I have to admit that out of every website in existence,\r\nYouTube is probably my favorite. Not only do I have many of my own videos\r\nshared on it, I like watching other people’s videos as well. YouTube contains\r\nan endless variety of content and I have gotten into the habit of watching\r\nrandom channels each night while I’m exercising.
As great as YouTube is on its own, however, there are plenty\r\nof apps out there that make it even better. Most of the YouTube-oriented apps\r\nthat are available today are simple downloaders, but there are some other types\r\nof apps that provide more unique functionality. This article discusses five\r\nsuch apps.
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One more thing I want to quickly mention about Free YouTube\r\nto MP3 Converter: You have to be careful when you install it or it will install\r\na number of nonrelated browser “tools.”
Many of the hotels that I have stayed in over the last few\r\nyears block Websites such as YouTube, Netflix, and Hulu. Some people claim that\r\nthis is done in an effort to encourage hotel guests to order pay per view.\r\nOthers have suggested that hotels block such sites as a way of conserving internet\r\nbandwidth. Whatever the reason, Hotspot Shield will likely be able to get you\r\naccess to YouTube and other blocked sites.
Hotspot Shield acts as an Internet proxy. The client\r\ncomputer establishes an encrypted tunnel to a remote Hotspot Shield server,\r\nwhich then accesses web content on the client’s behalf.
DFX Audio Enhancer improves the quality of the audio that’s playing on your PC.\r\nThe audio source doesn’t seem to matter, so this tool works fine for improving\r\nthe sound quality of YouTube videos.
DFX Audio Enhancer appears to be geared toward audiophiles.\r\nIt works similarly to some of the home theatre receivers, in that it allows you\r\nto use preset configurations or to manually control settings such as fidelity,\r\nambience, 3D surround, dynamic boost, and hyperbass.
DFX Audio Enhancer sells for $29.99, but a free trial\r\nversion is available for download.
In addition to allowing you to play videos from the various\r\nvideo hosting sites, this tool includes a built-in video downloader.
Going in, I honestly wasn’t sure how well a 3D converter was\r\ngoing to work on a video that wasn’t originally filmed in 3D. However, the\r\nresults were surprisingly good, considering that the source material wasn’t\r\nnative 3D.
Axara 2D to 3D Video Converter sells for $29.95, but a free\r\ntrial is available for download.
* 1988 - Started teaching myself about computers \ * 1992 - Mainframe programmer for an insurance company \ * 1993 - Network Administrator for a different insurance company \ * 1996 - Author for The Cobb Group \ * 1998 - Network Administrator for Fort Knox \ * 1999 - CIO for chain of hospitals \ * 2000 - Gave up the corporate rat race to work out of my home. I have been a full time technical author ever since. Visit my Web sites at http://www.brienposey.com and http://www.relevanttechnologies.com \
