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Vioxx Litigation

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Vioxx (Rofecoxib) is a COX-2 nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) developed by Merck & Co., which was used to treat symptoms of osteoarthritis, acute pain, and painful menstrual cycles. The use of NSAID's is associated in some patients with serious problems from stomach ulcers, including bleeding. NSAID medications are also associated with liver damage in some patients.

Some of the biggest historic complaints about Vioxx relate not to its safety, but to cost-effectiveness. Some argue that it was overprescribed for treatment of pain which could be managed at least as well with older, less costly medications.

For several years, lawyers have been asserting that Merck was aware of problems experienced by patients taking Vioxx, including the previously mentioned problems with stomach ulcers and liver damage, but also including heart problems and kidney damage. They allege that Merck deliberately suppressed information about these side effects from patients and physicians. Two prominent medical journals have published articles which associate Vioxx use with a significantly heightened risk of heart attack. These side effects are believed to be most likely to occur in patients who took Vioxx for fifteen months or longer.

In September, 2004, Merck announced that it was voluntarily recalling Vioxx from the market. This decision followed a test intended to show that Vioxx could help prevent colon polyps, but which indicated that Vioxx users were twice as likely to suffer heart attacks or strokes as compared to subjects receiving a placebo.

Merck's decision to recall Vioxx is expected to result in an acceleration of the class action litigation being filed against Merck. It may also accelerate the resolution of the litigation. First, many lawyers see the grounds given for the recall as validation for their assertion that Vioxx was an unsafe medication, irresponsibly marketed to patients who would have obtained the same benefit from cheaper, safer medications. Second, there is a possibility that if a large number of lawsuits are filed in different courts, a court may consolidate the litigation.

In some states which permit punitive damages, in the event that it loses the litigation, Merck is likely to attempt to use its voluntary Vioxx recall as evidence to mitigate its liability.

Laser Hair Removal Chicago

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Laser hair removal will work on almost any part of the body, from your legs, arms, and upper lips, chin, neck, face, to even your back or shoulders, practically anywhere.

New breakthrough laser technology can get rid of unwanted hair, quickly, easily and now with proven long-term results.

If you hate shaving, are tired of putting up with painful waxing, tweezing, depilatory creams, and all of the time that removing unwanted facial or body hair can take, laser hair removal may be right for you. Getting rid of unwanted hair can be painful and time consuming. Until now, the only options for removing unwanted hair were smelly hair removal creams, sharp razors, stinging wax or painful electrolysis needles.

Since the laser can treat lots of hair follicles at once you get much quicker (and more permanent) results than those other temporary fixes

In fact, laser hair removal is perhaps the greatest hair removal breakthrough in the last 50 years.

Laser Hair Removal before and after pictures:

before laser hair removal 2 months after 2 treatments

Hopefully the following information will give you a clearer understanding of laser hair removal and what it can do.

First, in order to understand how the laser works to remove unwanted hair, some background information about hair growth will be helpful. Unlike other methods of hair removal, laser hair removal success depends upon the hair growth cycle.

Human hairs are made up of three parts: the bulb at the base of the hair follicle (which produces hair), the shaft and the hair itself. The bulb and the shaft are embedded beneath the surface of the skin, therefore the hair is the only part visible to the naked eye.

In order to remove unwanted hair on a long-term basis it is necessary to destroy the hair follicle and its bulb.

Maybe you've heard that removing hair makes it grow back thicker and darker? Well, it won't. And removing hair also will not make it grow back faster.

Every single hair follicle follows a cycle that includes growth, resting and shedding. Generally 70-90% of your hair is growing at any one time (called the Anagen stage). And the other 10-30% of your hair is resting (called the Telogen stage). These figures are site-dependent. That is, they vary depending upon what part of the body the hairs are located.

At the end of the resting stage, each old hairs shed and new hair begins to grow again (Anagen stage). It is only during this growing phase that hair follicles can be disabled by laser hair removal.

Other options available to removing unwanted hair:

Before laser hair removal, there were essentially only 4 different choices:

1) Shaving

2) Waxing, Tweezing, or Plucking

3) Hair removal products: Depilatory Creams, or hair removal creams

4) Electrolysis

1) Shaving:

Nearly everyone has a razor and that makes shaving the most common method of hair removal. But, shaving only lasts a few days (at the most) and requires you to make a constant commitment to keep doing it.

2) Waxing and tweezing the hairs (or plucking). Both of these methods remove hair from the follicle bed, but they do not destroy the follicle itself. So that means you'll get hair regrowth.

Most people find waxing and tweezing to be extremely painful.

Also, waxing can cause allergic reactions, pimples and/or inflammation of the hair follicles.

3) Another short-term method is using hair removal products such as depilatory creams. This method takes a lot of time for the cream to fully dissolve the hair. Also, many people find the smell from these creams unpleasant. These creams are not gentle enough for facial hair for most women. And it can be a pretty messy process.

These first three options are all temporary methods of hair removal and the major problem is that all of them must be repeated on a regular basis.

4) Electrolysis: Until now electrolysis has provided the only long-term method for eliminating unwanted hairs. During electrolysis, a needle is inserted and an electric current is passed into each and every hair follicle being treated.

Since each and every hair follicle requires separate treatment this is a very tedious process. You can expect to make multiple visits to the electrologist (treatments can take several months to years to complete).

The Most Practical, Least Painful and Most Effective Method Now Available To Remove Unwanted Hair...Laser Hair Removal.

And new laser technology beats these other dated methods hands down.

One of the major benefits with lasers is the ability to treat a larger area of your skin at once. So it only takes a fraction of the time electrolysis would for the same area because you don't need to identify and probe each individual hair follicle.

The laser has been designed to treat only the hair follicle while leaving the areas around it unaffected. And since the laser uses pulses of light to remove hair, there's no irritation to the skin (as with other hair removal methods we talked about).

How Laser Hair Removal Works:

The laser emits a gentle beam of light which only is absorbed by the hair follicle (leaving the skin unharmed). The laser delivers energy which is absorbed in the hair and transformed to heat. The heat destroys the hair follicle within a small fraction of a second.

The key to optimum results is being able to adjust the pulsewidth (the amount of time the laser is on) so that it can pass through the thin layer of skin to reach the deep hair follicles.

Laser Hair Removal Chicago FAQs:

Who Are The Best Candidates For Laser Hair Removal?

Because the laser's light energy is absorbed by the pigment melanin, in the skin, people with greater contrast respond best. So individuals with dark hair and light colored skin get maximum results.

That's why you should avoid tanning before and after the treatment for best results.

However new laser technology has made it possible for other people (including dark complexions) to get significant results.

What Areas Can Be Treated?

Laser hair removal is good for both facial hair removal and for body hair removal. Specific body sites include the upper lip, underarms, legs, back, shoulders, chin, cheeks, and other facial areas for women, etc. Laser hair removal can be used almost anywhere that's covered with unwanted hair. Perhaps the most commonly treated areas are facial hair in women. This may be because facial hair is so obvious and so troublesome for those who have it. It can also take a lot of time, on a very frequent basis, to get rid of facial hair by plucking. The chin and the upper lip are the most commonly treated. Also see laser facial hair removal.

How Much Does Laser Hair Removal Cost?

The cost varies depending on the area treated. The larger the area the greater the cost.

However your total investment in laser hair removal ends up being significantly less than many other cosmetic alternatives. For electrolysis you must figure the cost of making many tedious visits (a lot more than the handful of laser treatments you'll need).

Or if you figure the cost for continually shaving or waxing. But it also makes more than just economic sense when you consider the discomfort and pain associated with other traditional methods. Not to mention the time you save. So laser hair removal can give you one less thing to think about. One less thing to worry about. And more time for yourself. Most patients consider the cost an investment in themselves.

Can you get permanent hair removal by laser?

Electrolysis has been described as permanent hair removal, and now there are laser systems being marketed as being able to achieve permanent hair removal. However, in each case, those involved are making their own definitions of what "permanent hair removal" is. For the most part, it is not going to resemble your definition of what permanent hair removal would be.

One should keep in mind that as the skin ages, some hair follicles enlarge and become visible with time. Therefore, it is possible that even if a particular method of facial hair removal or body hair removal does permanently destroy a particular follicle and stops growth of that hair, others nearby can take its placeover a period of time. For more on this and why it is so, see the facial hair removal page. So, if you assume that after having one or two laser hair removal treatments will take care of the problem once and for all, you could be disappointed.

Also, be aware that any one persons response is not entirely predictable. There is an occasional person who will not get much of a response. On the other hand, we have seen some who have had complete clearing of an area for many months after a single laser hair removal treatment, and no sign of growth yet. Perhaps the response will be permanent, or just last a few years. The technology just has not been around long enough to know yet.

However, having said all that, the evidence is mounting that laser treatment can have some very long lasting results, probably more so than any other method. And certainly with far fewer treatments and less pain than with electrolysis. So, if your idea of permanent hair removal would be a very significant reduction (or maybe even complete clearing), plus or minus the possiblility of requiring a repeat treatment once every year or few years, then the technology is pretty likely to make you happy.

Does Laser Hair Removal Hurt?

Not really. As compared to the pain from waxing or electrolysis most patients say their laser treatment was relatively pain-free. Many patients describe the treatment as tingling or a slight snapping sensation.

Usually, the majority of patients can easily tolerate this sensation without any type of anesthetics. However you may elect to use a topical numbing cream before your procedure.

If you do feel any discomfort it's only while the area is being treated. Then after the procedure the area treated may become pink or red (like a mild sunburn) for a day or so.

Also after leaving the office you will not need any bandages because there is no damage to your skin.

What are the laser treatments like?

Laser Hair Removal is a gentle three-step process. First, we gently cleanse the area to be treated. Next, we shave the area. Then the area is scanned with the laser. The laser energy passes through the skin and is absorbed by the pigment in the hair follicle. In a fraction of a second, all of the treated hair follicles are disabled.

Treatments can last from a few minutes to most of an hour, depending on the size of the area being treated.

How Long Does A Laser Hair Removal Treatment Take?

body area treated	laser treatment time
upper lip	1-10 minutes
chin	1-10 minutes
upper lip & chin	1-10 minutes
full face	5-30 minutes
bikini area	4-30 minutes
full legs	30-90 minutes
lower legs	15-60 minutes
forearm	15-60 minutes
full back and shoulders	40-60 minutes
full chest	30-60 minutes
breasts - woman	5-15 minutes
calves	10-60 minutes
undearms / axillae	2-15 minutes

The length of time needed depends on the size of the area being treated. For instance, the upper lip will only take minutes, while other areas, like the leg will take more time.

The times listed are a range. Variables include laser used, the spot size of the laser which is often somewhat dependent upon the amount of laser energy required (fluence).

Laser energy used (dose) is in turn affected by skin and hair color.

Most treatment times end up toward the lower end of the range given here, however.

Also, treatments tend to go more rapidly each successive treatment.

The time it takes is still a fraction of the time electrolysis would take for the same area because lasers can treat multiple hair follicles at once.

How many treatments will I need?

The laser can only disable actively growing hairs during your treatment. And because hair growth occurs in cycles, only a certain amount of hair follicles are growing at any one time.The number of treatments you may require for optimal long-term benefits depends on the area you wish to have treated, the hair density and your hair's growth cycle. Your hair grows in cycles and many factors influence it's growth. Age, ethnicity, weight, hormones, diet, medication and metabolism all play a part in your hair's location, thickness and resilience.

The laser energy is only effective on hairs which are in their active growth phase. Many hair follicles are in their resting stage at any one particular time. That means several visits will be necessary (but nowhere close to number needed for electrolysis) to catch the hairs that were in the resting stage before. As a general rule, several treatments will be required. However, most times you can expect to see a 50% reduction in hair growth after just one treatment. Then after determining your individual characteristics we can develop a treatment schedule that's best for you.

How far apart in time should laser hair removal treatments be given?

Because the hair removal laser is only effective on actively growing hair follicles, treatments should be spaced apart so that the hair follicles in the area have time to begin growing again. If the treatment is given too soon, that particular treatment episode will not be effective. The answer is dependent upon several factors. But, for the bulk of cases, we suggest about two months between treatments.

What complications and risks are possible?

Lasers have been carefully tested for their safety. Occasionally blisters can develop, and very rarely, scarring or infection. Also there is a possibility of hypo or hyperpigmentation (if this does occur most changes in skin color will fade away over time). But these same effects can also occur with electrolysis and even shaving or waxing.

Are laser hair removal treatments performed in both the Oak Brook office and at the University of Illinois in Chicago office?

We are not currently doing laser hair removal treatments at the University of Illinois in Chicago office, only in the Oak Brook office.

How do I get to the Oak Brook office or the University of Illinois in Chicago office?

Our offices are easy to get to. In Oak Brook, we are in the middle of the Oakbrook Center Mall, in the professional building. In Chicago, in the Chicago Medical District within the University of Illinois College of Medicine campus. For details, check our contact page.

How does Laser Hair Removal work?

Laser Hair Removal uses a low-energy laser to gently remove unwanted hair, putting an end to routine shaving and waxing. This advanced technology transcends the older, painful hair removal treatments to deliver long-lasting results. Because the laser treats more than one hair at a time, it is possible to treat larger areas such as the back, shoulders, arms, legs and face. Laser treatments leave your skin looking and feeling smoother and silkier. Best of all, Laser Hair Removal treatments are a safe, fast, gentle, and effective alternative method for hair removal.

The laser slows the growing capacity of follicles in the growth cycle at the time of the treatment. Since some hair follicles may enter their growth cycle after your treatment, multiple treatments may be required to deliver optimal results. Treatment results will vary from patient to patient depending on skin and hair color.

Removing hair does not make it grow back thicker, darker, or more rapidly, though it often seems that way. This is because hair removal attempts often begin at a time (such as puberty) when the hairs in an area are getting larger and thicker anyway. So when they come back after plucking, etc., they come back larger; but they would come back larger during the next growth cycle for that particular hair anyway. The laser may cause hair to come back slower and thinner.

What do I need to do before my laser hair removal treatment?

Tanning should be avoided. Also you should leave a slight stubble for laser hair removal to be effective. Therefore you should not shave the areas to be treated for about 3 days prior to your treatment. Also avoid waxing, tweezing, or bleaching those areas several weeks before laser treatment.

What about after laser treatment - is any special care required?

After your treatment you can return to your normal activities immediately. The use of sun screen is recommended on any treated areas exposed to the sun, and sun exposure should be minimized before and after laser hair removal treatment.

What about after treatment - will I look presentable?

After laser treatment, there is usually some pinkness or redness in the treated area which goes away after a short time. There are no open wounds, bandages, or anything like that. Most patients leave the office felling that they look presentable, but in some cases, a little makeup is helpful to minimize redness.

Is there a significant recovery period?

No.

How many different hair removal lasers are there?

Lots. There are many hair removal lasers available now, with more becoming available all the time. There are now several different types of systems available for laser hair removal: diode, alexandrite, flashlamp-excited, Nd-YAG, pulsed, long-pulsed, Q-switched, and ruby lasers. In addition, there are intense pulsed light hair removal systems, such as the Photoderm and the EpiLight, which technically are not true lasers. Specific hair removal lasers include: IPL Quantum HR, ESC EpiTouch Alex, Lyra, Palomar Epilaser, Aesculap-Meditech RubyStar and MeDio Star, Altus CoolGlide, Candela GentleLase, Coherent LightSheer, Continuum Medlite IV, Convergent Polaris, Crystal Focus Multipulse NDLP, Diolite Apex 800, and the Cynosure TKS and Apogee 40.

What hair removal lasers do you use?

We use the Apogee, Epitouch, and GentleLase hair removal lasers, as well as other skin lasers. We are continually evaluating the newest technology.

What are the benefits of Laser Hair Removal?

It combines the speed of shaving with the lasting results promised by electrolysis. Laser Hair Removal is effective on almost any area of the body where smoother, younger, hair-free skin is desired. Larger areas can be treated more easily using lasers than with electrolysis, waxing or tweezing

How is Laser Hair Removal different from electrolysis?

Electrolysis is a much slower process. With electrolysis, a needle is actually inserted into each hair follicle, one at a time. Once inserted, an electric shock burns the follicle to retard hair growth. Laser Hair Removal uses the light of the laser to scan the treatment area and within minutes, all of the growing hairs in the laser's beam are treated. Most patients who have had both procedures say that Laser Hair Removal is less painful, faster and more convenient.

Conference call

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A conference call is a telephone call in which the calling party wishes to have more than one called party listen in to the audio portion of the call. The conference calls may be designed to allow the called party to participate during the call, or the call may be set up so that the called party merely listens into the call and cannot speak. It is often referred to as an ATC (Audio Tele-Conference).

Conference calls can be designed so that the calling party calls the other participants and adds them to the call. In most cases, the participants are able call into the conference call themselves. They do so either by dialing into a "conference bridge" (a specialized type of equipment that links telephone lines), or by using a special telephone number set up for that purpose.

Most companies use a specialized service provider for conference calls. These service providers maintain the conference bridge, and provide the phone numbers used to access the meeting or conference call.

Three-way calling is available (usually at an extra charge) for most customers on their home or office phone line. To three way call you call the first person you wish to talk to. Then you must press the flash button and dial the other person's phone number. While it is ringing press flash again. This will put your three people together. This option allows callers to add a second outgoing call to an already connected call.

Usage

Business

Businesses use conference calls daily to meet with remote parties, both internally and outside of their company. Common applications are client meetings or sales presentations, project meetings and updates, regular team meetings, training classes and communication to employees who work in different locations. Conference calling is viewed as a primary means of cutting travel costs and allowing workers to be more productive by not having to go out-of-office for meetings.

Conference calls are used by nearly all United States public corporations to report their quarterly results. These calls usually allow for questions from stock analysts and are called earnings calls. A standard conference call begins with a disclaimer stating that anything said in the duration of the call may be a forward looking statement, and that results may vary significantly. The CEO, CFO, or Investor Relations officer then will read the company's quarterly report. Lastly, the call is opened for questions from analysts.

Conference calls are increasingly used in conjunction with web conferences, where presentations or documents are shared via the internet.

Conference calls are also beginning to cross over into the world of podcasting and social networking, which in turn fosters new kinds of interaction patterns. Live streaming or broadcasting of conference calls allows a larger audience access to the call without dialing in to a bridge. In addition, organizers of conference calls can publish a dial-in number alongside the audio stream, creating potential for audience members to dial in if and when they wish to interact

Party line

Conference calls can also be used for entertainment or social purposes, such as the party line. People call in to a specified telephone number, and are connected to conversations with other callers. This serves as a way to talk to and perhaps, subsequently, meet new people. However, conference calls are most commonly used by businesses.

Baines and Ernst

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At Baines and Ernst we provide free confidential advice for anyone with a debt problem.

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A financial solution specialist can help you regain control of your finances. Having your debt managed by experts can give you a fresh start.

We will put you in touch with companies that offer a range of financial solutions to help people with debt problems.

Company Profile

We are a progressive and professional company based in the centre of Manchester. We are well established, having been in business for over 6 years and have now helped over 100,000 people resolve their debt problems. We currently employ over 300 staff, many of whom are graduates or who hold other professional qualifications.

We were originally a debt collection agency but very quickly found that most debtors have multiple debts, were willing to repay them all but were unable to do so in full. We therefore decided to change from being debt collectors into a company which helped people make reduced payment arrangements with their creditors and providing ongoing support until their debt problem has been resolved.

We aim our service at those people who have debt difficulties and who can afford to pay for help in resolving those difficulties. Put simply, our clients are not poor, they just have a debt problem and we see our role as helping them regain control of their finances.

Strategic Partnerships
We believe that we must have a full range of options available to ensure that we can offer the best solution to each individual client. We also recognise that we cannot provide all possible solutions from our own resources. Consequently, we have a number of strategic partnerships in place with other professional organisation's to ensure that clients will always be offered the most appropriate solution to their problem.

We only ever enter into a strategic relationship with a new partner after we have carried out rigorous checks to ensure that the new partner will provide solutions of the same high quality as those we provide ourselves.

How We Can Help You

We believe that it is important that we help you find the best way to resolve your debt problems. To do this, we follow the following steps:

1. Before we can offer you any help at all, we must make sure that we understand your problem,so we will first conduct with you a full assessment of your current financial situation.

