May/102
Access Windows Files from Ubuntu Dual-Boot
Alright, this is for the people who have a dual-boot with their Windows and Ubuntu machine, commonly done through the program called Wubi.
Once you install and get going in Ubuntu, a lot of us come to wonder, how do i get to my Windows files? Thier on the same hard disc (most of the time, unless you choose to install it on another disc upon installation) so you should be able to access those files, right? Yes indeed. Its very easy in fact.
1. In Ubuntu, click on Places from the Upper right hand drop down menu. Then choose Computer.
2. Now once your in Computer, click on the icon that says 'Filesystem' it is equivalent to clicking on your Local Disk (or whatever you have named your main hard drive) on the Windows Operating System.
3. Now that your in your Filesystem find the folder that says 'host'. This is your Windows hard disk files.
4. Now you are in your Windows files! Cliking on 'host' in Ubuntu dual-boot is similar to clicking on your hard drive icon when you are in (My) Computer in Windows.
5. If you wish to get to something like your music, you will have to look for your user file, then click on your name.
So, under 'host' click:
Users>[Your User Name]>Music (Note, if you are using Windows XP, you will have to go: Users>[Your User Name]>My Documents>My Music
I hope that helped you guys. This is just a simple trick for people who don't know this. Thanks for reading!
Any more questions? Leave a comment in this tutorial bellow! or email at: contact@youonpictures.com
INFO: version of Ubuntu in this tutorial: Ubuntu 9.10
May/100
Get Any Video Files on iTunes
Alright, so I know some of you have that problem out their were you want to add a video to iTunes so you can watch it on your iPod/iPhone/iPad, and when you do File>Add file to library... then choose your video and nothing shows up. (Or if it does, and it wont go on your iPod) The reason this is, is because the file you are adding is not a .MP4 format. Video files need to be in an .mp4 format to play on iPods. So how do you get that video in a .mp4 format? Easy, you just need one piece of software, and thats it!
1. First, you need to go and download the program Any Video Converter. It works great and picks up almost every type of video format you input it to convert.
Download Any Video Converter from cnet
2. Once installed start the program, now first I suggest to set your output folder. What the output folder is, is where the program saves your finished video that you chose to convert. I noramally set it to the Desktop to easily find it and move it later, or set it as Videos folder under the Users home. To change your output folder go to File>Set Output folder...
3. Now, you can choose the video file (not currently in the .MP4 format to convert. To do so, just click the big old ADD VIDEO button in the upper left hand side of the application. Now browse for it, and select it. For this demo, im going to use a video i have in the .AVI format.
4. Next, you need to set what file format you want your video to be. And if you want it for your iPod/iPhone/iPad (and even PSPs) you need .MP4 From the file menu in the upper right hand side of the app, where it says Profile: choose Customized MP4 Movie.
5. Now you can click the nice large CONVERT button just to the right of the ADD VIDEO button, and let it convert. The larger/longer the movie the longer it will take to convert the file, but it shouldn't be to bad. Alot of the speed depends on how fast and good your CPU is.
6.Once the converting process is done, your video will be in a MP4 folder of where you set your output folder to. Such as if you set your output folder to your desktop, their will now be a MP4 folder on your desktop which contains your converted video.
7.Then do the old, File>Add File to Library... thing in iTunes, and have a nice Hank Hill styled chuckle and enjoy your video showing up on iTunes and your iPod!
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If you have any issues or questions please leave a comment, or email at contact@youonpictures.com!
Dec/091
How to get Google Earth for Ubuntu
Do you want to be able to use Google Earth in Ubuntu, but tried to download it but could never figure out how to install it? This guide will show you how!
1. Download Google Earth from Google's website normally
3. Save it to your Desktop. This should be the defult option in Firefox to save downloaed files to your desktop. If you want to change your download location in Firefox, then in Firefox go to: Edit > Preferences And in the main tab under Downloads, you can tell it to Save Files to Desktop.
4. Once it is downloaded, you should see a file on your Desktop that says GoogleEarthLinux.bin
5. Right-click on that icon and choose: Open With Other Application...
6. A window should pop up. On the bottom of that window click: Use a Custom Command. Type "sh" in that box and hit enter.
7. A window will appear with white text on a black background... just wait. Then the Google Earth Installer window will apear.
8. All the default settings should be fine, and just click Install.
9. It will now install. It wont take long. And then you will have Google Earth installed!
10. A new icon will apear on the desktop. It will be Google Earth. It will ask if you want to approve it or something like that. And then you can use Google Earth.
You can also start Google Earth by clicking: Applications > Internet > Google Earth (which may take a restart to show up...)
Thanks, and hope everything worked for you! If you have any troubles, just leave a comment on this post.
Dec/093
Using Windows Media Center with your TV Tuner without an IR Remote
So, when I got my TV Tuner, i did not get an IR Remote to use with it. But, i set up everything in Windows Media Center... it picks up the signal, but i get to this step and it says i have to test my IR Remote... and i cant skip it... That was a very bad idea on Microsoft's part... BUT, thankfully their is a way to get past...
1. First, you'll need to download a fake driver to act like you have an IR Receiver and such.
2. Next, in Windows you need to go to add new hardware. In Windows 7, you'll need to type: hdwwiz in the start menu search, then click the program that shows up.
3. Go through the steps, and when you get to where it asks you to choose from the list below select the type of hardware you are installing. Click the very first thing in the list: Show All Devices
4. Then click the Have Disk... button.
5. Then browse for where you saved the downloaded fake driver. Go into the: Vista MCE IR Blaster folder, then 3013, then HAVA, then click the havair.inf file inside then click Open.
6. Then click OK in that window. Then in the Add New Hardware Wizard it should show up as HAVA IR Driver for eHome. Then click Next in the window.
7. It might give you a warning because the driver is not digitally signed, just click Continue anyways if that happens...
8. Then it will install the driver.
9. Now, you can go back into Windows Media Center. Then, under Tasks click, Settings > TV > Set Up Your Signal
10. Now go through the steps... and everything should go good. And for the remote things just pick something random, since the remote wont work anyways. When it asks for you to enter the number for test, use the numbers on your Keyboard.
Hope everything works out good! If any trouble leave a comment on this or email me at: contact@youonpictures.com
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