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40 min 7 sec agoBest Free Undeletable File Remover (Stub only) site.editorAnonymous

try downloading it from CNET Download or Filehippo. those sites are mostly safe.

44 min 53 sec agoBest Free Download Manager JojoyeeAnonymous

Internet download manager is the fastest and easiest by far.

1 hour 25 min agoFree Audio and Video Converter JojoyeeAnonymous

FOrmat Factory I s d Best Period..........

2 hours 15 sec agoBest Free Firewall RizarAnonymous

DOES THE LATEST VERSION OF PC TOOLS FIREWALL WORK YET WITH WIRELESS? I BELIEVE THIS WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE PREVIOUS RELEASES...

2 hours 21 min agoBest Free Digital Image Viewer marcdarkinJojoyee

Good points Marc. User interface is a concern to me for a good program.

2 hours 29 min agoBest Free Antivirus Software JonathanTJonathanT

Thanks for the update!

2 hours 42 min agoBest Free Digital Image Viewer marcdarkinmarcdarkin

Futurix has already been suggested here before and I reviewed it in a comment this year (06/22/2009):

I've reviewed FuturixImager and these are my opinions:

I said I had tried older versions but I still see the same drawbacks. There are several of these.

First, I believe browsing capabilities are fundamental in a viewer and this program offers no folder tree view, so you can't really browse your directories in a convenient way, as you always have to access them through the 'open' tab or the 'file' menu. This reason alone makes it unsuitable for my personal workflow, though I guess others can live without it. But that's not all.

Similarly, there's no thumbnail window, which leads us to the previous point. I don't see much functionality with this kind of approach. Just imagine browsing through folders with hundreds of pics when you're looking for one whose name you don't remember, only by clicking on the 'previous - next' arrows. How long will it take to identify it in Futurix?

If the program were fast, this problem could be alleviated, but then there's the speed issue too. I find it to be significantly slower than most of the programs I review in my article. Average images(2-5mpx) load with almost no delay, but 10-megapixel JPGs report a different story already. Either larger images or LZW-compressed TIFs or RAW files can make you wait beyond your patience. And there's no support for animated GIFs.

Of course, having no possibility to select several files at a time means there are no batch processing options, which is something I'm beginning to appreciate as a fundamental feature in a viewer.

These personal inconveniences won't be a concern for many users, and Futurix does have some good points as well. For example, although there's no kind of control over the process, the rendering of RAW files (at least Canon's CR2) is top quality, but at the expense of time, as I said above. That lack of options will need further postprocessing, which can be done inside the program because the filters and adjustments are good enough. However, there's multilevel undo but no redo at all.

Having said this, I'm sure you can understand it if Futurix isn't listed among the other products in my article. But thanks for the tip anyway.

Marc

3 hours 16 min agoFree Audio and Video Converter JojoyeeAnonymous

OMG, it's the best free video converter i have ever used. it's a video converter, and also a audio converter. So cool! Very simple to use!

Thanks for sharing!

3 hours 34 min ago Best Free Adware/Spyware/Scumware Remover Steve HargreavesAnupam

Threatfire 4.7.0 has been released.

Anupam

3 hours 35 min agoBest Free Trojan Scanner/Trojan Remover nirvana39Anupam

Threatfire 4.7.0 has been released.

Anupam

3 hours 35 min agoBest Free Antivirus Software JonathanTAnonymous

Hopefully this will coincide with an improved update service!

3 hours 39 min agoBest Free Antivirus Software JonathanTAnupam

New version of Avira 9.0.0.415 has been released.

Anupam

3 hours 47 min agoDon't know the name of the song? Just hum a few bars into this search engine. joe.bennettAnonymous

i dont know the name or the singer. i know its a girl and it goes like:
bum bum baram baram and its kind of fast. i need to know

3 hours 57 min agoBest Free Antivirus Software JonathanTAnonymous

This is a post about Prevx 3.0 I remember a wise person on this site saying stay away from products that make you pay to test them. I can't recall who said it as well as when it was said or I would quote them with this post. I believe in trials and not cut down versions of trials. Thats just me I like to think smart about most things.

