I like to ‘watch’ video will i’m working or surfing the internet. My major problem is when I start a video and enable full screen as soon as I click in the other monitor the video player resizes to default resolution. All web video players do this. It doesn´t matter if it´s Silverlight, Flash, Windows Media Player or even Youtube´s new HTML5 player they all refuse to stay fullscreen when using the other screen. So, since all web video players show this behavior one might think the root of the problem isn’t in the web players but probably browser or operating system related. I’m a Windows user (Win7 at the moment), so that will be the start of my research. First test: Windows’ default player Windows Media Player.

A small success, with full screen enabled I’m able to use my other screen as I like. But my main focus is on web video players so this will prove it’s not the operating system being the problem. But let’s do a another quick test to rule out the OS. I’ll use the free open source player VLC Media Player. It works, again I’m able to use my main monitor while full screen is enabled in the VLC Media Player. I think it’s fair to say it’s not Windows preventing the player to stay full screen when using another monitor. This is good to know because this will come in handy when you have the deeplink of the video or livestream you’d like to watch full screen at that moment. Next up, browser testing.

For some, it might be obvious that the browser is the problem. This because your browser is continuously ‘listening’ for click actions. Once you click somewhere in your main screen you browser window playing the video will lose focus and exit full screen mode. I don’t think this is something developers can enable using their own build players because of this. Aobde and Microsoft claim it is because of security issues and it is not possible by design. The tests as shown below kind of explain this theory:

X – Video does not stay maximized when losing focus

Solution

According to a reply to a bug report on Adobe there’s nothing that can be done when using Flash Players:  ”We understand that many users would like fullscreen on one monitor and to be able to interact with your OS on another monitor. However, due to security requirements, we require that Flash and Browser must be the current focus of your OS. Apologies if this causes any workflow or usability issues. We will continue to review our security policy and consider changes in the future.”

No matter what Adobe might be saying there is a solution regarding Flash it’s players. You can replace npswf32.dll file for a modified version which allow you to have a Flash video player stay maximized while you are using the other monitor. Of course you can also hex edit a flash binary youself. (More info) (Download modified npswf32.dll) Apparently unchecking “Hardware Accelerating” also fixes it but I don’t want to disable my hardware accelartion. (Right click on the video, Settings…..)

Now how about Silverlight and Windows Media Player? In a podcast from december, which a can’t find no more, I heard that the Silverlight team is currently fixing this. Searching some more on this topic brings us the news this feature will not be released untill Silverlight 4. According to Mike Taulty “A Silverlight 4 application can go full-screen without those security limitations if that application marks itself as requiring elevation at installation time ( i.e. it’s a trusted application ) and in that case the security sandbox is relaxed and one of the things that enables is full-screen apps without those security restrictions.”

So i’ll guess we have to wait for Silverlight 4 for this functionality. On the other hand  Windows Media Player will play all video that a Silverlight player could show. So searching for the deeplink and copy/pasting it into Windows Media Player will also work. This because Windows Media Player will stay full screen when losing focus as said earlier in this article. Finding the source or deeplink can be done by looking at the embed code of the object in the source code of the webpage it is embedded in or look for it using Firefox web developer plugin Firebug.

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1. How to play video on your TomTom navigation device After my good old TomTom Go 700 passed away...

After my good old TomTom Go 700 passed away I got a new TomTom Go 740 Live and soon found out it’s really easy to play video on a TomTom navigation device. This way you can use your navigation as an in-car entertainment centre. With TomPlayer you are able to watch full screen video’s in AVI (divx or xvid) or MPEG video and listen to mp3 or ogg audio files.

The documentation on tomplayer.net can be a bit confusing and installation is not the same for all TomTom models. In this post I will explain how to install and configure TomPlayer on an external MicroSD memory card. This method will work for models Go 740/750/930 Live and will probably work for a lot of other models. At the end I will explain another configuration which might work for your model.

Installation

1. Insert SD-card into TomTom slot
2. Download the Tomplayer zip archive and extract it
3. Connect TomTom to PC and quit TomTom Home
4. Copy The Following folders to your external SD-card: audio, tomplayer, video
5. Rename the folder “SDKRegistry” to “SdkRegistry” and copy this folder to the root of your TomTom internal memory

I’ve read the different descriptions for installing on the internal memory and on an SD card, and I was still a little confused by the terminology… especially references to /mnt/movinand and to /mnt/sdcard.

It seems like:
1 – /mnt/movinand refers to the removable storage (i.e., SD-card)
2 – /mnt/sdcard refers to the internal memory.

On Windows PC, these show up as external drives H: and I: respectively. So when we modify the configuration files taking these assumptions into consideration, Tomplayer worked correctly.

