Archive for April, 2012

Tip: how to add or remove entries from Windows’ send to folder

In Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista and Windows 7, the “send to” entries are a folder at %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo Just copy/paste the above expression to “Windows Explorer” and the program will browse to that local folder. Its contents control, for example, whatever appears on the “send to” menu that happens when one right-clicks a file.

20120409 03:05 AM – Queen – the legendary 1975 concert

In just a few hours time, 2012-04-09, monday, 0305 AM, London time, BBC 4 will broadcast “Queen : The Legendary 1975 Concert” http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00p4hgm Get your digital recorders ready!

Reusing Mini-DV tapes

To tape in HD1080, I use the original Canon HV20, which records the digital video in Mini-DV tapes. The compression is lower than in any other domestic format, the bitrate is higher, the quality is superior, but the tapes are a turn-off for many, who prefer the comfort of an internal HDD, even if with [...]

Workaround for adding network shares to Windows Media Library

In Windows 7, if you try to add a network share to your “music” or “videos” or “pictures” libraries, you’ll probably get an error, either because the network folder is not indexed or indexable, or the remote files are not available offline. Well, it might not be indexed or the files might not be available [...]