Ever wish you could quickly look up a media file’s detailed information, such as bitrate, video codec, audio codec, aspect ratio, duration, audio tag info, or anything else you might imagine? You might already know that MediaInfo gives you detailed information about your media files. But →
InnerTube: broadcast your videos to multiple PCs
If you have many PC’s or laptops in your household, with video files and movies scattered all over the place and different hard drives, then consider this: InnerTube is a small software that lets you easily set up a web server on one (or more) machines, →
XBMC: a slick interface makes your computer a media hub
XBMC, renamed to its abbreviation from its XBox Media Center roots, has a niche use case but if it’s what you’re looking for, it performs impressively. XBMC provides an interface that is more intuitive and more polished that ties the media collection on your PC together →
Freemake Video Converter updated with cool new features
I recently wrote about Freemake Video Converter, a free, very stylish-looking video conversion program that is both powerful and easy to use (see my original review for more information on this program). Since then, the program has been updated with new features, many of which I had requested →
Freemake Video Converter: stylish, user friendly video and DVD conversion, burning, and editing program
This is the kind of video conversion program that feels like it belongs in an Apple store; slick, clean-looking, with a lot of white space and colorful buttons in it’s interface, and as little information crammed on the screen at any one time as possible. It →
OnTopReplica: display any app or video in a thumbnail-style window
Ever wished you could keep a small representation of a program or window always visible on your desktop? OnTopReplica is a free app for Windows 7 and Vista that can create a resizable, always-on-top clone of any program or window on your desktop. Aside from being a →
How to extract the sound from videos in FLV or MP4 formats, such as videos downloaded from YouTube or other video sharing sites
Have you ever needed to extract the sound file from a downloaded video, such as videos from YouTube or other video sharing sites? In this post I will show how to separate the audio track from a video file (a process also known as “demuxing”). Of →
PPT2Video Free: convert Powerpoint presentations to video
Wondershare PPT2Video Free is a free app that can convert PowerPoint files (PPT, PPS, as well as the Office 2007 .PPTX, formats) into video. Specifically it can output to WMV, ASF, Quicktime (.MOV) as well as .MKV video formats. PPT2Video can preserve and record most elements →
StreamTransport: download videos from Hulu as well as other encrypted or unencrypted media sites
StreamTransport is a free video downloading software that can download media from video sharing sites such as YouTube as well as encrypted media (video or music) from sites such as Hulu. It can browse and download media from sites using HTTP, RTMP, RTMPT, RTMPE, and RTMPTE →
Splayer: impressive, lightweight media player that packs quite a punch
SPlayer is a free, open source media player that is lightweight, well designed, and quite powerful. It promises to play every conceivable media format (including DVD’s and streaming media), and to optimize your audio and video quality to best utilize your hardware specifications. It is light →
Scenegrabber .NET: create thumbnail preview sheets from your videos
Scenegrabber .NET is a free program that can capture screenshots from videos and create a preview thumbnail sheet for each video and save it as an image. The program can create these “sceneshots” for multiple videos in batch based on your desired settings. Scenegrabber can view/play →
Screenr: Screen Recordings, Easy to Make, Easy to Share
If you ever need to make a quick video capture of your screen but don’t want the hassle of having to install any software or upload the video anywhere to share it, Screenr might be a god-send. Screenr allows you to capture screencasts and share them easily, being →
