April 2012 ~ Magixpro.com

Play virtually any media file in open-source cross-platform multimedia player.


UMPlayer
UMPlayer stands for Universal Media Player, and this open-source freeware aims to be a universal media solution. With hundreds of codecs, it plays most video and music files as well as audio CDs, DVDs, SHOUTcast, and live radio and TV from tuner cards. Of course, it plays YouTube videos; in fact, it has a built-in YouTube player/recorder feature and search field on its toolbar. With a skinnable interface, hot keys, subtitle sync, and the regular free updates of an active open-source project, UMPlayer poses a serious challenge to VLC, MPC and other popular free media players.


As an efficiently configured desktop media player, UMPlayer's user interface can only be so different from other free players without looking freakish, but its attractive layout has enough simple differences to make it stand out without screaming, such as its subtle but effective highlighting of the title and counter section or its user-selectable toolbar that includes a screenshot tool, DVD player, quick access to files and Web links, and access to the program's Preferences, as well as the aforementioned YouTube search box. You can quickly toggle this toolbar off for a more traditional look, but we suspect many users will find it handy for daily use. The Help menu includes FAQs, Tips and Tricks, and Web links; the Skins menu offered six styles with a link to get more.


The proof is in the playing with digital media, and UMPlayer didn't disappoint, even in direct side-by-side comparisons to VLC, our default media player. We didn't run through the entire list of supported formats for each player; suffice to say that each does most of what the other does, and just as well. Few users will notice any difference for most file types. It comes down to a matter of choice. If VLC has a fault, it's that it just does too much. If you like the idea of a free, open-source media player that can handle just about anything but find VLC a bit overwhelming, give UMPlayer a spin.
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Share and stay connected with your friends with the Facebook for Android app.


The official Facebook for Android app is undoubtedly the best way to interact with Facebook on your Android smartphone. An overhauled interface (that closely resembles the iPhone app, we might add) presents seven icons for your news feed, profile, friends, photos, message in-box, events (like birthdays), and pending friend requests. Below the icon dashboard is a photo reel that lets you swipe through thumbnails of friends' recently uploaded photos, although there's no context surrounding the image until you click through to your buddy's profile page. Even then, you won't be able to enlarge the image until you click again.

The start screen is also home to a notifications bar that slides up to share the latest news. In addition, there are shortcut buttons for updating your status and searching your friend list or the global Facebook roster.

Though the update is a vast improvement to the feature-thin predecessor, we're still looking forward to seeing Facebook further refine the app.



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Install the Google Drive Android app



The Google Drive mobile app is the new way to access both Google Docs and Google Drive on your Android phone or tablet. With the Drive app, you can access and edit your files without having to use your browser. The previous version of the app, Google Docs, will be updated to Drive with your next update in Google Play.
The Drive app also seamlessly integrates with other features on your Android device. Here are some things you can do with the Drive app on your Android:
  • Take a photo with your camera and convert the image to Google document format
  • Easily share docs with your contacts
  • Copy images from your Android Gallery into your documents through the web clipboard
  • Access the Drive app directly from a shortcut on your home screen

Google Drive app for Android

If you want to access Google Docs and Google Drive from your Android device, download the Drive app in Google Play. If you haven’t yet tried Drive on your desktop computer, you can get access through the Drive app on your Android device.
  1. Tap the Google Play icon on your screen.
  2. Find and install the application called Google Drive.
  3. On your phone or tablet home screen, click the Drive app icon.

To download and install the Google Drive app for Android, make sure your Android device version is supported:
  • For phones, you need Android version 2.1 or higher.
  • For tablets, you need Android version 3.0 or higher.
  • To check your version, go to Settings and select About phone or About tablet. Your version number is listed under “Android version.”
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Top 10 Video Editing Tools

1.   Avidemux

Avidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks. It supports many file types, including AVI, DVD compatible MPEG files, MP4 and ASF, using a variety of codecs. Tasks can be automated using projects, job queue and powerful scripting capabilities.

Avidemux is available for Linux, BSD, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows under the GNU GPL license. The program was written from scratch by Mean, but code from other people and projects has been used as well. Patches, translations and even bug reports are always welcome.