5 hours 20 min agoBest Free Audio / Video Format Conversion Program ArithmomaniacAnonymous

I'm surprised no one has mentioned XviD4PSP. It's a very good video transcoding/conversion tool with several video and audio presets and many configurable options, and has a clean and fairly intuitive interface. Despite the name it can encode to a variety of codecs and containers, including MKV for HD video files.

5 hours 25 min agoBest Free CAD Program (Stub only) D4RK_4NG3LAnonymous

One of my problems with progeCad is that when it comes time to plot I can't have screened lines.

6 hours 23 min agoFree Audio and Video Converter JojoyeeAnonymous

Only tried it briefly thus far but nevertheless impressed. Nice easy to use interface plenty of configuration options and no adds (I'm looking a you Format Factory!)or attempts to up-sell. Well worth checking out.

6 hours 28 min agoGet $39.95 Pro Version of EASEUS Partition Master for Free (Expired) ianjrichardsAnonymous

not to toot another site but if you go to www.giveawayoftheday.com the easeus partition master pro is free for 10 more hours. its now 4:38pm est. good luck. oh and it works when you open it

6 hours 41 min agoBest Free Antivirus Software JonathanTAnonymous

ClamWin is the Windows version of ClamAV on Linux. You know ClamAV, or you hear.
ClamWin is not realtime but it is very good for weekly scans.

7 hours 22 min ago Best Free Disk De-fragmenter drewbeeAnupam

Please have a look at this discussion on our forum :
http://www.techsupportalert.com/freeware-forum/security/2250-iobit-secur...

Anupam

7 hours 23 min agoBest Free Audio / Video Format Conversion Program ArithmomaniacAnonymous

It would be nice of you had just one Mac option. Know any good ones off the top of your head?

7 hours 30 min ago Best Free Disk De-fragmenter drewbeeirwanwr

What do you mean exactly? I am using IObit Smart Defrag currently. Any new information I should know about it?

7 hours 48 min agoBest Free Digital Image Viewer marcdarkinAnonymous

Well...
I don't saw any word about FuturixImager (http://fximage.com/imager/)
I think that you can try to write if this program is a good alternative or not...
I use XnView, but I find on the net FuturixImager and I am curious to read about your opinions...
Greetz!

7 hours 58 min agoOld version of SnagIt for free... kunkel321Anonymous

You can still get it. Step by step instructions with pictures could be found here,

http://dottech.org/freebies/11599

srikam

8 hours 6 min agoBest Free Screen Capture Utility JojoyeeAnonymous

If you want to screen capture automatically while playing games in full-screen:
http://autoscreen.sourceforge.net/

8 hours 28 min ago Best Free Adware/Spyware/Scumware Remover Steve HargreavesMidnightCowboy

This is good advice. I find that most people overestimate their need for additional anti-spyware protection other than that now included in many of the standard anti-virus solutions. In any case, spyware can't work unless it can get out of your PC again after it's got in, so having a correctly configured firewall and responding to the alerts properly is already most of the battle won.

8 hours 33 min agoHow To Stop Firefox From Stealing Window Focus rhiannonrhiannon

If that's the case, then I would undo the change (right click on the entry, choose Reset and restart Firefox)and run a virus scan. Check the options you have set for pop-up's in Firefox's menu bar: Tools/Options/Content and make sure the box next to "Block pop-up windows" is checked.

Changing the setting as outlined in the article would'nt cause pop ups to appear. The only thing that this change does is make a Firefox window open in the background when you click on a link from inside other programs like email or newsreaders.

If you made any other changes to your system such as downloading and installing programs, using torrents, or visiting sites that have drive by malware then that could be the source of your problems.

8 hours 44 min agoBest Free Firewall RizarAnupam

Thanks so much for your kind patience, and understanding.

Anupam

8 hours 53 min agoBest Free Firewall RizarAnonymous

I posted this again for the simple reason that it brought no reply...Most if not all posts on this site are usually replied to quickly...Now that someone has posted a response I will wait on the actual review. Simple, isn't it?

9 hours 7 min agoDon't know the name of the song? Just hum a few bars into this search engine. joe.bennettAnonymous

lookin for a song goes like this"hold me in your arms come on and show me baby

9 hours 48 min ago Best Free Disk De-fragmenter drewbeeAnonymous

System restore is best turned off and replaced with an actual drive image.

