Useful Programs - Page 6

momsboy62 · July 16th, 2008, 08:52 PM

As requested my useful freeware recommendations as they spring to mind from help offered.

Free DVD MP3 Ripper: Does what it says on the tin.

And a bit more besides. Converts DVD (*.vob), VCD/SVCD movie files(*.dat) and MPEG( MPEG-1, MPEG-2) files(*.mpeg, *.mpg) flawlessly to MP3 at user determined bitrates & sampling. Also edits ID3 tags.

momsboy62 · July 16th, 2008, 09:04 PM

VCD Gear

A veritable cornucopia of tools for extracting & converting various VCD & SVCD formats to .mpeg and vice versa. Also includes the best .mpeg repair tool I've come across.

momsboy62 · July 16th, 2008, 09:52 PM

Another invaluable little audio tool mpTrim

A simple and easy to use MP3 editor.

Particularly useful used in conjunction with Free DVD MP3 Ripper as we don't always get our timings spot on. And you can rid your DVD ripped .mpegs of those dramatic abrupt endings and jarring beginnings so beloved of movie sound editors by adding fade-in/out effects of varying lengths.

Also has a sister program WavTrim

**Jism Jim** · July 20th, 2008, 08:56 PM

I suppose that, like me, many of you have your porn stored on Cd's, DVD's and external hard-disks. and you think you have 'that file
somewhere', but where?

A truly great program for indexing disks and folders is Visual CD:
http://boozet.org/visualcd.htm

It has an advanced search tool to find the file you're looking for. It's also possible to add extra comments, like names of actresses in a movie.
It can also search on RAR, ZIP and 7zip contents and on MP3 tags and a lot more.

If you have an incomplete Mpeg-1 or MP3 or MP2 file, or such a file that is unplayable for some unknown reason, you can try Fixmpg1:
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/4942/svcd.html

It will take all the usable parts out of the file and use that to create an audio file (mp2) and a video file (mpv).
Multiplex it with a program like Tmpgenc and you have a playable file. It's not always succesful, but it works most of the time.

**Leprechaun** · July 23rd, 2008, 10:22 AM

PearPC is an architecture-independent PowerPC platform emulator capable of running most PowerPC operating systems.

* License: GPL
* Programming language: C++, C and (on x86 platforms) assembler
* Supported host platforms: POSIX-X11 (Linux, ...), Win32

The following operating systems were tested and run (to some extent) in PearPC (ie. as clients):

* Mandrake Linux 9.1 for PPC installer: Runs well
* Mandrake Linux 9.1 for PPC after installation: Hard to boot. Runs very well afterwards.
* Darwin for PPC: Runs well
* Mac OS X 10.3: Runs well with some caveats
* OpenBSD for PPC: Crashes while booting (accesses PCI in an unsupported way)
* NetBSD for PPC: Crashes while booting
* AIX for PPC: Some people ask about that. See FAQ.

PearPC emulates the following hardware:

* CPU GENERIC: Sort of G4, including altivec. A more or less portable CPU. Using this CPU, the client will run about 500 times slower than the host. As of version 0.4 the generic CPU emulation runs well even on big-endian and 64 bit platforms.
* CPU JITC-X86: Sort of G4, including altivec. A very fast CPU for x86 systems that translates PowerPC instructions into x86 instructions on-demand. By caching these translations, a lot of speed is gained. Using this CPU, the client will run about 15 times slower than the host. Only works on x86 hosts.
* PCI-Brige: A barebone PCI-Bridge, enough to work with.
* IDE-Controller: Sort of CMD646 with bus-mastering support. You can attach IDE-harddisk(s) and/or IDE-CDROM(s) by specifying files (or devices for UN*X) from your host machine.
* PIC: A programmable interrupt controller (kind of Heathrow).
* VIA-Cuda: With attached Mouse and Keyboard.
* Network Controller: Emulates a 3COM 3C90x or RealTek 8139 via hosts that support an ethernet tunnel.
* NVRAM: Capable of storing 8KiB non-volatile memory.
* USB: A placebo USB-hub. Sufficient to make the client think that it has USB support.
* PROM: Sort of OpenFirmware. It's ugly and contains a lot of hacks but it allows to boot Yaboot and BootX from HFS/HFS+ partitions.

