Audio & Video
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Kodi 21: Basic facilities including library
The first steps in Kodi: changing the language, setting important settings and setting up the library - step by step in the picture.
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Audiobookshelf: Stream, sync, and listen to audio books and podcasts yourself
Listen to, manage and sync audio books and podcasts via your own service? No problem with the open source Audiobookshelf project. That's how it's done:
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Create animations with Procreate on iPad
You can easily create animations with Procreate on the iPad. The app will help you with your first cartoon.
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6 Free Podcast Apps for Windows
Traditional desktop apps for listening and downloading podcasts: 3 classic media players, 2 specialists, 1 silver bullet ;)
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Akai MPK Mini MK3 + MPC Beats: Beginner problems
New to the universe of MIDI, MPC Beats and the awesome MPK Mini MK3? Things are probably not going smoothly... We'll help you over six possible hurdles.
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aptX Adaptive: eppfun Cute Meet 300 + USB Transmitter
Thanks to eppfun, there's finally a decent selection of aptX Adaptive devices. But is that good? Unfortunately not ...
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Why Thalia? Rename stupid audiobook MP3s
1 audio book, 188 files, 34-character file names - not nice! This can be corrected within seconds using batch processing :)
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OBS Studio: Zoom to cursor and follow
Perfect for screen videos: Zoom and Follow zooms any source to almost any size with a hotkey - and follows the cursor.
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Amazon Prime: HD video not available - a solution
Bought the film, chips are ready, the beer pops, feet up - and then Amazon says: "HD video not available" :( It could be the monitor setup!
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Netflix: Test new features or prohibit testing
Netflix not only constantly tinkers with its program, but also with new functions. We'll show you how you can test them - or not.
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Ten practical tips for Audible - audio books in perfection
Amazon's audio book service Audible offers access to hundreds of thousands of audio books. We will show you how you can use the service optimally.
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Pros/Cons: Buy Artiphon Orba?
100 euros for a toy? Or a musical instrument? The mobile synthesizer is fascinating, but does the fun last more than a few days? Or are the 100 euros after all…
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aptX Adaptive – stay away!
aptX Adaptive - a standard between HD and LL, with great sound quality and low latency. That's the theory, but the hardware is simply missing...
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Fritzbox: compile an individual channel list
Fritzbox suboptimal: Create 2 channel lists, load 2 lists, delete 100 entries, save 1 list... This is easier, faster and much more precise!
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Use Avidemux in the terminal - with (almost) all features
Avidemux offers a number of features, unfortunately not all of them can be called directly from the command line. But with a detour via the GUI it is possible.
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Batch convert videos by drag and drop
With Avidemux you can create your own personal video converter: just drag videos onto an icon and you're done. That's how it's done:
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Remove MP3 tags in bulk with drag and drop
Customized solutions can be that easy: 1 open source tool, 3 lines batch, the drag & drop MP3 metadata remover is ready.
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Teenage Engineering Pocket Operators Explained for Beginners
Teenage Engineering's Pocket Operators - what is it? Synthesizer, sampler, sequencer sounds great, but what does that mean exactly? And how does it work? And worth up to 110 euros...
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How to use audio effects in Zoom, Telegram & Co.
An effect software between microphone and chat app? Sounds like a lot of fun and it's really easy thanks to the virtual audio cable!
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24fps, 25fps, 30fps or even 60fps: which video frame rate is the best?
Frame rate and frame rate are the same - but you should pay close attention to which frame rate standard you want to use before recording!
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LABS: Fantastic software instruments, professionally recorded - free as VST
Free software instruments, recorded by real musicians with professional equipment, available as VST plugins - they exist! Spitfire Audio LABS.
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Instructions: Install Kodi 19 Matrix on the Rasperry Pi
Thanks to LibreELEC, Kodi 19 Matrix is coming to the Raspberry Pi. How does it work and what do you currently have to consider? We'll show you!
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Kodi 19 Matrix: 15 Addon Tips
There are hundreds of good Kodi addons out there - some everyone should have (backup), others are special (C64 emulator). Have fun browsing through our selection.
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Kodi 19: Live TV without FritzBox, TV card & Co.
No tuner card? No Fritz box cable? It doesn't matter, you get live television in every Kodi installation. The only requirement: the Kodi device is online.
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Kodi 19: Creating Smart Playlists
Kodi's playlists are really smart: films with Russel Crowe, episodes related to Christmas, series from before 2010 with good ratings - no problem!
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Kodi 19 for beginners: basics, library, addons, remote control
Everything you need to get started with Kodi: all the important basics, structure of the library, installation of addons, remote control via smartphone. Step by step in the picture.
