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How To Make An Animted Logo, the easy way

Things you will need:
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  1. Photoshop or Paintshop (any versions)
  2. Xara3D 5.xx
  3. Jasc animation shop 3.xx
  4. DUH!! A pic you want as a logo LOL

Things you MIGHT need:

  1. a computer
  2. Internet connection
  3. consciousness
  4. corn on the cob

Here they are for your convinience:

Adobe Photoshop CS v8.0 thanx to TheCollector
http://www.shareordie.com/index.php?showto...85&hl=Photoshop

Jasc Paint Shop Pro 9.0 Retail thanx to arclite
http://www.shareordie.com/index.php?showto...&hl=Jasc&st=100

Xara3D 5.02 thanx to Zabref
http://www.shareordie.com/index.php?showtopic=6512&hl=XARA

Jasc Animation Shop 3.11 thanx to sev7en
http://www.shareordie.com/index.php?showtopic=34928&hl=

Steps:

  1. Using your photo editor fix/touch up you pic/logo to your liking….too easy(example bellow)

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  1. Save it some where easy to find, for example “C:\pictures” or “C:\Windows\thecenterofhell\system\system32\system64\system128\???” although I don’t recommend the second one.
  2. Open Xara3D 5.xx, press “Alt+T” or click on the “T” button on the LEFT PANEL erase all of the text in the window that pops up then press ok.

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  1. Press “Alt+U” or click on the yellow “U” surrounded in gray on the LEFT PANEL, check the “button” box and select a desire button type and leave this option window open you will need it again.

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  1. Press the “At+X” or click the black “X” on the LEFT PANEL, click “load texture” in the pop up window, find the picture you made/adjusted and highlight it then click open or just double-click it. Use the “size, x, y, angle” sliders to adjust the picture or “texture” and in the “button options” windows use the “stretch, corners”(corners, only if using this option you can adjust) to adjust the button size.

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  1. Press “Alt+A” or click the black “A” on the LEFT PANEL with what looks like to me is a half-halo with an arrow tip!? Anyway, here is a quick rundown on what the options here do: (BY THE WAY TO ACTIVATE OR “PREVIEW ANIMATION” PRESS “Ctrl+spacebar”).

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    1. Frames per cycle: This is the number of frames for each complete cycle through the animation sequence. The greater the number of frames the smoother the animation. The drawback is that the file is bigger - this is a big disadvantage for web graphics. You may need to try different values to get the best results.
    2. Frames per second: The animation speed. Slow speeds can give jerky movement. High speeds can also give jerky movement as the program displaying the animation may not be able to keep up. Again you may need to try different values.
    3. Pause: This pauses the first frame before continuing the rest of the animation. Type in a value in centiseconds (1/100ths of a second) - a 2 second pause is 200 cs. Note that this applies only to the first frame; use Frames per cycle and Frames per second to control the overall speed of the animation.
    4. Loop Value: Unchecked is Infinite, Any other value see for yourself. Lmao
    5. Loop: This lets you specify how many times the animation should repeat itself. Note that some browsers take any value other than 1 to mean 'loop forever'. Therefore, your animation either plays once or forever.
    6. Style: This controls the type of animation:
    7. Rotate 1 rotates all the text as one; Rotate 2 rotates each character. (Buttons have a single Rotate option.) Rotate text/Rotate lights - select whether you want the text to rotate or the lights or both. You cannot rotate the shadow as this would create very large files. Direction - selects the direction of rotation.

Swing options: Swing 1 swings all the text as one; Swing 2 swings each character. (Buttons have a single Swing option.) Angle - how much you want the heading to swing.

Pulsate options: Pulsate 1 pulsates all the text as one; Pulsate 2 pulsates each character. (Buttons have a single Pulsate option.) Minimum text size - how far back to pulsate the text. Shrink+Grow & Grow+Shrink - only have an effect if you Pause the animation. These options select the starting point for the animation (maximum or minimum.)
Fade options: Fade in - the heading emerges from the background color. Fade out - the heading merges into the background color. SO AFTER PICKING ONE………………..