Configuration

1. Open tomplayer.ini (the file is in tomplayer/conf/ folder)
2. Change:
   video_dir                      = /mnt/sdcard/video
   audio_dir                      = /mnt/sdcard/audio
   to:
   video_dir                      = /mnt/movinand/video
   audio_dir                      = /mnt/movinand/audio
3. Open tomplayer.cap (the file is in SdkRegistry folder)
4. Change:
   AppPath|/mnt/sdcard/tomplayer/|
   to:
   AppPath|/mnt/movinand/tomplayer/|
5. Disconnect your TomTom from PC and restart it

Now you will have a fourth screen in your TomTom main menu. Start TomPlayer by pressing the icon. On first start TomPlayer will start with screen calibration. Touch the crosses and proceed. Last thing to do is to copy some audio and video to their respective folders on the SD-card. Have fun!

An alternative method is to copy all files of the distrib folder to your external SD-card. The ttfilesytem (do not copy this to your TomTom internal memory!) will load your TomPlayer as soon as the SD-card is inserted and normal TomTom will load when it’s ejected. This didn’t work on my TomTom Go 740 Live, even worse it made it crash, but I have read this method should work on most TomTom models. You can also install TomPlayer to your TomTom internal memor. I did not do this because I don’t to run out my internal flash read/write cycles. If you have any problems installing or configuring TomPlayer visit the tomplayer.net forum for more help.

If you want to watch video on your TomTom convert your video’s to avi or mpeg. Try MediaCoder as it’s free and it has everything you need. TomTom screen resolutions are 480*272 for the widescreen models (TomTom XL or GO) and 320*240 for fullscreen models (TomTom ONE).