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Kodi 19 Matrix: Live TV via cable Fritz boxes
To watch live TV directly in Kodi, you don't necessarily need a tuner card - the cable Fritzbox can serve as an external stream supplier.
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Dissonance at Audacity: Takeover by Muse
No, Audacity isn't spyware - but it loses a bit of its open-source nature. A summary of the Muse Group acquisition.
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Kodi: Searching for SMB shares shows nothing? Here's how (again)
If the search for SMB shares in Kodi does not work, it is probably due to the SMB protocol. But that can easily be corrected directly in Kodi.
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Reset Sonos devices to factory settings
The Sonos sound system impresses above all with the grandiose networking among each other and the stable app ecosystem. Unlike many other smart home devices, however, the way to the factory settings does not lead via the…
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Click paths: Set up media streaming under Linux
If you want to stream music, videos, pictures in the LAN, try MiniDLNA: Entering your media folder is sufficient - it couldn't be easier!
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Create screen videos as animated GIFs
Just film the desktop, a game, a website - and then share it as a GIF. With ScreenToGif, this is particularly fast, simple and yet variable.
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Rip CDs and tag them together with the pictures – in one step
Oldie but Goldie and as old as this saying - Exact Audio Copy is still worth its weight in gold, rips and tags audio CDs in one go - including cover art!
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My favorite Walkman? Creative Zen Nano!
40 years of mobile music players - most of it was and is crap! But there were highlights: my great FiiO M9, for example, or my all-time favorite with an AAA battery ;)
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Add Bluetooth to your hi-fi system – send and receive
Traditional hi-fi systems should still provide good music in many households - from real, voluminous, passive speakers. And if you own large CD or vinyl collections, you won't...
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Nobsound: AptX HD Bluetooth receiver for the hi-fi system
Bluetooth reception as a component for the hi-fi system - without frills, batteries or other troublemakers, packed in a stylish aluminum housing.
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MyCarbon: Bluetooth transmitter and receiver
Bluetooth, aptX HD, TOSLINK, SPDIF, COAX, DAC, RX/TX - a bunch of buzzwords in a tiny plastic box - is that possible for less than 40 euros?
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Beyerdynamic DT 990 – boxes for the ears
Reference for decades: Hardly any headphones are quoted as often as the DT - and for good reasons! What makes the old-school handset so popular?
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Beyerdynamic Lagoon: ANC headphones with a pinch of sea
It doesn't always have to be Sony or Bose: With the Lagoon, Beyerdynamic competes against the market leaders in the 250-euro ANC range - it works out in terms of sound.
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Hi-Res Audio: Is it worth the investment?
"Hi-Res Audio" - better than CD? audible? What high-resolution audio is all about - broken down for normal people ;)
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Instructions: Set up live TV on the Amazon Fire TV
With the Amazon Fire TV you can not only stream Prime and Netflix, but also classic television. We show you how to do it.
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Click Paths: Build Kodi Library
This is how you switch the scraper in Kodi to German, import media and get the metadata for your titles.
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Netflix for Android: find out the quality and HDR level
Despite a top display, Netflix only delivers spongy quality on your android? There are reasons for this - we'll leave it open whether these are also "good"...
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Gimp: Draw arrows - third and best variant
There are a number of arrow plug-ins for Gimp, the best so far: "HN: draw arrows" - yes, finally one in German. And you can save templates.
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iPhone and iPad: Play YouTube in the background
Want to play a YouTube video in the background on iPhone or iPad? Since iOS 14 this also works without Premium! We'll show you how.
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Instructions: Install Kodi on the Fire TV Stick 2020
The Amazon Fire TV Stick also offers Dolby Atmos in the third generation. The stick is still ideal for Kodi - we'll show you how.
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Instructions: Insert green screen background
Whether live or afterwards, green screen effects can be implemented quite easily - on the desktop as well as on the smartphone. That's how it works:
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Instructions: Scene-based screen videos and live streams with OBS Studio
There are many screen recorders out there - but OBS Studio is a separate affair. It is not immediately intuitive to use and initially puts a strain on the user's nerves when trying it out. Once…
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Rip music CDs + use freedb alternative
Music CDs don't live forever, freedb recently said goodbye... Time to back up the old songs, including metadata from the freedb alternative GNUDB.
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Use multiple audio outputs with VoiceMeeter at the same time
If you want to fire up multiple audio outputs under Windows, you can do this using obscure Windows settings - or much better with VoiceMeeter.
