Best PC applications

[azndragonguy115]

I love google and all but it leads me to some crappy programs sometimes so I would ask you guys since you have user experience

what is the best in

DVD: Backup, burning, iso, compression, ect
Video/Music Convertor : MP3 WMA OGG WAV MIDI MMF WMV AVI DIVX MP4 ECT
Virus Scan
Emulators
Vista GUI on XP (i currently have a transformation pack)



and any other nifty programs you guys have that simple me never heard of

 

[nintendofreak]

For Anti-virus, I use avast!

I think theres a free version.. My PC's been running w/o any viruses ( i think) since ive got it

Ive got Trend Micro anti spyware, no slowdowns yet
Zone Alarm Firewall...
Ace utilities to optimize performance
Tune Xp for some tweaks (like faster boot up!!)

For video, i use "total video converter" (also lets me convert between sound files)

If i think of any more, ill post it up

EDIT: XP btw

 

[fischju_original]

I use Nero 7.5.7 for burning, poweriso for isos
avast for antivirus, kerio personal firewall for firewall
and vista, no xp at all0

 

[Kyuzumaki]

DVD Decrypter and AutoGK to encode (XviD or DivX)

AVG antivirus works perfect
(Don't use a firewall cuz they slow everything down router plus windows firewall is plenty just monitor your ports

)

For themes use a patched uxtheme.dll and skin of your choice that will keep resourse usage to a minimum

Objectdock is a nice program to keep your desktop clean

Unlocker, great program that will detect and kill processes which have locked up a file you are trying to move or delete

7zip great open source compression/decompression tool

Alcohol 120% best drive emulator out there and alos a formidable cd writer

 

[Codemasterflex]

DVD related things: DVD Decrypter for ripping and sometimes burning, though Alcohol 120% and Nero are also good for burning. DVD Shrink is okay for compression.
Music: foobar2000, which is also an excellent audio player. I use Tag&Rename for tagging I don't want to do in foobar2000. And Exact Audio Copy is the only audio ripper you should ever use.
Video: I don't really convert video unless it's to DPG, then I use BatchDPG. For playing video: Media Player Classic and ffdshow.
Virus scanner: NOD32
Emulators: Mostly matters on the platform you want to emulate: N64 - Project 64, GBA - Visual Boy Advance, SNES - ZSNES, Scumm - ScummVM (duh

) etc.
Vista GUI: The best one I know of is Windows X's VTP.

Images: IrfanView is an excellent image viewer and can also edit images slightly too.
Torrents: uTorrent and PeerGuardian
Download manager: FlashGet
Text editor: Notepad++
Web browser: Either Opera or Firefox
Mounting images: DAEMON Tools
SVN updater: TortoiseSVN
IM: Either Gaim or Miranda IM
Compression: 7-Zip
Unlocker: Unlocker _>
FTP: SmartFTP
Anti-Spyware: Ad-Aware, Spybot: S&D

I could keep on going, but I'm lazy.

 

[spas]

IRC Chat = mIRC
Compression = WinRAR
Downloading = Flashget
Internet Radio = Last FM
Timed Shutdown = Autoshutdown
Mp3 Tagging = Mp3tag
Burning = Nero and Clone CD
Startup Management = Codestuff Starter
Media Player = VLC (Videolan)
Audio Recording = ARWizard
FTP = FlashFXP
Web Browser = Firefox


HATE!

SONY SONIC STAGE

AOL Software
Adobe Reader
Realplayer
Any kind of software which you are forced to use with an mp3 player

 

[azndragonguy115]

if you dont like ADOBE READER what a good pdf reader

 

[richardv]

foxit reader

 

[fischju_original]

foxit pdf, get it at download.com

 

[FAST6191]

An alternative (an infinitely superior) pdf reader is foxitreader without question:
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

real and quicktime alternatives exist here:
http://www.free-codecs.com/

Trillian:
http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/

While it is not exactly the same Codemasterflex and I share the same views, search for ripit4me if you need a decent way to get around corrupted sector protection for DVDs and I use avisynth coupled with megui (.net I know) for all things video. Then I use a muxer for whatever container I want. I use CCCP for basic video playback:
http://www.cccp-project.net/

I will force myself to stop here though as this could go on for a long time,

 

[azndragonguy115]

what is the best way to get streaming audio ripped


i had totalrecorder and although it was goood, i didnt like that i cant rip quicktime

 

[agentorentz]

what do you guys use to convert video to dpg?

 

[azndragonguy115]

batchdpg

 

[archagon]

DVD: DVDDecrypter for ripping & burning images, DVD Shrink for compression.
CD: EAC for ripping & burning.
CD/DVD burning: Nero.
Image mounting: DAEMON Tools.
Music conversion/playback: foobar2000.
Video playback: VLC.
Virus scan: AVG Free.
Torrent: uTorrent.
Compression: 7zip.
Emulators: see EmulatorZone.
Task manager: Process Explorer.

 

[Deleted User]

Best program ever : Linux

 

[azndragonguy115]

what is the best way to get streaming audio ripped


i had totalrecorder and although it was goood, i didnt like that i cant rip quicktime

um i want to ask this again :x

and i cant embedded videos working with WMP is there an alternative for firefox?

 

[phoood]

I love google and all but it leads me to some crappy programs sometimes so I would ask you guys since you have user experience

what is the best in

DVD: Backup, burning, iso, compression, ect
Video/Music Convertor : MP3 WMA OGG WAV MIDI MMF WMV AVI DIVX MP4 ECT
Virus Scan
Emulators
Vista GUI on XP (i currently have a transformation pack)



and any other nifty programs you guys have that simple me never heard of

DVD: Backup, burning, iso, compression, ect:
Nero (and Alcohol 120% just in case) with Daemon manager for mounting images.

Video/Music Convertor:
SUPER

Virus Scan:
Nod32. I use it to scan for viruses, since I never have an anti virus app running. Ever.

Favorite app;
winroll @ www.palma.com.au/winroll/

Irfan for image viewing/conversion
KDiff3 for comparing files
CCCP/Media player classic for video playback
Miranda IM for chat
SmartFTP
Notepad2
Flashget

edit-these kinds of thread ARE VERY BAD. This list could go on forever.

 

[Zaraf]

You guys know a good program to rip VCDs into avi or other video formats?

 

[juggernaut911]

VTP hurts computers!!!

(and is ghetto'er then Paint...)

 

[azndragonguy115]

VTP hurts computers!!!

(and is ghetto'er then Paint...)

i actually love VTP and it looks great too me