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Radio 538 Decademix(2000 t/m 2009) mixed by DJ Martin Pieters
1. End of Decennium 538 intro by Rob van Hees
2. Lenny Kravits-I’ll be there
3. Jordin Sparks-No air
4. Jason Mraz-I’m yours
5. Live-Overcome
6. Justin Timberlake-Cry me a River
7. Eminem-Cleaning out my closet
8. James Morrison-Undiscovered
9. Jordin Sparks-Tattoo
10. Beyonce-Halo
11. Dido-Here with me
12. Melanie C-Never be the same again
13. Jay Z & Alicia Keys-Empire state of mind
14. 50 Cent-In da club
15. Ne Yo-Miss Independent
16. Beyonce-Irreplacable
17. Outlandish-Aicha
18. Justin Timberlake-What goes around … comes around
19. Nickelback-How you remind me
20. Kane-My best wasn’t good enough
21. Dido-White flag
22. Toni Braxton-He wasn’t man enough for me
23. Kellis-Bossy
24. Nicole Scherzinger ft. Will.I.am-Baby love
25. Counting Crows & Vanessa Carlton—Big yellow taxi
26. Destiny’s Child-Jumpin’ jumpin’
27. Tizianno Ferro & Kelly Rowland-Breath gentle
28. Simon Webbe-No worries
29. Beyonce & Sean Paul-Baby boy
30. Fat Joe & Ashanti-What’s luv
31. Gwen Stefani-4 in the morning
32. Snoop Dogg & Pharell-Drop it like its hot
33. Avril Lavigne-Complicated
34. No Doubt-Hey baby
35. Alicia Keys-No one
36. Beyonce & Shakira-Beautiful liar
37. Sean Paul & Blu Cantrell-Breath
38. Black Eyed Peas-Don’t lie
39. Milow-You don’t know me
40. Pink-Sober
41. Eminem-Loose yourself
42. Mary J. Blige & U2-One
43. J Kwon-Tipsy
44. Lil Bow wow-Bow wow (that’s my name)
45. Fergie-Clumsy
46. Christian Walz-Wonderchild
47. Lady Gaga-Eh eh (nothing I can say)
48. Fergie-London Bridge
49. Razorlight-America
50. Pharell & Gwen Stefani-Can I have it like that
51. Busta Rhymes-I love my chick
52. Alain Clark-This ain’t gonna work
53. Gwen Stefani & Eve-Rich girl
54. Maria Mena-Just hold me
55. Fergie-Fergalishuous
56. Vanessa Carlton-A thousand miles
57. Alicia Keys-Girlfriend
58. Groove Armada-My friend
59. Kelis-Caught out there
60. Alanis Morisette-Hands clean
61. Beyonce & Jay Z-Deja vu
62. Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg-The next episode
63. Shakira-Hips don’t lie
64. Snoop Dogg-Beautiful
65. Jay Z & Linkin’ Park-Numb encore
66. Kid Rock-All summer long
67. Will Smith-Switch
68. Dante Thomas-California
69. Mary J. Blige-Family affair
70. Dinand-Dreamer
71. Santana-Maria Maria
72. Leona Lewis-Bleeding love
73. Usher-Yeah
74. Atomic Kitten-The tide is high
75. Gwen Stefani-Hollerback girl
76. Plain White T’s-Hey there Delilah
77. Anastacia-Sick and tired
78. Pussy Cat Dolls ft. Snoop Dogg-Buttons
79. Scissor Sisters-Feels like dancing
80. Lady Gaga-Lovegame
81. Natascha Bedingfield-I wanna have your babies
82. Kelis-Milkshake
83. Simpy Red-Sunrise
84. Black Eyed Peas-Let’s get retarded
85. Ilse de Lange-So incredible
86. The Rasmus-In the shadows
87. Robbie Williams-Rudebox
88. Pussy Cat Dolls-I don’t need a man
89. Shakira-Whenever, wherever
90. Krezip-Sweet goodbyes
91. Fergie-Big girls don’t cry
92. Kevin Rudolf ft. Lil Wayne-Let it rock
93. Pussy Cat Dolls-Don’t ya
94. Tokyo Hotel-Monsoon
95. Eminem & Jessica Simpson-We made you
96. Gnars Barkley-Crazy
97. Justin Timberlake & Snoop Dogg-Signs
98. John Legend-Save room
99. Nelly Furtado & Timbaland-Promiscuous
100. Estelle & Kayne West-American boy
101. Will I Am-I got it from my mama
102. Krezip-All my life
103. Sean Paul-Get busy
104. Elvis & Junkie XL-Little less conversation
105. Jennifer Lopez-Jenny from the Block
106. Madonna-Miles away
107. Alain Clark-Blow me away
108. Kesha-Tik tok
109. Intwine-Happy
110. Lady Gaga ft. Kardinall Offishal-Just dance
111. Kurt Nilsen-She’s so high
112. Christina Aquilera-Ain’t no other man
113. Nikki-What did I do
114. Britney Spears-Piece of me
115. Cobra Starship ft. Leighton Meester-Good girls go bad
116. Lenny Kravitz-Believe in me
117. Rihanna-Please don’t stop the Music
118. Mika-Relax, take it easy
119. Van Velzen-Baby get higher
120. Ilse De Lange-The only one
121. Madonna-Hung up
122. Benni Benassi-Satisfaction
123. Spiller-Groovejet
124. Sugababes-Red dress
125. Gwen Stefani-The great escape
126. Liset Alea-No sleep
127. Kristinia DeBarge-Goodbye
128. Mika-Grace Kelly
129. Linkin Park-What i’ve done
130. Justin Timberlake-Sexy back
131. Akon-Don’t matter
132. FloRiDa-Right round
133. Sara Bareilles-Love song
134. Nelly Furtado-Do it
135. Akon-Smack that
136. Milow-Ayo technology
137. Robyn with Kleerup-With everyheart beat
138. Shaggy ft. Brian & Toni Gold-Hey sexy lady (Spanish Fly mix)
139. Enrique Iglesias-Escape
140. Sophie Ellis Bextor-Murder on the dancefloor
141. Kylie Minogue-Can’t get you out of my head loop
142. Freemasons ft. Amanda Wilson-Watchin’
143. Coldplay-Talk
144. Gabrielle Cilmi-Sweet about me
145. Anastacia-I’m outta love
146. Mellee-Built to last
147. Pink-Get the party starded
148. Madcon-Beggin’ (Demolition Disco remix)
149. Shaggy-It wasn’t me
150. Colby Caillat-Bubbly
151. Enrique Iglesias & Ciara-Takin’ back my love
152. Kate Perry-I kissed a girl
153. Infernal-From Paris to Berlin
154. Narcotic Trust-I like it
155. Esmee Denters-Outtha here
156. Timbaland & One Republic-Apolgize
157. Dido-Thank you (Deep Dish remix)
158. DiRect-Times are changing
159. Soulvation-Reset your brain
160. Junior Jack-Esamba
161. Dr. Kucho & Gregor Salto-Can’t stop playing
162. Tom Novy-Your body
163. Cascada-Evacuate the dancefloor
164. Pitbull-I know you want me
165. Outwork ft. MC Gee-Elektro
166. Ian Carey ft. Michelle Shellers-Keep on rising
167. Basement Jaxx-Oh my gosh
168. Shapeshifters-Lola’s theme
169. Basement Jaxx-Where’s your head at
170. Sypafly Inc.-Let’s get down (Full Intention mix)
171. Starkillers-Discotheka
172. DJ Jean-Love come home
173. DJ Jose-Hecitate
174. Jean Claude Ades-I began to wonder 2008
175. Madonna-Music -1,90mt
176. Mason vs Princess Superstar-Perfect exeeder
177. MAW-Work 2007
178. Cassius & Steve Edwards-The sound of violence
179. Inaya Day-Nasty girl
180. David Guetta & Kelly Rowland-When love takes over
181. Axwell, Angello, Ingrosso, Laidback Luke-Get dumb
182. Funkerman & Fedde Le Grand-Wheels in motion
183. Tim Deluxe ft. Sam Obernik-It just won’t do
184. Peter Gelderblom-Waiting 4
185. John Dahlback-Pyramide
186. Praise Cats-Shined on me
187. Dave Armstrong-Love has gone
188. DJ Jose-House of justice 2008
189. Jason Nevins ft. Holly James-Heaven
190. LMC vs U2-Take me to the clouds above
191. Timbaland-The way I are
192. Lady Gaga-Pokerface
193. DJ Jean-The launch (relaunched)
194. Ian Oliver-Skankin’
195. Benni Benassi-Illusion
196. Booty luv-Boogie 2 nite (Seamus Haji Big Love edit)
197. Black Eyed Peas-Pump it
198. Futureshock-On my mind
199. Till West & DJ Delicious-Same man
200. Junior Jack-Stupid disco
201. Akcent-Kylie
202. DJ Maurice-Let’s get louder
203. Ritmo Dynamic-Calinda
204. Wamdue Project-King of my castle 2009
205. Danzel-Pump it up
206. Black Eyed Peas-I got a feeling (David Guetta mix)
207. Mylo-Drop the pressure
208. David Guetta ft. JD Davis-The World is mine

