Top Ten Free Software August 2010

This is the BlueJam TOP TEN list of FREE yes FREE programs. Don't worry they're completely legal (no jokes). Please note that I don't have magical powers to scroll through the internet instantly so if your favorite program isn't here it's because we haven't used it before. (No trials here except for NCH products)

1. GOM Player - Refer to it as "God Of Media". Name the file type, it can play (just videos, audio, swf  and probably more). Even better it can play broken AVI's even play while the AVI's downloading.
 2. Avast! - A well known free anti-virus. Works very well. Jam uses Kapersky ;_; Tried AVG?
 3. Magic DVD Ripper - Rips and Copies DVDs protected or not. Can rip the DVD to different formats including; MP4, MPEG 2, AVI and MOV. Like AnyDVD but free.
4. GIMP - Sorta like a free version of Adobe's Fireworks. Under the GNU license.
5. Avidimux - A simple video editing program. Nothing on Adobe Premiere of course. But it does it's job.
6. NCH Sound & Audio Software range - A great set to have. From Switch Sound File Converter to Express Audio CD Burner they'll all serve you well. Check out the NCH Video Software range too.
7.RealPlayer - A great versatile video and audio player. Like GOM covers many file types but is very slow and cumbersome. Also comes with a great audio/video downloader. Go onto Youtube, Metacafe, Redtube Google Video etc and RealPlayer will download.
8. Audacity - Nice basic program for recording and playing with audio.
9. Wimpy FLV Playr - Like a more compact, less versatile, more portable version of GOM Player. Wimpy also has other great media players. Check them out.
10. Covert AVI to MP4 - A very bland straight forward program. No options, no preferences. Just open your AVI into the program, choose where to output and the program does the rest. Great for beginners who know nothing about bit rates. For more advanced users, try NCH's Prism Video Converter.

That concludes the list of BlueJam's Top Ten Free Software. Have fun C;

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