2. If appropriate, we will discuss with you how you might be able to make some economies in your monthly expenditure.

3. If, having made all the economies that you can reasonably be expected to make, you still have insufficient funds to service all of your unsecured commitments in full, we will identify what suitable solutions may be available to you.

4. We will describe to you each solution that we believe may be suitable to your needs and discuss with you both the advantages and disadvantages of that solution.

5. After we have discussed with you every option that we believe is suitable, we will leave you to decide which option you want to choose.

6. We will be open at all times during our discussions with you, making sure that you know the basis upon which we charge for our services and the likely total cost of any service we may provide you.

Debt Management Plans

A debt management plan can be used to resolve any problem you may have with your unsecured debts. It is an informal arrangement suitable for people who do not have very significant debts, who may not have very high disposable incomes or who expect that their circumstances may change in the near future.

You will make one affordable payment each month to us, which we will distribute to your creditors on your behalf.

We will negotiate to try to reduce or freeze any interest or other charges on your debts, although we cannot guarantee this.

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Your plan is fully flexible and can be changed at any time to suit your changing circumstances and needs. You can even cancel your plan at any time with no penalty to yourself.

We keep your plan under regular review and, if we believe that an alternative solution has become available, we will tell you about it, so that you can make an informed choice as to what you want to do.

We employ fully trained advisors who understand the importance of a fast and efficient response to any enquiry you may have. Our aim is to deal with every query as quickly as possible, usually at the time of the initial phone call.

Voluntary Arrangements

An Individual Voluntary Arrangement is a legal process by which you can gain protection from your unsecured creditors by entering into a legally binding repayment agreement with them, which is then supervised by a licensed insolvency practitioner.

This process is suited to those debtors who have a reasonably high level of disposable income but who also have a very significant unsecured debt problem.

The arrangement is supervised by a licensed Insolvency Practitioner who is responsible for all negotiations with your creditors and for ensuring that you make all of the payments required under the terms of the arrangement.

You are normally required to make regular monthly repayments, usually over a 5 year period, after which any balances remaining on your debts are written off.

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If you are a homeowner, you will normally be required to release any equity you have in your property by taking out a mortgage or secured loan and paying this money to your creditors.

Once an IVA has been agreed by your creditors, all interest and charges on your unsecured debts will be frozen.

Your supervisor in the IVA is required to review your financial situation every year and, as a result, you may be required to increase your monthly contributions into the IVA.

Protected Trust Deeds

A Protected Trust Deed is a legal process available to residents in Scotland whereby you can gain protection from your creditors in much the same way as with an Individual Voluntary Arrangement in the rest of the UK.

On agreement, your creditors will accept a reduced amount in full and final settlement of your debts with them.

Payments are normally made over a 3 year period, after which the balances on your unsecured debts are written off.

On agreement, all interest and charges on your debts are frozen.

Your protected trust deed is supervised by a licensed insolvency practitioner, who is responsible for all negotiations with your creditors and who is also responsible for ensuring that you keep to the terms of the Trust Deed.

Career Opportunities

We pride ourselves on being an equal opportunities employer and, as a result, have a very diverse and dynamic workforce. We have a strict policy of non-discrimination on the grounds of nationality, ethnic and national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, age or disability. As far as we are concerned, if you are the best person for the job, you can have it.

We have a rigorous selection process to ensure that the career paths we offer our employees match their individual abilities. We have an ongoing personal development and training programme for all employees to allow them all to fulfil their full potential. We have a policy of promotion from within wherever possible.

Where appropriate, we offer sponsorships to employees for professional qualifications. Currently we have employees studying for ACCA, AAT, CIPD and CIM.

To make further enquiries about career opportunities at Baines & Ernst, please call 0161 216 8112.

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AdSense

2007-05-30T23:30:00.001-07:00

AdSense is an ad serving program run by Google. Website owners can enroll in this program to enable text, image and, more recently, video advertisements on their sites. These ads are administered by Google and generate revenue on either a per-click or per-thousand-impressions basis. Google is also currently beta-testing a cost-per-action based service.

Google utilizes its search technology to serve ads based on website content, the user's geographical location, and other factors. Those wanting to advertise with Google's targeted ad system may sign up through AdWords. AdSense has become a popular method of placing advertising on a website because the ads are less intrusive than most banners, and the content of the ads is often relevant to the website.

It currently uses JavaScript code to incorporate the advertisements into a participating site. If it is included on a site which has not yet been crawled by the Mediabot, it will temporarily display advertisements for charitable causes known as public service announcements (PSAs). (Note that the Mediabot is a separate crawler from the Googlebot that maintains Google's search index.)

Many sites use AdSense to monetize their content and some webmasters work hard to maximize their own AdSense income. They do this in three ways:

They use a wide range of traffic generating techniques including but not limited to online advertising.
They build valuable content on their sites which attracts AdSense ads which pay out the most when they get clicked.
They use copy on their websites that encourage clicks on ads. Note that Google prohibits people from using phrases like "Click on my AdSense ads" to increase click rates. Phrases accepted are "Sponsored Links" and "Advertisements".

The source of all AdSense income is the AdWords program which in turn has a complex pricing model based on a Vickrey second price auction, in that it commands an advertiser to submit a sealed bid (not observable by competitors). Additionally, for any given click received, advertisers only pay one bid increment above the second-highest bid.

History

The underlying technology behind AdSense was derived originally from WordNet and Simpli, a company started by the founder of Wordnet — George A. Miller — and a number of professors and graduate students from Brown University, including James A. Anderson, Jeff Stibel and Steve Reiss.^[1] A variation of this technology utilizing Wordnet was developed by Oingo, a small search engine company based in Santa Monica founded in 1998.^[2] Oingo focused on semantic searches rather than brute force string searches.^[3] Oingo changed its name to Applied Semantics, which was then bought by Google for $102 million in April 2003, to replace a similar system being developed in house.^[4]

AdSense for feeds

In May 2005, Google unveiled AdSense for feeds, a version of AdSense that runs on RSS and Atom feeds that have more than 100 active subscribers. According to the Official Google Blog, "advertisers have their ads placed in the most appropriate feed articles; publishers are paid for their original content; readers see relevant advertising — and in the long run, more quality feeds to choose from".

AdSense for feeds works by inserting images into a feed. When the image is displayed by the reader/browser, Google writes the ad content into the image that it returns. The ad content is chosen based on the content of the feed surrounding the image. When the user clicks the image, he or she is redirected to the advertiser's site in the same way as regular AdSense ads.

AdSense for search

A companion to the regular AdSense program, AdSense for search lets website owners place Google search boxes on their pages. When a user searches the web or the site with the search box, Google shares any ad revenue it makes from those searches with the site owner. However, only if the ads on the page are clicked, the publisher is paid. Adsense does not pay publishers for mere searches.

How AdSense works

Each time a visitor visits a page with an AdSense tag, a piece of JavaScript writes an iframe tag, whose src attribute includes the URL of the page. Google's servers use a cache of the page for the URL or the keywords in the URL itself to determine a set of high-value keywords. (Some of the details are described in the AdSense patent.) If keywords have been cached already, ads are served for those keywords based on the AdWords bidding system.

Abuse

Some webmasters create sites tailored to lure searchers from Google and other engines onto their AdSense site to make money from clicks. These "zombie" sites often contain nothing but a large amount of interconnected, automated content (e.g.: A directory with content from the Open Directory Project, or scraper sites relying on RSS feeds for content). Possibly the most popular form of such "AdSense farms" are splogs ("spam blogs"), which are centered around known high-paying keywords. Many of these sites use content from other web sites, such as Wikipedia, to attract visitors. These and related approaches are considered to be search engine spam and can be reported to Google.

There have also been reports of Trojans engineered to produce fake Google ads that are formatted to look like legitimate ones. The Trojan Horse apparently downloads itself onto an unsuspecting computer through a web page and then replaces the original ads with its own set of malicious ads.^[5]

Criticism

Due to concerns about click fraud, Google AdSense has been criticized by some Search engine optimization firms as a large source of what Google calls "invalid clicks" in which one company clicks on a rival's search engine ads to drive up its costs.^[6] Some publishers have been blocked by Google, complaining that little justification or transparency was provided.^[7]

To help prevent click fraud, publishers can choose from a number of click tracking programs. These programs will display detailed information about the visitors who click on the AdSense advertisements. Publishers can use that data to determine if they've been a victim of click fraud or not. There are a number of such commercial scripts available for purchase. An open source alternative is AdLogger.

Google has also come under fire for allowing AdWords advertisers to abuse trademarks. In 2004, Google started allowing advertisers to bid on any search terms, including the trademarks of their competitors.^[8]

The payment terms for AdSense customers have also been criticized.^[9] Google withholds payment until an account reaches US$100 ^[10], but many small content providers require a long time - years in many cases - to build up this much AdSense revenue. These pending payments are recorded on Google's balance sheet as "accrued revenue share". ^[11] At the close of its 2006 fiscal year, the sum of all these small debts amounted to a little over US $370 million - cash that Google is able to invest but which effectively belongs to its customers.

AVI to DVD with Permanent subs!

2007-05-12T04:12:00.001-07:00

This guide will also work for adding Subs while converting using WinAvi. Simply follow the steps below for adding subs.

This guide will help you to convert your .Avi files into DVD's with subtitles. I have tried my best to make it simple and error free , however, If you find any errors or problems please feel free to contact me.
In order to use this guide you must have Tmpgenc Plus 2.5 and Tmpgenc DVD Author 1.6 registered versions , except the above mentioned programs all other softwares used are freeware. So, let's move onto the guide.

Required Softwares: VirtualDub Mod or NanDub (Freeware)
GSpot (Freeware)
VobSub (Required for subtitles only-Freeware)
ffdshow Video Codec Pack ( Required for way 2 of adding subtitles- Freeware)
ffmpegGUI (Freeware)
Tmpgenc Plus 2.5 + (Shareware)
Tmpgenc Dvd Auhtor 1.6 + (Shareware)

Note:This guide is just that, a guide! In order to use it you must have TMPGEnc Plus (unless the free version work's!) and TMPGEnc DVD Author ! All these program's are excellent and should be supported as such! Errors,Suggestions and comments are welcome.Thank you!

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1- First of all make sure that the name of your .AVI file and .srt file is simillar (except the extension) as shown in the image1 below.

2- Now open your .AVI file with GSpot to check the audio and video format as shown in the image2 below. As you can see the file we are going to use is encoded with MP3 Audio So, we have to convert it to AC3 format.

3- Now open your .AVI file with Nandub and save the audio as .wav file as shown in the image3 below.

- If your file is encoded with ac3 audio than you have to extract it simply in VirtualDub Mod as shown in the image 4 below.

4- Now we will convert .wav file which we extracted from .AVI file using Nandub to AC3 format using ffmpegGUI (Image5) . If you are working with 2 files than do the same process for both files.

- Open .wav file in ffmpegGUI and chose settings as shown in the image above, select your output folder and filename and click convert. This process will take 5-15 minutes

Adding Permanent Subtitles

You can add permanent subtitles using one of the methods explained below.
Way 1- Using VobSub:
5- Download and Install VobSub. Make sure that file name of both .AVI file and .Srt files are same as shown in Image 1. If you can't see subtitles during preview in Tmpgenc than click options>Environmental setting>VFAPI Plugin and increase the priority of Direct show Multimedia reader until it becomes at top as shown in the image6 below.

Now the subtitles should appear during preview in Tmpgenc as shown in the image7 below.

Way 2- Using ffdShow:

6- Recently I came to know that subtitles can be added using ffdshow codec pack aswell. All you have to do is to open ffdshow configuration as shown in the image8 below. Again make sure that file names are simillar as shown in the image1 and improtantly uninstall Vobub or disable auto loading version of VobSub otherwise you will see two subtitles.

- check the subtitle option in configuration window as shown in the image9 below..

- Now the subtitles should appear during preview, If so than you are done.
Now let's move to the next step of guide and that's of encoding using Tmpgenc.

7- Open TmpgencEnc plus and project wizard will open automatically if not than click file>Projectwizard as shown in the Image10 below.

- Select PAL or NTSC according to your region and audio as CBR-MP2 as shown in the image 10 above. In the next window simply select your file and click next.8- After selecting your file now click on the Othersettings button as shown in the image11 below.

- A new window will appear with some options, click on Advanced Tab and select your screenratio, I will use Full screen keep aspect ratio option as shown in the image 12 below. You can select other options as well if you know what are you doing otherwise simply select Full screen keep aspect ratio.

9- Click Next and now select the video resolution that's 720x576 and Video bitrate as 2000 kbits/sec. You can select higher bitrate as well but I don't see any difference in quality by increasing birate, this way you can also add 2 movies in 1 dvd while authoring.

- Now click next and select your output destination and make sure that you uncheck the start encoding immediately option.10- Now select video only option as shown in the image below and click save project from file>saveproject.

Now if you have only one file to convert than start encoding by click start button, otherwise you have to save this project by clicking file>saveproject. If you have more than one file to convert than do the same process for second file and so on.11- Now after doing the same process for rest of your files click batch encode from file>batch encode as shown in the image below and click run.

That's it now this conversion can take up to 12 hours depending on your PC.

After Conversion you have to Author DVD in Tmpgenc Dvd Author. Click here for the guide.

Authoring is not that difficult but if you don't know than wait until tomorrow i will post the guide.

In case the images are not loading then you can access this guide at my very own site as well.click here
QaisarSoft

Please don't waste my bandwidth and click only if images are not loading.

Please leave comments,suggestions and errors.
I will try my best to keep this guide uptodate and please don't ask me for cracks ..you can get TmpgencEnc Plus and Author from most of the torrent sites.

A quick guide for using Tmpgenc Express 3.0

2007-05-12T04:11:00.003-07:00

A quick guide for using Tmpgenc Xpress 3.0
1. Open Tmpgenc Xpress 3.0
2. Click On Start New Project.

3. Click On Add Files. Add Both Part of The Movies. Starting with Part 1 And Than Part 2

4.Once you Select The Files you will have option to change the Aspect Ratio..I suggest 10:11 (NTSC 4:3) But The Choice Is Your.

5. Than you Move On To Set Output. you Will get to this screen.

6. Here you will Change The Aspect Ratio to Image 16:9. But Again That is Your Choice.
7. Than You Will Get To This Screen Select your Image Resolution. I Do 704x480.

8. You Will Get to This Screen. Nothing To change here..unless you guys want to experiment.

9. Alomost Done. click on Encode. Over Here you will decide. if u want to output the whole file ie cd 1 and cd 2. or if u want to out put the clips separately.. with bunty or babli. u will need to output the clips separately. but than when you use dvd author it will make the dvd files for both clips.

Hopefully this guide will help

Playing media files without any issues

2007-05-12T04:11:00.001-07:00

I have come across many threads wherein members have problems with playing various types of media files (.avi, .mkv, .ogg, etc..).
Most of the problems arise when we don't have the required Codecs installed in our system.
So I just write this article which helps us in combating this problem.

Overview:
Most of the files actually play without any fuss, only that the audio or the video will come; so some of us will find it difficult to find what is wrong as it wont show any error (BSplayer will show, and some media player will show the error but will continue to play the file).

We can follow the following steps to make all the files play without any issue. We will look into individuals programs now.

VLC player:
VLC player is my favourite player as:
- It dont need any Codecs to play any file
- Plays a variety of files (inc. DVD's and .mov files)
- It supports most of the OS
- It's Free!

More info and download:
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

Gspot
GSpot is a free utility which identifies the codec required to play an AVI file and supplies other information as well.
● Establishes what video codecs (audio and video) are required to play an AVI file.
● Determines whether these codecs are installed on your system.
● Isolates problems associated with these codecs.
● Simple operation - Basic use: "File > Open", then read the results.
Screenshots:
The main window when the program is run:

To find the list of the installed codecs in your system:

Find out the required codec using Gspot. And then d/l that codec, install, and now play the file.

Download:
http://www.headbands.com/gspot/download.html

ffdshow
ffdshow is DirectShow and VFW codec for decoding/encoding many video and audio formats, including DivX and XviD movies using libavcodec, xvid and other opensourced libraries with a rich set of postprocessing filters

Filter also supports nowadays decoding of virtually all audio formats used in movies, including AC3, DTS, MP3 and Ogg Vorbis, and several subtitle formats.

To summarize its main idea, the FFDSHOW consumes way less CPU power than original DivX or XviD codecs, even with maximum post-processing. At the same time the post-processing seems to give excellent quality results and allows more configuring than the original DivX codec. It can even automaticly reduce post-processing if your CPU is getting overloaded. The noise filter adds a kind of a rasterising effect to the picture - might be useful in some cases.So you wont need 95% of the codecs required to play the files.

When we install the software, we get to see this:
Video:

Audio:

Just make sure that you have every check box clicked on so that your media player can play all the files without any fuss.

Download:
ffdshow

Codec packs:
Codec packs contain all (or 95%) of the codecs that we might need to play any particular files. We might end up downloading more than the number of codecs that we might actually require to play the files.
This might seem a one stop solution but these are the shortcomings:
-- Some codecs in the so called mega codec packs are illegal
-- DVD's dont play agian ,in case we update/ reinstall the codec packs, so we will have t reinstall the DVD software (not VLC player though :p)
-- We dont need that many codecs also biggrin.gif
-- We have VLC player which plays files without codecs :d
Some popular Codec packs:

K-lite codec pack:
The K-Lite Mega Codec Pack is a software bundle which includes the K-Lite Codec
Pack Full, QuickTime Alternative, Real Alternative and BSplayer.
www.k-litecodecpack.com/

ACE codec pack:
www.divx-digest.com/software/acemega_codec.html

Matroska Pack:
Matroska Packs for Windows playback & creation. ... itself as a very slim and
intelligent alternative to the usually overloaded codec packs out there.
www.packs.matroska.org/

Video codecs which are used commonly in avi files are divx codecs (div3, div4, etc..) or XVID.
Audio codecs that commonly used are AC3 or .mp3 or other such codecs.
So use Gspot to find out the codecs that you need and d/l them.

Comments plz

If anyone have to add to this, plz post.

Any Format To Dvd Guide

2007-05-12T04:10:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends,
I m going to guide u, how u can convert any format to a DVD.
But first if all my ENGLISH is not good.If u see any eng mistake then plzz forgive me
now here r some easy steps.
first u should have WinAvi Convertor and that should b registered.
Now first click on winavi icon .
here u can see this screen

now click on DVD
here u can see this screen

u can select movie files here, u want to convert
and then click on OK
after that u will b see this screen

here u should select last movie file and move it up
if u want to change the output folder then click on BROWSE but if u don't
then leave it as it is.
Now pres on ADVANCED
now u can see this screen

that is the most importent step
here i have made 5 steps
now i will be explain them one by one
1st step:
here if u want to get good result then leave them on AUTO because WINAVI auto adjust
ur real movie file settings
but if u want to change format or ratio then u can force them.
it is depending on ur DVD PLAYER if ur DVD PLAYER sport NTSC and PAL both
then leave it on AUTO but if not then u can change it for ur DVD PLAYER.and also AUTO ratio mean ur selected movie ratio, if u want wide screen then u can change it into 16:9 or
4:3 .
2nd STEP:
here if u have DVD5 or single layer DVD WRITER and u want to WRITE only one DVD then u can remain it as that picture.
but if u have DVD9 or Double Layer then u can change it for ur need.
3rd STEP:
Here if u want good result then click on BY QUALITY but if u r in rush
then clcik on BY SPEED
4th STEP:
here u can change AUDIO BITRATE, it is depenging on u but my advice is that
clcik on 128000 or 160000.because that will b give video, some more space.
5th STEP:
here u can change CHAPTER LENGTH
its totally optional.
After these steps u can click on Ok but if u want to know about ENCODE then click on that..
now u can see this screen

here only two things r important
1st:
here u can leave SOURCE ASPECT RATIO on AUTO but if u have changed(upper 1st step) into 16:9 or 4:3 then u should change it here too.
2nd:
here leave SOURCE TARGET RATE on AUTO
here u can click on SOFTEN PICTURE but also u can leave it as it is.
After every things click on Ok
Now u can see this screen

Here some people think they have done their job, but they r wrong.
if u want a good result then u should click on both(see upper Picture)
that will be slow down ur converting speed but will give u good result.
and a very Important Advice
PLZZ DON'T DISTURB UR COMPUTER DURING CONVERTING

How to rip a VCD!

