I'll include at this page information about VPN:
Why I don't trust US VPNs
Commentary: Sure, you can still game and stream. But if you want top-notch privacy, you've got to import it. Information via CNet
Sunday, September 27, 2020
Information about VPNs
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
My scanner notes
Here are some of my notes regarding scanners:
EPSON V550 scanning
The official Epson website: https://epson.com/Support/Scanners/Perfection-Series/Epson-Perfection-V550-Photo/s/SPT_B11B210201#
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqI5CHNm34kTroubleshoot Epson V550 problems scanning at: http://inside.scrippscollege.edu/it/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Epson-Perfection-Scanner-Tips-and-Troubleshooting.pdf
Friday, September 4, 2020
why duplicate CD music files is not playing in car
If you are having trouble duplicating music CDs, I am compiling information from various sources. You are welcome to add your input as well.
Normally we want them to play in our car.
Here is the link of google search results to see all the results:
Here is info from the web:
Unless your car stereo specifies that it will play an MP3, MP3 music files burned onto a CD won't play in your car's stereo. In some instances, because of media protection encryption, burned MP3s auto convert to MP4 and will not play in your car stereo. Car stereos usually will only play "Audio" files.
CD-RWs are 70% less reflective than normal CDs, and many stereo and car CD player lasers are not powerful enough to read them. To work around this issue, burn audio CDs only to high-quality, brand name CD-R (compact disc, recordable) media. If you are using a CD-R, try these solutions: Solution 1: Lower the burn speed
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data CD containing for example MP3 or WAV files will play happily on
your computer but is unlikely to play in a standalone CD player or
in-car CD player (note that some modern CD players will play data CDs).
An audio CD will play on any standalone or in-car CD player and in your computer and in modern DVD players.Jun 19, 2020
When buying blank CDs for burning, it is strongly recommended that you purchase good quality CD-Rs (that can be burnt just once) and not the rewritable CD-RWs.
Burning software
In order to burn an audio CD you will need a CD burning application. Most computers already come with media player software that can burn CDs. For example, you can use Windows Media Player built into Windows or Music built into Macs. Ensure in either Windows Media Player or Music that you select the option for burning a "Music CD" and not a "Data CD" as mentioned above, unless you choose Audio CD, the CD will not play on most CD players.
Windows Media Player
In Windows Media Player:
- Use the Burn tab
- Drag the files you want to burn to CD onto its "Burn list"
- Click on "Start burn".
| Windows Media Player 11 will not accept
WAV files for burning if they are dragged straight into a burn list
without having previously been played in Media Player. You will see a
red symbol and a "length of file cannot be determined" error. To solve
this problem, drag the file into the Media Player Library or into a
playlist, then from there into a burn list. Windows Media Player 12 does
not have this problem.
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Other burning software
You can also use a standalone Windows burning application like CDBurnerXP, Deep Burner or Nero (or Burn or Toast for Mac) to burn your exported files. Most Linux distributions include Brasero or K3B for CD burning. When using standalone burning applications, open the files from within that software, do not drag and drop them from your file manager. Once again do not forget to select the setting to burn an "Audio CD" or "Music CD" as explained above.
Common Pitfalls
Metadata and CD-Text
Even if you use Audacity's Metadata Tags editor to add metadata such as Title, Artist and Genre to your exported WAV files, that metadata does not get automatically burned to the CD. You can set Apple Music/iTunes and some other burning applications (but not Windows Media Player) to burn metadata to each track as separate CD-Text. Providing your CD burner supports CD-Text, a standalone CD player that supports CD-Text will then be able to display each track's metadata.
You can also use a Cue Sheet to add CD-Text in burning applications that support Cue Sheets.
The above are quotes from Tutorial -Burning CD, see the original page for complete information.
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More info from MICROSOFT:
Burned CD's will not play in Cd player.
Here is their response:
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FreeRip
How to convert CDA files to MP3 (or Wav/Wma/Vorbis/Flac) with FreeRIP
The first thing you must know is .CDA files are not audio files, they are just a way that Windows uses to let you access an Audio CD index. When I say that they are not audio files, I mean that they do not contain sampled sound at all! This means that you cannot convert them to another format (such like MP3), simply because they do not contain audio samples! How to convert CDA files to MP3? If you copy a .CDA file to our hard drive and try to play it with an audio player, nothing happens. And this is why you need FreeRIP to extract audio tracks from an Audio CD and convert CDA files to MP3.
To extract audio tracks from an Audio CD to MP3 (or another supported format) use FreeRIP as described here in FreeRIP user manual.
