When downloading a file from Rapidshare sometimes the default video player on my computer (windows xp) switches to something called “Nero Cover Designer,” and I cannot play the video. I have Nero software, and can’t seem to stop my computer defaulting to this, no matter how many times I go into the control panel and try to ensure all files go via windows media player. I am not at all I.T. savvy, so any suggestions in the most simple language possible would be much appreciated.
posted on Aug 15, 2008 - 4 answers

Resources for learning more about being the "web producer" (aka online content manager, etc) for a small-market TV news outlet? [more inside]
posted on Aug 12, 2008 - 5 answers

I'm trying to cultivate a certain kind of beauty in life - something exemplified by the likes of Dumbo feather, pass it on and Keri Smith's blog. Where else can I find such beauty? [more inside]
posted on Aug 12, 2008 - 4 answers

Which Australian Advertising/Media Magazine (and its associated directories) should I subscribe to? [more inside]
posted on Aug 10, 2008 - 3 answers

Best solution for a central media server in an apartment with a wired network on the free/cheap? more details inside. [more inside]
posted on Aug 7, 2008 - 6 answers

Anyone have experience with AdInterax? [more inside]
posted on Aug 6, 2008 - 1 answers

I'm the first-time father of a one-year old boy. Having recently finished "The Road" and "The Prince of Frogtown" and enjoyed the movie "The Kite Runner", I'm looking for suggestions of other books (or movies or songs) that are about the relationship between fathers and sons. [more inside]
posted on Aug 4, 2008 - 30 answers

I need a new media player for music as itunes has finally driven me over the edge. Does anyone have a good windows-based media player to recommend?
posted on Aug 4, 2008 - 24 answers

So I bought a Wacom tablet. How can I learn to do THIS [more inside]
posted on Jul 19, 2008 - 13 answers

Are there any sites out there like the late, sort-of-great Guzzlefish? [more inside]
posted on Jul 18, 2008 - 0 answers

Donating a veterinary disease symptom video - would any library / video collection want this? Is any university veterinary school collecting things like this? [more inside]
posted on Jul 18, 2008 - 5 answers

What are the best embedded open source/free audio/video players? [more inside]
posted on Jul 12, 2008 - 7 answers

Tossing an idea around here ... I'd like to use my old Powerbook as a media server for my Windows network. [more inside]
posted on Jul 12, 2008 - 5 answers

Good books on Shaker history? [more inside]
posted on Jul 9, 2008 - 8 answers

I'm seeking writing or creative work related to the idea of "Bread and Circuses." Essays related to this theme, art/media projects creatively interpreting this theme, or your thoughts (as abstract/creative as you like) about this theme.
posted on Jul 2, 2008 - 8 answers

I want to give my boyfriend something to read. Help me figure out what he'd like. [more inside]
posted on Jun 24, 2008 - 20 answers

Why do people enjoy listening to the same music much more often than they enjoy watching films or reading stuff repeatedly? How come children usually grow out of watching favourite videos over and over, and having favourite stories they want read to them, but remain happy to repeatedly listen to music? [more inside]
posted on Jun 24, 2008 - 31 answers

Problems with DVD-R blank media. Help me parse my solutions. [more inside]
posted on Jun 24, 2008 - 10 answers

Long term storage of digital media that is too big for DVD's... what's best practice? [more inside]
posted on Jun 14, 2008 - 21 answers

What are my legal rights, and what compensation can I get from a UK television channel who used a photograph I had taken without my permission, but which I had uploaded onto facebook?? [more inside]
posted on Jun 10, 2008 - 12 answers

Greetings, I have burned a audio cd with windows media player 11 and would like to print out the list of songs. In order to do this I need to find and install mpexp.dll. The only site that I can find that has this insists that I enter a security code that states Only enter symbols attached to a cat. Of course it is impossible to determine which symbols to enter because they want you to join the premium service for a fee. Does anyone know where I can find this dll. By the way the site is Rapidshare.com, obviously a site to be avoided. I also find it very frustrating to have to go through all this bunk just to print out a list!
posted on Jun 9, 2008 - 14 answers

Now that the primary season is over and major party nominees have been determined for the upcoming U.S. presidential and congressional elections, please help me find unbiased, non-partisan, impartial news and commentary outlets to follow the campaigns. [more inside]
posted on Jun 5, 2008 - 17 answers

Looking for stand alone inexpensive media player for streaming Internet music. [more inside]
posted on Jun 4, 2008 - 9 answers

Naming Filter: Hive mind, please help us name our open source OS X media center application! [more inside]
posted on Jun 3, 2008 - 14 answers

How do I control a media center pc from a laptop? The catch: I want to make my terminal session run as if I was logged in at the console. This is to control a media center from afar. [more inside]
posted on May 31, 2008 - 10 answers