  1. On the top left go to FILE>>>EXPORT ANIMATION or press “Ctrl+Shift+X” and save in desired location.

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  1. When the next window pops up (Export as animated gif save location then options): Experiment with each one to get it right, but remember the SoD rules about Siggys and Avatars.

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Because Animated GIFs can be quite large, you may find that a 16 or 32 color, optimized palette per frame, produces the best results for the smallest file size. However you might need to experiment.
Dithering always makes GIFs look better, but also makes them larger. When outputting at 256 colors you may find that there is no need to turn dithering on.
Current Window Size lets you export just the area surrounding the text (Crop on) or the entire window area (Crop off.)
User Defined lets you specify the dimensions of the bitmap.

Tools required: Latest Virtual dub, TMPGEnc and Nero ( and the DivX codecs.)

Preparing:
Download all tools, Be sure to install DivX 3.11 DivX4 and the latest DivX5 codecs.
Extracting the audio : Start Virtualdub. Open your video File->Open video file.(if you get any warnings just ignore them because you won't edit the video just extract the audio)
Select File->File Information and note the fps as the video source fps because you will need it later.
Select under Audio->Full processing mode.
Select Audio->Compression and select
Select Audio->Conversion.
Change the the Sampling rate to 44100Hz if you are going to make VCD or SVCD MPEGs.
Save the wav by clicking on File->Save WAV...the wav will be a huge audio uncompressed video file(about 10 MB/minute.

Encoding:
Start TMPEnc. Press cancel if the Project Wizard comes.
Press Browse… and select the DivX file as Video source input.
Now you press the Browse button for choosing the Audio source input and use the saved wav file.
Press load and load the file which in the Template directory of TMPGenc.
If the video source fps is 29,970 load VideoCD (NTSC).mcf
If the video source fps is 23,970 load VideoCD (NTSCFilm).mcf
If the video source fps is 25,000 load VideoCD (PAL).mcf
If the video source fps is anything else else just load NTSC if you live in US or Japan and PAL if you live anywhere else.
Note if you live in US or Japan and get problem playing PAL, often causing black and white TV playback problems, then first check if you can change to PAL on your TV or DVD Player if not then instead convert it to NTSC by loading the VideoCD(NTSC) template.
Note if you live Europe and the rest of the world and get problem playing NTSC or NTSCFilm, often causing black and white TV playback problems, then first check if you can change to PAL on your TV or DVD Player if not convert it to PAL by loading the VideoCD(Pal) template.

Press Settings and choose Advanced.
Select Full screen (keep aspect ratio) under Video arrange method to keep the same aspect ratio(widescreen,fullscreen) as the video source(if you have a widescreen movie and you want it to be in fullscreen select No margin(keep aspect ratio).

Select Source range and double-click on it with the mouse.
In the next dialog you can choose the source range. This process depends on the DivX file. If the DivX file is less than 80min (for a 80min/700mb CDR) then you do not have to split the file to two CDs. Also if the DivX file is already in two parts you have just to convert the first file and then the second. But if there should be the case that the movie is in one file over 80minutes long then it is necessary to select the source range. In this new dialog you put the horizontal scrollbar to the middle of the selection so that you will get the same length on the first CD as on the second. After you selected the middle do you have press Set end frame. A new value should be under End Frame. This value you should notice somewhere for the encoding of the second part. Of course the start frame must be 0.
After pressing ok, you only have to select the output file name. I prefer the movie name with the CD number (e.g. Ghost in the Shell CD1) for the burning.

Now encode the file by pressing the Start-Button.
While encoding you can select File->Preview(it won't effect the encoding) to see how the output will be, it it looks wrong(widescreen or fullscreen) you can stop the encoding and start over and change especially the Settings->Advanced->Video arange method.)
If you only want to burn the movie on one CD jump to the burning guide else follow the next points.

Repeat the third, forth and fifth point. In the source range dialog you now use as Start frame the noticed value and move with the horizontal scrollbar to the end of the movie.
After pressing Set end frame, press two times OK.

Now select the output filename for the second file. (e.g. Ghost in the Shell CD2) and encode it.
After the encoding is done and you did all right, you should have for every CD a file.

Burning:
Launch Nero.Close the Wizard. Select File->New.