If you copied some .CDA file to your hard drive or to a different media.....sorry, you can't convert them to MP3 format. You will need to find the original CD and rip its tracks with FreeRIP and to convert CDA files to MP3.
Note: The problem is that the .cda files weren't visible at all!
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Information from Microsoft
Rip music from a CD in Windows Media Player
When you rip music from a CD, you're copying songs from an audio CD to your PC. If you have songs on your PC, you can easily sync them to a portable device, burn a CD to play in your car, or play your music with just a tap or click. For more info about ripping music, see Rip music: Frequently asked questions
To rip music from a CD
Make sure your PC is connected to the Internet if you want Windows Media Player to get info such as the name of the CD, the artist, and song titles for the tracks being ripped. If you don't have an Internet connection, you can manually add the info.
Open Windows Media Player:
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Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then tap Search.
(If you're using a mouse, point to the upper-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer down, and then click Search.) -
Enter Windows Media Player in the search box, tap or click Apps, and then tap or click Windows Media Player.
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Insert an audio CD into the CD drive.
If you want to select a different format or bit rate, tap or click the Rip settings menu, and then choose Format or Audio Quality in the Player Library.
If you don't want to rip every song, clear the check boxes next to the songs you don't want.
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Tap or click the Rip CD button
in Now Playing mode or Rip CD in the Player Library to begin ripping.When your songs have been ripped, you can find and play them in the Player Library.
Note
The Player stores ripped songs in the Music library on your PC. If you delete your Music library or remove all folders from it, you won't be able to rip music from a CD.
To add or edit media info after ripping
Make sure your PC is connected to the Internet if you want Windows Media Player to get info such as the name of the CD, the artist, and song titles for the tracks being ripped. If you don't have an Internet connection, you can manually add the info.
Open Windows Media Player:
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Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then tap Search.
(If you're using a mouse, point to the upper-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer down, and then click Search.) -
Enter Windows Media Player in the search box, tap or click Apps, and then tap or click Windows Media Player.
If the Player is currently open and you’re in Now Playing mode, tap or click the Switch to Library button
in the upper-right corner of the Player.-
In the Player Library, find the album you just ripped.
Swipe across or right-click the album, and then tap or click Find album info.
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If you get an error message that says you need to change your privacy settings:
Tap or click Organize, tap or click Options, and then tap or click the Privacy tab.
Select the Update music files by retrieving media info from the Internet check box.
Repeat steps 2 and 3.
Do one of the following:
If the correct album or artist info appears in the search results: Select the correct entry, and then follow the instructions on the page to automatically update the album art and media info.
If the correct album doesn't appear in the search results: Follow the instructions on the page to search again using different search criteria or to add the media info manually.
Note: If the correct album info appears with a generic music icon displayed as the album art, the album art is unavailable for download.
Note
Unauthorized use and/or duplication of copyrighted material may be a violation of copyright law in the United States and/or other countries/regions. Copyrighted material includes, but is not limited to, software, documentation, graphics, lyrics, photographs, clipart, animations, movie and video clips, as well as sound and music (including when MP3 encoded). Violation of U.S. and international copyright laws may subject you to significant civil and/or criminal penalties.
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notes from a forum responce: Maybe Nissan's player supports M4a format. That is the format in which songs are converted in iTunes for iPhones. You can try converting one mp3 file to M4a format using Imtoo audio converter.
Monday, August 24, 2020
Scanning tips: articles
This article has clear explanation and comparison of several scanning apps :
Why you should consider using vFlat for book scanning
Nov 25, 2019 · 7 min read
Speaking of archiving, here is an interesting organization:
Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library offering millions of free books, movies, & audio files, plus billions of saved web pages in the Wayback Machine
Info from the twitter account of archive.org here is more information:
Whether it’s @unsplash or @internetarchive there are quite a few inexpensive, or even free, resources available to help #filmmakers. We listed many of our favorites here: ow.ly/My7q50AZPn8
We
lend ebooks worldwide, for free. Over two million free ebooks available
and 1M more in our lending library. A web page for every book.
Proprietor of TEXTFILES.COM, historian, filmmaker, archivist, famous cat maintenance staff. Works on/for the Internet Archive. Rank Amateur.
My notes:
I searched archive.org for a long time newspaper and it got wrong info:
The Armenian Reporter, a New York Armenian newspaper is not CORRECT at all! It's some business, totally unrelated. So I got to try and find out if they are really correct in archiving, as they claim.
