tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34265281.post6610353459841304304..comments2023-10-31T05:12:02.716-07:00Comments on T(r)ickling thoughts: 30 Essential Free (& Open) Software for WindowsAnil Samuelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02786491758390335994noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34265281.post-69522926624736519262007-02-07T16:58:00.000-08:002007-02-07T16:58:00.000-08:001. Handbrake is NOT a Windows software but a Mac o...1. Handbrake is NOT a Windows software but a Mac one...<br /><br />2. VLC is a pretty good software yes but I feel a better option is<br />Zoom Player standard which is much more customizable. For eg, you can<br />assign the scroll wheel of your mouse to Fast Forward (in diff ways),<br />or zoom, or change volume etc.. Another essential thing i couldnt find<br />in VLC was colour controls. Zoom player automatically supports<br />subtitles once you install VobSub.. All you need to do is put the Sub<br />title file (.srt) in the same folder of ur avi file and name it<br />same... And it too plays almost every files (of course you need to<br />install few codecs like AC3).<br /><br />3. BitTorrent is a good client but Azeureus is way better! It is more<br />customizable than BitTorrent even though for novices, BitTorrent might<br />be easier to use.<br /><br />4. I never used MusikCube so I cant comment on it but the best I have<br />used and has been using for a while now for managing media files is<br />MediaMoneky. The search feautre of this program is simply amazing...<br />If you have lots of MP3's like I do, this can be a real boon!<br /><br />5. You missed an image viewer totally! I take 100's of pictures using<br />my D70 and I cant imagine not having one on my comp! And for that the<br />best one out there is IrfanView. It is amazingly small, loads<br />superfast and even reads RAW files!<br /><br />6. If you are one of those persons who constantly needs to check your<br />spellings or meanings of words, being pretty poor in the English<br />language like I am, the best software for that is WordWeb. it is a<br />very small program and it helps a lot!<br /><br />7. Another small but very useful program is 2xExplorer.. It is way<br />powerful than Windows Xplorer and has lot of features. They have now<br />released another version of the same program called xplorer2 (lite and<br />pro). I havent yet used those but since its kind of an upgrade from<br />2xExplorer, I am sure it will be as good or better still!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com