9 hours 54 min ago Best Free Adware/Spyware/Scumware Remover Steve HargreavesAnonymous

Did you manage to find anything? thanks.

9 hours 55 min ago Best Free Adware/Spyware/Scumware Remover Steve HargreavesAnonymous

IMO, turn off spybot tt and win defender completely. just use one realtime av. consider avast or avira instead of avg, especially if you're concerned about resource use, as both have anti spyware capabiities.

10 hours 3 min agoAwesome Animated Guide To Building Your Own PC rhiannontorresmagnifico

Nice find Rhiannon,

I think it would have been a great help when I was putting my first PC build together and I am certain it will aid anyone new to building their own computer.

Many thanks,

Torresmagnifico

10 hours 6 min agoBest Free CAD Program (Stub only) D4RK_4NG3LAnonymous

Polylines can be a pain in the arse even with ACAD. Sometimes it will not join lines and arcs to complete the polyline.

10 hours 11 min agoBest Free Online TV Viewer gordon reederAnonymous

tvcatchup.com (if you live in the UK) works on the iphone too!

10 hours 18 min agoHow To Stop Firefox From Stealing Window Focus rhiannonAnonymous

Ok, now that I have done this, I get YAHOO POP-UPS where I did not have them before!

10 hours 56 min ago Best Free Adware/Spyware/Scumware Remover Steve HargreavesAnonymous

I know Spybot is not as good as SAS and Malwarebytes when it comes to scanning, but what about free real time protection, which you have to pay for from those other two? If I'm running AVG 9 free with its Resident Shield turned on, do I need to run Windows Defender' real time protection and Spybot's TeaTimer? Do they work? I'm tired of TeaTimer taking up system resources, it seems very heavy; is there something better? Thanks.

11 hours 22 min agoBest Free Desktop Search Utility kendallAnonymous

Indeed, the menu provided for refining the search results is very good indeed.

Worked well on Firefox and IE8, didn' try any others.

Don't care about menory usage as long as it does the job. Agree that there is no perceivable impact on PC performance.

Time to index depends on what you actually index. Up to now I have only indexed documents of various types, databases ( Lotus notes), texts and e-mails.

Have not reached any limitations. On one setup we had 472,000 documents, most very large ( PDF books mainly). Worked perfectly. I don't know how the professional version performs. I only have the freeware. I have seen the professional version in operation, but had no chance to try it myself.

Have also not tried the network searches personally, but again somebody I know has tried it, he has about forty machines on his network, he tried the freeware on it, and he says it works fine, but I don't know anything specific about it. Presumably a commercial operation would buy the professional version anyway? Perhaps using the freeware as a "trial" beforehand. Apparently one may also get a trial fo the professional version if one wishes, one has to contact the company to do this.

I'm very happy with the software. Of course there are some alterations I would like to see, to suit my preferences, but one can say that about any software.

12 hours 9 min agoBest Free Desktop Search Utility kendallAnonymous

I have used Exalead in the past. I tried it again this week.
Some comments:
1. It is easy to search and narrow done your search with one mouse click.
2. Exalead shows the search results in a browser. In Chrome and Firefox, this works fine. In IE8 it was a mash (at least on my computer).
3. The memory usage is roughly 200-300 MB, sometimes even higher, which I consider as high. But, there is almost no impact on PC performance.
4. The initial index is created in a reasonable time.
5. My total index has almost 90.000 documents. I have heard that Exalead free edition could only index up to maximum 100,000 documents. I do not know if that is true.

13 hours 30 min agoReplace Office 2007 Ribbon Interface with Office 2003 Menus gizmo.richardsJojoyee

Please try the alternative link now added in the article.

13 hours 44 min agoReview: Acronis True Image vs Symantec Ghost JWAnonymous

We've recently moved to Acronis at work for server and workstation
backups. The product looks amazing on paper but lots of little
things don't work, or start out working and then fail with cryptic
error messages.

My point in posting is to corroborate some of the above posters'
comments about Acronis tech support -- it is awful. They took over
a month to respond to two of our issues, and two weeks for another,
with no resolutions yet after over five weeks so far. Their first-level
support is not very knowledgeable and is a waste of time.
Telephone wait times are long. No one responds to their on-line
support chat.

