Misc. Multimedia Tools

K-Lite Codec Pack (Full) includes 99% of all the audio and video codecs you will ever need. Just install this pack, and you will be able to play just about any media file out there. It includes DivX, Xvid, x264, MPEG 1/2,MP3, Monkey`s Audio,Media Player Classic, On2 V6/V7 and many others. The installer lets you choose which codecs to install, or you can use the default profile which installs all of them. K-Lite Codec Pack also provides access to configuration options for each codec whenever available.

Poster Forge enables you to create stylish wall posters from your photos. You can choose from motivational poster, movie poster or `Wanted` poster styles, and customize them with your own text, headlines and other details. The resulting poster image can be saved to image file or printed with the built-in poster print utility, that enables you to slice and print the poster across multiple pages, and then assemble it to the specified size (e.g full movie poster size). The free version is limited to personal usage and adds a small `Powered by Poster Forge` watermark to each poster.

Monkeys Audio is a fast and easy way to compress digital music. Unlike traditional methods such as mp3, ogg, or lqt that permanently discard quality to save space, Monkeys Audio only makes perfect, bit-for-bit copies of your music. That means it always sounds perfect exactly the same as the original. Even though the sound is perfect, it still saves a lot of space. (think of it as a beefed-up Winzip for your music) The other great thing is that you can always decompress your Monkey s Audio files back to the exact, original files. That way, you ll never have to recopy your CD collection to switch formats, and you ll always be able to recreate the original music CD if something ever happens to yours.

CD Scratch is a fun "Virtual Turntables CD Player" that lets you play two songs from the same CD at the same time - one forward and one in reverse. You can scratch a CD track back and forth like a record, or listen to your favorite CD automatically mixed between the turntables. Ots CD Scratch includes several scratch effects to choose from and lets you adjust pitch, tempo and speed for each turntable. Scratching is done with a mouse pointer. Includes some disabled features, that are available in a commercial version. Scratched version of a song cannot be saved, the program is playback-only.

Yahoo! Go is a DVR and media center software (Digital Video Recording) that allows you to record and manage TV programs, view photos from your local PC or online communities (Yahoo!, Flickr), listen to your music collection and more. It also integrates several Yahoo! features that allow you to access music videos, box office movie reviews, local showtimes and trailers, search for videos, and listen to LAUNCHcast radio stations. Currently supported TV Tuner cards: ATI TV Wonder Elite, ATI HDTV Wonder, AverMedia UltraTV 1500 MCE, Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-USB2 , NVidia Dual TVmce. Yahoo! Go for TV is currently available inside the U.S. only

CD Art Display is a skinnable gadget that appears on your desktop and shows the CD cover of the currently playing song. It reads cover from player`s database, local folder or ID3v2 tag and can also search for covers online if they are not found locally. The program offers a slick interface with transparency and alpha shading and playback controls to pause or skip to the next track in the playlist. Other features include lyrics display, lyrics editing, cover display in tray icon and more. CD Art Display currently supports AlbumPlayer, Helium Music Manager, iTunes, Winamp, Windows Media Player, MediaMonkey and partially supports foobar2000 (with Winamp API Emulator plugin), MP3Toys, qmp and musikCube.

RndSkin is a simple front-end for WinAmp (2.x and 5.x) that offers quick access to playback controls from the system tray. It briefly displays the current track information whenever it changes. You can pick from different control icon styles, and also launch the full WinAmp interface from the right-click menu.

Vectir enables you to control popular media or MP3 players such as Winamp, iTunes and Windows Media Player via an infrared remote control. It works with USB infrared receiver devices such as the USBUIRT and Tira2, which pickup signals from most infrared (IR) remote controls and send them to your computer. In addition to standard media player functions, the program can also control other features of your operating system such as moving the mouse pointer, adjusting the master sound volume and shutting down your computer.

LyricsJoy Plugin displays lyrics for the song that you are listening to. It works with WinAmp, Foobar 2000, Xmplay, Realplayer, Yahoo Jukebox and iTunes. In addition to the lyrics display, you can also choose to view a music video (if found on YouTube) and display lyrics on your Yahoo and/or gTalk status.

Aura is a simple program that runs in the system tray and enhances your work environment with a relaxing forest soundscape. You can choose between a daytime and nighttime forest environment and also customize the frequency of accoustic elements that are part of the forest environment (birds, wind, rain etc.). Other features include automatic muting based on a set time, as well as a basic alarm function.

Movie411 is a simple tool that enables you to quickly find and download DVD box art. The program can download the front and back cover as individual image files and also save a text file with additional movie information along with the cover images. If multiple movies match your query, you are presented with a list of results and a thumbnail preview for each. The current version uses DVD Empire as online resource.

Sublight is a software that enables you to search for movie subtitles and download them to your computer. It can search for subtitles based on several criteria such as movie title, year and more. The results are presented in list from where you can preview and download the title you want. Other features include playback integration with several popular media players, publishing of subtitles and optional Windows Explorer integration.

WMPCDText is a plug-in for Windows Media Player that adds support for reading CD-Text. It can automatically read CD-Text from unknown audio CDs or you can right-click on a CD-track select the newly added `Read CD-Text` menu item.