  1. Select VideoCD
  2. Select PAL or NTSC depending what format your source MPEG is in.
  3. And hit New.

    • Locate your .mpg and drag it(see picture below). Remember that you can add several .mpgs also, each mpg will be a own track on the VCD and you can add data files also, just drag them to any folder.
    • Check the time. It should be the same as in the movie.
    • Rename the CD to anything you like by clicking F2 on NEW.
    • Select File->Write CD.

don't know about everyone else.. but the only options i choose on tmpgenc to make mpeg-1 files are either NTSC film 23.976, or NTSC video 29.97 fps..

I also live in the u.s. so i do all of mine accordingly.. why do you save the wave file with virtual dub.. or should i say, why do you even process the divx file with vdub.. yeah if it is your last resort and the divx for some reason doesn't open in tmpgenc.. i've got 180+ Divx movies, some downloaded mostly ripped, never had a problem encoding them with tmpgenc plus.

just seems like you are going from your a$$ to your elbow to do this.

  • take divx movie (120 minutes long for example).. open with vdub.. find a keyframe about halfway through the film, preferrably at a scene change.

choose "SET SELECTION START" from the EDIT menu.. scroll all the way to the end of the film, choose "SET SELECTION END"... hit DELETE or choose "DELETE SELECTION", all from the EDIT menu

  • Now you have 1 half of your movie. under the VIDEO menu, choose "DIRECT STREAM COPY", also make sure that under AUDIO is going to generate a "DIRECT STREAAM COPY". Then go to FILE and choose "SAVE as AVI..."

on a newer computer this will take less than 2 minutes..

  • When it is complete, the quickest way to proceed is to just click on FILE / "OPEN VIDEO FILE". at the beginning of the clip, choose "SET SELECTION START" again, snap back to the keyframe (half way through the film) which you cut half the film off at and choose "SET SELECTION END". DELETE... FILE / "SAVE AS AVI..." save as the other half of film..

Once again, will usually take less than 2 minutes...

  • Choose option accordingly, this next part can be important.. (i'm going to give the rest of the instructions as if you were making ntsc movie)

since you want to make a standard mpeg-1 file, choose NTSC FILM or NTSC VIDEO.. BROWSE for your file, then hit NEXT, then it OTHER SETTINGS / ADVANCED tab ... now there is an option that says "VIDEO ARRANGE METHOD".. if you are making a fullscreen movie, lleave on FULLSCREEN.. if you are encoding a widescreen movie, choose "FULL SCREEN (KEEP ASPECT RATIO).. OK / NEXT / NEXT (you get the point)

basically takes 1 step out of the tutorial above.. the instructions for nero appear to be correct.. but here's another tip..
dvd burners are becoming more and more popular and even i got one now, like many of you do. tired of old vcd's or wanna encode a VCD standard DVD with nearly 9 hours of video (but same quality as normal 80 minute VCD),
if this is the case, make sure you encode your DivX files as "NTSC VIDEO 29.97 FPS".. even if source is 23 fps... and once you have 3 or 4 movies, get yourself a proggy called TMPGENC DVD AUTHOR.. make a track for each movie.. and you got yourself a dvd with 3 or 4 average length movies on 1 dvd (with menus if you like) that is WAY MORE COMPATIBLE than a VCD..

do a search for the keyword VCD-DVD and i posted a more descriptive tutorial on how to do this..

A reader points out a straightforward way for Windows users to transfer music from an iPod to your hard drive, without extra software:

  1. Connect the iPod to your PC. If iTunes starts syncing (ie erasing) your music automatically, hit the X in the upper right hand corner of iTunes display, to the left of the search box, to stop it.
  2. In Control Panel, Portable Media Devices, double-click your iPod.
  3. Navigate to the Music folder.
  4. Select all the music folders, and drag and drop them into a folder on your hard drive, or directly into iTunes.

And you’re done! The iPod music folder structure is strange and inexplicable, but once you move your files into iTunes you can set it to automatically organize your folder by artist and album to clean that up. (To do this, in iTunes Edit menu, choose Preferences and in the Advanced tab, check “Keep iTunes Music Folder organized.”)

If you give this a go, lemme know how it goes. I’ll ammend the instructions with any additional info for other versions of Windows and iPods.

