Freeware Alternative Software List

[Paul]

Catalogue tool for CDs/ HDs etc, dunno how good it is but I hope it's better than the english on the website lol
http://www.mysoftportal.com/

[homealone]

http://aumha.org/free.htm ??

[Hom3r]

I'm look fro some software to catalogue my CDs.

All I can find is either trial, spyware riddled, limits no of CDs to encourage you to buy.

Ideally I would like something like my DVD catalogue SW (www.dvdprofiler.com)

[xpod]

Not sure if it`s already been mentioned but i wouldn`t be without a "gparted" live cd for all those partitioning jobs.

http://gparted.sourceforge.net/

[ZrByte]

for codecs, how about the ACE mega codecs pack? Have yet to find a format it cant play, though have encountered some difficulties with the newest quicktime vids.

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/...oDecS_Pack.htm

[TheNorm]

Windows XP allows you to "Automatically synchronize with an Internet time server" - unless your computer is part of a domain. Which is a problem for my work laptop, as most of the time I'm not connected to the domain, and the clock drifts.

Windows Time Synchronizer (http://www.wintimesync.com/downloads.php?lang=en) is a freeware utility that solves this problem wonderfully.

[pedantic]

Here's a nice list of freebies.

The Freeguide-tv looks quite handy.

[MadGamer]

Audacity - Download

Audacity is a free, easy-to-use audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems. You can use Audacity to:

• Record live audio.
• Convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs.
• Edit Ogg Vorbis, MP3, and WAV sound files.
• Cut, copy, splice, and mix sounds together.
• Change the speed or pitch of a recording.
• And more! See the complete list of features.

[AntiSilence]

I use Audacity. Quality free audio application.

[MadGamer]

Originally Posted by AntiSilence

I use Audacity. Quality free audio application.

Funnily enough i only heard about it the other day when i was in one of my lessons.

[AntiSilence]

Originally Posted by MadGamer

Funnily enough i only heard about it the other day when i was in one of my lessons.

I used it to record Pia on The Wave radio the other month.

[altis]

This is a great resource. Not only loads of free stuff but there's many old versions too - handy when authors start adding unwanted 'features':

http://www.oldversion.com/

[Alien]

Originally Posted by altis

This is a great resource. Not only loads of free stuff but there's many old versions too - handy when authors start adding unwanted 'features':

http://www.oldversion.com/

The downside to that is that if you use an older version of something you're also getting any bugs or security flaws that it had.

[pedantic]

I've just spotted this over at dslreports

YouTube Downloader

YouTube Downloader is a free tool that downloads videos from youtube.

YouTube Downloader allows you to easily grab and save desired youtube video to your local computer.

Simply paste the URL of a video into the program, press Start , and the AVI file will be downloaded into the selected folder.

[cookie_365]

Originally Posted by pedantic

I've just spotted this over at dslreports

YouTube Downloader

Or better still, this.