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2.    Blender

Blender is a free and open-source 3D computer graphics software product used for creating animated films, visual effects, interactive 3D applications or video games. Blender's features include 3D modeling, UV unwrapping, texturing, rigging and skinning, fluid and smoke simulation, particle simulation, animating, rendering, video editing and compositing. It also features a built-in game engine.


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3.    Cinefx Jashaka

Jahshaka (formerly known as CineFX) aims to become a cross-platform, open source, free, video editing software, effects, and compositing suite. It is currently in alpha stage, supporting realtime effects rendering, but lacking useful implementations of many features such as the non-linear editingsystem. It is written using Qt, but its user interface is written using an OpenGL library to create GUIs..


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4.     FFMpeg

FFmpeg is a complete solution to record, convert and stream audio and video. It is a command line tool to convert one video file format to another. It also supports grabbing and encoding in real time from a TV card. Several FrontEnds/GUIs available. Like WinFF, Super, Avanti, AutoFF,Xpegt, GVC.


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5.   Movica

Movica is a Graphical User Interface (GUI) that uses two widely used editing engines viz. asfbin and mpgtx. These engines do not have GUIs for less advanced users. Movica is aimed at filling that gap. It can be used to edit Windows Media files (.wmv, .asf) and MPEG-1 / MPEG-2 files (.mpg, .mpeg). Starting with version 0.6 you can even edit .flv and .rm movies. Editing of some audio files (.wma and .mp3) is also supported.


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6.   VirtualDub

VirtualDub is a video capture/processing utility for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows platforms (98/ME/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7), licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL).  It lacks the editing power of a general-purpose editor such as Adobe Premiere, but is streamlined for fast linear operations over video.  It has batch-processing capabilities for processing large numbers of files and can be extended with third-party video filters.  VirtualDub is mainly geared toward processing AVI files, although it can read (not write) MPEG-1 and also handle sets of BMP images.


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7.   Wax

Wax is a high performance and flexible video compositing and special effects software. The idea for Wax is to be very general purpose and flexible in video compositing and effects, so that you can compose your dream video sequence with ease everytime.Wax can create 2D & 3D special effects and can work in two modes - as a standalone application which would appeal for home users/beginners, and as a "plug-in" to video editors/NLEs which would be more useful for professional editors. Currently Wax can work as a plug-in with Sony Vegas®, Pure Motion EditStudio and Adobe Premiere® and work for integrating with various other NLEs is in progress.


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9.   ZS4 Video Editor 

ZS4 Video Editor is video editing and compositing software which aims to provide media experts with a facility to combine a variety of media types(currently photos, videos and audio files) into one (or more) output file(s).

ZS4 Video Editor can be used like an object oriented photo-manipulation program with a timeline: things that can be manipulated in a photo (workshop) program can be manipulated in ZS4 using parameters which alter over time.


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8.   Windows Movie Maker

Windows Movie Maker 2 is so easy a child could use it--an incredibly patient child born to filmmaker parents who didn't mind restarting this application every few minutes. From the get-go, you get the feeling that this isn't going to be an easy program to like; Microsoft's installer doesn't play nice. It gives the user no input on program location or other options. The plain interface promises simplicity with drag-and-drop storyboard options, though during testing, it was more like drag and freeze. The program typically froze while importing MPG video files. If importing worked, Movie Maker 2 would quit responding when clips were placed on the storyboard. On the rare occasion that our testers made it to the storyboard, the program would freeze when adding one of the numerous effects. There were so many hurdles to creating a short video that no editing seemed preferable to using this software. What's more, uninstalling the program was even more tedious than installing it. It should be no surprise, then, that we can't recommend this freeware for any user. 






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10.   Zwei-Stein

Zwei Stein is one of the many video editing tools available for free online. It will produce videos in Real Audio and Real Video formats. The download has been completely tested and does not contain any spyware or adware which can be of concern with free downloads. The software license is freeware so it can be downloaded for free and used with other DVD and video software. The program itself was created by thugsatbay.com.