**Leprechaun** · July 24th, 2008, 11:21 PM

Some PDF Image Extract is a easily tool to extract images from pdf files. Some PDF Image Extract can easy help you to extract images in pdf files to TIFF, JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG, TGA, PBM, PPM.

Features:

* Do NOT need Adobe PDF software support.

* Support TIF, JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG, TGA, PBM, PPM, PCX image format.

* Support PDF1.6 protocol.

* Supports drag and drop files and batch conversion.

* Support JPEG Quality and JPEG Gray Scale adjust.

* Support encrypted PDF file.

* Support Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista platform.

**spitalhouse** · August 10th, 2008, 06:21 AM

jZip is a light, fast, stable and powerful FREEWARE file compression and extraction utility which is ideal for the general user.

Quote: "Create, open and extract Zip, TAR, GZip and 7-Zip. Open and extract from RAR and ISO".

What it doesn't mention, but what I believe makes this unique amongst similar utilities is its ability to join .001 files. Just right click on the first file, select 'extract' from the menu and it will join the files without the need for any additional programs like HJSplit. I should point out, however, that it will only join .001 files, it won't split them.

This really is a great utility which I highly recommend. Here is a link to the developer's site: http://www.jzip.com/

**Leprechaun** · August 10th, 2008, 05:37 PM

Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. It is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems

Recording

Audacity can record live audio through a microphone or mixer, or digitize recordings from cassette tapes, vinyl records, or minidiscs. With some sound cards, it can also capture streaming audio.

* Record from microphone, line input, or other sources.
* Dub over existing tracks to create multi-track recordings.
* Record up to 16 channels at once (requires multi-channel hardware).
* Level meters can monitor volume levels before, during, and after recording.

Import and Export

Import sound files, edit them, and combine them with other files or new recordings. Export your recordings in several common file formats.

* Import and export WAV, AIFF, AU, and Ogg Vorbis files.
* Import MPEG audio (including MP2 and MP3 files) with libmad.
* Export MP3s with the optional LAME encoder library.
* Create WAV or AIFF files suitable for burning to CD.
* Import and export all file formats supported by libsndfile.
* Open raw (headerless) audio files using the “Import Raw” command.
* Note: Audacity does not currently support WMA, AAC, or most other proprietary or restricted file formats.

Editing

* Easy editing with Cut, Copy, Paste, and Delete.
* Use unlimited Undo (and Redo) to go back any number of steps.
* Very fast editing of large files.
* Edit and mix an unlimited number of tracks.
* Use the Drawing tool to alter individual sample points.
* Fade the volume up or down smoothly with the Envelope tool.

Effects

* Change the pitch without altering the tempo, or vice-versa.
* Remove static, hiss, hum, or other constant background noises.
* Alter frequencies with Equalization, FFT Filter, and Bass Boost effects.
* Adjust volumes with Compressor, Amplify, and Normalize effects.
* Other built-in effects include:
o Echo
o Phaser
o Wahwah
o Reverse

Sound Quality

* Record and edit 16-bit, 24-bit, and 32-bit (floating point) samples.
* Record at up to 96 KHz.
* Sample rates and formats are converted using high-quality resampling and dithering.
* Mix tracks with different sample rates or formats, and Audacity will convert them automatically in realtime.

Plug-Ins

* Add new effects with LADSPA plugins.
* Audacity includes some sample plugins by Steve Harris.
* Load VST plugins for Windows and Mac, with the optional VST Enabler.
* Write new effects with the built-in Nyquist programming language.

Analysis

* Spectrogram mode for visualizing frequencies.
* “Plot Spectrum” command for detailed frequency analysis.

Free and Cross-Platform

* Licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
* Runs on Mac OS X, Windows, and GNU/Linux.

DubSalute · August 16th, 2008, 10:34 PM

ExtractNow 4.39 (938KB)
Freeware
Latest Version 4.39 / April 6th, 2007
Requirements: Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP

Description:
"ExtractNow is a Free utility that allows you to extract multiple archives."

