Modern world full of the most different programs. Each computer has at least twenty programs that you need to know how to use. Not everyone can figure out how to use new programs on the go, and in this article we will look at how to use MediaGet.

Media Get is the best this moment, a torrent client that was created in 2010. Over the course of its existence, it has undergone many changes, however, one thing has remained unchanged - it is still incomparable in downloading files via BitTorrent. In this article we will try to figure out how to use this useful program, like Media Get.

Installation

Before you start using Media Get, you need to install it on your computer. But before that, you still need to download it, which you can do using the link provided above in the article.

Open the downloaded installation file. Click “Next” on the main installation screen and in the next window remove the installation options you don’t need. For example, you can remove at least “Set as default video player”. After that, click “Next”.

Now you need to uncheck the boxes so as not to install unnecessary programs. Click “Next”.

Now we uncheck the last box, which is not so easy to notice, especially if you quickly skip all the steps. After that, click “Next” again.

On the last window, click “Install” and wait until the program installs necessary components to your computer.

Search

After installation, you can launch the program and notice a nice interface. But the most pleasing thing about the program is correct function search, which allows you to find the necessary distributions immediately in the program.

Using the search is very simple - you enter the name of what you want to download and press Enter. After this, the search results appear and all you have to do is find the one that suits you and click “Download”.

You can also see a list of categories where you can select the one in which you want to find your giveaway. In addition, there is a “View” button, which allows you to watch movies or listen to music directly during downloading.

There is something else that many people don't know about. The fact is that the search is performed using several sources, and the program has a settings item where you can expand the search a little.

Here you can check the boxes for some other sources to search for, or remove those that you do not like.

Catalog

In addition to searching, you can use the distribution catalog. In this section you will find everything you need. There are categories here too, and even more extensive ones.

When you have decided on the desired distribution, you will be sent to the “Downloads” section. First you will need to specify the folder to download the file and you can, in principle, not touch anything else. But what if you need to pause the download or delete it? Everything is simple here - the toolbar has the necessary buttons. Here are some button symbols:

1 - continue downloading the file. 2 - pause downloading. 3 — delete the distribution (from the list or along with files). 4- shutdown the PC after the download is complete.

In addition, you can create your own giveaway by clicking on the button in the video of the blue chemical vessel. There you will only have to indicate the files that you are going to distribute.

So we looked at the most important features of MediaGet in this article. Yes, the program does not have as many functions as any other, however, it does not need them, because Media Get remains the best torrent client at the moment even without them.

Any user computer systems, mobile devices or the Internet almost every day encounters multimedia files. What is a media file? It is proposed below to consider this issue in more detail. However, there is nothing particularly difficult in understanding the entire concept of multimedia.

What is a media file in the general sense?

Let's start, perhaps, with the most basic. As a rule, multimedia includes everything that is associated with video, audio and graphics files or a combination of them, and even with the content of texts. By and large, even presentations created in Power Point, which contain one or more of the above objects, can also be classified as some kind of multimedia, although it is believed that this is a presentation, and not multimedia, only for the simple reason that such files are software or cannot be played by hardware players.

It is these three large groups that represent the main directions of the entire multimedia category. However, for all three classes, an additional classification can be given, dividing them by format or content. So, for example, in the video category, in terms of content, there may be films, cartoons, clips, video cards, advertising materials, etc.

And if in each class you also dig into the variety of formats, there will not be enough time to describe them all, since today in the computer world there are not even tens - hundreds of them. But speaking about what a media file is, it’s worth considering each category separately.

Audio

Audio or sound files are one of the largest categories that unites a huge number of various formats.

At the dawn of their appearance and creation, the PCM WAVE format, which was developed by Microsoft Corporation, was initially used. But files of this type were very large in size and stored on hard drives small volume or removable media in the form of floppy disks was quite problematic.

Everything changed when a special codec, Fraunhofer MP3 Encoder, was developed, which made it possible to compress audio information while reducing the size of the original WAV file. True, with a slight loss of quality at the level of a decrease in sound characteristics (sampling frequency, sound depth, etc.). However, today the MP3 format has been improved so much that not only the difference in sound is unnoticeable, but sometimes files of this standard, for example, with a bitrate of 320 kbps, sound much better than any other format.