If you value your time, stay away.

14 hours 2 min agoReplace Office 2007 Ribbon Interface with Office 2003 Menus gizmo.richardsAnonymous

Geocities exists no longer anymore...

18 hours 50 min agoBest Free Firewall RizarMidnightCowboy

Hi
No, these terms can be somewhat misleading but there is no AV solution in Privatefirewall as most people would understand it. 'Zero-hour' protection refers to malware too new to be included in anyone's signature based detection scanner and so this component in Privatefirewall looks for 'behaviour consistent with the actions of malware' and then warns you with options what to do about it. The Mamutu component in a-squared Anti-Malware performs the same function for that program. So, when using Privatefirewall you also need to use something like Avira or Avast! with it.

18 hours 59 min agoFree Audio and Video Converter JojoyeeAnupam

Very true... FormatFactory is very good for both average and experienced users.
But, now there are other softwares available too, which are good and can be kept, and used as alternatives.

Edit : Whoops... sorry.. I meant it to be a reply to the post below :D.

Anupam

19 hours 24 min agoBest Free Desktop Search Utility kendallAnonymous

Although of course the main idea is to let people know that this excellent freeware is there.

Doubtless not everybody will like it for one reason or another, but I imagine the majority who use such software will be enthusiastic.

19 hours 25 min agoFree Audio and Video Converter JojoyeeAnonymous

Can't go past Format Factory, IMO. It does just about everything and is as simple as drag and drop and click.

19 hours 27 min agoBest Free Desktop Search Utility kendallAnonymous

Interesting, I don't get this when installing. ( This may be due to my setup). Anyway, you will find the software is absolutely first class. Far far better than any of the other freeware, and by a very big margin. ( I have not tried much of the commercial software in this area extensively, but from what I have tried, I suspect it is better than most of them as well).

A few friends of mine have installed it after hearing about it from me, and they are really enthusiastic. One friend of mine bought the full version after trying it at home for a week. He tells me his employees can no longer do without it and are really happy with a search software for the first time.

Before trying this, most were agreed that Copernic was about the best of a bad lot. ( Although earlier versions were actually better than the present one as well!)Hardly any of them liked Google because it is too intrusive and bloated with other stuff. Other solutions like "search inform" and a couple of others had other problems.

I will be interested in reading your review.

19 hours 27 min ago Best Free Disk De-fragmenter drewbeeAnonymous

Being a person who is interested in what others use i checked out the item you asked about. Now i'll be honest i haven't used it, but just to point out 1 important thing is, "IT ISN'T FREE"!
Now i know you said it was free, and yes it was, but only for that 24 hr period, than they ask you to download their " trial version".
nuff said me thinks

21 hours 6 min agoBest Free Firewall RizarAnupam

Why post this over and over again? Have some patience. The moderators and editor look at all comments. When the editor has time, he will review the firewall and update the review. Please have patience.

Anupam

22 hours 45 min agoSecurity Wizard Recommendations ianjrichardsBrendan Bryson

Whoever wrote this well done. Very good advice and layout.

1 day 11 min agoBest Free Drive Imaging Program allheart55Anonymous

Hi!
Actually you can to boot Macrium Reflect from USB with Macrium Reeflect Free version (only for restore images, not for create new clones), With "Rescue.ISO" that you found on the Macrium Reflect Free version installed folder, an UnetBootIn (A GPL software for GNU/Linux or Windows capable to "hack" an ISO image into an USB Stick and boot from It if your Main_BD has the USB Option in the BOOT settings).

Same Hack is valid for Clonezilla (my Favourite), But Your info is wrong. Clonezilla clones ONLY the used space from a partition or Full disk. If you HDD is 20% full, it will BACKUP ONLY THIS 20%, NOT ALL THE DISC!!! If your HDD is 80GB and your info is 10GB, your image will be aprox 6,5GB, in less than 20 minutes (Backup + verification. I tested on my ASUS X50SL laptop). Ah, Clonezilla suports multicast, too (create/restore from FTP or over the Ethernet).

