I tried to open the VLC app but had to type my password repeatedly. It was accurate, but it wouldn’t go through. It gets like this now and then. Then there is the torture of using a remote to type in usernames and passwords. My […]
I wrote about this before, but using a lower quality video capture device called “Easycap”. Read here: How To Record From Cable To Computer Using OBS Studio I recently bought an HD Video Capture USB device called a “Guermok Video Capture Card” from Amazon. They
I received this message from my Opera browser on two separate computers. The message read: “The extension upgrade requires additional permissions. Go to the extension manager to accept the upgrade.” Then, an option to click reads “Go to Extensions”. Clicking on it sends you to
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I recently wrote about recording a video from an Android cable box to my PC using Open Broadcaster Software (OBS). The final video was good quality, and I only had one issue. It was recorded on TV, which means there was a lot of advertising,
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Recorded from TV means there is a lot of advertising, so I looked for a way to cut out the ads. I settled on using a program that I’ve used before called “Avidemux”. Remove The Ads Open the program and click on “Open File”. Select
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I have a Gateway desktop on my network with a couple of hard drives in it, which I use as a backup system. Yesterday, I turned it on, but it wouldn’t boot up. It made one beep and then went to the Gateway Logo. It
A guy called me and claimed he “couldn’t get anything on his computer”. That can be translated in so many ways. Usually, it means, “I can’t get on Facebook”. I went to his home, and his problem was that he had lost his internet. He
A guy came to me with his Chromebook. On Facebook Messenger (Chrome browser), he had no scroll bar, so he couldn’t scroll back to see older messages with someone he was chatting with. I cleared out the temporary files, reset the browser, disabled the extensions,
My Sister has a Fitbit watch. After charging it the date and time were wrong. To fix this you will need the Fitbit app installed on your smartphone and Bluetooth enabled. Note: I haven’t tried this out yet, but it might also work on a
I opened a document in LibreOffice and saw a barely readable black document with black text. This is apparently from an update. It uses the system colour scheme to display documents, but it doesn’t work. There is a quick fix. Go to the “Tools” menu
I decided to make my CyberPowerPC my main system, switching over from my ASUS. A little bit more power. That meant installing and setting everything up in a way that was similar to the ASUS. I had no real problems until I tried to set
I wrote before about this, but I couldn’t figure out why VLC couldn’t see my shared video folder. I recently discovered why. It was because I forgot to share the folder. 🙂 When I had my Maestro cable setup, I didn’t have to share any
An older couple was having problems with their computer. It initially seemed like it was having an issue keeping its settings. For example, I would set up Chrome for them, and then it was gone. Without going into too much detail, I gradually realized what
I was playing a YouTube video. It got stuck playing in a loop and I couldn’t stop it from playing. I finally bit the bullet and upgraded my cable to the TiVo system. My main reason was that it was $60 cheaper than what I