209. Snow Patrol-Chasing cars (remix)
210. Tomcraft-Loneliness
211. Eric Prydz-Pjanoo
212. Nicola Fasano vs Pat Rich-75th Brasil street
213. Erick E-The beat is rockin’ (Gregor Salto Rocks it like this remix)
214. Bob Sinclar-What I want
215. Sidney Samson-Riverside
216. Gregor Salto & DJ Chuckie-Toyz are nuts
217. Guru Josh-Infinity 2008
218. Chicane & Natascha Bedingfield-Bruised water
219. Laidback Luke ft. MC Marxman-We cannot get enough
220. Bodyrox-Yeah
221. Fragma-Memory
222. Cidinho & Doca-Rap das Armas
223. DJ Jose-Like that (Nicky Romero mix)
224. Eric Prydz-Call on me
225. D.O.N.S. ft. Kadoc-The night train 2009
226. James Doman-Everything’s gonna be allright
227. Martin Solveig-Rocking Music
228. Bob Sinclar ft. Steve Edwards-World hold on
229. Ralvero-Party people
230. Supermode-Tell me why
231. Sander Kleinenberg-This is Miami
232. Fedde Le Grand-Put your hands for for Detroit
233. Yves La Rock-Rise up
234. Black Eyed Peas-My humps
235. Kate Ryan-I surrender
236. Filterfunk-S.o.S. (Hi Tack mix)
237. Alex Gaudino & Chrystal Waters-Destination calabria
238. Edward Maya-Stereo love
239. Funkerman-Speed up
240. Paul & Fritz Kalkbrenner-Sky and sand
241. Faith Evans-Mesmerised
242. Basto-Rock with you
243. Sunfreakz ft. Andrea Britton-Counting the down the days
244. The Underdog Project vs The Sunclub-Summerjam 2003
245. Cuzco ft. MC Martin de Man-Rockin’
246. Michael Gray-The weekend
247. Basic Element ft. D Flex-Touch you right now
248. Chuckie & LFMAO-Let the bass kick in Miami
249. Hi Tack-Say say say
250. Sweet Coffee-Don’t need you
251. Niels de Vries-Svenho
252. Roog & Erick E presents Housequake-Shed my skin
253. Tom Snare-Philosophy
254. Spankox-To the club
255. Roger Sanchez-Another chance
256. DJ Jean-Sexy Lady
257. Modjo-Lady
258. Studio B-I see girls
259. Coldplay-Viva la vida
260. Roger Sanchez-Lost
261. DJ Maurice-Carnaval de Paris
262. Meck ft. Dino-So strong
263. DJ Tiesto-Escape me
264. Jean Claude Ades-Shingaling
265. R One-Happy tv
266. David Guetta & Chris Willis-Love don’t let me go
267. Javi Mula-Come on
268. Love Inc.-Superstar
269. Ida Engberg-Disco volante (Sebastien Leger mix)
270. Niels van Gogh vs Eniac-Pulverturm 2.0
271. Robert Abigail-Mojito song
272. Lasgo-All night long
273. Black Eyed Peas-Boom boom pow
274. Kate Ryan-Ella elle l’a (Jerry Ropero mix)
275. Inna-Hot
276. Ferry Corsten-Fire
277. Angel City ft. Lara Mc Allen-Love me right
278. DJ Jean-Play that beat (Nicky Romero mix)
279. Meck ft. Leo Sayer-Thunder in my heart (Miami Calling mix)
280. Faithless-We come 1
281. Dirty South ft. Ruby-Let it go (Axwell remix)
282. Don Diablo-Blow your speakers
283. Galleon-So I begin
284. Freemasons ft. Bailey Tzuke-Uninvited
285. Tatu-All the things she said
286. Shapeshifters-Incredible
287. Erick E-Boogie down
288. Chuckie-Aftershock
289. Dave McCullen-Bitch
290. Laurent Wolf-No stress
291. Pakito-Are u ready
292. David Guetta & Akon-Sexy bitch
293. Rihanna-S.o.S.
294. Sydney Samson-Let’s go
295. Sydney Samson-Shake and rock this
296. Greg, Roog & Jeroenski-Your mind is twisted
297. Reflekt-I need to feel loved
298. 4 Strings-Take me away
299. DJ Jose-Turn the lights off
300. Tiesto & Maxi Jazz-Dance 4 life
301. DJ Melvin-L.O.I.S.
302. South Side Spinners-Luvstruck 2005
303. DJ Jean-Lift me up
304. Peran-Wanna have a good time
305. Killers-Human
306. Peran-We want to be free
307. Marco V.-Simulated
308. Lasgo-Out of my mind
309. DJ Jean-Every single day
310. Sander van Doorn vs Robbie Williams-Close my eyes
311. Armin van Buuren-In and out of love
312. Grooveyard-Mary go wild 2006 (Ron van den Beuken remix edit)
313. DJ Jose vs G Spott-II symbols
314. Paul van Dijk-We are alive
315. Perfect Chase-Blow your horny horns 2004
316. Markus Schulz-The new World
317. Klubbheads-Let the party begin
318. Delerium-Silence (DJ Tiesto mix)
319. Cygnus X.-Superstring (Rank 1 remix)
320. G Spott-Sadness
321. Darude-Sandstorm
322. Clokx-Clocks
323. Barthezz-Infected
324. Driftwood-Freeloader
325. DJ Jean-Supersounds
326. Lasgo-Gone
327. Special D-Reckless
328. DJ Boozy Woozy-Party affair
329. Energy 52-Cafe del mar (Marco V remix) )
330. Veraccocha-Carte blanche 2008
331. John Marks-Do it again
332. Da Klubb Kings-Don’t stop
333. Sander van Doorn-Riff
334. DJ Tiesto-Flight 643
335. Armin van Buuren vs Racoon-Love you more
336. PPK-Resurection
337. Special D.-Home alone
338. Kane-Catwalk criminal (DJ Pop mix)
339. Mike Heart-Sexmachine
340. Randy Katana-In silence (Salinas mix)
341. Drunkenmunky-Yeah
342. Sensation-The anthem
343. DJ Tiesto-Traffic
344. DJ Jean-Feel it
345. Kid Cudi vs Crookers-Day ’n nite(Agent X remix)
346. DJ Jurgen-Higher & higher
347. Bart Claessen-Catch me
348. Marcel Woods-Advanced
349. Armin van Buuren-The sound of goodbye
350. Ron van den Beuken-Endless
351. Carlos-The silmarillia 2007
352. Safri Duo-Played alive
353. Svenson-Sunlight theory (O Zone mix)
354. Ummet Ozcan-Timewave zero
355. Outro by DJ Garry
2:55:26 mixed by DJ Martin Pieters