Speaking about what an audio category media file is, it can be noted that in Lately Quite common and popular formats are:

• AIFF;
• FLAC;
• CDDA;
• DVD Audio and many others.

Some of these formats are independent and can be played by any players. Others are audio tracks that are embedded into the video. If we also take highly specialized formats of music programs (for example, the FLP format for the FL Studio sequencer), the number of formats increases simply incredibly.

Video

Another big class is video. In this case, videos can contain audio, video, graphics, text (for example, subtitles), etc. There are also a lot of formats in this category.

The most common are the following:

• DivX;
• Xvid;
• MPEG;
• RealVideo;
• 3GP, etc.

It’s simply impossible to list everything that exists in this category today. However, there is one caveat. It happens that the player does not play media files of this type. Why? Yes, only because each standard must be used special programs, called codecs and decoders (this will be discussed separately).

Graphic arts

Finally, another large class of multimedia is graphics. Here, perhaps, you can count the most different formats. In addition, you can separate stationary images and animation, which, although related to graphics in format, is closer in content to video, or raster and vector images. The simplest example is GIF file. By the way, they can equally be attributed to the so-called mixed files.

As for themselves graphic files, here the matter is not limited only to standard image formats. If we take into account engineering, design or drawing software packages like AutoCAD, their “native” formats can also be safely classified as a variety of graphic objects.

Mixed media

What is mixed media? The easiest way to explain this is with an example PDF documents, which can contain both graphics and text.

Despite the fact that special programs such as Adobe Reader, but not standard means, used for graphic images, they also, in a sense, represent a type of multimedia.

Creating Media Files

As for creating or editing multimedia, each category has special tools in the form of highly focused editors or programs that combine several capabilities.

Sound files can be created (recorded) or edited not only in specialized applications such as Adobe Audition, Sound Forge or ACID, but also using video programs, which, in addition to video processing, also have tools for audio editing. Considered one of the most powerful Sony program Vegas Pro. But in fact, today you can find quite a lot of such applications of different levels. Naturally, they all differ in their capabilities and the professionalism of the result obtained.

Well, if you look at the utilities for creating and processing graphics, there is so much here that an inexperienced user will simply get lost in this huge list when choosing the necessary utility.

Codecs and decoders

It is worthwhile to dwell separately on codecs and decoders, which are necessary not only for the correct playback of certain types of multimedia, but also for converting formats. Moreover, the same video codec can be used in some converter to convert video to audio and vice versa.

The most popular and most widespread packages with a full set of necessary tools are K-Lite, which, depending on the modification, may contain a different number of codecs and decoders. The K-Lie Mega package is considered the most complete Codec Pack, which contains absolutely all decoders and codecs known today. After installation, any video codec or audio decoder is built into operating system, programs for playing or processing multimedia automatically, so there should be no problems using them. Only at the installation stage it is necessary to note everything that needs to be installed.

A media file is audio, images, video, in our case also documents.

What kind of media files should be on the site?

First of all, any media file must be unique. If you add a picture to an article, and more than one, then please look for or make a high-quality, previously unused image.

How to find a unique picture?

1. Taking screenshots is . If you don’t know how to perform such an action or understand this process vaguely, then read the article on the portal.
2. Ordering hand-drawn images on any topic is not only unique, but also original, which visitors will certainly appreciate.
3. Use photo stocks, the main thing is to find a convenient photo bank, for example, www.firestock.ru.

How to add media file to WordPress?

What is WordPress?

WordPress is a convenient platform for website management. Using this engine, you will enjoy the process of work, and not vice versa. WordPress is completely free and publicly available.

Add media file.

I have already defined the concept of “media file” above, but in the WordPress panel, a media file is any file that you can add. Why is that? All this comes down to a banal button (called “Add media file”), through which almost any file download is carried out.