Can I actually buy an Office 2007 DISC? As in, the actual media? I have really struggled with this, since reinstalling Office 2007 on a reformatted 'Office-ready PC' is impossible: Reformatting obviously wipes out your Office install and the the trial version (which is the only thing available to download) is incompatible with (some of?) Microsoft's own license keys. [more inside]
posted on May 23, 2008 - 8 answers

What are some of the best examples of epic storytelling that have taken place? [more inside]
posted on May 21, 2008 - 56 answers

My little brother will in a few months embark in a year-long trip around Asia (India, Vietnam, Thailand...), towards Australia as final destination. He asks me to set up a blog for him - easy does it, I'm a WordPress translator. But what about media? And in general, what should I not forgot to make sure we get the best from his experience while not making it hard for him to communicate? [more inside]
posted on May 21, 2008 - 10 answers

Coming home with my reel-to-reel. [more inside]
posted on May 20, 2008 - 13 answers

What video/media player do you use in OS X? Can you recommend one that has some specific features (listed inside)? [more inside]
posted on May 20, 2008 - 6 answers

If a national news station publishes your home address on television without your consent, what is(if any) the recourse? [more inside]
posted on May 19, 2008 - 9 answers

How do I delete the audio track from an mvi. file? [more inside]
posted on May 11, 2008 - 2 answers

Every time I hear a journalist say "Tell me about ..." when interviewing someone on television, I get really annoyed. It seems so incredibly presumptuous, pompous and impolite to demand an answer of a guest like that. Yet it happens all over the world. Is this standard journalistic practice? What's the reasoning behind it? Anyone else feel the same way or am I being a relic? [more inside]
posted on May 9, 2008 - 38 answers

Is there a good program to monitor progress in various TV shows? I.e. what episode I'm on in shows if watching multiple shows in different seasons irregularly. [more inside]
posted on May 6, 2008 - 11 answers

How do I set up a server to stream media ? A client has contacted us about developing a website with a streaming TV station and a streaming radio station. [more inside]
posted on May 3, 2008 - 5 answers

I'm trying to locate a couple of case studies that speak to old school traditional marketing versus the benefits of new media and integrated marketing campaigns ... especially online marketing. Googling has left me wanting, does anyone know of any such case studies available online?
posted on May 1, 2008 - 1 answers

How can I automate the news searches that I'm performing on the same subjects day after day after day? [more inside]
posted on Apr 28, 2008 - 9 answers

How can I get into the Online Media Industry? [more inside]
posted on Apr 25, 2008 - 5 answers

I work on the production team for a long-running public radio program. We have a massive archive of shows in digital format (MP3 and AIFF) which we need to collate into a powerful and highly flexible database - something like iTunes, but much more advanced. Does a program exist to do this? [more inside]
posted on Apr 23, 2008 - 5 answers

Playback of FLAC on Windows in 2008? [more inside]
posted on Apr 20, 2008 - 5 answers

I have been asked to put together a package to find publishing companies to sponsor some work of a non-profit - also called corporate underwriting. It's not publicists I want, I think I need marketing departments. I have a few questions on how to do this... [more inside]
posted on Apr 9, 2008 - 1 answers

I'm researching viral marketing campaigns, and I'm looking for some of the best and worst examples out there. [more inside]
posted on Apr 3, 2008 - 23 answers

Is this home media center set up possible and if so how much would it cost to set up? [more inside]
posted on Apr 2, 2008 - 13 answers

Newspapers and media: the sky is falling, the bowl is being circled. What can we do about it? Your best suggestions please. [more inside]
posted on Mar 28, 2008 - 19 answers

Where do the "experts" interviewed for newspapers, radio, and TV come from? How can I become one? [more inside]
posted on Mar 28, 2008 - 21 answers

When I updated to Windows Media Player 11, why did I lose my sound? How do I get it back? I can get sound, that's not the problem. HELP! (yes, I googled... but i've tried everything on the first few pages and it's still not working.)
posted on Mar 27, 2008 - 7 answers

Whats the best way to advertise and get the word out on my very niche comedy news/talkshow podcast so that it winds up being listened to by the right audience of interested people? [more inside]
posted on Mar 26, 2008 - 12 answers

I'm looking for a dynamic, multimedia online portfolio system. Does such a thing exist? Kind of like a flickr model, but for different media types and personal domains. (details inside) [more inside]
posted on Mar 24, 2008 - 4 answers

I checked "Don't ask me again" when dragging one artist into another in WMP11 on vista in order to change all the names from one to another (to combine "the beatles" and "beatles" into one, in this case), expecting it to just do it without asking in the future, but now I've lost this functionality altogether. How can I re-enable it?
posted on Mar 22, 2008 - 1 answers

I'm looking for examples of incidents where photographers/newspapers/photojournalists altered photos (e.g., the Reuters Smoke incident of '06). Help? [more inside]
posted on Mar 21, 2008 - 36 answers