Watch YouTube videos that are blocked in your country
Someone posted a link to a great YouTube video on Facebook, Twitter, Reddit or any other site but you cannot play it because you get the dreaded "this video is
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MKV vs MP4: How to change video format?
MKV is a flexible, open-source container supporting multiple tracks, while MP4 is universally compatible.
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Get notified about concerts based on your location and musical preference
I'm going to a concert every other month or so provided that a band is playing that I like or at least do not mind listening to.
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Why Spotify won't exit if you hit the close button
I have been running Spotify on one of my Windows systems for a while now, mostly for testing purposes using a free guest account since I do not listen to enough
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Control Spotify playback on Windows with a mini player
If you do not have a supported keyboard with media keys you do not have any option whatsoever to control the Spotify application when the program window is not
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 scri
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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
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KMPlayer 3.6 update introduces cool Instant View feature
The developers of the popular media player KMPlayer have just released version 3.
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GifCam: record part of your screen as animated gifs
Animated gifs have been part of the Internet for a very long time.
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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).
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CherryPlayer: VK.com powered streaming music player
You have a lot of options when it comes to playing music for free on the Internet.
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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.
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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 [&helli
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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 […]
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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 s
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Some Synctubes alternatives for watching YouTube videos together
Synctube was a popular service that enabled you to watch YouTube videos together with friends.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Bittorrent Live public beta needs better controls
Bittorrent Inc.
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Get your old-school demo fix with D-Fend Reloaded
Ah, the demo scene.
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Freemake Video Converter 4.0 Update brings Gold Pack option
My video to DVD converter of choice is ConvertXtoDVD.
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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 […
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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 wo
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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 star
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How to switch to YouTube's new channel design right now
YouTube has been experimenting with a new channel design for some time now.
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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.
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How to enable or disable hardware acceleration in VLC
Hardware acceleration in VLC Media Player moves video decoding from the CPU to the graphics card's dedicated video engine.
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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.
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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 resou
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Boost Spotify music with Equalify
Spotify is certainly a popular choice when it comes to music streaming services.
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Convert video files to VP8, VP9 or H.264 format
If you want to publish video on the Internet, or want to distribute it in other ways locally, you may want to make sure to make it available in a video format [
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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.
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Sort, thread and display all comments on YouTube
All Google or YouTube account owners can leave comments on the video hosting site.
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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