2007-05-12T04:09:00.002-07:00

All you need is Isobuster Just follow these simple steps!

Hope this helps!

Step-by-step tutorial - Joining AVI files

2007-05-12T04:09:00.001-07:00

Hey,

I've made another simple guide on joining avi's since there were a lot of questions and posts regarding this. This will hopefully solve their problems as this is a simple step-by-step process. The only software required is VirtualDub >>>> http://www.virtualdub.org/download

1. Open VirtualDub from your directory

2. Go to Video > and select Direct Stream Copy

3. Do the same for Audio... Hit Audio > Direct Stream Copy

Now click on File > Open

4. Select the first part of the movie you want to join. In this case I'll use an example of Hum Tum (2 parts) Note: You could have as many parts as you wish

5. Now you should have something like this...

6. Now lets add the remainder parts.. Go to File > and click on Append AVI Segement

7. Now select your second part. Note: This step may be repeated as many times as you wish to add more parts.

8. After you've added all the parts you wish to join Click on File > and hit Save as AVI...

9. Pick the directory where you wish to save the joined AVI...and now you should have something like this...Please wait until as the files are being joined...

10. VIOLA!! Look in the directory where you've saved the joined AVI...

Hope this guide will help you and will clear away all of your confusion of joining AVI segements.... If you have any questions or problems, please don't hesitate to post it!

How to make a mobile move using ImTOO 3GP Video Converter

2007-05-12T04:08:00.003-07:00

first go on this web site and download the software and install it
http://www.imtoo.com/3gp-video-converter.html

click here to get the serial code
http://www.freeserials.com/serials/s...y=Searc h+%21
one of them codes will defo work

ok open the program

This is what the user interface looks like

these are all the options u can apply to ur mobile move,,
the bit rate show there is 40,, if u want the movie to be a good copy then change that to 100 or 150,
the video size set in that image will support most phones but if u have a bigger screen then u can change it,, i recomend u dont mess around with that unless u know what u r doing,,
u can change the audio to mono or stario..

Click on the add button and a new window will pop up,, in that window select the file u wanna convert

You can play the movie that ur gonna convert,, please remember if u play the movie then the conversion can take longer then usual

Select the destnation of the file (where u want the file to appear when conversion is complete)

and then Click Encode

wait for a while and ur move will be ready...

once they movie is converted to 3gpp,, copy the move into your phone,( most phones have a external memory card so u need to put the movie in that card and then put the card in ur phone and ENJOY....

please leave comments and if u do try this let me know how u got on

How to convert XviD/DivX to VCD/SVCD/DVD without sync problems

2007-05-12T04:08:00.001-07:00

This tutorial is for a movie of 160mins.

INFORMATION ON FILE DOWNLOADED:

Mostly releasers use XviD codec to compress the DVD-RiPs coz it is just faster than its rival DivX though not by a very large margin!

To compress you need to have the specific codecs installed, separate for audio and video.

Audio is usually compressed in MP3 or else AC-3 ACM format.

Not going into very details, as our main task here is to convert those files!

Softwares required:

1. VirtualDub or VirtualDubMod.

2. Pegasys TMPGEnc Xpress(recommended) or Mainconcept MPEG encoder.

3. XviD or/and DivX codec.

4. MP3/AC3 complete codec(i.e. encoder as well as decoder)

(Cannot provide links...coz FULL version links not allowed)

SYSTEM REUIREMENTS

Minimum:

1.5GHz, 256MB RAM, 5GB free space....

Recommended:

3.0GHz, 512 MB RAM, Lots of free space...

CONVERSION

::If video file is coded in XviD + MP3::

Step 1: Play the video file with your favourite player(Recommended: DivX), and check whether there is no audio-video lags.

Step 2: Open the compressed video file in VirtualDub(VD)...Now at this point, VD may show you an error that, audio lags behind video by 'x'ms..So you are into trouble now, coz if you convert this file directly using your converter then the output will have the 'x'ms of lag.

Step 3: In VD-->

Audio-->Full processing mode
File-->Save .wav (Now it is saving the file in uncompressed format)
(After completing)
Video-->Compression-->DivX codec-->Configure-->Choose Home Theatre profile-->Click on the calulator icon(make sure bitrate based is checked)-->Enter the duration of the file-->Size 1402.88(the bitrate changes)-->Accept-->Ok-->Ok(Now back to VD mainscreen)

Audio-->Wav Audio(select the wav file you saved)

Audio-->Compression(make sure full processing mode is selected)-->MPEG Layer 3-->Choose 128kbps 44100KHz...(coz if we inc./dec. now then file size will change..but we want the new video file to be the same as 1.37GBs..)

File-->Save as Avi-->Choose save location-->(Go take a break)(let it process)

Now your new video file is being created...

New video details:

Video codec: DivX
Audio codec: MP3

Advantage: No lags during conversions!

Step 4: Close VD. Open your converter(Recommended: TMPGEnc)

DivX to VCD/SVCD/DVD

I am giving the steps for TMPGEnc(TG)..but others are also similiar.

TG-->Start new project-->Add File(choose the new 1.37GB Video file we created)

File should be visible in the column there. And a new edit window should open!

Aspect Ratio-->Choose according to your wish...-->Ok

Right click on the clip-->Duplicate Clip-->yes

Select edit on first clip-->position the slider at around half the total duration time(eg: 160mins..then 80mins)-->Set as start frame-->Cut the selected frame range(remember the start frame number)-->Ok (this will produce around 800MB VCD File...10mins=10MBs under above conditions...Disc 1)

Select edit on second clip-->(manually enter the start frame number you noted earlier as end frame number)-->Cut the selcted frame range-->Ok (Another 800MB file...Disc 2)

Set Output(ontop)-->VideoCD Pal(or as you wish..but will instruct for the VCDPAL here..similiar for others)-->Select

Now at the lower right corner you can see the estimated size(1600GBs around) Do not change any settings..or else the file won't be a VCD MPEG I compatible file.

Encode(top)-->(output clips separately)-->Choose location-->Output Preview(Chk if aspect ratio all fine..)-->Start Output-->Yes(Thodi der so jao...This will take time..)

Now use your burning software to burn the VCD file..(No details of that here)

::If video file is coded in XviD + AC-3::

The difference here is that VD cannot transit AC-3 to MP3...

open the video file...Full processing..Save wav..Video compression settings...

Now,

Audio-->No Audio

Start output as avi.

Still our new video is not ready. So this time use TG to add the audio file(.wav)

Add the converted no audio video file in TG.
Just after adding, in the pop-up menu.

(Select Audio Source) Change location to the saved wav file.

Set ouput-->AVI Output-->Ok

Now select the audio and video compressor as in the MP3 coded file section.

Encode-->(see the output all fine..go ahead)-->Start output

During the above production of file..If you try to convert the entire 1.37GB file i.e. without splitting..I have experinced many times that the file output stops at a certain percentage...Still you can give it a try, but if you do not have high-end PC config, then be on the safer side and split to half and then produce one by one!

Now our new DivX coded file is ready for VCD/SVCD/DVD conversion..Use above.

::If video file is coded in DivX + MP3::

GREAT! Continue production of VCD/SVCD/DVD!

::If video file is coded in DivX + AC-3::

Use above instructions to first re-code!

VOILA!!! BINGO! You are done with your productions/conversions!

Note: Direct DivX + AC-3 to VCD/SVCD/DVD is possible if you have the necessary codecs! But what I illustrated is the most common cases!

Get the ACM-3 Decompressor to direclty convert your AC-3 coded files to MP3 using VirtualDub or TMPGEnc: http://www.free-codecs.com/download/...compressor.htm

Hope you enjoyed the tutorial!

Any queries, will try and solve!

Disclaimer: During any of the above processes, I am not responsible if anything goes wrong with your computer. But will be there to help and sort out the problem.

How To take a Screenshot ! Dont Laugh !

2007-05-12T04:07:00.001-07:00

OK i didnt think i needed to write this guide, but since so many people dont post screenshots i have written this simple guide on how its done.. properly

Step 1: Download and Install BSplayer

This application is for Window$ so if u got MAC or Linux ... sorry

Ok download it from... http://www.bsplayer.org/index.php?p=download (get the free version at the bottom)

Install it... im sure i dont need to tell you how thats done !

Step 2: Launch the movie in BSplayer and Pause at a location

OK in this example i will take a screenshot from the Movie: Dil.Kya.Kare.1999.Hindi.DVDRip.XviD-BrG

First change the settings to use RGB.. right click the application and choose options > preferences

Open the movie in BSplayer by Right Clicking the application and choosing Open... browse to the file and open

As you can see from the screenshot below.. i have PAUSED the movie at a location.. this is the screenshot i want

Step 3: Grab the screenshot !

OK this is really easy.... on your keyboard press... Shift + p ... at the SAME time and then let go (of the keys)

Now goto the directory where you installed BSplayer and you will notice an extra image there name BScapXXX.jpg...

This is the screnshot which we wanted ! in glorious JPG format !

Step 4: Upload the screenshot to TinyPic

OK now we need to place the image somewhere on the internet so that we can link to it

Goto http://www.tinypic.com

Upload the image...

Copy the text as shown.. this is what we will use to link to the image when we create a torrent...

Thats it ! Just copy that text as shown and you can use as many screenshots as you want but 3 screenshots are MANDOTARY

how to fix nat-problem for windows xp sp2 users

2007-05-12T04:05:00.001-07:00

hello guys....a guide for u guys who have nat-problems with azureus....this is for ppl using windows Xp SP2...
my windows are in norwegian but i will try my best to explain and translate

1 - Start > Control Panel > Windows Firewall

Now do as the pictures says (follow the numbers) :

then

then

then press ok....

Now - Open azureus > stop all torrents > restart azureus if u want > Tools > run the Configuration Wizard > Incoming TCP Listen Port : 6881 > complete the test
Remember : before u run the Configuration Wizard u should have stopped all of ur torrent on azureus....

Restart Azureus and start the torrents again and u will have a green dot instead of a yellow for sure!!!

I hope it helped and enjoy ur downloads

How To Make A List Of All Your Files Quickly.

2007-05-12T04:04:00.000-07:00

Had a few quiries about how to create a list of many Directories/files, quickly (Mp3's especially) without spending hours typing.

DOS command:

"DIR > myfile.txt" - Takes the output of dir and re-routes it to the file myfile.txt instead of outputting it to the screen.

Switches:

"DIR /s > list1.txt" - /S Displays files in specified directory and all subdirectories.

Other switches:

DIR [drive:][path][filename] [/A[[:]attributes]] [/b] [/C] [/D] [/L] [/N]
[/O[[:]sortorder]] [/P] [/Q] [/S] [/T[[:]timefield]] [/W] [/X] [/4]

[drive:][path][filename]
Specifies drive, directory, and/or files to list.

/A Displays files with specified attributes.
attributes:
D Directories
R Read-only files
H Hidden files
A Files ready for archiving
S System files
- Prefix option with this, meaning do not include

/B Uses bare format (no heading information or summary).
/C Display the thousand separator in file sizes.
This is the default. Use /-C to disable display of separator.
/D Same as wide but files are list sorted by column.
/L Uses lowercase.
/N New long list format where filenames are on the far right.
/O List by files in sorted order.
sortorder:
N By name (alphabetic)
S By size (smallest first)
E By extension (alphabetic)
D By date/time (oldest first)
G Group directories first (add the- Prefix to reverse order)

/P Pauses after each screenful of information.
/Q Display the owner of the file.
/S Displays files in specified directory and all subdirectories.
/T Controls which time field displayed or used for sorting
timefield:
C Creation
A Last Access
W Last Written

/W Uses wide list format.
/X This displays the short names generated for non-8dot3 file
names. The format is that of /N with the short name inserted
before the long name. If no short name is present, blanks are
displayed in its place.

/4 Displays four-digit years

Switches may be preset in the DIRCMD environment variable. Override
preset switches by prefixing any switch with - (hyphen)--for example, /-W.
========================
To get PC DOS prompt in WinXP ...

Start ... Run ... type "cmd" ... OK/Enter
========================

convert Xvid, Divx, and AVI to DVD(MPEG)

2007-05-12T04:03:00.000-07:00

I hvae not seen this so far in the forums, so for the users who would like to burn a dvd
out of the Xvid, DivX, or AVI files they have downloaded, here is a small tool that will do it.

Download the software below
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/video_tools/tmpgenc.cfm
It converts AVI, DivX and Xvid files to DVD(MPEG-2) files

Just load the setting template, DVD(NTSC) or DVD(PAL)
and then load the XVID, DIX, or AVI file to convert to MPEG2
Hit Start to begin the converting process

Use either NERO 6 or EASY CD/DVD Creator 6 to burn the MPEG files as DVD onr a DVD+/-R or DVD+/-RW

Tutorial:- Converting Stereo tracks to Dolby Surround 5.1 tracks.

2007-05-12T04:01:00.000-07:00

Introduction.

In this tutorial, I will explain how to convert a normal stereo (2 channel) sound track to a 6 channels

DTS or Dolby Surround track and burn them on DVD that can be played on any home of PC DVD player.

DTS and Dolby Digital 5.1 audio is composed of these 6 tracks:

1. FL = Front left and goes to the left speaker

2. FR = Front right and goes to the right speaker

3. C = Center and goes to the central speaker (mainly for vocals)

4. LFE = Low Frequency Effect => deep bass sub-woofer speaker : For very low frequency audio (20 Hz to 100 Hz)

5. SL = Surround Left => Rear left speaker

6. SR = Surround Right => Rear right speaker

Here’s how we are going to obtain these tracks:

We will have to create 6 audio tracks from the original 2 tracks.

Front-Left => This will be taken from the left channel of the stereo file.

Front-Right => This will be taken from the right channel of the stereo file.

Center = > We will use band-pass filter to extract the vocal frequency range (150 Hz to 3 Khz).

LFE => We will use low-pass filter on the stereo file to extract the bass for the LFE channel.

Warning: Extreme care must be taken here to let only signal above 20 Hz in this file.

Or else signal below (lower than) 20 Hz may damage your ears or surrounding equipments when it gets

amplified by the sub-woofer unit.

Audio editors like Adobe or Wavelab have this control implemented by default but I don't know for other software.

SL => Extracted from the stereo left channel, we will add effects to make a swirling sound fly on the back.

SR => Same as above but extracted from the right channel of the stereo file.

Tools we are going to use:

1. Adobe Audition Version 2.0.

30 days evaluation version and documentation can be freely downloaded on adobe web site.

(Any other audio editor having the functions mentioned in this tutorial can be used.

This technique can also be transposed to any other software.)

2. Minnetonka SurCode DVD pro (Or any other freeware that can encode DTS.

Getting the audio track and converting to wave (PCM).

You can do this with any usual CD ripping software and save the tracks in wav PCM 16 bits format.

The resulting file is about 10 Mbytes for every minute of sound.

You can also use mp3 files but I advise you to only use High Bitrates (upto 320 Kbits/s VBR).

Save this file as test.wav.

This file has a sampling rate of 44.1 Khz (The CD specification) but DVD accept only 48 Khz.

You can keep the 44.1 Khz if you are only going to burn DTS audio-CD. Not for DVD.

We will have to resample to 48 Khz.

Open the « test.wav » file in Adobe Audition (From now on I will call it Adobe),

Click Edit in the menu bar and select « Convert Sample type »

In the next window select 48000 as sample rate / Stereo as Channels / and 16 as bit depth.

Set quality to high by moving the slider to the right till you read 999 then click « ok ».

For the tutorial I will use « I'm the best » song from Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani.

Now open the « I'm the best_original_ stereo.wav » file in Adobe.

Click the « edit » button on the tools bar of the main window to go to edit mode.

Double click on the name of the file in the list and you will see the waveform in the main window.

Now, type « CTRL + L » to select the left channel. Then right click on the waveform and select

« Copy to New ».

This will extract and generate the left channel as a new waveform.

Click on the file name « I'm the best_original_stereo (2)* » in the left window and save it as

« I'm the best_(L).wav ».

Always save in wav 16 bits / 48000 Hz pcm format. (The default).

« CTRL + R » short-cut does the same thing with the right channel.

So, do it with the Right channel also and save it as:

« I'm the best_(R).wav ».

Save a copy of them in a seperate folder as backup (in case)by naming them.

« I'm the best_L_final.wav » and « I'm the best_R_final.wav ».

These will be the final front channels tracks.

Dealing with the surround channels :

Now that we have our front channels, lets create the surround left/right ones:

Close all files in Adobe and reload the original stereo file. ( I'm the best_original_stereo.wav)

In the menu bar, click on « effects », select « Delay Effects » then « Flanger ».

Click on the « play » button to preview what this effect does.

It swings the sound from R to L and modulates the loudness.

Now reduce the « mix » to around 30.

You can play with the different options and other effect to sweet your needs.

Most commercial movie converted to Dolby 5.1 use the classic «Reverb » effect.

For this tutorial we will continue with the « flanger ».

Click on the « play » button again to stop the preview.

Click « ok » to apply it to our file.

Save the file as « I'm the best stereo_flanger.wav ».

With « CTRL + L » and « CTRL + R » as previously, copy to new track and save each track to a new file.

Name them as follows:

I'm the best _SL.wav => This will be the surround-left channel.

I'm the best _SR.wav => This will be the surround-right channel.

Creating the Central channel :

Ok. Let's create the central channel.

Normally in movies, this holds mainly the vocals, so we will extract the vocal from the original file.

Close all files in Adobe and re-open the original stereo file.

In the menu bar, click on « effects », select « Filters » then « Central Channel Extractor ».

For those who know about devocalising software, this is what the filter does.

It attenuates most of the sound components not in the vocal region by doing an inverse

followed by a difference function.

As the main vocal is female we will use the « female voice » preset: In the frequency range tab select « female voice »

Click on the preview button to hear what it does. It mostly attenuates lower and higher frequency ranges and emphasizes on the vocal frequency (around 250 Hz to 3 KHz).

For male vocal the range is around 150 Hz to 2 KHz.

All this can be finely tuned to get better results.

The only tuning we will do here is to decrease in the discrimination settings the « crossover » to 0,

thus making the vocal clearer (Huh ! And being less « macho » to the lady).

Click « ok » to process the file.

Then with « CTRL +L » and « CTRL + R » select and create 2 new tracks as before.

Save them as

I'm the best_CL.wav

I'm the best_CR.wav

Now click on the «MultiTrack » button just below the menu bar.

The multi-track window will open, displaying track 1, track 2, track 3 etc...

By default it displays 6 tracks but as many as 1024 tracks can be inserted.

Right-click on track 1 in the dark region or « track region ».

Select « insert » and « « I'm the best_CL ».

Beware of the yellow marker, it must be at the very beginning of the track (Offset = 0).

It marks the beginning of the insertion place on the time-line.

Insert « I'm the best_CR » in track-2.

Using the « control » key select both tracks. (They should be highlighted when selected).

Then right click in the waveform window.

Select « Bounce to new track », then « all audio clips in session mono ».

This can also be done with the ctrl+G short-cut.

This will mix the two tracks in one mono-phonic track which will be named by default « mixdown ».

The different controls in the left of the multitrack window are not used here.

Read through the documentation of the software to see all the options.

The main item I will highlight here is that when you downmix tracks (2 or more tracks) care should be

taken to the volume level. Here our 2 tracks have level at arround -6 dB, the final mix will result in a

-3dB signal (twice louder than the original). This is OK.

You should note that in Digital processing, 0 dB is equal to infinite level.

So if you mix 2 tracks with -3 dB you will surely have a 0 dB resultant mix.

That's not good because the signal will start clipping (very annoying sound effect).

When processing finishes a new track « mixdown » is shown in the left window.

Use the « effect » , « amplitude » « amplify » function to raise the volume to arround -2 dB then

save it as

I'm the best_C.wav

This will be our Central track.

Creating the LFE track

Close all files and re-open the original track.

From the menu click « Effects », select « Filters » then « Parametric Equalizer ».