ExtractNow is a simple utility that allows you to extract multiple archives quickly and easily. ExtractNow is not a complete archival solution. It's main purpose it to allow the user to extract multiple archives easily.
Why wear out your clicking finger extracting files one by one when you can extract at once? ExtractNow does a fine job of bundling compressed files and extracting their contents in one fell swoop. ExtractNow has a clean, well-designed and easy-to-use interface. To extract files, simply drag and drop them into the main program window, or right-click the files while in Windows Explorer. ExtractNow supports the two most popular compression formats, ZIP and RAR, as well as a handful of other formats. Simple but not simplistic, this is a powerful and reliable program that will be of use to anyone who manages many compressed files.

Features:
- Supports ZIP, RAR, ISO, BIN, IMG, IMA, IMZ, 7Z, ACE, JAR, GZ, LZH, LHA, TAR, SIT archive formats
- Drag and drop files or folders from Windows Explorer to extract them
- Simple user interface and sleek design in a small package
- Recursively search through folders for archives (Just drag and drop them)
- Delete files or close program after extraction options
- Windows explorer file associations for all supported archive types
- Extract files into current directory, named folder, or favorite folder of choice
- System tray icon on Minimize and Always on top features
- Integrates with Windows Explorer via special context menu items

Download:
http://www.extractnow.com/
http://www.brothersoft.com/extractnow-64209.html

**donnalangtonukmode** · September 6th, 2008, 04:17 PM

Here's a cool wee dvd ripper and it's quick
only (1347 KB) in size.

Free DVD Ripper is a very useful tool, which allows you to rip DVD movies,
convert DVD VOB-files to one VCD, SVCD, DivX, MPEG1, MPEG 2, MPEG4

http://www.freewarezoom.com/archives/free-dvd-ripper

[IMG]http://i33.*******.com/2432nnq.png[/IMG]

July 20th, 2008, 08:56 PM	#54
Jism Jim Sourcer of Smut Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 8,829 Thanks: 83,600 Thanked 341,623 Times in 8,422 Posts	I suppose that, like me, many of you have your porn stored on Cd's, DVD's and external hard-disks. and you think you have 'that file somewhere', but where? A truly great program for indexing disks and folders is Visual CD: http://boozet.org/visualcd.htm It has an advanced search tool to find the file you're looking for. It's also possible to add extra comments, like names of actresses in a movie. It can also search on RAR, ZIP and 7zip contents and on MP3 tags and a lot more. If you have an incomplete Mpeg-1 or MP3 or MP2 file, or such a file that is unplayable for some unknown reason, you can try Fixmpg1: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/4942/svcd.html It will take all the usable parts out of the file and use that to create an audio file (mp2) and a video file (mpv). Multiplex it with a program like Tmpgenc and you have a playable file. It's not always succesful, but it works most of the time. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Feel free to post my scans to the relevant model threads, but do give credit

July 24th, 2008, 11:21 PM	#56
Leprechaun Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 5,013 Thanks: 23,651 Thanked 77,923 Times in 4,988 Posts	Some PDF Image Extract Some PDF Image Extract is a easily tool to extract images from pdf files. Some PDF Image Extract can easy help you to extract images in pdf files to TIFF, JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG, TGA, PBM, PPM. Features: * Do NOT need Adobe PDF software support. * Support TIF, JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG, TGA, PBM, PPM, PCX image format. * Support PDF1.6 protocol. * Supports drag and drop files and batch conversion. * Support JPEG Quality and JPEG Gray Scale adjust. * Support encrypted PDF file. * Support Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista platform.

August 10th, 2008, 06:21 AM	#57
spitalhouse Vintage Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Past caring Posts: 768 Thanks: 2,080 Thanked 12,554 Times in 747 Posts	jZip Archive Utility jZip is a light, fast, stable and powerful FREEWARE file compression and extraction utility which is ideal for the general user. Quote: "Create, open and extract Zip, TAR, GZip and 7-Zip. Open and extract from RAR and ISO". What it doesn't mention, but what I believe makes this unique amongst similar utilities is its ability to join .001 files. Just right click on the first file, select 'extract' from the menu and it will join the files without the need for any additional programs like HJSplit. I should point out, however, that it will only join .001 files, it won't split them. This really is a great utility which I highly recommend. Here is a link to the developer's site: http://www.jzip.com/

