Apple iOS 5.1 Beta 2 improves Photo Stream

Apple has seeded the second Beta of iOS 5.1 to developers with the latest version allowing users to delete individual pictures from Photo Stream.

Photo Stream, which is part of Apple's iCloud facility, backs up photos taken using the cameras of iOS devices and makes the feed viewable on other Apple tech.

However, in the present version of iOS5, once a photo is synced to Photo Stream it is impossible to delete it from the stream without unsyncing the entire library

The new version corrects what many iOS device owners have considered an annoying flaw.

No notable additions

Aside from the changes to Photo Stream there doesn't appear to be any other notable additions to the Beta update.

iOS 5.1 is not yet available to the public and may go through more Beta versions before it goes live to iPhone, iPad and iPod touch owners.

Stream TV on VLC

The VLC player is a free and open-source media player designed to support DVDs, VCDs, varying formats of audio and video codecs as well as streaming video or tv. If you have a TV capture card installed on your computer, you can set up your VLC player to display streaming TV to view at your convenience.

Follow the below steps to configure the VLC to play the TV streaming:

1). Double-click the VLC Player icon to launch the program.

2). Click "Media," "Open Capture Device." Click "Video," "Refresh List."

3). Click the TV capture card from the menu displayed. Click "Audio," "Refresh List."

4). Select the computer's installed video card from the menu list.

5). Click "Media," "Streaming," "Settings."

6). Place a check mark in the box next to "MMSH" under "Output Methods." Enter "1234" into the "Port" field. Click the button next to "ASF."

7). Locate "Transcoding Options." Place check marks next to "Video Codec" and "Audio Codec."

8). Place a check mark next to "Play Locally." Click "OK" in the "Settings" and "Streaming Media" screens to exit. Click "Play." You will see TV stream on your VLC player.