A new lease of life has just been breathed into HTML5 video because MPEG LA has just declared that from now on H.264 / MPEG-4 video compression format will be royalty free, forever. Thus far there have been question marks over the future of HTML5 due to the uncertainties over licensing of H.264. But now all doubts have been cleared up!
People behind Flash video and other promoting the development of license-free software, such as the Mozilla foundation had earlier stated that though H.264 was free till 2015, MPEG LA could easily start charging fees post 2015. And their worst fear was that if HTML5 did replace Flash as the primary mode for video on the internet, both businesses and users would have to pay up after 2015. Continue reading…
Here is a free and useful software to convert videos into gif animation file. The benefit of using GIF animation is you can upload them into your social networking website such as Myspace or video sharing website such as Youtube.com, you do not need any adobe flash player installed to view the animated format files. And usually animated files ends with .GIF extension which can be shared via email which is one of the advantage of making an animated GIF file from videos.
Convert Videos to GIF animation
One of the easiest way to create animation is to make use of freeware converter that converts videos into GIF format. One free and useful GIF converter I found can be downloaded from here. (source)
Simple browse any avi video file or mpeg file from your computer to convert videos into GIF animation and resize the output gif if necessary. Let the conversion process begin and there you have created your animation gif video file with good quality.
If you want to reduce the output animation then reduce the avi videos and convert them once again using this software!
As the title suggests, here is a tricky way to download youtube videos on your Mobile phone for free of charge.This will be really helpful for those Mobile Phones which operates without a Internet connection and has a bluebooth feature.To begin downloading videos via bluebooth make sure you have active bluebooth connectivity on your mobile phone as well as your computer system.
Bluetooth Mobile Video Download
Here are the step by step procedure to begin transferring youtube videos to any Mobile Phone :
1. Activate the bluebooth connectivity of your Cell Phone and PC.
2. Copy the Youtube Video url link you want to transfer to your phone.
3. Access this page and enter the video link, hit the download video button.
4. Scan and select the devices and proceed with the given instructions..
That’s it! The youtube video will be downloaded and transferred immediately to your Mobile phone via bluebooth!
Music iLike is yet another popular Orkut application that lets you add music-songs,Youtube videos and mp3 song playlist to your Okut profile homepage conveniently so that your friends can listen to your favorite song when they land on your profile page.To add music and youtube videos on your profile,add Music Ilike application and customize the settings.
You have the option to search for songs or videos to embed in your orkut homepage,Music iLike delivers good number of song search results and has another feature to dedicate and send your favorite song from your friend list instantly.You can also Play Music quiz with your friend or add latest songs from new artist.The application is quite popular and if you don’t have it then you are not a avid orkut user 
Add Songs and Videos on Orkut Profile – Music iLike
Certainly the online sharing video communities have seen a drastic attraction in couple of years. At present there are tons of online video sharing websites like Youtube, Dailymotion, MegaVideo.. and there are ways to save & download online videos on your desktop for offline viewing.
One such online web service is Clip nabber which is useful when you have limited Internet connection and can’t view online videos.
Clip nabber allows you to freely download your favorite online video from tons of online streaming videos websites like MySpace, Break, iFilm, Google Video,Youtube, Dailymotion, MegaVideo, Metacafe, Veoh and much more. Visit Clip nabber and input the URL of the video,click nab video to save as well as download the videos in .FLV format or Mp4 Ipod Video format.
Thanks to a friend called Pratyush who helped a lot in making these addon collection.Infact the entire credit goes to him.He also has a tumble blog and he blogs on Fully faltoo funny blog. A witty guy!
It came, it saw and it conquered. Google Chrome has been said as the most potential browser, though it has been criticized for lack of support of plugins or so called addons. We all like Firefox browser cause it has AdBlock, Gmail This, Stumble and what not! However, you can still get these firefox addon/extension type features on Chrome browser by using some smart bookmarklets, so-called Google chrome addons.
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Google chrome is a brower with no addon compatibility feature,these bookmarklets will help you have some additional benefits which will be useful to some of them out their.Just make sure you have the bookmark bar enabled on new tabs.Click ctrl+b on your chrome browser and you will have a static bookmarking bar whenever a new tab is opened!
To use this bookmarklet,click on the hyperlink and drag them on to the Chrome Bookmark bar.
Disable/block Ads on webpage (Adblock for chrome)
Adblock+ Just drag and drop this link/bookmarklet on your bookmarks bar.Ad block removes “java, flash, background music, and third-party iframes.” Thus it does a handy job of blocking the ads on a webpage. Who says only firefox addon block ads ? Chrome too has a Adblock type addon now!
