Cool Software

[Budr]

[quote author=hawtpawkithero link=topic=1074.msg28546#msg28546 date=1218138394]


[quote author=ainmosni]
AFAIK 7zip has a better compression ration AND is open source. Winrar 0 - 7zip 2

Open source doesn't give it an excuse to suck Winrar just seems to be overall more convenient for me with it's shell integration.
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i prefer 7-Zip
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[copulatingduck]

[quote author=jðrge link=topic=1074.msg28395#msg28395 date=1218098425]
http://www.foobar2000.org/ A man's audio player.

Zune Player works just fine for me

AFAIK 7zip has a better compression ration AND is open source. Winrar 0 - 7zip 2

Open source doesn't give it an excuse to suck Winrar just seems to be overall more convenient for me with it's shell integration.
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[El_Fajitas]

http://www.foobar2000.org/ A man's audio player.

Wrong my friend.  MusikCube is a man's man mp3 player.  Keep your evil eye candy away from my precious retinas!

[Wedge]

[quote author=hawtpawkithero link=topic=1074.msg28546#msg28546 date=1218138394]
[quote author=jðrge link=topic=1074.msg28395#msg28395 date=1218098425]
http://www.foobar2000.org/ A man's audio player.

Zune Player works just fine for me

AFAIK 7zip has a better compression ration AND is open source. Winrar 0 - 7zip 2

Open source doesn't give it an excuse to suck Winrar just seems to be overall more convenient for me with it's shell integration.
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Please show me where 7zip doesn't have shell integration (with superior options for batch operations even). 

[HeK]

[quote author=jðrge link=topic=1074.msg28395#msg28395 date=1218098425]
http://www.foobar2000.org/ A man's audio player.

Wrong my friend.  MusikCube is a man's man mp3 player.  Keep your evil eye candy away from my precious retinas!
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Winamp.............................. ?

[Budr]

[quote author=jðrge link=topic=1074.msg28395#msg28395 date=1218098425]
http://www.foobar2000.org/ A man's audio player.

Wrong my friend.  MusikCube is a man's man mp3 player.  Keep your evil eye candy away from my precious retinas!
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Have you even seen Foobar? It's stripped bare.

[El_Fajitas]

The very first screenshot I saw of it had 3 sub-windows with one of them being an artwork panel.  It can probably be disabled, but nay I say, why even put it there!    ;D

[copulatingduck]

[quote author=El_Fajitas link=topic=1074.msg28660#msg28660 date=1218168767]
[quote author=jðrge link=topic=1074.msg28395#msg28395 date=1218098425]
http://www.foobar2000.org/ A man's audio player.

Wrong my friend.  MusikCube is a man's man mp3 player.  Keep your evil eye candy away from my precious retinas!
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Have you even seen Foobar? It's stripped bare.
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[Ceceil Felias]

Argue argue argue bitch bitch bitch

Guys, last I checked, this thread was "Cool Software", not "Argue over which program's penis is bigger". D: I think while comments and notes about a listed program is fine, arguing for several posts over what's better or worse is pushing it.

[El_Fajitas]

[quote author=This thread]
Argue argue argue bitch bitch bitch

Guys, last I checked, this thread was "Cool Software", not "Argue over which program's penis is bigger". D: I think while comments and notes about a listed program is fine, arguing for several posts over what's better or worse is pushing it.
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Aw, dreaded stick-to-topic man strikes again!  However, I agree!

I've found that CDisplay is pretty good for watching your series of sequential thematically-linked images that are obtained by very legal means.

I hate that it's no longer maintained however. 

[Budr]

I've found that CDisplay is pretty good for watching your series of sequential thematically-linked images that are obtained by very legal means.

I hate that it's no longer maintained however.   

Wrong my friend. CDisplayEx is a man's sequential thematically-linked images that are obtained by very legal means player.



Also no longer maintained but a more recent release

[IdiotWithGuns]

Sandra http://www.sisoftware.net/
HD Tach http://www.simplisoftware.com/Public/ind...est=HdTach
HD Tune http://www.hdtune.com/
CPU Burn in http://users.bigpond.net.au/CPUburn/

[zaneyard]

[quote author=Ceceil Felias link=topic=1074.msg28212#msg28212 date=1218058407]
http://www.cdburnerxp.se - CD Burner XP Pro, awesome Swedish freeware burning program. Perfect for ISOs.

http://www.cccp-project.net/ - Combined Community Codec Pack. THIS IS YOUR GOD.

I'll vouch for cccp as well, it helps me watch my porn hentai videos in just about every format.
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what does cccp do exactly?

Sandra http://www.sisoftware.net/
HD Tach http://www.simplisoftware.com/Public/ind...est=HdTach
HD Tune http://www.hdtune.com/
CPU Burn in http://users.bigpond.net.au/CPUburn/

CPU Burn in would be useful if my rig wasnt OEM, any word on how effective the software is?

JKDefrag.  No-frills better Windows defragger.