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Thanks to Jan-Willem Eshuis oEmbed is now available for Wordpress! The oEmbedder plugin makes it easy to use oEmbed services from websites like Flickr, Youtube, Qik, Revision3 and Vimeo into your weblog. I’ve tested the WP-oEmbed plugin on this blog and we will probably use it for the NOS weblogs soon.

How to install?

Installation is very easy, just download the zip file and install this into your Wordpress plugins directory or auto-install via Wordpress plugins browser (search for: oembed).

Howto use the plugin

The plugin will automatically replace special uri’s you provide to your Wordpress posting. Just use [plugin:YOURURI]  in your posting. (NOTE: for this example I used the word plugin otherwise the plugin is triggered. So change the word “plugin” for “oembed”!)

Example Flickr:

[plugin:http://www.flickr.com/services/oembed/?url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/23886028@N04/3983995799/in/set-72157622398187791/]

Example youtube:

[plugin:http://www.youtube.com/oembed?url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvdbqcbRH50&format=json]

Working example NOS (Winter Holland from above):

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Only one week after “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2″ went on sale, some PC players appear to have found a workaround solution to their dissatisfaction with Infinity Ward’s new IWNet system. When Infinity Ward announced that it would forgo dedicated servers for the new matchmaking setup similar to what console players experience, a large number of gamers signed a petition expressing their discontent. Now, some of those code-savvy complainers have reportedly recreated a dedicated server experience by unlocking the game’s developer console.

Well, you can’t keep a good PC gamer down. Certain cracks already allow some online play, and now the console has been enabled, allowing players to kick, change POV and FOV, and presumably do most of the stuff Infinity Ward decided had to stay in the cookie jar.

DOWNLOAD LINK for the MW2 Unleahsed console enabler tool (use at your own risk) (USENET)

Of course, the darker side to all this newfound freedom is the ability to use it to cheat, and the servers that have been set up so far are all “ranked” and still considered “legal” by IWNet, Modern Warfare 2’s console-esque matchmaking service.

Folks who like their games in “vanilla” flavor only shouldn’t despair though. After all, MW2 uses anti-cheating tech from Valve, who, are very, very aware of what PC gamers can do, and how to deal with them.

Probably most Ccall of Duty 4 console commands work. Here’s a nice tip I found to get Ping numbers instead of signal bars. When u are in game pull down the console and type: (without the quotes)

“/cg_scoreboardpinggraph 0″
“/cg_scoreboardpingtext 1″

Setting both to 1 will show both text and ping. You need to type this in the console because it won’t work when added to .cfg files. This saves as far as I can tell but it will turn the graph back on if you close the game.

