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Download jetAudio 8.0.0 Basic

jetAudio 8.0.0 Basic Information

JetAudio is integrated multimedia software made up of a single compact rack. Not only does it play various music and video files, it also has features such as CD burning, recording, and conversion to other file formats.

You can create your own Internet broadcast by using JetCast, provided with JetAudio, and you can play all major file formats, including WAV, MP3, MP3Pro, OGG, WMA, MPEG, AVI, WMV, MIDI, RM, and video and audio CD tracks.

* Supports All Major File Formats
* Audio CD burning
* Recording
* Tag Editing including multiple file tag editing
* Multi-channel sound ouput
* Crossfade
* Skin
* Media Center window with Device Manager
* Subtitles
* Internet CD Database
* Convenient album management & Playlist
* Utilities
* Conversion
* Audio CD Ripping
* Internet Broadcasting
* Various sound effects
* Plus many more features!

jetAudio 8.0.0 Basic Change Log
- New video window display modes:Show always / Show only when playing / Attached
- Album art / Spectrum display in Video window when playing music
- Spectrum display in Lyric window
- New file association method for Windows Vista/7
- Supports subtitle with DXVA decoding
- Enhanced skins
- Supports FLV/MKV formats for video conversion
- Added General Presets for video conversion
- Shows in Playlist window
- Fixed many bugs/suggestions posted in our forum (thanks to the postings)
- Multi-sort in Playlist window
- Enhanced context menus of Playlist/Video window
- Added DVD Pal/NTSC for video conversion
- Supports Crossfade for mono
- Fixed video window resizing for EVR
- Fixed WAV playback (GSM codec)
- Fixed OSD (Music) opacity
- Transparent spectrum background in Media Center (set SpectrumColor_Back / SpectrumColor_Dot as -1)
- All Default skin sources included (only jsc files)

Download jetAudio 8.0.0 Basic

Download BSplayer 2.5.1 – 12.33MB (Freeware)

BSplayer 2.5.1 Information

BSplayer is an application that plays back all kinds of media files (avi,mpg,asf,wmv,wav,mp3…) and specialises in video and DIVX playback.

Main Features

* Display subtitles – Support custom subtitles position, color, font, transparency,… Supported formats: MicroDVD, Subviewer, SubRip
* Fully skinnable – Any shape, transparent skins…
* Resizable movie window
* Multilingual
* Drag & drop support
* Command line support
* Pan-scan and custom pan-scan option
* Custom aspect ratios
* Playlist support
* Resolution changing
* Frame capture
* AVI files with more than 2 audio streams supported (multilanguage)
* Support for OGM files, including more then 2 audio/video tracks, supports embeded subtitles/chapters
* External audio file supported
* S/PDIF output supported for AC3 files (with Intervideo audio decoder)
* INI files
* Remote control support – WinLIRC
* Bookmarks
* Simple equalizer (DirectX 8 required)
* Playback rate (1/2x, 1x, 2x) and custom
* and lots of other features not listed here, try it out.

BSplayer 2.5.1 Change Log
- fixed problem with subtitles embedded in mkv files with new parser/renderer
- EVR aspect ratio fixes
- fixed problem with EVR in full screen mode, some areas was not completely black
- under Vista and Windows 7 some decoders couldn’t be added in ‘Filter management’, fixed
- local codec system fixes (codec reinstall required)
- possibly fixed problem with monitor powering down on laptops
- some other bug fixes
+ added option to disable embedded subtitles
* custom extension can now be added in Vista and Windows 7 (UAC prompt will be displayed)
+ added another online subtitle provider

Download BSplayer 2.5.1

Download XBMC Media Center 9.11

XBMC Media Center 9.11 Informaiton
XBMC is an award winning media center application for Linux, Mac OS X, Windows and XBox. The ultimate hub for all your media, XBMC is easy to use, looks slick, and has a large helpful community. Try it now!