Use the settings as bellow.

The settings mainly:

– Fixe the frequency band of the low-pass filter from 20 Hz to 100 Hz.

– The gain in this band is set to 0.

The result is a wave containing only the deep-bass frequency.

Click on the « play » to preview. You should only hear the deep bass. If not, readjust the settings.

Click « ok » to process when you are satisfies with the output.

Use Ctrl+G to copy to new track and the save the file to « I'm the best_LFE.wav ».

This is our final track for the LFE section.

We do not have to process both tracks because they contain the same informations.

For songs that have different bass lines in the stereo channels, you will use the downmix

from both tracks as we did for the central channel above.

Previewing all the tracks

Now let’s see what all this will give before converting to DTS or AC3.

Open all the six wave files we have created in Adobe and insert them as follows in the multi-track window:

Track 1 = I'm the best_FL.wav

Track 2 = I'm the best_FR.wav

Track 3 = I'm the best_C.wav

Track 4 = I'm the best_LFO.wav

Track 5 = I'm the best_SL.wav

Track 6 = I'm the best_SR.wav

In the track panel: click on the « Master » button, then select « mono ».

Assign the tracks to the appropriate channel of your sound card.

Note that this will only work if you have multi channel mixer software for your sound card.

(Creative Audigy2 and many others have).

I use an external M-Audio sound module on FireWire and my first 6 channels are set for DTS and Dolby 5.1:

And the settings in Adobe:

Click on “mixer” in the tools bar to go to Mixer view in Adobe:

In the « mixer » set all levels to 0 dB.

Finally select all tracks by ctrl + click then play.

Adjust the individual lever till the meter reads around -2 dB to – 0.2 dB.

We can see that:

Track 1, 2 & 4 can be boosted by +6 dB. As we started form 0 dB and the signal peeks when

we moved the slider to +6 dB, hence we can boost by 6 dB.

I will not boost the SR & SL channels as they normally sounds lower than the front ones.

You can boost it if you want.

You can do this with « effects » from the menu bar and the « Amplify » function.

Apply to individual tracks, one by one.

I personally use Waves MultiMaximizer Plugins to do this in a far better way.

(Use of this plugin is explained in my « Digitally cleaning noisy tracks » tutorial.

For the next and final step we will not use Adobe so you can close it.

Converting to DTS or AC3.

Launch SurCode DVD Pro

Give a name to the destination file: Ex test.dts

Insert the corresponding track files and click encode.

You will get a DTS file that can be directly burnt to a CD and played in a DTS compatible DVD player.

If you want to burn on DVD, use Nero 7 or any other DVD authoring software and insert the DTS tracks.

The DTS track will be recognized as an LPCM lossless compression track and can be converted to AC3

if you are making a Dolby Digital 5.1 DVD.

Many tutorials on how to author and burn DVD can be found on doom9.org, digital-digest.com or hundreds

of other sites.

I'll personally prefer the DTS type of DVD because DTS has superior audiophile uncompressed sound,

far better than AC3, but takes more disk space.

Photoshop Totorials List (HUGE!!)

2007-05-11T02:32:00.000-07:00

here are some website for photoshoping totorialshttp://www.designsbymark.com/pstips/index.html http://www.putertutor.net/photo/photosho.htm http://www.adobe.com/products/tips/photoshop.html http://www.siljan.se/aq/autumn2002/index.htm http://www.rtideas.com/ticks/http://www.phong.com/tutorials/http://www.andygraphics.com/tutorials/index.html http://www.mccannas.com/pshop/photosh0.htm http://www.webreference.com/graphics/http://rainworld.com/psworkshop/http://www.russellbrown.com/tips/photoshop.html http://user.fundy.net/morris/photoshop.shtml http://www.stridingstudio.com/tutorials/http://www.computerarts.co.uk/tutorials/2d/http://www.thinkdan.com/tutorials/photoshop.html http://www.neofrog.com/tutorials.html http://www.spoono.com/tutorials/photoshop/http://www.pixeljunction.com/tutorials.php http://www.eyewire.com/tips/photoshop/http://www.spyroteknik.com/http://www.carbonfour.com/tutorials/http://www.digitexturia.com/index2.php http://jereme.gfxsites.net/http://robouk.mchost.com/tuts/ps.php http://www.bluesfear.com/tutorials.htm http://www.dimitrix.net http://www.eyesondesign.net/http://www.teamphotoshop.com/http://www.endeffect.com/http://www.xanthic.net/tutorials.html http://www.eyeball-design.com/page05.htm http://asbestos.edgenetwk.com/news.htm http://www.dreaminfinity.com/tutorials/ps.shtml http://www.jereme.com/http://www.metaeffect.com/main.m4?go=tutorials http://www.autobliss.com/psp/http://www.voidix.com/tutorialsphotoshop.php http://www.pslover.com/tutorials.php http://www.planetphotoshop.com/http://www.graphicssoft.about.com/cs/photoshop/http://www.teamphotoshop.com/http://www.screaming-art.com/http://www.sedergraphics.com/http://Photoshopgurus.info/http://www.photoshopcafe.com/http://www.worth1000.com/http://www.adscape.com/eyedesign/photoshop/http://www.unleash.com/video/photoshop6.html http://showcase.netins.net/web/wolf359/adobepc.htm http://www.deepspaceweb.com/index.php http://www.myjanee.com/http://www.freephotoshop.com/http://veredgf.fredfarm.com/vbrush/main.html http://www.jlswebsource.com/http://www.photoshop-stuff.com/http://www.psxtras.com/http://ps6.com/http://www.bobsphotoshopsource.co.uk/http://hem.passagen.se/pshop/http://www.hallogram.com/keystone/photoshop/http://home.c2i.net/indset/http://www.main.com/~fringewood/http://www.metamorephosis.com/http://www.querandi.demon.co.uk/http://www.photocillin.com/http://www.photoshopjunkie.com/http://members.home.nl/hj.dejong/2dim/http://www.scottswork.co.uk/http://www.gypsykiss.net/http://www.photoshoppluggedin.com/http://www.cornermark.com/training/photoshop.html http://www.angelfire.com/ego/crystalpoint/index.html http://www.photoshopx.net/http://www.geocities.com/photoshop_2/http://members.optushome.com.au/philliphicks/http://www.photoshape.com/http://www.photoshopwebmagic.com/http://www.indigoproductions.com/free_stuff.htm http://www.photoshop-graphics.com/http://www.terravista.pt/copacabana/3519/web.htm http://www.absolutecross.com/tutorials/photoshop http://www.go.to/designstudios http://www.designsbymark.com/index2.html http://www.geocities.com/nessele http://www.eyeball-design.com/fxzone/frames02.htm http://www.eyesondesign.net/pshop/tuts.htm http://user.fundy.net/morris/redirect.html?404.html http://www.phong.com/tutorials http://www.photoshopcafe.com/tutorials.htm http://photoshopgurus.info http://rainworld.com/psworkshop http://www.retouchpro.com http://robouk.mchost.com/tuts/ps.php http://www.siteformat.com/tutorials/photoshop http://www.stridingstudio.com/tutorials http://www.thewebmachine.com http://twh.telefragged.com http://www.shadowness.com/news.html http://www.deaddreamer.com/v10/index2.html http://www.handson.nu/http://www.metaeffect.com/main.m4?go=main http://www.pixeljunction.com/http://www.reality9.com/main.html http://www.spoono.com/http://www.studio.adobe.com http://www.photoshopjunkie.com/tutorials.html http://www.bobsphotoshopsource.co.uk/http://ps6.com/http://www.eyesondesign.net/http://www.freephotoshop.com/http://user.fundy.net/morris/redirect.html?404.html http://www.indigoproductions.com/free_stuff.asp http://www.myjanee.com/PSRL/tutfind.htm #http://www.neofrog.com/http://www.planetphotoshop.com/http://www.photoshopcafe.com/http://www.icancu.com/http://orgcon.jlswebsource.com/http://www.metamorephosis.com/http://www.opticnurve.com http://www.wastedyouth.org/http://www.tutorials911.com/http://www.eyeball-design.com/fxzone/http://www.digitaldoodler.com/http://www.stridingstudios.com/http://user.fundy.net/morris/http://www.teamphotoshop.com http://www.tutorialforums.com/

Guide for Splitting DVD-9 into 2 DVD-R

2007-05-11T02:31:00.000-07:00

DVDFab is an application that will let you split your DVD-9 into 2 DVD-R, so that you can get the original quality and all the extras you used to leave outside with other DVD copy software.1. First Step - choose the option you want!When you start up the application, you will see the four major functions. You just need to click the option you want, then DVDFab will go to the next step.The Wizard is a number of steps that will let you copy your DVD. It will analyze your DVD and let you select the way you want to copy it.Full disc is usefull when you are sure you want to split everything in 2 disc.Main Movie when you want to copy only the main movie. DVDFab will not compress the movie now, so if you select Main Movie you have to be sure that the main movie will fit into 1 DVD. In many cases it will not, that's why we suggest you select Wizard mode.The Other Tools contain many useful tools that we'll use in some other guides!2. Second Step - Select sourceIn this page, you need to select the source of copy."DVD Drive" lets you select from your DVD driver and "DVD Folder" is from a folder in your hard disk that you may have ripped files into.Then click "Next", DVDFab will go to the next step. 3. Third StepNow, you just need to wait a while for analyzing the disc. Then DVDFab will go automaticallyDVDFab will recommend one or more options. You can not use some of them when they are greyed out. If your DVD disc is a DVD9 and one title is larger than 4.3G, you will get "Copy movie disc fully" enabled. If your DVD disc is a DVD9 and all the titles is less than 4.3G, you will get "Copy season disc fully" enabled. If the main movie of your DVD disc is less then 4.3G, you will get "Copy main movie" enabled. "Copy disc fully" is always enabled, it copies DVD in 1:1 mode. You can click the option you want and go to the next step.4. Fourth Step - Select Split-title, Split-chapter,Changegraphic (audio, subtitle in "Copy Main Movie" ) First of all select the titles you want to split . Here is only one, but keep in mind that you always choose the bigger one.Then select where to split the title . DVDFab will select a chapter to split the titles so that there is about the same ammount of data in each disc. You can change this and have a look to how much data goes to each disc tooFinally you can select to show something like "Please insert disc2" when it is about to change the disc You can also select the audio and subtitle in the option of "Copy Main Movie".When you're done with this settings click "Next".5. Fifth Step - Select output methodIf you select "DVD Folder", the files will be stored to a folder. Just specify a folder and DVDFab will create two folders (Disc1 and Disc2) and create the DVD files in."DVD Image" creates an ISO image that you can burn later using a DVD burning program. If you want burn DVDs directly, please choose "DVD Writer" as your output methord. You can also choose "Use 3th burner" to burn DVDs. This is the option you'll use more.DVDFab will create temporary files while copying. If you don't want to save this files, you can tick "Delete the temporary files after writing".Click "Go"and you're ready!6. Sixth step - Finish copy movie You just need to wait a while for the finishing copy.

Multiplexing the AC3 with the video

2007-05-11T02:28:00.000-07:00

We need to open the specially modified version of VirtualDub called VirtualDubMod which allows us to multiplex the AC3 audio into the XviD-encoded video. First, go to File menu and select Open video file.. and find the AVI you just finished and click Open. Okay, next step is to go to the Audio menu and first select Direct stream processing. After that, select AC3 Audio, again from the Audio menu. This opens a file dialog. Use this to locate the AC3 file you created with DVD2AVI and click Open. Interleaving settingsNow, look at the filename of your AC3 file -- it should tell you some useful information, such as the bitrate of the audio and the delay value for the audio (marked in milliseconds in the filename). Now, go to Audio menu and select Interleaving.... This will open a new window. Now, interleaving settings can't be really told to you, but are more matter of a trial and error -- each movie tends to have different audio characteristics, but we try to ease this pain a little bit by giving some basic values that you should try. For 384kbps 5.1 AC3, try to put 160 into Preload box and 160 into Interleave audio everyXXX box. Then change the selection next to the Interleave audio every XXX box to ms. If your audio is in 448kbps 5.1 AC3 format, try 128ms values for both boxes. Finally, enter the value you have in the AC3 filename to the Delay audio track by XXX ms box and close the dialog box by clicking OK. Next, go to Video menu and select Direct Stream Processing from here as well. After you've done this, go to File menu and select Save as AVI... Now, make sure that your destination directory has appx. 1400MB of free space and then pick a name for the file, something like 'the_movie_final_version.avi' and hit Save. Now, VirtualDubMod starts writing the final file to the HDD. This takes couple of minutes, depending on your harddrive's settings and speed. This final file will include the XviD-encoded video and the original AC3 audio. After you've done this, you should be able to delete all the rest of the stuff you've made during the process from your HDD -- I strongly recommend that you test the final file before deleting anything :-)

How to split .avi .mpg .mpeg .mkv . m1v .dat files to get music videos etc etc

2007-05-07T06:20:00.001-07:00

Programs you need:

VirtualDub and thats it! Get it HERE

Its important you do the above step otherwise you will have a huge file(s) about 2GB in size

How To Take Screenshots

2007-05-07T06:13:00.000-07:00

1. Get MPC here! and the XviD codec here! if you don't already have it

[Install the XviD codec]

2. Start MPC and open the file [XviD/DivX]

3. Browse to the 'file' and click on 'open'

4. Stop the video. Click on 'file' again and then click on 'save thumbnails'

5. Change the (1) 'rows' to 6 & (2) 'columns' to 1, also change the (3) 'image width' to the same width as your video file.
My video file is 640 (width) x 480 (height) so I input 640 as in the image below
Then browse to the destination where you would like to save the snap and click on 'save'

for DVD's is below or click here!

6. Results (click on image for an enlarged view)

7. Finally, go to (click the link) MaxUpload.com and upload the image

8. Then copy and paste the code [BBCODE for forums] marked below to your threads

Guide For DVD's - Get VLC Player here! and install it

(Click on image for an enlarged view)

Then do steps 7 & 8 above!

That's it!

Guide For Improving Torrent Download Speeds

2007-05-07T06:12:00.000-07:00

This guide relies on the use of uTorrent or Azureus. Azureus requires Java. If after installation the application will not load, it is because you do not have Java. You are not the first to think you have Java when you do not! More information is available on the Azureus site.

If you are not currently using uTorrent or Azureus, before starting this guide:
Beginners: Please change to either uTorrent or Azureus now.
Intermediate: It is recommended that you change client now. If you choose not to, remember to come back to this section if you get stuck during the guide.
Advanced: You will likely be able to find the equivalent options in your current client, assuming your client has all the necessary options.

Other BitTorrent clients are available to switch to after working through this guide.

This guide has been updated for Azureus 2.5.0.0 and uTorrent 1.6. Different versions may vary.

Contents:

1.0 Why are my downloads going slow?
- 1.1 Reason 1: Your ISP is limiting your download speed
- 1.3 Reason 2: You have a ?NAT Error?
--> 1.3.1 How do I know if I have this problem?
2.0 Fixing a NAT error
- 2.1 Switch off UPnP
- 2.2 Configure Your XP Firewall (ICF: Internet Connection Firewall)
--> 2.2.1 Configure ICF in SP1
--> 2.2.2 Configure ICF in SP2
- 2.3 Configure Your Router
- 2.4 Configure Microsoft Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)
- 2.5 Configure Your Firewall
3.0 Multiple BitTorrent users on a LAN
4.0 Other things that could be wrong
5.0 Asking for further help

1.0 Why are my downloads going slow?

1.1 Reason 1: Your ISP is limiting your download speed

Some ISPs are limiting download speeds by controlling the bandwidth allocated to traffic using the default BitTorrent ports, which are 6881 to 6999.

This is not just a problem for those who have nasty ISPs, it affects everybody. To avoid ISPs from damaging the efficiency of a torrent with their controls, some stringent tracker owners are blocking users trying to connect on the standard ports.

So whether your ISP is limiting you or not, all BitTorrent users should stop using the default ports.

For simplicity, this guide recommends the use of port 16881. Adding a 1 to the start is simple administratively, and is in a range unlikely to be used by other programs.

You then need to set up your client to use the new port.

AZUREUS
Tools -> Options -> Connection
-> Add a ?1? before the current listen port number. For example, 6881 will now be 16881.

uTorrent
Options -> Preferences -> Connection
-> Type 16881 for the port number for incoming connections. Untick the box for Randomize Port.

Whatever client you use, make sure you update anywhere else you have entered the port numbers to account for the change.

By completing this section, you have helped to avoid problems later down the line, but this will not solve the majority of slow downloads. Therefore, move on to reason 2.

1.2 Reason 2: You have a ?NAT Error?

BitTorrent works on a credit system. By uploading parts of a file to other people, they allow you to download parts of the file from them. This is BitTorrents anti-leech measure. However, if you have a problem with your NAT (anything between you and the internet, such as a router or firewall), you will not get credit for what you are uploading. The only downloading that you can do is from people who upload a small amount to you in the hope that you will return the favour. Since their client will not recognise your response if you have a NAT problem, then they will stop uploading to you shortly after. This is what is causing your problem. You may also notice that torrent speeds go very high for 5 minutes, before slowing back down to 0-5kb/s.

1.2.1 How do I know if I have this problem?

You might not have a problem at all. Before continuing with this guide, leave your torrent running for at least ten minutes. If the speed hasn't picked up, stop and restart the torrent. If that fails, try at least two other torrents. If you are still having problems, continue on...

Start to download a file using your chosen client.

AZUREUS
Wait a while for the torrent to get started; this may take up to five minutes.
Look in the ?Health? column. If it is showing a yellow spot, then you need to configure your firewall/NAT/router. If it is Green then all is OK. Your slow downloads are being caused by something else.
A full list of the different colours can be seen [http://azureus.sourceforge.net/faq.php#21]here[/url].

Azureus can also check your configuration for you.
Select ?Tools? -> ?NAT / Firewall Test?
The default TCP listen port is 6881. If you have changed the listening port, enter the new port in the ?Incoming TCP Listening Port.?
Press ?Test?
If the result is ?NAT Error,? please continue with the guide.
If the result is ?OK?, then your slow speeds are being caused by something else.

PLEASE NOTE: The Azureus checker can report a false NAT error if you are running PeerGuardian or Protowall. Make sure these are disabled before using the Azureus wizard.

uTORRENT
Wait a while for the torrent to get started; this may take up to five minutes.
On the status bar, look for either a yellow warning triangle, or a green dot. If there is a yellow warning triangle, then you need to configure your firewall/NAT/router. If it is green then all is OK and your slow downloads are being caused by something else.

uTorrent can also check your configuration for you.
Select ?Options? -> ?Speed Guide??
Check the current port is set to the port used in the first section, i.e. 16881.
Click ?Test if port is forwarded properly?.
If you get an error, then continue to follow this guide. If the port is correct set up, then skip to the section 4.0 ? ?Other things that could be wrong?.

2.0 It?s showing yellow / warning triangle, I have a NAT error ? what do I do?

You need to configure your computer and/or network to accept incoming BitTorrent port connections. The tracker port is 6969. If this port is not correctly configured, downloads will not start at all. The download/upload ports used in this guide are 16881-16889. It is these ports that are causing your problems.

2.1 Disable UPnP

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP), it is a feature that works with some compatible routers to open the required ports automatically. However, some routers, even if they are compatible with UPnP, have problems with this.

AZUREUS
Tools -> Options
Expand "Plugins" on the left hand tree.
Select "UPnP"
Deselect "Enable UPnP"

uTORRENT
Options -> Preferences -> Connection
Deselect ?Enable UPnP port mapping?.

2.2 Configure Your XP Firewall (ICF: Internet Connection Firewall)

Please go to the appropriate sub-section.
- ?Configure ICF in SP1? if you have NOT installed Service Pack 2
- ?Configure ICF in SP2? if you have installed Service Pack 2

2.2.1 Configure ICF in SP1

Open up your ?Network Connections?. Right click on your internet connection or LAN connection and select ?Properties?.
->Select the ?Advance? tab
->If the ?Internet Connection Firewall? is not ticked, then this is not your problem. Research into whether you need the XP firewall or not and jump to "Configure Your Router" below. If it is ticked, please continue:
->Click ?Settings??
->On the ?Services? tab press ?Add??
->Description of service = BitTorrent
Name or IP address of the computer hosting this service on your network = 127.0.0.1 (this means "the local machine.")
External Port number for this service = 16881
Internal Port number for this service = 16881
TCP/UDP = TCP
-> Press OK.

