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Playback guides
o How to play 3GP files
This is a guide explaining how to play 3GP files
o How to play BIN & CUE files
Guide on how to play back BIN and CUE files (VCD and SVCD images) and also how to extract MPEG files from them
o How to play VOB / IFO / BUP files
How to play VOB / IFO / BUP files from a DVD-Video
o How to Play MPG and MPEG files
Instructions for playing back MPG and MPEG files.
o What codecs to use? The AVIcodec guide
AVIcodec is another software for finding out why your video files (e.g. AVI files) won't play. This guide explains how to use AVIcodec to help you solving your playback problems
o Find what video and audio codecs you need by using GSpot
GSpot is a very useful software for finding out why your video files (e.g. AVI files) won't play. This guide explains how to use GSpot to help you solving your playback problems.
o RAR playback and extraction guide
This extraction and playback guide will help you to learn how to extract files from .rar archives and playback what you have extracted.
o How to play OGM files
Instructions for playing back OGM files.
o How to play MP4 files
Instructions for playing back MP4 files.
o How to play MOV files
Instructions for playing back MOV files.
o How to play MKV files
Instructions for playing back MKV files.
o How to play FLV files
Instructions for playing back FLV files.
o How to play AVI
Instructions for playing back AVI files.
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Copy DVD to DVDR
o Copy entire DVD-9 movie to a single DVD-R using DVD Shrink
This guide explains how to fit a DVD-9 movie on a single DVD-R disc using DVD Shrink
o Copy DVD-9 movie to a single DVD-R with DVD2One
DVD2One squeezes a DVD-9 movie on a single DVD-R disc. Read this guide to learn how to use the software.
o High Quality DVD-9 Backups With DVD Rebuilder & CCE Basic
With DVD Rebuilder and CCE Basic (and a couple of other free programs) you can now get quality that rivals the difficult/expensive methods while keeping the simplicity of the 1 Click software. Read this guide to learn how.
o DVD Rebuilder Advanced Techniques
This guide explains how to take advantage of the more advanced techniques available in DVD Rebuilder by adding a couple of helper applications and some additional filters (plugins) for AviSynth.
o Extract, Process and Burn a DVD under MacOS X.2.2 or higher
This is a guide written for those of you using MacOSX.2.2 or higher and would like to make backup copies of your DVDs.
o SVCD to DVD±R with DVD-Lab (From CD-Images or MPEG Files)
This guide explains how you can put multiple SVCD discs on a single DVD±R from CD-image files.
o Copy full DVD movie disc to a DVDR using CloneDVD
The goal of this guide is to back up a single DVD-9 movie to a single layer DVD-R or DVD+R disc, using CloneDVD 2 as our transcoder.
o How to Shrink DVD Menus with MenuShrink
MenuShrink is a nice little program that shrinks the size of your DVD menus by converting motion menu's to still menus, with or without background audio. This ultra-fast process could easily shrink a DVD menu to 5% of its original size while keeping the m
o How to copy multiple DVD movies to 1 DVDR with DVD Shrink
This guide will explain how to create your own DVD containing multiple movies from other DVD's. The resulting DVD will, however, have no menus.
o How to copy DVDs with DVD Shrink
This guide shows you how to copy a DVD to a blank (single layer, 4.36GB) DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW or DVD+RW disc.
o How to copy DVDs (Movie Only) with DVD Shrink
This guide will show you how to use DVD Shrink to copy only your Main Movie from your DVDs onto a blank (single layer, 4.36GB) DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW or DVD+RW disc.
o DVD Rebuilder Pro Basic Operations
DVD Rebuilder is a tool that allows to shrink a DVD movie into a single DVDR disc, using external encoders. This guide explains the basic operations in using the professional version of DVD Rebuilder.
o DVD Rebuilder Free Basic Operations
DVD Rebuilder is a tool that allows to shrink a DVD movie into a single DVDR disc, using external encoders. This guide explains the basic operations in using the free version of DVD Rebuilder.
o Copy DVD to DVD-R using DVD Decrypter (DVDs smaller than 4.36GB)
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DVDR authoring and burning
o Advanced TMPGEnc DVD Author Guide
o VSO PhotoDVD Guide
o DVD-lab : A look at inexpensive DVD authoring software
o DVD Shrink error? Fix DVD files with FixVTS
o How to burn a DVD Folder with ImgBurn
o TSUNAMI MPEG DVD Author Pro Guide
o How to burn a DVD folder with DVD Decrypter
o Burning pre-authored DVD-Video using Nero
o How to burn a DVD-img or DVD folder to DVD with DVDSanta
This is a very simple guide to burning either a DVD-Img or a DVD folder with DVDSanta. You do not have to have created it with DVDSanta to burn it.
o Advanced TMPGEnc DVD Author Guide
o Basic TMPGEnc DVD Author Guide
o Editing a DVD with DvdReMake - Part I
DvdReMake, or DRM, is a piece of software that allows you to edit a DVD. There are two different versions, DvdReMake and DvdReMake Pro, both of which can be used for basic editing like removing ...
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Other video formats to DVDR
o Convert YouTube, Google Video etc. to DVD
This guide shows you how to rip videos from sites like YouTube, MySpace, Google Video, iFilm and Metacafe and convert them to DVD.
o How to convert video files to DVD using VSO ConvertXtoDVD
o Burning movies to DVD, VCD, SVCD using AVS Video Converter
o How to convert AVI files (DivX, XviD etc.) to DVD with Avi2DVD
o How to convert multiple formats to DVD with WinAVI
o How to put a Photo Slide Show on DVD with DVDSanta
o How to Convert multiple files types to DVD with DVDSanta
o VSO DivxToDVD guide
o How to Convert DivX to DVDR with DVD2SVCD (D2SRoBa Method)
o How to Convert DivX to DVDR with DVD2SVCD
o How to put multiple SVCD movies on one DVD±R