Follow the instructions and you won't get confused. I hope you have created a website and opened the WordPress admin panel. If a personal resource has not been created, then read the article “ ". If you just don’t know how to get into the admin area, then in the browser line after the domain name and hearing (/) write wp-admin.. Do the same with your site.

So, you can add a media file to the admin panel using the “Media files” section, or through the “Add media file” button when creating new entry. Let's consider only the second option, it is convenient and simple. What are the differences? If you add through the “Media files” section, then you do not link this file to a specific post or page. It will be possible to simply forget what this or that video refers to, for example.

How to upload a media file?

Let's imagine what you wrote interesting post and there is a desire to spice it up with pictures, without them it’s not so colorful.

First, I note that the main image of the article is not set through Add media file, but through the “Set image” button on the right in the sidebar. I added the picture below using the media file button.

Okay, now in the admin panel we go to the Posts -> Add New section. And before downloading/inserting anything, it is important to prepare everything. If this is a video file, then first, of course, you need to, and only then insert the code from YouTube into the recording, that is, here we can do without downloading media files, so as not to load the site. Regarding images, you can adjust their size and make them into what you need in any editor: Paint or Photoshop, for example.

I think the images are already ready. In my case, I place them in a special folder on my Desktop.

So, I click Add media file and I get to the file library. All previously downloaded files are located here. Click “Upload file”.

We see the button in the center and click it, then “Insert into post”

Now all that remains is to write the name in transliteration (Russian words in Latin/English letters). It is advisable to write each word with a hyphen. Once the name has been created, copy it into the alt field. Click Insert into post!

This is what it looks like:

Nuances when adding media files.

Nuances can arise even if you are quite an experienced user.

One of the annoying problems that I have encountered is an error when uploading a file to the file library. I haven't identified the problem, but now everything is fine. I did find one reason: the picture should not be heavy! Some people do not allow themselves or their authors to insert an image larger than 200 KB, others are not afraid and limit themselves to two MB. I don't monitor this, but I try not to load the library.

A note about video files. I don’t recommend uploading videos directly through media files, it’s a colossal amount of weight. Well, I don’t think everyone will succeed. You can add video code from YouTube only in text editor, not in the visual window at all.

Hello friends) Many programs have recently developed on the Internet, some of them are incomprehensible to me and many users, and others, in turn, can also be dangerous... Today our guest is the MediaGet program, I will try to tell you what kind of program it is and what it is needed whether she is for you.

So MediaGet is a kind of torrent client that allows you to download files on the Internet, from where I still don’t understand ( but then I understood!), because all this is already looked for in the program. Let's first look at this program, and then I will write some of my conclusions regarding it.

You can download MediaGet for free without viruses on the official website, for this in Yandex or Google just write mediaget download and the first link should be the official website. Well, so that you have no doubts, here is a picture from the Yandex search engine, I hope everything is clear:

By the way, before everything was not so smooth. I mean that Yandex used to consider the MediaGet site to be viral, and here is confirmation of this:

In general, this is a reason to think...)

Then there will be a big DOWNLOAD button on the site, click it and the program will start downloading. But it often happens that this program gets onto the computer in some incomprehensible way! But I don’t know how this all happens, I just read reviews on the Internet that for many it came out of nowhere. These are the miracles)

After which I started installing the program:

There was nothing like this during installation; MediaGet, like many programs, tried to infiltrate the system as much as possible:

This implementation can be reduced, just uncheck unnecessary boxes)

I thought that was all, but it turned out not! Also, when installing MediaGet, it was suggested to download Yandex Browser and some of its elements! Yandex Browser is good, it seems to me, but sticking it in like this when installing almost every program is somehow not very good:

So if anything, uncheck these boxes if you don’t need Yandex Browser or if you already have it) But damn, I thought that was all for sure, but here’s the bummer - we are also offered to install Anti-Virus 360, well, just proposal after proposal ! In general, if anything happens, you can also uncheck it here:

That’s it, then finally the program was installed and didn’t offer anything else!