If you are one of those who want to know it all, check this txt file. It has an explanation of every string line in the MW2 main multiplayer exe file.

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This is not an error generated by kaisersblog.com or any other website! These problems occur on the client (your local machine) side. Ieframe.dll errors are fairly varied and really depend on the cause of the problem. A few of the more common ieframe.dll related errors are shown here:

• “Res://ieframe.dll/dnserror.htm#”
• “File Not Found C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\IEFRAME.DLL”

Most ieframe.dll “not found” or “missing” type of errors occur when using Internet Explorer 7 or while using Visual Basic 6. The “Res://ieframe.dll/dnserror.htm” and related messages are much more common and appear in the Internet Explorer 7 browser window itself.

Cause of Ieframe.dll Errors

The ieframe.dll DLL file is related to Internet Explorer 7. In many cases, the installation of Internet Explorer 7 causes ieframe.dll errors to appear. Other causes include viruses, certain Windows Updates, incorrect firewall settings, outdated security software applications, and more.

Solution

Important Note: Do not, under any circumstances, download the ieframe.dll DLL file individually from any “DLL download site.” There are many reasons that downloading DLLs from these sites are never a good idea.

You do not need to follow every step in this list. Just start with the first one and continue until the problem is solved:

1. Restart your computer unless you’ve already done so. The ieframe.dll error might be a fluke and a simple restart could clear it up completely.
2. Install the latest version of Internet Explorer. No matter if you’re missing ieframe.dll or if you’re receiving a browser error message about it, reinstalling or updating to the latest version of Internet Explorer has resolved many user’s issues with ieframe.dll.
3. Using Visual Basic 6? If so, change the reference for Microsoft Internet Controls from the existing ieframe.dll to shdocvw.ocx. Save your project and then reopen it.
4. Restart your router, switch, cable/DSL modem and anything else that’s used to communicate to the Internet or other computers on your network. There may be an issue in one of these pieces of hardware that a simple restart could solve.
5. Scan your entire computer for viruses. Sometimes, the ieframe.dll error will show up when your computer is infected with certain kinds of viruses. Use your antivirus software to do a complete system scan for virus infections.
6. Disable Windows Firewall in Windows XP if you have another firewall installed. Running two firewall applications at the same time can cause problems so if you have a firewall program installed like ZoneAlarm, Norton Personal Firewall, Comodo Firewall, etc., then you should not be running Windows’s built-in firewall simultaneously. Note: Even if you’re positive that the Windows firewall is disabled, check again. Some Microsoft security updates have been known to re-enable the firewall automatically even if you have an existing firewall enabled in another security software program.
7. Update all non-Microsoft firewall and other security software on your computer. Certain security updates fromMicrosoft have been known to cause issues with security software from other vendors that those vendors are responsible for resolving. Check their websites for updates or service packs and install any that are available. Note: If you’re already running a fully updated version of your security software, try uninstalling and then reinstalling the software instead. A clean installation may stop that nagging ieframe.dll error message.
8. Install any available Windows updates. It is true that some previous updates from Microsoft may actually cause some ieframe.dll errors, but installing more recent updates, especially those to the Windows Update software itself, may help resolve the problem.
9. Clear the temporary Internet files in Internet Explorer 7. Some ieframe.dll issues may have to do with problems accessing existing temporary Internet files.
10. Increase the frequency that Internet Explorer 7 checks for new versions of web pages. If the default setting is too infrequent and there are issues with certain pages, you may see ieframe.dll and related errors.
11. Disable Internet Explorer 7 add-ons one by one. One of your installed add-ons might be causing the ieframe.dll issue. Selectively disabling them will show you which one, if any, is causing problems.
12. Set Internet Explorer 7 security options back to their default levels. Some programs, even some updates from Microsoft, will sometimes make automatic changes to your Internet Explorer 7 security settings.Incorrect or overprotective security settings can sometimes cause ieframe.dll issues. Returning these settings to their default levels may correct your issue.
13. Move the IE7 Temporary Internet Files Folder to its Default Location in Windows XP. If the Temporary Internet Files folder in Internet Explorer 7 has been moved from its original location, plus both Protected Mode and the Phishing Filter are enabled, the ieframe.dll error will occur.
14. Disable the Phishing Filter in Internet Explorer 7. This isn’t a great long term solution if you don’t have another phishing filter installed, but disabling IE7’s phishing filter has been known to correct ieframe.dll issues in some situations.
15. Disable Protected Mode in Internet Explorer 7. The Protected Mode feature in Internet Explorer 7 can, in some very specific situations, be involved in generating an ieframe.dll error message.

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For my foreign readers, this message tells customers there is a queue for logging in. It shows the number of minutes you have to wait and the number of the Helpdesk.