Just for the record, I did not write this article, but I would have known how to do this. But one thing I ahve noticed is that you do not need to go into the control panel. Instead just make explorer.exe show hidden folders. Then, navigate into the iPod directory, go into iPod_control, and follow step four of the article. Software

First of all, this tweak only apply to those who only have one HDD on their primary IDE channel (nothing else on device 0 or 1) and a CD-ROM and/or DVD-ROM on the secondary IDE channel. Each time you boot Windows XP, there's an updated file called NTOSBOOT-*.pf who appears in your prefetch directory (%SystemRoot%Prefetch) and there's no need to erease any other files as the new prefetch option in XP really improves loading time of installed programs. We only want WindowsXP to boot faster and not decrease its performance. Thanks to Rod Cahoon (for the prefetch automation process...with a minor change of mine) and Zeb for the IDE Channel tweak as those two tricks, coupled together with a little modification, result in an EXTREMELY fast bootup:

  1. Open notepad.exe, type "del c:windowsprefetch tosboot-*.* /q" (without the quotes) & save as "ntosboot.bat" in c:
  2. From the Start menu, select "Run..." & type "gpedit.msc".
  3. Double click "Windows Settings" under "Computer Configuration" and double click again on "Shutdown" in the right window.
  4. In the new window, click "add", "Browse", locate your "ntosboot.bat" file & click "Open".
  5. Click "OK", "Apply" & "OK" once again to exit.
  6. From the Start menu, select "Run..." & type "devmgmt.msc".
  7. Double click on "IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers"
  8. Right click on "Primary IDE Channel" and select "Properties".
  9. Select the "Advanced Settings" tab then on the device 0 or 1 that doesn't have 'device type' greyed out select 'none' instead of 'autodetect' & click "OK".
  10. Right click on "Secondary IDE channel", select "Properties" and repeat step 9.
  11. Reboot your computer.

WindowsXP should now boot REALLY faster.

First of all, this tweak only apply to those who only have one HDD on their primary IDE channel (nothing else on device 0 or 1) and a CD-ROM and/or DVD-ROM on the secondary IDE channel. Each time you boot Windows XP, there's an updated file called NTOSBOOT-*.pf who appears in your prefetch directory (%SystemRoot%Prefetch) and there's no need to erease any other files as the new prefetch option in XP really improves loading time of installed programs. We only want WindowsXP to boot faster and not decrease its performance. Thanks to Rod Cahoon (for the prefetch automation process...with a minor change of mine) and Zeb for the IDE Channel tweak as those two tricks, coupled together with a little modification, result in an EXTREMELY fast bootup:

  1. Open notepad.exe, type "del c:windowsprefetch tosboot-*.* /q" (without the quotes) & save as "ntosboot.bat" in c:
  2. From the Start menu, select "Run..." & type "gpedit.msc".
  3. Double click "Windows Settings" under "Computer Configuration" and double click again on "Shutdown" in the right window.
  4. In the new window, click "add", "Browse", locate your "ntosboot.bat" file & click "Open".
  5. Click "OK", "Apply" & "OK" once again to exit.
  6. From the Start menu, select "Run..." & type "devmgmt.msc".
  7. Double click on "IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers"
  8. Right click on "Primary IDE Channel" and select "Properties".
  9. Select the "Advanced Settings" tab then on the device 0 or 1 that doesn't have 'device type' greyed out select 'none' instead of 'autodetect' & click "OK".
  10. Right click on "Secondary IDE channel", select "Properties" and repeat step 9.
  11. Reboot your computer.

WindowsXP should now boot REALLY faster.

Hi guys...here I found a tutorial of another Foum:

Okay, these are some methods to backup PS2 titles and Xbox titles, in order to play a backup you need a modchip of some sort, I have also included a tutorial on boot methods. Follow any one of these instructions to fit your needs. You can tell what format the PS2 title is by looking at the written side of the disc, DVD's are Silver and CD's are Purple. The DVD backup methods here consist of reading the image to the hard drive then burning it to the media for an easier backup, this depends on your hardware and it?s setup. I say that because the proper setup would be to have the Reader and Writer on separate IDE cables. This allows no cross information when doing Disc to Disc/On the fly copying. But, since most people would not know how to check or fix this, I suggest reading the image to your Hard Drive and then burning from there. *A little useful trick*, If the DVD backup "image" is small enough in size you can fit it onto a CD-R (80 minute or larger if need be) instead of using a more expensive DVD-R. I have done this succesfully using Prassi and the first tutorial for it below. In addition a DVD Movie backup will play on a PS2/Xbox without a chip. As I get more info I will update. Dexter

