Idioteex

Posts Tagged ‘Remove’

The following article will share with you how to strip DRM off protected iTunes purchased M4V movies and TV shows and burn to DVD for backup, enhancement or playback on traditional TV sets, home DVD players with Media Converter Ultimate.

Step 1. Download Media Converter Ultimate, install and run it. ( free download )

Media Converter Ultimate combines into one prgram the functions of DRM Remover, DVD Creator, DVD Ripper, Media Converter, Media Transfer, etc. It is fully compatible with Windows XP, Vista (including 64 Bit) and Windows 7.

Step 2. Strip DRM off iTunes purchased movies and TV shows

Click the “Add” button to load iTunes media. iTunes movies and TV shows are usually located in the Movies and TV Shows folders under *:\My Documents\My music\iTunes\iTunes Music. After making some necessary settings, click the “Start” button to begin the conversion.

Step 3. Burn iTunes movies and TV shows to DVD

After the conversion, there is a pop-up dialog asking you to either “Burn to DVD” or “Copy to Devices” (media transfer). Choose the former and a window will pop up, with the (DRM free) files you just converted listed ready to be burnt.

Click “OK” to go to the next “Burn to DVD” window, where you can choose a menu template, set background image/music, etc for the output.

Click “Next” to make further DVD burning settings. You can choose to burn to DVD drive (insert a DVD disc first), burn to ISO file or burn to DVD folder. You can also specify the output path for the ISO file or DVD folder, choose TV Stardand (NTSC or PAL), Aspect Ratio, etc for the output. Besides, the software will estimate result file volume for you. Click “Start” and the whole DVD burning progress gets started.  Read more...

Fine wines are an almost imperceptible art, a sensation that many manage to bottle, but few effectively uncork. So many of us have that exceptional bottle of wine at home from an unforgettable vacation, a departed significant one, a visit to a winery, that we are so eager to open on a special occasion, on the right moment. The bottle ages for ages and we keep on waiting and waiting. Finally, the moment comes, and we feel so ready for it. But then, in a momentary lapse of reason, or rather of an “I’m not sure how to do it” mode, the magic is lost. Instead of uncorking properly, the cork breaks into pieces and spreads into our valuable wine.

Disaster.

Whether you are a social wine drinker that has a bottle at home now and then or a wine aficionado with a massive cellar collection, this can happen to anyone.

Here’s your deal:

Uncorking with a regular corkscrew may not be the best of ideas because your bottle is old and the cork will probably break easily.

Buy a waiter’s corkscrew that is relatively inexpensive, $4 to $7, and definitely foolproof. Think: what restaurant would allow its waiters to look foolish if they can’t uncork properly a bottle of wine? A waiter’s corkscrew has a tiny flip-out blade on one end that can be used for removing the foil capsule. On the other end, there is a lever that can be used as a bracket that sits on the edge of the bottle to give you leverage when uncorking. Simple; cheap; infallible. Just about every wine store would have one.  Read more...

Homeowners view their wall as a large canvas that invites all kinds of art work. Even in homes with a minimalist theme, homeowners never fail to add something to accentuate the walls, be it a single sculpture, painting, picture, or even a display of projected lights.

In more traditional homes, wallpaper is used. Wallpaper, an traditional aspect of modern interior design, is a paper material utilized to cover and adorn the interior walls of rooms, offices, and houses. When initially purchased, wallpapers come in rolls. It is adhered to the wall through the application of wallpaper paste.

Wallpapers can be plain, which can be used to simply alter the original color of the wall. Plain wallpaper can also be the base for custom-painted wall designs. It can come in a lot of printed designs. Printed wallpaper is based on seventeen basic patterns, which can be used to tile an infinite plane.

Wallpaper can definitely add character to a home, making lively an otherwise dull wall. However, just like any other paper, wallpaper can fade and yellow in time. It can sustain damage from rips, tears, liquids spilled over it, or vandalism. Or one may just want to have a change of looks. Sooner or later, the wallpaper has to be changed. The first thing to do, of course, is to remove the old wallpaper, which is a very tough thing to do.

Let’s say you want old dirty wallpaper with a nautical wall art motif to be changed into a summery, flowery design. Here are several ways of removing the old one.

1. Perforation  Read more...