Many thanks for the other programs and the review!!! Best wishes from Andorra (and sorry for my English, but here in Andorra the people speak only Catalan, French or Spanish) ^_^"

Respect,
Benny Beat

1 day 16 min agoSecurity Wizard Recommendations ianjrichardsAnonymous

good

1 day 30 min ago How to Make Firefox Load Faster gizmo.richardsAnonymous

This utility made my FF3 load really fast. Just run it periodically to clean up the SQLite database.

http://www.crystalidea.com/speedyfox

1 day 48 min agoAwesome Animated Guide To Building Your Own PC rhiannonAnonymous

Speaking for myself and the other *techno-dolts I know , with this great instruction , I think we could.

*techno-dolt: Someone who , when looking at "more information about formatting options" at the bottom of this page , starts whimpering.

1 day 57 min agoDon't know the name of the song? Just hum a few bars into this search engine. joe.bennettAnonymous

where is the love by black eyed peas.

1 day 1 hour agoBest Free Word Processor - Jarte a New Face in Town! christophAnonymous

Great to know this, specially when you see microsoft office 2007 new icons , options etc very hard to keep up with the changes.

apotik online

1 day 1 hour agoBest Free Desktop Search Utility kendallkendall

Ok. Here is a portion of their new software license accessible upon installation:

LICENSE
1. You are granted a free, personal, non-transferable and non-exclusive license to use one copy of the Software on a single personal computer and to use the Documentation under the terms stated in this License. Title and ownership of the Software and Documentation remain to Exalead.
2. In order to qualify for the free use license described herein, you must have downloaded or received the Software in the form of an original Software distribution package as distributed by Exalead and/or Exalead-authorized Distributors, including all files contained in such package ("Original Distribution Package"). Current Original Distribution Packages for the Software are available from Exalead and Exalead-authorized distributors. Copies of the Software not received in the form of an Original Distribution Package are not licensed for use, copying or transmission by you or others.

TERM
This license is effective until terminated. Exalead shall terminate the license at its sole discretion. You may also terminate it at any time by destroying the Software and Documentation with all copies, modifications and merged portions in any form. Exalead shall terminate the license if you fail to comply with any term or condition set forth herein. You agree upon such termination to destroy the Software and Documentation together with all copies, modifications and merged portions in any form.

Their license agreement has indeed changed. It is apparently no longer "trialware" and appears to be fully "freeware". I have installed it and I will give it a try. I'll report back later my findings.

1 day 1 hour ago Best Free Non-Adobe PDF Reader new61new61

You bring up a good point. As I speak nothing more then American English, I overlooked features like language support. I will now pay more attention to the supported languages of the various readers I test. Come to think of it, I'm going to download a bunch of PDFs in different languages to test as well.

Thanks for the constructive feedback!

1 day 1 hour ago Best Free Duplicate File Detector dave007Anonymous

Great stuff, surfing on the net for few minutes then I found this website thru bing.com

apotik online

1 day 1 hour ago Best Free Non-Adobe PDF Reader new61new61

I tried expert PDF Reader awhile back, but I wasn't impressed. I'm not saying it was a bad reader, just that there wasn't anything better/different about it that other PDF readers didn't provide.

1 day 3 hours agoBest Free Trojan Scanner/Trojan Remover nirvana39Anonymous

I just have to say that Threatfire seems to have slowed down the pc's here alot. We thought we had a trojan, but running Sys-Internals Process Explorer showed that it was Threatfire dragging the system down. The older version was hardly noticeable, but the latest caused a serious drag & delay response on older systems.
After removing Threatfire, pc's seem to run much faster, more memory available. Too bad, it seemed to be an OK program.

We are now using a combo of MS Security Essentials, Outpost Firewall, and PC Tools Spyware DR (starter ed via Google pack). Run Malware Byts AM once a week too.
A2 Squared seems pretty good, but the update download is huge. Once a month we also run Spybot S&D too.

As for rootkits, try Panda Anti-rootkit or Sophos Antirootkit.

1 day 3 hours agoBest Free Antivirus Software JonathanTJonathanT

Yes, lets hope so!

1 day 3 hours agoBest Free High Dynamic Range (HDR) Software tonyAnonymous

Qtpfsgui:
I downloaded and installed in english,
but when I run the program everything is not in english, so I can't read the menus or anything.
I uninstalled, redownloaded and reinstalled in english,
but same problem.
I uninstalled that piece of crap.
End of story.