Media Management
XBMC supports viewing and playing a vast library of audio, video and image formats. XBMC has a sophisticated library management system that allows you to organize all your media to give you quick and immediate access.

Fluid Interface
XBMC provides a user friendly interface that’s intuitive, very flexible, and easy to use. The interface is completely customizable through user-created or downloadable skins.

Plug-ins and Extensibility
XBMC has a built-in Python interpreter that allows users and developers to write their own scripts and plugins that run inside XBMC using it’s own widgets and controls. It also has a built-in web server that allows it to be controlled remotely.

Visualisations
XBMC’s audio player supports many visualisations including ProjectM and Goom. In addition, it allows easy development of visualisations using a simple API.

XBMC Media Center 9.11 Change Log
GUI:
- Improved XBMC GUI Skinning Framework making it even more flexible and powerful
- Powerbutton follows “shutdown function” in settings/system/power saving
- Updated translations for most languages (help is always wanted with translation)
- Skinnable Weather Plugin API enabling third-party Weather Plugins (Python Scripts)
- Edit button for RSS feeds in settings, (needs RssTicker script installed, see SCRIPTS section below)
- New screensaver option to turn off the screen (using VESA DPMS)
- Always On Top option to advancedsettings.xml when XBMC runs in Windowed Mode
- Better support for multi-monitor setups
- Settings have been re-organized and cleaned up to sync with new features

Playback:
- High Definition, Surround Sound, and Subtitle Flagging and Filtering in Video Library
- Added support for SingStar and UltraStar Karaoke Lyrics Format
- Updated FFmpeg (libavformat and libavcodec) audio/video codec and demux library
- Speed up RAW image loading and handle more file extension
- Implemented better WAV/PCM handling on 64-bit operating-systems
- Added support for additional tags in CUE sheets (Genre/Year)
- Added support for MPL2 (Blu-ray) subtitles format
- Added support forVPlayer subtitles format (which unfortunately is still in use)
- Added support for RTMP (Flash) live video streams, plus skip, pause, and resume feature
- Added proper MMS/MMSH streaming client (libmms) support
- Added audio and subtitle delay pop-up to the GUI (similar to volume control)
- Improved Commercial Skipping, EDL (Edit Decision List), and SceneMarker support
- Options for smoother video playback (syncing the video to the refresh rate of the display)
- Smart Playlists support for video resolution, aspect-ratio, codec, audio, and subtitles
- Extension of ExternalPlayer enabling multiple external players based on file-extension
- Added overlay renderer for dvd/vobsub/xsub

Library:
- Performance improvements to SQLite (database) queries
- Support for movie sets and a sortorder tag in the Video Library
- UPnP MediaServer compliant with DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) standards
- Ability to view pictures over UPnP in XBMC, also loads of fixes to the UPnP library
- Added scan for new content command to HTTP API, extended XBMC.updatelibrary call
- Reorganized MythTV directory structure to separate TV Shows from Movies
- Support importing MythTV movies into the Movies Library (including scraping)
- Added support local actor thumbnails (store as actor_name.tbn under .actors directory)
- Scrape studio info for TV Show/Season/Episode, info is available via studio field item
- Changed handling in Scrapers and NFO replacing «thumbs» with multiple «thumb»
- Added library update on resume if we are coming from suspend/hibernate
- Ability to scrape and scan TV Shows into the video library by air-date via TheTVDB.com

Scrapers:
- TheMovieDB.org (TMDB) movie scraper upgraded to version 2.1
- Added Movie Trailer scraping from dtrailer.com to TheMovieDB.org scraper
- TheTVDB.com TV Shows scraper scraper improvements and enhancements
- MTV (Music Videos) scraper improvements and enhancements
- New freebase music scraper (with Artist FanArt support via htbackdrops.com)
- New Polish music scraper combining allmusic.com,merlin.pl, and lastfm.pl
- New mymovies.dk (Multilanguage) movie scraper (*commercial)
- New fdb.pl (Polish) movie scraper
- New cinefacts.de (German) movie scraper
- New filmdelta.se (Swedish) movie scraper
- New world-art.ru (Russian) movie scraper
- Updated imdb.cn (Chinese) movie scraper
- New cine-passion (French/English) movie scraper
- Fixes and additions for the mymovies.xml scraper

