My 5 favorite multimedia players
If there is one disease that I have, and it is my need for using different software for different purposes. This is especially true in the case of multimedia, i.e.
audio
VLC media player (Multimedia Monday)
VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, …) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. VLC media player comes with tonnes of features.
Ashampoo Burning Studio 6.71 FREE (Multimedia Monday)
Why pay for programs to burn CDs when you can get professional CD burning programs for free. Ashampoo is currently offering v6.71 of their Ashampoo Burning Studio.
Audio/Video to Exe (Multimedia Monday)
This week on Multimedia Monday, we cover a rather small but handy tool. Audio/Video to Exe converts audio/video files to other audio/video formats or selfplaying-executables. The following formats can be converted into exe: 3gp, aac, ac3, aiff, asf, avi, exe, flac, flv, gif, m1v, m2v, m4v, mka, mkv, mov, mp2, mp3, mp4, mpc, mpg, nut, ogg, ra, rm, swf, vob, voc, wav, wma, wmv, wv, yuv Download from Download.
Microsoft hit with $1.5 billion patent verdict
In breaking news, News.com reports that Microsoft has been ordered to pay $1.5 billion to Alcatel-Lucent for the technology used to power MP3 audio in Windows.