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have RealPlayer installed know what a pain it can be with its
constant add ons and updates.
This package will play pretty well all
of the RealPlayer formats including BBC radio programs streamed
over the Internet. It is necessary however, to uninstall RealPlayer
and RealOne Player if you want to install this version.
Total Recorder
Shareware$11.95,1.3Mb,Windows98/SE/ME/NT4/2k/XP
www.tucows.com/preview/193458.html
A nice general-purpose audio recorder that will record virtually
any sound coming into or generated by your PC. It will even record
streamed Internet broadcasts and is compatible with .wav and .mp3
formats.
Winamp
Freeware, 4.3Mb, Windows 98/SE/ME/NT4/2k/XP
www.winamp.com
You cannot go far wrong with this as your system media player.
It will play music and video from a multitude of formats. There
are plenty of features for customising the front end. Does just
about everything Windows Media Player does and makes an excellent
substitute.
Irfanview
Freeware, 850kb, Windows 98/SE/ME/NT4/2k/XP
www.irfanview.com
Ideal for digital camera owners, the package is filled with a
whole range of picture editing tools to enhance your digital photos.
It is compatible with the most common image file formats. This
package is brimming with effects and can view pictures as a slideshow
if required. There also a loads of plug-ins that can be downloaded
from the Internet.
DVD Photo Slideshow
Shareware $29.95, 4.0Mb, Windows 98/SE/ME/XP
www.dvd-photo-slideshow.com
Want to turn your digital pictures into a slideshow that can be
viewed on either your PC or via a DVD player on your television.
This program will create slideshow Video CDs or DVD. Pick your
pictures, add titling, background sound, commentary and even professional
looking picture transitions.
Windows Movie Maker 2.1
Freeware, Windows XP
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/moviemaker2.mspx
Zwei-Stein Video Editor
Freeware, 3.3Mb, Windows 98/SE/ME/NT4/2k/XP
www.thugsatbay.com/software/index.html
Video editing for free? We have two packages here that are just
that. The latest version of Windows Movie Maker (v2.1) comes with
the Service Pack 2 upgrade. If you do not have XP then maybe the
Zwei- Stein Video Editor is for you. The English manual is not
so good and it needs a bit of getting used to. That said it offers
a whole host of features found on commercial editors. It can assemble
up to 256 video clips, add titling and has a DV capture facility.
Photorescue
Shareware, $29, 820kb, Windows 2K, XP
www.datarescue.com/photorescue
Got a corrupted digital camera memory card – disaster!!
Help is on its way with this simple program that will rescue images
from a wide range of memory cards. As it is non destructive, it
will not have an adverse affect on the card’s contents.
The trial version will show you if anything can be recovered.
The full licensed version will recover the lost image files.
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