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  • Problems viewing downloaded movie

    Have you ever had problems viewing movies clips downloaded from the internet or forwarded by your friends through email?
    Can be very frustrating when your friend describes the attachment as “MUST WATCH” but you just couldn’t thinking there might be something wrong with your computer.


    Mostly it is caused by not having the correct codec to play the movie clips.
    Codec means Compressor-decompressor. Codecs are needed for encoding and decoding (playing) audio and video.
    Since there are so many types of codecs, you wouldn’t know which to install and maybe installing the too many and wrongly configuring it will make your system unstable.

    Introducing, K-Lite Codec Pack.
    K-Lite Codec Pack
    The K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs and related tools. The K-Lite Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your movie files. With the K-Lite Codec Pack you should be able to play all the popular movie formats and even some rare formats.
    The K-Lite Codec Pack has a couple of major advantages compared to other codec packs:

  • It it always very up-to-date with the latest versions of the codecs
  • It is very user-friendly and the installation is fully customizable, meaning that you can install only those components that you really want
  • It’s easy to make an unattended installation.
  • It has been very well tested, so that the package doesn’t contain any conflicting codecs. It tries to avoid potential problems with existing codecs and even fixes some problems
  • It is a very complete package, containing everything you need to play your movies
  • There are different packages. From small to extra-large

    • There are three versions of the K-Lite Codec Pack: Basic, Standard and Full.
    Basic contains only the most essential things. It contains everything you need to be able to play the most popular and widespread formats. It is small enough to fit on a single floppy. Also great for including on your movie cds.
    Standard contains everything you need to play all the most commonly used formats. This package should be enough for the average user.
    Full contains even more codecs. It also has encoding support for various formats. This package is for power users and people who do their own encodings.
    There also is a Mega version. It includes everything that the Full version has, plus some extra things, like support for QuickTime and RealMedia files.

    Works on Windows 98/ME/2000/XP. Works on my computer as well and should work on yours 😉

    [ K-Lite Codec Website | Download K-Lite Codec ]

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  • Automated 1 Click Convert DVD to VCD

    3 days ago, I talked about how to backup your DVD by converting it to VCD/SVCD.
    It’s a long process and you need 4 softwares to do it. Worst part is, some of the software are trialware and you need to purchase them.
    Save your money and use the FREE….


    DVDx v2.3 !
    DVDx v2.3

    DVDx allows you to convert DVD to VCD2.0 or SCVD1.0 or DivX in one step (Including multiplexing, splitting). It produces good quality movies in MPEG1/2 format and you don’t need to have 5GB or more free on your hard disk. DVDx has been designed especialy for unexperimented users, it is a simple and intuitive program. You only need Nero to write your VCD/SVCD.

    There hasn’t been any updates since the last release of version 2.3 on 18/08/2004 but it still works great without problems.
    It even has optimized support to benefit from dual processors and Pentium4 Hyper-Threading computer.
    The official download from website is very slow, so I provided a link to download from SourceForge.

    [ DVDx Website | Download DVDx ]

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  • MSN Messenger 7.5.0306 + Mess Patch 7.5.0306 – Generation3

    No doubt that MSN Messenger is growing popular than the ol’ ICQ.
    It seems that everyone is using MSN nowadays.

    I am going to introduce you a tool that is able to “Mess” with MSN Messenger.


    It’d be the best if you have MSN Messenger v7.5.0306 installed since the latest stable version always contains bug fixes and new features.
    You can check your version by going to Help -> About MSN Messenger. It should display something like this…
    MSN Messenger
    Version 7.5 (Build 7.5.0306)

    If you do not have the latest version, just head on to MSN Messenger website to download and install.
    Now, you’ll need Mess Patch 7.5.0306 – Generation3 to “Mess” with your MSN Messenger.
    Mess Patch 7.5.0306 - Generation3
    This tool contains 73 types of tweaks for your MSN Messenger.

