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How is a DVD ripper different from a DVD converter? Is there a way to record steaming video? How do I put my home video onto a DVD? Here are the answers and the tools that can help you.

Xilisoft DVD Ripper

Xilisoft DVD Ripper is a DVD ripping tool easy to use with high ripping speed. It can backup your favorite DVD movie into almost all popular video formats such as VCD, SVCD, DivX, MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, AVI etc. You can select subtitle language or movie size for targeting video files, frame rate including PAL and NTSC, audio volume, bitrate, frequency, or whether enable Dolby Surround are all selectable. Also Xilisoft DVD Ripper can check your CPU type automatically, that ensure you can rip your DVDs with the best ripping speed. If you are looking for a DVD ripper, this one is work a look

WM Recorder

Yes, you can capture streaming video and audio with just one click. WM Recorder is a brainlessly simple way to capture streaming Windows Media Video or Audio content to a file on your PC. It’s perfect for music videos, news feeds, streaming music, radio broadcasts, adult and subscription content, corporate webcasts, and anything else, for that matter.WM Recorder is incredibly easy to use. Simply click Record, and play the video or audio you want to capture. Files are saved on your PC automatically. Now you can watch or listen anytime, even without an internet connection.

A4 Video Converter

A4 Video Converter can convert video formats, extract audio from video files and extract images from video files, or captured video clips. It also supports splitting video files, extracting audio and images from any appointed part of video file and merging several video files into a single video file or audio file. Most features are supported such as fast batch conversion, capturing video clips, file browser embedded, drag-drop to load or add video files, conversion with volume adjusting and width*height adjusting, full conversion options, etc.

The following video formats are supported:
AVI (DivX, XviD, MS MPEG4, Uncompressed and other), MPEG (MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 Video), WMV(Windows Media Video), RM (Real Networks Video, convert to only), Quick Time (Apple video format for Macintosh, convert from only).

FX MPEG Writer

Fx MPEG Writer is a tool for creating new movies of various digital video formats from a given source movie. At it’s simplest, Fx MPEG Writer requires only that you select a valid input file, indicate the path and file name of your target file and then, using the preset default properties, select a file type (MPEG-1, VCD, SVCD or DVD). You can convert video files created by digital cameras, HD TV capture devices and other digital video devices to MPEG-1, MPEG-4 or to any AVI format for which you have a read/write codec installed on your system. Supported input types include DV, MPEG, VOB, Windows Media and AVI.

Additional Information:

http://www.deprice.com/xilisoftdvdripper.htm
http://www.deprice.com/wmrecorder.htm
http://www.deprice.com/a4videoconverter.htm
http://www.deprice.com/fxmpegwriter.htm

John Deprice maintains a vast collection of video and dvd software, available for free download at http://www.deprice.com/multimedia.htm

A web directory is a internet web page consisting of categorized links to other web pages. They specialize in linking to other web sites and categorizing those links. Web directories often allow site owners to submit their site for inclusion. One such web directory is http://directory.google.com/. Some sites may offer up to 30,000 different categories. Links provided may be pure HTML- no CGI or PHP. SEO (search engine optimization), friendly links are considered better then other links and help you increase the popularity of your page, in terms of the page rank. The most critical factor effecting the success or failure of a site is its link building. Most well known sites have an exhaustive list of categories and allow for the best category fit.

What these web sites follow is the most effective way of online marketing- Link Building. Link building is somewhat like word of mouth marketing. When a trusted site links itself to yours, it sure acts as a positive recommendation for your site. This is the way linking works. A well synchronized and linking strategy will surely bring in a regular stream of qualified prospects to your site. This not only raises your profile but also boosts your search engine ratings. Linking is another avenue in online marketing, capable of boosting your business without costing you a fortune. Linking can be started from any site, portal, blog etc, and all have a tremendous potential of driving your business to new heights. Though linking can be started through individual efforts, but those looking for sure results in real quick time for their business, they can help themselves by taking the services of professional link building. Linking is not only about having the maximum number of links on the World Wide Web, but rather about the maximum number of effective links, Links that shall bring in more business.

