Showing posts with label Windows 7 How To?. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Windows 7 How To?. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
What is Blue Ray?
How is Blue Ray supported today?
3. Cyberlink Powerdvd 9.
The DVD storage format has been around since the 90’s. Blue Ray, designed by Sony, is an optical disc storage medium which is designed to replace the DVD format. These have a higher density than DVD, and use a different wave length compared to a standard CD or DVD. A Standard DVD uses a 650 nanometer red laser, whereas Blu-ray uses a shorter 405 nm wavelength blue-violet laser. This permits almost six times more data storage than a DVD.
How is Blue Ray supported today?
Blue ray uses codec’s, which are program algorithms to compress data onto a disk. There are two main codecs:
These codecs are largely available to other software, but are not part of the Windows 7 media player.
- H.264 otherwise known as MPEG-4 Part 10.
- VC-1 a video codec that has was implemented by Microsoft in Windows Media Video 9 (WMV)
These codecs are largely available to other software, but are not part of the Windows 7 media player.
Windows 7 support codecs:
Nevertheless, there are other codecs that can be used that will allow media and audio to be played on the Windows media center. They allow movies, tv recordings, and audio to be played from a blue-ray disk. Here are three such options.
Nevertheless, there are other codecs that can be used that will allow media and audio to be played on the Windows media center. They allow movies, tv recordings, and audio to be played from a blue-ray disk. Here are three such options.
- Windows Media Player Plugins. There are three that can be used.
- Plugins which are utilities add or extend the built-in functionality of Windows Media Player.
- Skins which are Small programs that change the appearance of Windows Media Player.
- Visualizations allow you to view Windows Media Player in different way, but allowing you to listen to music and so on.
2. Corel WinDVD 9 Plus Blu-ray. This Codec will allow you to use Blu-ray, HD DVD and standard DVDs.
3. Cyberlink Powerdvd 9.
This codec will play a variety of HD video formats like AVCHD, AVCREC, MPEG-4 AVC (H.264), MPEG-2 HD and WMV-HD.
If you want to add the codecs, how can you tell what codecs are running on Windows 7 Media player? You can get this information from the sechnical support information window.
Start with the following: Open the Windows 7 Media Icon
Support:
Microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/plugins.aspx
Skins: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/skins.aspx
Visualizations: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/visualizations.aspx
Plug-ins: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/plugins.aspx
Corel:
http://store.corel.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?partNumber=OL_WD09PLBD&srcid=&pculicenseid=&promocode=0&trkid=CJ&countryCode=US&storeId=10302&catalogId=10103&langId=-1
Cyberlink:
http://www.cyberlink.com/
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You might have noticed the legal battle between Microsoft and the European Union about the integration of Internet Explorer in the Windows operating system.The European Union is pressuring Microsoft to provide alternatives or ship the next installment without Internet Explorer much like the Media Player-less installations that are available in the European Union as well.
The guys over at AeroXperience seem to have discovered that Microsoft is indeed offering an option to remove Internet Explorer 8 from the Windows 7 operating system. To be precise: The option to remove Internet Explorer 8 has been found in Windows 7 build 7048. It was not there in the beta release of Windows 7 which seems to suggest that Microsoft is working on a way to comply with the European Union in the matter.
It should also be noted that uninstalling Internet Explorer 8 from the Windows 7 installation will not remove all of its components from the computer system. Microsoft has integrated Internet Explorer into the Windows operating system that it would practically require a full rewrite to get rid of it completely.
Only the actual Internet Explorer executable will be removed from the Windows 7 build if the option to remove Internet Explorer 8 is selected. Here are the steps to undertake to remove Internet Explorer from Windows 7:
The guys over at AeroXperience seem to have discovered that Microsoft is indeed offering an option to remove Internet Explorer 8 from the Windows 7 operating system. To be precise: The option to remove Internet Explorer 8 has been found in Windows 7 build 7048. It was not there in the beta release of Windows 7 which seems to suggest that Microsoft is working on a way to comply with the European Union in the matter.