This is what MediaGet looks like:

Now let's try to find something here, well, for example, I entered office OpenOffice package(by the way, it is completely free, unlike Microsoft, so I recommend it) and here are the results I was given:

As you can see, there are results and there are a lot of them! Now let's try to download something, it's easy to do - click on this button:

It’s better to download where there are a lot of stars in the Speed ​​column, otherwise it may happen that there will be no speed if there are few distributors)

After I clicked the button, the following window for adding a torrent popped up:

That is, here you can change where it will download, you can download it later or immediately. If you click the More details button, there will be a list of files and, for example, if you don’t need some, you can uncheck them. Well, that is, nothing special, although everything was done conveniently)

In general, I clicked Download now, the Downloads tab opened, where all the downloads go. That's where I saw everything I needed, the download itself, speed, and loading status. Again, everything is done conveniently! There is even a Folder button that you can click to immediately open the folder where the file is downloaded! This is the tab:

I didn’t notice any special flaws in the program, there are advertisements, but it’s not too big and not stupid.

On the Media Player tab, you can watch a video without downloading it:

I tried to play some kind of joke, well, a video with a joke, I wrote a part of it like cat jokes and then I clicked on this button to start the video:

Unfortunately, I waited and waited, but still didn’t get a joke about a cat, this message popped up at me:

This is probably because there were no distributors on the download. In general, I couldn’t watch another video, although the download started and stopped at 6%... My Internet doesn’t seem to be the slowest, in general, I don’t know what kind of problem it is, but most likely it’s just me.. )

So all the functions seem to work in MediaGet.

So what else can I say about MediaGet? I rebooted the computer and noticed an icon in my tray, although I didn’t immediately realize that it was the MediaGet icon:

When I clicked on the icon, the main MediaGet window appeared. In the task manager, the program sits under the mediaget.exe process:

The process seems to be the same. MediaGet is installed in this folder:

C:\Users\VirtMachine\AppData\Local\MediaGet2

I also noticed that there is an entry on the Startup tab (System Configuration window, which is called up with the Win + R buttons):

In principle, you can uncheck the box, but it is better to disable autorun in the program itself.

We carried out this little analysis, now I’ll talk a little about the MediaGet settings. To get into them, you should click this button in the main program window (you can also right-click on the tray icon and there will also be an item about settings):

And then select this item:

So, what do we have there in the settings. On the General tab, you can disable MediaGet autostart, and you can also disable auto-update of the program:

True, they could have made the font darker, the settings are not very clearly visible! On the Search tab, you can enable or disable torrent trackers on which files will be searched (I do not recommend changing anything here).

On the Downloads tab, you can disable some notifications and change the default folder where files will be downloaded:

And don’t forget that in order for the settings to be applied, you need to click OK!

On the Connections tab, you can configure a proxy, for example, if your Internet does not go directly, but through a proxy. But this setting is rarely changed, so we skip it. There is also nothing interesting on the Advanced tab, it seems to me, except that you can check the Use LSD box, so that peers are searched in local network(as I understand). The speed inside your provider’s local network is usually much higher than on the Internet.

Profile tab. There are some dubious settings, well, what I mean is that I wouldn’t trust the MediaGet program with my personal data, passwords there... To download files, you don’t need any profile) By the way, this tab:

But if anything, you can try, suddenly after authorization some super features of MediaGet will open.

Well, I think I’ve told you everything, it’s time to sum it up:

• The MediaGet program is suitable, but you need to know what to download, it happens that all kinds of programs contain viruses, so be careful; It’s just that the program itself downloads and there are trackers that are safe, but there are others where there may be viruses; This is just a note for you;
• it is possible to immediately play the film, that is, both download and play immediately; If I’m not mistaken, then the same feature in uTorrent comes as a paid feature, but here it’s free; For me personally, this is strange, especially considering what I read on the Internet that there is some kind of virus in MediaGet; maybe the chip reproduces what is swinging, this is some kind of enticement; in general, these are the things;
• MediaGet has a clear and stylish interface, everything is done as it seems convenient to me; except that in the settings the font is too pale and it’s not always possible to make out what kind of setting it is;
• in terms of speed, MediaGet is no different from any other program, that is, I did not find any acceleration or deceleration, it swings as usual;
• Many users complain about MediaGet and this is because it is often installed without the user’s knowledge, that is, you just need to uncheck some boxes when installing the software, but they are difficult to notice, so the user does not notice them and also installs MediaGet on the computer; It turns out that users are inattentive, they take advantage of this, and as a result, software that you did not order is on your computer; this is a scam in one word;
• the program is free, that is, you don’t need to pay any money, although there is a small advertisement and I think that this is a small mistake, you can forgive it;
• in addition to video, MediaGet can also play music, which is also cool;
• the galaxy is in danger: am I a MediaGet virus or not and the results simply amazed me, I was shocked;

