Feb 26, 2016 06:17 pm | Aseem Kishore | Google Software/Tips
How to Make YouTube Videos Loop Continuously
Have you ever needed to loop a YouTube video over and over again? Maybe you are playing a music video on your laptop, which is connected to some speakers and you need the same song to repeat over and over again? Or maybe you just want to watch the same clip of something ridiculous happening over and over again!?
Whatever may be the case, there are a couple of ways you can loop videos on YouTube. Thankfully, YouTube has upgraded their video player to HTML 5, so that on most web browsers all you have to do is right-click on the video to loop it!
In this article, I’ll mention all the different ways to loop a YouTube video in your browser. If you are trying to do this on a phone, it won’t really work from the YouTube app. I’ve tried it and the only way is to tap on the repeat button when the video finishes. If you need to replay a video on your phone, use the web browser and then use one of the web methods mentioned below (InfiniteLooper).
Method 1 – Right-Click
If you’re using a modern browser and the video you are watching isn’t one of the few that don’t play using HTML5, then you can simply right-click on the video and click on Loop.
As you can see, this is a menu specific to YouTube. If this doesn’t work for you, it could be because of the video, your web browser or the operating system you are running. If you are using Chrome, you can try another right-click trick.
Go ahead and press and hold the SHIFT key on your keyboard and then right-click on the video. While still holding down the SHIFT key, right-click again. This time you should get another menu that looks a bit different, but has a loop option too.
As you can tell, this menu is specific to Chrome. Unfortunately, this little trick only works on Google Chrome, probably because Google owns YouTube.
Method 2 – Edit URL
Another semi-simple way to get a video to loop is to use a specific URL. For example, let’s say the video you are watching is the following:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBNYwxDZ_pA
The important part is at the end highlighted in bold. Now copy that last part immediately after the v= and paste it into the following URL in both locations:
This basically creates a playlist for you with just one video and lets you loop it over and over.
Method 3 – Create Playlist Manually
In addition to using the URL method above, you can manually create a playlist yourself with one video and let it repeat over and over. To do this, you need to be signed into YouTube though. Method 2 works without having to sign into YouTube.
When you are watching the video you want to loop, click on the Add To link just below the video.
Click on Create new playlist and then give your playlist a name. Once you have created the playlist, you’ll need to click on the little hamburger icon at the top left and click on the new playlist you just created under Library. In my case, I called it Watch.
There should only be one video listed in the playlist. Now click on the Play all button and it will continuously play that one video.
Method 4 – Website
The four method involves using websites that only exist for looping YouTube videos. It’s pretty ridiculous, but I guess there is some demand for it! You have to use a method like this if you are trying to loop videos on your smartphone or tablet. For some reason, the apps on those devices do not have an option for looping.
InfiniteLooper is one of those looping sites. Just copy and paste the URL from YouTube and then click Search. This will load the YouTube video and allow you to loop it indefinitely or even to loop a specific portion of the video if you like.
Method 5 – Extension
The last way to loop YouTube videos if you want a simple solution and the first method is not working for you is to install an extension. For Chrome, there is Looper for YouTube.
Once you install the extension, you’ll see a new Loop option below the video. Click on that and you can choose how many times to loop the video and also if you want to loop only a portion of the video. For Firefox, you can use YouTube Video Replay.
Hopefully, these methods will allow you to loop your (probably music) video as many times as you like! If you have any questions, feel free to comment. Enjoy!
Feb 26, 2016 12:32 pm | Aseem Kishore | MS Office Tips
How to Use Excel AutoRecover and AutoBackup Features
It’s always a terrible tragedy when someone loses something important they were working on because they didn’t save their document properly. This happens more often than you would think to Excel and Word users!
Luckily, Microsoft has added a lot of features in the last couple of versions that help reduce the chances of losing data due to crashes, power outages, accidental deletions, etc. One feature is called AutoRecover and the second, less-commonly known feature, is called AutoBackup.
In this article, I’ll talk about how to configure both options so that your data is as safe as possible. I would also like to mention that the latest versions of Office allow you to save documents directly to OneDrive, which is a good option to consider because you’ll still be able to access your work even if your hard drive fails.
Excel AutoRecover
The Auto Recover feature is turned on by default and basically saves your document automatically into a temporary location after a set time interval. To view the AutoRecover settings, click on File and then Options.
Click on Save in the left-hand menu and you’ll see the AutoRecover option under Save Workbooks.
By default, AutoRecover information is saved every 10 minutes. In addition to the interval, Excel has to be idle for 30 seconds before the data will be saved. Also, the autosaved information is saved in the AutoRecover file location listed here. So how does it work? Basically, let’s say you have a worksheet like the one below and you have it saved.
Now let’s say I add the following data to the Excel spreadsheet and wait about 10 minutes without saving my document. Since the AutoRecover interval is set for 10 minutes, you need to wait at least that long for the data to be saved.
In my case, I simulated an Excel crash by opening the task manager and killing the Excel process. After that, I reopened Excel and immediately saw an option called Show Recovered Files.
If you click on that, it will bring up a list of Excel files that can be recovered. In my case, it had the original file, which had data in just A1 and A2, and it also had the AutoRecovered file, which included the data that I had not saved to disk.
Clicking on any of the items in the list will open another instance of Excel showing the data in that particular file. Overall, this is a really useful feature for those times when you didn’t save all your work, but Excel ends unexpectedly.
The major downside to this feature is that the AutoRecover data is stored on the same hard drive as your file, so if something happens to your hard drive, everything will be gone. You can change the location in the settings above to a separate hard drive or even to a network location, which I highly recommend.
Note that AutoRecover information is also deleted automatically by Excel in the following circumstances:
You save the file manually or by using File – Save As.
You close the file or quit Excel (whether you save the file or not)
You turn off AutoRecover completely or for just the workbook
So basically, whenever you save the file, it gets rid of the AutoRecover data. In addition, if you manually quit Excel and choose not to save the data, it will delete the AutoRecover data. Just keep that in mind when using this feature. If you are a heavy Excel user, I would suggest setting the AutoRecover interval to something like 2 or 3 minutes instead of 10.
AutoBackup
Another feature that not many people really know about it is AutoBackup. To use it, you have to first go and save your file to get to the Save dialog box. If you already have a saved Excel document, go to File and then Save As and choose a location. When you do this, it’ll bring up the Save As dialog.
In the dialog, click on the Tools button that is to the left of the Save button. You’ll see a couple of options, one of which is General Options. When you click on that, a small window will appear with some more options.
Go ahead and check the Always create backup box. Click OK and now when you save the file, an Excel backup file will also be created with a .XLK extension. Note that the first time you do this, the files will be exactly the same. If you make edits to the original file and then save it again, the backup file will still remain the same (the original data). The third time you save it, however, the backup file will be updated with information up to the second save.
Basically, the backup file is always one version behind the current version. So if you made a bunch of changes, saved your file and then wanted to go back to the version that didn’t have those changes, you could just open the backup file.
The file is saved in the same location as the original file and there doesn’t seem to be a way to change that. This feature doesn’t add a whole lot of safety to your document, but it’s good in certain circumstances.
Enabling these backup and recovery features in Excel will hopefully save you from losing important data. It’s always a good option to use cloud storage (like OneDrive) as an extra safety net in case your computer catastrophically fails. If you have any questions, feel free to comment. Enjoy!
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