Streambox Ripper : the best ripper till now that converts .wav, .rm, .mp3, and cd audio into either Mp3 or wav, or WMA (u can convert TO Wma, but not FROM wma)...the new version doesnt support Real Player files, so u gotta stick to the old version, but unfortunately i dont think there are anymore links available on the net, so pm me if u want it ...
Easy Video Joiner : u dont need accuracy here in the new joined file, u wont notice that the video was 2 parts...a needed program for ppl who dont have space, and must encode each video file alone, get it from here
m2v codec : sometimes SVCDs dont work on ur computer if u wanna play them with media player, all u need is this codec..downloadable from here just follow the instructions in readme and u can watch SVCDs on ur pc with a bowl of popcorn in ur hands :)
TextAloud MP3 : TextAloud is the leading text to speech program, available with exciting premium voices (including several languages) from AT&T, Cepstral and NeoSpeech for the best in computer speech for your PC. TextAloud converts any text into spoken words and MP3 files. It resides in your Windows tray, always ready to read aloud your text from email, web pages, and documents. You can listen immediately, or save to .wav or MP3 files to hear later at your convenience. Instead of the valuable time you spend reading on your computer, imagine being free to relax, get up and stretch, or work on other things while the information you need is read to you in a pleasant, natural sounding human voice. Better still, leave your computer behind. TextAloud MP3's unique Text to MP3 conversion can save your daily reading to MP3 audio files to download to your portable MP3 player. Listen to email, online news, or important documents while you exercise, work or commute. TextAloud is easy to learn so you can put it to work for you right away. Everything is user friendly, from the help function to the VCR style playback controls. It's never been easier to keep up with the information you really need.
Requirements: P200, 64MB RAM, 10MB Disk Space, Sound Card
AVOne - All to MP3/WAV Converter : AVOne - All to MP3 Converter is a software that convert rm to mp3, ram to mp3, rmvb to mp3, wave to mp3, wav to mp3, mpeg to mp3, avi to mp3, wma to mp3, asf to mp3 with different bit rate and sample rate. You can convert to mp3 in batch mode. The most important is you can split your favorite music from long movie and save as mp3. For exported mp3 file, you can select different bit rate and sample rate.
Requirements: DirectX 9 runtime
All To MP3 Converter : If you need to convert your audio files to MP3 format try to use our All To MP3 Converter - it gives you ability to start conversion directly from Explorer. This software supports WMA,OGG and WAV PCM source formats, ID3v2 Tag (copying from source or creation of a new one). You can quickly and easily convert with this tool every audio file you have just found in folders on your computer or have downloaded from Internet into MP3 format.
dBpowerAmp : This otherwise standard audio-conversion utility offers convenient direct access to most functions from the right-click context menu. Making up for the fact that this alternative interface isn't handy for batch conversions, dBpowerAmp Music Converter provides a traditional interface for audio CD input. In our tests, Music Converter showed good speed. The extracting and conversion options are not numerous but will satisfy most users. The program can even rip some protected audio CDs. It queries CD information from the Web and can automatically create subfolders and name tracks. The free version doesn't let you edit ID tags. To keep the download size small, it only includes MP3 (LAME) and WAV codecs, though you can easily download and install additional components from the publisher's site. Most people who rip and convert audio files occasionally will find something to like about dBpowerAmp Music Converter. (source www.download.com)
MP3 Surgeon : A Visual MP3 editor which allows users to trim, join and split any number of MP3s to varying lengths and sizes, apply fade in/out effects, normalise their entire collection to the same volume level - and much much more besides.
Video Karaoke Studio : Video Karaoke Studio contains all the tools
you need for creating professional
karaoke video.
Video Karaoke Studio is to quickly and easily create own
video karaoke files from different multimedia sources.
Then you can put files from VKStudio to Video-CD, SVideo-CD and DVD.
At last, create own karaoke CD is easy as never before !
All what you need, is video or picture file and synchronized lyrics
but in Editor you can do that in few minutes !
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PartyDJ : This DJ tool gets down to business with support for multiple playlists, powerful commands for altering song order and creating new lists. PartyDJ will also automatically mix your songs with its powerful crossfade mixer.
You can play music with the internal player or through Winamp. Features include tool-tip-status information for the songs and playlists, an upgraded ID3 editor, transfering playlists to your CD burner.