But now it seems the waiting queue a big hoax, it isn’t that busy on the server. They probably just want you to call their expensive helpdesk. Hackblog decided to take a look at the source code of this waiting queue page. They found out it appears that every 10 seconds is the server checks if your turn is up. When starting multiple sessions we get variable waiting times. Starting with 38 minutes, then 16 and later on 24 minutes again. And that was just  in 1 minute time.

Solution

After a long wait, customers are forwarded to the following web address:

https://www.secure.dsbbank.nl/DSBRetailFrontEnd/dsb_login.html

Which has no waiting queue at all! So just navigate to the link above and you will able to transfer your money without having to wait more than half an hour.

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Righto……..

The BUMA/STEMRA (abbreviated BS, which is by coincidence also the abbreviation for bullshit) announced some new rules yesterday during their press conference for embedding videos from online media streamer sites (youtube, dailymotion, whatever). starting from 2010, EVERYBODY must pay 30 euros per year for EVERY clip that you embed from youtube; if the embedded video falls under the copyright list of bullshit/stemshit (to be known: 17k musicus in the Netherlands and 1,2 mil worldwide –source: SP!TS).

Here’s a screenshot of today’s SP!TS Newspaper where this news is covered.

The idea is that the BS will (if not already) develop a script/robot/crawler to go, multiply and overpopulate the internet with one mission: to index where on internet (copyrighted) videos are being embedded. Those bots will call home. For those who doesn’t have the permission (= did not pay) to embed the videos, are getting a warning letter to take off the embedded clip. If not? they will get the invoice (the Joel Tannenbaum-RIAA story is a similar story — go google).

This guy from twitter (@coenjacobs) developed the Block Buma Crawler WordPress plugin, and I quote:

“This plugin is capable of keeping computers outside of your WordPress installation, that are blacklisted via this plugin. You can download the Block Buma Crawler plugin right now, version 0.1 is available. Drop the folder that’s inside the download in your /wp-content/plugins/-folder, activate the plugin and enjoy!”

–source: http://coenjacobs.net/blog/steps-blocking-buma-crawlers-wordpress

Furthermore…

Alongside with @coenjacobs, @madbello covering a good tutorial to block BS’s IP address before they can crawl your site. Read the steps in his blog: http://madbello.nl/?p=6997 (in Dutch). The red lines is the following: block the IP belongs to BS by using .htaccess file in your website. If you are using wordpress and not sure what to do, you would be way better off using WP-Ban plugin.

From the comments in madbello’s blog, the suggested IP range is 213.208.242.160 – 213.208.242.167  (.160 and .167 are included!)

UPDATE – THE WAR HAS ENDED AND WE HAVE PREVAILED!!!

I must admit I was a bit late with this story as it has been hot news here in the Netherlands for a few days now. But, not nearly an hour after publishing this article BUMA/STEMRA has thrown in their towel and risen the white flag. They have stopped all active searches on embedded music and will not continue their hunt untill further notice. (Official statement / translation)Since the dutch government has also spoken against BUMA/STEMRA tactics we probably won’t hear from them on this subject for a while. Bye Bye zwaai zwaai!

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First the ‘ easy updating’  part. I found a great service that does all the hard work for me, Pixelpipe. This great service allows you to upload messages and multimedia to a lot of services. More than 120 services as we speak! It works very simple, before you begin you have to add your profiles and services to PixelPipe and add some tags to them (eg. Photo, Family, Blog, FTP). After this first step which takes a bit longer to setup it is very easy to post to multiple destinations using the tags you have entered before. So when I want my family to see my newly uploaded photo I send my picture with the @family tag and Pixelpipe knows where to send it. Another big advantage of PixelPipe are the numerous possibilities for uploading your content, this can be done via e-mail, mobile phones, Firefox plugin, Picasa, Windows context menu plugins, sms/mms or the website itself.

So after making it a bit easier for me to post content to my social networks I want my networks to grow and be able to follow them easily. Here’s where my new lifestream comes in. This lifestream will be an automatically updated stream of all (well, at least most of) my online social activities. I currently have updates installed for Youtube, Twitter, Flickr, Delicious, Wakoopa, LinkedIn, Blip.fm and Hyves. My lifestream still needs a lot of tweaking before it’s finished but is working good enough for going public with. Be sure to add it to your favorites because I will be adding more social services and functionality soon! One of which will be a new website header showing generated polaroids from images found on my social accounts.

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Hello Everyone

I thought that you might like to see the detailed response which I have sent to someone who contacted me regarding the picture quality issues which are under discussion here:

“…Your complaint refers to the introduction of the new transmission encoders for BBC HD which were introduced into operations on Wednesday 5th August. There was an extensive process of assessment in advance of the selection of new encoders for the BBC HD service, using both objective and subjective criteria. The encoders which were chosen then went through further testing in advance of operational use, not only for picture quality but for compatibility with the Sky and Freesat platforms and their ability to deliver other services such as subtitling and surround sound successfully.

