As a crazy Creative Zen fan, I have used Creative Zen for almost a year and in order to help Creative Zen user to know how to add DVD and video on Creative Zen, I spent few hours to write this guide.
It includes two parts:
Part 1. How to put DVD on your Creative Zen
Part 2. How to put video on your Creative Zen
Preparation:
Actually, Creative Zen can only play 4 kinds of video format (MJPEG, WMV9, MPEG4-SP, and AVI), so you can not put DVD and other video on Creative Zen and play them. If you want to enjoy your DVD on your Creative Zen you have to convert them into Zen supptorted video format.
Here I recommend you Aiseesoft http://www.aiseesoft.com/dvd-to-creative-zen-suite.html (DVD to Creative Zen Suite).It contains a http://www.aiseesoft.com/dvd-to-creative-zen-converter.html (DVD to Creative Zen Converter) and a http://www.aiseesoft.com/video-converter-for-creative-zen.html (Video Converter for Creative Zen)
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Part 1. How to put DVD on your Creative Zen
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Step 1. Load DVD
Click "Load DVD" button or "File" to choose load DVD (You can also choose load DVD folder and load IFO fiel)
Step 2. Video settings
Select the output video format you need from the "Profile" drop-down list. Click "Settings" button to set your video and audio parameters.
Step 3. More Functions
You can also do trim, crop and effect DVD, merge your selected chapters into one file, capture your favorite pictures
After doing the above 3 steps you can click "Start" button to start your conversion.
Part 2. How to put video on your Creative Zen
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Step 1. Add Video
You can add you video that you want to convert by clicking "Add File" or "File" to chosse "Add File"
Step 2. Settings and Output Format
From the "Profile" drop-down list you can find one format that meets your requirement. To have your own video settings you can click "settings" button.
OK, click the "Start" button to begin your conversion.
Tips:
1. Trim
There are 3 ways that you can trim your video.
a. You can drag the buttons(1) to set the start and end time
b. You can preview the video first and when you want to start trim click the left one of the pair buttons (2) when you want to end click the right one.
c. You can set the exact start and end time on the right side of the pop-up window.
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2. Crop
There are 3 ways that you can crop your video.
a. We provide 7 modes on our "Crop Mode"(1)
b. You can set your own mode on the right side of the pop-up window(2)
c. You can drag frame to set your own crop mode(3)
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3. Snapshot and merge into one file
If you like the current image of the video you can use the "Snapshot" option. Just click the "Snapshot" button the image will be saved and you can click the "Open" button next to "Snapshot" button to open your picture. (1)
If you want to make several files output as one you can choose "Merge into one file". (2)
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Friday, March 20, 2009
Friday, March 13, 2009
Automate Your Desktop Wallpaper Switching With Latest Flickr Photos
It's probably the most important image on your computer, so do it justice… Here is the very tiny and powerful tool to take your simple desktop wallpaper to the next level!
According to Hitwise, Photo sharing site Flickr is now the 2nd largest photo site behind Photobucket. No surprise then that it's an excellent resource for beautiful wallpapers.
So, we've gathered you up a free tool that can automate the whole process of fetching and decorating your desktop with latest online photos from Flickr.
Settings can be for just about every time setting you can think of.You can pick where you want to choose photos from using the buttons on the left side buttons of the settings window.The tray icon also lets you to pause switching, view all downloaded photos.
Your background can show one image, four images in a 2×2 grid, or hundreds of thumbnails at once. Images can change after a specified number of minutes, hours or days, or even at a specific time of day. And if you have multiple monitors, it can show different images on each display.
Source : techdream
Know Your PF Transfer /Withdrawal Status Online [Indian Website]
It was a pain for all of us to know the status of PF transfer /withdrawal once it is initiated. We had to wait for a long time and there would not be any clue of whether transfer would happen or not. But now we have got a chance to see PF Transfer/Withdrawl status online. The Indian government has created a web site where we can check the details regarding our PF transfer /withdrawal. All we have to know is our PF account number given in our previous office.
Click here to know your PF withdrawal/transfer status.Select the state and the exact place where you were working previously. Provide the establishment code which is available in your PF account number. For example if your PF account number is TN/12345/2003, then your establishment code is 12345. Once you provide this establishment code in the appropriate place, the name of your previous employer appears below the column which confirms that you have entered the establishment code correctly. Finally provide your employee id of your previous company and then click the "Get Claim Status" to know the status of your PF transfer /withdrawal.
