the internet protocol address

the ip or the internet protocol address is the adress of the computer and can be used to track the details and the location of the computer . i shall post soon on how to hide the ip for anonymous web surfing with full privacy . so keep reading my blog .

also to maintain privacy , it is better to erase your history after surfing . it is difficult to do it manually and one can go for the usage of software designed for this purpose . i shall describe the software soon .

the image converter

while creating your own websites or trying to load pictures into portable players you may need to convert the format of the pictures into the supported formats of your player etc . a few years ago thi graphics interchange format( .gif ) was widely used. these days the JPEG( .jpg ) format is gaining heavy popularity and is supported by all modern mobiles .so you may need the help of an image converter . the microsoft windows paint application itself is a very good image converter . open the image with paint and save the file using the format desired .

to record audio

sometimes we may find audio on the internet which is not available for download. in such cases we need to use an audio recorder . audio recorders are available at www.download.com . some are trial versions and some freeware ia also available . audo recorders can be used to record any sound which comes out of the speaker . we have to just adjust the settings in the recording volume control in the software . it does not require the usage of a mike . the software has been designed in such a way that it can record the audio which is sent by the cpu to the speaker and the audio can be saved in a desired format on to the hard disk.

also we may have the video of a song out of which we need to extract the audio and make an audio song file . the recorder can be useful in cases like this .as the song begins , we have to switch on the recording using the recorder and when the song is over , we can stop recording and save the file in a desired format . the popularly used format is the mp3 format which can be played by almost all phones and portable devices .

the need to convert.....

we can play a variety of formats using media players on the computer , but mobiles and portable video players do not support all formats . flv format is rarely supported by dvd players , phones etc . hence there arises a need to convert between formats. many video converters are available on the internet . there are also some websites which can convert the videos online and download the converted file to your computer . a converter which can convert with high speed between popular formats is very useful . such a software can be found on :

www.anyvideoconverter.com

some phones use only the 3gp format . hence to use your videos on such phones , we can use the plato 3gp converter which is available on the internet . there are many other good converters available on www.download.com .

to download videos from video sites

to downlaod videos from the video websites like youtube and google videos , one can take the help of several websites which can download files from youtube by using the URL of the video . the url is actually the addresse of the particular file. youtube mentions the url of the video on the right side top portion of the web page. the url has to be copied and pasted on the websites which help to download these files .

www.keepvid.com ( allows to download files in both flv as well as mpeg formats .)
there are scores of other websites which you can find through google.

there are also certain softwares which can help download videos from youtube . real player is a video player which can record the videos in flv format . real is a vary useful software and can be downloaded from www.real.com and www.download.com . free download manager ( fdm ) can also be used to download videos . many other such softwares are available for download on www.download.com and are popularly used all over the world .

the formats of video

the common formats of video which can be which can be played on the computer are

1 . wma(windows media audio)
2 . mpeg
3 . 3gp
4 . mov ( these files have a .mov extension )
5 . avi
6 . flv ( these files are found on the interenet )

flv is a popular format in which thee files are uploadede on the internet for example youtube. the files are of low clarity compared to the other formats and they occupy very less space. these files require video players like the applian flv player which is easily available through many websites and can be found by searching on google. the other format is the 3gp format which can only be played by apple quicktime player . a few modern phones support this format and if you want to convert your video files to this format u need to use the plato 3gp converter. a free download of this software is easily available on the internet .

the other formats mentioned above can be played easily by the windows media player . the dvd video files come under the mov files and they have the .mov extension . they can be played using divx player or cyberlink power dvd . power dvd is not a free software but a 30 day trial version is available on wwww.download.com .

the nero showtime is also a very popular video player and can also be used to take snapshots of the video. it is avaialble on the nero cd rom .

it's time for software

Now let us put errors aside for sometime and concentrate on different softwares . i will try to describe some good software which can be for very useful . I will also post various websites from where cool software can be downloaded for free.so keep reading my blog and check out for the latest posts.and i also request you to to please put up some problems for discussion and post some useful websites .you may also post some errors faced by you and your suggestions on how to solve them.