PasswordSafe.  Encrypted password storage.

WinDirStat or JDiskReport.  Disk folder and file summary tools.  For me, WinDirStat replaced SequoiaView and JDiskReport may replace WinDirStat.

i recommend KeePass Password safe if you need somewhere to save passwords. i use it for everything and is very efficient.

[quote author=hawtpawkithero link=topic=1074.msg28160#msg28160 date=1218049397]
I've left vista's Defrag run over night and come back to it still going.

Jesus, how big is your drive?

I guess it's never a problem for me cos my system drive is only 74GB and I've never felt the need to defrag either of my storage discs.
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the only upside to having a 40 gig drive is that defrags are like 4 mins long.

[El_Fajitas]

[quote author=s0lesurviv0r link=topic=1074.msg28335#msg28335 date=1218087406]
[quote author=Ceceil Felias link=topic=1074.msg28212#msg28212 date=1218058407]
http://www.cdburnerxp.se - CD Burner XP Pro, awesome Swedish freeware burning program. Perfect for ISOs.

http://www.cccp-project.net/ - Combined Community Codec Pack. THIS IS YOUR GOD.

I'll vouch for cccp as well, it helps me watch my porn hentai videos in just about every format.
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what does cccp do exactly?
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The Combined Community Codec Pack allows the easy viewing of any and all videos on your computer. 

No matter what arcane method was used to fit audio, subtitles, or what-have-you in that video file, the CCCP will play it.

[zaneyard]

[quote author=zaneyard link=topic=1074.msg34674#msg34674 date=1219983136]
[quote author=s0lesurviv0r link=topic=1074.msg28335#msg28335 date=1218087406]
[quote author=Ceceil Felias link=topic=1074.msg28212#msg28212 date=1218058407]
http://www.cdburnerxp.se - CD Burner XP Pro, awesome Swedish freeware burning program. Perfect for ISOs.

http://www.cccp-project.net/ - Combined Community Codec Pack. THIS IS YOUR GOD.

I'll vouch for cccp as well, it helps me watch my porn hentai videos in just about every format.
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what does cccp do exactly?
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The Combined Community Codec Pack allows the easy viewing of any and all videos on your computer. 

No matter what arcane method was used to fit audio, subtitles, or what-have-you in that video file, the CCCP will play it.
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cool, so stuff like dvd's are more likely to play with this?

[Mission Difficult]

CCCP is mainly for files, DVDs are almost all MPEG-2 so a bunch of crazy codecs aren't required.

[El_Fajitas]

Don't know about DVD's but you shouldn't have a problem if you have a windows system.  Don't know how Mpeg goes in Linux or Macs.

[KorJax]

I don't know if these have been posted yet...

http://www.bb4win.org/news.php

Blackbox.  It's a lower-resource consuming windows XP/Vista shell replacement for Explorer.exe

I reccomend you only get BBlean or BBclean, the other versions are very outdated and missing tons of features.

It's EXTREMELY functional, minimalstic, and awesome as well.  I love the clean look, the plugins you can get for it (clock, timers, notes box, media player supports, etc...), and the fact that you can at the press of a button switch between 4 completely different desktops with the push of a button (it mimics multiple monitors, by having it so if you push a button it goes to the other "virtual monitor" and whatever windows you had open on that workspace).  Plus it replaces the start bar completely, and instead makes it so you can navigate your entire computer via right click.  Best of all the entire shell is customizable.  You can change the style completely (down to individual color sections), the layouts of the right click menu, transparencies, etc... Here's a screeny of an old wallpaper I had on it:



As you can see, I'm showing off the right click menu functinality.  The "beta" at the top indicates what virtual desktop you are currently viewing (you can changes the names too).  Beta was screen 2.

There is also....

http://www.ihoundsoftware.com/

A great little free service+program that will track every single time your flash-drive, ipod, or other mobile device is plugged into a computer.

You can set it up so whenever someone plugs it into a computer unknowingly after you loose it or it get's stolen, a message will pop up indicating who the rightful owner of the product is and (if you choose), where they can contact you to return the lost mobile device.  You (and anyone else) can still use it YES... but the real kicker is that when this message get's sent YOU get a notification via e-mail on your account that your device was plugged in.  The service will tell you the IP address of the computer it was last plugged in, the username of on that computer, and will even plop down a google map of the location.  Well, it can't give you an actual street address but it's defiantly something.  With this, you can track who/where plugs your device into a computer.  Then, you can print out the device report to the local campus security or local police force to try to recover your lost and stolen item.  Great stuff.  And, it's free! ;D

[copulatingduck]

[i]KorJax drops some awesome programs in this bitch yo'

Wow, sweet stuff. +1 x ∞

[Fail Medic]

[quote author=KorJax link=topic=1074.msg34949#msg34949 date=1220050059]
[i]KorJax drops some awesome programs in this bitch yo'

Wow, sweet stuff. +1 x ∞
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signed, i might even give blackbox a spin.