To convert your normal TV to a smart TV, you need to purchase a small media streaming device. You can access the content on your mobile phone, tablet, laptop, desktop, and on your TV using this device. You can watch video streamings services like Youtube, Netflix, Hulu, iTunes, Vudu, Crackle, etc, on your TV.

Google Chromecast
Google Chromecast is a streaming media player from Google. You can easily install Google Chromecast by yourself. First, plug Chromecast into your TV, then connect the USB power cable to your Chromecast. Plug either the other end of the USB power cable into an open USB port on your TV or into the included power adaptor which you will then plug into a power socket. On your mobile device or tablet, download the Google Home app. Check this Chromecast interactive guide or watch this video about how to install and setup Google Chromecast on our Youtube Channel.

Amazon FireTV Stick
Amazon Fire TV stick is a streaming media player, with Alexa Voice Remote. Fire TV Stick is very easy to set up and comes pre-registered to your Amazon account so you can just plug it into your LED TV. You can use the dedicated power, volume, and mute buttons to control compatible TVs. The official YouTube app is also available on Fire TV. You can mirror your content from your phone, tablet, or laptop to your TV with the Fire TV stick. Fire TV Stick HD and Fire TV Stick 4K are available to watch HD or 4k videos on your TV. Fire TV Stick 4K supports 4K Ultra HD, Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos, HDR, HDR-10, HLG, and HDR-10+, but you need a 4k LED TV to enjoy the 4K.

Roku Premiere
Roku premiere is another 4K or HD streaming player with IR remote. Roku Premiere allows you to start streaming in HD, 4K, and HDR picture quality. To install the stick, plug it into your TV with the included HDMI cable, then connect to your WiFi internet. Using the quick setup and easy on-screen experience, you can instantly start streaming.

Android TV box
Android Tv platform is an adaptation of the Android OS for set-top boxes and as integrated software on smart TV hardware. Several television providers have released set-top boxes based on Android TV. With Android TV, you can quickly cast photos, videos, music, and other content that you love from your favorite device straight to your TV. NVIDIA Shield TV, Xiaomi Mi Box, and a number of other Android TV boxes are available online from different companies.

Apple TV
Apple TV 4K device helps you to watch movies and shows in 4K HDR quality. You can stream your favorite channels live, and can watch content from apps like Amazon Prime Video, HBO NOW, Hulu, Netflix, etc. You can control Apple Tv with Siri using your voice.

As you can see a number of devices available to convert your normal TV into a smart TV. There are a number of media streaming devices and Android TV boxes available from a number of local manufacturers to convert your old TV into a smart TV. I personally use Google Chromecast, as my primary purpose to stream YouTube videos to my TV.

I purchased the Chromecast device online (you can buy a Chromecast Ultra if your TV is a 4k TV), connected the supplied HDMI cable to my TV by removing the HDMI cable from the TV set-top box (Plug your Chromecast into any open HDMI input on your TV). After that, connected the USB cable from the Chromecast device to TV’s USB port (luckily my TV has a USB port-check your TV, most new TVs have a USB port at its back to connect a USB drive). If your TV hasn’t a USB port, plug one end of the USB power cable into your Chromecast and the other end of the cable into the power supply. Use the USB power cable and power adaptor that is included in the box for optimal performance. You need to install the Google Home app from Google play store to control your TV, this app act as a remote. Turn on your WiFi connection, turn on your TV, go through the setup to complete the setup process.

SSML Editors
SSML Editor is an easy-to-use visual editor to improve the speech output of voice applications. By using the Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) editor, you can easily make the artificial sound a bit more natural.

There are thousands of video creators on YouTube who create videos on a variety of topics. From professional to amateur video editors create stunning videos with effective background music. You may wonder which music they are using and from they got such music. The background scores have a great role in the success of a video. So finding the right music that matches the visual is key in editing videos. Do you want to find which music is used by a YouTuber as the background score of a video?

Youtube Description
The easiest way to find the music video used on Youtube is to check the video description. The music credit is mentioned in the description.

Youtube Video Comments
If you cannot find any details about the music used in the video description, then check the comments to know somebody mentioned about the music used in the video. If the background score is an attractive one, definitely people will ask and search for the background score used in that video. You can ask the question in the comment section so that somebody will (sometimes, the creator himself) reply to your question.

Chrome Extension
AHA Music – Music Identifier
(Chrome Extension)
This is the best music identifier that I tested to find some music used on YouTube videos. This Music Recognition extension can easily find and identify any song playing in your web browser. First, install the AHA Music extension in Google Chrome browser, click the button of the extension (AHA Music – Music Identifier) on a page with the audio playing and it will recognize the song name, artist name along with YouTube, Spotify, and Deezer stream links. From my experience, it can recognize music with incredible accuracy and gave all the information about the song used.

