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ProgDVB is a free application for watching digital TV and listen to radio channels. It is fully compatible with DVB-S (satellite), DVB-S2, DVB-C (cable), DVB-T and IPTV and is able to playback from sources or from a file. It is also possible to record TV channels locally to your hard drive.Main functions of this software are

• Record TV and Radio channels
• Support EPG, Teletext, subtitles
• Advanced OSD and remote control support (from 5.x version)
• Skins for OSD and GUI (from 5.x version)
• Broadcast channels to network.

Supports - Windows Vista / Windows XP / Windows 2000
Requirements - DirectX v.8.0 or higher, Mpeg2 video DirectShow codec(Installer of ProgDVB include Elecard shareware codes), H.264/AVC codec if you like DVB-S2 or HD channels and Windows .NET Framework2.
Also you will need ProgDVB compatible DVB cards and Sat-Dish of enough size installed and tuned on current satellite for DVB-S/DVB-S2.
File size: 2.5Mb / source
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Super (Simplified Universal Player Encoder & Renderer) is an application for Windows that can convert just about anything to anything and it's totally free. It supports a wide variety of input/source file format to play or encode without any additional third party software.Supported input source file formats are:
Video format: 3gp/3g2, asf, avi (DivX,H263,H263+,H264,XviD,MPEG4,MSmpeg4 etc..), dat, fli, flc, flv ,mkv, mpg , mov(H263,H263+,H264,MPEG4 etc..), mp4(H263,H263+,H264,MPEG4), ogg, qt, rm, ram, rmvb, str (Play Station), swf (Flash), ts (HDTV), viv, vob, wmv
Audio format: aac, ac3, amr, mmf, mp2, mp3, mp4, mpc, ogg, ra, wav, wma
AviSynth Script Files: avs. Let you specify advanced encoding commands using AviSynth scripts. SUPER supports the conversion (encoding both ways, to & from ) of all the listed formats.Full details here
As SUPER is a simple GUI to ffmpeg, MEncoder, mplayer, x264, mppenc, ffmpeg2theora & the theora/vorbis RealProducer plugIn, the quality of the rendered files or the played files DOES NOT depend on SUPER. The speed, rendered quality or the variety of the codec selection are the result of the great work achieved by the respective authors of ffmpeg , MEncoder , Mplayer , x264 , ffmpeg2theora , MusePack (mpc) ,libavcodec library (compiled inside ffmpeg and MEncoder) & the theora/vorbis RealProducer's plugIn.
License: Free / File size: 25.6Mb / Download
-Requirements: Minimum 1800 MHz Intel Pentium4 processor or equivalent. (64-bit CPU not supported)
- 512MB of RAM or more.
- 20GB of free Hard disk space or more.
-1024 x 768 video resolution or larger.
- 32,000-color video or more.
-IE 5.5 or later.
-Internet connection.
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WwiTV is a new site that allows you to connect to hundreds of radio and TV channels all over the world without having to download and install any software, except of course for media players to see the flow of data.You can connect to the TV and radio to more than 130 countries around the world, to discover new content, no need to go here and there to find live TV channels or radio stations. On the right side of the screen, you will find a menu that categorizes channels from all over the world in different category(via)
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ICoolPlayer is not just a music player; it is also an audio converter, CD ripper, CD recorder, Radio receiver and also an editor for karaoke lyrics.This little player is able to handle audio formats like MP3, OGG, Wav, Wma, AAC, AC3, Midi, etc and video files like AVI, WMV and FLV. And Provides 29 DSP Effect, 10band graphic equalizer and beautiful WMP 11/ Winamp skin to choose. Full features…
ICoolPlayer weigh just 5.6Mb to download and surely a versatile player with many features.
However, this player is still in developing stage, and found some bugs while testing.
License: Free / Download
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MyBytes is a Microsoft sponsored project for the student community and every one can use it for free. This online service allows you to make ring tones and original songs using the library of loops and sound effects inside your web browser –Just like a compact version of Fruity Loops or Adobe audition.

You can find instructions for using the mixer on the mixer page. When you're finished creating your track, you can either save it to work on later, or set rights and publish it for use in the MyBytes community or download it as MP3 file.

>>>MyBytes

[Source - Digital Inspiration]

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Woonz is one of the best music search engines found on the internet. We can search virtually any audio files with Woonz - search by artist/Band Name or Track name or any audio file you want. There is an option to hear the songs and also can download it.
Track - Feedmyapp
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Songbeat is a web-based music player for Desktop that allows us to search, play and store MP3 songs by using an innovative search platform: just submit the song title or artist, and Songbeat finds the music.

Songbeat is a music search engines to find music online and not a file sharing program and does not access your hard drive or files.

Remember that Songbeat basic version only is free and you can only search and listen to music and is ad-based. Songbeat Pro is ad-free, and allows you unlimited use of the download function

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Related Posts - Search and download Musics

Track – web2null

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Free music zilla offers a free tool to download music from the huge music libraries in social networking services like Last.fm, Pandora; Myspace etc. You have required at least 64MB of RAM and Windows to install.

To download the music/mp3/songs you'll have to keep the music playing and it supports most browsers such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera and Maxthon.

