CDex 1.70

CDex is a free Audio CD ripper, extractor and converter for various formats and encoders, e.g. MP3, AAC, WMA, FLAC, OGG, WAV, MP2, Musepack, Ape, VQF and many others. It features advanced jitter correction, ID3v2+v1 tagging, audio normalization, transcoding of compressed audio files, analog input recording and also meta tagging with CDDB and Musicbrainz. CDex has been translated to various languages.

CDex features:

• Easy to use interface


• Media File Player


• Create PLS and M3U playlist files


• Advanced jitter correction


• Supports the cdparanoia software extraction libraries


• Support for many file formats/audio encoders (WAV, MP3, (Ogg) Vorbis, FLAC, AAC, APE, etc.)


• Support for ID3 V.1 and V.2 tags


• Support for normalization of audio files


• Support for transcoding of compressed audio files


• Support for Cuesheets


• Support for Musicbrainz tagging


• Support for freeCDDB


• Support for recording from the analog input line


• Support for on the fly encoding


• Supports many CD-Drive from many manufacturers

Changes since CDex 1.70 (beta1)

• Update to lame_enc.dll version 3.97 beta 2


• Update to vorbis version with aoTuVb4.51


• Update links to cdexos.sourceforge.net


• Fixed problems with FLAC encoder


• Add support to write vorbis comment tags into FLAC files


• Initial support for MusicBrainz


• Many bug fixes

Changes since CDex 1.51 (release)

• Fixed Vorbis comment field problem and track number field problem


• Updated to GNU based winamp plugins


• Support conversion of WAV files > 2 GB


• Updated Lame encoder


• Updated Ogg encoder libraries


• Add patches CDex 1.60++ (cue sheet generation)


• Updated several language files


• UTF-8 support for CDDB


• Flac Support

Download: CDex 1.70 | 10.7 MB (Open Source)

View: CDex Website

SUMo 3.10.11.238

SUMo stands for Software Update Monitor. Thanks to SUMo you'll be able to keep your PC up-to-date by using the most recent version of your favorite software ! Unlike build-in auto update features, SUMo tells you if updates are available before you need to use your software.

Features:

• Automatic detection of installed software


• Detects required updates / patches for your software


• Filter / authorize Beta versions (user setting)


• Ignore list : only tracks software YOU want to track


• More compatibility and less false positive than others Update Monitors (according to users feedback ;-)


• Internationalization support.

What's new in this version:

• 0002535: [Refactoring] "Don't Sleep" name rationalization (Kyle_Katarn) - resolved.


• 0002537: [Refactoring] Name/Company with name containing "??" shall be discarded (DB optimization) (Kyle_Katarn) - resolved.


• 0002536: [Refactoring] "Plotsoft LLC" name rationalization (Kyle_Katarn) - resolved.


• 0002539: [Bug] IOBit Driver Booster (AUpdate.exe) (Kyle_Katarn) - resolved.


• 0002540: [Bug] Total Commander minor version ignored (Kyle_Katarn) - resolved.


• 0002541: [Refactoring] Company name for FFMPEG shall be "Fabrice Bellard" (Kyle_Katarn) - resolved.

This is the portable version, 'sponsor' free - without spyware, adware or any other form of malware.

Download portable: SUMo 3.10.11.238 | 656 KB (Freeware)

View: SUMo Website

Baidu PC Faster 4.0.9.75461

Baidu PC Faster is a full set of system utilities designed to speed up your PC and keep it clean, healthy, and running at peak performance. It also helps users recover available space on hard drives, improves boot time, and protects user privacy. Baidu PC Faster enables you to improve PC security and performance, remove unused files, traces of activities, free up valuable disk space, download the most applicable patches to update your Windows intelligently, monitor, optimize and manage your startup in real-time, download and install software for free within one click from the PC APP Store, get better gaming experience, locate, identify and remove viruses, spyware, trojans, rootkits and other malware.

What's new in this version:

• Improved FasterNow user experience.


• Improved Wi-Fi Hotspot user experience.


• Fixed the "Home" problem.

Download: Baidu PC Faster 4.0.9.75461 Web Installer | 1.5 MB (Freeware)

Download: Baidu PC Faster 4.0.9.75461 Offline Installer | 21.1 MB

View: Baidu PC Faster Website

Everything 1.3.4.669 Beta

"Everything" is an administrative tool that locates files and folders by filename instantly for Windows. Unlike Windows search "Everything" initially displays every file and folder on your computer (hence the name "Everything"). You type in a search filter to limit what files and folders are displayed. "Everything" only uses file and folder names and generally takes a few seconds to build its database. A fresh install of Windows XP SP2 (about 20,000 files) will take about 1 second to index. 1,000,000 files will take about 1 minute. The program will only locate files and folders on local NTFS volumes.

What's new in Everything version 1.3.4.669 Beta:

• fixed vertical spacing of icons in listview


• fixed minor layout and localization issues in installer


• fixed an issue that prevented rebuilding the indexes after installing the service

"Everything" is Freeware. If you use "Everything" in a commercial environment and find it useful a donation would be appreciated.