Sunday, August 2, 2020
Thursday, July 30, 2020
Sunday, July 26, 2020
PC and laptop issues: Hmmm… can't reach this page
Have you been having trouble accessing the internet? You want to reach a website, and then you get interrupted by
how to fix windows 10 8 and 7 error in chrome browserTry running Windows Network Diagnostics server dns could not be found windows 10.
Hmmm… can't reach this page
ERR_CONNECTION_FAILED
and the diagnostics starts running for a long time! It's so frustrating! And I end up giving up my activity! Waste of my precious time!
I never had this problem before. It is very annoying. I did some research and I found the following sources. I'll list them here. I hope you will find them useful.
If you have other suggestions, you are welcome to share.
Fix Try running Windows Network Diagnostics DNS Error Chrome Windows 10, 8, 7 Youtube video:
I followed it and it looked like this:
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.18363.959]
(c) 2019 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\WINDOWS\system32>net localgroup Administrators /add localservice
The command completed successfully.
C:\WINDOWS\system32>
then I rebooted my laptop
Social Media and it's importance
updated information on August 10, 2021
What’s on my Desk: PR Mogul Ronn Torossian
Ronn Torossian is the founder and CEO of 5W Public Relations, one of the 15 largest independently-owned PR firms in the United States. The firm was named ‘PR Agency of the Year’ by the American Business Awards for the third straight year;
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Social Media keeps evolving. What used to be the best platform for marketing is no more. Take Google's Google+ which was a great way to promote your business.
In this article, they are touching upon the latest social media platforms for business owners. I personally don't have time for videos, nor TikTok. I like to limit and channel my time and energy on those that have worked well for me.
How about you? What works well for your business?
Here is the article:
A Breakdown of Every Major Social Media Platform for Business Owners
How every social media platform can play a big part in expanding your brand.
How much does Social Media cost companies in 2011?
Even though this article was written in 2011, it has great points worth taking note of.
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How Much Does Social Media Marketing Cost?
Quote from this article: Restructuring an existing Twitter account with “limited coaching” to achieve client goals is still going to cost you between $1,000-$2,500 per month, with some charging as much as $4,000 per month.
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Do you outsource your social media marketing? I know I do it in house promoting various projects I work on, and it's really very time consuming! But when you get sales, it's all worth it! I keep building up following. For example a month ago I started a new Instagram account for one of my projects, and I am up to 360 followers. Not bad, I am satisfied, specially I am attracting the right followers. It's important to have quality followers in line with your specific business.
What's your social media strategy, do you do it in house or outsource it?
Friday, July 24, 2020
Wordpress tips and tricks
8 of the best photo-editing apps for your iPhone and Android phone
These awesome free and paid photo-editing apps open up endless creative opportunities for your phone photography.
1. Snapseed
Google-owned Snapseed offers a wide range of exposure and color tools to make tweaks to your images, but also has plenty of filter options, from vintage styles to modern, punchy HDR looks. You can layer the effects up to create some interesting edits on your image. And best of all, it's totally free.
I have used Wordpress for blogging. However, it's a powerful platform for webdesign.
I'm still pretty new at it.
Here is some information I found researching the internet for tips and tricks: While WordPress is really easy to use, there are some common WordPress errors that can make you panic. The good thing is that the WordPress error you are seeing on your site is most likely been reported and resolved by someone before you. At WPBeginner, we have written tutorials on how to fix several popular WordPress errors. In this article, we will cover the 40 most common WordPress errors along with showing you how to fix all of these common WordPress errors.
5G information from CNET - July 2020
There is a lot of talk about 5G, some alarming and others positive.
I'll post here several resources as reference and to make a decision if it's works for you:
5G handy glossary and some myths debunked
The Pentagon's fight to kill Ligado's 5G network
The Defense Department says the FCC's approval of Ligado's petition to use satellite spectrum for 5G will destroy GPS.
| 5G: Everything you need to know |
| A big boost in speed and responsiveness is just the tip of the iceberg for the next-gen cellular technology being rolled out now. 5G made simple: https://www.cnet.com/videos/5g-made-simple/?ftag=CAD-04-10aac3a&bhid=26824672969200884274889905229746&mid=12941740&cid=1290170515 5G myths, debunked: 5G doesn't cause COVID-19 and won't replace 4G We clear up some of the confusion around the next-gen wireless tech. COVID-19 has pushed health care online -- and 5G will make it betterQualcomm President Cristiano Amon talks up mobile's role in helping combat the novel coronavirus |
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