Need More Than Byte Size Videos YouTube

May 13, 2013 00:17 , Leave a Comment ,

Making Watching YouTube More Like Watching TV And Relaxing

A guy falling hahaha or whatever blooper you would like to call it may seem funny to some but what is not funny is the lack of video content being promoted that requires the attention span of more than 2 minutes. Each night I try to find documentaries, Long pieces of music that are not very variable in volume levels and just relaxing stuff to watch on my roku to help me sleep.

These byte size programs can be funny at the right time but YouTube despite it’s knowledge of my previous serch terms never seems to recommend anything longer than 5 minutes to watch.  Do you feel this happens to you quite often if so make a comment below.

How To Find Longer Programs On YouTube

Do Your Search Term On Google “Not YouTube”

Click Videos

Then Click Search Tools

After That Click On The Drop Down Menu “Any Duration” And Select “Longer Than 20 Minutes”

Now you can select videos to view that you can sit back and watch in comfort without jumping up to find something else to watch ever 2 minutes.

For A Better YouTube Experience

The Roku lt is not officially supported by YouTube but  you can install plex and bookmark videos to watch on it later.  If you have a device like the Roku Player if Not Get One Here by clicking this Image  and this video tells you how to use plex on your Roku. The Video Quality is not great but that’s because of the TV I had then it was a tube TV but you can still see what to do check it out in this video about the Plex App for the Roku

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INTELLINET 524773 Wireless 150N USB Mini Adapter Linux Mint

May 11, 2013 17:07 , Leave a Comment ,

I moved recently but now only have access to a wifi connection, Sure I can take the router out but it means pulling apart everyting. For the short term I had been using some ralink wireless USB device 28xx not sure about the exact model number,  But All Instructions for the ralink drivers to work required a wired network connection which I do not have access to easily. Then I finally found a wireless adapter that works out of the box on Linux Mint Anyway not sure about other distros. Now I might get some work done, I had been trying to get a ralink driver to work but the amount of Time I wasted trying to get it working was not worth it and could have been spent doing better and more productive things like blogging. I am not sure where you can get your hands on a INTELLINET 524773 Wireless 150N USB Mini Adapter as it looks like they are not being made anymore and not for sale on the official Intellinet website but have a look for them on a few auction sites like ebay.

 

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Making Life A Little Easier Ralink Driver

May 5, 2013 23:39 , Leave a Comment ,

Download Windows 7 , Vista, XP,  Driver For Ralink 2800 USB Wireless Device

Click on this link to download

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/85195124/IS_STA_RT2870_D-3.2.11.0_VA-3.2.11.0_W7-3.2.11.0_W8-5.0.0.0_RU-5.0.4.0_112912_1.5.24.0WP_Free.exe

Why this Driver Is Uploaded Here

I had just moved and forgot my wireless adaptor and have no easy access to a wired connection. I bought a ralink rt 2800 usb device in a computer repair shop around the corner as I like to buy local when I can.  It worked out of the box on windows xp sp 3 with wireless zero config but as I like to play around with my hard drives and format them often I just wiped my windows XP installation because I was bored the other day. Later I tried Reinstalling Windows XP but only had Service Pack 2, Then I tried my Vista CD and enabled Zero Config but it still did not work. Then I tried Windows 7 and Still the Same Story.

As was left with no network connection because the Ralink usb device does not work easily under Linux which I mostly use it’s possible to install but how can you download build essentials when you don’t have access to a network in the first place. Since the installation instructions require other additional packages also . Anyway I though I could just download the windows drivers on my tablet but to download them it requires a name and email on the mediatech website the new name for ralinks official site.  Anyway I noticed that after giving my name and email nothing happened and thought that the driver would be emailed to my inbox and found nothing when I checked it. The problem was that after you give your name and email on a desktop computer the download will start. But this does not happen when you do so on a tablet device so I have uploaded the device driver to dropbox here is the link.

I do not care what ralink think about me doing this,  The way I see it is I have paid for the device to work and it did not come with any installation cd or anything it just came in a bubble wrap package and looked like something you would buy on some Amsterdam street corner.No instructions, No Install CD lack of support on the Website and not mobile visitor friendly. As for Linux support well it’s like giving a homeless guy €50 compared to telling him you seen someone throw 20 cents in the river the other day. Sure if he needed that 20 cents he knows where it is but is that really helping him out ?.

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