disk as a secondary hard disk (D'nt boot as primary hard disk ).
Step 3. Then open that drive in which the victim’s window(or your window) is installed.
Step 4. Go to location windows- >system32->config
Step 5. And delete SAM.exe and SAM.log
Step 6. Now remove hard disk and put in your computer.
Step 7. And boot your computer

Polytron predicts glass smartphones

The phone is being showcased in its early stages; there is no software running on the prototype. The goal is to get OEMs motivated enough to consider what this technology can offer. Polytron is anticipating that handset makers will want to build products with its special glass. As the prototype reveals, not all of the phone components are invisible; one can see the batteries, camera, and cards. In future design phases, when the phone proceeds further toward production, the plan is to hide the visible components with a darker cover. The glass technology behind this prototype phone is the company's special glass which can transform itself from a cloudy-white, translucent barrier to an optically clear state. The company explains how this works.

"The ordinary refractive index of these liquid crystal does not match that of the polymer, and the incident light is thus scattered, resulting in a translucent state. When an electric field is applied across the material, the PDLC droplets re-orient so that the extraordinary refractive index of the liquid crystal matches that of the polymer. Therefore, the incident light can pass through, resulting in a transparent state." Consumer attraction toward modern design and consumer delight in the novelty of owning a glass phone cannot be dismissed, but a research director at Current Analysis noted that, despite the novelty, the glass phone realistically can hope to sell if the display quality is up to par with the best of today's AMOLED and LCD screens. Polytron Technologies, meanwhile, has also produced a transparent USB memory stick that will go into production soon. The USB stick will come in 8, 16, and 32GB choices. The USB has an embedded LED so that the user knows it is connected and working. There was no information on pricing.

Protect Images from ‘Casual Copying’

If you don’t want other people to download images from your website, don’t put them online because – the way the web works – it is almost impossible to prevent someone from copying or saving your images.

However there’s one little trick that may discourage the less-technical people from casually copying, or even hot-linking, to your web images.

The “save picture” option under right-click is still available for the above image but instead of downloading the actual photograph, all it would save is a blank image. Also, the URL for the image (under Properties) would appear as some junk characters (it’s called a data URI) and thus would deter the non-techies from hotlinking to that image.

Here’s how you may implement something similar for your own images:

The standard embed code for an image looks something like this:

<img src="photograph.jpg" width="500" height="250">

What you need to do is change the value of the src attribute to point to a blank image and then add a new style attribute to render the actual image. Also make sure that the value of the height and the width parameters are exactly the same as the actual image.

<img style="background-image:url(photograph.jpg);" 
     src="data:image/gif;base64,
     R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw=="
     width="500" height="250">

This is like overlaying a completely transparent screen over your photograph and anyone trying to save the image will end up downloading that screen instead of the image.

Obviously, there are simple workarounds to get around the above method. For instance, a copy of the full image will still be available in your browser’s cache. You may look at the HTML source or may even save the image using screen capture but again, these techniques may not always be known to the non-technical users of your website.

Firefox phone to launch this year

Mozilla, the company behind the popular Firefox browser, has announced the availability of two developer preview phones for its upcoming Firefox OS platform. The devices are designed to get developers better acquainted with the OS, which faces an uphill battle against the dominant iOS and Android platforms.

Firefox OS is based on Boot to Gecko technology, is an open source platform, and will run HTML5 apps. Mozilla announced last summer that it intended to introduce budget Firefox OS smartphones in Brazil in early 2013, though these new devices are the first hardware we've seen for the platform.

The handsets have been developed by Geeksphone in partnership with Telefonica, and offer two distinct flavors. The low-end Keon model (orange) features a Qualcomm Snapdragon 1GHz S1 CPU, 512 MB RAM, 4 GB of storage, a 3-megapixel camera, 1580 mAh battery and a 3.5-inch HVGA multitouch display.

The Peak model (white) boasts a more powerful Snapdragon S4 1.2 GHz dual-core CPU, a larger 4.3-inch IPS display, and a 1800 mAh battery. The Peak also offers better optics in the form of front-facing 2-megapixel and rear-facing 8-megapixel cameras. Both devices feature microSD card slots for expandable memory.

In terms of specs, both models fall short of flagship devices such as theiPhone 5 or Galaxy S3, lacking high-end features such as LTE and NFC. However, these handsets are solely for developer use and won't see commercial release, meaning that they're unlikely to represent the finished product.

Apple's iOS and Google's Android platforms currently dominate the mobile space and rely heavily on developers to produce high-quality apps that increase and augment the functionality of their platforms. It seems that Mozilla understands that the quality (and to some extent, quantity) of a platform's application offering can be the defining factor in its success, and is hosting a series of App Days to aid developers in their efforts to build apps for the open source OS.

There is no concrete release date for the Keon and Peak handsets, but the first units are expected to head out to developers next month.

source: Mozilla

Easiest way to install Windows from a USB stick.

When you need to install (or reinstall) Windows then normally you’ll reach for the regular CD/ DVD. But this is slow, easily scratched if you leave it lying around, and of, course, won’t be any use at all if your target system doesn’t have a working optical drive.

And that’s where WinToFlash comes in. This straightforward tool will take your installation disc (Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8 and Server 2003/ 2008 are supported), copy the files to a USB flash drive, and make it bootable, leaving you with a faster, more durable and convenient installer.

If you want to get involved in the complexities of this, then an Advanced Mode makes them all available. You can, for instance, choose the file system you’d like on the USB drive, its MBR configuration, FAT 16/32 configuration and more. So if you’re a Windows expert then there should be enough here to overcome any boot issues you might have with particular hardware.

