WiFi Channel Scanner iPhone/iPad

Download the Airport Utility app

Once downloaded go to setting then scroll down to the Airport Utility app and enable Wi-Fi Scanner

Return back to the app, you will now see a Blue colored Wi-Fi Scan in the top right of the app.

Click  Wi-Fi Scan

This will display all the neighboring WiFi routers in the area.

You will can now change your personal router to an unused channel this will help eliminate problems with WiFi connections/dropouts.

Also see : Choosing the best Wi-Fi channel : https://lozaelec.blogspot.com/2016/12/choosing-best-wi-fi-channel.html

iPad Gets Hot While Airplay Is On

My younger son noticed that his iPad was getting quite hot while he was streaming content to his Apple TV which he had been playing for around 45 minutes.

He was also quite annoyed that he could not view other content from his iPad while streaming like he used to with Google Chromecast.

Once he closed out of Plex or multi tasked to another app the video would stop.

He was using Plex to stream a movie, usually once you select the device to stream to in Plex, it then streams directly to the device without the need for it to be always on.

I realized that he had Airplay Mirroring on.

Whew you airplay directly from the Plex app it does not tell you that you are mirrored.

Time to turn it OFF

Swipe from the bottom and upwards of your iPad/ iPhone, select Airplay, then turn OFF airplay mirroring.

  

No more Hot devices.

HikVision DS-2CD2132F-IWS and DS-2CD2142FWD-I Port Forwarding

Port Forwarding for most models should be the similar.

Below I have port forwarded three cameras, both http ports and server ports have been forwarded.

Instead of using the standard Http port 80 I have chosen my own ports for each camera.


No1 : Hikvision Garage camera

Http port : 3012
App (Server port) : 3013

No1 : Hikvision Hotwater camera
Http port : 3010
App (Server port) : 3011

No1 : Hikvision Kitchen camera
Http port : 3009
App (Server port) : 3008


In some cases, as in my case, port forwarding is done in two places.
Most modems will probably only have to port forward in the Nat/Virtual server area.

1)Security/ IP Filtering Incoming
2)Nat/ Virtual Servers

IVMS-4500 iPhone App : https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/ivms-4500-lite/id441697527?mt=8

 

 IpCamViewer : https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/ip-cam-viewer-pro/id402656416?mt=8

 

If you are using IP CamViewer, you will need to port forwarded the Http ports as well

 

  

iPhone Mov Videos Are Playing sideways

Quick fix 

Movie rotator : http://movierotator.com saves as mp4



The Mov thumbnail image in Windows would display rotated and if played in Media player would play sideways.

I assumed it would be all sorted by now many years later but unfortunately not.

The Mov videos I had were as far back as the iPhone 3GS (2009/10), and it was time to sort through around 400 videos.

All will need to be rotated 90 degrees.

I found that VLC, and QuickTime would play a lot of the videos correctly but Media player did not.

Depending on how you hold the camera while recording would change the outcome of the thumbnail preview and playback.

Holding the camera Vertically (Home Button Down) the picture in windows would display to Left.

Holding the camera Upside Down (Home Button Up) the picture in windows would display to Right.

Holding the camera Correctly (Home Button Right) the picture in windows would display Correctly.

Holding the camera To Left (Home Button Left) the picture in windows would display it Upside Down.

Higher Quality Image : https://www.dropbox.com/s/9smhj2we9362sb4/Video%20Photo%20rotation%20Iphone.png?dl=0

When recording videos on an iPhone it is best to make sure the Volume buttons are facing down.

What a pain, as you know cameras have always taken photos with your pointer finger, what bright spark said change it to your Left thumb.

I decided to purchase Quicklime Pro as it said it world be able to rotate the video.

This did not work because when you open the MOV files with QuickTime it would automatically fix the video so therefore there was nothing to rotate.

If you tried to rotate the video it would save it rotated.

After two months of support Apple QuickTime told me that there is no problem with QuickTime Pro and it was a Microsoft Windows issue.

If QuickTime pro for windows doesn't work then why sell it for windows.

Converting these usually looses some quality so keeping the videos as MOV with QuickTime was what I thought to be my best option.

I made an appointment to speak to Microsoft, they logged into my Computer found that my media player library was corrupt causing the thumbnail cashe to display a rotated video image, but when they played a video it still was rotated in media player.

Troubleshoot library

Close Media Player

Make your way to control Panel, then Troubleshooting , Then View all, Then  click on Windows Media Player Library

Then Next

Apply Fix

As you can see the library is corrupt, press close

Go to Start the type : services.msc

Click on services.msc

 

Right click on Windows Media Player network Sharing Center and click Stop

Make your way to C:\Users\Loza\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Media Player

Replace Loza with your username

Delete the Media Player folder

Click on Media Player

This will rebuild the library

Click Start, then type troubleshooting, click on troubleshooting then click view all

Double click on Windows Media Player Library

If you still get Media library is corrupt, then continue.

Uninstall Windows Media Player

Go to Start, then in search type  Windows features

Click on Turn Windows features On or Off.

Scroll down and untick Media features, then reboot the computer

Reinstalling Windows Media Player

Go to Start, then in search type Windows features

Click on Turn Windows features On or Off.

Scroll down and tick Media features, then click OK

Try troubleshooting again, if you still have issues.

http://diagnostics.support.microsoft.com/diagprov/provision/MicrosoftFixit.WinMediaPlayer.RNP.Run.exe?_tenant=mats&diagid=WinMediaPlayer&entrypointid=RNP&_ext=.exe

Unfortunately there was nothing more they could do.