Lyrics Search Engines
If you know the lyrics, you can use any lyric search engines to find the music used on YouTube videos. There are a number of lyrics search engines available like Lyrics.com, Lyricsworld, Findmusicbylyrics, etc.

The first YouTube video was uploaded on 23 April 2005 by the co-founder Jawed Karim at the San Diego Zoo, Me at the Zoo still on YouTube.

Photoshop
(https://www.adobe.com/)
Photoshop, the popular photo editing software offers tons of features to manipulate images. You can apply an artistic filter to your photo to convert it as an artwork. You can easily adjust the colors to give the photo a hand-painted look. In Photoshop, first, go to File > Open, to select a photo from your computer. Locate the Layers panel at the lower-right corner of your Photoshop workspace. If you don’t see it, go to Window > Layers. Right-click the Background layer and select Convert to Smart Object. Go to Filter > Filter Gallery. Select the Dry Brush filter from the Artistic folder to the right of the photo preview. On the right of the window, there are filter options. Adjust the brush size, brush detail, and brush texture to the optimum level. After completing the work, click OK.

GIMP
(https://www.gimp.org/)
GIMP is a free photo editing software, it is a versatile graphics manipulation software. Numerous digital photo imperfections can be easily compensated for using GIMP. You can also convert photo to sketch using GIMP using Sobel edge detect.

Paint.NET
(https://www.getpaint.net/)
Paint.NET is a free photo editing software for Windows. I am also using it to manipulating images before uploading them to this site. It has an easy to use intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools. In Paint.NET, go to Effects>Artistic, in Artistic sub-menu you can see effects that mimic traditional artistic drawing mediums such as ink, pencil, and oil. The ink sketch effect makes an image appear as if it was inked using a pen. The oil painting effect is used to transform an image as though it was painted with oil paint. The Pencil Sketch effect transforms an image to appear as though it were sketched with a pencil. Open a picture in Paint.NET and experiment with the features.

BeFunky
(https://www.befunky.com/)
There are a number of dedicated online sites that can convert photos to artworks with a click. Whether you want to go from photo to sketch or to pen and ink, BeFunky’s photo to art effects is a good choice. With Sketcher and Inkify options ranging from black and white to sepia to full color, you can turn your photos to sketches, and stencils using a single click.

Deepart
(https://deepart.io/)
Deepart use an algorithm inspired by the human brain. It uses the stylistic elements of one image to draw the content of another. It provides a novel artistic painting tool that allows everyone to create and share artistic pictures with just a few clicks. All you need to do is upload a photo and choose your favorite style like the above picture. Their servers will then render your artwork quickly.

The rise of the internet and high-speed internet connection offered tremendous opportunities to develop online tools that can replace offline image editing tools. You can find a number of websites offering online image editing, just by uploading a picture to the website. You can check for the features to know how to convert photos to video using that tool. If you know some tools that can do better than the recommended tools, share it here.

You can download thousands of free ringtones from the internet. If you want to create your own unique ringtone you can also make it using a ringtone maker tool. There are a number of online and offline ringtone makers available. You can create your ringtone by setting the starting and ending notes by sliding arrows along the timeline, you can Start and End the recording using buttons. You can make alarm tones using ringtone creators. You can also record your voice or your kid’s voice to make ringtone or notification.

Ringtonemaker
(https://ringtonemaker.com/)
Ringtonemaker is a free online easy to use ring tone maker. To upload files click upload. You can choose any music files in AAC, FLAC, M4A, MP3, OGG, WAV, WMA formats. Place markers to set the range and clip duration. Then click Play to listen to your audio clip. Now, choose the ringtone format: M4R for iPhone, MP3 for other mobile phones. Click Make Ringtone to convert the song into a ringtone.

Ringer
(https://ringer.org/)
Ringer is a similar tool like ringtone maker to create ringtones. First, upload audio files from your device to Ringer. You can add AAC, FLAC, M4A, MP3, OGG, WAV, WMA file formats. In the editor select the portion of the song you like by moving markers and using fine-tuning controls. Select a ringtone file format, you can select M4R for iPhone and MP3 for any other phone. Finally, click Make ringtone.

Ringtone Maker App
(Ringtone Play store)
Ringtone maker is a free app to create ringtones, alarms, and notifications from MP3, FLAC, OGG, WAV, AAC, MP4, 3GPP, and MIDI files. Then cut the best part of your audio song and save it as your Ringtone or Alarm or Notification Tone.

MP3cut
(https://mp3cut.net/)
You can create ringtones using audio cutter tools. MP3cut is an online audio cutter app to cut audio tracks right in your browser. It supports over 300 file formats, fades in and fades out features, and ringtone quality presets.

You can make free ringtones from any songs. For iPhones use M4R format and use MP3 for Android phones. You can make ringtones using your own voice or on your kid’s voice. Now enjoy reminding you to answer the call with your child’s voice.