1 day 3 hours agoBest Free Firewall RizarAnonymous

I believe many readers would like PrivateFirewall-the new release- to be tested and included in this section in the next few weeks when they include their changes...Is that possible? Thank You

1 day 4 hours agoThe Things to Come Page (for Fans of Science Fiction Movies) RizarAnonymous

I tried it. You get a pretty low-res version but I watched anyway.

The lesson is that if you have a pleasant memory, just leave it alone. The film is now hopelessly dated and more than a little cheezy. It hasn't held up like "Forbidden Planet" or even "Destination Moon". *sigh*

I guess there's a good reason why you can't find it on DVD.

1 day 4 hours agoBest Free File Rename Utility joel.ingramAnonymous

Thank you for File Renamer Basic. It is great (just renamed some files, which i sorted by date) with changing the suffix. It is easy to use, not like the one on the first place.

1 day 5 hours agoDon't know the name of the song? Just hum a few bars into this search engine. joe.bennettAnonymous

whats the new song that goes wheres the love wheres the love right now i put the blame on you

1 day 5 hours agoThe Things to Come Page (for Fans of Science Fiction Movies) RizarAnonymous

Your comment about "regular people" is very astute. I think the majority of professional movie critics outsmart themselves. They may have particular reasons for liking a movie, but the overall movie-watching experience is what counts in my book. 2001 is painfully boring, regardless of the artistic awe that some ascribe to it. I give it a 3 on a scale of 1 to 100. (I give a root-canal a 5.)

1 day 5 hours agoBest Free Registry Cleaner christophAnonymous

i loaded and used for free..go to alternative download its free

1 day 5 hours agoBest Free Firewall RizarAnonymous

Hi MC, I looked at the Privatefirewall link and in the Product Features list, it says, "Zero-hour anti-virus protection", so it has an anti virus and a user should take their anti virus off before installing Privatfirewall? I assume Privatefirewall is a Suite like Comodo with an AV included...

1 day 6 hours agoBest Free Digital Image Viewer marcdarkinAnupam

Yeah, the new version was released on 19th, and the download sites are showing the release now.

The official site do have the new version. I confirmed it, and then downloaded. Here is the download link on the official site. It clearly says 4.0 with the release date of 19th Nov in red.

http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDownload.htm

Anupam

1 day 6 hours agoBest Free Digital Image Viewer marcdarkinmarcdarkin

What do you mean, a mistake?

1 day 6 hours agoBest Free Digital Image Viewer marcdarkinmarcdarkin

Thanks for letting me know, Anupam. Oddly enough I downloaded and installed version 3.9 on a PC just yesterday. So, I wouldn't have checked for a new one in a while! Anyway the new version doesn't appear on their official site yet???

1 day 6 hours agoBest Free Digital Image Viewer marcdarkinAnonymous

http://www.majorgeeks.com/FastStone_Image_Viewer_d4691.html

I think they made a mistake though ...

1 day 6 hours agoDon't know the name of the song? Just hum a few bars into this search engine. joe.bennettAnonymous

its brooke hogan 'ur not so hot'

1 day 7 hours agoBest Free Digital Image Viewer marcdarkinAnupam

FastStone Image Viewer 4.0 has been released.

Anupam

1 day 7 hours agoThe Things to Come Page (for Fans of Science Fiction Movies) RizarRizar

Thanks. Well, "Gog" isn't on Netflix/Amazon ... too bad. Maybe if enough people request it some site somewhere will provide it!

Most sites that allow you to watch it online have safety problems, but this one looks possible (I can't try it with dialup):
http://motionempire.com/Watch_Gog_-1954-_Movie_Online_for_Free_8162.html...

1 day 7 hours agoBest Free Desktop Search Utility kendallAnonymous

They declare it as freeware on their page.

System Requirements

* Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7
* Internet Explorer 6+ and FireFox 1.5+
* To index emails/contacts: Outlook Express 5.x/6.x, Outlook 2000/XP/2003/2007, Windows Mail, Microsoft Exchange, Mozilla Thunderbird, Lotus Notes (from version 5.09)

Download Information

* Version: 4.6.0.515
* Last release: 05.05.2009
* Size: 16,4 Mb
* Languages: English and French (soon German, Italian, Spanish, Czech, Polish, Russian and Japanese)
* License: Freeware

There is no licence agreement, it is simply freeware.