Source : /www.techdreams.org
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Train Information on railways
This is really amazing guys! Just try this.
Add cleartrip.trains@gmail.com to your Gtalk friend list.
Check the Availability in the trains along with the fare .
Hi! I am cleartrip's trains search bot. Say 'help' for a brief help message. Say 'commands' for list of commands. if you find it useful or have any suggestions say 'feedback your message'. Invite your friends by saying 'invite gmail_ids'
Hi there! I am cleartrip's train search bot. I can search trains for you.
Tell me your journey details like this: 'Mumbai New Delhi Mar 11 3A'ME : Chandigarh Jaipur March 28 3Acleartrip.trains: Searching for trains between Chandigarh and Jaipur on 28 Mar class 3A5632 – Ghy bme bkn exp Rs. 605, @ 14:35 [ ]
2307 – Hwh==ju==exp Rs. 635, @ 15:30 [Waitlist 6]
4218 – Unchahar exp Rs. 782, @ 16:25 [Available 45]
To check availability say 'avail' followed by train number To book say 'book' followed by train number and passenger details. Ex. 'book 2925 adult 1 child 1 senior female 1'
Hope it makes the work easier.
6 Best Alternatives of Windows Media Player
VLC Media Player :
VLC (initially VideoLAN Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats, including MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, MP3, and OGG, as well as for DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It also can be used as a server for unicast or multicast streams in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network. The most prominent additions to version 0.8.6 are probably Windows Media Video 9 and Flash Video. Other important changes are improved H.264 decoding, better Windows Unicode support, and a full-screen.
2. KMPlayer :
The KMPlayer is all-in-one media player covering various formats such as VCD, DVD, AVI, MKV, Ogg, OGM, 3GP, MPEG-1/2/4, WMV, RealMedia, QuickTime etc. It has an extra feature to play Incomplete/Damaged AVI file, Locked Media Files while downloading or sharing, Compressed Audio Album (zip, rar) and so on. It handles a wide range of subtitles and allows you to capture audio, video, and screenshots in many ways. The player provides both internal and external filters with a fully controlled environment without grappling with DirectShow merit system. The player can set multifarious audio and video effects, control playback speed and octave, select parts of a video as favorites, do a powerful A-B repeat, remap the keys of remote interface for HTPC including overlay screen controls, change a skin dynamically depending on a media type playing, and many more. It is completely customizable thanks to a wide selection of skins and color schemes, and configuration options are extensive.
3. Media Player Classic :
Media Player Classic is the perfect substitute for Windows Media Player. Aestetically is identical to version 6.4 and has the same lightness in terms of RAM occupation, but it has much more usefull functions. Features: with 'right' and 'left' keys it's possible to go forward/backward of one single frame; with 'Ctrl + right'/'left' it's possible to skip one predefinite quantity of frames; with 'Ctrl + up' it's possible to change faster the speed of reproduction; it's possible to visualize with media player Quicktime and RealMedia movies (but that programs must be installed); in full screen modality it's possible to show a scroll bar putting the mouse in the lower portion of the screen; in full screen it's possible to do the redimension images and adopt a cinema format or a TV format; it work as a DVD player too; keys are completely customizable; it can show subtitles.
4. GOM Player :
GOM Player (Gretech Online Movie Player) is a freeware media player for Microsoft Windows. It is the primary client player for South Korean GOM-TV and is more popular in South Korea than any other media player. Key strengths are the ability to play the majority of media files without the need to obtain a codec, and the ability to play some broken media files, both advantages over traditional players, like Windows Media Player. GOM player can also play .flv files.
5. ZoomPlayer :
Zoom Player can be compared to a game of chess, it can be learned by a 4-year old in minutes, but it may take a lifetime to explore its feature rich yet unbloated capabilities.
Zoom Player supports every format imaginable (AVI, DIVX, XVID, MPEG, Flac Audio, Monkey Audio, Matroska, Windows Media, OGM, RealMedia, QuickTime, Flash and more), updated on a regular basis (new stable beta releases every few weeks), every feature is fully documented, supports all the latest playback technologies (Multi Monitor, VMR9, P2P Video Preview) and sports one of the most active support forums you can imagine. Designed for use as an every day media player and all the way up to a Home Theater PC control center. Special TV Viewing features allowing easy remote control of your media playing experience. From Newbie to Guru, Zoom Player is for you.