PS1/PS2 CD backup tutorials

Using CloneCD (v4.x.xx) for PS1/PS2

  1. Start CloneCD
  2. Select "Copy CD"
  3. Select your Reader, press Next
  4. Select "Game CD", press Next
  5. Select/Deselect your options here (on the fly, cue or delete) then press Next
  6. Select your Writer, press Next
  7. Select your burn speed and "Game CD"
  8. Press "OK" to begin

Using Alcohol 120% for PS1/PS2

  1. Start Alcohol 120%
  2. Select ?Copy Wizard?
  3. Select your Reader & Read Speed
  4. Select or Deselect ?Copy current disc on the fly?
  5. For Datatype select which console PS1 or PS2, press Next
  6. Select your Image location and Name for it, press Next
  7. Select you Writer, Write Speed and anything else you feel you might need
  8. Make sure the Datatype selected is the same you chose above
  9. Press Start to begin

Using Prassi

  1. Start Primo
  2. Select "go to full application"
  3. Right Click the drive that has your original in it
  4. Select "build global image" and choose a path for the image (preferably on an NTFS opsys)
  5. After the image is extracted go to next step
  6. Choose the 3rd disc icon from the left *or* click file, new job, Global/Other Image
  7. Then just burn the .gi (global image) of the game

This next way has one less step which saves some time because once you press record it does everything by itself (if you have a DVD reader and DVD Writer)

  1. Start Primo
  2. Use the "PrimoDVD Starter" (it's easier, and less confusing)
  3. Choose "disc copy"
  4. Select your Reader and Also your Writer
  5. Select "make a temp image on HD..."
  6. Select your burn speed and then record to begin

Using Nero

  1. Start Nero, Use the Wizard (for easy use)
  2. Select "DVD" then select Next
  3. Select "Copy a DVD" then select Next
  4. Select your source drive
  5. Check OFF "copy on the fly" then select next
  6. Select your write speed
  7. Select either "Test", "Test and Burn" or "Burn"
  8. Press "Burn" to begin

This next way is without the Wizard

  1. Start Nero, and select "File" then "New..."
  2. On upper left side of the window from the drop down menu select "DVD"
  3. Select "DVD Copy" Icon
  4. Select "Copy options" tab
  5. Check OFF "copy on the fly"
  6. Select source drive and read speed
  7. If needed Select "Image" tab to choose image directory and select/deselect "delete image..."
  8. Select "Burn" tab and choose your settings
  9. Press "Copy" to begin

Using Alcohol 120%

  1. Start Alcohol 120%
  2. Select ?Copy Wizard?
  3. Select your Reader
  4. For ?Separate Image file every:? choose ?Never Separate?
  5. Select or Deselect ?Copy current disc on the fly?, press Next
  6. Select your Image location and Name for it, press Next
  7. Select you Writer, Write Speed and anything else you feel you might need
  8. Select or Deselect ?Delete image file after recording?
  9. Press Start to begin

XBOX backup tutorials

Xbox original games are burned from the outside in. The only way to backup a title is to have a modchip like X-exuter (best), Enigma, or Xodus/Matrix. You also have to flash the bios and have a CD program inserted or installed into the X-Box named EVO-X (this allows you to assign the X-Box an IP address). The game has to be stored on the X-Box's HD, this allows you to file transfer the title to your PC using an ftp program like FlaxhFXP (best) or similar. From there you use a burning application to make the backup. Some applications allows you to "drag & drop" right from the Xbox or you can build an ISO of the image then burn to CD-R/W or DVD-R/W backup. (I will update this to show steps as soon as I have a minute)

Modded PS2 with or without Action Replay/GameShark CD & DVD backup booting methods

