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Articles, tutorials, and other content about apps that you can use to play music, watch movies, rip music, view pictures, and other multimedia content.

How to embed videos into your PowerPoint presentations

How to embed videos into your PowerPoint presentations

  • tutorial
  • Maria Madalina Blaga
  • 08.05.2017
If you had to hold a presentation at work or school, you probably know how important is to make your presentation attractive to keep your audience's attention until the very end. When you need to make a point about something, a video might just do...
The 5 best free alternatives to Windows DVD Maker

The 5 best free alternatives to Windows DVD Maker

  • misc
  • Codrut Neagu
  • 04.05.2017
Windows DVD Maker was a free DVD authoring tool that was included in some editions of Windows Vista and Windows 7. Unfortunately, even though it was used by many people, Microsoft decided to stop including it in their operating systems, starting with Windows 8. If...
Watch HD movies anywhere, on the go, or the best gadget to buy this summer

Watch HD movies anywhere, on the go, or the best gadget to buy this summer

  • misc
  • Ciprian Adrian Rusen
  • 15.06.2016
Miracast is a relatively new wireless display standard which is designed for mirroring the screen of your smartphone, tablet or PC, to a TV or a display, without requiring physical HDMI cables. If you want to watch HD movies from anywhere you travel, then buying...
How to project to a TV or monitor from Windows 10 Mobile, using Miracast

How to project to a TV or monitor from Windows 10 Mobile, using Miracast

  • tutorial
  • Ciprian Adrian Rusen
  • 13.06.2016
Did you know that Windows 10 Mobile offers native support for the Miracast technology? What does this mean? Well… you can use your smartphone with Windows 10 Mobile to project a presentation, a game, a movie or anything you wish to just about any TV,...
How To Get Rid Of Black Bars In Movie Maker

How To Get Rid Of Black Bars In Movie Maker

  • tutorial
  • Mihai-Emilian Blaga
  • 19.05.2015
Ever notice those annoying black bars on the sides or along the top and bottom of a video? Oftentimes, the culprit is an incorrectly set aspect ratio. In Movie Maker, it's easy to mistakenly save a movie in the wrong aspect ratio, thus creating these...
How To Add Animations & Visual Effects To Your Movie Maker Videos

How To Add Animations & Visual Effects To Your Movie Maker Videos

  • tutorial
  • Mihai-Emilian Blaga
  • 05.05.2015
Movie Maker allows you to easily create photo slideshows and home movies without any technical knowledge. You can give them a more professional look and feel by adding transitions, pan and zoom and other visual effects. In this tutorial, we will explain the differences between...
How To Rotate Misoriented Videos Using Windows Movie Maker

How To Rotate Misoriented Videos Using Windows Movie Maker

  • tutorial
  • Mihai-Emilian Blaga
  • 29.04.2015
Sometimes, when you import videos into your computer, they end up being oriented incorrectly. This is particularly an issue with videos short with your smartphone, which can be shot in landscape or portrait mode. You can correct their orientation permanently by using Movie Maker, which...
How To Add Titles, Captions And Credits In Windows Movie Maker

How To Add Titles, Captions And Credits In Windows Movie Maker

  • tutorial
  • Mihai-Emilian Blaga
  • 30.03.2015
A picture's worth a thousand words - but sometimes, your home movie or photo slideshows can benefit from just a bit more. That's where titles, captions and credits come in. Windows Movie Maker allows you to add these textual elements in a snap. You can...
How To Save Windows Movie Maker Projects As Video Files

How To Save Windows Movie Maker Projects As Video Files

  • tutorial
  • Mihai-Emilian Blaga
  • 26.03.2015
After you have finished editing your project in Windows Movie Maker, maybe you may want to share it. However, when you export the project, it will be saved as a Movie Maker Project file with .wlmp extension. These .wlmp can be opened ONLY in Windows...
How To Add Music To Videos In Windows Movie Maker

How To Add Music To Videos In Windows Movie Maker

  • tutorial
  • Mihai-Emilian Blaga
  • 23.03.2015
Windows Movie Maker is all about ease of use and when it comes to adding background music to your videos and photo slideshows, that theme remains the same. Windows Movie Maker's audio editing features are very basic and mostly limited to fading in and fading...
How To Edit Videos In Windows Movie Maker

How To Edit Videos In Windows Movie Maker

  • tutorial
  • Mihai-Emilian Blaga
  • 12.03.2015
You need quite a bit of time to edit a movie or to create a new one using photos and clips that were captured with your digital camera or your smartphone. The Windows Movie Maker desktop application is one of the most simple products that...
How To Import Photos & Videos Into Windows Movie Maker

How To Import Photos & Videos Into Windows Movie Maker

  • tutorial
  • Mihai-Emilian Blaga
  • 09.03.2015
Creating movies from pictures and videos is a breeze with Windows Movie Maker. Once you have your pictures and video clips imported into this application, you can get right down to applying AutoMovie Themes, creating title clips and credits, setting your project to music and...
Publishing And Sharing Windows Movie Maker Videos With OneDrive

Publishing And Sharing Windows Movie Maker Videos With OneDrive

  • tutorial
  • Ciprian Adrian Rusen
  • 09.09.2014
Windows Movie Maker makes it easy to create photo slideshows and home movies in seconds. Your OneDrive makes it easy to publish and share your movies. Friends, family and anyone else who has permission to view your OneDrive will be able to view, play and...
How to Play Videos and DVDs in Windows Media Player 12

How to Play Videos and DVDs in Windows Media Player 12

  • tutorial
  • Jack Busch
  • 04.06.2010
Windows Media Player 12 plays video clips and DVDs as well as it does audio files. Video clips in your library will automatically be organized for you and can be played easily with a click of a button. In this tutorial, I'll show how to...
How to Burn CDs and DVDs in Windows Media Player 12

How to Burn CDs and DVDs in Windows Media Player 12

  • tutorial
  • Jack Busch
  • 28.01.2010
Windows Media Player 12 allows computers with built-in CD and/or DVD burners to quickly and easily create audio CDs, data CDs and Data DVDs. This functionality makes creating mix CDs and copying audio CDs for playback in car stereos and other CD players incredibly simple....