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Friday, January 14, 2022

Instagram information

 updated 7/29/2022

Three days after that warning, Instagram pulled the plug — a stunning admission, columnist Linette Lopez writes, that Zuckerberg basically has no idea what he's doing.

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 I'll add here latest Instagram marketing information:

Article 1:

Ash Read

Ash ReadEditorial @ Buffer

Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Shopify notes and issues

Shopify in th enews 6/28/2021

Shopify sellers say the company wouldn't help them recoup the thousands of dollars they lost in a hack. Seven merchants outlined how they lost thousands on the platform — and found Shopify unable or unwilling to help them recoup their losses.

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Shopify complaints mount from online retailers and consumers

Accusations of chargebacks, account closures, and fund seizures are leading to lawsuit

 ... Chargebacks and retailer complaints

Chargebacks are a huge headache for all concerned, and some merchants say that Shopify is too quick to side with consumers when complaints arise and too heavy-handed with charges that take a lot of the fun (and profit) out of doing business online. Worse yet, some merchants say that even when consumers withdraw their challenge, Shopify simply ignores them and continues to keep the money it has clawed back while adding on fees and penalties. In some cases, critics say the company has increased its fee for future charges for merchants who have received a complaint.

 

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https://bottomlinecents.com/what-is-shopify/ explains what is Shopify drop shipping

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Wednesday, December 9, 2020

VHS to DVD or transfer notes and info

 

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Updated info August 2, 2022

 

How to Optimize Data Transfer Speeds to and From External Drives

Updated
Do you have a short fuse? Transferring data between a PC and external storage is a common task and slow transfer of files can be extremely frustrating. Fortunately, you can easily improve transfer

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I will add here information about various camcorders, handycams, vhs, vcr combo machines I have found from around the web:


1. ION VCR 2 PC  - ounim $100

HOW TO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg27aHk9ky8

finding and downloading the drive took a very long time!! Somehow I found it, but no idea how I managed to do it. The bottomline is I'm happy I could do it! What a relief! Oh, not so quick!  It didn't work!

Not so quick, my PC didn't recognize it. So I downloaded from http://hardwaredata.org/includes/login.php#hash let's see how that would go.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/948187/a-device-driver-is-not-installed-or-a-hardware-device-does-not-functio

Step 1: Determine whether the device driver is found in Device Manager

  1. Click Start
    windows icon
    , type Device Manager in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.
  2. Click Continue. The Device Manager dialog box is displayed.

    Notice icon

    If you are prompted for an administrator password or for a confirmation, type the password, or click Continue.
  3. In the list of device types, click the type of device, and then locate the specific device that is not functioning.
    • If an exclamation point appears next to the name of the device that is not functioning, Device Manager cannot find the device driver. Go to step 3, "Use Windows Update to find a device driver."
    • If no exclamation point appears next to the name of the device that is not functioning correctly, go to step 2, "Uninstall and reinstall the device drivers."
  4. Close Device Manager.

Step 2: Uninstall and reinstall the device drivers

If no exclamation point appears next to the name of the device and the device does not function correctly, manually uninstall and reinstall the device drivers. To do this, follow these steps:

  1. Click Start
    windows icon
    , type Device Manager in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.
  2. Click Continue. The Device Manager dialog box is displayed.

    Notice icon

    If you are prompted for an administrator password or for a confirmation, type the password, or click Continue.
  3. In the list of device types, click the kind of device, and then locate the specific device that is not functioning.
  4. Right-click the device, and then click Properties.
  5. Click the Driver tab.
  6. Click Uninstall.
  7. Click OK.
  8. In the Device Manager dialog box, click the Action menu, and then click Scan for hardware changes.
    • You may receive a message that states that Windows has to install driver software for your unknown device. If you receive this message, click Locate and install driver software (recommended).
    • You may also receive a message that states that a hardware device is being installed and that the uninstalled device is now present in Device Manager.
    Note If you do not receive either message or the hardware device is not installed, go to step 3, "Use Windows Update to find a device driver."

If the device is installed correctly and functions correctly, you have resolved the problem and you are finished. If the device is installed but still does not seem to be functioning correctly, go to the "Next steps" section.

Step 3: Use Windows Update to find a device driver

Note To use Windows Update, you must be logged on to the computer as an administrator. To verify that you are logged on to Windows with a user account that is a computer administrator, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

Follow these steps to use Windows Update to scan for a device driver:

  1. Click Start
    windows icon
    , click All Programs, and then click Windows Update.

    Notice icon

    If you are prompted for an administrator password or for a confirmation, type the password, or click Continue.
  2. Click Check for updates.
  3. To determine whether updated drivers are available, click View available updates.

    If updates are available, click the driver that you want to install, and then click Install.

    Notice icon

    If you are prompted for an administrator password or for a confirmation, type the password, or click Continue.

If Windows Update is unable to locate the required device driver, contact the device manufacturer to download the latest device driver for Windows Vista. For information about how to do this, see the "More Information" section.

If these methods did not resolve the issue, go to the "Next steps" section.

