PC Software

Unfortunately as Windows based operating systems become easier and easier to pickup and use with their shiny graphics and user friendly design it seems the art of scripting or batch coding is becoming rarer.  I thought I’d take the time to share with you a simple script I’ve previously written to be able to backup […]

If you’re wondering How to Fix Low Bitrate issues in Facebook Gaming I might just have the answer for you! I recently ran into an issue when I took another look at Facebook Gaming as an alternative to Twitch, Mixer and YouTube gaming that meant regardless of what I did, the connection was terrible and

The biggest challenge when running your own web / email server is stopping any emails you send from being classified as spam.  If your emails end up being classified as spam there is good chance you will affect your end user engagement as many of the main email services such as Outlook.com and Gmail have

Converting FLAC to MP3 using FFMPEG doesn’t have to be difficult.  I’ve been using FLAC for my audio collection now for a while but recently needed to convert some of them into MP3 for the in car audio system.  I wanted to maintain any meta data and achieve a decent level of audio quality without

I’ve recently been going through a number of old MKV home video files and wanted a quicker way to convert them from MKV to M4V so iTunes could stream them properly to my Apple TV. I’ve been using Handbrake but the problem with Handbrake is that it will re-process all streams including video and run

AirParrot is a fantastic, affordable tool that allows PC’s to share their screens with Apple TV. Although there are a number of personal uses for this, it wasn’t until I started working at a client site that have deployed Apple TV and AirParrot as their display screen solution of choice that I realised it’s corporate

I’ve got a number of home video files in MKV format that I put forced subtitles on. I found this very helpful when I was filming action footage when bike riding for example as sometimes you can barely hear the audio for the wind noise etc. For my old media player I used the SRT