PS2 with NeoKey/Sbox & AR/GS, PS1 CD backup booting

  1. Turn on PS2 and NeoKey/Sbox
  2. Press Eject
  3. Insert PS1 CD backup
  4. Press reset
  5. PS2 tray will close
  6. PS1 CD backup will now boot


PS2 with NeoKey/Sbox & AR/GS, PS2 CD backup booting

  1. Have AR/GS dongle in a memory card slot
  2. Power on your PS2
  3. Insert AR/GS disc
  4. At the AR/GS menu, select Start Game, With/Without codes
  5. Eject and swap to your PS2 CD backup and press X.
  6. Screen will change and game will now boot

* Note - Neokey will not play DVD-R!
* Note - Old versions of AR2/GS2 you might need to press R1+O instead of X to boot games

PS2 with Neo 2.2, PS1 CD backup booting

  1. Turn on PS2
  2. Press Eject
  3. Insert PS1 CD backup
  4. Press reset
  5. PS2 tray will close
  6. PS1 CD backup will now boot


PS2 with Neo 2.2 & AR/GS, PS2 CD backup booting

  1. Have AR/GS dongle in a memory card slot
  2. Power on your PS2
  3. Insert AR/GS disc
  4. At the AR/GS menu, select Start Game, With/Without codes
  5. Eject and swap to your PS2 CD backup and press X.
  6. Screen will change and game will now boot


PS2 with Neo 2.2 & AR/GS, PS2 DVD backup booting

  1. Have AR/GS dongle in a memory card slot
  2. Power on your PS2
  3. Insert AR/GS disc, close tray
  4. Power off your PS2, wait a few seconds
  5. Press and Hold Reset button to load AR/GS
  6. At the AR2/GS2 menu, press EJECT while still holding Reset
  7. Swap AR/GS disc for an Original-TOC-DVD* and wait 10 seconds
  8. Select "AR/GS Codes"
  9. Highlight "Add new code" and press X to get to the next screen
  10. Press X three times. You will see "Updating code list please wait" each time)
  11. Press "Start" on controller
  12. Select "Without codes", press X
  13. Then Press X again, and immediately release the Reset button, you will see "Updating code list please wait"
  14. The PS2 tray will eject allowing you to swap Original-TOC-DVD* for DVD backup and then close on it?s own
  15. Screen will change and game will now boot

* Note - "Original-TOC-DVD" is an original DVD that is a larger file size than the backup
* Note ? For a shortcut make a few ?Add new codes? and after step 8 just highlight one of them and press square to delete it, then proceed on with step 11

PS2 with Messiah

  1. PSX Backups will boot directly.
  2. PS2 CD-R Backups will boot directly.
  3. PS2 Unpatched EA backups will boot directly.
  4. PS2 DVD-R Backups will boot directly.

PS2 with Magic 2, 3 or 3.5

  1. PSX Backups will boot directly.
  2. PS2 CD-R Backups will boot directly.
  3. PS2 Unpatched EA backups will boot directly.
  4. PS2 DVD-R Backups will boot directly.

Ps2 with Apple Mod

  1. PSX Backups will boot directly.
  2. PS2 CD-R Backups will boot directly.
  3. PS2 Unpatched EA backups will boot directly.
  4. PS2 DVD-R Backups will boot directly.[CODE]

Would you like to be able to right click any folder in Explorer and print its contents? You can add this option to the context menu by following these steps:

First, you need to create a batch file called Printdir.bat. Open Notepad or another text editor and type (or cut and paste) this text:

@echo off
dir %1 /-p /o:gn > "%temp%\Listing"
start /w notepad /p "%temp%\Listing"

del "%temp%\Listing"
exit

Now, in the Save As dialog box, type "%windir%\Printdir.bat" (without the quotation marks) and click the Save button.

  • Click Start, Control Panel, Folder Options.
  • Click the File Types tab, and then click File Folder.
  • Click the Advanced button.
  • Click the New button.

In the Action box, type "Print Directory Listing" (without the quotation marks).
In the Application used to perform action box, type "Printdir.bat" (without the quotation marks).
Click OK in all three dialog boxes to close the dialog boxes.
You're not quite finished yet! Now you need to edit the Registry, so open your favorite Registry Editor.