The new encoders were intended to help us in handling the wide range of material which the BBC broadcasts in HD, and to help to improve the picture quality of some of our most challenging programmes. These may combine progressive and interlaced shooting or where the BBC has limited control over some aspects of the broadcast chain. I believe that the new encoders have achieved this in relation to programmes such as the series of BBC Proms broadcast, Gardeners’ World, Rick Stein’s Mediterranean Escapes and the recent Athletics World Championships, for which our coverage using the host broadcaster feed was as good as and sometimes better than other broadcasters covering the same event. However we of course continue to assess coder settings against the wide range of material which they have to handle to determine the best settings on an ongoing basis.

Following the introduction of the new encoders, there were some issues around the handling of some pictures – primarily mixes and fades – which we acknowledged through the BBC HD blog on picture quality almost immediately. We have worked with our encoder supplier to address these issues in the long-term, and also put in place interim changes to minimise the difficulties. That the encoder change should generate problems for viewers watching BBC HD content is of course a matter for regret, but I do not believe that this was the result of errors in the preparation process.

You have also highlighted the issue of the bit-rate at which BBC HD broadcasts, and the changes to this over time. I do not believe that the problems that arose following the introduction of the new encoders had anything to do with the broadcast bit-rate, even though they coincided, as you have rightly identified, with a reduction in bit-rate for the channel.

One of the central issues in selecting new encoders for BBC HD was to deliver pictures at the same or improved quality while allowing a reduction in the channel bit-rate. As MPEG 4 coders have evolved, the relationship between bit-rate and picture quality has also shifted. This is not an issue that is specific to BBC HD, or to the encoders that we have selected.

The BBC has an absolute responsibility to use bandwidth efficiently – whether on digital terrestrial muxes or on satellite. Bandwidth is not unlimited, and on UK-footprint transponders the demand for capacity is very high. The current bit-rates were selected through a process which directly evaluated quality on the new and old encoders, using a wide range of programme material and both subjective and objective assessments.

Bit-rate is not the only factor affecting picture quality and a higher bit-rate will not automatically deliver higher picture quality.

HD is still an evolving production technology. A variety of production techniques are – in my view quite rightly – deployed as experimentation continues to explore what HD can delivery creatively.

As in standard definition, it is also important that HD delivers a range of “looks” for producers, appropriate to the nature of the subject matter. I do not prescribe a single standard for HD work for the BBC. Decisions regarding frame rate and progressive versus interlaced styles are the responsibility of individual producers. These choices do not impact on quality provided that the camera is set up properly and the shutter speed set correctly, issues on which the BBC HD team provides ongoing advice and guidance. As the discussion on the BBC HD blog suggests, there is a range of views around these issues, and the degradation or quality they may bring to HD pictures. It is worth noting that 25 frames progressive mode in fact has more resolution than a 25 frame interlace image, and is used by the majority of drama, documentary and natural history programmes to great effect.

While very clear, sharp images have become closely associated with HD, it is important not to confuse “sharpness” with resolution. The use of electronic sharpening on standard definition pictures can make images clearer but does not increase the amount of information in the picture, one of the defining features of HD.

Electronic sharpening is not a characteristic which BBC HD encourages since we prefer images to look more natural, and to allow directors to offer contrasting focus in order to highlight the key features in a scene. Indeed, some of our dramas are now using the latest large image format cameras.These cameras use an image sensor about the same physical size as a 35mm film frame that gives the image a very shallow depth of field. This will put all but the key subject out of focus and allows a director to use focus as a story telling tool.

HD picture quality is not purely about a crispness of image, but about a richness of image which comes from the amount of detailed information included.

Within the BBC HD team we work consistently to explore new HD technology with a particular view to enhancing picture quality across the range of programme projects with which we are involved. Filming in certain environments or using small cameras remains challenging, and where it is not possible to deliver HD pictures to the standards we set, we limit the use of lower quality images to a maximum of 25% of an individual title.

Finally, you raise the issue of surround sound and the number of programmes broadcast which offer a 5.1 sound mix. Wherever possible we buy series and films with surround sound tracks, and try to ensure that sound is captured in this format for outside events. But 5.1 sound is not always available, and a genuine surround sound mix can add substantially to production costs in HD at a time when we are concentrating the resources available to increase the total volume of programmes made in HD. At present we do not routinely “up-mix” programmes from stereo to surround.

I can assure you that picture quality is a very important part of the work that we are doing in BBC HD. We clearly have different views on the picture quality that is delivered and the factors that contribute to it, but I do believe that we share a perspective that the quality of images is central to delivery of HD television.

I want to add that the BBC HD blog is a very important discussion and communications forum for us, but as you have clearly observed we don’t respond to every single comment raised on it. We do take on board all the views expressed, and look seriously at substantive issues that are highlighted, whether they attract one comment or many.

I am sorry that in this case you feel that your original contribution did not receive the attention which you believed that it should have done.”

Danielle Nagler | Danielle Nagler is Head of BBC HD, BBC Vision

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