2. Sharp VL-L63U Slim Cam VHS Camcorder 
Here are some youtube links with more information about it:
 
 
 

Using Old VHS Cameras in 2020!

to buy old batteries BatteryMart.com  

 

3. JVC VCR DVD Combo Player VHS Recorder HR-XVC18 HIFI 

 

HR-XVC18 HIFI  info via support JVC website

 

4. https://www.aimersoft.com/camcorder-video/transfer-convert-jvc-videos-to-dvd.html

 Owner's manual

How to Transfer JVC to Computer and Convert JVC Video to DVD

 

About the JVC HR-XVC18B

JVC's HR-XVC18B offers a great way to enjoy both your DVD and VHS collections. This combo player delivers the crisp image quality of DVD plus the handy recording capabilities of a VCR. Record your favorite TV shows to watch later on or make VHS copies of home movies to share with friends and family. A front-panel audio/video input allows you to easily connect a camcorder or video game console. Plus, you can hook up this player to a home theater receiver to enjoy enveloping surround sound with movies on DVD and VHS tape.

Consumer Alert: This component has only an analog broadcast tuner and will require a converter box after February 17, 2009, to receive over-the-air broadcasts with an antenna because of the Nation's transition to digital broadcasting. Analog-only TVs should continue to work as before with cable and satellite TV services, gaming consoles, VCRs, DVD players, and similar products. For more information, call the Federal Communications Commission at 1-888-225-5322 (TTY: 1-888-835-5322) or visit the Commission's digital television website at: www.dtv.gov

Product highlights:

DVD player:
  • selectable progressive-scan playback for smoother video with HD-compatible TVs (via the component video output)
  • coaxial digital output for Dolby® Digital/DTS®/PCM
  • composite video output for VCR; 480i/480p component video output for DVD only
  • RF input/output
  • plays DVD-Video, DVD-R & DVD-RW, DVD+R & DVD+RW, Video CD, and Super Video CD
  • plays audio CD, and CD-R & CD-RW
  • plays digital photo CDs (JPEG)
  • 27MHz/10-bit video DAC
  • 192kHz/24-bit audio DAC
  • designed for use with "Region 1" coded DVDs
VCR:
  • HiFi stereo with MTS decoding
  • 4 video heads
  • Quasi S-VHS playback (VHS resolution)
  • 2 recording speeds (SP/SLP)
  • 2 sets audio/video inputs (including one front-panel)
  • TV tuner
  • 8-event/1-year program timer
  • Commercial Skip (30-second skip search)
  • Note: Internal DVD-to-VHS dubbing of copy-protected DVDs is not possible.


 

 

Home Theater Connection Photo Gallery


i.LINK (IEEE-1394) from Sony: https://www.sony.com.au/support/resources/en_AU/html/Usefulinfo/Transfer_video/MiniDV.html#bILINK

  1. Connect an i.LINK® cable (also known as IEEE-1394) to the i.LINK port http://www.sonydigital-link.com/dime/tutorials/img/videotransfer/iLink.jpg on the digital camcorder.
  2. Connect the other end of the i.LINK® cable to the computer.
  3. NOTES 
    The computer i.LINK® ports and capture cards may have either 4-pin or 6-pin connections; Sony® digital camcorders use i.LINK® ports with 4 pins. If your computer only has a 6-pin i.LINK® port, then it will be necessary to use a 4-pin to 6-pin i.LINK® cable.

  4. Turn on the digital camcorder by moving the POWER switch to the VTR position.
  5. Cue the camcorder to the beginning of the video.
  6. Turn on the computer.
  7. Start the video capture software on the computer.
  8. Begin playing the recorded video in the camcorder.
  9. Begin importing the video with the capture software

Monday, May 16, 2016

Backing up photos videos from your cellphone

At the end of December 2015 I got the new Apple iPhone 6s. It took me a while to get used to it. As I always had android Samsung cellphone and I was very comfortable with it. All my friends were raving about the Apple iPhone, so I decided to give it a try.

However, since then I hadn't backed up my digital files. I had tried to connect to my PC as I used to do with my Samsung and tablet, however I didn't get anything going alerting me about my files. It forced me to sign up with iTunes, which I disliked. Today I gave another try to figure out how to download my files. Bingo, I managed to find my files. I clicked on it and found the DCM folder where there were 3 files, within those folders there were total of 2136 files. It equaled to 4.47gb

As I always like to backup my files, I got my main Master external hard drive. I created a new folder there for my iPhone backups: "iPhone backups to May 16 2016" and there I quickly uploaded the photos. It took me a total of 30min to upload, pretty good. Then I had my second backup external hard drive, which is the Archival backup of the Master drive. That took only 6 minutes!

After all was archived in both locations, I deleted all the files on my iPhone.
I just check storage and iCloud Usage: storage and it shows I have used 6.6gb and available 4.8gb. I am supposed to have 16gb hmmm... where is the rest of the 5gb?
I believe the rest might be all those text messages, whatsup etc - got to go thru all that and get rid of.

June 1st we have a session on backing up photos. This seems to be a major issue.

Check the June 1st meetup session in Bayside at:
http://www.meetup.com/Bayside-Digital/events/231160721/?comment_table_id=465299839&comment_table_name=event_comment


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