August 10th, 2008, 05:37 PM	#58
Leprechaun Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 5,013 Thanks: 23,651 Thanked 77,923 Times in 4,988 Posts	Audacity Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. It is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems Recording Audacity can record live audio through a microphone or mixer, or digitize recordings from cassette tapes, vinyl records, or minidiscs. With some sound cards, it can also capture streaming audio. * Record from microphone, line input, or other sources. * Dub over existing tracks to create multi-track recordings. * Record up to 16 channels at once (requires multi-channel hardware). * Level meters can monitor volume levels before, during, and after recording. Import and Export Import sound files, edit them, and combine them with other files or new recordings. Export your recordings in several common file formats. * Import and export WAV, AIFF, AU, and Ogg Vorbis files. * Import MPEG audio (including MP2 and MP3 files) with libmad. * Export MP3s with the optional LAME encoder library. * Create WAV or AIFF files suitable for burning to CD. * Import and export all file formats supported by libsndfile. * Open raw (headerless) audio files using the “Import Raw” command. * Note: Audacity does not currently support WMA, AAC, or most other proprietary or restricted file formats. Editing * Easy editing with Cut, Copy, Paste, and Delete. * Use unlimited Undo (and Redo) to go back any number of steps. * Very fast editing of large files. * Edit and mix an unlimited number of tracks. * Use the Drawing tool to alter individual sample points. * Fade the volume up or down smoothly with the Envelope tool. Effects * Change the pitch without altering the tempo, or vice-versa. * Remove static, hiss, hum, or other constant background noises. * Alter frequencies with Equalization, FFT Filter, and Bass Boost effects. * Adjust volumes with Compressor, Amplify, and Normalize effects. * Other built-in effects include: o Echo o Phaser o Wahwah o Reverse Sound Quality * Record and edit 16-bit, 24-bit, and 32-bit (floating point) samples. * Record at up to 96 KHz. * Sample rates and formats are converted using high-quality resampling and dithering. * Mix tracks with different sample rates or formats, and Audacity will convert them automatically in realtime. Plug-Ins * Add new effects with LADSPA plugins. * Audacity includes some sample plugins by Steve Harris. * Load VST plugins for Windows and Mac, with the optional VST Enabler. * Write new effects with the built-in Nyquist programming language. Analysis * Spectrogram mode for visualizing frequencies. * “Plot Spectrum” command for detailed frequency analysis. Free and Cross-Platform * Licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). * Runs on Mac OS X, Windows, and GNU/Linux.

August 16th, 2008, 10:34 PM	#59
DubSalute Blocked! Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 4,775 Thanks: 8,926 Thanked 40,894 Times in 3,185 Posts	Archive unpacking/extraction tool ExtractNow 4.39 (938KB) Freeware Latest Version 4.39 / April 6th, 2007 Requirements: Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP Description: "ExtractNow is a Free utility that allows you to extract multiple archives." ExtractNow is a simple utility that allows you to extract multiple archives quickly and easily. ExtractNow is not a complete archival solution. It's main purpose it to allow the user to extract multiple archives easily. Why wear out your clicking finger extracting files one by one when you can extract at once? ExtractNow does a fine job of bundling compressed files and extracting their contents in one fell swoop. ExtractNow has a clean, well-designed and easy-to-use interface. To extract files, simply drag and drop them into the main program window, or right-click the files while in Windows Explorer. ExtractNow supports the two most popular compression formats, ZIP and RAR, as well as a handful of other formats. Simple but not simplistic, this is a powerful and reliable program that will be of use to anyone who manages many compressed files. Features: - Supports ZIP, RAR, ISO, BIN, IMG, IMA, IMZ, 7Z, ACE, JAR, GZ, LZH, LHA, TAR, SIT archive formats - Drag and drop files or folders from Windows Explorer to extract them - Simple user interface and sleek design in a small package - Recursively search through folders for archives (Just drag and drop them) - Delete files or close program after extraction options - Windows explorer file associations for all supported archive types - Extract files into current directory, named folder, or favorite folder of choice - System tray icon on Minimize and Always on top features - Integrates with Windows Explorer via special context menu items Download: http://www.extractnow.com/ http://www.brothersoft.com/extractnow-64209.html

July 16th, 2008, 08:52 PM	#51
momsboy62 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 37 Thanks: 13 Thanked 992 Times in 36 Posts	As requested my useful freeware recommendations as they spring to mind from help offered. Free DVD MP3 Ripper: Does what it says on the tin. And a bit more besides. Converts DVD (.vob), VCD/SVCD movie files(.dat) and MPEG( MPEG-1, MPEG-2) files(.mpeg, .mpg) flawlessly to MP3 at user determined bitrates & sampling. Also edits ID3 tags.