It should also be noted that uninstalling Internet Explorer 8 from the Windows 7 installation will not remove all of its components from the computer system. Microsoft has integrated Internet Explorer into the Windows operating system that it would practically require a full rewrite to get rid of it completely.
Only the actual Internet Explorer executable will be removed from the Windows 7 build if the option to remove Internet Explorer 8 is selected. Here are the steps to undertake to remove Internet Explorer from Windows 7:
- Enter the Control Panel and look at “All Control Panel Options”
- Click “Programs and Features”
- In the left sidebar, click “Turn Windows Features On or Off” (you will be thrown a UAC prompt if you elevated UAC)
- Wait for the list to load.
- Look for Internet Explorer 8 in the list and uncheck it.
- Click OK. You will see a prompt notifying you of a reboot.
- The machine will reboot once, configure things, and reboot again.
There is no word yet if the uninstallation of Internet Explorer in Windows 7 affects any other areas of the operating system. Several components but also third party tools use the rendering engine of Internet Explorer.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Since the first version of Winamp in 1997, today has become one of the most popular, if not the best MP3 player for Windows operating systems. Although a large amount of features and improvements have been included in each new version, but until the latest version of Winamp, still supports integration with the taskbar in Windows 7. To enable this feature, plus a plug-in is required which is called as Win7shell. Win7shell is a small plug-in for Winamp that makes it integrates with the new taskbar in Windows 7 to support lists of Salto.
Win7shell includes the following features:
- Displays the playback status and progress in the bottom of the icon bar icon task.
- Use icon on the taskbar to display a "VU meter".
- Displays the playback status overlay using the icon in the icon on the taskbar.
- Customize the image of aerodynamic peek - Logo Winamp, album art, personalized information on the current media set and custom image file.
- Add control buttons on the thumbnail player aerodynamic look.
- Add the media playing into the category of "recent" in the skip list.
- Winamp is now easier to find in 3DFlip.
- Allows you to enable, disable or customize the plug-in features
Win7shell is available for free download.
How to create a partition in Windows 7?
Similar to Windows Vista, Windows 7 has a built in utility to partition a hard disk. Many people like to partition their hard drive for several reasons. To boot from a different operating system (This is not necessary anymore if you have Windows 7 Ultimate, which supports booting from a VHD, see here) or to help you manage, where you store files and programs, etc. .... especially if you have a large hard disk.
Similar to Windows Vista, Windows 7 has a built in utility to partition a hard disk. Many people like to partition their hard drive for several reasons. To boot from a different operating system (This is not necessary anymore if you have Windows 7 Ultimate, which supports booting from a VHD, see here) or to help you manage, where you store files and programs, etc. .... especially if you have a large hard disk.
- Go to Start -> Right Click My Computer -> Manage
- You will then be brought to the Computer Management Program
- Click on the Storage bar and under it click on Disk Management
- Then select the Drive you want to partition, In this example I will select the Drive D: “Vista”
- Now right click on the drive and select Shrink Volume
- Then be presented with a window that shows the size of the hard drive and the total amount available to decrease. Since my drive is pretty full I have a smaller amount available Shrink.Enter the amount you would like to reduce the size (This is the partition size again) Can not more than the amount available to you and remember that approximately 1000 MB = 1 GB.
- After entering values, click the contract and let it do what it is. Depending on the size of the unit and to reduce the amount it could take some time. Be patient and once you have made will be unallocated space that is the only small volume. Select it and then right click and select New Simple Volume.
- Follow the Wizard that appears and fill in the Size of the Partition, Generally the size you just shrunk the drive by.
- Assign a drive letter, choose one of their choice does not make a difference.
- Then on the Format page, Ensure NTFS is selected and then Enter a name for your Drive – ie. “Music” and click next followed by finish.
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