Well, these are the pies guys! Now all I have to do is show you how to remove MediaGet)

How to remove MediaGet from your computer?

If for some reason you don’t like MediaGet, maybe it’s much more convenient for you to use the usual uTorrent, then you can completely remove MediaGet from your computer. But, as you can see, there seems to be nothing particularly dangerous in the program. I checked the browsers - it doesn’t insert its extensions, everything seems to be clean. It seems that this is because, as I wrote at the beginning, some antivirus programs MediaGet is classified as potentially dangerous, but I looked at it today and it didn’t seem dangerous to me. But to quickly find and start watching a movie, it can help well with this.

So, about the removal. You can do this in the usual way, that is, through Windows, but you can install a program for yourself and remove the software so that all the garbage after them is also deleted. The program is not complicated, so I recommend you familiarize yourself with it.

Now about the built-in ones Windows capabilities to uninstall, click Start, select Control Panel (if you have Windows 10, first press Win + X and select the desired item from the menu):

Now, among the bunch of icons, find Programs and Features, launch it:

Find MediaGet in the list, right-click on it and select Uninstall:

The program will be removed automatically within a couple of seconds. What's interesting is that this is the company that was listed as the Publisher, did you notice? Look here:

The name of the company hints very well at the direction of the company, so what is a banner? This is an advertisement on the site, an advertising graphic block)

After MediaGet was removed, the page opened in Internet browser Explorer, where it was written that we are very sorry that you are leaving:

Recently, there have been more and more programs that show something like this when uninstalled...

And let me remind you that I conducted an experiment on whether MediaGet is a virus or not, so if you are interested, read it.

Well, it seems that we have figured out everything, what kind of MediaGet program is, what it is intended for and how to remove it. Now all that remains is to wish you good luck)

27.05.2016

What are media players? Why are they even needed? What they can do, how to use them and why they are MORE CONVENIENT and BETTER than anything else (BluRay, DVD, CD). - read more about this.
Media player is a player for videos, music and photo albums (photos).

Media player plays files, which contain video, music or photos. How better player- the more different file formats he supports. Taking advantage the best models you can completely forget about the word “format”: just select and launch movies, music, photo albums using standard buttons on the remote control - just like on the old familiar BluRay, DVD, and CD players.

Why do you need a media player?

Because it is much MORE CONVENIENT than everything else that came before it - CD players, DVD players and BluRay players.

What exactly is more convenient? Here's what:

1) It is much easier, faster and cheaper to replenish your media collection - a library of films, music and digital photos.
2) Cataloging and searching for works in a media collection becomes much more convenient. One or two HDDs with files are much more compact than racks and shelves. Finding and running the file you need is much easier and faster than going through an archive of disks for a long time. In addition, you can organize information according to any principle convenient for you.
3) Storing information in the form of files is more reliable than on disks (BluRay/DVD/CD).
4) Compared to similar launching of files on a computer, using a media player is much more comfortable! You use it like a traditional player - sitting on the couch in front of a large TV. Agree, THIS is simply MORE USUAL AND CONVENIENT to watch a movie than at a desktop in front of a small monitor, holding the mouse, or than watching from a computer on a large TV, each time going to the keyboard and mouse to control it.

In addition, the player compared to a computer:

• quiet,
• more compact,
• has fewer wires,
• turns on faster
• Easily controlled with just one push-button remote control,
• hangs less often
• has a user-friendly interface like that of a familiar player, and not like a computer - both a small child and an elderly person who grew up in the pre-computer era can easily learn to use it.