New Jukebox option added. Ideal for public places where clients should be able to choose a song to be played next, without directly accessing PartyDJ playlists.
wma sux first of all, i advise any1 to use mp3... lets say u encode ur cd audio file to wma by usin media player, u can ONLY play them on ur computer....if u send them to some1, he wouldn't be able to play them on his pc. whereas if they were mp3 files, he would be able to play em easily..
an AVI file has lots of options....it is the only format that can accept codecs, such as XviD, DivX and such stuff.... codecs reduce the size of the file, but u must have them installed in order to play the video files...anyways, if u want AVI without any codec, it will take A LOT of space, and i mean A LOT...codecs are used for files such as episodes (20 mins) so the AVI file wont take much space
mpg files are used for small files, for example video clips...usually if the quality was good, every 1 minute of the video makes 10 mb, and when the file size goes down, the quality goes down, and vice versa... mpg files have no codec, but in order to make the size smaller, u must lower the quality
RM files are the best files nowadays that u can put on the net, since they take the least space, but if u're looking for quality, RM files are not that good..
the best quality format until now i guess are the mpgs...maybe i'm wrong, but thats what i'm noticing.......but if quality is not ur answer, RM files are great..
and btw, mp3 quality is better than wma, but of course, we have to refer to the bitrate....if the wma bitrate was 192 kbps, of course it is going to be better than an mp3 file with 24 kbps bitrate....but if they were equal with bitrate, mp3 is much better, not only for quality, but for sharing, like i said b4 if u wanna send the file to some1 else blablabla....
5 stars for ur infos charly...but it wasen't my question:
i just wanted to know the difference between theese files in the way of encoding..and the information they contain...ex: MP3 is a compressed version of WAV if i m not mistaked (btw if u zip an WAV file i will get the mp3 size)
answering ur question, u cant say that MPEG-1 Layer 3 is the compressed version on a WAVE file...i dont think thats real (IMO) .... my info indirectly answers all ur questions, u can apply it on anything, and ur simple questions can be answered...
okay....now am gonna intoduce u to a new codec...some of u may know it, but im gonna post it anyways...
it's called 3ivx Codec
What is 3ivx?
3ivx is an MPEG-4 toolkit that supports MPEG-4 Video, MPEG-4 Audio and the MP4 file format. 3ivx D4 4.5 allows video and audio to be compressed to a fraction of its original size while maintaining high image quality.
You can store over 2 hours of near DVD quality audio and video on a single CD-ROM or stream near DVD quality video over a cable modem or DSL modem.
Why should I install 3ivx?
The 3ivx decoder plays back most MPEG-4 files (including MP4, M4A, 3GP and MOV files) with MPEG-4 AAC Audio and MPEG-4 Video (such as DivX 3, 4 and 5, Apple MPEG-4, Philips MPEG-4 and XviD) using Windows Media Player or other compatible players. The Audio Decoder can play back MPEG-4 Multi-Channel High Efficiency AAC including audio encoded by Nero AAC and iTunes.
The 3ivx encoder produces industry-leading compact high quality MPEG-4 Audio and Video and is distributed as a plug-in for QuickTime as well as plug-ins for Video for Windows and DirectShow.
This allows you to encode MPEG-4 Audio and Video in AVI, MOV or MP4 files with the encoding application of your choice.
The 3ivx encoder produces industry-leading compact high quality MPEG-4 Audio and Video and is distributed as a plug-in for QuickTime as well as plug-ins for Video for Windows and DirectShow. This allows you to encode MPEG-4 Audio and Video in AVI, MOV or MP4 files with the encoding application of your choice.
Because of its core design and optimization the 3ivx codec maintains a record-breaking speed.
3ivx Delta 4 - 4.0.3 plays back DivX 3.x, 4.x, 5.x, OpenDivX, XviD, FFMpeg, AngelPotion, SMR, Philips MPEG-4, Apple MPEG-4, MS-MPEG-4v3, 3ivx D3, D3.5 and 4, RealMagic MPEG-4, Sorenson MPEG-4, Blizzard MPEG-4 and other MPEG-4 variants.
Radiator:
Radiator is freeware program for listening to and recording from popular radiocards. Possibility to record in various sound quality using codecs including MP3, WMA and DivX , command-line switches, language modules support etc. ...
AIW Player :
AIW Player is designed to be a fast and smart media center. At the moment AIW Player is under heavy development but it has 5 main functions:
A very low resource demanding video player with tons of features.
A TV viewing program. AIW Player requires a TV-card with wdm drivers installed. It should work with every card out there as long as it's drivers are fully compatible with DirectX9.
A FM tuning program. AIW Player requires a radio capture card (tv-cards with FM tuning support, or specialized FM tuning cards) with wdm drivers installed.
A TV recording program (capture to file). It requires a TV-card and wdm drivers installed.
A video broadcasting server. This means that you can use your TV-card to broadcast (share) your favorite TV programs with your LAN friends and even on the Internet. Imagine watching SciFi live in Asia or SkyOne in U.S. When in broadcasting mode AIW Player becomes a chat server and users can connect to it with WANChat to chat about, get and set channels.
Also, AIW Player supports broadcasting from video files on your harddrive and from your tv-card FM stations.
Also AIW Player offers interconnected features. For example when watching a movie and you want to quickly tune to a news station for just a few minutes you may simply do that and when you're done you can quickly resume your movie with only one click - no more changing from software to software, overlay conflicts and so on...