OT: other useful software!

BudWzr wrote on 5/27/2010, 4:13 PM

I was afraid this would become a cornucopia of everything out there.

Can someone organize an indexing system whereby the really good free stuff floats to the top?

Thanks

BW

rbi wrote on 5/27/2010, 5:13 PM

I noticed several people recommended Veggie Tool. I tested trial version once on batch processing and it seemed extremely handy. What would be major benefit of Veggie over Production Assistant - or visa versa? I'm debating on purchasing one or the other... Thanks.

Ros wrote on 5/27/2010, 5:48 PM

Epic I from DVFILM, real-time editing without transcoding for your Canon DSLR, just got the 64-bit beta version today!

Rob

BudWzr wrote on 5/27/2010, 8:35 PM

Good point, I suppose the posters need to be indexed too.

I don't want to miss out on anything REALLY good, but I don't want to waste my time and possible spyware.

I guess I'll start with the known fussbudgets, and one of them only offered VirtualDub (that's a no-brainer). Hmmm...that's odd that a smart feller like that only has ONE measly contribution.

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"Can someone organize an indexing system whereby the really good free stuff floats to the top?"

No. I'm guessing that what you might think is "good" and what someone else thinks is "good" may be two entirely different things. We all have different needs and requirements.

musicvid10 wrote on 5/27/2010, 9:13 PM

Corrected syntax:

"I really wish I

'Was' is the singular past tense. 'Were' is the plural past tense.

"I was allowed to call you an idiot.

J/K, John, really.

;?)

musicvid10 wrote on 5/27/2010, 10:44 PM

Now you're getting close to home.
As like substituting the collective "we" for the first person singular "I"?
Unfortunately, I do it all the time. It "may" have something to do with being a Gemini, but we're not quite sure.

LOL indeed.

BudWzr wrote on 5/27/2010, 10:47 PM

"Cool Ruler" is a two-thumbs-down for me, too small and will give you an eye-ache. You probably need a giant magnifier glass to see the ticks.

Tried to uninstall it, and it left an orphan shortcut on my desktop that I can't get rid of. Probably have to reboot to clear it.

BudWzr wrote on 5/27/2010, 10:52 PM

Whoops, you did another faux paw. (Oops, I meant foe-paw)

"used" is improper grammar, should be "use".

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[SNIP]
There were a lot of times I wanted to used that term in reference to this one user,

musicvid10 wrote on 5/27/2010, 10:55 PM

Gosh, Bud.
Sorry it was such an inconvenience for you.
And thanks for being so grown-up about it.

BudWzr wrote on 5/27/2010, 10:59 PM

Ah, that's OK, no harm no foul. It was the thought that counted. The poster that offered it had no way to know.

Was it Shakespeare that said "One man's trash is another man's treasure"?

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Gosh, Bud.
Sorry it was such an inconvenience for you.
And thanks for being so grown-up about it.

Rory Cooper wrote on 5/27/2010, 11:44 PM

Pencil “free” easy to use 2d animator for animated overlays of text, swishes = lines, figure cuts, etc
Use black back and draw in grey so you can ADD them to video clips then use gradient fx to give them color
Also lets you retain alpha channel. Get a cheap drawing tablet it’s easier than a mouse

apit34356 wrote on 5/28/2010, 5:08 AM

That was a needed laugh after Thursday's night UofM softball loss..... thanks Musicvid, JohnCline and even Bud! ;-) Great lead-in by John, and you have to love Musicvid "expansion" of the topic! Friday is looking good! And Bud ... thanks Bud for being a GOOD SPORT and for setting himself up! ;-)

Rob Franks wrote on 5/28/2010, 5:25 AM

TSmuxeR is an absolute must in the tool box.
MultiAVCHD is also extremely good as well as EAC3to (comes in command line form or GUI)

These are all free and quite powerful for their size and simplicity.

craftech wrote on 5/28/2010, 5:36 AM

VIDEO / AUDIO

VOBMerge for merging several VOB files into one.

AC3 ACM Decompressor An AC3 ACM decoder. Convert/decompress AC3 audio directly to WAV/MP3 using Virtualdub, Tmpgenc, or others.

SDP MultiMedia Enables saving of Microsoft streaming media over MMS, MMST, MMSU and HTTP streams like ASF, WMV.