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How to copy files to Google Drive faster in Windows7

The Google Drive desktop application in Windows 7 creates a nice little shortcut in your Favorites folder for easy access to your files. Using Windows Explorer, you can copy files to it like any other file or folder in Windows. But there's a faster way to copy files to your Google Drive account. Using the Send to context menu option, you can right-click on any file or folder and send it straight to your Google Drive folder. 


Here's how to set it up:

Step 1: Make sure you have the Google Drive desktop application installed on your Windows 7 PC.
Step 2: Open the Run dialog box by hitting Win+R, then type:%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo and hit OK.

Step 3: When the SendTo folder opens, right-click on the Google Drive icon in the left pane, under "Favorites," and drag it over to an open area of the SendTo folder in the right pane. Don't drag it onto one of the shortcuts already in the folder, or else you'll get the wrong menu for Step 4.

Step 4: After you let go of the icon in the SendTo folder, select "Create shortcuts here."

Step 5: To copy a file or folder using the SendTo context menu, right-click on any file or folder in Windows Explorer, then go to "Send to" and choose Google Drive.

That's it. Now you can send files to your Google Drive account in Windows by right-clicking on any file or folder. To select multiple files, just press the Ctrl key as you highlight the files you want to send.
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Updated Softwares


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TouchCopy

TouchCopy is a distinguished iPod transfer program which lets you save your music, playlists, podcasts and videos from your iPod, iPhone or iPad to your PC hard drive or directly into iTunes. It also transfers your album art, ratings, play counts and other song data. Music and video can even be played through a computer without the need to have iTunes installed. There is also a iPod backup option, enabling you to save all your music, movies and playlists at the touch of a button.




Calorie Balance Diet


Research has shown that keeping a journal makes dieters almost twice as successful as those who do not. This program makes keeping a diet journal easy, fast, and accurate. The program features a full fledged calorie counter with over 30,000 foods. Enter in your foods with grams, or use easy units. The program can convert between almost any units automatically. To make keeping a journal even easier, you can create meals, meal plans or even download plans from the Internet.



Timeleft


TimeLeft tries to give users every conceivable time-telling device they could want. With a variety of options, this is an impressive program with a simple interface that users will love. This free program imbeds itself into your desktop tray and provides a wizard once clicked on.



7 Quick Fix
"7 Quick Fix 2.0" is the ultimate Swiss army knife for Windows 7 users and professionals. "7 Quick Fix 2.0" a click and fix utility that can fix 108 common Windows 7 errors, problems and tweaks. There are a lot of excellent Windows comprehensive repairing and fixing tools around the internet. But there are times when you want just one quick fix for example when you are under a virus attack and you just want to enable the Task Manager or the Registry Editor so you can fight the virus back, or when some new installation changed your Windows 7 behavior and you want to restore it.





Aero QLaunch



Windows 8 is coming soon, bringing with it a snazzy new look with lots of animation and visual effects. For a preview of some of what it will bring to your desktop, try Aero QLaunch. As a program, it's prosaic: just another freeware quick-launch toolbar for the desktop. As a desktop enhancement, it's anything but subtle, adding some dazzling 3D fireworks to an updated theme based on the new look of Windows 8. Aero QLaunch is available in 32-bit and 64-bit versions.


System Ninja Portable



Junk food threatens your health, doctors say. Junk files threaten your computer's health in much the same way, by clogging up its data arteries with useless deposits that slowly strangle its performance. In both cases, exercise is crucial to maintaining the health of the overall system. Luckily, keeping your system fit and trim is easy, thanks to system cleaners like The Web Atom's System Ninja Portable.


Lunascape

Firefox, Chrome, and Internet Explorer are the three most popular Web browsers, and each has its own strengths and weaknesses. If you find yourself primarily using one browser but occasionally having to switch back to another for a specific purpose, Lunascape might be just the browser for you. Lunascape combines rendering engines from Firefox, Chrome, and IE and makes it easy to switch between them.





SWiSH Max
SWiSH Max has everything you need to create stunning fully interactive Flash animations. You can create shapes, text, buttons, movie clips, and motion paths. You can also include more than 230 ready-to-use animated effects including explode, vortex, 3D spin, and wave. 










Process Lasso
Process Lasso is an interesting tool for speeding up your computer. By prioritizing its processes, this program helps improve an operating system's performance.

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