Tips Of The Week

Tip 1:

In Songs.pk, most of the songs are in 128 KBps quality. But you might find some newer songs in 160 or 192 KBps. If you want to store all songs in your collection in similar quality, use Sony Audio Studio to convert them to 128 KBps. It will take just a few seconds for each song.

Tip 2:
In Sony Audio Studio, there is an option to detach audio from video files for editing/processing purposes. But there are two problems in it. First, after processing, the detached audio file is lengthened by 100 milliseconds or so. (For that matter, every audio file processed becomes lengthened by 50 to 100 milliseconds). It gives a progressive delay and audio sync problem in the video after reattaching, but quite unnoticable if you don't look for it. Second, the entire video has to be processed to reattach the audio because there is no option for DIRECT COPY of video stream (Reprocessing the video might compromise its quality). Let us hope Sony people rectify these problems soon.

Tip 3:

Whenever you want to download a song, always RIGHT CLICK on it and give SAVE LINK AS in Firefox or SAVE TARGET AS in Internet Explorer because in most of the sites, LEFT CLICK starts Quicktime Player to play the song from the site.

Tip 4:

In Firefox, the PAUSE/RESUME button in the download window, will not work for file storage servers like Rapidshare, Megaupload etc.,

Tip 5:

Firefox loads web pages seemingly faster than Internet Explorer even when the bandwidth is being fully consumed by programs like uTorrent. Thus, Firefox is preferable for browsing the web on such occasions.

Internet Explorer Vs Firefox

Question Of The Week

Internet Explorer Vs Firefox

Which is better?

An Eternal Question...

Lots of experts' reviews are already available in the web. We still have scope to answer this question from the users' point of view. Both programs have their own advantages and disadvantages. I use Firefox to make downloads and Internet Explorer for browsing the web !!

Why Firefox?

1. Firefox can be used like a mass downloader program because all downloads are shown in a single window. Moreover, the number of active downloads and the remaining time are diplayed in the status bar of the main window. In Internet Explorer, progress of each download is shown in a seperate window.

2. In Firefox, there is a PAUSE/RESUME button which is quite handy. You can PAUSE/RESUME the downloads whenever you want but not in Internet Explorer.

3. Another positive thing about Firefox is... it recognises the free bandwidth when some of the downloads are finished and immediately improves the speed of remaining downloads. Apparently, Internet Explorer takes its own time for this.

4. And that is not all. At the end of each download, Firefox scans it for viruses before presenting the downloaded file to us.

Why Internet Explorer?

1. The width of the webpages usually fit with the width of Internet Explorer window probably because most websites are built to work best with Internet Explorer. In Firefox, the width of the webpages usually don't fit with the width of main window which needs constant horizontal scrolling.

2. If you want to enlarge the text/image size in Internet Explorer, there is a percentage button in the right lower corner which needs just a click. It takes many a clicks to enlarge the text size in Firefox.

3. Digital e-newspapers can be read only in Internet Explorer because in Firefox you can't highlight/click a particular news section even though you can view the layout.

Debatable Issues:

1. It is claimed that Firefox gives lesser number of pop-ups while browsing (did somebody count?). I won't take this point seriously because efficiency of the pop-up blocker varies with different sites. Moreover, you can set the pop-up blocker to the Highest level (the default is medium only) in Internet Explorer (Tools -> Options -> Privacy). Of course, this will prevent Download Pop-ups too, but then I have already told you to make downloads through Firefox. You also have the choice to exempt your favourite sites from the pop-up blocker.

2. People frequently opine that Internet Explorer is not as secure as Firefox. It may be so probably because hackers usually target the most used browser. You can set the security settings of Internet Zone to the Highest level (the default is medium only) in Internet Explorer (Tools -> Options -> Security -> Internet). But then, Active Scripting (Javascript) will be disabled. You will need to enable Javascript to view some sites.

3. For that matter, Firefox has simple and user-friendly OPTIONS. But that shouldn't count if you are willing to learn.

4. Since Firefox is an open source program, umpteen number of Add-ONs (Plug-INs) are available. The safety and utility of them are not certain.

Sony Audio Studio

Program Of The Week

Sony Audio Studio

You can EDIT/PROCESS audio files with this program. Processes like Noise Reduction, Volume Normalisation, Equilisation and a lot more are there. Save the music files into any format you want (mp3, wma, wav etc.,). Or you can simply use it for bitrate conversion or audio file type conversion. It is very easy to use. And it works very fast.

Bollywood Hindi Songs

Website Of The Week

www.songs.pk

www.bollymp3online.com

Are you a music lover? Do you like music from the Indian Subcontinent? Well... you will love these sites. Songs.pk has got a large collection of Bollywood Songs from Hindi movies which are nicely arranged alphabetically. Quality of the songs from old movies is quite good. Indian Pop and Remix songs are also available. There is also a collection of Pakistani Songs.

Bollymp3 is another Hindi movie mp3 site. Names of the movies are arranged in alphabetical order. Some songs which I couldn't find in Songs.pk were available here in Bollymp3.