How to use the media player

It depends on the class (capabilities) of the media player you are using. Of all the variety that is now on the market, we can roughly distinguish four classes of media players.

1) Players with a USB port, without hard drive(HDD), without connection to the local network (without network port).

This is the class of the simplest and most inexpensive models. At the same time, they can work perfectly at the level for which they are intended.

Usage

The player is connected to the TV, media files are recorded on a USB flash drive (or USB disk), which is then inserted into the USB port on the player. Take the player's remote control and find it on the flash drive. necessary files, let's launch. We look, we listen - that’s all! Simple and convenient. The player belongs to this category of models.

2) Players with the ability to integrate a hard drive (HDD), without connecting to a local network (without a network port).

These models are slightly more expensive than previous diskless models. They are convenient because you can record and store files on the built-in HDD. If the HDD capacity allows, you can transfer your entire old DVD collection, all music/movies/photos from your computer to it and use only the player. A DVD player with racks of discs can be immediately sent to the dacha: where there is a media player, you will no longer need all this!

Usage

To record movies/music/photo albums onto the player's HDD, just connect the player to the computer as a regular external USB drive and copy the necessary files. Then the player can be connected to TV - watch movies, listen to music, leaf through photo albums.

In addition, these players, like the previous class of players, are equipped with an external USB port for connecting to them external USB hard drives and flash drives from which players can play files. Many models have a function background music, i.e. when viewing photos can be accompanied by music. The most advanced models in this class can perform operations with folders and files, just like on a computer - copy, move, delete, rename, create new folders - and all this easily with the help of one remote control.

Note

These players (described in points 1 and 2) can only play SD video (cheap models) and SD and HD video (more expensive models). However, almost all new SD models are equipped with an HDMI output, and are capable of outputting an HD signal via component and HDMI outputs, scaling the SD picture to HD.

All media players of the two following classes (points 3 and 4) support real (720p, 1080i/p) HD video.

3) Players with the ability to connect to a local network (network port), but without Internet access - both disk and diskless models.

The advantage of these players is that, in addition to everything that models of the two previous classes can do, they can connect to a local network and play files from all available network sources - computers, network drives (NAS, Network Access Storage), other network players ( which have a built-in HDD).

Usage

The player is connected via a network cable to the router (network router), and via video and audio outputs to the TV. Next you need to go to the player settings (setup) section network settings and set the parameters appropriate for your local network. In most cases, the factory settings allow the player to automatically connect to the network immediately when turned on. Next, those drives/folders on computers and network storage devices (NAS) where the media files we need are located need to be assigned a common network access so that they are “visible” from any other network device, for example, from a media player. After this, the media player will “see” all network drives/folders and will be able to play files recorded in them, and not just files from its local HDD or USB drives. The obvious advantages of such a connection are that, firstly, the player has access to many more places where files are located, and, secondly, it is not necessary to copy files to the player (or connect external USB devices) - the entire media collection can be stored distributed on several network devices(or on one network server large capacity). For example, if there are several rooms in an apartment or cottage, each of which is equipped with a TV and audio system, it is enough to have only ONE network media server where all films, TV shows (recorded by a TV receiver), music and a collection of photos will be stored. In each room you can use your own network media player and watch something of your own - from the server over the network, without the need to first copy files.

4) Players with the ability to connect to a local network (network port), Internet access and the ability remote control(With remote computer) - both disk and diskless.

This is the most advanced category of media players. They have many uses depending on the user's wishes, the equipment he has and (often) the degree of familiarity with the topics "media players / computers / computer networks/ Internet”, since a number of initial settings still require some immersion in computer topics. But after the settings are made, anyone can use the player, regardless of the amount of knowledge and age. Media players belong specifically to this class of devices. What such players can do (in the most general terms):

• play files of almost any format (naturally heavy HD video files of tens of gigabytes);
• play files - from the internal HDD (if any), from external USB sources (disks, flash drives), from external eSATA drives (some models), network drives (within the same local network), from remote Web servers (via the Internet );
• download files (movies, music, photos) from the Internet (using the BitTorrent protocol);
• play IPTV and Internet TV channels;
• play the contents of popular Web media resources (YouTube, Flickr, Picasa, Yahoo Weather, etc., even viewing email inboxes);
• perform operations with files (copying, moving, deleting, etc.);
• have the ability to remotely control (over the network and via the Internet): managing settings, playing files (selecting a file, remote start, stop playback), turning on/off, downloading new files from the Internet, etc.;
• make it possible to install new software, including alternative software, which significantly expands the range of player capabilities.