Stumble using Chrome
Stumble it - Add this link and click on it whenever you want to Stumble a page you liked. I like this bookmarklet better than the toolbar as it gives me more space.Another way of stumbling a webpage can be found here.
“Gmail This!” bookmarklet
Gmail This – Another very useful feature to mail any page using Gmail. For Google Apps Mail, try this(you will need to replace “yourdomain.com” with your own domain name).
Convert plain text URL’s into hyperlinks
Linkify - This is a cool addon bookmarklet to convert all plain text URL’s into hyperlinks on a webpage.
Social Bookmarking submission
Socialize – Submit a blog post from Google chrome to more than 50 social bookmarking website with a few clicks.
All in one video downloader
Video downloader – Remember the firefox addon which lets you download videos from youtube abd google videos ? Why not do the same with Google chrome browser! This code will let you download from Youtube and many other video sharing website.
Check Google Pagerank
Google Pagerank – Google toolbar was not available for chrome browser,the toolbar has a smart pagerank system,drag this bookmarklet and click on it whenever you want to check the pagerank of any website or blog.
Twitter Updates from Chrome
Twitter now – Drag this bookmarlet to chrome bookmark bar and whenever you feel like updating your twitter account just click on the bookmark to get a pop up which will let you update the twitter status and check messages.
Tumblr bookmarklet
Tumblelog – Sharing on Tumblr has always been easy, and it still remains on Chrome too.If you own a tumblr blog then this bookmarklet would be helpful.Just Drag this button to your Bookmarks Bar to quickly post to your tumblelog.
Dictionary,thesaurus and reference
Dictionary – One does misses dictionary under your mouse point in Chrome. No more now! Dictionary addon plugin is also here.If you are a thesaurus fan, just drag and drop this (Thesaurus) bookmarklet too on your bookmarks bar.Also you can add a similar bookmarklet for Reference too!
Google translation Chromelet
Translate – Landed on a page that seems Greek to you ? No worry anymore, just click it and see the translation in English. YOu dont even need to know the source language.
The list will be updated with new addons/bookmarklets! Thank you pratyush for your generous help!
Updated Google chrome addons bookmarklet
Delicious Bookmark - Bookmark easily and quickly on Google chrome using this delicious bookmark. Drag and drop the bookmarklet addon and whenever you feel like bookmarking a page, click on the delicious bookmark link.
Divx is a popular video player which lets you watch .divx video files.Divx player is also available for mobile phones! This free player will let you watch videos on your mobile easily.Divx has many quality features which not only encodes,decodes and plays video files but also the codecs of divx are recognized and they are one of the best video compression of multimedia world.
Playing the .divx videos from Mobile
The divx mobile player installation works just like the normal divx pc installation.First download divx mobile player depending on the type of OS you are using (works with windows and symbian phones).Connect your mobile phone to your computer by using data cable or if you are using memory card then connect with a card reader.Drag and drop the .divx files from your computer hard disk onto your mobile phone.Also you can send and share divx videos by launching the mobile browser like Opera mini and select the browser option to send/share a link of the video or channel.
One more thing to note while using mobile divx player is that if your phone isn’t DivX Certified, you still might be able to watch DivX video on your phone but if your mobile phone is Divx certified then you are bound to get good quality video from divx player on your mobile screen.
Divx player is built differently for different cell phones,according to your mobile phone’s OS choose the files,download and install on your phone.Here the following platform which divx mobile player supports :
Windows Mobile 5.0 or later including:
- Windows Mobile 5.0 (Smartphone and PocketPC)
- Windows Mobile 6 (Standard, Classic and Professional)
Symbian OS 9.0 or later including:
- Symbian OS S60 3rd Edition
- Symbian OS UIQ 3.0
Download DivX player for Mobile phones
We all know Twitter has a new feature called as "Downtime" which makes it unique.Twitter works only when you have the LUCK with you.
But today twitter did rectify two problems –
1. Pagination and IM are currently disabled.They’ll be back.
2. When you click on the Older button,You get a message like this
"Twitter is stressing out a bit right now,so this feature is temporarily disabled."
Next time if you get a downtime then make sure you don’t get depressed and visit Twitter blog or Is twitter down web site,I refresh and glare at the page to pass my time 
But if get bored doing these stunts (lol) ,then watch this short Video and learn 5 things to do when twitter is down.
Video Length – 1:02 min
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