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Play Flash Files in Windows with Play FLV

T.J. Mininday — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:41:30 +0000

Downloading YouTube videos to your PC for archiving has become popular as of late with many built-in tools for Firefox and other browsers. The problem is that after downloading them, Windows does not play them natively, and you’re then required to download a FLV player of some kind and run-it seperately from the already included Windows Media Player.

Well, along with just about every other video format in the world, where a codec can be installed to play that particular format in Windows, there is a free flash(FLV) player add-on that allows you to play videos right within your Windows Media Player. It’s called PlayFLV.

PlayFLV simply adds a plug-in to your existing Windows Media Player and allows for quick access to play your videos without the need of a third party flash player. This way saving all of your YouTube moments, and playing them back is made much easier.

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Streaming Netflix on the PS3

T.J. Mininday — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:01:58 +0000

So, who would have thunk it. I was sitting at my office early this afternoon talking about streaming Netflix with a few of my co-workers, and we began talking about a few of the options. We talked about the Roku, we talked about the XBOX 360, and we talked about a couple of other things. I then brought up my PS3 to the most tech savy of my co-workers and he though there was no way it would ever happen due to their Playstation Store. I agreed, and didn’t think much of it again, until I got home.

When I got home, I did a quick search on PS3 streaming Netflix, and quickly found the Media Server from PlayOn. It is a PC Add-on that allows you to not only stream Netflix, Hulu, CBS, YouTube and CBS, but allows you to do it on your PS3, XBOX 360, HP MediaSmart TV and possibly your Nintendo Wii, in the not so distant future.

The program is in Beta and it does come with a 30 day trial($30 After), but it truly does work as advertised. Granted, it’s probably only a matter of time before Netflix hooks up with Sony and the Playstation 3, but this is an amazing alternative in the meantime, and you need to check it out.

Some screenshots:

PlayOn Settings

PlayOn PS3

Link: PlayOn Media Server from MediaMall Technologies

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Convert YouTube Video to MP3 Audio

T.J. Mininday — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:45:39 +0000

Find an incredible cover songs on YouTube that you’d like to add to your playlist, or just want to download a quick news report that has been posted to the massive video site? Well, something like Vidtomp3.com has been something I’ve been looking a while. I’ve even gone as far as to download the YouTube video one of the handy Firefox extensions, then convert with another 3rd party app.

Vidtomp3 simply takes a YouTube video link and converts it the most popular of all video format…MP3.

Update: I’ve discovered MediaConverter.org is much better option.

VidToMp3 – via Alfred’s Tech Blog

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