A VOB (DVD Video Object) file is a file container format that DVDs use. A VOB file contains the actual movie from a DVD and its audio and streaming data that allows a user to scroll through the video. VOB files are essential to DVDs and can be taken from a disk in order to place a copy of a movie on a user’s computer. In order to do this, the user should simply open a DVD in Windows Explorer rather than play it through a media player. The VOB Read More

Many people in the multimedia industry informally refer to the Windows Media File format as the VC-1 format. Its formal name is the SMPTE 421 M standard. Microsoft initially released it in the spring of 2006 and it is widely supported on DVD players, Windows Media Player 9 and newer, and Blu-ray. WVC1 is the Windows Media Video 9 Advanced Profile that is Microsoft’s implementation of the advanced profile in the VC-1 standard definition. WVC1 offers support for interlaced or combined content and is an alternative option to the MPEG-4 Read More

The M4A music or track file extension is the default Apple file extension used for music stored in MP4 format on the iTunes multimedia player. Apple deployed the file extension in order to allow iDevices to more quickly recognize what type of MP4 file was being loaded (video or audio) in order to create a faster load time and better end-user experience when playing music stored in this format. For users who have one or many songs store in the legacy MP3 format, a common task that arises is converting Read More

Interactive TV is when the viewer and broadcaster can communicate with each other, usually in real time. Normal TV flows in a one way path, from the broadcaster to the viewer, however interactive TV, usually includes a digital modem or other form of hardware that can return information or data from the viewer back to the broadcaster which can include either the cable operator, satellite TV operator or broadcast company. Interactive TV sometimes referred to as iTV has been growing in popularity and today with new innovations in technology is Read More

To configure your RCA DirectTV remote, you need to have the receiver's brand and model number. This can either be found within the instruction manual or it can be found on the back or the bottom of the box. Write this down so you don't have to keep going back to the box to get the digits. Put the box back where you want it and plug it in so that it can begin powering up. Now that you've got the brand of the receiver, go into the instruction manual Read More

An ATSC tuner is a device that is used in the reception of digital TV signals (DTV), including HDTV (High Definition TV) signals. An ATSC tuner is specifically used by broadcast television stations in North America to send their over the air TV signals to homes that have a television with either an internal ATSC tuner or an external ATSC tuner in the form of a set top box. Although the term "ATSC tuner" is used by most commercial products, scientifically, it is actually referred to as an "ATSC receiver". Read More

A common mis-perception amongst music lovers is that the MIDI file type is an audio file similar to MP3, WMA, or MP4s. The MIDI type; however, contains descriptions on how to create music specifically tailored for software or hardware made to play the file type. Synthesizers are made to follow the directions or instructions contained in the MDI file. As a result, converting MP3 to MIDI file type requires specialized software which still requires human editing in order to minimize errors in the file conversion. A popular tool that can Read More

The problem with traditional 2D graphics image types such as JPG, GIF, and PNG is that image quality is lost when zooming inward on the picture. A vector image is created using equations that describe the respective image as objects. As a result, they scale more gracefully when enlarged. There are two methods to convert JPG to vector in common use in industry: 1 – Manually converting the image to vector using a tool, and 2 – Automatic conversion to vector format. Steps to Convert JPG to Vector Using Inkscape Read More

There are two types of flat-screen televisions. These are LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) TVs and PDPs (Plasma Display Panels). LCD TVs and plasma TVs both work differently from the traditional Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) TVs. Unlike CRT TVs, flat-screen TVs do not use an electron beam running back and forth behind the screen to produce a picture. An LCD TV and a plasma TV use the same technology of switching millions of tiny picture elements called pixels on and off to produce a moving picture. Each of these pixels is Read More

There are a number of different steps to download music. Resources Needed Music service If you want to download music you will need to have a subscription to a music service like Yahoo Music, Real Player, or iPod. These all have different subscription fees and rules that go along with downloading from their websites. There are many other websites available out there, so choosing the one that best fits your needs will be a matter of doing an online search and comparing each music service. Many sites give free trial Read More