Showing posts with label Linux. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Linux. Show all posts

4k Video to MP3: Easily Extract Audio From Video Files In MP3 Format For Windows, Mac & Linux

4k Video to MP3 Easily Extract Audio From Video Files In MP3 Format For Windows, Mac & Linux (1)4k Video to MP3 is an application that can convert videos to the most widely used audio format MP3, which is supported by almost all types of audio devices. Through this program, you can extract the audio of any video clips on your computer in a few clicks. The simple operation of this software allows people with even no experience in this type of activity can enjoy it without complications. If you want to get just the audio from videos stored on your PC, 4k Video to MP3 is a useful and efficient alternative. During our test, 4k Video to MP3 Converter has proven to be a functional tool, running all processes performed flawlessly. One of the highlights of this program is its simple interface, organized and intuitive features that promote interaction easily. In addition, the program had a low consumption of computer resources, increasing the requirement of the processor and RAM in a maximum of 4%. The application performance met our expectations. More to read.

Enjoy All Types Of Audio & Video File With Open-Source Multimedia Player Called UMPlayer [Windows, Mac & Linux]

Enjoy-All-Types-Of-Audio-&-Video-File-With-Open-Source-Multimedia-Player-Called-UMPlayer-[Windows,-Mac-&-Linux]UMPlayer is an open source multimedia player to play all types of audio and video files aiming to provide a full multimedia experience. It is a brilliant and freeware cross-platform tool that is available for Windows, Mac and Linux. It does it’s job very well, since with it you can open any media files from your computer and besides it has easy access to streaming videos and online radio sources. Anyone looking for a versatile media player that is powerful and also simple and lightweight, UMPlayer is easily one of the best choice for him. Besides playing with no problem most of the audio and video formats today, the program has a number of options that allow you to adjust its operation from preferences for utmost satisfaction. What disappoints the program is only the lack of a pre-configured list of radio and online television. With this, you will need to search for addresses and configure them manually if you want to access some kind of streaming content. The result is the reproduction of content without any kind of locking with a number of features that make online experience even better. Undoubtedly, UMPlayer is one of the best multimedia players available today and nobody will be disappointed when using it.

Panther: A Full-Featured Audio/Video Converter Tool With Batch Bit-Rate Converter [Windows & Linux]

Panther A Full-Featured AudioVideo Converter Tool With Batch Bit-Rate Converter [Windows & Linux] (4)Panther is a free audio and video converter that lets you change a media file (Video Clip/Sound Track) from one format to any other as the program is compatible with almost all types of format. Moreover, the application also provides a tool called Reduce the size of Music file that enables the reduction of the size occupied by a music file without losing its original quality. Although the interface of Panther is just a plain simple window, the items are well organized and easy to use. Although comparing with other media converter tool we have previously shared, the conversion process of the application is a bit slower but it had no problems during the execution of processes and after the conversion, we got a good quality output. Panther works with both audio files and video in a satisfactory manner, performing all processes controlled by you and presenting quality results. However, the program will be even better and complete if it could also provide a tool to reduce the size of movies, as well as it provides this function for music. Panther offers advanced options for those who prefer to customize more the result of the process, allowing you to change the characteristics of the file that simply are not available. Rightfully so, the program can be used both by people who do not have much experience with audio and video converters and also by professionals.

View/Organize Images Effectively & Make Simple Adjustment Using XnView

View-Organize-Images-Effectively-&-Make-Simple-Adjustment-Using-XnView-()XnView is a combination of powerful picture browser and basic tools for editing images. Using this tool, you can browse and view your photos, organize them into categories, look for details on any photo and do simple adjustments to make them look better. XnView is an excellent program to view and organize multimedia files. Moreover, its compatibility is extremely large, encompassing many different file formats. It brings very diverse options for you to organize. categorize and sort your images easily. Although image editing is not a very strong point for XnView, it brings only basic adjustments. Therefore, the program is basically for those looking for a good image organizer and viewer that can replace Windows’ default photo viewer. To edit a bit more advanced, you can use any of our previously featured PixBuilder, FotoSketcher or SharpShot. But as of a image viewer tool, XnView allows to you add several binary and grey-scale effect which is almost similar to my favorite retro vintage effect. You can also cut, crop, adjust hue/brightness, remove red eye, rotate image or even perform lossless JPEG tranformation with this tool. More to read.