-> With uTorrent, make sure Options -> Preferences -> Connection -> "Port used for incoming connections? is equal to 16881.

-> With AZUREUS, make sure that "Tools -> Options -> Connection -> Incoming TCP Listen Port" is equal to 16881.

Check if the torrent/health has gone green. If not, move on to section 2.2.

2.2.2 Configure ICF in SP2

-> Open your Windows Control Panel and select ?Security Centre.?
-> Scroll down to the ?Manage security settings for:? section and select ?Firewall?
-> Decide whether you want to keep the firewall on or off. Make an informed decision based on more than the information provided by Microsoft. If you decide to switch it off, then do so and move onto section 2.2. Otherwise, continue this section.
-> Select the ?Exceptions? tab.
-> Select ?Add Port??
-> Name: = BitTorrent (or anything of your choice)
-> Port number: = 16881
-> TCP/UDP = TCP
-> Press OK.

-> With uTorrent, make sure Options -> Preferences -> Connection -> "Port used for incoming connections? is equal to 16881.

-> With AZUREUS, make sure that "Tools -> Options -> Connection -> Incoming TCP Listen Port" is equal to 16881.

Restart the client and wait five minutes. Check if the health has gone green or that the warning triangle has vanished. If not, move on to section 2.3.

2.3 Configure Your Router

If you are on a LAN with a router or hardware firewall, you may need to configure it. You need to forward BitTorrent?s connection ports to your specific PC on the LAN.
If your connection is shared using Microsoft Internet Connection Sharing (ICS), go to section 2.3.
There are too many routers to cover in this guide, so it is time to head to Google. Search for port forwarding, BitTorrent and the name of your router. Lots of manufacturers provide specific information on their sites. A generic guide to port forwarding for most routers can be found at PortForward.com.

-> With uTorrent, make sure Options -> Preferences -> Connection -> "Port used for incoming connections? is equal to 16881.

-> With AZUREUS, forward port 16881. Make sure this matches "Tools -> Options -> Connection -> "Incoming TCP Listen Port"

Restart the client and wait five minutes. Check if the health has gone green or that the warning triangle has vanished. If not, move on to section 2.4.

2.4 Configure Microsoft Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)

If you are sharing an internet connection using ICS, then you will need to forward the BitTorrent ports.

Windows 2000 users, click here for information on forwarding (mapping) ports.

-> Install the program on the serving computer and run it
-> Click ?+ Add?
-> Name = [whatever you want, e.g. BitTorrent]
-> Target = Local IP of machine running BitTorrent, e.g. 192.168.0.2
-> Description = [whatever you want, e.g. ?allow BitTorrent for 192.168.0.2?]
-> On the ?Ports? tab, slect ?+ Add?
-> Select ?Port Range? from the drop-down box
-> Enter ?16881? and ?16889? into the relative boxes
-> TCP/UDP = TCP
-> Data translation = NORMAL
-> Press ?OK?, Press ?Enable?, Press ?OK?.
-> Close everything and reboot the PC.

The settings will be saved in your registry. There is no need to open ICS Configuration with ICS.

-> With uTorrent, make sure Options -> Preferences -> Connection -> "Port used for incoming connections? is equal to 16881.

With AZUREUS, forward port 16881. Make sure this matches "Tools -> Options -> Connection -> Incoming TCP Listen Port"

Restart the client and wait five minutes. Check if the health has gone green or that the warning triangle has vanished. If not, move on to section 2.5.

2.5 Configure Your Firewall

As with routers, there are too many to cover here, so time to head to Google. Unlike with other sections to this guide, ports only have to be opened, rather than forwarded.

With both AZUREUS and uTorrent, open port 16881.

3.0 Multiple BitTorrent users on a LAN

The same port can not be forwarded to different computers, so decide who gets which ports, for example:
192.168.0.2 = 16881
192.168.0.3 = 16882 etc.

Set up your router or ICS to forward the ports to the chosen computers.

Now you need to set up the BitTorrent Clients:

AZUREUS
Each computer only needs one port forwarded to it.
-> Tools -> Options
-> "Connection" on the side menu
-> On ?Incoming TCP Listen Port? enter the port number that is being forwarded to that computer. Taking from the above example, computer 192.168.0.3 would enter 16884.
-> Repeat for all the users

uTORRENT
Options -> Preferences -> Connection -> is equal to 16881.
-> Set "Port used for incoming connections? to the port number that is being forwarded to that computer. Taking from the above example, computer 192.168.0.3 would enter 16884.
-> Press ?OK?
-> Repeat for all users.

4.0 Other things that could be wrong

Try limiting your upload if you have ADSL/DSL. Sometimes BitTorrent can try to upload so much that it floods your upload, making it difficult for incoming connections. Slyck.com explains further:

It might seem strange to hear that your upload speed can directly affect your download speed, but it can, and quite dramatically. The reason behind it is based on the way the Internet works. When you download a file (or in this case, chunks of a file), your computer sends a tiny message back to the source computer, called an ACKnowledgement packet. These ACK packets tell the source computer that chunk #1 has arrived OK, please send #2. When #2 is down, it sends another, and so on. The source computer will not send #3 until it gets the ACK from #2. It uses a small amount of your upload bandwidth to do this. This works fine when downloading files off the Internet, but with P2P, you tend to upload as well.

This is especially true with BitTorrent ? because you upload as well. If done efficiently, downloads can be very fast. The problem lies with the fact that you upload *so much* that the ACK's do not get sent out fast enough, which slows your download. The simplest way to solve this is to limit your upload bandwidth. 80% of the maximum is usually recommended, but I find I can set it to 90% with no adverse effects. This gives your ACKs a bit of breathing space to get out with.

Try 11kbs up as your limit on a 128k upload package...double it for 256/1.5mb lines and keep going up as you hit 384/ect. That seems to be the sweet spot on BT. Enough to keep everyone happy whilst not slowing your downloads down or slowing your surfing.

Some ISPs recognise BitTorrent traffic and then limit it. Simply switching to Azureus or uTorrent will mean that you traffic will be encrypted between compatible clients. Without giving technical details, this will stop ISPs from recognising the traffic as being from BitTorrent.

Exact Audio Copy (EAC) Setup & Ripping Guide MP3 & Flac

2007-05-07T06:09:00.000-07:00

Post 1 &2 contains guide on how to setup EAC (when installing)
And
Post 3 contains guide on how to rip an Audio CD

Post 5 contains commom command lines
And i havent made this guide.Found on one of the forums and was a very comprehensive and contained all explanations so posted it here

Outline.

This is a basic guide to configure Exact Audio Copy (EAC) with preset profiles that will allow the choice of ripping Cd's and compressing the output to MP3 (190 VBR (APS), 245 VBR (APX) 256 CBR & 320 CBR (API)) and FLAC.

What You Need.

1.Download and install Exact Audio Copy, the version used here is eac-0.95b4. Do not start EAC just yet.

2.Download and install FLAC, version used FLAC 1.1.2.(IF YOU HAVE TO ENCODE IT TO FLAC)

3.Download LAME MP3 Encoder, unpack to a folder and move the folder to your Program Files folder, version used LAME MP3 Encoder 3.97 beta 2 do not use the alpha versions these are for test purposes only.

4.A clean unscratched audio CD, do not insert just yet.

Initial Setup.

This should take no more than a few minutes and only needs to be done once.

Configuration Wizard.

A: When you open EAC for the first time the Configuration Wizard window should pop up if not click EAC (Next to Edit) and select the Configuration Wizard.

Click Next, you can pretty much click next for each step with the exception of the steps below where some input may be required.

B:Extraction Preferences window.

1: Your drive model should be indicated here.

2: Make sure that I prefer to have accurate results is checked.

3: Click next.

C: Encoder Configuration window.

1: Make sure this is checked.

2: Click next.

Note: The Configuration Wizard will now search for Lame.exe

D: LAME Configuration window.

1: If the Configuration Wizard failed to find Lame.exe you can browse for the location.

2: If all settings are as shown here click next.

E: freedb Configuration window. freedb is a free database service to look up CD information which will allow EAC to automatically label your rips, EAC will need access to the internet to use this so you may need to set permissions with firewall etc..

1: You will need to enter an email address here for access to the freedb database, the address does not have to be genuine but should have the format of a real email address.

2:Click Next.

F: Configuration Wizard Done window.

1: Check the expert option as this will give you access to additional settings.

2: Click Finish.

EAC Options.

Press F9 to bring up EAC Options. Note: No modification is required for the Catalog, Write and Interface so the are skipped.

A: Extraction Tab.

Only two options need to be checked here.

1: Check Fill Up Missing Offset Samples With Silence.

2: Check Synchronize Between Tracks.

3: Change Error Recovery Quality to High.

B: General Tab.

For the most part these settings have no part in accurate ripping and are more for personal preference, there are a couple that should be checked for automatic CD information.

1: Check On Unknown Cd's.

2: Check Automatically Access On line freedb Database.

C: Tools Tab.

Just check that your settings match this image.

D: Normalize Tab.

The Normalize function should be unchecked. Note: Lossless ripping is not possible with this enabled.

E: Filename Tab.

This is where you set up your chosen file naming convention.

%D\%C\%N - %T
This will extract tracks to folder Artist\CdTitle\ 01 - TrackTitle.Format

%D - %C\%N - %T
This will extract tracks to folder Artist - CdTitle\ 01 - TrackTitle.Format
If a .torrent file were created from this folder the name would include Artist and CD titles.

F: Directories Tab.

Use this option only if you want to extract files to a default directory, most people prefer to choose the extraction location and leave this option set to Ask Every Time.

Note: C:\Music\ is just an example and does not normally exist unless created by the user.

1: Select for default directory.

2: Browse for chosen directory.

Click OK

Drive Options.

Press F10 to bring up the Drive Options you will see an information window uncheck the Show this information next time box an click OK. This stage is just a tab at a time.

A: Extraction Method Tab.

1: Detect Read Features, you can manually configure your chosen drive if it is not listed in the EAC internal database or you think that the settings are incorrect. Insert a clean unscratched CD into the drive a click Detect Read Features, how long this will take depends on the drive, during the analysis you will see a window similar to the one below when finished click Apply.

2: It is very important that Secure Mode is enabled.

3: Quite alot of drives support C2 error retrieval however the vast majority are not truly accurate, if you are unsure about the accuracy of your drive with respect to C2 error retrieval make sure it is unchecked.

B: Drive Tab.

Still with the disc in the drive click Autodetect Read Command Now, the read command that it finds is the one we are going to use. Move on to the next tab.

C: Offset / Speed Tab.

The Read Offset Correction Value (+48) shown in point 2 is for an NEC - DVD_RW ND-2500A this is not the same value for all makes and model of drive.

1: Check Use Read Sample Offset Correction.

2: Type offset value.

3: Check Allow Speed Reduction During Extraction.

Move to next Tab
E: Gap Detection Tab.

1: Detection Method A should be fine but if you drive cannot detect gaps then try B or C.

2: Set Detection Accuracy to Secure.

Click OK.

Profiles, (Encoder Configurations).

By configuring a few profiles and saving them it is quite simple to load the desired profile prior to ripping.

MP3, Lame.

These steps are repeated for each mp3 profile created.

Press F11 to bring up Compression Options.

A: External Compression Tab.

1: Check Use External Program for Compression.

2: Change Use file extension to .mp3 (including the dot).

3: Browse to find Lame.exe.

4: Additional command line options is where the the quality of the out put is set here are some suggested settings...

Equivalent to Alt Preset Standard (APS), variable bitrate (VBR) with a target of 190kbps, reasonable size for quality trade off.

-V 2 --vbr-new --add-id3v2 --pad-id3v2 --ta "%a" --tt "%t" --tl "%g" --ty "%y" --tn "%n" %s %d

Equivalent to Alt Preset Extreme (APX), variable bitrate (VBR) with a target of 245kbps, greater quality than above, slightly larger size and gaining popularity.

-V 0 --vbr-new --add-id3v2 --pad-id3v2 --ta "%a" --tt "%t" --tl "%g" --ty "%y" --tn "%n" %s %d

Constant bitrate (CBR) at 256kbps.

-b 256 --add-id3v2 --pad-id3v2 --ta "%a" --tt "%t" --tl "%g" --ty "%y" --tn "%n" %s %d

Equivalent to Alt Preset Insane (API), constant bitrate (CBR) at 320kbps, the best quality with a larger filesize.

-b 320 --add-id3v2 --pad-id3v2 --ta "%a" --tt "%t" --tl "%g" --ty "%y" --tn "%n" %s %d

5: Bit Rate can be ignored, the command line makes it redundant.

6: High Quality.

B: ID3 Tag Tab.

Check that the options are the same as this screen shot, click OK and save the profile as shown below.

Saving Current Profile.

1: Click New.

2: Choose a name for the profile, a descriptive name will be useful when you have multiple profiles.

3: Make sure All EAC Options is checked and click OK.

4: Click Save

Flac Profile.

Press F11 again.

1: Change the used file extension to .flac

2: Browse for flac.exe which is the external compression program being used.

3: Change the Additional command line options to read..

-8 -V -T "artist=%a" -T "title=%t" -T "album=%g" -T "date=%y" -T "tracknumber=%n" -T "genre=%m" %s

4: Selected bitrate has no impact here.

5: Click OK and save the profile as shown above.

Ripping

1: Open EAC, insert CD and load your preferred ripping profile.

Note: a FLAC profile is being used in this example however if you just want the output as WAV files any of the preconfigured profiles can be used.

2: Click Action and Detect Gaps (or F4).

3: Click Action, Create Cue Sheet and Multiple WAV Files With Gaps (Noncompliant).

Note: This is a good point to check that Append Gaps To Previous Track is checked, it should be set as default.

4: Click CTRL + A to select all tracks, Action, Test And Copy Selected Tracks and Compressed (Shift + F6).

Note: For WAV files select Uncompressed (F6).

5: During the extraction process you will see this window, when you see the Audio Extraction Complete message click OK and you are done.

Note: Remember to check the .log file for any errors.

Some Command Lines Which One Can Use

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CBR 320 (Highest possible quality):
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--alt-preset insane (recommended as produces the best quality)
(bitrate: 320 kbps)
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VBR (Variable Bitrate) settings:
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Even Higher Quality

Higher Quality (Slower):
--alt-preset extreme (recommended as produces the best quality)
(bitrates 220-270 kbit/s -- usually averages around 256kbps)

Faster (Very Slightly Lower Quality):
--alt-preset fast extreme
(bitrates roughly the same as above)

Very High Quality

Higher Quality (Slower):
--alt-preset standard
(bitrates 180-220 kbit/s -- usually averages around 192 kbps)

Faster (Very Slightly Lower Quality):
--alt-preset fast standard
(bitrates roughly the same as above)

Compromising, a little bit lower quality than pure standard, but less bitrate
(-Y: usually limited up to 16 kHz) :

--alt-preset standard -

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CBR (constant bitrate) settings:
-------------------------------------------------

320 kbit/s CBR

--alt-preset cbr 320

note: --alt-preset cbr 320 is the exact same thing as --alt-preset insane

256 kbit/s CBR

--alt-preset cbr 256

192 kbit/s CBR

--alt-preset cbr 192

160 kbit/s CBR

--alt-preset cbr 160

128 kbit/s CBR

--alt-preset cbr 128

96 kbit/s CBR

--alt-preset cbr 96

All other CBR bitrates from 80kbps to 320kbps

--alt-preset cbr

Extracting subtitles from DVD in SUB and SRT format

2007-05-07T06:03:00.001-07:00

Part 1 : Extracting subtitles from DVD in SUB format

Application Needed: VobSub - Download from HERE

- Open 'VobSub Configure' from Start Menu > VobSub
- Click on 'Open' and browse to your DVD VIDEO_TS folder.
- Select *.ifo from 'File Type' dropdown and select movie IFO file (I hope you know which IFO to select in case of more than one IFO )

- now select the folder where you want to save your subtiltes.

* you can select a subtitle of particular language and remove it by clicking on '<--' button.

- Click 'OK' and it will save subtitles in SUB format

Part 2 : Extracting subtitles from DVD in SRT format

Application Needed: SubRip - Download from HERE

- Download SubRip from above location and extract zip file.
- Open SubRip.exe

You can rip subtitles directly from DVD but i always prefer to do Part 1 first as mentioned above and use extracted SUB file.

- Select 'Open VOB(s)' from File menu.

- Click on 'Open Dir' button, and select extracted SUB file. (now if u don't want to follow Part 1 then you can browse to DVD VIDEO_TS folder and select *.vob files which contains movie)

- Click on 'Start' button and it will start the process of extracting.

- Now enter the character(s) highlighted in given box and click OK(hit return key)

Now I'll give you few tips here which will be useful for you

Tip 1: Change Text Color - Believe me this will be very useful with our bollywood DVD, specially old ones. As it says on top, uncheck all the background and outline color.

Tip 2: Enter Manually - this will be usefull sometimes with character like %

Tip 3: Skip Subpicture - if u cant find character on keyboard or its not requered then this will be helpfull specially with with logo like 'yashraj films' 'adlabs'.

- when u finish with all texts, select from menu 'Correction' > 'Post OCR Spelling Correction'

- As it shows on window, it just tries to correct few errors. Now just click on 'Correct'

- Go to menu 'File' > 'Save As'
- Click on 'Save' button and save SRT file.

How to burn .img, .dvd, .iso, .mds, .bin etc to DVD!

2007-05-07T06:02:00.001-07:00

There was a lot of demand for this. So here we go:

The only tool you need is DVD Decrypter and its a freeware ;/

Follow these simple steps:

Thats right! It's that simple. If you encounter any problems, don't hesitate to ask yours sincerely. :P

Guide: How To Make a Sample

2007-05-07T06:01:00.000-07:00

Making a sample from a Avi / Mpeg 1 / Mpeg 2 source

Required Software : Virtual Dub

Download Virtual Dub from http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/v...6.zip?download

Step 1
Unpack the zip & open VirtualDub.exe

Step 2
Go to File -> Open Video File
Note: The Virtual Dub u downloaded does not support Mpeg 2 .. For mpeg 2 download this
http://fcchandler.home.comcast.net/s...EG2-source.zip

Step 3

Take the pointer (Encircled in black) to the desired frame (time) from which u want to make a sample .. & then click the button encircled in red in the picture

Step 4

Now Drag The pointer the the desired time / frame you want the sample to end & then press The button encircled in Red in the picture

Step 5

Go to the Video Drop down menu & select Direct Stream Copy

Step 6
Go to File -> Save as AVI ( put the name & the location u wanna save )

U r done ..

PS: For VOB Files ( DVD Video ) .. Use Vob Splitter

INSTALL PROPER CODECS

How to crack protected DVDs

2007-05-07T05:59:00.000-07:00

This rip process should be done before you attempt to make a DVD-Rip (XviD, DivX, x264) or CCE jobs, otherwise
there may be problems with your rip. e.g. out of sync, start & end is wrong, bits missing etc etc.
There are other tools for the job but this one I found to be the most updated & free.

Rip the DVD using RipIt4Me

You will also need the following:

DVD Decrypter

DVD Shrink

Install DVD Shrink and DVD Decrypter and then RipIt4Me.

Start RipIt4Me and make sure the following settings are match as below.

Then just insert the DVD and click on 1-Click mode.

Select the drive if you have more than one and hit next.

After its finished ripping the DVD, RipIt4Me will run FixVTS and finally it will open the movie in DVD Shrink.

Close DVD Shrink.

Done!

How to create a torrent using Azureus

2007-05-07T05:58:00.001-07:00

** UPDATE ** if u cant get Azureus to start its most likely u do not have Java Virtual Machine installed on ur machine ** get Java Sdk..

http://center.fio.ru/do/video/j2re-1_4_1-windows-i586-i.exe or here..
http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/java/sun/JRE-1.4.1/win32/j2re-1_4_1-windows-i586-i.exe

(9mb file) - install it then run Azureus

************************************************** *********************************

A quick no frills torrent creating guide

Step 1: download azureus -
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/azureus/Azureus_2.0.8.4_Win32.setup.exe?download

Step 2: Install it

Step 3: Open Azurues

Step 4: From the menu select \"Create torrent\"

Step 5: Append our tracker to the external tracker field and add a commment about the torrent

Step 6: Select the file to seed/share

Step 7: Last step - create the torrent (leave everything as default and click \"Finish\")

the torrent will be created for u and saved to the same directory of the file in Step 6 ...