Skins:
- Confluence is the new default
- PM3.HD set to secondary
- Removed legacy PM III (farewell old friend)

Windows-Specific:
- Changed from Open GL to DirectX for GUI and video rendering.
- Added Crash Dump for Windows
- Support Milkdrop visualizations

Linux-Specific:
- Added support for Debian building and packaging to the XBMC SVN
- External libraries options when compiling XBMC for Linux making it more distro agnostic
- Support for PPC (PowerPC) processors in XBMC for Linux (OpenGL support required)
- Avahi Zeroconf (Zero Configuration Networking) for XBMC webserver
- Added DeviceKit.Disks integration
- Added DeviceKit.Power and ConsoleKit.Manager integration

OS X Specific:
- Logitech Harmony Universal Remote support
- Added support for CoreAudio API and removed the PortAudio API code
- AC3 and DTS digital audio pass-through to SP/DIF on Apple TV (thanks to CoreAudio)
- Support for running external Applescripts
- Support for command-tab application switching
- support for OS X Spaces (virtual desktops)

Live-Specific:
- New installer with disk partitioning support, network setup and language selection
- Uses Beatzeps08’s variation of duduke’s great “spinner black” usplash theme!
- Based on Ubuntu Karmic
- NVIDIA drivers: 190.53 (VDPAU included on supported GPUs)
- ATI/AMD drivers: Catalyst 9.11
- Includes the magic tvheadend package, which brings live TV in XBMCLive
- The plugin “SVN Repo Installer” is also included, thus installing new scripts/plugins/skins will be easier

Download XBMC Media Center 9.11

Download QuickTime Player 7.65.17.80 – 30.99MB (Freeware)

QuickTime Player 7.65.17.80 Information
QuickTime Player from Apple allows the playback of quicktime movies (.mov) and many other formats.

The new QuickTime Player not only delivers startling quality, but it’s easier to use than ever. It requires no set up for content that streams over the network. Instead, QuickTime Player automatically determines your system’s connection speed and chooses the highest quality stream for the amount of bandwidth you have available. And if you ever lose a connection while watching streaming video, QuickTime Player automatically reconnects. Now, thats convenience.

* Playback of 3GPP and 3GPP2 files
* Playback of MPEG-4 video, H.274, AAC audio & Instant-On media
* Easy-to-use controls
* Enhanced interface
* Bass and treble controls
* Balance control
* Streaming media support
* Ability to save movie favorites
* Ability to view VR & interactive content
* H.264 video
* Multichannel audio playback
* Live resize
* New playback capabilities

QuickTime Player 7.65.17.80 Change Log
- Applications not reliably loading libraries required by QuickTime at startup
- Incorrect display of QuickTime movies embedded in a webpage using custom scale attributes

Download mQuickTime Player 7.65.17.80

DOwnload MediaMonkey 3.2.0.1294 – 7.44MB (Freeware)

MediaMonkey 3.2.0.1294 Information

MediaMonkey is a music manager and jukebox for serious music collectors and iPod users. It catalogs your CDs, OGG, WMA, MPC, FLAC, APE, WAV and MP3 audio files. It offers an intelligent tag editor which looks up missing Album Art and track information via Freedb and the web, and an automated file and directory renamer to organize your music library.