Sigil Is A User-Friendly EPUB Editor For eBook Readers Works On Windows, Linux & Mac

Sigil-Is-A-User-Friendly-EPUB-Editor-For-eBook-Readers-Works-On-Windows,-Linux-&-Mac-()With the overgrowing popularity of eBook readers, the future surly aims to bring much more mobility when carrying out books and notes and as well as allows you to spend less to get the same information as the electronic waiver spending on printing and distribution. For those who have recently entered to this new world and trying to find out an easy way to edit or convert books to digital formats compatible with eBook readers, Sigil might be of great help. Those who owns a eBook reader should pay attention to Sigil, which shows a good option when creating or editing EPUB files, one of the most popular formats used by these devices. Because of the user friendly interface comparing with similar types of programs the same category, Sigil allows anyone to use it easily. More to read.

Edit Image With Easy To Use Paint Alternative Tool Called HeliosPaint For Windows, Mac & Linux

Edit-Image-With-Easy-To-Use-Paint-Alternative-Tool-Called-HeliosPaint-For-Windows,-Mac-&-Linux-If you were following our blog quite regularly then you must have noted that we shared a handsome number of freeware image editor and photo tools already. Although each and every one of then has different plus-point, one of the biggest downside of our previously featured PixBuilder, FotoSketcher, Fotosizer or SharpShot is they are not cross-platform. Means they do not support multiple OS. From that view, today we are featuring another photo editor tool called HeliosPaint which could be a worthy alternative to Windows’s Paint and works on Windows, Mac and Linux. HeliosPaint provides basic tools and simple effects as well as some common adjustments such as brightness, contrast and sharpness. Another plus-point of this application is it’s portable that means you need not to install it anywhere, simply run it. It has an interface similar to the Window’s default photo editor Paint – The only difference is it has much more tools then paint. You can create a new image or edit an existing one using this. The program has support for various formats such as BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG, PSD, TGA, TIF and many others. More to read.

Focus On Task Using Adobe Air Based Time Management Application Called Focus Booster

Focus-On-Task-Using-Adobe-Air-Based-Time-Management-Application-Called-Focus-Booster-Focus Booster is an application designed to mark time intervals with break support, the technology that works on almost all platform as developed with Adobe AIR, very simple and easy to handle. Focus Booster is a beautiful and simple alternative for those who need to measure the time and set fixed time for a task to be done, after all has a tool that supports editable and pauses. In addition, the program offers extra features such as the ticking of the clock, the feature  of sounding an alarm on each scheduled interval, reduce the size of the bar that marks the time and still keep it overlapped with other windows open on your desktop. Not only the variety of resources, the program exudes modernity in its look, something characteristic of applications developed with Adobe AIR. Continue to read more.

Edit & Enhance Images Easily With SharpShot Free For Windows, Mac And Linux [Featured]

Edit-&-Enhance-Images-Easily-With-SharpShot-Free-For-Windows,-Mac-And-Linux-[Featured]The most widely used photo editor is Adobe Photoshop (Paid) or GIMP (Free). But if you are just an armature photo editor who used to edit photo to amaze their friends ore just for fun, then surly Photoshop and GIMP will be a hideously complex tool for you. Although if you are a professional, then those two undoubtedly the best choice available. But nowadays, the number of armature photo editor is huge and so many easy tools are coming providing limited but only useful features. SharpShot is a one of those tools. This is a really easy to use, functional, featured cross-platformed and portable photo editor tool that works on all three major OS Windows, Mac and Linux. Sharpshot is a simple graphics editor, focused on basic modifications and minor fixes. So do not expect to see as much features as in Paint.NET or PhotoScape, for example. However, this application provides important tools in a simple User Interface which definitely makes this tool worth of trying.

Create Slideshow From Images And Videos With Effects And Music Using IMGDissolver For Windows & Linux

Create-Slideshow-From-Images-And-Videos-With-Effects-And-Music-Using-IMGDissolver-For-Windows-&-Linux-()IMGDissolver is an open source freeware program to create slideshows from your photos and videos. The application is also able to export the created slideshow as video files of different formats, including ISO images so you can burn and watch the slideshow from DVD. It is also able to convert videos, cut/trim specific parts and capture an image as well. In addition, you can apply different effects like Grey scale, Sepia, Sharpness and more others to your image. IMGDissolver allows you to put subtitles with customizable fonts on the top, center or bottom of the screen. Another thing is you can also add background music to your slideshow or presentation from any music file. You can also record narration in the same format. IMGDissolver can be run in Windows and Linux Operating System. More to read.

