In this practical guide I show you how to rip and download DRM-free music from Spotify.   The music we’ll download from Spotify is completely DRM free so you’ll be able to play the tracks on your favoured MP3 players. In order to rip from Spotify you’ll need a piece of $20 software,  plus an Open (free) account registered with Spotify. There is some reported success by decoding the Spotify local cached music files on your PC,  but the complexities of doing this are too advanced for average Joe.  So, the method we’ll use here is to simply capture the music stream from Spotify. Read more…

On this guide I  wanted to talk about how I’ve managed to setup a media centre at home on a shoe-string budget by re-using lots of old and aging tech.  This budget media centre has been setup for years now, and has worked extremely well for music, media, music and the internet. Read more…

RemoteKC is freeware and allows you to use your Windows Media Centre remote as a mouse and keyboard. Extremely useful when you want to browse the web from your sofa. RemoteKC works inside many different media centres including MCE, Team Media Portal, Meedio and so on. RemoteKC also works directly in Windows XP, Vista, Win7 and allows you to navigate the desktop, use a web browser or control a media player. Read more…

YouTube is the defacto choice of video sharing and streaming on the web,  but the lesser-known 4 extra neat services from YouTube labs are definitely worth checking out. These are new ideas and tools provided directly from the incubator to allow you to watch YouTube on a large screen TV, reduce the download size of video, and create a party playlist. Read more…

Downloading video content from BBC iPlayer, YouTube and other video hosts, has always been problematic despite the wealth of web sites popping up which claim to help download videos.  With this tool you’ll easily be able to download video from any of the sites listed below.

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