    Allows you to patch MSN Messenger 7.5.0306 with the following options:
    enable polygamy
    install custom games
    disable nudges
    remove add contact label
    remove msn search bar
    remove banner ad
    remove msn today button
    fix nickname length
    remove white (text ad) space from conversation windows
    distinguish Idle from Away status (English version only)
    remove MSN logo (from main and conversation window)
    remove premium services (what’s hot)
    remove conversation window search button
    remove email button
    remove my space button
    remove all contact card buttons
    disable nudge protection
    remove user is writing message
    remove Winks/packs and/or nudges buttons and change handwriting tab images to text
    multi-language support (catalan, danish, dutch, english, french, portuguese, brazilian portuguese, spanish, swedish, korean and traditional chinese)
    enable/remove Winamp support in Personal Messages
    clicking your MSN Display Picture in the main window opens the display picture dialog (like it used to)
    boost Personal Messages to 500 characters
    remove blocked extensions in file transfers
    remove font button
    remove backgrounds button
    remove billing information menus
    disable MSN Spaces integration in contact cards
    enable multi-line nicknames
    sign-in status in system tray menu
    remove gleams
    disable MSN Music song links
    add always on top main/conversation window button
    remove user is typing message
    winamp support in Personal Messages with TheBlasphemer’s Winamp plugin
    swap now playing artist and song title when using iTunes
    Windows Media Player or Winamp
    add sign-out button to upper panel which displays the new Passport.net logo
    hide personal messages in contact list
    remove webcam icon from To: bar
    *HOT* ‘Switch Tabs To Right Side’ option
    Sign-in window DP removal option
    option to remove the bottom links in the sign-in window
    Fixed ‘Hide Personal Messages’ to work when viewing large DP thumbnails
    remove the ‘Messenger’ title/caption
    ‘Remove Yellow Infobar’ in contact list
    ‘Add A Contact’ button can now be moved to the dashboard/upper-panel
    ‘Remove Microsoft Passport Network’ branding in Sign-in window
    fixed ‘Remove Webcam Icon’ button
    8 new options for removing each button at the conversation window top bar
    ‘Remove My Dynamic Backgrounds Menus’
    ‘Remove Voice Clip’ option
    users can now select to remove Winamp support while restoring backups
    ‘Remove File Transfer Blocked Extensions’
    Remembers chosen options
    Position Add A Contact bar at the bottom of the contact list (again)
    Remove Yellow Infobar in Convos
    3 options to strip text from toolbar buttons and remove the get a webcam link.

    *Important* Selecting the ‘Remove Advertisement Banner’ will stop the javascript errors that users in certain areas are reporting (since ads are geo-targeted).

    NEW IN GENERATION3:
    options now in treeview listbox
    option descriptions
    patching profiles (patchou, rolando, timothy, theunknown, dwergs,…)
    restore previous settings
    CRC check
    optional backup
    enhanced GUI
    seperate avatar clippings
    transform round corners to perfect corners
    disable MSNIM protocol
    remove send button from typing tab
    add My Received Files button
    default DP hiding
    etc.

    Warning: Patching MSN or Windows Messenger infringes Microsoft’s Terms of Use. Downloading and installing the software is your own rational choice and Raymond.CC is not responsible in any way.

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  • Protect your E-mail

    Just thought I should share this with my readers (IF there’s any)
    Posting your email address on a website is a sure-fire way to get an Inbox full of unsolicited email advertisements.
    I currently know two methods on how to protect your by hiding them from email-harvesting robots.


    1. E-mail Icon (in image): Robots can’t read images! They only read texts. Perhaps if one day someone developed a robot that is able to do Optical Character Recognition (OCR), then this image method is quite useless.
    Example,
    FREE E-Mail Icon Generator for GMail, Hotmail, MSN, Yahoo!, AOL and many more!

    2. Encode/Encrypt: The FREE Enkoder Form below enables you to protects email addresses by converting them into encrypted JavaScript code, hiding them from email-harvesting robots while revealing them to real people.
    FREE Enkoder Form to encrypt your E-mail address

    No matter what, the only way to be completely safe is to not publish your address at all. Or use a contact form.

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