Freeware programs and applications

[Winchester]

Originally posted by: DopeFiend
I tried the Free DV program last night, it blows, big time. Yes, it's free and that's great. However, I tried to import some large (~16Gb) DV files into it that I'm working on, and it told me that it only supports .jpg and .mov imports. Plus, the interface goes to pot on a dual-screen setup; the program maximises itself to the width of both screens (grr) and all the palettes become corrupted.
Windows Movie Maker it is for me, even though it does "baby" me a bit too much for my liking

I have access to the full version at work and the freeDV does blow. There is a list of what is NOT included compared to the other versions and it pretty much just barely allows you to open a file and change the overlay color and add text.

 

[shimsham]

great post, thanks!


we need a sticky, mods!

 

[igowerf]

Updated some stuff.

 

[imported_Phil]

Thanks for the quote
Freelance software reviews undertaken. When I'm not at my day job

Oh, and I should mention that Opera comes with an excellent built-in mail client, M2. Doesn't have the flasy bells and whistles of some of the bigger programs, but it's great at what it does, and I don't really need more than that. Definitely worth a try.

 

[theAnimal]

For file compression, check out IZArc. It supports about 40 different file types including rar & 7zip. The newest version also has the right click context extract for SFX archives.

 

[networkman]

Thanks for the great thread!

I'm already using OpenOffice, but I see there's quite a few more programs I'll have to try too.

 

[igowerf]

Originally posted by: theAnimal
For file compression, check out IZArc. It supports about 40 different file types including rar & 7zip. The newest version also has the right click context extract for SFX archives.

Thanks for the tip. I installed it and I'll use it for a while (comparing it to my current fav, Alzip). It seems to be pretty good so far. Clean, fast, and no ad banner like Alzip.

 

[alexruiz]

I think this deserves a sticky!

 

[sciencewhiz]

How about paritioning: Ranish Partition Manager and boot loader: XOSL

 

[igowerf]

up with some updates

 

[kaber]

my 2 cents, I really don't like thunderbird.
It's got some stability issues.

 

[theAnimal]

I just noticed in the help file for IZArc that you can convert to SFX on the command line.

 

[Vadatajs]

Java editor: Eclipse (www.eclipse.org) works on both windows and linux.

 

[Mitzi]

Originally posted by: Vadatajs
Java editor: Eclipse (www.eclipse.org) works on both windows and linux.

I prefer the Netbeans IDE...Link

 

[hasu]

Here is a nice program if you do video editing (for home movie creation)
WinMorph. WinMorph is for morphing. You can use the output in your home videos!!


and for creating PC based software training or demo
Wink

very nice programs imho.

I have downloaded it couple of days ago, not really started using it.

(Do not forget about MovieMaker 2.0 from Microsoft, for video editing)

Edit 1:
I didnt see a good mp3 player listed .. see this thread
I use . Jetaudio. Winamp 5 looks good too. another thread

Edit 2:
Nice utility to remove all those unnecessary programs from various locations of windows start up. Startup Control Panel

Edit 3: Explained WinMorph

 

[igowerf]

Originally posted by: hasu
Here is a nice programs if you do video editing (for home movie creation)
WinMorph

and for creating PC based software training or demo
Wink

very nice programs imho.

I have downloaded it couple of days ago, not really started using it.

(Do not forget about MovieMaker 2.0 from Microsoft, for video editing)

Edit 1:
I didnt see a good mp3 player listed .. see this thread
I use . Jetaudio. Winamp 5 looks good too. another thread

Edit 2:
Nice utility to remove all those unnecessary programs from various locations of windows start up. Startup Control Panel

Thanks for the suggestions on the video editing software. I'll have to take a look at those.

I don't think we really need to list an mp3 player considering that really common software such as Winamp, WMP, Real One, MMJ, and probably even Quicktime can all play them. Windows also comes with MSConfig to help you remove start up items.

 

[hasu]

Is there a good free DVD player for windows?

 

[theAnimal]

jetAudio is supposed to play DVD's.

 

[igowerf]

Originally posted by: hasu
Is there a good free DVD player for windows?

To play DVDs, you need a decoder or something that costs money to license. So unless you have software like PowerDVD or WinDVD that comes with decoder, free DVD players can't play DVDs. Fortunately, PowerDVD comes with just about everything now: video cards, DVD drives, DVD burners, etc. I have 2 copies of PowerDVD XP, a copy of PowerDVD 2.0 (I might've thrown this away), and a copy of WinDVD 4.

 

[hasu]

To play DVDs, you need a decoder or something that costs money to license.

hmm.. so I should stick to my PowerDVD (3.0) which came with my Toshiba DVD Drive.

 

[igowerf]

Well, since you have PowerDVD installed, pretty much any media player can play DVDs now. You can even use Windows Media Player if you want. One of my favorite media players is BSPlayer.

 

[yoda291]

der..I almost forgot.

ViM is free for windows for those of us who still use Vi

Best Text editor Ever.

 

[Winchester]

Shift+6

 

[straubs]

Originally posted by: bsobel

I honestly believe anyone who uses norton and leaves it on all the time, doesnt know a thing about viruses. IF they are using the firewall thats a dif story, but for virus protection only its pretty stupid

Actually, anyone who would post that about any AV product doesn't know anything about viri.
Bill

I agree with your comment, but "viri" means "man" in Latin. The word you are looking for is viruses.

 

[igowerf]

bump for some updates