Chrome: Control YouTube video buffering for smoother playback
YouTube videos play just fine and without lag most of the time when I open them on the website. Sometimes though, and I have not yet figured out what is causing it, […]
YouTube launches geo-restricted paid channels
YouTube launched a pilot program today that brings subscription services to the world's most popular video hosting site. According to Google, only a "small group of partners" will offer paid channels on […]
Unique YouTube Skin is another powerful YouTube userscript
If you hang out on YouTube a lot you have probably already explored browser add-ons and userscripts that improve your experience while you are on the site. I know that we have […]
YouTube improves publishing and sharing controls in recent update
If you have ever uploaded a video to YouTube you may have noticed that videos are automatically set to public by default. While it is possible to modify the default visibility of […]
Resize YouTube's video player to full screen automatically
It is quite surprising that the video hosting site YouTube does not offer better video player controls. While you can change the size of the player manually to a larger fixed size […]
YouTweak enhances YouTube functionalities
There seems to be no end to ways of tweaking YouTube and Ghacks has looked at a number of them over the years -- many of them are accomplished through user scripts. […]
So what is Twitter #music and why do I see a black screen on the site?
Twitter launched #music yesterday, a new music discovery service that combines what Twitter users like music-wise with options to listen to that music right on the site. The service looks at general […]
KMPlayer 3.6 update introduces cool Instant View feature
The developers of the popular media player KMPlayer have just released version 3.6 of the player introducing several new features in the player and fixing one security issue in it as well. […]
GifCam: record part of your screen as animated gifs
Animated gifs have been part of the Internet for a very long time. They have been initially used to add dynamic components to websites (remember the dancing baby or the animated under […]
VLC Media Player 2.0.6 has been released
VLC Media Player is one of the two players on my Windows system that I use all the time (the other is SMPlayer). Why two players and not only one? Because both […]
YouTube introduces ultra-low bandwidth 144p video quality mode
YouTube videos are buffering all the time and you can only watch them a couple of seconds before they stop to buffer again? Or maybe the buffering takes ages and there is […]
CherryPlayer: VK.com powered streaming music player
You have a lot of options when it comes to playing music for free on the Internet. From tuning in to Internet Radio stations over using video hosting sites like YouTube to […]
Fidelizer optimizes Windows' audio output
Fidelizer is a program for Microsoft Windows devices that improves the sound quality of audio programs that you run on the Windows machine. If you like to play audio or video files […]
Play YouTube videos faster to get more done in a day
A common trick to save time when it comes to podcasts - audio shows that range from a couple of minutes to hours - is to speed up the playback to listen […]
FileBot: automatic movie and TV show renamer
I have ripped - and downloaded - some of the TV shows that I really like to my PC so that I can watch them whenever I want without having to find […]
Download playlist files from Shoutcast
If you are browsing the Shoutcast directory of Internet stations regularly to find and play stations that you are interested in, you may have noticed that the site the directory is displayed […]
Some Synctubes alternatives for watching YouTube videos together
Synctube was a popular service that enabled you to watch YouTube videos together with friends. That's a great way of sharing a find with friends, or watching a video of your favorite […]
How to set a default video size and quality on YouTube
YouTube, for being the largest video hosting site in the world, has some of the worst video controls of all the video sites out there. When you play a video on the […]
Get notified when your favorite Justin.tv or Twitch.tv channels go live
If you are a member of the live broadcasting and streaming websites Justin.tv or Twitch.tv, or just happen to be on those sites every now and then to watch some live streams, […]
How to create photo slideshows on YouTube
YouTube is best know for its video hosting capabilities which have been improved a lot by Google in recent years. The site is supporting higher resolutions now for instance or making available […]
Bittorrent Live public beta needs better controls
Bittorrent Inc. seems to be working constantly on new technologies and products. Last year, the company released OneHash, a technology to stream torrents directly in the web browser and Bittorrent Live, a […]
Get your old-school demo fix with D-Fend Reloaded
Ah, the demo scene. I got hooked into the scene back when my parents bought me my first Amiga 500. While I started to play games 24/7 more or less in the […]
Freemake Video Converter 4.0 Update brings Gold Pack option
My video to DVD converter of choice is ConvertXtoDVD. While not free, it is offering in my opinion unparalleled comfort in regards to converting more or less all video files you come […]
With TVU Player gone, what are some working PC TV alternatives?
TVU Player was one of the first TV on PC programs that I reviewed here on Ghacks, and while I have not used the program in years, it is still sad that […]
Get YouTube lyrics for Chrome, Firefox and Opera
YouTube has become a go-to location for listening to music -- you get the video as well, but many of us just leave that in the background and listen while we work […]
Hola Unblocker lets you access Hulu, BBC and more from everywhere
Free services that unblock country-restricted contents on the Internet such as Hulu, Pandora, the BBC or Netflix usually do not last that long before sites start to take notice and block them […]
How to switch to YouTube's new channel design right now
YouTube has been experimenting with a new channel design for some time now. Up until now, only select channels were allowed to switch to the new design which introduces a couple of […]
FMGem: music video player with YouTube integration
YouTube is without doubt one of the largest online repositories in regards to music and music videos that is available on today's Internet. While it is likely that you find nearly every […]
How to enable gpu accelerated decoding in VLC
If you are noticing choppy playback in VLC Media Player when playing high resolution video files, you may under certain circumstances benefit from gpu accelerated decoding in the media player to smooth […]
How to play all YouTube videos without Flash installed
Google has been offering a so called HTML5 trial on the video hosting site YouTube for some time now. Visitors of the site can join the trial to use HTML5's video capabilities […]
Hokrain is a lightweight portable audio player
If your computer has seen better days in terms of performance, you may be interested in running programs on it that are as light as possible on the system resources they use […]
Boost Spotify music with Equalify
Spotify is certainly a popular choice when it comes to music streaming services. You can listen to music it makes available on the web or if you prefer a desktop client, use […]
Display rating previews on YouTube
YouTube like many other websites and services on the Internet uses a rating system that enables users to vote for or against videos on the site. While I can't say for sure […]
Sort, thread and display all comments on YouTube
All Google or YouTube account owners can leave comments on the video hosting site. While I'm personally more of the ignoring type when it comes to comments on the site, as they […]
Media Companion is a great movie collection manager for Windows
If you have a large movie or TV show collection at home, either on hard drives or in form of CDs, DVDs and Blu-Ray discs, you may be interested in a management […]
Toastify adds global hotkeys to Spotify's Windows client
If you are running the Spotify software on your system regularly or even non-stop, you may have noticed that it lacks a couple of features that you would like it to support. […]
More than 60% of the top 1000 YouTube music videos are blocked in Germany
If you like to use YouTube for watching the latest and greatest music videos, or classic music videos, you may have noticed the occasional "not available in your country" message when you […]
Can I Stream It finds streaming movies and TV shows for you
Keeping track of streaming services can be quite the daunting task considering that there are so many of them available on the Internet now. While you should not run into issues if […]
The new MySpace is here
The last couple of years were a rough time for the social networking site MySpace. Once the most popular social networking site available on the Internet, users started to leave it in […]
Top free legal movies that you can download
When it comes to movies on the Internet, the media focus seems to be on illegal downloads or streaming services. What is being ignored largely is that the Internet is also host […]