July 16th, 2008, 09:04 PM	#52
momsboy62 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 37 Thanks: 13 Thanked 992 Times in 36 Posts	VCD Gear A veritable cornucopia of tools for extracting & converting various VCD & SVCD formats to .mpeg and vice versa. Also includes the best .mpeg repair tool I've come across.

July 16th, 2008, 09:52 PM	#53
momsboy62 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 37 Thanks: 13 Thanked 992 Times in 36 Posts	Another invaluable little audio tool mpTrim A simple and easy to use MP3 editor. Particularly useful used in conjunction with Free DVD MP3 Ripper as we don't always get our timings spot on. And you can rid your DVD ripped .mpegs of those dramatic abrupt endings and jarring beginnings so beloved of movie sound editors by adding fade-in/out effects of varying lengths. Also has a sister program WavTrim

July 23rd, 2008, 10:22 AM	#55
Leprechaun Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 5,013 Thanks: 23,651 Thanked 77,923 Times in 4,988 Posts	PearPC is an architecture-independent PowerPC platform emulator capable of running most PowerPC operating systems. * License: GPL * Programming language: C++, C and (on x86 platforms) assembler * Supported host platforms: POSIX-X11 (Linux, ...), Win32 The following operating systems were tested and run (to some extent) in PearPC (ie. as clients): * Mandrake Linux 9.1 for PPC installer: Runs well * Mandrake Linux 9.1 for PPC after installation: Hard to boot. Runs very well afterwards. * Darwin for PPC: Runs well * Mac OS X 10.3: Runs well with some caveats * OpenBSD for PPC: Crashes while booting (accesses PCI in an unsupported way) * NetBSD for PPC: Crashes while booting * AIX for PPC: Some people ask about that. See FAQ. PearPC emulates the following hardware: * CPU GENERIC: Sort of G4, including altivec. A more or less portable CPU. Using this CPU, the client will run about 500 times slower than the host. As of version 0.4 the generic CPU emulation runs well even on big-endian and 64 bit platforms. * CPU JITC-X86: Sort of G4, including altivec. A very fast CPU for x86 systems that translates PowerPC instructions into x86 instructions on-demand. By caching these translations, a lot of speed is gained. Using this CPU, the client will run about 15 times slower than the host. Only works on x86 hosts. * PCI-Brige: A barebone PCI-Bridge, enough to work with. * IDE-Controller: Sort of CMD646 with bus-mastering support. You can attach IDE-harddisk(s) and/or IDE-CDROM(s) by specifying files (or devices for UNX) from your host machine. PIC: A programmable interrupt controller (kind of Heathrow). * VIA-Cuda: With attached Mouse and Keyboard. * Network Controller: Emulates a 3COM 3C90x or RealTek 8139 via hosts that support an ethernet tunnel. * NVRAM: Capable of storing 8KiB non-volatile memory. * USB: A placebo USB-hub. Sufficient to make the client think that it has USB support. * PROM: Sort of OpenFirmware. It's ugly and contains a lot of hacks but it allows to boot Yaboot and BootX from HFS/HFS+ partitions.

September 6th, 2008, 04:17 PM	#60
donnalangtonukmode Big whoop, wanna fight about it. Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,674 Thanks: 14,779 Thanked 52,482 Times in 1,638 Posts	Here's a cool wee dvd ripper and it's quick only (1347 KB) in size. Free DVD Ripper is a very useful tool, which allows you to rip DVD movies, convert DVD VOB-files to one VCD, SVCD, DivX, MPEG1, MPEG 2, MPEG4 http://www.freewarezoom.com/archives/free-dvd-ripper [IMG]http://i33.******.com/2432nnq.png[/IMG] __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.* To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Last edited by DubSalute; September 15th, 2008 at 03:22 AM.. Reason: no hotlinking of images please ...

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