o SVCD to DVD±R with DVD-Lab (From CD's)
o Convert a DivX or XviD AVI to DVD
Notice! This guide is somewhat outdated, and easier methods to converting AVI (and other video formats) to DVD exist nowadays. Please check out our other guides and, for example, the Avi2DVD guide. ...
o How to put VCDs on DVD
This is very, very short guide on how to convert your VCD files into DVD-compliant format, so that you can author and burn them to DVD-R (or DVD-RW, DVD R, DVD RW). Luckily, the VCD resolution ...
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VCD and SVCD
o DVD to SVCD with TMPGEnc
o Advanced TMPGEnc Guide
o Advanced TMPGEnc XPress Guide
o TMPGEnc XPress Basic Guide
o TMPGEnc Basic Guide
o Convert SVCD to VCD with TMPGEnc (From CD-Images or MPEG files(s))
o Convert SVCD to VCD with TMPGEnc (From CDs)
o Joining mpeg files in Womble MPEG-VCR v3.14
o Burning (Super) VideoCDs with VCDGear and BurnAtOnce
o Repair non-compilant VCD MPEG-videos
Every now and then you find one of those MPEG-1 files that is otherwise OK -- resolution, bitrate, etc match to the VCD specs -- but your VCD authoring tool (whether its Nero or VCDEasy) complains ...
o Convert DivX to VCD with subtitles
Ok, many users who have a habit of downloading movies from the Net prefer to use subtitles with those clips due various reasons (obviously most of the world's population don't speak English, ...
o Compile (Super)VideoCDs using VCDEasy
VCDEasy is a freeware frontend to the GNU VCD tools package. Using VCDEasy you can easily create standard compilant VCDs that both look good and are easy to use. This guide goes through a simple ...
o Convert DVDs to SVCD or CVD using DVD2SVCD
o Convert DVD to VideoCD with permanent subtitles
o Merging MPEG-1/2 videos with DV-Tool
Merging several videos to one is rather trivial, when you have the right tools. We're going to use the excellent DV-Tool, which, among other features, has an "MPEG aware" cut & merge tool. ...
o Splitting MPEG-1/2 videos with DV-Tool
At times you find that the MPEG video file you have is just too big to be practically burned as a VideoCD or Super VideoCD. It might be that the video just won't fit on one CD, or you might ...
o Convert DivX video to VideoCD format with VobSub subtitles
Ok, most of you already know at least one method how to convert DivX clips to VideoCD format and that's why we decided to add an additional twist to our guide. With this guide you can convert ...
o DVD to VCD with DVD2AVI and TMPGEnc
Ok, most common questions what we receive are related to so-called "DVD ripping", which basically means taking a legal backup of your own DVD movie using your computer's DVD-ROM drive. There ...
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P2P
o Using and Maxing Out Speeds With uTorrent
o Guide to using BitComet (BitTorrent Client)
o Guide to using G3 Torrent (BitTorrent Client)
o Guide to using ABC (Another BitTorrent Client)
o Guide to using BitTornado (BitTorrent Client)
o Guide to using Azureus (BitTorrent Client)
o Little eMule Tutorial
o BitTorrent FAQ
This small FAQ explains some of the questions rised by BitTorrent -- the P2P content distribution system.
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DivX and XviD
o How to convert a PAL video file into an NTSC DVD-R or vice versa
How to convert a PAL avi into an NTSC DVD-R
o Copy your DVD into DivX5 format - Guide for 16:9 anamorphic movies
This guide is no longer maintained. It is stored mainly for future historians to investigate. For more up-to-date information, please see our other guides. This guide is an alternative to ...
o How to join split files (.001,.002,.003 etc.) from Usenet and P2P
How to easily join files using HJSplit
o Convert DVD to XviD with meGUI
o Converting DVD movies into .avi using AutoGK
This is a guide to use the very simple AutoGK to convert your DVD movies into ac3 or mp3 .avis with excellent quality final results.
o Adding subtitles to any .avi file
Here is a quick and simple guide to add subtitles to any .avi file that you would like to have harcoded subtitles.
o VirtualDub: Joining AVI files
o Extract AC3 audio from AVI file
o Copy your DVD to XviD with AC3 surround sound
This guide is no longer maintained. It is stored mainly for future historians to investigate. For more up-to-date information, please see our other guides. Over the past year or so, we have ...
o Rip subtitles with SubRip
This is a guide for those who prefer DivX ripping over SVCD ripping and belong to the growing number of people who think that dubbing is the 8th deadly sin (which it is). And as most of us don't ...
o VirtualDub: Splitting AVI files
Ok, it happens often that you need to split AVI into smaller files -- maybe you want to fit your DVD rip into 2 CDs or something. Anyway, this process is extremely easy to do.
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CD burning
o Burning image files to CD using CloneCD
How to burn image files to CD using CloneCD
o Installing a working ASPI layer
For years people have had various problems with the so called ASPI layer, which is required by many Windows CD-R software’s. This article aims to successfully install a good and working ASPI setup.
o Burning BIN/CUE Images with Nero Burning Rom
BIN/CUE image format is quite common on the Internet. It might seem that finding an appropriate software for burning these images is quite hard. Luckily, it's not. In addition to Golden Hawk ...
o Creating SuperVCDs using Nero - Burning Rom
SuperVCDs are an excellent media for storing your video files. With modern day computers compressing a SuperVCD compilant MPEG2-file takes just a couple of hours. And with CD-RW -drives being ...
o Creating VideoCDs using Nero - Burning Rom
VideoCDs are an excellent media for storing your video files. With modern day computers compressing a VideoCD compilant MPEG-file takes just a couple of hours. And with CD-RW -drives being standard ...
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General articles, reviews, opinions, etc
o How to convert FLAC files to MP3