Track – Killerstartup

Official site – Free music zilla

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Handbrake is a great, open source application that can convert DVDs in to whatever format you want. You can convert DVD in to MP4 with ACC audio for mobile phone, H264 video with ACC-LC audio for IPOD, Xvid etc.

Handbrake on the Windows Platform does not decrypt commercial DVDs. For that you have to require using programs like DVDShrink or AnyDVD to rip your DVD first. Then handbrake re-encodes it to a format of your choice.

Using this program is very simple.

>Select a DVD file by clicking on ‘browse’ button (for ISO image or mpeg file, select ‘File’ radio button).

>Select a title and chapter for encode or leave it ‘auto’.

>Select a destination path to save the encoded video.

>Select an encoder type for video and audio or preset encoder from the preset menu that will do all the required settings.

> ‘Croping’ menu lets you crop the image to get rid of the black bars that will reduce the file size further.

> It also lets you choose options as to how you want it encoded from the Picture setting option.

License: GPL, File size: 3.2MP

Requirements: .Net framework 2, Windows 2000 and XP

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SkreemR is a search engine for finding audio files on the web. It searches for audio file everywhere on the internet like YouTbue and even in Blogspot.

There are many audio search engines, but this one is surely a great one, because I found that many songs of my local artists here which others may not have.

You can listen or download the songs from SkreamR or can be add to your facebook profile.

By default, SkreemR will search for any of the keywords in the phrase you entered. It will then return the results ranked by relevance. For an accurate result you need to enter artist name or songs.

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Imvite is all about entertainment. You can enjoy watching and listening to over 6500 TV and Radio channels from 100s of countries. You can search for millions of video clips and games from all over the Internet from this site.

One of the main attractions of Imvite is that we can easily search and find music, video or TV cannel to our taste. Even if thousands of TV and Radio channels available, you can select any category like sports, music, news, fiancé, and different countries, all makes convenient for selecting stuff.

In addition, you can share the excitement with your friends with TV Messenger that allows you to watch multiple channels at once and chat with your friends in the main networks at the same time (AOL, Yahoo, MSN and ICQ). Free video chat, free audio chat, and free encrypted messages. All the pro features others are charging for are free at Imvite!

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The HK Audio Mobile Calculator offers important calculating functions for sound technicians. This flash based application surely a handy tool for those who handle sound.

This application is very simple and quite fast to solve simple to complex mathematical equations relating to sound.

You can easily calculate power output of an amplifier by giving voltage and ohms (Resistance) or volt by giving output and ohms with this application.

Frequency and wave length, sound pressure level, sound delay at a particular distance, frequency-dependent damping etc. are easily calculate with this application.

The HK Audio Mobile Calculator available in PC and Mobile (Java-enabled) version and free to use. After downloading (2.2Mb) unzip in a folder and click on flash icon (English / German) to open (PC version).

For download and installation note visit the site from here.

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Sound Borb is an application that was designed to be an audio ambience generating system. The idea behind this is to create an easy to use system for playing back generative ambient music and sound created.

The generative nature of Sound Borb's audio engine means that once you hit play, the ambience you're listening to will never end.

No complicated adjustment are required. All parameters are kept to a minimum, so as to make Sound Borb easy to use. Just load an ambience, and start listening. You can adjust the overall volume, the intensity (how much activity is occurring in the sound), and the happiness of the ambience. Or you can set the intensity and happiness parameters to auto.

Various ambiences like Ocean, Virtual forest etc are available for download on the download page (with permission), and you can also create your own using the tool that also can be download.

File size is 18 Mb, no installation required, just unzip and run the program , select an ambience and listen to waves or walk through a deep forest...

To download the application and ambience visit from here.

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Soundsnap is a free online sound library and community. People can upload sounds and share them with the world. Browse through the directory by tag or by category and find out required sound for download. The site offering a large collection of free sound stuffs and are of good quality. You can preview sound befor downloading.

The main way that users participate is by submitting sounds and loops. People can also create a small profile that will feature their top personal tags, their email and website. You have the option of commenting on a sound or making it a 'favorite'

In order to download a sound you have to have sound results on your page. You can search for sounds via the search bar at the top, browse by category or browse by tag. On the sound 'teaser' click on the upper right corner and choose between mp3, wav or aif to download.

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Technically Juice is a Media Aggregator, a program that allows you to select and download audio files from anywhere on the Internet to your desktop. Juice has a built-in directory with thousands of listed podcast (broadcasts created and stored digitally on the Internet) feeds and has auto cleanup, authentication, centralized feed management and much more. It supports multiple media players also.

Once you've installed Juice, you can select podcasts to subscribe to in two different ways, either clicking the selection button to see a directory of available podcasts or enter a URL for a podcast you've found on your own. You can set the scheduling options so that Juice scans for new downloads as often as you like, or you can control it manually. When it is done downloading new files, it adds them to your library.

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Deraradio is an on demand online radio station. The sites data base includes English, Hindi, and Arabic and Persian music. Music can be select in deferent category like Pop, Film songs etc and there are online dedications, request shows and the popular Derachat. We can hear full length of music here - A hot spot for music buffs. You required Real player to play the music.
www.deraradio.com
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