If you have a collection of old videotapes gathering dust in a closet or basement, transferring them to disk or a digital format may be a wise decision. Here are four good reasons why: 1. One of the best reasons to transfer your videotapes is to preserve precious...
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Handbrake Converts Video
Handbrake is a free and open-source video transcoder program that will convert video files from one format to another. It is available for Windows, Mac and Linux. Handbrake was first released in 2003 as a DVD ripping tool. It was originally developed by Eric Petit and...
Plex Pass: The Ultimate Media Streaming Application
If you're a cord-cutter like me (with a few premium services and an antenna), you'll love Plex Pass. With a free Plex Pass subscription, you can easily record free digital broadcast channels and enjoy your favorite high-definition TV shows, movies, news, sports, and...
Build Your Business on the Cloud without Coding
Amazon Web Services is just one on-demand cloud computing platform and Application Programming Interface (API) anyone can use. I use Amazon Web Services (AWS) to send you the VideoUniversity newsletter. The mailing is fast, reliable and very inexpensive. I have to...
A Chatbot With A Difference
You've probably heard about ChatGPT by now. It is all over the interweb and social media. I am bombarded with YouTube videos showing me how much money I can make using ChatGPT to start a variety of businesses. Beware! At least two such videos appeared to have the same...
Raising Prices
Time to raise your prices? One of the first considerations is to check the costs of running your business. Here are a few - outsourcing costs, electricity, internet, technology, accountant. For a longer list of costs see Video Business Tax Deductions. What is your...
Budget Video Editing and Gaming Laptop
Acer Nitro 5 AN515-45-R92M Gaming Laptop, AMD Ryzen 7 5800H (8-Core) | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU |15.6" FHD 144Hz IPS Display | 16GB DDR4 | 512GB NVMe SSD | WiFi 6 | RGB Backlit Keyboard The Nitro 5 is a great budget gaming laptop which would also be great...
Going To The Darkside
The Unsinkable Boston Whaler I found on Craigslist My new boat Going To The Darkside is what sailors call it when one of their own buys a powerboat rather than a sailboat. I used to joke how I would never do that. Well, I did. A neighbor was the first to mention it in...
Adobe Rush Cross Platform Video Editing Software
Adobe Rush is cross platform including phones, Mac and PC desktops. Like any good editing program Rush allows multiple video layers. It supports a wide variety of file types and cameras. Adobe Rush can make titles and animated titles. Rush includes all the important...
How To Check Your Shutter Count on Mirrorless Cameras
Take a jpg file or a raw image file from your camera before you've done any editing to one of these websites. The first is tools.science.si Drag the image, for instance a jpg, and you can see right away your shutter count. It shows that one of my cameras has made...
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