Monthly Archives: November 2008
Automatically Display Lyrics in Winamp
| 30 November 2008 | Posted by whiztech under Uncategorized |
I’m sure many of us use Winamp to play and organize and play our media files. In fact, 21% from this blog readers who answer this blog’s current pool use Winamp as their favourite media player to play media files (please vote if you haven’t vote yet!).
Leolyrics Winamp Plugins (Leo’s Lyrics Plugins) enables you to automatically display lyrics in Winamp when Winamp play media files. When you play something on Winamp, Leo’s Lyrics Plugins will automatically search Leolyrics.com massive lyrics database that match the song name and artist. The accuracy of Leo’s Lyrics Plugins is very great. It works with audio and video files. Downloaded lyrics will be stored locally so the plugin won’t need to re-download the lyrics everytime a same song is played.
If the plugin cannot match the media with a plugin, it will show you the search result so you can manually select the lyrics for the played song.
Leolyrics Winamp Plugins is free and free and spyware or adware. Every Winamp users should use this plugin. I highly recommend it to everyone! This plugin however need to have access to the internet in order to download the lyrics.
Creating .tar.gz Archive Easily in Windows
| 30 November 2008 | Posted by whiztech under Uncategorized |
You might somehow want to create a .tar.gz archive in Windows. Currently the web control panel that I use is DirectAdmin and it doesn’t support extracting files from .zip archive. Uploading a single .tar.bz archive and extract it on the server is better (and faster) than uploading lots of files using ftp. 7-zip, an open source file archiver can create a .tar.gz archive easily.
1. You need the latest 7-zip 4.61 beta (or later). Download and install.
2. Select the folder that you want to add to the .tar.gz archive. Right click, and select 7-zip > ‘Add to archive…‘ (1).
3. We need to create a .tar archive first. Choose ‘tar’ as Archive format (2).
4. Then, right click the newly created .tar archive. Select 7-zip > ‘Add to archive‘ again. This time, choose ‘GZip‘ (3) as the Archive format. For maximum compression, choose ‘Ultra‘ (4) for compression level, and select 258 (5) for ‘Word size‘. You’ve successfully create a .tar.gz archive!
HandyCafe – Internet Cafe Software: Block HandyCafe Popup
| 29 November 2008 | Posted by whiztech under Uncategorized |
HandyCafe is one of the best and free internet cafe software. HandyCafe has a free version, and the free version will show advertisements and popup ads when logged in on the client side. These advertisements and popup ads however will not show if the HandyCafe client did cannot connect to the internet. We can block the ads by blocking the HandyCafe client from connecting to the internet. The 2 address that need to be blocked in order to prevent HandyCafe client from showing ads are ad.handycafe.com and search.handycafe.com.
There are a few way you can block the client:
1. If you have a high end router and has the option to block websites, you can block the addresses from your router.
2. If your internet cafe is using Windows Internet Connection Sharing, you can block the addresses from the server.
3. Of course, you can block the addresses on each system that run HandyCafe client. This method don’t work. I think HandyCafe will automatically remove the handycafe.com URL from the hosts file.
HandyCafe Client with advertisement blocked.
Below, I will show you how to block the addresses by using hosts file. You can use this method on the server that run Windows Internet Connection Sharing or on each PC that run HandyCafe client.
1. Go to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc. There should be afile named hosts. Check the properties of the file, if the hosts file is read only, remove the read only attribute.
Digsby Offline Installer?
| 28 November 2008 | Posted by whiztech under Uncategorized |
Digsby is a multi-protocol instant messaging application. Ever since I installed it for the first time, Digsby has became my favourite IM application. Digsby is simple, fast and working! The latest version of Digsby came with Yahoo Messenger style installer, which is a downloader application that will download the Digsby installer from Digsby’s server. The downloader installer will offer you to install a few trial software, but you can choose not to install them (and you should skip it!). In this post, I will show how to grab the offline installer so you can re-install Digsby later without the need to redownload the setup file every time you re-install Digsby.
NOTE: You don’t actually have to follow the steps below. You can find the direct download link for Digsby offline installer at the bottom of this post.