The WinToFlash default settings are well chosen, though, so if you prefer the easy life then you can just run a simple wizard, point the program at your Windows disc and flash drive, and it’ll take care of everything else.

You still have to pay close attention to what you’re doing, of course. By default WinToFlash will format the target drive to make it bootable, for instance, destroying any data it contains -- so be very sure you point WinToFlash at the right location.

And booting from USB may not always be so easy, particularly with older PCs. If your system stubbornly starts from the hard drive as usual then check your BIOS setup program for its boot settings; you may need to give USB or removable devices a higher priority on the boot list.

For the most part, though, WinToFlash works just fine, and in around 10 minutes the program produced a bootable USB flash drive which launched without problems on our test Dell Inspiron notebook.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics can be a valuable tool for monitoring and tracking the efficiency of your online campaigns and get the best results in your marketing efforts. Whether you are a small or big enterprise, Google Analytics can be handy in providing statistics on the number of visitors to your site including information related to page views. Additionally, it can also give you an overview of the total number of new visitors who may have viewed your website. In short, it allows you to measure the online traffic to your website and helps in making further improvements in your advertising campaign. Google Analytics can be the best choice for marketers, as it is completely free and works well for small companies with small advertising budgets. 

One of the major benefits of using Google Analytics is to gain complete freedom in managing your website content. If you are not satisfied with the performance of your website, then you can make changes to your content as and when required. Additionally, this tracking tool can be used to drive targeted traffic to your website and improve conversion rates for your website for greater revenue. There are plenty of advantages of using Google Analytics as it helps your website to get a high ranking on the search engines and also boosts the productivity of your online business. 

Besides, companies who aspire to create a unique brand value for their products in the market can use this tool in real time tracking of the visitors coming to their website. Google Analytics can provide accurate statistics on the number of visitors who come to your website and the time spent by each one in viewing your website. In short, this tool can be valuable in measuring the bounce rate of your website that may be able to indicate the effectiveness of your landing pages in attracting the visitors. Generally, a low bounce rate is associated with more percentage of satisfied visitors, who are able to get more relevant and useful information from your website. 

 

Some advantages of using Google Analytics to succeed in your business:

Target your online visitors
By using Google Analytics as a monitoring tool, you can target a niche audience who may be keen on purchasing your products. You can provide greater online visibility to your business with more exposure to your company’s brand using this marketing approach. It helps you to keep track of the kind of visitors coming to your website and use popular keywords that may be used in the process of searching for specific products. Hence, you can cater better to the demands of the potential customers and stay ahead of the competition. 

Measure the results of your marketing campaign
Google Analytics can be used to optimize your website performance and attract more number of customers for boosting your sales prospects. You can also use targeted keywords as part of your SEO marketing strategy with the help of the statistics derived using Google Analytics tool. There are different functionalities using which you can determine whether your marketing campaign will be successful or not. As a result, you can get lots of opportunities for growing and diversifying your online business with the help of this amazing tool.

Customize your website for greater exposure
With the help of this tracking tool, you can make ongoing changes to your website by changing the content and improving the landing pages to draw greater number of visitors. Additionally, you can also find out deficiencies in your website and use attractive and interesting content that can attract your readers. Besides, you can also identify niche areas and add interesting images or graphics to make your website more visually appealing for the target audience. 

Evaluate traffic flow to your website
Google Analytics can be useful in finding out information about various source of incoming traffic flow to your website to help determine your marketing strategy. You can find popular links and keywords that are used by the visitors while searching for specific products on the search engine as well. This can be useful for maximizing the results of your e-mail marketing campaign for the success of your promotional efforts. Besides, this method of tracking user activities on the website can be immensely useful in catering to the specific needs and requirements of the customers.

Improve your web page quality
You can determine if the quality of your web page content is of a high standard with the help of the Google Analytics tool. Based on the results of this tool, you can optimize your website by repackaging it and providing it a new look to increase the frequency of online visitors. At the same time, you can get an opportunity to understand the needs of your niche target audience and provide them with excellent information using a well designed website. 
 

Google Analytics provides some excellent features for the customers with efficient reporting tools and helps in providing customized data that may be useful in formulating marketing strategies. Additionally, it also comprises of the content analytics report that can help in finding out your website conversion rates and the number of visitors who frequent your website. Moreover, you can also use the mobile analytics feature to find out the effectiveness of mobile ads and campaigns to find out its reach among the online visitors. 

Social reporting tools enable you to find the effectiveness of social media strategies on your online business and the impact on your website conversion rates. Besides, advertising analytics tool can help you to figure out whether your advertising campaigns are able to bring the best results and create a positive impact on your sales revenue. Thus, this integrated approach of Google analytics works in favor of online enterprises and helps in creating a harmonious environment for survival and growth of business. 

Hence, Google Analytics can be the best investment for both small and large enterprises as it can help in providing a solid marketing edge to boost their promotional efforts. Marketers can find the most popular keywords that can help improve their SEO campaign strategy and provide higher sales leads for their business. It also provides an insight into critical areas in your website that may require improvement and accordingly create opportunities for attracting greater online traffic. In short, this tool provides tremendous opportunities for all kinds of business owners in managing their resources in an economical manner.

Now, you can use Google Analytics to measure the outcome of all kinds of campaigns and use the statistics to create a unique brand for your products in the market. Evaluate, monitor and innovate your online strategies to get the best results for your business.