Step 8: Upload your torrent to bollywoodtorrents

Select Upload from the main menu (on your left under torrents sub menu) AFTER YOU HAVE LOGGED IN

Step 9: Upload the torrent file and finalise the torrent

Step 10: Back to Azureus - Open the torrent and seed it

PLEAZZZEE select the second icon (\"open a .torrent file (no default save)\")

Select the torrent...

Next Select the ORIGINAL FILE which is already completed (i.e the video \"Saathiya.mpg\" in this example)...

Azureues will start to seed/share the file...

You can see the progress of your file using Azureus or you can log into bollywood torrents and select \"Your Torrents\" from the main menu

Thats it !! You created your first torrent, well done if you still have problems plzz post it in the misc forum and some1 will reply within 24hrs

Convert Ur N73 To N73 Music Edition

2007-05-07T05:54:00.002-07:00

Convert Ur N73 To N73 Music Edition

If you have bought a Nokia N73 you might be a little dissappointed that Nokia suddenly released the N73 Music Edition, and you didn?t wait for this, yeah?! Actually you can update your ordinary N73 to N73 Music Edition by using the Nokia Software Update with a little trick.

You should however be aware of that this may void your warranty if you proceed and follow the steps in this post. Is it worth taking the risk? Find out first what to expect in the new Nokia N73 Music Edition.

1. Idle Screen
2. Main Menu - Check out the Music Icon
3. Default Themes
4. Music Player with Album Art
5. Music Player audio settings (Stereo widening )
6. Music Player Visualization - Oscilloscope
7. Music Player Visualization - Spectrum
8. FW Version..

Now that you've seen how the Nokia N73 Music Edition differs from the standard Nokia N73, do you still want to do it? If so, this is how to update the firmware:

1. Download and install Nemesis Service Suite.
2. Download and install Nokia Software Updater.Nokia UK - Phone software updater - Software - Get support and software
http://www.nokia.co.uk/A4226014
3. Connect your phone and wait for Windows to install the drivers.
4. Open Nemesis Service Suite and click "Scan for new device" on the right-upper part of the window
5. Click on the icon "Phone info"
6. Click on "Scan"
7. Change the product code to 0539343 and mark the case "Enable".
Note:-
EMEA version product codes of the N73 Music Edition:

0537289 Euro 1
0539193 France
0539207 Alps
0539239 Euro 2
0539256 Turkey
0539265 South Africa
0539269 Scandanavia
0539278 Baltains
0539279 Russia
0539284 Ukraine
0539285 Bulgaria
0539289 Hungary
0539291 Balkans
0539293 Greece/Cypurs
0539294 Lebanon
0539295 Gulf
0539298 Israel
0539299 Romania
0539341 Belarus
8. Press "Write", and your phone's product code will be changed (you might think that nothing happened, because the phone is still in normal mode, and the changing of the product code only takes a couple of seconds, but don't worry, the product code changed !).
9. Close Nemesis Service Suite and run the Nokia Software Update.
10. Make sure not to touch the cable or the phone while your phone is updating or else you will break it!
11. That's it! When you restart your phone, it should now be the Nokia N73 Music Edition!

Its Time To Say Thanks You Now !!!

Guide: How to Upload Images/Torrents on Forum

2007-05-07T05:54:00.001-07:00

Guide: How to Upload Images/Torrents on Forum

Simple Guide for new comers. I know some other guide shows how to upload on BwT
but newbies dont go there much. I'm hoping after reading this title, they'll come and read this.

I'm hoping you have file ready by now. if not Click here! to make Torrent with BitComet or Click Here! to make torrent with Azureus or Click Here! to Read Torrent For Dummies for screen shots Click Here!

Step 1: Open-up "NEW THREAD"

Step 2: Scroll Down & Click on "Manage Attachments"
A New Window will pop-up (it shouldnt matter but, make sure your pop-up blocker is off)

This Winow will pop-up

Step 3: Click On "Browse"

Step 4: Select whichever file you would like to upload and click on "Open"

Step 5: Click on "Upload" to upload the file

Ta-Da! You're Done!

Now to check whether its been properly uploaded or not. Look over "Manage Attachments" area

Note: There is a File size Limit to upload the files, which is 100kb I believe

Hope It Help You Guys

How to Make a Torrent for Dummies

2007-05-07T05:53:00.002-07:00

How to Make a Torrent for Dummies - Help the community grow by sharing ur stuff here !!

OK, some people had problems following the steps involved in my previous guide... sooo a new guide .. YAY i hear the n00bs shout !

OK lets begin..

Step 1: Download Complete Dir

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/bittorrent/completedir-1.1.exe?download

It is a Simple torrent creating software

Install it and run it from the Start menu

Step 2: ADD FILE or ADD DIR

WHAT TO CHOOSE ?

IF YOU WANT TO SEED A MUSIC ALBUM THEN PUT ALL YOUR SONGS FOR THAT ALBUM INTO ONE FOLDER AND CHOOSE "ADD DIR"

IF YOU WANT TO UPLOAD A MOVIE WHICH HAS 2 CD'S THEN PUT BOTH CD'S INTO ONE FOLDER AND SELECT "ADD DIR"

IF YOU WANT TO UPLOAD A SINGLE FILE, EG A MOVIE WHICH IS ONE AVI/MPG FILE THEN CHOOSE "ADD FILE", REMEMBER YOU CAN ALSO PUT THE FILE INTO ONE FOLDER AND CHOOSE "ADD DIR" INSTEAD..IF U DID THAT THEN THE PERSON WHO STARTS DOWNLOADING YOUR FILE WILL GET A NEW FOLDER CREATED ON THEIR HARD DRIVE WHICH YOUR 1 FILE MOVIE INSIDE

OK once you decided which it is you want go ahead and click the apporpriate option... in this example i am going to seed a music album...

Check everything is fine and then hit the "make" button.... the torrent will be created and saved to the root directory of the music album folder...

The torrent file is saved to the root of the directory being seeded

Step 3: Upload and Seed the file !

OK log into www.bollywodtorrents.com and upload this torrent file, add an appropriate description and select an appropriate category and uploaad it.

MAKE SURE YOU COMPLETE THE ABOVE STEP FIRST OTHERWISE THE TORRENT WILL NOT BE REGISTERED WITH OUR TRACKER !!!

AFTER YOU UPLOAD THE TORRENT IT WILL ASK YOU TO SAVE IT, SO RIGHT CLICK THE TORRENT AND CLICK "SAVE TARGET AS"....

To seed the file i am going to use Bit Torrent original...

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/bittorrent/BitTorrent-3.4.2.exe?download

Install bittorrent or use your favorite bittorrent client to seed the file...

OK right click the torrent file and choose btdownloadgui or your favourite bittorrent client, REMEMBER WE ARE USING THE TORRENT FILE WHICH WE JUST SAVED IN THE STEP ABOVE!!

Next it will ask you where to save the file.. we are seeding it so browse to the music directory.. in this example we will browse to the Josh - Kabhi Music album directory

The torrent will begin to seed...

now the idea is to leave it open until some people start downloading it from you ! Dont despair if u see nobody downloading it... patience ... people WILL downalod it !

any problems just post them in this thread....

if you get an error like "rejected by tracker"
This means u have not uploaded the torrent to our tracker.. goto "step 3"

if u get an error like "invalid passkey"
This means u have uploaded the torrent file successfully but u need to use the torrent file which we will provide on the details page and dont use the torrent which u created.

Guide On How to Make Ringtones, With Screentshots

2007-05-07T05:53:00.001-07:00

I decided to make this thread in which i will post everything i know about making Tones, provide all the applications needed, discuss bitrates ,mono & stereo mode, file size, mp3 & wav, editing files....etc!!

I will try to go step by step and post screenshots along every step,so it would be easier for new members to follow....

Hopefully, this could be some kind of help to you guys!!!

Step 1 - Power Mp3 cutter :

It's a VERY easy software to use,from which u can cut ur favorite part from ur song!!! It's also very small in size!!!

First of all,drag & drop ur mp3 file in it,than set a begin and an end and you will end up having ur favorite segment....{see screenshots}

1-Setting a begin:

2 - Setting an end:

3 - Processing:

PS1 : Don't try to directly convert it into .wav format becoz there is no specifications in this application for this, you will end up with a large file size!!

PS2 : As you can see, I left the bitrates "same as source file" ,but you can adjust the bitrates (which will result in a small file size)!!you have to check which bitrates suites ur mobile the most!!

4 - Favorite Part/Segment:

PS1 : As you can see , i ended up with a segment with 28 seconds long...choose the duration you want,but no one needs a tone with a length more than 50 secs!!!

PS2 : I advise to tick the "fade out" effect ,it will give a better end for ur tone.

PS3 : For users who uses mp3 format as ringtone,i guess the job ends here...all you have to do is to send it to ur mobile!!

Step 2 - Fairstars Audio Converter:

Also an easy & friendly application to use,which will allow you to convert ur favorite segment mentioned above to wav. format!!!

Open the application and drag & drop ur segment into it....

You will see the specifications of ur segment (mp3) & its file size,just select "convert to wav" {See screenshots}

1 - Input:

2 - Bitrates Specifications:

After inputting the segment & selecting wav,just go to "options" than "wav" and modify the bitrates for ur wav file!!

PS1 :Follow the exact specifications as in the screenshot :

1-Channel: Mono
2-Bits per sample: 8 bits
3-Sampling Rate: 22050Hz

PS2 : Using these specifications,you will end up with a lound volume for ur tone with a 95 % clear sound,and most of all a small wav file size!!!!
You can control the volume of the tone by lowering the "sampling rate" ,but don't try to make it any higher (more than 22050 hz) else you will end up with a distored sound file!!!!

3 - Conversion:

4 - Stereo mode & Bitrates:

Some users just don't mind the size nor the volume and prefer a 100% clear sound file!!

To this you will have to change the specifications as follow:

1-Channel: Stereo
2-Bits per sample:16bits
3-Sampling rate: 16000 Hz

Using these specifications,you will end with an excellent sound clarity & a good sound volume, but a larger file size!!!!

PS1 : Adjusting the "bits per sample" to 8 bits will also reduce the file size!!

See Screenshots

5 - File size:

See for exemple the file size of the new converted wav segment (mono mode)

Note: this size could be even smaller,coz in here i didn't change the bitrates of the mp3 file while cutting it, i left it as 128kbps!!!

Step 3 - Goldwave: {optional}

Also an easy to use program!!!
Some of you,after doing all the steps mentioned above,may not be satisfied from the volume,clarity...etc of their new wav file!!!
Here is where you have to use this program and modify some stuff in ur wav file to get the best results!!!!

1 - Initiation & Hotkeys:

I guess the screenshot explains everything,and as you can see there is some Hotkeys in this application which we r going to use!!!

2 - 3 steps for a better sound:

( A ) - Noise Reduction:

As you can see,we can reduce the noise in the wav file, and there is many noise types!! i have marked the main noises that a wav file could suffer from....just intiate the adjustements and than press preview "play icon" ,if satified than all you have to do is apply them!!!

( B ) - Silence reduction:

Same as before,you can reduce the silence in ur wav file...preview than apply!!!

( C ) - Change volume:

Same as before,the option explains itself...it's for volume editting!!!
Many users asks about this, i have marked the most common volume options you could use....also preview than apply!!

Note: I advise not to amplify the volume a lot,else you will end up with some ditortions in ur file!! the 150 % is the most suitable!!!

Happy Tones Making!!!
And plz Add ur replies......

Posting the s/w's in the mobile maal section....http://www.bwtorrents.com/showthread.php?t=75214

CREDIT FOR THE ABOVE GUIDE GOES TO THE PERSON WHO MADE THIS GUIDE. I ONLY POSTED IT HERE.

1 CD DVDRips Using x264 Codec and Mp4 Container

2007-05-07T05:52:00.000-07:00

This Process will take a long time, but will give Awesome Quality. Quality over Time Always

Edit June 5, 2006: MeGUI Bitrate Calculator updated, and bug free now

MeGUI is the most frequently updated program I know... new version are always coming, and thinkg are improving. x264 and xvid are going through a update proces... Be smart and let the autoupdate update everything.... 2 minutes will not hurt you.

The idea is that you know something about ripping... most softwear are provided in the .rar file I update, but you have to do something like updating your plugin folder in AVISynth folder.... I will skip through something which I think are obious, if you have question just ask me here, or I am just a PM away...

Now let's do the real think....

Softwear you will need...

DVD Dycrypter
Avisynth (google it)
MeGUI (Downlod here) RapidShare Link MegaUpload Link

You will need these Plugin folder aswelll RapidShare Link MegaUpload Link

Once Install Steps....

unzip the .rar file I provided and put it on the location you desired... I used my MY VIDEO folder....

Click on Tools Setting...

Most of them are self explained.... do not ask me to explain each and every one of them

This is the fun part... rellocate each and every program... all the programs are provided in the rar file I have uploaded....

In your C:\Program Files\AviSynth 2.5 there should be a folder called plugins replace that folder with the one I have provided above... and that's it. You should be ready to use MeGUI now.

Step 1:

Decrypter the movie... get it on your harddrive to be used....

Install DVD Dycrypter, and open it. Click on Mode -> IFO

you will see the screen that looks something like the one below

By Default DVD Dycrypter chooses the longest titel, which usually is the movie... after selecting title you want to decrypter just Click on dvd -> HD symbol on lower left

Step 2 :

Creating a AVS Script to do frameserving

In the MeGUI\tools\DGIndex folder... there is a utility called DGIndex.exe

Most of you know how to use DGIndex, so I am just gone briefly touch this topic

Just open DGIndex... File -> open... open all the .vob files you just created... and open

Got File -> Save project, and save the .d2v file. This file you will use to create AVISynth Script...

Click on Tools -> AviSynth Script creator

In Video Input browse for .d2v file you just created and choose this file

Click on AutoCrop and Tick the Suggest Resize and you are done with this tab

Switch to Filters tab and click on Analyse to Analyse if the source is progressive, hybrid or interlaced... once MeGUI is done scanning it will choose the filter that should be used and will tell you the detail summary of your source

Also use resize filter you like and I suggest you tick color correction

Detailed... Source Summary. This has to be deinterlaced to get good quality... will take longer time encoding

Once Done hit the save button... and save the avs script. you are done creating avs script.

Step 3:

Video Encoding....

As you can see MeGUI already choose the .AVS file and default output for the file. From here you choose the Codecs and container you desire.

For our pupouses we are not gone bother with this, as this is suppose to be "easy"

I have provided a great set of profiles by sharktooth... Just choose the profile you desire, Quality, speed, long time, loseless, 1 pass, portable, HD everything is included....

I use HQ-slow to do my encoding... and as it says it is slow, but it is by all means HQ

But if you are really interested and you hit config button... you will be lost

Lost of options and too much sh*t to even worry about... so just be thankful sharktooth used his knoledge

This is important

MeGUI does not have perfect bitrate calculator... or if you have one use it.

if you still want to use MeGUI bitrate calculator, go to Tools -> Bitrate Calculator

Select the audio KBs (128 is enough for 1 CD), choose 1 or 2 CD rips and click on Apply

If you manually counted your bitrate, just check the circler next to average bitrate and enter your own bitrate, hit apply...

Some suggetions... some inputs from me

Here is what I do, I choose my audio bitrate and then on botton see the size of projected audio... better yet I encode my audio first and keep the size in mind

Now I subtract the size of audio from size of video, in the custom size... now you have perfect bitrate
Always aim for 695 MB, as you should leave some space for muxing and subtitle purpouses

here is a screenshot which might help

and you are done...

Click on Enque and it will put the file a queue to be encoded

Switch to the Queue tab and hit Start to begin Encoding....

This might look too much, but once you are done with your first Rip... you will feel like you have mastered this art of rippping...

I will do the Audio Encoding... and Muxing part tomorrow... Really do not have energy to do more of this

If anybody thinks I am doing something wrong, please correct me.

Let's do the audio part...

MeGUI improved and uses new and more popular way of audio encoding, AviSynth audio Encoding, which gives more power in audio encoding as well, if you are interested downlod BeHappy and see all you can do with it... for our purpouses we will only do simplest and most effective encoding possible.

When you created a .d2v file using DGIndex, it always extracted all the audio file in the movie, these files can be found in the same folder as your .d2v file

Choose the ac3 file you would like to use and then click on config button...

You would see the codec setting for ND ACC or NeroDigital AAC Encoder....

Let's talk briefly what and why for this

What is AAC, well that you have to google

NeroDigital is becoming a very popular Audio Codec.... and it is my favourtie

AAC will help you keep original channel, so you can get dolby digital experiance even in 1CD Rip... so what are the option availble and what do the do, take a look at this

Output channel should be self explained

Choose Increase volume and improve accurate.... you know what I mean

Let's talk more about ABR, CBR, and VBR for audio encoding....

CBR uses constant bitrate, so same bitrate for each frame

VBR as you all know gives variable bitrate, but unlike vidoe encoding, VBR in audio encoding gives uncertainl file size... I am not the biggest fan of VBR

So, my favourite is, the one that uses both, ABR is not availble in mp3 encoding, atleast not to my knowledge.... ABR is VBR with accurate file size, ABR or average bitrate mathod, simply uses 2 passes to analise the source and reencodes giving more bitrate where needed and less bitrate when it is not necessary....

Click ok to see the main MeGUI screen

Now you are ready to heat the enqueue button to add the job to the encoder

Switch to Queue tab and hit start That's it for audio part

There are few more codecs to choose frome

if you are doing xvid avi, choose mp3

Faac is also used to do loseless mp4 encoding (if you have sensitive ears, use this to get amazing audio quality, but a bit bigger filesize)

Ogg is very popular so you might know about it, mp2 is used for DVD and VCD creation

How To Improve and Maintain a Good Ratio

2007-05-07T05:48:00.001-07:00

If you want to maintain a good ratio on bollywoodtorrents then you need to make sure that you are using a verified working client.... read on to find out common solutions to why your stats are not updated and how to stay afloat when the 0.5 ratio rise kicks in ;)

Why does it say I've uploaded/downloaded zero bytes? / Why are my transfer stats wrong?

This is a problem with some clients that don't report the stop event to the tracker
(xfer stats are updated by the tracker when a torrent is closed).

Verified working clients:

- ABC (Another BitTorrent Client)
- Azureus
- BitTorrent (the original)
- Burst RC1-RC5d (Works if you finish your DL by pushing "Q" in the CMD window)
- PTC (Personal Torrent Collector)
- The Experimental Client (by Eike Frost)
- The SHAD0W's Experimental BitTorrent Client

Verified faulty clients:

- BitTorrent++
- Nova Torrent
- TorrentStorm

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Best practices
- If a torrent you're currently leeching/seeding isn't listed on your profile, just wait or force a manual update.

Why is a torrent I'm leeching/seeding listed several times in my profile?
If for some reason your client exits improperly and you restart it, it will have a new peer_id, so it will show as a new torrent. The old one will never receive a "event=completed" or "event=stopped" and will be listed until some timeout. Just ignore it, it will eventually go away.

Multiple IPs (Can I login from different computers?)
Yes, we dont identify accounts by IP anymore, we use a "Passkey" system.. whenever you download a torrent from our website we will know its your account by the passkey which is written in the .torrent file which you downloaded.

Tutorial on TV Capturing, recording & Producing High Quality Videos using VirtualDub!

2007-05-07T05:47:00.000-07:00

Hi fellas,

TV capturing and producing High quality Videos is very lenghty and tiring process if u dont know anything, and this Tutorial is going to make everything simple for you. It took me six months to learn several aspects of this process.

Steps before Setting up your TV Tuner.

1. First and very Important step is to confirm that you get Cable Connection directly from the Emplifier and to the max only ONE Split in the connection .