1. First of all, you need to clear the temp (temporary files) folder. To go there, type %temp% in Run and press Enter. Make sure you delete as many files as you can. Don’t worry, it is safe. There should be a few files that cannot be deleted, so we will leave them. Take note of the files and folders the in temp files so we can monitor for new folder later.
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Fixing Streamyx Bad Routing by Increasing TTL Value
| 26 November 2008 | Posted by whiztech under Uncategorized |
It all started a few weeks ago. My internet connection to certain websites such as my blog (tmsnetwork.org) and Wikipedia became very bad. Most of the time, I got the ‘unable to establishing connection’ error and I need to refresh the page 3 or 4 times in order for the web pages to load. Download speed is OK once I got connected, but ‘creating’ a connection is very hard. When I try to ping my blog, seems I got the ‘TTL expired in transit’ error at 58.27.103.233. 58.27.103.233 is belong to TMNet. Here is my solution: increasing the TTL value on my system, and so far, it works like charm! TTL or Time to live is a limit on the period of time or number of iterations or transmissions in computer and computer network technology that a unit of data (e.g. a packet) can experience before it should be discarded (Wikipedia).
To change the default TTL value in Windows XP or Windows Vista, open registry editor (go to Run, and type regedit). BACKUP YOUR REGISTRY BEFORE PROCEEDING! Navigates to ‘HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Tcpip\Parameters‘. Find ‘DefaultTTL’ (1). If there is no ‘DefaultTTL’, right click in the empty area in the registry editor, choose New > DWORD value (2), and name it ‘DefaultTTL’ (without the ‘ character). Double click ‘DefaultTTL’ and set its value to 128 (3). Restart your system for the changes to take effect. Try pingging the problematic websites again. If you still have the ‘TTL explired in transit’, try incrasing the ‘DefaultTTL’ value. You can increase the value up to 255.
Keep Your Windows Up-To-Date With Latest Software
| 26 November 2008 | Posted by whiztech under Uncategorized |
While Linux users can easily update the installed software in their system with package manager such as Synaptic Package Manager, Windows users don’t have these installed functionality by default. Updating software to its latest version is important since the software developers usually include bug and security fixes in the recent version of their software. Checking for a new version of the installed software on your system manually is difficult and time consuming. In my previous post, I’ve shown you how to automatically check for software updates using Filehippo.com Update Checker.
SUMo, Software Update Monitor is a software that will automatically check and detect if there are any new version of the application that installed on your system. SUMo will scan your start menu to detect program list in the normal mode, and in the in-depth scan mode, SUMo will scan your ‘Program Files’ folder to detect the application list. You can also manually add a software EXE file if SUMo unable to detect it. However, SUMo cannot search for updates if the developers do not include version information in their binaries (Deluge BitTorrent for example). You can choose to receive updates about stable release or beta version software. SUMo will group updates into minor updates and major updates. Software with major update should be upgraded as soon as possible.
Latest DotA AI+ Map Download: DotA Allstars 6.57b AI+ 1.52 Revision 03 and incremental build (20090112)
| 24 November 2008 | Posted by whiztech under Uncategorized |
Updated on 14 January 2009 for incremental build 20090112.
BuffMePlz has recently released the latest DotA AI+ map, DotA Allstars 6.57b AI+ 1.52 Revision 03. The AI+ code is ported from RGB’s AI+ which originally written for DotA Allstars 6.48b by BuffMePlz from DotA Forum. This is the first revision of DotA Allstars 6.57b AI+ 1.52, so you can expect some bugs in the map.
The AI behaves the same as the original AI, and has only been updated to account for balance changes, new item recipes, and most new features. As such, some new content does not work fully with the AI yet.
Warning: There is no AI for Lifestealer, Invoker, Clockwerk Goblin, Admiral Proudmoore nor Windrunner. They will get items but will neither use nor learn their skills.
