Software products that you think are really good

[theblackkeys]

early days, lol.

[kerowo]

This is a pretty interesting screen saver for the Mac folks:
http://www.objective-cocoa.org/fenet.../download.html

[kyleb]

TrueCrypt is great.

http://www.truecrypt.org/

[TheMetetron]

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List some software that you think rocks.

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A lot of what I use my computer for is usenet/movie related. I download mostly from divx/xvid binary groups, and sometimes from DVD groups, but not as much as divx since the DVD downloads are 4gb compared to 700mb for divx movies with mp3 audio. After downloading, I stream to the television using a Hauppauge MediaMvp unit which doesn't handle all video file types, so a lot of times I need to massage the video files using mostly free software.

Forte Agent News Reader I have used Agent as my newsreader for almost 10 years now. A lot of folks don't care to use it for binaries, but I am used to it, and the filtering is very strong. Grabbing binaries is a snap.

Quick Par Parity Check/Repair Use it for repairing binaries with missing parts using parity files. Free as in speech.

WinRar After repairing any busted files with QuickPar, I use WinRar to rejoin the parts into the original 1 large file.

VirualDub If the downloaded movie is encoded with AC3 audio, it is most likely going to be split into (2) separate 700mb files. VirtualDub can join the 2 files together to make 1 file. Free.

AutoGK Auto Gordian Knot, for converting DVD/VOB's into divx/xvid. The AutoGK authors made a very complicated task using multiple programs into a 3-4 click ease-fest. The Hauppuage unit will not stream VOB fles, so I convert the DVD to divx, saving almost 4gb of hard drive space. Free.

Videora Tivo Converter If I get a movie that is divx and AC3, I use Videora convert it to an .mpg since the Hauppauge cannot stream AC3 audio. It run really clean and fairly quickly, converting a movie in less than 2 hours. Free.


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TomE.

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I use a lot of these as well. Great stuff.

[TheMetetron]

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A couple of iPod things:

vPod - A much easier way to transfer songs to your iPod.



Very fast. You load everything to your library, which is little more than a checklist. Everything checked is on your iPod already, all you have to do is check an artist, album, or song to add it. Sync and then quit.

Pod player - a lightweight iTunes look-alike that plays everything that's on your iPod.

They're portable, so you only need the .exe to run it. Put them on your iPod to be able to transfer and play things on any computer without iTunes.

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I really like vPod as well. Definitely give it a look.

[cbloom]

http://www.autopano.net/
Panorama software photo stitcher: Autopano Pro Home - Autopano Pro Website


The best photo stitcher ever; this thing is amazing.

[Golden_Rhino]

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http://fuzlez.com/content/view/50/90

WheelsOfVolume (does it show we have fun when we try to find names for our software?) uses the mouse wheel to control the volume of your computer. When ever you turn the mouse wheel when it is not used by any application (in other words) when it is on the desktop, the volume of your computer will be adapted. When you are in a full screen application you will have the same effect when you move the mouse to the top right corner of the screen. To mute the sound you just have to click the mouse wheel.

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This is the greatest piece of software ever. Thanks for the recommendation.

[captZEEbo]

jkdefrag - a better, opensource defrag for windows (something everyone should run monthly if you want your computer to run fast)
teracopy - this program makes copying/moving lots of big files around a breeze (great if you have multiple hard drives and want to sort or something). You can copy files faster, pause/resume file transfers, error recovery. It's really just great.

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I love this thread, glad to see it bumped. Let's keep the good stuff coming...

[Tom Ames]

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I love this thread, glad to see it bumped. Let's keep the good stuff coming...

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I really wanted to thank those who recommended Wheels of Volume and Notepad++, but I didn't want to bump the thread to do it. Thanks to everyone who's posted in this thread.