6. BSPlayer :
BS.player is a Windows based multimedia player that plays all types of media files (AVI / MPG / ASF / WMV / WAV / AVCHD / FLV YouTube videos / MP3) and specializes in video and DivX playback. Main features: display subtitles, support custom subtitles position, color, font, transparency, supported formats: MicroDVD, subviewer, SubRip; fully skinnable - any shape, transparent skins; resizable movie window; multilingual, drag & drop support; command line support; pan-scan and custom pan-scan option; custom aspect ratios; playlist support; resolution changing; frame capture; AVI files with more than 2 audio streams supported (multilanguage); support for OGM files, including more then 2 audio/video tracks, supports embeded subtitles/chapters; external audio file supported; S/PDIF output supported for AC3 files.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
How to run application from Limited account using Admin rights?
Use the run as command.
runas /user:administrator notepad.exerunas /user:administraotr mspaint.exe
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Public Provident fund
- The Public Provident Fund Scheme is a statutory scheme of the Central
Government of India. - The Scheme is for 15 years.
- The rate of interest is 8% compounded annually.
- The minimum deposit is 500/- and maximum is Rs. 70,000/- in a financial year.
- One deposit with a minimum amount of Rs.500/- is mandatory in each financial year.
- The deposit can be in lumpsum or in convenient installments, not more than 12 Installments in a year or two installments in a month subject to total deposit of Rs.70,000/-.
- It is not necessary to make a deposit in every month of the year. The amount of deposit can be varied to suit the convenience of the account holders.
- The account in which deposits are not made for any reasons is treated as discontinued account and such account can not be closed before maturity.
- The discontinued account can be activated by payment of minimum deposit of Rs.500/- with default fee of Rs.50/- for each defaulted year.
- Account can be opened by an individual or a minor through the guardian.
- Joint account is not permissible.
- Those who are contributing to GPF Fund or EDF account can also open a PPF account.
- A Power of attorney holder can neither open or operate a PPF account.
- The grand father/mother cannot open a PPF behalf of their minor
grand son/daughter. - The deposits shall be in multiple of Rs.5/- subject to minimum amount of Rs.500/-.
- The deposit in a minor account is clubbed with the deposit of the account of the Guardian for the limit of Rs.70,000/-.
- No age is prescribed for opening a PPF account.
- Interest is not contractual but rate is notified by Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India, at the end of each year.
- The facility of first withdrawal in the 7th year of the account subject to a limit of 50% of the amount at credit preceding three year balance. Thereafter one Withdrawal in every year is permissible.
- Pre-mature closure of a PPF Account is not permissible except in case of death.
- Nominee/legal heir of PPF Account holder on death of the account holder can not continue the account, but account had to be closed.
- The account holder has an option to extend the PPF account for any period in a block of 5 years on each time.
- The account holder can retain the account after maturity for any period without making any further deposits. The balance in the account will continue to earn interest at normal rate as admissible on PPF account till the account is closed.
- One withdrawal in each financial year is also admissible in such account.
- The PPF scheme is operated through Post Office and Nationalized banks.
- PPF account can be opened either in Post Office or in a Bank.
- Account is transferable from one Post office to another and from Post office to Bank and from Bank to Post office.
- Account is transferable from one Bank to another bank as well as within the bank to any branch.
- Deposits in PPF qualify for rebate under section 80-C of Income Tax Act.
- The interest on deposits is totally tax free.
- Deposits are exempt from wealth tax.
- The balance amount in PPF in PPF account is not subject to attachment under any order or decree of court in respect of any debt or liability.
- Nomination facility available.
- Best for long term investment.
Kisan Vikas Patra
- Minimum Investment Rs. 500/- No maximum limit.
- Rate of interest 8.40% compounded annually.
- Money doubles in 8 years and 7 months.
- Two adults, Individuals and minor through guardian can purchase.
- Companies, Trusts, Societies and any other Institution not eligible to purchase.
- Non-Resident Indian/HUF are not eligible to purchase.
- Facility of encashment from 2 ½ years.
- Maturity proceeds not drawn are eligible to Post office Savings account interest for a
maximum period of two years. - Facility of reinvestment on maturity.
- Patras can be pledged as security against a loan to Banks/Govt. Institutions.
- Patras are encashable at any Post office before maturity by way of transfer to desired
Post office. - Patras are transferable to any Post office in India.