Change log:
Revision 3
-Restored resource preloading on Invoker
-Lowered manacost on Direct Vengeance (Avatar of Vengeance)
-Fixed the position of Leragas the Vile on the Scourge side
-Rewrote Fly (Bat Rider) to address a few bugs
-Fixed neutral creeps not spawning at 0:30 mark
-Fixed super creep movement
-Added Conjurer (5.51) to Fun Tavern (Extinct)
-Slightly reduced map size
*Formless fixes
-Added a small cast point value for Formless to fix a timing issue between spell cast and effect trigger events
-Fixed a bug with copying Meld
-Fixed some issues with behaviour when copying Feral Heart and Spin Web with Formless
-Fixed some bugs with activating Reset while Freezing Field or abilities based on immolation are active
The Best Application to Convert Video Files to AMV/MTV Format?
| 22 November 2008 | Posted by whiztech under Uncategorized |
This is a follow up post for Converting Video Files to AMV/MTV Format. In the previous post, I have showed you the way on how to convert video files to AMV/MTV format with MediaCoder MPx Edition to be played on Chinese MP3/MP4/MTV Players, particularly the S1 MP3 Players. The players are available in different other brand names and in a variety of case designs. However, MediaCoder MPx Edition interface seems to be too technical for non-advance users. In this post I will show you how to convert video files to AMV format using MPxConverter.
1. Download and extract MPxConverter. Fire up the application.
2. Click Add (1). Select the input video files (2) that you want to convert to AMV. You can select multiple files. Select the output folder (3) to store the converted AMV videos. I recommend you use there settings for AMV conversion:
(4) Player type: Actions (AMV) (make sure you select AMV!)
(5) FPS: 10 (frame rate per second, usually S1 MP3 Players cannot play AMV files with high frame rate, but feel free to experiment with higher frame rate though)
(6) Resolution: This depends on the screen size of your player. Try to use 160×120.
(7) Aspect ratio: Preserve
(8) Video quality: Best (bigger file size). If your player cannot play file with this quality, try to set this value to medium quality.
Latest DotA AI+ Map Download: DotA Allstars 6.56 AI+ 1.52 Revision 02
| 21 November 2008 | Posted by whiztech under Uncategorized |
DotA Allstars 6.56 AI+ 1.52 Revision 02 is currently the latest AI+ map for DotA Allstars 6.56. The AI+ code is ported from RGB’s AI+ which originally written for DotA Allstars 6.48b by BuffMePlz from DotA Forum. There are still some minimal bugs in the map.
CHANGELOG:
Unofficial fixes
Added a fix for Meepo respawning with Aegis.
Added Windrunner to INT hero array (addresses a bug with -sd, -ai, -as, -aa, and Inner Vitality).
Cleaned up the way the bufftip levels for Blur.
Fixed Torrent debuff icon.
Fixed some typos (Eye of Skadi Ranged, Recall, Burst, Courier Shield, Captain CoCo’s Rum).
Revision 1
First update to 6.56.
AI Keeper of the Light properly learns and uses reworked abilities (but not new Spirit Form abilities).
AI Enchantress properly learns and uses reworked abilities.
Updated item costs for AI purchasing routine.
Modified -pe routine to account for new Circle of Power locations.
Death Match and Mirror Match now work properly.
Fixed Purge (Old Medusa/Old Chen) to properly remove God’s Strength and Insatiable Hunger.
Rewrote Tidebringer to prevent crashes with AI Posted the Hero suggestion.
My Best Personal Deluge BitTorrent Client to Optimize Download
| 21 November 2008 | Posted by whiztech under Uncategorized |
Deluge BitTorrent Client is one of the best BitTorrent client to bypass traffic shaping, especially in Malaysia. The previous version before Deluge 1.x, the Windows port is not very stable. The 1.x version of Deluge for Windows seems to be very stable for me. The latest version of Deluge is now a full featured BitTorrent client. Deluge BitTorrent client is also available for Linux and Mac OS X.
After playing with the configuration, below is my personal best configuration for Deluge to optimize the download speed. You can use it if you want, and feel free to tweak it according to your needs.
1. First of all, Windows users that use P2P applications should have their tcpip.sys patched. Download the half-open fix to patch your tcpip.sys. I recommend any value more than 100.
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