How To Dual Boot Ubuntu 11.10 Orinic Ocelot Using USB Pen-Drive Or CD/DVD

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The latest final release from the world’s post popular open source Linux Kernel based OS, Ubuntu 11.10 got out almost two months ago and after that release I give you a quick shot over some new and important improvements of that version. Since then I got a lot request to start Linux section in my blog and so I kept searching for a good writer who would like to write one (As I wanted myself suited to Windows only). But those who are capable of giving something here weren’t really free at this moment so I decided to go by myself. So from that point of view today I am ensuring you that you will see a resourceful Linux section in ABC Trick real soon. As this blog is mostly focused to Windows users and I guess also most of visitors I got are also use Windows, so I am trying to improvise you to use Linux and today I am going to show you how to Dual Boot Ubuntu 11.10 with your current operating system safely. I will go through every details and necessary tips including screenshots here. So continue to read more.

How To Run Ubuntu 11.10 aka Oneiric Ocelot Using VirtualBox [Guide]

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Few days ago, the most famous Linux-based Operating System developer Ubuntu released their latest final version of OS 11.10 also know as Oneiric Ocelot for PC. This version came with a huge improvement even it’s mouth watering even for the hardcore Windows or Mac fan. Motivated by it’s great release, I wanted to install this latest version on my PC but before that I decided to give a quick look over this latest release using VirtualBox. For those who aren’t familiar with VirtualBox, VirtualBox is the most reputable options for emulation of operating systems in virtual machines. With it you can run one system inside another, like Ubuntu (or any other Linux distribution) on a Windows PC or Mac, and vice versa. Now I am going to show you exactly how I ran Ubuntu 11.10 AVD so that you can try out this before installing. Follow for the full tutorial.

How To Install Updated Marlin File Browser In Ubuntu 11.10

How-To-Install-Updated-Marlin-File-Browser-In-Ubuntu-11.10If you are looking for an alternate file manager for Linux, Marlin can be a good one. Marlin File Browser is a quite elegant and sleek yet fast GTK3 based file manager with some unique and powerful features. Marlin File Browser has integration with Dropbox and Ubuntu One [Needed additional plug-in], compress and comparison, color labels for folders and as well as files and more. Marlin is available for elementary OS daily PPA and thus it can be installed in Ubuntu.

Ubuntu 12.04 AKA Precise Pangolin Alpha 1 Released

canonical-releases-alpha-1-version-of-ubuntu-12-04-305On this 1st December, the first Alpha version of Ubuntu 12 aka Precise Pangolin has been released. While the final version of Ubuntu 12 is scheduled for April 26th, 2012 – this release came out to give you a small test of what it looks like. While in Alpha, this version is not yet anyway stable or safe for work, it is not recommended to use on an important purpose and also not if the user needs something stable to hang with.

How To Change The Icon Theme In Ubuntu 11.10 AKA Oneiric Ocelot

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Ubuntu 11.10 will have a new properties on the screen appearance of your desktop where you can choose the GTK theme you want by default, the screen and nothing more. So what about the icons? No, you can not change the icons from there, but believe me look at the image, there is another way out there. So here I will show you the way of changing the icon theme in Ubuntu 11.10 . The reason for that is as Linux has given as the freedom of going wild and customizing everything as our needs so why not be wild! If you are not doing it than you are not enjoying Linux and do not know the proper way to use Linux.

Complete Guide About How To Run Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) On PC

Complete Guide Of How To Install Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich On Windows Linux Mac (23)Yesterday we have covered ins and outs of the latest Android 4.0 aka Ice Cream Sandwich. If you have missed it, you can check the article from here. For then we have received lots of email regarding how can I try Android 4.0 aka Ice Cream Sandwich on my PC/Mobile. Well, Android 4 isn’t yet available for mobile devices so you have no chance to upgrade your current Android system to Ice Cream Sandwich (and I am not sure if you can upgrade after it’s available – there’s always concern about hardware requirement). But if you want to have a first look over Android 4.0, then we are here to help you. After reading this article, surly you will be able to try this latest version of Android without any delay. So let’s get ready for it.

