Media Tools

Often we come across some youtube songs, accompany by MV or just the album cover, that we wish to download as MP3.

Yes that are many tools that can be utilized to perform this task. For example one can download the youtube video and then extract the audio out using some tool, but why the hassle?

This website does all the work for you and lets you download the MP3 straight. Conversion to other video formats is also supported.

[Picture borrowed from game 'Zero Wing']

Previously when I wrote a guide on this same topic, I was mistaken. That's not the simplest way.. not even close.

Here's the real and bogus SIMPLEST way to find subtitles for your movies.

*10/16/2011 Updated to new method*

To record your computer screen and save it as video, there are many different software available. Some professional ones like Camtasia Studio costs $299.

I tried many different software that does the job but so far this is the best freeware solution.

[Picture borrowed from movie 'The Lord of the Rings']

Legally or illegally, watching movies on your PC/media Jukebox is a common trend now. However most of the time these movies don't come with subtitles. Fortunately for subtitle lovers like myself, it's very simple to download subtitles via internet legally.

*Updated 9 August 2010* with more widely used open-source freeware.

Sometimes you want to burn family videos into DVD so that you can play it on a DVD player. Here's the simplest way to do it :) I used to have nightmares trying to get my videos into DVD..

[Picture borrowed from movie 'Van Helsing']

When you watch a movie on your PC and it doesn't have subtitles, you can download a small subtitle file (less than 100kb) to enable it.

To download subtitle files, here's a good website to recommend: http://www.opensubtitles.org/

This software is worth a mention because nothing comes close to being the best (and Free) digital Sound Editor in the world.

Want to rip your favourite DVD movie to store in your computer as backup, or even watch it on your handphone? This used to be a very troublesome task..

Do note that it is legal to do so if you own the original DVD movie :)