2. I use PINNACLE PCTV.Experts suggest to go for Pixel View TV Tuner Card so go for it if r planning to purchase a new one.

Settings in TV Tuner.

1. After Installation, run auto channel scan.

2. You can also rename the channles and u watch only selected channels then u can drag them into favourite folder for quick access.

3. You can change colour settings as per your requirement, but I prefer not to change it and let it remain as DEFAULT.

4. Select "2 fields deInterlaced" option in Video Display. This is the MOST IMPORTANT step for clarity of Video.

5. Keep sound recordning level as low as possible. I prefer to keep at 15-20.

6. Capturing is most important part. The higher quality of video u record, higher quality of video u can produce, its as simple as that.
I record video in DVD MPEG2 format. bitrate 6 Mbits/s and Video size 720 x 576.

We are done with Settings in TV Tuner. Second part is to Make high Quality Caps

Note : Every TV Tuner has this option, which is highlighted in below image. You have to be very accurate to cap in fraction of second. But wait, we have a second option and that is VirtualDub .

Using Virtual Dub for Taking Caps :

1. Open the Video in VirtualDub. Make sure u have VDUB MPEG2.

2. See the below pic. You can see the bar... u can capture the images frame by frame here. But wait... we can use VDub features to improve the quality, which we will see in next step.

3. GO to Video > Filter > Select Deinterlace Filter > select Blend Fields together [best] option.

4. Again goto Video > Filter > select smoother > keep value as 10 or as per ur preference ;).

5. You can also crop unnecessary areas in the frame with the "cropping" option shown in the below pic.

6. If u wish to watermark ur caps / video, then there is a logo option in the filters list.

7. Now u r done with settings for making caps... u can copy the output source to clipboard and save with either paint or using photoshop ;).

Improving quality of caps in Photoshop (CS2) :

If you have taken snapshot from TV Tuner then u can directly open that in photoshop or if u r using VDUB then copy the output source clipboard and paste in photoshop.

1. Open image in photoshop. Select Filter > Noise > Dust & Scratches > Input 2 to both Radius & Threshold then press OK.

2. Again Select Filter > Noise > Reduce Noise > Enable Preview > Select Basic > Settings-Default > Strength-5 > Preserve Details-11, Reduce Color Noise-74, Sharpen Details-21. Dont forgtet to Enable Remove JPEG Artifact ;). Press OK.

All the Process is complete now.

You can alter the values according to your satisfaction.

Compressing and encoding High Quality Video Using Vdub:

We have recorded the video at 6 Mbits (6000Kbps). With the help of DivX we can compress it to 1500kbps without affecting quality.

1. Remember to keep the settings we kept for TV Caps. For compressing High quality Videos u can use either DivX or Xvid codec. I prefer Divx as we are dealing with TV recorded Videos which need more workout.

2. Go to Video > Compression > Select DivX > Click Configure.

3. In Main tab > Keep Certification Profile as Unconstrained > in Bitrate > 1-pass & keep value as 1500kbps.

4. In Codec Tab > keep settings as INSANE Quality. This is MOST Important, Dont change this!!

5. In Video tab > u can keep settings as per ur preference but Do not increase the resolution of ur image. Now u can come out of DivX settings.

6. In Audio Tab > Select Full Processing Mode > Then Select Compression > MPEG LAYER - 3 > and keep 24kBits/s mono for normal video and 56kBits sterio for a video which contains music ;).

NOTE : Selecting INSANE Quality option is going to take hell lot of time so be patient. If u r in hurry u can select any of the other options but that is gonna affect quality. In Audio Compression You can select NO Compression as well, but that is gonna make file size bigger ;).

Thats all done. If you have suggetions, queries feel free to share / ask here or via pm .

All the best for TV Capturing

Cheers!

How to add Watermarks to your video

2007-05-07T05:46:00.002-07:00

This guide will help you to place a watermark or TEXT on a video (AVI, MPEG, etc...) If you want to add a watermark, you must re-encode your video.

Tools Required:

1. VirtualDubMod

2. Image creation software (Windows Paint will do the job)

STEPS

1. PREPARE YOUR WATERMARK IMAGE

If your are creating a text watermark:

Open your image making software and make the background BLACK (you have to make it black to make it look translucent in ur movie) and create the text you wish to appear in the watermark, and place it on the black background. Save your image as. BMP or a .TGA file. Try to make it 200 (width) x 20 (height).

If u are putting an existing Image:

Simply open the image in Windows Paint and save it as a BMP or TGA file.

I'm using this image as an example...

If u are doing text...try to make a Text image precise and about the following size:

1. Setting up virtualdubmod.

Open Virtualdubmod, go to File > open video file:

Select your source video and hit the Open button.

You should now have something like this:

Now go to Video > Filters:

Click Add

Select Logo and click Ok.

Now, make sure that the screen that comes up looks exactly like this and add your logo by clicking the ... box.

Please follow these instructions below and choose what you like :

After you are satisfied with ur positioning and opacity...lets look at a preview..Click on Show Preview

And herez our preview!!

Once you are happy with your settings, click OK, and then OK again.

Then click File> Save As and name your filename and your output location. And it should start encoding.....

Just wait until its done encoding and you will have yourself a video with ur own watermark. Hurray!

Leave ur comments and suggestions please and if u encounter any problems please post them here.

How to get FREE space in Windows?

2007-05-07T05:46:00.001-07:00

Here is great tutorial for the people, who has lower Disk Space like 40 GB......

Most of us face Lower Disk Space problem many times. Windows notifies us about the lower disk space and we are forced to delete some useless files or to resize the partition to get some free space.

Following are some ways to get lots of free space:

1) First thing is to use windows built-in "Disk Cleanup" application. You can right-click on a drive in My Computer and select "Properties" now click on "Disk Cleanup" button. Now select all given options, like "Downloaded Program Files", "Temporary Internet Files", "Compress old files", etc. Believe me you can get more than 1GB FREE space after using Disk Cleanup coz once I got approx. 1.5GB more FREE space after running Disk Cleanup
Alternatively you can run "Disk Cleanup" directly from RUN dialog box by giving "cleanmgr.exe" command.

2) Now open Windows Search and copy paste following code in Search box and perform a search:

mscreate.dir;whatsnew.*;*.tmp;*.log;*log.txt;*read me.txt;file_id.diz;tips.txt;*.bak;*.old;*.syd;*.pr v;*.grp;*.gid;*.fts;*.cnt;*.~mp

All above mentioned files are usually useless and you'll get 100s of files after searching, simply select all and press +

3) You can also disable WFP (Windows File Protection) service using WFP Patcher. This service runs in background and checks for system files' status, and whenever it finds a system file has been changed/modified, it replaces the file with the original file stored in "DLLcache" folder. So we can disable this service and can get lots of FREE space.
After disabling the service, open "%windir%\System32\DLLCache" folder (it'll be HIDDEN & System Folder, so copy paste the path in address bar and press ). Now you can safely delete all files present in this folder It'll make aprrox. 1GB FREE space
I always disable this service coz it always irritates me while hacking system files in my lovely Resource Hacker.

4) Open "System Properties" by right-click on "My Computer" icon on Desktop and select "Properties", now goto "System Restore" tab and select "Turn Off System Restore on all drives" option and apply it. Don?t use this trick if u use System Restore

5) You can delete several BMP files in %windir% (Windows) folder, which r used as wallpapers in Desktop Properties. You can also delete all files in %windir%\Web\Wallpaper folder, all files in this folder are also used as wallpapers.

6) You can also empty TEMP (just type "TEMP" in RUN dialog box), Prefetch (in %windir% folder) folders to get free space.

7) Disable Hibernation from "Power Settings" (powercfg.cpl), if u don't use this feature.

8) You can also delete all video files present in %windir%\system32\oobe\images folder, these files are used when windows runs for the first time after installation

9) Empty Temporary Internet files of ur browser to get some free space.

You can apply all above mention methods to get lots of FREE space without any problem, all these methods hv been checked by me many times and I always use them after a fresh installation of my windows.

You can also use 3rd party Utilities, like Tuneup Utility, System Mechanic, etc to FREE some space but these utilities also use most of the above mentioned techniques like 1), 2), 6), 8)

Increase hard disk speed

2007-05-07T05:45:00.001-07:00

When u install utilities like Tune UP
Win XP manager, super utilities, System Mechanic etc., and click on increase system performance, optimize, etc. then these applications do hundreds of activities and tweaks with ur s/m out of which the above is just a one.
You may not do these manually if u have installed such softwares

Do the following to increase..........

Run SYSEDIT.EXE from the start & then Run command.

Expand the system.ini file window.

Scroll down almost to the end of the file till you find a line called [386enh].

Press Enter to make one blank line, and in that line type

Irq14=4096

Note: This line IS CASE SENSITIVE!!!

Click on the File menu, then choose Save.

Close SYSEDIT and reboot your computer.

Done. Speed improvement will be noticed after the computer reboots.
Update: The most speed improvement is visible with IDE drives, however there are reports that this tweak also does good for SCSI disks. In any case, it won't harm your system, so why not try it yourself and let me know what you find

815 GB Downloaded frm BSNL Dataone

2007-05-06T20:05:00.000-07:00

Hitachi becomes first to ship 1 Terabyte Hard Drive

2007-05-06T08:48:00.000-07:00

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi) today announced that it has met its commitment to begin shipping the world’s first one-terabyte hard drive (HDD) to retail customers within the first quarter of 2007. The Deskstar 7K1000 began shipping to retailers and e-tailers in March 2007 with inventories reaching critical mass in April 2007. CDW is among the first organizations to make the terabyte hard drive available to customers. More information is located at www.cdw.com/storage.

Announced at CES 2007, the Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 hard drive delivers superior performance and reliability, as well as leadership capacity, to meet the needs of consumers who want to create, share and store their digital information in ever increasing volume. At a suggested retail price of $399 (USD), colossal storage capacity is more affordable than ever before.

Technical Specifications:

Deskstar 7K1000

1000/750 GB – SATA (GB = 1 billion bytes, accessible capacity may be less)
148 billion bits per square inch maximum areal density
1070 Mb/s max. media data rate
8.5 ms average seek time (excludes command overhead)
7,200 RPM, 4.17 ms average latency
Serial-ATA 3.0Gb/s
32 MB data buffer
26.1 mm in height (max)
700g in weight (max)
5/4 platters, 10/8 recording heads
300 G/1 ms pulse non-operating shock
9.0 (5 disk)/8.1 (4 disk) watt idle power
2.9 Bels typical idle acoustics
5-60 degrees C operating temperature

Trojan Horse Deactivates Genuine Windows Copies!

2007-05-06T08:46:00.000-07:00

Trojan.Kardphisher is a Trojan horse program that deactivates genuine and previously activated copies of Windows following the infection. Security Company Symantec has warned on the spreading of
Trojan.Kardphisher, and revealed that the malicious program is not a technical masterpiece, but that it is focused on social engineering techniques. The catch is that the malicious code does not actually deactivate genuine copies of Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, either activated or not.

After compromising a system, the malware becomes active with the first Windows boot and displays a message with the title "Microsoft piracy control" just as in the adjacent image. The Trojan informs the users that their copy was activated by another person and asks them to repeat the activation process.

It is obvious that the author of this social engineering scheme has gone to great lengths in order to make the attack look and feel as legitimate as possible, but still there are some loopholes that point to a fake. First off, Microsoft generally avoids using the term "piracy" in direct contact with Windows users, Genuine Software Initiative gives a clue as to the policies applied by the Redmond Company. And Windows Genuine Advantage is the mechanism that governs over Microsoft's detections of non-genuine copies of the operating system. Trojan.Kardphisher additionally asks for the users’ billing details and offers only the possibility of activating Windows over the Internet.

"You can only choose Yes or No. You can't run Task Manager or any other applications. If you choose No your PC will be shut down immediately," said Takashi Katsuki, Symantec Security response Engineer. Choosing the Yes option will take the users to the screen captured in the image at the bottom where they will be asked for their credit card details.

"Now you may think "It can't be true. I have activated my legitimate copy of Windows. MS can't do such a thing!". Surely almost everyone will notice that something strange is going on, and hopefully very few people will actually become victims by inputting their credit card details. But unfortunately even the people who are not tempted to give up their information this time might well become victims the next time. After all, failure to follow the on-screen instructions results in your PC shutting down immediately," Katsuki added.

Windows Vista Tips,Tricks and Tweaks

2007-05-06T03:47:00.000-07:00

Boost Windows Shutdown Speed
Vista is normally fast to shutdown, takes maybe 3 seconds on my beta machine. Some configurations however may lend their selves to a longer shutdown period, some of the time the longer shutdown is due to waiting for Vista to kill some services. If your affected by this the following might help.

Start up Regedit and navigate to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l]
On the right pane look for the "WaitToKillServiceTimeout" string and change its value to 1000 by right clicking the string and selecting Modify. However, to make sure its going to work OK for you modify the value to WaitToKillServiceTimeout=5000 first and try it out.
Modified value WaitToKillServiceTimeout=1000 (1000 is a bit much for this one so be careful)
3000 seems to work just about right but try the 5000 first.
(The default value for WaitToKillServiceTimeout=20000 in case you need to change it back)

Extend Activation period
Would you like to extend the activation period to the maximum 120 days instead of the 30 day period that is set by default? It is possible and legal to do this using the software licensing manager in Windows Vista. Simply run slmgr -rearm to get another 30 days. You can do this a maximum of three times before Microsoft blocks further extensions.

Install Vista without product key
Don't feel like typing in your product key before installing Windows Vista? It is now possible to install any version of Windows Vista and use it for 14 days before having to enter a product key and activating it.
While on the product key screen during install, just hit the Next button. You will be presented with a new screen that allows you to select the version of Windows Vista you would like to install.

Launch Flip 3D Alt+Tab Replacement
This has been one of the most demonstrated features of Windows Vista and also one that I have been asked the most about how to use it.
Keep in mind that your computer must support the DWM for this feature to run. If you are running Aero Glass right now, it will work perfectly for you.
Launch Flip 3D:
Just press and hold the Windows Key + Tab. Then use the scroll wheel on your mouse or the up and down keyboard arrows to navigate through the windows. When the window you want is on top, release the Windows and Tab keys.

Check Windows Vista Activation Status
Are you a user of Windows Vista Enterprise or Business edition and would like to know the status of activation of a specific computer? Want to make sure that the computer connected properly to the Key Management Server (KMS) or used your Multiple Activation Key (MAK) properly? Or are you a home user and just want to make sure your computer is fully activated?
Included in Windows Vista is very useful utility that will help you check the status of activation of your computer:
1.Click on the Start Button and key in CMD and hit Enter to start up Command Prompt.
2.At the prompt, type in "slmgr.vbs -dli"
3.After a few seconds you will be presented with a pop-up message with your activation status.

Remove Windows Mail splash screen
Are you a frequent user of Windows Mail? Would you like to shave a second off of load time and remove that annoying splash screen? Using a quick reg hack, you can easily remove the splash screen.
1.Click on the start button and type in regedit and hit Enter.
2.Navigate through HKEY_CURRENT_USER, Software, Microsoft and Windows Mail.
3.Create a new DWORD called NoSplash.
4.Set the value of NoSplash to 1.
5.Exit Registry Editor.

Enable Vista Glass look on Unsupported Video Cards
Microsoft Windows Vista, formally Codename longhorn has a new user interface system codenamed Avalon. This new user interface engine greatly enhances the look by utilizing several cool looking 3D effects. Of course, to be able to fully utilize the new engine you need a good 3D video card on top of special drivers, WDDM (Windows Display Driver Model).
To turn on this effect just execute c:\Windows\System32\UXSS.exe or enable and start the User Experience Session Management Service.
1. Open up Regedit.
2. Navigate through HKEY_local_machine, Software, and Microsoft.
3. Create a new KEY called DWM.
4. In the new DWM key you created, create a DWORD called EnableMachineCheck.
5. Make sure this value is set to 0 and hardware checking is now disabled.
Quick Note: Although you can get it to run on older hardware, with the lack of WDDM drivers available, it is going to run very slowly if at all.

Enable Vista Glass on Compatible Hardware
If you have a video card that is using WDDM drivers and supports DirectX 9c but is not allowing you to use vista glass, there is a cool trick that you can use to force Aero to run. Follow the steps below:
1.Click on the start button and key in regedit and hit Enter.
2.Navigate through, HKEY_CURRENT_USER, Software, Microsoft, Windows and DWM.
3.Set Composition to 1 and CompositionPolicy to 2.
4.Restart the DWM by restarting the Desktop Windows Manager Session Manager service. This can be done in services.msc or by typing net stop uxsms and net start uxsms at command prompt.
Once the service restarts you will have glass!

Show Run Command on Start Menu
Windows Vista has a new search bar located on the Start Panel. You can use the new search box to find items in the various folders of your Start Menu as well as run any application from it. Just type in the name of the executable and it will search your hard drive for it and run it. This is a great feature but if you have a lot of files on your computer, then be prepared for a short delay since it may have to search for a while.
If you do not want to wait that long, there is a quick way to get the old Run command back on your Start Panel.
1. Right click on your taskbar and select Properties.
2. Click on the Start Menu Tab and then select Customize.
3. Scroll through the list and check the Run Command check box.
4. Hit OK a few times and it is back.

Disable pop-up balloon tips
Tired of pop-up tips showing up all over the interface? With group policy editor, you can easily stop them from showing up for good.
1.Start up the group policy editor by clicking on the start button and keying in gpedit.msc and pressing Enter.
2.Expand User Configuration, Administrative Templates and Start Menu and Taskbar.
3.Select Remove Balloon Tips on Start Menu items, right click on it and select Properties.
4.Select Enable and hit OK.
5.Close Group Policy Editor and you are finished.

Enabling addition Avalon effects
Once you have the new Aero engine enabled on your build of Windows codename Longhorn, you can enable additional transition effects that are currently turned off in builds. Follow the steps below to add some additional desktop and explorer effects:

1. Open up regedit.
2. Navigate thru HKEY_Local_Machine, Software, Microsoft, Windows, Current Version, and Explorer.
3. Create a new DWORD and call it MILDesktop.
4. Set the value of MILDesktop to 1.
5. Create a new DWORD and call it MILExplorer.
6. Set the value of MILExplorer to 1.
7. Exit explorer and restart.

I hope your system and drivers can handle the new effects!

How to disable user access protection ( UAP )-
While logged in with admin rights. Press the key combo Win+R (the "Run command" box comes up).
Run "msconfig".
Go to the "Tools" tab.
Scroll down to "disable UAP", & click the "launch" button below.
It will execute a command & leave behind a CMD window, exit that, reboot Vista, and you're done!

Show Administrator on Welcome Screen
start > run = " control userpasswords2 " select administrator account, click reset password (input new pass) / Ok

start > run = " regedit " create the key below

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserLis t

create "DWORD (32bit) Value"
Value Name: Administrator
Value Data: 1

[ I have been working on these tweaks for so many days, although I had taken them from different websites but I have myself checked all the tweaks and all of them are working fine. I would be posting new tips and tricks regularly here. If you have anything to add, just post a reply! Constructive feedback and criticism is also welcome.]

sources are-
bink.nu
neowin.net
tweakvista.com
msfn.org
thehotfix.net
howtogeek.com

Tips & Tricks For Internet Explorer

2007-05-06T03:46:00.000-07:00

Hey ppl ,

here are some useful tips to optimize your internet Explorer browser..
U must be aware of some .. there are certain more that will be helpful ...

Try It!!!

2.) Tips ∓ Tricks For Internet Explorer

Most people use Internet Explorer to browse the net. It loads up fast because parts of it is loaded by Windows as the latter boots up. Using the feedback from its huge user base, Microsoft has made numerous improvements, which you can use to your advantage.

Disable the Links toolbar and save space. Remove the Explorer view for the same reason.

Customize the toolbar via View » Toolbars » Customize.

Blank home page: Set your home page to a blank one so that it loads up faster. This is done via Tools » Internet Options » General » Use Blank.

Offline browsing:You do not have to connect to the Internet to revisit a page. You can access it from the cache. This is done via Tools » Internet Options » Temporary Internet Folders » Settings » Check newer versions of stored pages: » Never. After setting up IE like this, you can browse offline by, click on the History button. This will open up the History folder in a left pane. Browse through this to access the pages that you have visited earlier. You check the latest version on the net however by clicking on the Refresh button.