Download: Everything 1.3.4.669 Beta 32-bit | Portable | 443 KB (Freeware)

Download: Everything Beta 64-bit | Portable | 550 KB

View: Everything Website

Codec Tweak Tool 5.8.3

Codec Tweak Tool will scan for broken filters and remove them. If the tool detects something that is broken, it will then prompt you with the details and you will be given the option to remove the broken item. Generate a detailed log of all installed codecs and filters, enable/disable more than 250 popular codecs and filters (if they are installed), manage preferred source filters, and reset settings.

With this tool you can do things like:

• Scan the registry to detect and remove broken references to codecs and filters.


• Generate a detailed log of all installed codecs and filters.


• Enable/disable more than 200 popular codecs and filters (if they are installed).


• Manage preferred source filters (a.k.a. splitters).

This tool is a Swiss army knife for managing codecs and codec settings. Below is a short overview of the functionality that this tool has to offer.

• Detect broken codecs and DirectShow filters. Fix problems with the standard DirectShow filters of Windows. A fix for a specific sound problem.


• Generate a text file with detailed information about all installed codecs and DirectShow filters, along with other relevant system information.


• Reset settings to recommended values for many popular codecs and DirectShow filters.


• Configure audio output settings for several popular audio decoders.


• Several configuration options for a few DirectShow filters that don't have an easily accessible interface for those options.


• Easy access to the configuration interfaces of various codecs and DirectShow filters


• Backup the settings of several codecs and DirectShow filters.


• Replace your current settings with those from a previous backup.


• Manage DirectShow filters - Enable or disable DirectShow filters.


• Manage ACM/VFW codecs - Enable or disable ACM/VFW codecs.


• Enable or disable DirectX Media Objects.


• Configure your preferred DirectShow source filters (a.k.a. splitters) for several common file extensions.


• Enable or disable the generation of thumbnails for several common video file formats in Windows Explorer.

Download: Codec Tweak Tool 5.8.3 | 914 KB (Freeware)

View: Codec Tweak Tool Website

XRECODE II v1.0.0.214

xrecode II is converter and audio-grabber which allows you to convert from mp3, mp2, wma, aiff, amr, ogg, flac, ape, cue, ac3, wv, mpc, mid, cue ,tta, tak, wav, wav(rf64), dts, m4a, m4b, mp4, ra, rm, aac, avi, mpg, vob, mkv, mka, flv, swf, mov, ofr, wmv, divx, m4v, spx, 3gp, 3g2, m2v, m4v, ts, m2ts, adts, shn, tak, xm, mod, s3m, it, mtm, umx, mlp to m4a, alac, ape, flac, mp3, mp4 (using NeroAAC), ogg, raw, wav, wav(rf64), wma, WavPack, mpc, mp2, Speex, ofr, ac3, aiff, tak, snd and Shorten formats. Command Line parameters are supported.

• Works on XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 32/64 bit versions and under Wine .


• Parallel conversion by utilizing power of multi-core CPUs.


• Support of embedded CUE sheets (for FLAC, WavPack, APE and TAK files).


• Support of mp4, mka chapters (can split mp4, mka by chapters to any supported format).


• Built-in Metadata editor with Cover Art support.


• Has support for LossyWav .


• Supports portable mode.


• Merge input files to one large audio file and create CUE sheet.


• Converting to many formats at once using "Multiple" output mode.


• Grabbing of multi-channel Audio CDs to the desired format at once.


• Informative and resizable UI suited even for netbooks.


• Extracting audio from flv, avi, mov etc. video files (multiple audio streams are supported).


• Can export/import Metadata to/from external file.


• Support for 24/32bit audio files.


• Multilanguage support. Currently program is available in Dutch, English, French, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Spanish Traditional, Swedish, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Finnish, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish and Chinese (simplified) languages.

What's new in this version:

• NEW: when parsing CUE file, all symbols below 0x20 will be stripped from title's beginning and end.


• FIX: fixed issue when %title% was not replaced in output file name pattern for CUE track with ? as a title (it will be replaced with _).


• FIX: m3u files (if there are other type of audio file in the same folder) will be ignore when adding file via "Add Folder".

Download: XRECODE II v1.0.0.214 Installer | 8.9 MB (Free to use, nag-screen, paid upgrade available)

Download: XRECODE II v1.0.0.214 Portable | 8.2 MB

Screenshots: >>Click Here<<

View: XRECODE II Homepage | XRECODE II Shell Extension

BatteryCare 0.9.18

BatteryCare is a software created to optimize the usage and performance of the modern laptop's battery. It monitors the battery's discharge cycles, provides detailed battery information, and helps increase battery autonomy and improve its lifetime. Provides detailed battery information and monitors the battery discharge cycles. It includes CPU and Hard Disk temperature monitoring. Advanced features like automatically disabling in battery mode Windows Aero theme, demanding services, and the Windows Sidebar or Gadgets. It also contains a reliable statistical battery time calculation method.

What's new in this version:

• Translation corrections in the Settings Panel (French, German and Polish).


• Miscellaneous code bug fixing.

Download: BatteryCare 0.9.18 | 1.5 MB (Freeware)

Download: Portable BatteryCare 0.9.18 | 1.2 MB

Link: BatteryCare Home Page