Windows 8 Customization?

Lexsy-Love

I just got the Lenovo Yoga Ideapad and was wondering if the start menu is customizable. I would like to add a photo for the background or just a different design. Also, I see that when watching a movie, it makes me watch it in media center NOT windows media player (i dont like it.)

thanks!

Answer
The start screen has a number of backgrounds to choose from but you can't add your own by default.

Thankfully someone has stepped up to the challenge and created a program to do the job.

http://www.ghacks.net/2012/10/21/customize-the-windows-8-start-screen-background/

Windows 8 doesn't have movie DVD playback by default. You can buy a separate DVD playback program or you can download VLC. I suggest VLC, it's free.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html

- Dominic

No dvd audio in Windows media player or DVD / CD roms?

HI, i have had this problem for a long time now and cannot fix it. I have no audio with any movie dvds in windows media player 11 AND no audio with CD-Roms or games. I have this problem with only windows media player which i can solve by downloading another media player BUT i do not have sound with any CD's or DVDs. Also i can hear movies that i have downloaded from the internet they work fine with audio. Its just mainly CDs or DVDs that have no audio with windows media player 11. Also i cannot hear game sounds aswell. Please help!

Thanks!
Ive downloaded a number of codecs from solutions Ive tried to use from the internet and nothing has changed :(.
And Fug-azi I opened up my computer and i think the cable might be the problem, as there is a cable loose just like the one you posted but i do not know where to insert it to on the motherboard. There is a possible socket which i insnerted it into and when i tried to start my computer it wouldnt start :/.

Answer
You need the audio cable fitted from the back of the DVD/CD player to the socket on the motherboard. For games, movies etc that reside on your hard drive the cable is not required as it is included in the stream, on a CD or DVD the audio is in a seperate stream.

the cable looks like this

http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?q=CD+audio+cable&hl=en&prmd=ivns&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=1280&bih=826&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=275075529642459024&sa=X&ei=4DdBTtv-EZGLhQek4si5CQ&ved=0CKIBEPMCMAA

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You need to get hold of the technical manual for your system, once you have it look for the picture of the motherboard layout, on it should be a socket labelled AUDIO, that is where you need to plug it into.

If you post your system maker and model I'll try to find the manual for you.

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No dvd audio in Windows media player or DVD / CD roms?

HI, i have had this problem for a long time now and cannot fix it. I have no audio with any movie dvds in windows media player 11 AND no audio with CD-Roms or games. I have this problem with only windows media player which i can solve by downloading another media player BUT i do not have sound with any CD's or DVDs. Also i can hear movies that i have downloaded from the internet they work fine with audio. Its just mainly CDs or DVDs that have no audio with windows media player 11. Also i cannot hear game sounds aswell. Please help!

Thanks!
Ive downloaded a number of codecs from solutions Ive tried to use from the internet and nothing has changed :(.
And Fug-azi I opened up my computer and i think the cable might be the problem, as there is a cable loose just like the one you posted but i do not know where to insert it to on the motherboard. There is a possible socket which i insnerted it into and when i tried to start my computer it wouldnt start :/.

Answer
You need the audio cable fitted from the back of the DVD/CD player to the socket on the motherboard. For games, movies etc that reside on your hard drive the cable is not required as it is included in the stream, on a CD or DVD the audio is in a seperate stream.

the cable looks like this

http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?q=CD+audio+cable&hl=en&prmd=ivns&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=1280&bih=826&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=275075529642459024&sa=X&ei=4DdBTtv-EZGLhQek4si5CQ&ved=0CKIBEPMCMAA

-----------------------------------

You need to get hold of the technical manual for your system, once you have it look for the picture of the motherboard layout, on it should be a socket labelled AUDIO, that is where you need to plug it into.

If you post your system maker and model I'll try to find the manual for you.

How to make a dvd with windows 8 movie maker?

ME

I need help, I need to make a dvd and I cant do it with windows 8 movie maker

Answer
Hi There,

have had the same problem using Windows Movie maker using Win 7 home.
I could make a video , edits, transitions, title ,etc and burn to a DVD.
The computer could play it but not our home DVD player.

After trying several other programs there is one that is small, simple and it will burn a DVD that will work on our home DVD player.

The one that works is "Freemake Video Converter". It is free and allows joining several clips together. You can even "join" clips in different formats and it converts them to the format you select or will burn to a DVD-R disk.

It can open almost any format and save to most formats. If you want to burn a DVD you just select "DVD" and insert the DVD disk and click on "Burn"...that's all you have to configure.

One thing I found was you need to burn DVD-R (not DVD+R ). The plus R disks did not work for me. I doubt that rewritable DVD work work too.

Here is the link for the free download...http://www.freemake.com/
Hope this helps,
Al

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Windows 8 Customization?

Lexsy-Love

I just got the Lenovo Yoga Ideapad and was wondering if the start menu is customizable. I would like to add a photo for the background or just a different design. Also, I see that when watching a movie, it makes me watch it in media center NOT windows media player (i dont like it.)

thanks!

Answer
The start screen has a number of backgrounds to choose from but you can't add your own by default.

Thankfully someone has stepped up to the challenge and created a program to do the job.

http://www.ghacks.net/2012/10/21/customize-the-windows-8-start-screen-background/

Windows 8 doesn't have movie DVD playback by default. You can buy a separate DVD playback program or you can download VLC. I suggest VLC, it's free.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html

- Dominic

No dvd audio in Windows media player or DVD / CD roms?

HI, i have had this problem for a long time now and cannot fix it. I have no audio with any movie dvds in windows media player 11 AND no audio with CD-Roms or games. I have this problem with only windows media player which i can solve by downloading another media player BUT i do not have sound with any CD's or DVDs. Also i can hear movies that i have downloaded from the internet they work fine with audio. Its just mainly CDs or DVDs that have no audio with windows media player 11. Also i cannot hear game sounds aswell. Please help!

Thanks!
Ive downloaded a number of codecs from solutions Ive tried to use from the internet and nothing has changed :(.
And Fug-azi I opened up my computer and i think the cable might be the problem, as there is a cable loose just like the one you posted but i do not know where to insert it to on the motherboard. There is a possible socket which i insnerted it into and when i tried to start my computer it wouldnt start :/.

Answer
You need the audio cable fitted from the back of the DVD/CD player to the socket on the motherboard. For games, movies etc that reside on your hard drive the cable is not required as it is included in the stream, on a CD or DVD the audio is in a seperate stream.

the cable looks like this

http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?q=CD+audio+cable&hl=en&prmd=ivns&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=1280&bih=826&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=275075529642459024&sa=X&ei=4DdBTtv-EZGLhQek4si5CQ&ved=0CKIBEPMCMAA

-----------------------------------

You need to get hold of the technical manual for your system, once you have it look for the picture of the motherboard layout, on it should be a socket labelled AUDIO, that is where you need to plug it into.

If you post your system maker and model I'll try to find the manual for you.

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What is a good DVD player for Windows 8?

best dvd players for windows 8 image

RocKstar

I have an HP laptop and the DVD player that comes with it sucks so much. Can anyone give me the name of a DVD/media player that actually works well with Windows 8?

Answer
Now i am using dvdfab media player on my new win8 operating system.You can also have a try with this one.

What is the best app for windows 8 that will allow me to watch DVD video?

Eva

Windows media player is available for windows 8, but it does not allow people to watch a DVD video. What application should I download that will allow me to watch DVD videos on windows 8?

Answer
Try VLC Media Player

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