Mpg2Cut2 Simple MPEG editor, join/append/merge and cut/split MPG/MPEG2/MPEG1, VOB/DVD, TS/HDTV and DAT/VCD/SVCD files. Fault Tolerant, GOP level, binary editor for basic cutting of MPEG Program Stream files. Handles very large files (64bit)

Audacity A very competent free audio editor.

FAVC All-In-One DVD Converter. A GUI for several different free video tools. Accepts one, or more, avi video files and produces a ready-to-burn dvd folder. Mostly fully automated. PAL or NTSC. Will convert Blu-ray to standard DVD as well.
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SERVER

FreeNAS .7 LiveCD A free storage server that will mostly take the place of Windows Home Server.
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OFFICE SOFTWARE

Open Office Productivity Suite. A free version equivalent to Microsoft Office. Compatible files are produced.

Notepad ++ A free source code editor and MS Windows Notepad replacement.

John

EDIT: This thread would be a lot smaller if some of you guys delete your flame posts.

NickHope wrote on 5/28/2010, 5:54 AM

Cool Ruler is ancient. I think it was written in 1997, when typical screen resolution was probably 800x600. Admittedly it does look small at modern screen resolutions. If anyone knows a more modern equivalent with bigger ticks then please let us know.

craftech wrote on 5/28/2010, 6:05 AM

Cool Ruler is ancient...anyone know a more modern equivalent?
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XSCOPE for the MAC

Pixel Ruler for Windows

ADD-ONS

MeasureIT for Firefox

Opera Widget for Opera.

John

Richard Jones wrote on 5/28/2010, 6:28 AM

I like Mercalli by ProDad (if you can think of that as other software).

To be mischievous and revert to the debate about grammar, I think you will find that the phrase "I wish I were......" is correct as this is the mandative subjunctive mood and can thus properly be used in the way it was! Cor Blimey!!!

Richard

musicvid10 wrote on 5/28/2010, 8:48 AM

As in "I wish I were in Dixie"?
Don't think so . . .

RRA wrote on 5/28/2010, 9:10 AM

Hi,

ProDAD Mercalli is excellent.

With help of Mercalli you can correct not only shake but smooth movement in panning, titling and zooming (in terms of constant speed or smooth acceleration).

There is no equivalent for 64 bit Vegas :-(
It looks like ProDAD is not going to upgrade soft to 64bit.

Best regards,

Ecquillii wrote on 5/28/2010, 9:52 AM

If I were a rich man,
Daidle deedle daidle
Daidle daidle deedle daidle dumb
I would build a super-computer,
All day long I'd biddy-bidy-buy
All kinds of useful software
(Or make donations as appropriate),
All day long I'd biddy-biddy-buy
If I were a wealthy man.

Two other programs that I find useful are Bitstream Font Navigator (manage fonts and compare what particular text in different fonts will look like at the click of a button) and Finale PrintMusic (enter musical notes on a staff and export as a wave file).

Tim Robertson

rmack350 wrote on 5/28/2010, 10:25 AM

I really wish I were allowed to call you an idiot.

Maybe you can just call an idea idiotic instead of calling the person an idiot? After all, 1 out of 10 of so-and-so's ideas aren't idiotic so it's good to leave the door open for those random chances.

Rob

0404 wrote on 5/28/2010, 10:30 AM

In french, but ... what a listing !
http://www.repaire.net/forums/pc-and-video/175123-routard-montage.html#post1969942742

rmack350 wrote on 5/28/2010, 10:30 AM

Bud, I've used another app called Sizer: http://www.brianapps.net/sizer/

It's very simple <edit>and might be a decent substitute for Screen Ruler (Haven't looked at Screen Ruler to compare, though.)</edit>

Rob

BudWzr wrote on 5/28/2010, 10:52 AM

:-) In the context referenced, he's not insulting me, he's in third person or what-if mode, technically exempt from the personal insult rule. It's like setting up a "straw man" as a proxy.

The humor in it is very dry or tongue-in-cheek, and that's my style too, so I just laugh along, as he intended.

I mentioned to the forum before that if I make a ludicrous statement, it's ALWAYS humor, but I hate to put smileys because that ruins the delivery.

Hahaha

"Dudwzr" the gherkin

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Maybe you can just call an idea idiotic instead of calling the person an idiot?