There are no nags, no problems, no nothing. Its is just FREEWARE.

It is simple enough to try it.

1 day 7 hours agoBest Free Audio / Video Format Conversion Program ArithmomaniacAnupam

Very welcome :).

I checked Koyote Video Converter today. It does not do audio conversion... only videos. It can extract audio from the video file, and convert it to another format though. But it does not accept audio file as an input, and convert it to another audio format.

I tried MediaCope today too. It requires .NET framework SP1... and I think that will be a disadvantage for the product, as many users do not like to install .NET frameworks unnecessarily... including myself.
I however tested it on my cousin's PC, after installing .NET 2.0 SP2.
The program looks good, and the interface is different. But the video conversion part was very unsatisfactory... even useless in my opinion. The FPS were 30 and 24, which are not exact. 29.97 is for NTSC and 25 for PAL. Further, even the display resolution choices are not standard. Quite disappointing. I wouldn't want to convert my videos with MediaCope, unless they offer some standard attributes.

I haven't checked on the other features... so can't say about that. But, the main was the video conversion, and it was disappointing.

I checked out the audio converter though, and noticed that it allows conversion to AC3 too, a feature which I have not seen in another audio converters.

Anupam

1 day 7 hours agoThe Things to Come Page (for Fans of Science Fiction Movies) RizarRizar

Although '2001' got mixed reviews initially, on average '2001' gets extremely high critic averages (88.3 AVG for Metacritic/RT/MRQE, compared to 88.5 for Metropolis), so it would be second highest for critics of all the movies I sampled for SF (of all time, excluding "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" -- since it only gets a single critic source with its high RottenTomatoes score).

It's also high on SF and non-SF lists when critics are the judges, such as #6 on the highly regarded BFI Sight & Sound list (http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/topten/poll/critics-long.html / http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Films_considered_the_greatest_ever). And it tops the OFCS list and is high on the AFI list.

But it also trickles onto populist lists, such as #5 on Peter Sykes' top 100, which is based on user ratings and user suggestions. And it's #11 on my poll of polls list, which includes user ratings as 50% of its final score. It's lowest rating comes from Netflix at 3.7 (*20=74/B), but it has high user ratings on IMDB (A) and RottenTomatoes (A). It gets a B from Yahoo.

In general the more regular people you average, the lower its standing (as on Netflix, and Blockbuster probably: in the B range), but the opposite is true with critics (it goes straight to the top to A+). And on smaller samples of user ratings it gets A to B ratings.

I personally think it's a masterpiece and has a great sense of the possibilities of our humanity. But I feel your pain, but more so for movies like "Gone with the Wind" (also a cherished classic by many) which puts me straight to sleep every time (so far). I had problems with "2001", "Blade Runner", and "Tron" initially, but over time I came to appreciate and enjoy them, and now I can re-watch films like them over and over and always find something else to like in them.

1 day 7 hours agoVideo Tutorial: Best Media Compressor mkbHDAnonymous

Don't know about the above comment but It's a good program...
Colin J...

1 day 7 hours ago Best Free Disk De-fragmenter drewbeeAnonymous

DOES ANYONE HAVE AN OPINION ON OR EXPERIENCE wITH THE DEFRAGMENTER OFFERED TODAY OVER ON FREE GIVEAWAY OF THE DAY? IT IS BY PARAGON...ARE THERE REE ALTERNATIVES AS GOOD? THANKS

1 day 7 hours agoThe Things to Come Page (for Fans of Science Fiction Movies) RizarAnonymous

Great article, Rizar. Thank you for taking the time and effort to put it together.

Thanks also to those who provided comments, many as interesting as the original article.

Regarding the film "Gog," I am old enough to have seen that one in a theater (with my parents) and I still remember it a half century later! If you can find it, see it.

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If you think 2001 Space Odyssey is the best, then I don't think much of your review. 2001 Space Odyssey may be in competition for the worst, most boring, movie of all time--science fiction or otherwise.

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What about five past midnight? Great sci-fi film upstaged by crap spoof Groundhog day.

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Enjoy
Steve

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Thanks
Steve

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