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Why Your Old Phone Videos Won't Play Anymore
The Video That Wouldn't Open I was cleaning out an old phone drawer a few months ago the kind of drawer every household ...
The Complete Guide to Converting Images, Audio & Video Files (PNG to JPG, MP3 to WAV, MP4 to AVI & More)
Why I Wrote This (And Why You're Probably Here) Somewhere around the tenth time a friend texted me "hey quick question, ...
Why Your Files Never Leave Your Browser
A few months back, someone emailed me asking a question I get more often than I expected: "When I convert a file on your...
The Complete Guide to File Formats: Choosing the Right Image, Audio, and Video Format Every Time
I built a file converter, which means I spend way more time than the average person thinking about formats. And the ques...
Why Your Website Images Should Probably Not Be PNG or JPG Anymore
I was helping a friend fix her portfolio site's loading speed a while back, and the culprit was obvious the moment I che...
MP4, MOV, MKV, WEBM: A Practical Guide to Video Formats
A friend sent me a video from her iPhone last week and my Windows laptop wouldn't play it properly in some apps. Another...
MP3 vs WAV vs FLAC: Which Audio Format Should You Actually Be Using?
I get asked this a lot by friends who record podcasts or music: "should I just save everything as WAV to be safe?" The a...
Why Your PNG Photos Are Eating Up Storage Space (And the 30-Second Fix)
Last month I was clearing out my phone's storage and found a folder of screenshots and photos that somehow added up to a...