The following categories are the most common for any directory catering to people in general by means of providing links:

Arts (television, music, movies), Business (investing, real estate, employment), Computers (software, hardware n internet), Games (Video games, gambling, role-playing), Health (fitness, medicine, alternatives), Home (consumer information, Family, cooking), Kids and Teens (teen life, school time, arts), News(weather, newspaper, media) Recreation (humor outdoors, food, travel etc), Reference (libraries, maps, education) Regional (Europe, Canada, UK, US), Science (biology, physics psychology), Shopping (clothing, gifts, autos), Society (people, issues, religion, and spirituality etc), Sports (basketball, baseball, golf etc).

The working for the web directories is not very complex. Users are guided through a series of options pertaining to every option as given on the main page. For e.g.:
Business: News and media: Book Reviews if as a typical line of search you follow, you shall be taken to the sites short-listed sites, according to the preferences you have. The above e.g. shall give you results like the following

XYZ News Business Index - Business news and commentary articles.
123 Asset Management - Information about various asset management categories.
ABC Business - Information on setting up in

At the recent E3 gaming Convention, Sony gave the world a first look at the new Playstation 3, Sony’s contribution to the next generation gaming consoles. Much like the news surrounding the Nintendo Revolution, the Playstation 3 has been immersed in mystery and controversy for the last several years.

Due sometime in spring 2006, the PlayStation 3 will out perform it’s predecessor in every way imaginable. Powered by the “Cell” processor, which Sony proudly claims makes the machine 35 times more powerful than the PlayStation 2, tops the list of the new incredible features. So, what else can we expect from Sony this time around?
What we know

Initially, even the name of the new gaming console was still very much unknown. With teasers, billboards and misleading posters with the very recognizable font “Prepare for Chang3,” advertisement had gamers guessing. However at the E3 convention, it was announced that the name of the new console would in fact be “Playstation 3;” much to the dismay of many online blogers and game forum members.

Sony also confirmed the PlayStation 3 will use Blu-ray discs as its media format. The discs can hold up to six times as much data as current-generation DVDs. This will essentially open the doors for game developers to produce higher quality games without having to worry about disk size limitations.

Sony also unveiled the PS3’s graphics chip, the RSX “Reality Synthesizer,” which is based on Nvidia technology. The GPU will be capable of 128bit pixel precision and 1080p resolution, (some of the highest HD resolution available anywhere). The RSX also has 512MB of graphics render memory and is capable of 100 billion shader operations and 51 billion dot products per second. The new Playstation 3 graphics chip also has more than 300 million transistors, larger than any processor commercially available today.
Below is a full “official” spec breakdown of the new Playstation 3.

Playstation 3 Specs
CPU
Cell Processor
PowerPC-base Core @3.2GHz
1 VMX vector unit per core
512KB L2 cache
7 x SPE @3.2GHz
7 x 128b 128 SIMD GPRs
7 x 256KB SRAM for SPE
* 1 of 8 SPEs reserved for redundancy
total floating point performance: 218 GFLOPS

GPU
RSX @550MHz
1.8 TFLOPS floating point performance
Full HD (up to 1080p) x 2 channels
Multi-way programmable parallel floating point shader pipelines

Sound
Dolby 5.1ch, DTS, LPCM, etc. (Cell- base processing)
Memory
256MB XDR Main RAM @3.2GHz 256MB GDDR3 VRAM @700MHz

System Bandwidth
Main RAM 25.6GB/s
VRAM 22.4GB/s
RSX 20GB/s (write) + 15GB/s (read)
SB< 2.5GB/s (write) + 2.5GB/s (read)

System Floating Point Performance
2 TFLOPS

Storage
Detachable 2.5″ HDD slot x 1

I/O
USB Front x 4, Rear x 2 (USB2.0)
Memory Stick standard/Duo, PRO x 1
SD standard/mini x 1
CompactFlash (Type I, II) x 1

Communication
Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) x 3 (input x 1 + output x 2)

Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR)

Controller
Bluetooth (up to 7)
USB 2.0 (wired)
Wi-Fi (PSP)
Network (over IP)
AV Output
Screen size: 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p
HDMI: HDMI out x 2
Analog: AV MULTI OUT x 1
Digital audio: DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) x 1

Disc Media
CD PlayStation CD-ROM, PlayStation 2 CD-ROM, CD-DA, CD-DA (ROM), CD-R,
CD-RW, SACD, SACD