This does not happen in windows 8.1 all video play fine in Windows media Player

Here is a good explanation : http://keyj.emphy.de/exif-orientation-rant/


Tools i used

Exiftoolgui : http://u88.n24.queensu.ca/exiftool/forum/index.php?topic=2750.0

Make sure you enable "Show Composite Tags in view ALL" in the Options tab.

There seems to be a lot of discussion about this over the years here are a few.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-pictures/my-iphone-mov-files-play-sideways-in-media-player/4419e884-0c35-493b-8399-4b0db1d77162?page=2

https://www.avforums.com/threads/rotate-a-quicktime-mov-file.59954/

http://superuser.com/questions/564233/iphone-recorded-videos-getting-rotated-on-windows-systems

http://keyj.emphy.de/exif-orientation-rant/

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-pictures/my-iphone-mov-files-play-sideways-in-media-player/4419e884-0c35-493b-8399-4b0db1d77162

http://video.stackexchange.com/questions/15390/best-way-to-batch-rotate-3000-h-264-videos

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3311176?start=0&tstart=0

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3501039?start=0&tstart=0

https://www.avforums.com/threads/rotate-a-quicktime-mov-file.59954/

http://superuser.com/questions/570999/an-mov-video-that-is-upside-down-in-windows-appears-right-side-up-in-osx

https://dawsonweb.wordpress.com/2013/05/18/irotate-a-useful-tool-to-rotate-your-iphone-video/

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/14751/rotate-a-video-90-degrees-with-vlc-or-windows-live-movie-maker/

Windows live Movie Maker works well and quick - Not supported any longer but if you do find a copy install then drag in the Mov file.

Then click rotate left twice until the image displayed is the correct way round.

Then click save video.

Manage Iphone Contacts, Calandars, Sms And Notes Without iTunes

I was having issues with my iPhone contacts not syncing with Outlook on my PC.

I used this program called CopyTrans Control Center, worked a treat.

Download : http://www.copytrans.net/downloadtrial.php

Install, then Plug your iPhone, then run CopyTrans Control Center.

iTunes must be closed before running the program and it will ask you to close it if it was open.

Click Start, this will load all Contacts from iPhone.

Once you have sorted all your contacts click export selected, then click yes.

You can either back up all your contacts by clicking Save your address book or save as a single VCF file, XLS file or even direct export to Outlook.

Only allowed me to export around 48 of 200 contacts in trial mode so I purchased the full version.

Iphone 6 Plus Maximum Number Of App Pages

Test was done on my iPhone 6 Plus Version 8.2 on 03-04-15

15 Pages of 24 app = 360 apps with no folder

Add Rss Feeds to xFeed App Iphone

OK you have spent ten minutes looking aon how to add an rss feed URL to the Xfeed app.

It might be just me but I typed in the URL after clicking on the + (add sign) then clicked done.

How to Add

Click on the + at the bottom of the app, then enter the RSS URL then Click Go at the bottom right not Done.

To  add say netflix rss feed, you would do Google search for "netflix rss" results show

RSS Feeds - Netflix DVD

Click the link

Under Top 100 it gives you the URL for the Netfilix RSS feed, enter http://dvd.netflix.com/Top100RSS into the xFeed app then press GO, then Save, then Done.

Ringtones To iPhone

Do it all from your iPhone watch below Video  

Remote For VLC Using Iphone / Ipad

Install VLC

This tutorial was done on VLC Version 2.1.5

Run VLC, choose tools, then preferences

On the bottom left under show setting, click on select ALL

Scroll down to Interface, the main interfaces and enable Web

Under Main interfaces select Lua, under Lua HTTP type in your password, then press save

I used this app : https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/vlc-streamer-free/id410036516?mt=8

Run the App, click settings at the bottom of the page, scroll down to Add computer manually

Enter any computer name, then enter the Ip address of the computer, press save

Click on the arrow in the top left to take you back to the main page.

Now run a VLC on the computer and play a movie

Go back to the app and under Saved Computers, click on the newly created computer it should be orange, if it grayed out you haven't got VLC playing.

Weird Icon On Iphone

For some reason 2 icons on my iPhone don't appear as they should
Fix - Reboot iPhone -Hold down the sleep/wake button for about 5 seconds then slide to power off
Power back on by holding the same button down to turn it back on

 

Print To Any Printer From Iphone

You are frustrated because you cannot print to your local network printer that doesn't have eprint Wi-Fi support

You have probably downloaded a few apps but have had no success.

Try this it works; it beats having to download the file to the PC then print it.

You will need to install windows AirPrint installer on PC

http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=317147&d=1324647356

Right click on (Windows AirPrint Installer iOS 5 for x86 x64.zip) extract all to a folder.

Right click on AirPrint iOS 5 FIX - 64Bit.reg or AirPrint iOS 5 FIX - 32Bit.reg depending on your system, then click Merge.

Run AirPrint_Installer.exe , then click Install Airprint Service, you may need to reboot your PC.
You will need to install Bonjour services if you haven't installed iTunes : https://support.apple.com/kb/DL999?locale=en_US



Open say a pdf on the Iphone, I use adobe acrobat for all my documents.

  

I selected Print document, then Printer, then selected my network printer.
You may need to enter in a user name and password.

Then press print.

If for any reason your printer does not show up, run AirPrint_Installer.exe and click on Remove Airprint Service, then click Install Airprint Service again.