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diabolos
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18. November 2004 @ 15:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
This thread was created to accumulate a list of software that has been used to the point that if a member of this forum feels that the application is worth mentioning may do so. This is not an advertisment for a company! Please try to post links to software that have a Free and/or Open-Source license first (no demos of software!). If you must make comments keep them brief (3 - 5 lines maximum) and under the link to the software. Any suggestions welcome and appreciated.

What's your favorite audio app?
Ced


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(Items in order of favor repectfully)


Best CD Rippers and Encoders:

1) Exact Audio Copy (EAC)
http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/index.html

2) AudioGrabber 1.83 (and later)
http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net/

3) dBPowerAMP (dMC)
http://www.dbpoweramp.com/
Link to dMC v10:
http://www.dbpoweramp.com/bin/dMC-r10.exe
dBPowerAMP is also a superb audio format converter!

4) iTunes
http://www.apple.com/itunes/

5) CDex
http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/


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Best Apps for Audio Editting:

1) Audacity
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

2) KRISTAL
http://www.kreatives.org/kristal/index.php


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Best Media Players (all have embedded CD burrning software in them except VLC and QCD):

1) VLC Media Player
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VLC

2) WinAmp 5
http://winamp.com/

3) Jet Audio 6 Basic
http://www.jetaudio.com/products/jetaudio/

4) iTunes
http://www.apple.com/itunes/

5) Quitessential Player (QCD)
http://www.quinnware.com/index.php

6) Windows Media Player 10
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/mp10/default.aspx


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Best Audio Codec(s)/Direct Show Filter(s):

(Lossy)

1) LAME 3.96.1
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/audio_software/audio_encoders/l...

2) MusePack
http://www.musepack.net/index.php?pg=home

3) 3ivx (MPEG-4 AAC and aacPlus/HE-AAC, .Mp4 or .M4a)
http://www.3ivx.com/index.html

4) Ogg Vorbis
http://www.vorbis.com/
Ogg Vorbis Direct Show filter project (OggDS)
http://tobias.everwicked.com/


(Lossless)

1) Monkeys Audio
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/audio_software/audio_encoders/m...

2) FLAC
http://flac.sourceforge.net/

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Best P2P App:

(Adware-less)

1) KaZaa Lite K++ 2.4.3
(NO Legal Link Available; Worth an Honorable Mention)

2) Shareaza
http://www.shareaza.com/
The best p2p client since K++! It also downloads torrent files.

3) SoulSeek
http://www.slsknet.org/
djscoop:
"...its the best source for music-only that I've found"

4) E-Mule
http://www.emule-project.net/home/perl/general.cgi?l=1

5) WinMx
http://www.winmx.com/
Excellent for downloading single Mp3's!

6) Limewire
http://www.limewire.com/english/content/home.shtml


(Adware-supported)

1) Bearshare
http://www.bearshare.com/

2) iMesh
http://www.imesh.com/

3) Ares
http://www.aresgalaxy.org/
camstuf:
"download site clean/no fakes"


(Bit-Torrents)

1) BitTorrent (original)
http://bittorrent.com/index.html

2) BitLord
http://www.bitlord.com/
First torrent client with a search option!

3) Azureus
http://azureus.sourceforge.net/
ozzy1:
"Azureus best bittorent app.
Tried loads of them max 10kb/s download.
Tried Azureus get nothing lower than 40kb/s."

4) BitComet
http://www.bitcomet.com/

5) ABC (Yet Another BitTorrent Client)
http://pingpong-abc.sourceforge.net/
ruffdawg:
"I use it all the time, and it blows away the original. This manages all of your currently downloading torrents perfectly and always gives me a great speed."

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Best Internet Media Stream Rippers:

1) StreamRipper32
http://streamripper.sourceforge.net/sr32/

2) StreamRipper WinAmp 2/5 and 3 Plugins
http://sourceforge.net/projects/streamripper

3) RipCast 1.3.2
http://www.xoteck.com/ripcast/download.php


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(to be continued)

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19. November 2004 @ 15:58 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
so do you only want free software, or can we share opinions on licenced software as well?

"I have no particular talent. I am merely inquisitive" - Albert Einstein

For the best quality mp3s use EAC (exact audio copy) to rip your audio CDs and LAME to encode them. Follow this guide:
http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/mydeneaclame.cfm
diabolos
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20. November 2004 @ 03:43 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The point was to create a list of the best free software but you may talk about any piece of software that you feel is the greatest as long as you don't post "Direct" links to software demos (A home page with links to Demos is fine). Give the name of the software, a link to its home page, and your opinion. Make sure to let the reader know when an application is not "Free-ware."


Format your post like:


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[Catagory of Software]

(Type; License or Sub-Catagory)

#) [Name]
[Link to Home Page]
[Opinion area]


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If you could post as above it would be appreciated.

Thanks for asking,
Ced

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the reason why i stop using kazaa was because of all the fakes i've been getting.
i recently tried BitLord d/ling torrents, i've heard a lot of positive feedbacks from it, but i cant get it to go faster than 5 kb/s :(
diabolos
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I too have started to experiment with BitLord, thanks to L-Burna.
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Azureus best bittorent app.
Tried loads of them max 10kb/s download.
Tried Azureus get nothing lower than 40kb/s.

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9. December 2004 @ 02:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
what about "burst!". always worked better for me than Azureus.
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Thankz for your post ozzy1 (and for staying in format). You added Azureus to the list!
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12. December 2004 @ 23:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Is BitLord not simply BitComet with a different colour scheme? I bet if you looked at the code it would be practically the same.

BitComet came 1st and isn't open source, as far as I know, although I could be wrong.

Everyone says Azereus is good, I think I'll go try it out as I'm finding BitComet quite slow.#

Good post anyway mate!

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Thanks,

You arn't the first to say that about BitLord. Its an issue that is splitting the P2P forums Torrent file sharers. No not really but allot of people have said that about the two clients. Yes, BitComet is open source (that's why its on the list)! I heard about BitLord first though. It is possible that BitLord is BitComet since BitComet is under the GNU GPL that allows you to do that sort of thing if you want to as long as you change the name of the software so people don't confuse your product with the other. As time goes on both programs will gain thier own identities and then there will be two differnt but still awsome apps. Thats what Open Source is all about :)

Keep tell'n me about good clean software!
Ced

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The Bittorrent client I prefer most is ABC. I use it all the time, and it blows away the original. This manages all of your currently downloading torrents perfectly and always gives me a great speed.

I have never tried Azureus since it is Java based and Java is a memory hog.

-Justin
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all sorts of mostly audio encoder decoders
http://www.rarewares.org/

avisynth
http://www.avisynth.org/
look for plugin filters too

bit Tornado
BitTornado.com/" class="korostus" target="_blank">http://www.BitTornado.com/

best media WMP10 !? well its your call.
Media Player Classic (official)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/

lets not forget cvs build FFDShow and lotsa more stuff from celtic druid (i think he joined the board already)
http://celticdruid.no-ip.com/xvid/

headac3he
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=e760b580ec3ceee2aadbf4e249d2a784&threadid=84500&highlight=headac3he
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download site clean/no fakes
http://www.aresgalaxy.org/



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Cool P2P app camstuf. Thanks for your contribution!

Ced
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so which program would i use to convert .wav to .mp3?

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3) dBPowerAMP (dMC)
http://www.dbpoweramp.com/
Link to dMC v10:
http://www.dbpoweramp.com/bin/dMC-r10.exe
dBPowerAMP is also a superb audio format converter!

dMC v10 has no limits on Mp3!

Ced

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thanks

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