If there are several rooms (not necessarily located nearby), each of which is equipped with a TV with a media player and Internet access, then you can either independently run the media player in each room, or manage the entire system of media players from one computer. This computer can be either on the same local network with the players, or remote and connect to each player via the Internet (see figure below). Even a pocket communicator, such as an iPhone, can be used as a computer. The players themselves can be either on the same local network or outside of a particular network.

From a remote computer you can launch files on each player, stop playback, change settings, turn the player on/off, etc. For example, you have a player at home (it is turned on and connected to the Internet), you are visiting, and so are your friends. There is a similar player (also with Internet access). You want to watch a movie or a photo album, or listen to music that is recorded in your home. What is needed for this? Just connect to your home player and run files from it as from a remote Web resource. In this way, you can easily exchange files with other players owners, without overwriting files - just keep the players online (and know their IP addresses, of course).

How can I add content to my home media library? Here are some of the fastest, easiest and most common methods.

1) Many Internet providers have one or more FTP servers, where thousands of videos and music files. Just download everything needed by the computer and reset to the player’s disk (if the player has a built-in disk), or to network folder computer, or to a separate network storage. Such downloading is free; traffic within the provider’s network is usually not charged.

2) Go to any of the Torrent trackers and just download what interests you. And completely free! Torrent tracker- Web portal, which contains an extensive catalog of films/music/photos/software/games/etc., from where special ones can be downloaded<*.torren t> files, which in turn when opened by the program torrent client, allow you to easily and quickly download the necessary media files - movies/music/photos/games/software/etc. Popular torrent trackers contain a truly huge database - you can find and download almost any movie (from Hollywood releases to classics and art house") or music. The most popular torrent trackers: thepiratebay.org, torrents.ru, tfile.ru, nnm-club.me, rutor.org, etc.

The most advanced players (the category described in point 4) usually have a built-in torrent client. You can run<*.torrent>file directly on the player, and the player will start downloading on its own, without the help of a computer (naturally, the player must be connected to a working router, and the router to the Internet).

3) Go to any movie or music Web resource that offers a download service (free or paid); files on such resources are often stored on a well-known file storage http://rapidshare.com(or similar ones) - from there you download it using the links indicated on the resource pages. If the download is paid, you are offered to pay via SMS. The amounts are usually ridiculous.

The enormous convenience of media players, their capabilities and flexibility of settings are worthy of several separate articles. A short use of such a device is enough to understand that DVD and BluRay players are already a thing of the past, if not the day before, and by and large they are not needed. What you REALLY NEED to have at home is the following:

• HD TV (display, projector) + separate audio system (stereo or 5.1);
• local network connected by a router with Internet access;
• at least one computer connected to the local network (for recording new media files);
• network disk drive (NAS) for storing the entire collection of media files (the NAS role can be performed by the same computer or another computer);
• media player (disk or diskless); if it has the function of connecting to a local network, then there are much more possibilities;
• if you watch TV, then you will also need a PVR receiver (satellite, cable or terrestrial, depending on what channels you want to watch), preferably connected to a local network.

On the media player you watch movies and photos, listen to music, watch IPTV and Internet TV channels, YouTube videos etc. On the receiver you watch TV channels coming from satellites, cable or over the air, if necessary, record your favorite TV shows and films, adding to your media collection of files.

And this is, in principle, a complete (or almost complete) list of what is needed for complete happiness. If it’s a pity to throw away BluRay and DVD players, you can connect them to the additional inputs of your TV and audio system and sometimes watch/listen to discs the old fashioned way.

Tue, 2009-09-01 23:00