MusicMatch Jukebox - will play most audio formats, including MP3, RealAudio and even audio CDs. Also includes encoder and CD ripper, and a WAV to MP3 (and vice versa) converter.
RealPlayer - Streaming audio and video over the Web. Tucked away amongst the hard sell for RealPlayer 7 Plus, you'll find RealPlayer 7 Basic - the free version. It's well worth getting.
RealSystem G2 Beta Server - Streaming media from the experts. The RealSystem G2 Full Beta Server, which the company describes as open-standard, is available for evaluation.
QuickTime Streaming Server - can serve over 2,000 streams to QuickTime 4 users. Supports both HTTP streaming RTP/RTSP streaming. Also open source.
Shoutcast server - Broadcast streaming MP3s from your server to Winamp users around the world. Runs on Windows, Unix, Linux and other platforms.
Stream Anywhere - From Sonic Foundry. Billed as an "all-in-one software solution for developing streaming media for the Internet". Commercial Software.
White Tiger Pro - Complete Package of mp3 encoder, mp3 decoder, mp3 tg editor, mp3 colection handling, cd ripping to mp3 or wma, wma encoders, decoders, tons of wave editing tools.
WebFlix Pro - Video editing program for MPEG editing, navigation, and analysis.
Transmutator Set - Video effects and PlugIns for Adobe Premiere.
Media Cleaner - If you want to mess about converting and compressing movies, you'll find it hard to beat Media Cleaner Pro. It accepts most formats and works on many platforms.
Livestage - Makes the most of the QuickTime format. Other movie formats can be incorporated within a QuickTime video.
WinTLV - Creates AVI time lapse videos from captured images from other videos. Shareware.
MovieWorks - Create QuickTime movies on a Mac. Trial software on 30 day approval.
AVIedit - AVI Capture, editor, de-noiser, transformer, import, export, print.
AVI-Kit 2.5 - Capture from video Camera, TV, or VCR using your video card. Create AVIs and animated GIFs from your own image data or composite from several sources.
AVIExtract - Allows you to extract the individual frames from a video more than one at a time, either to seperate bitmap files or to part of a large bitmap.
HyperCam - Captures the action and sound from any part of Windows 95/98/NT desktop and saves it to standard AVI movie files.
Flash 4 - If Macromedia gets its way, future developers won't even bother to learn HTML, because Web sites will be Flash from top to bottom. It's the Web animation standard. Here's your chance to get Flashed-up on a 30 day free trial.
Ozzino Studio - "Let your web pages come alive with exciting animated interactive java applets. Easy to use interface and no programming required.Tons of functionality:- instant animated 3D objects from static images; rotating applets in same location; add interactivity to animated objects and
animated gifs; spectacular drop-down menu bars; and much more."
Texter - Create dazzling text animation Java applets in seconds with Ozzino's award winning Texter. Easy to use interface and no programming required.
ScreenTime for Flash 1.0 - Screen saver creation tool. ScreenTime for Flash allows users to create screen savers in an easy-to-download format. ScreenTime for Flash's drag and drop method of screen saver creation allows users to quickly and effortlessly create screen savers. Updated for Flash 4.
If you're interested in free Web tools, it's likely you'll find the rest of our site interesting too. Here's a small sample of our latest features on Web techniques and Internet business:
A Good Web Development Team
A site can make or break a company's image. This is why a good Web development team is crucial to your business.
New Horizons for Domain Names
In November of 2000 the ICANN Board of Directors approved seven new Top Level Domains for use on the Internet. They are: .biz, .info, .aero, .pro, .name, .coop, and .museum. Soon you'll be able to register them for real.
Embedding Key Data Into Web Pages
In the second of our series on developing in a secure environment, we look at the problem of giving away secrets by embedding information in the hidden tags of forms.
Getting Your Quotes Right In SQL For ASP
It is somewhat ironic that the most confusing part of creating and executing a SQL statement from ASP is determining where to put the quotes. This article should help.
Reason 1.0 Audio Software
Reason is a software package that emulates not only synthesizers, but samplers, effects units and more. The ease of use factor is hard to beat.
Commercial Overkill
Many sites are cramming more adverts on to their pages and heavily pushing their affiliate programs. The problem is that at some point the law of diminishing returns kicks in.
Developer's View: David McKay
David works in New Zealand and has a strong interest in design. Here he talks about the conflict between good design and low file sizes, plus how New Zealand is taking to the Web.
WAP-Enabled Greeting Cards Using ASP
Here we create a WAP-enabled greeting card system called WAPReetings, which allows WAP-enabled device users to send greeting cards to other WAP users.
Developer's View: Luke Rochester
Luke runs Biznet in Sydney. He has a firm idea of a Killer App he expects to see in the future. It will be called something like a Virtual Advisor and will tap into the power of the Internet community.
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