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Keyboard shortcuts for VLC media player to make life much better

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Keyboard shortcuts make our lives much productive and pretty simple as well. The task becomes easier and can be performed faster with the help of shortcut keys. And the VLC media player is among the various apps that pack some very cool and interesting shortcuts. The application is definitely the go-to destination when it comes to watching videos for many people and if you are also one among them then the following VLC shortcuts are definitely going to help you to make your task simple and easy.

  • Enter into full-screen mode and watch your favourite videos in the VLC player by just simply using the shortcut key F11.
  • Very few people know this shortcut key but it is the most useful and also the most wanted shortcut key as well as it helps to pause the video if something else needs your attention while you watch videos on VLC media player. Just click on the spacebar and video will be paused and after you are done and ready to watch the video again then press the space bar again.
  • Wanna skip the video that you are watching or would like to backward the video and watch the things that you just missed here are the simple shortcuts that will help you

Shift+Left/Right (Long)

Ctrl+Left/Right (short)

Alt+Left/Right (Medium)

  • Control the volume of the video that you are watching by simply using the very cool VLC shortcuts Ctrl + Up/Down arrow.
  • This shortcut is just so much required and very useful as well, mute the video by using the very handy VLC shortcut, mute the video by simply using the “M” key on your keyboard.
  • Use the Ctrl + O shortcut for quickly accessing the media from your library.
  • Use the key “A” for changing the aspect ratio of the video that you are currently watching.
  • The controls in the VLC media player can be hidden by simply using the Ctrl + H shortcut key.
  • The shortcut keys “N” and “P” simple helps you to switch between the tracks in your playlist.
  • Take a screenshot of your video screen by using the shortcut key Shift + S.

These simple and pretty useful keyboard shortcuts thus help the user to do various simple tasks quickly without having to touch the mouse.

4 Of The Best Webcam Softwares For Your Laptops/PCs

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We have been used to clicking pictures, videos very much these days. Mobile phone cameras have been playing a great role in helping us do the task of capturing our pictures, videos. But the webcams in our laptops and PCs also can be utilized better. You will need webcam softwares for that. So, here we present you with some of the really interesting applications that you must try.

Most Interesting Webcam Softwares

YouCam

It is one of the very popular webcam softwares available. YouCam comes with a clean, neat and simple user interface. But it comes with some really cool, interesting features for the users. The user interface makes it the best choice for beginners but that doesn’t just mean it is imbibed with fewer features. It comes with scene filters, face distortion lenses, emoticons, dynamic effects, and stickers, Acatars, AR stickers. This camera can be synced with services like Skype, Yahoo Messenger.

Yawcam 

This is another webcam software which is packed with some really cool features. It even has got really simple to use interface. Yawcam offers some features like image to movie  converter, text/image overlay. The applications helps you in editing the images making your task very simple.

Windows Camera

This is another third part webcam tool with lots of editing tools and effects. This tool from Microsoft can capture photos for you in two aspect ratios. It even has got some really cool, and most wanted features like time lapse video, burst shots which everyone desires to have in their webcam and this simple to use tool can help you get those features in your webcam.

ManyCam

The final program in our list of webcam softwares,  but this tool is not any less in features. It is equally better and interesting tool. It gives you features like transitions, face masks, emoticons, backgrounds, YouTube integration, picture in picture mode and green screen.

So, do give these program a try for sure.

How To Stop Automatic Chrome Updates in Windows

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Chrome browser gets the automatic updates and updates itself automatically in the background. And if you wish to choose out of that feature, then you can and in fact, Chrome doesn’t allow it and Windows users are fortunate enough that they can get out of the automatic chrome updates and it is pretty easy, just follow these steps.

Stop Automatic Chrome Updates

Using System Configuration

  • As a first step you need to open the run prompt window, you can do this by clicking on the Windows + R key
  • Once the window is opened, type ‘msconfig’ in the box and hit enter
  • Then go to services tab in the system configuration tab
  • Now search for the two items Google Update Service (gupdate), Google Update Service (gupdatem), uncheck both these options and click ok
  • Then it will prompt you to restart your computer for saving the changes, restart your Pc, and you are done

Using Windows Service Manager

  • As a first move, you need to open the run window and you can do it either by clicking on the start menu and selecting the command prompt from it or can simply use the keys Windows + R to open the run prompt
  • Once you find the window opened, just type ‘services.msc’ in the box and then hit enter
  • Then scroll down to the Google Update Service (gupdate) and Google Update Service (gupdatem). Double each item separately, and then click on the general tab, and under the startup type, select the disable option from the drop-down menu and click on ok
  • Windows Service manager can also be accessed by opening Windows Control panel, then system and security, and then system administrative tools, and finally click on services

These are simple processes to help you to stop updating your Chrome. Use any of these simple processes to stop automatic chrome updates.

Learn How To Forward Multiple Emails At Once In Gmail

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Gmail is undoubtedly the most popular email service even there are a lot of email services available in the market. It is pretty simple and easy to use this mail service and also has a lot of features in it. But it still doesn’t have the facility of sending multiple emails at a time which is the most wanted or desired feature at times.

Send Multiple Gmails At Once

For some people, forwarding emails is a troublesome thing that they do daily. For Gmail (and many other email clients) users, you know that it only allows you to forward one email at a time. So if you have a bunch of emails to be forwarded, you need to open each of those and click the forward option to have them forwarded. Wish there was a way to quickly forward multiple emails at once? Luckily, there is.

But we can enable this facility for Gmail using a Google Chrome extension which is the “Multi Forward for Gmail”

  • First thing you need to do is install the Chrome extension, after installing it just login into your Gmail account
  • Select the multiple emails which you like to send. Click on the multi-forward icon that you will find with the other options.
  • The chrome extension will then ask you to authenticate your account, just click on sign in.
  • You will then be directed to login page where you need to login again and then click on allow in the permissions page.
  • After its done you will see a message saying Authentication succeeded
  • Now select the multiple emails that you wish to send and click on the Multi forward icon. Then enter the addresses of the recipients, you can enter multiple recipients and click on the multi-forward button

Do not close the window as it will take a few seconds to send the emails.

Here Is How You Can Change the Chrome’s Bookmark Icons

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Bookmarks in the browsers are the most useful ones and also popular among internet users. They make the task of internet users very easy by giving them easy access to the various websites they visit on a regular basis.  But have you ever felt bored of the icons in your Google Chrome browser and there is actually a way to get rid of those boring icons and here is how you can do that?

Changing Bookmark Icons In Chrome

Changing bookmark icons in Chrome is actually really easy, and all you need is the image that you want to use as a favicon, and a Chrome Extension. The extension I’m going to use is called “Favicon Changer”, and it works very well. In order to change the favicon of a bookmark in Chrome, just follow the steps below:

It is a pretty simple process and all you need to do is just using a simple chrome extension called Favicon Changer.

  • Add the extension favicon Changer to your Chrome browser.
  • In the second step, you need to search for an image that you would like to use as favicon on your browser bookmarks. Websites like freefavicon can be useful for finding the images for your bookmarked icons.
  • Now go to the website that you would like to set as a bookmark, or if you have it bookmarked then open it in the new tab.
  • Now click on the extension icon, here you have to select whether you want to set the image for the single page or the entire website.
  • Click on the browse and then select the image that you would like to set.
  • Once you have selected the image, just click on change.

Use these simple steps, and change the icons of your websites in Google Chrome. There are a lot of other Chrome Extensions that you can use to achieve the same results. We hope and wish this one helped you.