Navigate to HKEY CLASSES ROOT\Directory\shell.
Right click on "default" and select Modify.
In the File Data box, type "none" (without the quotation marks).
Click OK and close the Registry Editor.

Now when you right click a folder, you'll see the option to Print Directory Listing. Selecting it will print the contents of the folder.

Who needs a stinking program to print a folder directory?

You can add an Internet URL address bar to your Windows XP taskbar. Doing so will let you type in URLs and launch Web pages without first launching a browser. It will also let you launch some native Windows XP applications in much the same way as you would via the Run menu (so you could type in calc to launch the calculator or mspaint to launch Microsoft Paint. Here's how you add the address bar:

  1. Right-click on the taskbar, select Toolbars, and then click Address.
  2. The word Address will appear on your taskbar.
  3. Double click it to access it.
  4. If that doesn't work, your taskbar is locked. You can unlock it by right-clicking on the taskbar again and uncheck Lock the Taskbar.

NOTE: You may also need to grab the vertical dotted lines beside the word Address and drag it to the left to make the Address window appear.

This is an easy way to get to the folders on your system without having to open a Windows Explorer Window every time you want to access files. I find it very useful to have this feature as it allows me to access my Folders and Drives immediately and saves me a lot of time.

This works in Windows XP:

  1. Right Click an empty spot on your Taskbar (Between your Start Button and your System Tray).
  2. Click Toolbars.
  3. Click New Toolbar.
  4. A Small Window will Open that allows you to pick the folder you wish to make a toolbar. If you want to access your Desktop Without having to minimize all your windows. Just Pick Desktop. If you want to access ONLY your My Documents Folder, Select that. Any folder will work for this.
  5. Click OK.

The New Tool bar will appear at the bottom of your screen next to your System Tray.

If you find this to be not useful, Repeat Steps 1 and 2 and then check click the Toolbar you created that has a check mark next to it. And it will disappear.

How Download MP3s from Fanscape.com or other Streaming Audio-Video



How Download MP3s from Fanscape.com or other Streaming Audio/Video Page

Part1

  1. Download “CoCSoft Stream Down” here: http://www.projectw.org/viewtopic.php?t=40095&highlight=cocsoft+stream
  2. Go to Fanscape.com or other Streaming Audio/Video Page (like MTV or VH1) search for your Artist or Band, and play your song, a pop up will appear, with a windows player preview, then, right clic on this player, and clic on “properties”
  3. Will appear a options,stay in “File” tag, go down to “Location” Select all the link address and copy
  4. Go to “CoCSoft Stream Down” program, and clic on “ADD” icon, and paste the link address, that u copied on the page, choose your directory to download, and clic in Ok
  5. Now, You are downloading the .ASF File


Part 2

  1. When you finished of download the .ASF File, open River Past Audio Converter. Download here: http://www.projectw.org/viewtopic.php?t=24947&highlight=river+past Note: To extract audio from ASF (Advanced Systems Format) files to MP3 with River Past Audio Converter, you should have DirectX 8.0 or above (9.0 highly recommended), and Windows Media Format 9 runtime installed.
  2. Once River Past Audio Converter is installed properly, launch Audio Converter.
  3. Add File. Click on the "Add" button on the tool bar. The standard file open dialog appears. Select "Windows Media Video" in its "Files of type" combo box. Select the file you want to convert and click "Open". The file will be added to the conversion file list.
  4. Select output format. Use the "Audio Format" setting panel on the bottom of the window to control the output format. Select "MP3" as the "File Type". You can change the sample rate, channel (stereo or mono) and bitrate. Audio CD's native format is 44.1 kHz, stereo.
  5. Select output directory. Expand the "Output Directory" panel. Use the button to select an output directory.
  6. Convert! Click the "Convert" button on the tool bar.
  7. Enjoy!!!


Important Notes:

The First part, can be used for VIDEOS file, just try it, I do it icon_lol.gif
This Tutorial is not 100% perfect, just do it
The final Quality from your Mp3, will sound like streaming Audio, cuz we extract it from a streaming File(maybe 20 or 32 kb/s).
If u think, that I'm in a mistake or I'm a fool, please tell me, I will to learn if u wanna add something, plz Do it, We gonna appreciate your colaboration

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