This article will allow you to successfully convert FLAC files to a standard, high-quality MP3 files using Winamp and iTunes.

o Extract MP3 from YouTube, Google Video etc.
This guide shows how you can extract MP3 audio from videos found at YouTube, MySpace,
MetaCafe, iFilm and more. It also shows how to cut out parts of the audio you don't want.
o Introducing Usenet binary groups

Guide to using Usenet binary groups from getting a provider, setting up
news reader, downloading files, dealing with corruption, NZB files and a lot more

o Convert .FLV files to MP4 for iPod
Convert .Flv to MP4 for iPod

o Nero Digital Encoding
A guide for converting video to Nero Digital format using Nero Vision 4

o Digital Video Fundamentals - Frames & Framerates
This guide introduces progressive and interlaced frames, as well as framerates and a little
about framerate conversions.

o Digital Video Fundamentals - Color Formats
This guide introduces color encoding and compression.
o Digital Video Fundamentals - Resolution and Aspect Ratio
A basic explanation of resolution and aspect ratio
o Convert between popular video formats using AVS Video Converter
o Convert DVD to 3GP or MP4 mobile phone format using AVS Video Converter

You would like to watch your favorite DVDs using a mobile phone? AVS Video Converter
enables you to convert your DVD video to a necessary format and then upload it to the
mobile phone using ...
o VideoReDoPlus - Removing Commercials
o VideoReDo Plus - Loading, Analyzing, and Repairing
o VideoReDo Plus Installation and Configuration
o Stream videos to Xbox 360 with TVersity

This article will show you how to stream video (DivX, XviD etc.) to an Xbox 360 console with having to encode it to WMV first. You also do not need a Windows Media Center PC for this guide.

o Stream multimedia files to PSP without encoding
o Using AfterDawn.com RSS feeds
o HDMI - High-Definition Multimedia Interface
o Convert DVD video to format for Creative ZEN Vision players
o Convert video files to MP4 for iPod using WinAVI iPod/PSP/3GP/MP4 Video Converter
o Convert video files to MP4 for PSP
o Convert DVD video to files for PSP with CloneDVD Mobile
o Convert DVD video to MP4 for iPod
o Convert video files to MP4 files for iPod
o AfterDawn Guides & Finnish Copyright Law
o Convert DVD Movie to Nero Digital
o TSUNAMI MPEG DVD Author Pro Review
o Downgrade PSP v2.00 firmware to v1.50
o Bypassing DVD Copy Protections
o Compressing your DVDs with ratDVD
o How to encode files for the PSP with Nero Recode
o How to connect to the AfterDawn IRC Channel
o AVSEdit - AviSynth for the scripting impaired
AVSEdit is the official script editor for AviSynth. It provides an easy interface
to write and preview scripts, making AviSynth more accessible to
beginners and advanced users alike. If you've ...
o Installing new Harddrive with Evolution X dashboard boot-CD

o Creating Evolution X Dashboard Boot CD-RW
Quick guide on how to create and setup an Evolution X dashboard boot cd.
This assumes you have the mod chip flashed and installed into your Xbox
and also a copy of Evolution X dashboard.

o Don't Be Stumped By DVD Standards
This article has been published with permission from InterVideo, Inc. It may not be
published in any form outside AfterDawn.com without exclusive permisson
from InterVideo, Inc.

o Unofficial manual for Streambox VCR v1.0 beta 3.1
Ever notice that most streaming media content, such as .asx, .asf, .wmf, .rm and .ram
files, can be played, but not saved? Would you like to save streaming media to your Hard
Disk for future ...






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