Ubuntu One Is A Cross-Platform Cloud Storage For Android, Windows, Linux And More

Ubuntu One Is A Cross-Platform Cloud Storage For Android, Windows, Linux And More (1)

Ubuntu One is that personal cloud which brings your digital life along, thus you'll be able to enjoy your content on your way, wherever you're. With this suite of cloud services as well as storage, sync, sharing and streaming - you've got immediate access to your music assortment, favorite photos, videos, necessary documents and additional, at any time and from any device. Ubuntu One is another nice cloud storage service just like Dropbox, with applications out there mostly for Linux based OS,  Android, iPhone, and currently it works on Windows too. Ubuntu One comes pre-installed with Ubuntu and it will take into the premium account cloud storage service for Linux users. Ubuntu One has launched the beta version of their Windows shopper for Ubuntu one users. Whereas Ubuntu One is widely used on Linux and Android, it appears to be stretching its wings towards wider market comprising of Windows users. The Windows shopper is sort of sleek and trendy and therefore the out there choices for synchronizing files appear to be abundant less complicated than the native Ubuntu user interface of Ubuntu One. Having Ubuntu One put in on a Windows machine is additionally doubtless to assist users sync files conveniently across their smartphones, Ubuntu and Windows operating systems.

A Quick Shot Over Ubuntu 11.10 aka Oneiric Ocelot [Changes And Improvements]

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As a Windows fan, I hardly try off any Linux kernel. The only few times I spend after Linux is only for curiosity. So you got only a few article about Linux in this blog (and those few are inter-related with any Windows product!). For this reason, I haven't make a notice about the beta release of upcoming Ubuntu 11.10 AKA Oneiric Ocelot. But for my own satisfaction, I have downloaded it two days ago and now I have decided to share a quick shot over it. It won’t be so lengthy and I am only going to cover some newly added features rather then making a note about improved ones. So let’s go and check this out.

Split A Large File Into Multiple Smaller One And Join Them Later Using HJ-Split

HJSplit 3.0 - for Windows XP, 7, Vista, 200x, NT, 9x, ME, Linux (1)

Sometimes you might just need to split your long files and make multiple smaller files. This is a common problem while sharing files online, transferring through a Wi-Fi or Bluetooth or even carrying with Pen-Drive. The most common case is, you are going to send a file to a friend, colleague or family, or upload it to the Internet, that is just to large to go through without errors. Most email providers for instance limit the maximum attachment size so that you may end up with error messages when trying to send that 200 Megabyte video that you have created. Here you need to split them.

Eagle Mode is An Experimental File Manager & Viewer Works On Windows And Linux

Eagle Mode is An Experimental File Manager & Viewer Works On Windows And Linux (2)

Eagle Mode is an advanced solution for a futuristic style of man-machine communication in which the user can visit almost everything simply by zooming in. It works on Windows and Linux. It has a professional file manager, file viewers and players for most of the common file types, a chess game, a 3D mines game, a netwalk game, a multi-function clock and some fractal fun, all integrated in a virtual cosmos. Besides, that cosmos also provides a Linux kernel configurator in form of a kernel patch. By featuring a separate popup-zoomed control view, help texts in the things they are describing, editable bookmarks, multiple input methods, fast anti-aliased graphics, a virtually unlimited depth of panel tree, and by its portable C++ API, Eagle Mode aims to be a cutting edge of zoomable user interfaces. Eagle Mode is surely at least a nice ZUI demo and fun application. But it can be more. For me, the developer, it is naturally the most efficient file manager in the world, and that even since the source code had just an eighth of the present extent. Some users also reported great satisfaction. If you want to find out whether Eagle Mode could improve your life too, then you will probably have to go the cumbersome way of studying the whole user documentation, reading all the in-button help texts, and practicing all the mouse functions for some hours. However, Windows users should know that the Windows port of Eagle Mode is just a light version. It has less plugins, less commands, and the commands can handle less files at once. This comes from some programming problems.

4shared Sync Allows To Manage & Upload Your File From Anywhere : Supports Both PC & Mobile

4shared Sync Allows To Manage & Upload Your File From Anywhere  Supports Both PC & Mobile

4shared is a popular file sharing service that allows users to store, manage, and share files with others with a facility to search files by different parameters from huge 4shared public archive. If you’ve been uploading and managing your files from the website, 4shared Sync will help you easily add, remove upload, and organize your archives without having to login to 4shared website. With 4shared Sync, all you need to do is to enter your login details to view and sync your files across all 4shared Sync configured systems. Moreover, 4shared sync application is available for numerous OS platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Symbian, iOS, Blackberry and Android. This will surly be a great competitive of Dropbox.