robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Dudes, it is a handbrake because it stops the video files from growing out of control. Just like a real handbrake stops something from moving.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Ahhh. I still have it, but it’s far less relevant today than in 2004.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Enjoy, I almost never do video. My wife does enough of them, then never watches them more than once, if that. One exception if it is a train, she will watch it with our special needs son who is totally in love with to the point of being wacked out by trains, especially steamers. Then she will have me put it on his computer so he can watch it until his eyes dehydrate.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

I make video slide shows and do documentary interviews and special event coverage. My sons and I make short films for the 48-Hour Film Project on occasion.We simply use YouTube, which handles 1080P and 4K video just fine. Handbrake is no longer needed.

niteman3d Loc: South Central Pennsylvania, USA

Co-Pilot says "VideoLAN Client"?

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

"VideoLAN is a non-profit organization.
All our costs are met by donations we receive from our users. If you enjoy using a VideoLAN product, please donate to support us."

That takes care of the V and the L, so we have to figure out what the C means.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Client, apparently. But what is a video local area network, and what does it have to do with a video player?

From its About… screen:

"VLC media player is a free and open source media player, encoder, and streamer made by the volunteers of the VideoLAN community.
VLC uses its internal codecs, works on essentially every popular platform, and can read almost all files, CDs, DVDs, network streams, capture cards and other media formats!"

I use it for presentations in large venues where I need its AUDIO compression and equalization features to keep the average dialog level above background noises from kitchens and dinner conversations.

Mr. SONY Loc: LI, NY

Client

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I think VideoLAN is just the name they chose for the "community."

Kiron Loc: Wales and Florida

I cannot figure it out either. VLC is better than calling it something like "WashingMachine" or "Hairdryer" I suppose. I been using VLC since it came about, I have a paid subscription for the whole shooting match, it was cheap too if I remember and it works well.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

When I started my laptop last night, MS offered me Win11. I declined. Then it asked again. I declined. Then it said, "Windows 11 is downloading." I stopped it.

I still can't get Gmail on that computer because Google doesn't believe I'm me.

BebuLamar

If you don't want Windows 11 you can do this.
https://www.howtogeek.com/765377/how-to-block-the-windows-11-update-from-installing-on-windows-10/

fuminous Loc: Luling, LA... for now...

As reported earlier, I downloaded and installed Windows 11 and afterwards, my password didn’t work, my security questions/answers were wrong and I didn’t have a boot disc. That was a week ago.

So… I called a “professional” to come out and look at my computer... we didn't get off to a good start.
He asked, "Laptop or desktop?"
me: Desktop.
him: "Does it have a cd/dvd drawer?"
me: No
He then describes to me what a cd/dvd drawer is and that there's a little button you push and a drawer comes out and you put your cd/dvd into it.
I said, "Yes, I understand what a cd/dvd drawer is and my computer doesn't have one."
"That's unusual" he says...
Strike one.

He showed up quick enough- he lives in Luling- a lifetime Westbanker... and looked like he'd be comfortable selling fish bait and bar-b-que... shoulder length, wispy, yellow/gray hair sorta/kinda stuffed into a ball cap...
He sat down in front of the computer and started pushing buttons looking for a cd/dvd drive.
"Huh?"
Strike two.

He then asked for my password, "fumxxxxxxx"
him: "f, u,....n, .."
Me: "No, f u m i n o u s... it's right there on the screen- where it says, "Welcome Fuminous Enter password". I wrote it down for him. "
Guess what? the password didn't work.
He then did everything I'd done for the last five days...

He asked where I bought the computer- I told him Amazon.
Him: "Ya know, if you'da gotit at Bestbuy they could'a been workin' on it."
Me: I didn't get it at Best Buy.
Him: Well, Best Buy would have more tools and than me...
Me: I didn't get it at Best Buy.
One thing that always pisses me off, is me being six words into a sentence and a fuxxxxxd starts talking over me. He did that three times in a row... it was time for him to go... especially with his gurgle-y cough... and, frankly, he was probably just as eager to leave himself.

He said for $50 an hour he could take the computer back to his shop (bait shop?) and take all the data off and replace the hard drive. I said I wasn't going to do that.

I was prepared to pay- just to get him out of the house- but he said he didn't do me any good so, "No charge" and left me his business card... I put his number in my phone... with the note, "DO NOT CALL".

I then watched a half-dozen Youtube videos about Windows 11 password problems- the few I hadn’t already watched- all of which were encouraging but not productive. Having nothing to lose, I force quit and restarted the computer eight or twelve times, blowing through the “repair” phase that typically pops up after a few cycles… and then the computer quit responding. “Good!” I thought, “… it’s dead.” But it wasn’t… and limped along and finally came to the password screen. I entered my password for the ten thousandth time… …. …. …. … and it worked.
That cheered me up... but I don't understand how or why any of this happened...

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Right, but I still want updates to Win10. And, "On a Windows 10 Home edition, use the Registry Editor method as this edition doesn't have the Local Group Policy Editor." I'm not going to mess around with the Registry.

BebuLamar

Yes and that way it still update the Windows 10 but not trying upgrade to Windows 11. I had my laptop set that way when due to some software I had on it it can't install Windows 11. It kept trying wasting time but failed everytime. So I did it that way and still get all the Windows 10 update. When I removed the software I changed it back and let it install Windows 11.