- Patras are transferable from one person to another person before maturity
- Duplicate can be issued for lost, stolen, destroyed, mutilated and defaced patras.
- Nomination facility available.
- Facility of purchase/payment of Kisan vikas Patras to the holder of Power of attorney.
- Rebate under section 80 C not admissible.
- Interest income taxable but no TDS
- Deposits are exempt from Wealth tax.
National Savings Certificate
- Minimum investment Rs. 500/- No maximum limit.
- Rate of interest 8% compounded half yearly.
- Rs. 1000/- grow to Rs. 1601/- in six years.
- Two adults, Individuals, and minor through guardian can purchase.
- Companies, Trusts, Societies and any other Institutions not eligible to purchase.
- Non-resident Indian/HUF can not purchase.
- No pre-mature encashment.
- Annual interest earned is deemed to be reinvested and qualifies for tax rebate for first 5 years under section 80 C of Income Tax Act.
- Maturity proceeds not drawn are eligible to Post Office Savings account interest for a maximum period of two years.
- Facility of reinvestment on maturity.
- Certificate can be pledged as security against a loan to banks/ Govt. Institutions.
- Facility of encashment of certificates through banks.
- Certificates are encashable any Post office in India before maturity by way of transfer to desired post office.
- Certificates are transferable from one Post office to any Post office.
- Certificates are transferable from one person to another person before maturity.
- Duplicate Certificate can be issued for lost, stolen, destroyed, mutilated or defaced certificate.
- Nomination facility available.
- Facility of purchase/payment to the holder of Power of attorney.
- Tax Saving instrument - Rebate admissible under section 80 C of Income Tax Act.
- Interest income is taxable but no TDS
- Deposits are exempt from Wealth tax.
Senior Citizen's Saving Scheme - 2004
OBJECTIVE OF THE SCHEME
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Post Office Time Deposit Account.
| Period | Rate of Interest |
| One Year | 6.25% |
| Two years | 6.50% |
| Three years | 7.25% |
| Five years | 7.50% |
- Interest is calculated quarterly but payable annually.
- No interest is payable on undrawn interest amount.
- Minimum amount of deposit is Rs.200/-. No maximum limit.
- Account can be opened by an individual, two adults jointly and minor through guardian.
- A Minor who has attained the age of 10 years can open the account in his/her own name to be operated directly.
- Non Resident Indian / HUF can not open the account.
- Any number of accounts can be opened.
- Account can be closed after 6 months but before one year without any interest.
- Two, three and Five years accounts can be closed after one year at a discounted rate of interest.
- Facility of redeposit on maturity of an account.
- Deposits not drawn on maturity are eligible to saving account interest rate for a maximum period of two years.
- Account can be pledged as security against a loan to banks/ Government institutions.
- Accounts are transferable from one Post office to any Post office in India.
- Rebate under section 80-C is not admissible.
- Interest income is taxable.
- Deposits are exempt from wealth tax.
- No T.D.S.
- Nomination facility available.
Post Office Monthly Income Scheme
- Interest rate of 8% per annum payable monthly.
- Maturity period is 6 years.
- Minimum investment amount is Rs.1000/- or in multiple thereof.
- Maximum amount is Rs. 3 lacs in single account and Rs. 6 lacs in a joint account.
- Account can be opened by an individual, two/three adults jointly and a minor through a guardian.
- A minor having attained 10 years of age can open an account in his/her own name directly.
- Non-Resident Indian / HUF cannot open the Account.
Minor has a separate limit of investment of Rs. 3 lacs and the same is not clubbed with the limit of guardian. - A separate account is opened for each deposit.
- Any number of accounts can be opened subject to the maximum prescribed limit.
- Facility of automatic credit of monthly interest to saving account if accounts are at the same post office.
- Facility of premature closure of account after one year @ 3.50% discount.
- No deduction of 3.5% if account is closed on completion of three years.
- Facility of reinvestment on maturity of an account.
- Interest not with-drawan does not carry any interest.
- Maturity proceeds not drawn are eligible to saving account interest rate for a maximum period of two years.
- Account is transferable from one post office to any Post office in India free of cost.
- Nomination facility available.
- Rebate under section 80 C not admissible.
- Interest income is taxable, but no TDS
- Only scheme in Post office where monthly interest is payable.
- Most suitable scheme for senior citizens and for those who need regular monthly income.
- Deposits are exempt from Wealth Tax
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