Tag Results For: Open Source

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Wlipper: A Simple Clipboard Manager That Preserves Text Formatting

Keeping all the most frequently used text snippets in the Windows clipboard is extremely useful, especially when you’re writing an email, draft, report or essay etc. Unfortunately, the Windows 7 clipboard can hold only one item at a time, but luckily, there are many applications available out there that allow users to extend the functionality of [...] (more…)

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ShareX: Grab Screenshots & Upload Them To 20+ Image Sharing Websites

Back in 2009, we covered a screenshot capturing tool called ZScreen. The utility garnered instant acclaim due to its ability to not only capture high resolution screenshots, but also upload them directly to over 20 different sites or your FTP server. The author of this tool, who also happens to be the author of ZUploader [...] (more…)

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ALmoviesRenamer: Automatically Rename Movie Files, Adding Relevant Info By Predefined Rules

One thing’s common among movie buffs, they want their movie collection to look sleek – containing every little detail about their favorite films, for instance, its original title, year of release, director name etc. ALmoviesRenamer is an open-source tool that helps in this regard by adding user-specified, movie-related information to the movies’ filenames. This helps [...] (more…)

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PDF Presenter Lets You Annotate PDFs & Present Them As Slideshows

Looking for a free application that can let you present your PDF documents in an MS PowerPoint-like presentation? Well then, you should give PDF Presenter a shot. It is an open-source, java-based utility, designed to let you display PDF documents the same way you’d present PPT (or PPTX) slideshows. Not only that, but you can also [...] (more…)

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PySort Automatically Sorts Files In A Folder Into Subfolders Based On Type

It’s hard to look for a specific file within a cluttered folder, which is filled with random stuff (Downloads folder, anyone?). If you suffer from this habit of randomly placing your files in the same folder, for instance, videos, music, documents, pictures, shortcuts and whatnot, then now is a good time to step ahead and [...] (more…)

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pViewer: A Fast & Minimalistic Image, Manga & Comics Viewer For Windows

Some people adore minimalistic apps, which is probably the idea behind the design of pViewer, an open-source application that allows you to view your pictures as well as read comics, under one hood. If you’re wondering where the minimalism is, it’s in the app’s interface. The UI has specifically been developed to let you view your photos [...] (more…)

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Miro 5 Adds eMusic Store, Option To Download HD Vimeo Videos & More

Back in May 2011, we covered Miro 4, a powerful media manager application with iTunes-like functionalities. What makes Miro different from other media managers is its ability to sync media files with Android-powered devices. Now, almost after one year, Miro dev team has finally released Miro 5. It brings various backend changes to the actual [...] (more…)

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Batch-Convert Or Merge An Entire Folder Of Videos With HandBrake

HandBrake is arguably the most powerful video converter out there, offering stupendous amount of features and top-notch conversion quality. On top of that, its’ an open-source software and provides a CMD app to let advanced users quickly encode media files into required formats. HB Batch Encoder Mk2 is an application that uses the HandBrakeCLI.exe file to batch-convert media [...] (more…)

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FAR: Find & Replace A Portion Of Similar Filenames Or Completely Rename Multiple Files At Once

If you’re an avid AddictiveTips reader, you might have noticed that we have covered numerous Find & Replace utilities in the past. These programs easily let you rename multiple files on your computer at once. Well, today we will take a closer look into another such application, named as FAR – Find And Replace. This open [...] (more…)

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Switch Between Up To Seven Default & Custom Power Plans From Windows System Tray

Windows 7 comes with a power scheme switcher option containing three plans by default (High Performance, Balanced and Power Saver), but it only allows you to switch between two power plans from its notification icon. This can be a major hindrance for people who continually find the need to switch between all three. Applications like previously reviewed Power [...] (more…)

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Movie Central: Elegant Explorer For Your Collection Of Movies & TV Shows, Fetches Metadata From TMDB

We’ve covered several movie catalog applications that let you explore and organize your movie collection, all at one place, Coollector Movie Database, Free TvDB or DVD Chief,  just to name a few. These programs help you view and manage your movies and TV shows, and automatically fetch detailed information from online sources, like IMDb and TV.com. [...] (more…)

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MediaPortal: HTPC App To Play Music, Stream Radio & Record Live TV

Media center applications have become a popular phenomenon among HDTV enthusiasts. While the concept of  “media center” might have been brought to mainstream market by Microsoft with their Windows Media Center application, there are a few other media center applications that have become quite popular such as QVIVO and XMBC. MediaPortal is another media center/HTPC application [...] (more…)

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DivXRepair: Re-Encode AVI Files To Eliminate Bad Frames

It often happens that when we download a video (in AVI format) from video sharing platforms, it shows frame skipping, frozen images or pixel distortion. Although powerful media players like VLC and KMplayer come with the ability to handle frame skipping issues, and attempt to play the video without any lag, they can not render [...] (more…)

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SPlayer: A Feature-Rich Media Player With GPU Acceleration

SPlayer is an open source media player that claims to be (in a lot of ways) better than other popular free media players such as Storm player, QQ Player, Realplayer and KMPlayer. The application supports many file formats and also calls itself to be the lightest of all. Some of the key features of this [...] (more…)

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x264GUI: Encode High Definition Videos & Add Multiple Audio Streams

Encoding video files from one container to another can be a sophisticated and complex task, especially when you don’t know much about its related technical jargon. Moreover, you need different codecs and switches to perform the encoding process before making your final copy. X264GUI is an open source x264 video encoder that provides graphical user [...] (more…)