Context Menu Extensions For IE: IE allows you to copy the address of a link with just two clicks. But to copy the address of an image on a webpage, you have make at least 5 clicks. To make things like this more easier, you can create your own context menu extensions. For this, some new keys will have to be added to the registry. These keys will refer to Javascript or VBScript functions placed in some special HTML files. Extract the HTM files to C:\. Extract the cmes.reg and double click on it. The keys will be merged into the registry. Your IE context menu will have new options - "Copy All Hyperlink Address" (default), "Copy All Image Addresses" (default), "Copy Image Address" (on images), "Set Text Size To Medium" (on selected text) and "Copy HTML Code" (on selected text). You will have to make some modification to the cmes.reg file if you are not able to place files at C:\, a common scenario for people who are on a network.

Computer Security: Some websites have ads that tell you that your computer could be transmitting vital/private information about you, which could be targeted by hackers and viruses. They will tell you to download a security software. Considering the fact that they are using wrong tactics to sell their product, it is quite possible that their software could be doing more harm than good. No matter which software you use, it is not possible to completely hide your computer on the net. People who have always-on Internet connections like broadband or cable should instead use firewalls like the trusty ZoneAlarm or Tiny.

There are other websites that will ask visitors to install ActiveX controls like Gator or Bonzi. These are spyware and Internet users should avoid them.
Neither should you install programs like MP3 Dancer. These are spyware. Even if you uninstall them, they will still remain on your computer without your knowledge.

Paranoia 1: IE's autocomplete feature may throw up some web addresses at the address bar, which you may not want others to see. So, clear the history. This is done by Internet Options » Clear History. If otherwise you want to selectively remove history items, then delete the appropriate folders inside the History folder. In Windows 9x/Me, the History folder is inside the Windows folder. In Windows 2000/XP, it will be inside the Documents and Settings\«User name»\Local Settings\ folder.

Paranoia 2: Deleting the files in the Temporary Internet Files folder can remove only part of your tracks. Cookies stored by websites usually remain in this folder with their full web address. So, that is a security violation. To remove them, choose Internet Options » Temporary Internet Folder » Delete Cookies.

Paranoia 3: All evidence is still not removed. There is a file inside the Temporary Internet Files folder called index.dat, which has some evidence of your browsing history. Delete this file too. IE will regenerate another index.dat later.

Paranoia 4: When the Autocomplete feature is enabled, all your personal information including passwords are stored on the computer, which is available for others to misuse. So, when you are done with browsing at your office or an Internet cafe, follow the above three steps and clear the saved data by choosing Internet Options » Content » AutoComplete » Clear Forms and Clear Passwords. Sometimes, the Internet Options menu option might be disabled in your office or web cafe. So, delete the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IntelliForms key from the registry. If you want to steal or backup passwords, export this key and import it on a different machine or installation. You will also have to copy the {username}.pwl file and cookies to the new machine/installation. Sometimes, there are ActiveX programs that sit silently recording everything. You can check them out at Internet Options » Temporary Internet Files » Settings » View Objects. This will open the Downloaded Program Files folder in the windows folder. By right-clicking the contents, you can either remove them or check out their properties.

Paranoia 5: In certain Internet cafes, silent keyboard loggers are installed by certain people to collect userids and passwords, and send them to their email addresses. Remove these programs from memory and only then browse. Also disable form fillers such as Gator in Internet cafes.

Dialer: When you click on a link, IE starts the dialer program. If this is annoying to you, disable this via Internet Options » Connection » Never dial a connection.

Saving on telephone bills: You can make optimum use of your online time by opening the links in new windows rather than the current one. Take for example your HotMAIL Inbox. Every time you go there, there are many messages there. Instead of just clicking on a message and waiting for that message to load, right click on the message's link and choose Open in New Window. Go back to the Inbox and do the same for all other messages. By this time, your first message would have been downloaded. When you finish reading it, all the other messages would have been downloaded in their windows. Now, you can logout and disconnect the Internet connection.

Downloading recalcitrant files: Most people use a downloaded manager to download huge files. But, sometimes they run into problems when the download manager is not able to catch the correct url of the file. In such cases, open the source of the page via View » Source and do a search for the download file. Usually, the full url of the file will be found here. Copy this and paste it in the download manager. If some website prevents you from right-clicking to save an image on it, just look inside the Temporary Internet Files folder for it.

IE Toolbars ∓ Desktop Tickers: Add the Google Toolbar to IE. With this toolbar, you will get to the results without having to visit Google's home page first. You may also use Yahoo! Companion instead. With Yahoo! Companion you will be able to harness the power of the Google search engine and also get easy access to other Yahoo! services.

If you have to keep in touch with the latest news, then get the Reuters Desktop Ticker. Reuters is the world's leading news provider and almost every newspaper and TV station in the world gets feeds from it. Once connected to the Net, headlines flash across the ticker and you can click on the headlines to see the news stories in a browser window.

ESCAPE: Many people do not know this. If a page is being downloaded and you want to stop it, then pressing the Escape key will do that. Also, pressing Backspace key will take you to the previous page.

Saving web pages: Beginning with Version 5, IE allows saving a web page in a single file including its images and other embedded content. To do this, choose Save As from the File menu. Here in the Save as type, choose Web Archive, single file (*.mht). Sometimes, MHT files may not show anything even though its thumbnail does show something. If you disable Javascript, you will be able to see the whatever something you saw in the thumbnail.

ADSL(Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line)

2007-05-06T03:43:00.000-07:00

Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) is a form of DSL, a data communications technology that enables faster data transmission over copper telephone lines than a conventional voiceband modem can provide. It does this by utilizing frequencies that are not used by a voice telephone calls. By using a splitter or micro filters this allows a single telephone connection to be used for both ADSL service and voice calls at the same time. As phone lines are so varied in quality and weren't initially provisioned with ADSL in mind it can generally only be used over short distances, typically less than 5 km.

At the telephone exchange the line generally terminates at a DSLAM where another frequency splitter separates the voice band signal for the conventional phone network. The ATM stream carried by the ADSL physical layer is typically routed over the telephone companies data network to service center where the encapsulated IP packets are eventually routed onto a conventional internet network.

Explanation

The distinguishing characteristic of ADSL over other forms of DSL is that the volume of data flow is greater in one direction than the other, i.e. it is asymmetric. Providers usually market ADSL as a service for consumers to connect to the Internet in a relatively passive mode: able to use the higher speed direction for the "download" from the Internet but not needing to run servers that would require high speed in the other direction.

There are both technical and marketing reasons why ADSL is in many places the most common type offered to home users. On the technical side, there is likely to be more crosstalk from other circuits at the DSLAM end (where the wires from many local loops are close together) than at the customer premises. Thus the upload signal is weakest at the noisiest part of the local loop, while the download signal is strongest at the noisiest part of the local loop. It therefore makes technical sense to have the DSLAM transmit at a higher bit rate than does the modem on the customer end. Since the typical home user in fact does prefer a higher download speed, the telephone companies chose to make a virtue out of necessity, hence ADSL. On the marketing side, limiting upload speeds limits the attractiveness of this service to business customers, often causing them to purchase higher cost Digital Signal 1 services instead. In this fashion, it segments the digital communications market between business and home users.

How ADSL works

On the wire

ADSL uses two separate frequency bands, referred to as the upstream and downstream bands. The upstream band is used for communication from the end user to the telephone central office. The downstream band is used for communicating from the central office to the end user. With standard ADSL (annex A), the band from 25.875 kHz to 138 kHz is used for upstream communication, while 138 kHz – 1104 kHz is used for downstream communication.

Frequency plan for ADSL. The red area is the frequency range used by normal voice telephony, the green and blue areas are used for ADSL.

Each of these is further divided into smaller frequency channels of 4.3125 kHz. During initial training, the ADSL modem tests which of the available channels have an acceptable signal-to-noise ratio. The distance from the telephone exchange, noise on the copper wire, or interference from AM radio stations may introduce errors on some frequencies. By keeping the channels small, an error on one frequency thus need not render the line unusable: the channel will not be used, merely resulting in reduced throughput on an otherwise functional ADSL connections.

Vendors may support usage of higher frequencies as a proprietary extension to the standard. However, this requires matching vendor-supplied equipment on both ends of the line, and will likely result in crosstalk issues that affect other lines in the same bundle.

There is a direct relationship between the number of channels available and the throughput capacity of the ADSL connection. The exact data capacity per channel depends on the modulation method used.

A common error is to attribute the A in ADSL to the word asynchronous. ADSL technologies use a synchronous framed protocol for data transmission on the wire.

Modulation

ADSL initially existed in two flavors (similar to VDSL), namely CAP and DMT. CAP was the de facto standard for ADSL deployments up until 1996, deployed in 90 percent of ADSL installs at the time. However, DMT was chosen for the first ITU-T ADSL standards, G.992.1 and G.992.2 (also called G.dmt and G.lite respectively). Therefore all modern installations of ADSL are based on the DMT modulation scheme.

ADSL standards

Standard name	Common name	Downstream rate	Upstream rate
ANSI T1.413-1998 Issue 2	ADSL	8 Mbit/s	1.0 Mbit/s
ITU G.992.1	ADSL (G.DMT)	8 Mbit/s	1.0 Mbit/s
ITU G.992.1 Annex A	ADSL over POTS	8 Mbit/s	1.0 MBit/s
ITU G.992.1 Annex B	ADSL over ISDN	8 Mbit/s	1.0 MBit/s
ITU G.992.2	ADSL Lite (G.Lite)	1.5 Mbit/s	0.5 Mbit/s

ITU G.992.3/4	ADSL2	12 Mbit/s	1.0 Mbit/s
ITU G.992.3/4 Annex J	ADSL2	12 Mbit/s	3.5 Mbit/s
ITU G.992.3/4 Annex L^[1]	RE-ADSL2	5 Mbit/s	0.8 Mbit/s

ITU G.992.5	ADSL2+	24 Mbit/s	1.0 Mbit/s
ITU G.992.5 Annex L^[1]	RE-ADSL2+	24 Mbit/s	1.0 Mbit/s
ITU G.992.5 Annex M	ADSL2+M	24 Mbit/s	3.5 Mbit/s

Annexes J and M shift the upstream/downstream frequency split up to 276 kHz (from 138 kHz used in the commonly deployed annex A) in order to boost upstream rates. Additionally, the "all-digital-loop" variants of ADSL2 and ADSL2+ (annexes I and J) support an extra 256 kbit/s of upstream if the bandwidth normally used for POTS voice calls is allocated for ADSL usage.

While the ADSL access utilizes the 1.1 MHz band, ADSL2+ utilizes the 2.2 MHz band.

The downstream and upstream rates displayed are theoretical maximums. Note also that because Digital subscriber line access multiplexers and ADSL modems may have been implemented based on differing or incomplete standards some manufacturers may advertise different speeds. For example, Ericsson has several devices that support non-standard upstream speeds of up to 2 Mbit/s in ADSL2 and ADSL2+.

Installation issues

Due to the way it uses the frequency spectrum, ADSL deployment presents some issues. It is necessary to install appropriate frequency filters at the customer's premises, to avoid interferences with the voice service, while at the same time taking care to keep a clean signal level for the ADSL connection.

ADSL Router by UTStarcom

In the early days of DSL, installation required a technician to visit the premises. A splitter was installed near the demarcation point, from which a dedicated data line was installed. This way, the DSL signal is separated earlier and is not attenuated inside the customer premises. However, this procedure is costly, and also caused problems with customers complaining about having to wait for the technician to perform the installation. As a result, many DSL vendors started offering a self-install option, in which they ship equipment and instructions to the customer. Instead of separating the DSL signal at the demarcation point, the opposite is done: the DSL signal is "filtered off" at each phone outlet by use of a low pass filter, also known as microfilter. This method does not require any rewiring inside the customer premises.

A side effect of the move to the self-install model is that the DSL signal can be degraded, especially if more than 5 voiceband devices are connected to the line. The DSL signal is now present on all telephone wiring in the building, causing attenuation and echo. A way to circumvent this is to go back to the original model, and install one filter upstream from all telephone jacks in the building, except for the jack to which the DSL modem will be connected. Since this requires wiring changes by the customer and may not work on some (poorly designed) household telephone wiring, it is rarely done. It is usually much easier to install filters at each telephone jack that is in use.

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b ADSL2 Annex L is also known as RE-ADSL2, where 'RE' stands for 'Reach Extended.' With this ADSL standard, the power of the lower frequencies used for transmitting data is boosted up to increase the reach of this signal up to 7 kilometers (23,000 ft). The upper frequency limit for RE-ADSL2 is reduced to 552 kHz to keep the total power roughly the same as annex A. Since RE-ADSL2 is intended for use on long loops there isn't much (any) usable bandwidth above 552 kHz anyway. Although this standard has been ratified by the ITU, not all local loop network maintainers allow this protocol to be used on their network, simply because the extra power on the lower frequencies might cause problems for existing services due to crosstalk.

Reference Guide on How to Share DataOne Connection....

2007-05-06T03:41:00.002-07:00

Well Many Many Posts are comming up, how to share DataOne Connection between PCs or between PC.... I thought Writting one of my

own guide which I follow

Scenario 1. You want to share the Connection between 2 PCs.
Scenario 2. You want to share between 2 or more PCs using Hub/Switch.

Scenario 1. You want to share the Connection between 2 PCs.

There are 2 option how you may do it,

Easiest option is sbscribe to a Type IV / III modem or which called MT 841 which comes with 4 eathernet Port can computers can directly go in to it and which would act as a hub it self.

The Seocnd and more complex would be, when you dont have that 4 Post modem. so here is option 2,

What Hardware you would need ??

A PC with 2 LAN Cards which would ACT as Server when sharing !!
Second PC with a LAN Card !!
Cross over CAT 5 Cable with both end puched with RJ45 jacks. (You may buy from any Hardware store, make sure its not bigger than

50 ft) .

What Software you would need ??

Just Windows XP as OS in both system !!

How you do it ?? (The Software config)

The Idea is, You would connect the modem to PC 1 ( which is acting as server, but dont worry, Nothing fancy, any windows xp system would do the job with few clicks) LAN 1, connet by dialing an ADSL connection, and then connect the PC 1 with PC 2 using the CAT 5 cable and share that ADSL conection of PC 1 !!

Here is how you may do it,

Connect the ADSL modem using LAN interface to your PC 1 or rather what would act as server !! Now Go to Network Connections

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It should open a window which would have 2 LAN Cards, Now Right Click on LAN 1, in the menu click Properties

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Now a Settings windows will appeare... here Just Check on the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) then click properties, whcih will launch a settings window for value input, you may enter the bellow values (Like IP address, DNS address, Default Getway ETC),

IP Address - 192.168.1.xx (xx can be any number between 255 and apart from 0 and 1 though I suggest 192.168.1.21)
Subnet Mask - 255.255.255.0
Default GetWay - 192.168.1.1

DNS Address -61.0.0.5
ALT DNS Address - 61.1.96.71 or 61.1.96.69

Click Ok and again click OK...

Now Click on the option Creat a New connection

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Which would launch the wizered to Creat a New connection to connect to the Internet !!

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Now Click the Next,

Select the Option Connect to the Internet and click Next,

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Now Select the Option which says, Set up my connection manually and then click next,

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At the Next step, Select the option which says, Connect using a bradband connection which requires a user name and password and click next,

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Give the Connection Name DataOne or what ever you may wish !! and click next

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Input you DataOne user name and Password !! and click next

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We are all most finish, you may check on the option to place a Shortcut icon at desktop, I suggest you do, and click finish !!

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Now at the Second LAN Card for the PC 1 which has the LAN 1 connected with Modem and where you have just created a connection

DataOne right now !!

Again to Go to Network Connections

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It should open a window which would have 2 LAN Cards, Now Right Click on LAN 2 (Not the one which has DataOne Modem in it), in the menu click Properties

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Now a Settings windows will appeare... here Just Check on the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) then click properties, whcih will launch a settings window for value input, you may enter the bellow values (Like IP address, DNS address, Default Getway ETC),

IP Address - 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask - 255.255.255.0
Default GetWay - 192.168.1.1

DNS Address - Leave it blank unless you are having connectivity issues
ALT DNS Address - Leave it blank unless you are having connectivity issues

Now Right Click one the ICON DataOne at your network connetions, and go to its properties, now there at Advance TAB, turn on the Internet connection sharing, Click Apply !!

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You are pretty much Done with the Setup on Computer One which would act as server !!

How with Computer 2

Just Plug in the CAT 5 between Server LAN Card 2 and Second PC LAN Card,

Now at the Second PC,

Again to Go to Network Connections

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It should open a window which would have 2 LAN Cards, Now Right Click on LAN 2 (Not the one which has DataOne Modem in it), in the menu click Properties

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Now a Settings windows will appeare... here Just Check on the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) then click properties, whcih will launch a settings window for value input, you may enter the bellow values (Like IP address, DNS address, Default Getway ETC),

IP Address - 192.168.0.xx (xx can be any number between 255 and apart from 0 and 1 though I suggest 192.168.0.11)
Subnet Mask - 255.255.255.0
Default GetWay - 192.168.0.1

DNS Address - 192.168.0.1
ALT DNS Address - Leave it blank unless you are having connectivity issues

Done ...

Reboot the PCs, and you should be able to access the Internet from both the PCs now when you connect using DataOne...

Now the Scenario 2. You want to share between 2 or more PCs using Hub/Switch.

What Hardware you would need ??

PCs with a LAN Card !!
CAT 5 Cables with both end puched with RJ45 jacks. (You may buy from any Hardware store, make sure its not bigger than 50 ft).
Multiuser Connection of DataOne (Though I have seen it works with SU too, but that would be violating DataOne ToS)
Hub or a Switch

What Software you would need ??

Just Windows XP as OS in all systems !!

How you do it ?? (The Software config)

The idea is that Modem will be configured as Allways On connection and will go in to the Hub / Switch using LAN Interface, other PCs will access it as a getway to connect to the internet using it...

Here is how you may do it,

Configure the Modem to be an Allways On connection... to do so you may need to connect the modem using LAN to a single PC 1st, then set the LAN card value to IP - 192.168.1.15 and then visit the URL http://192.168.1.1/, now the interface may change according to the modem type, but the basic config is, go to connection settings, by default you may have up to 8 connecctions, Click any of it to setup it, as PPPoE, it will ask for ur dataone user ID and PW, enter them, Save all settings and Reboot the Modem !!

Now when you have configured the Modem as Allways on connection, plug it in to the Hub / Switch as using LAN Interface.

Now Connect all the PCs to the Hub / Switch using the Cat 5 Cables...

and set this config to all PCs,

Go to Network Connection,

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Now Right Click on LAN 1, in the menu click Properties on a Settings windows will appeare... here Just Check on the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) then click properties, whcih will launch a settings window for value input, You may enter these Value,

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IP Address - 192.168.1.xx (xx can be any number between 255 and apart from 0 and 1 and also not same as any other PC in LAN though I suggest you go on as 192.168.1.21 then 22 and then 23 and so on)
Subnet Mask - 255.255.255.0
Default GetWay - 192.168.1.1

DNS Address - 61.0.0.5
ALT DNS Address - 61.1.96.71

This bellow step in optional if you need to share files as well....

Now Run this wizered in All the systems... at the Network Connection window, at your Left Hand tool bar you may find Option Set up a small or Medium Office Network !! Click it,

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Which would launch a wizered to seu it up,

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Here Click Next, Then again Next, Now Choose the Option, called "[color=blue]This Computer Connects to the Internet through Residential Getway or though another computer in my Network.[color]".

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Now again Click Next Keep the Computer Name what ever you would like, Click Next,

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Now Give all Computer a Same WorkGroup name like "Home"

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Click Next and just turn on the File Share. Would take some time to complete the process, and then Ask you to carry out certain task, you may choose the option Just Finish the Network Wizered and Click Finish.

You are done, you may need a system Reboot, and u should be able to access the Internet without any problem in all PC...

Note,

Reboot under any case whether Scenario 1 or 2 , allways double check the IP address values are set as described !!

P.S. To all members, if you find any problem in the guide please mention it, I would update.

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