* Organize music and edit tags in your audio library with a powerful, intuitive interface
* Automatically lookup and tag Album Art and other metadata
* Manage 50,000+ files in your music collection without bogging down
* Play MP3s and other audio formats, and never again worry about varying volume
* Record CDs into OGG, MP3, FLAC and WMA files
* Convert MP3s, OGG, FLAC and WMA files into other formats with the Audio Converter
* Create playlists and music mixes quickly and easily to suit any occasion
* Synchronize with iPods / MP3 players effortlessly and convert tracks on-the-fly
* Download audio content using the new integrated Podcatcher.
* Use MediaMonkey for Parties or other public places with Party Mode
* Create Statistics and other Reports of your music collection as Excel, html, or xml files.
* Customize MediaMonkey with Skins, visualizations, plug-ins and scripts to make it do what you want it to.
* Plus much more…

MediaMonkey 3.2.0.1294 Change Log
* Fixed [Burning / Disc Handling] CD labels aren’t displayed in some cases
* Fixed [Burning / Disc Handling] Problem when ripping more than one CD per session
* Fixed [Burning / Disc Handling] Data CD/DVD burning can fail when burning also Album art files and an AA file doesn’t exist
* Fixed [Burning / Disc Handling] Including .m4p tracks in a burn list causes the burn to fail
* Fixed [Conversion/Leveling] WAV conversion yields artifact near track end
* Fixed [DB/FileMonitor] Add/Rescan aborts with SQL Error (re. Russian characters)
* Fixed [DB/FileMonitor] Expanding subnode takes one minute with filter enabled
* Fixed [DB/FileMonitor] Database fails to back up on upgrade
* Fixed [Framework: Scripts/Extensions] Incorrect DCOM Permission Registration
* Fixed [Framework: Scripts/Extensions] Scripting: Ability to Set focus to UI-controls
* Fixed [Framework: Skinning] Player: redraw is slow after minimizing to microplayer
* Fixed [Framework: Tagging] Unknown RIFF Chunks Should Be Preserved
* Fixed [Framework: Tagging] Adding album art in AA View mode can trigger freeze
* Fixed [Help / Docs / Localization] About dialog missing some credits
* Fixed [Hotkeys] MultiMedia Play/Pause button fails when application is minimized
* Fixed [Install/Config] Change MM version from 3.1.2 to 3.2
* Fixed [Install/Config] Web page doesn’t appear on clean install
* Fixed [Main Panel/Toolbars/Menus] Header columns and Track Browser columns need refinement & consistency
* Fixed [Main Panel/Toolbars/Menus] Get info/buy > Google doesn’t work
* Fixed [Main Panel/Toolbars/Menus] Tracks in Location node: Remove/Paste functions are disabled
* Fixed [Main Panel/Toolbars/Menus] Minimize / Maximize buttons don’t work as expected (regression)
* Fixed [Main Panel/Toolbars/Menus] Enter’ doesn’t activate menu items
* Fixed [Main Panel/Toolbars/Menus] Columns in filtered views are mixed up
* Fixed [Main Panel/Toolbars/Menus] Sort order isn’t persisted correctly
* Fixed [Main Panel/Toolbars/Menus] MM modal dialog focus problems (regression)
* Fixed [Main Panel/Toolbars/Menus] Node sort order is lost after visiting Now Playing node
* Fixed [Main Panel/Toolbars/Menus] Column order gets mixed up after switching nodes/views
* Fixed [Now Playing] CD tracks lose info when playing them (regression)
* Fixed [Now Playing] Sorting in Now Playing is slow for > 10k tracks
* Fixed [Other] Podcasts: Downloads don’t start as soon as MM starts
* Fixed [Other] Web node disappears by going into MM options
* Fixed [Other] JumpLists don’t work (regression in 1282)
* Fixed [Other] Aeropeek is ‘Jumpy’ due to seek bar
* Fixed [Other] Jumplist: incorrect icons are used
* Fixed [Other] Aeropeek functions don’t work if run as Administrator
* Fixed [Other] MediaMonkey fails to start on WinXP (regression)
* Fixed [Other] Aeropeek: Full size Preview not showing when MM is playing
* Fixed [Player] Unskinned mode: Aeropeek fails to display album art
* Fixed [Player] MediaMonkey can crash when finished playing track (Windows 7 only)
* Fixed [Player] Update to Geiss 4.29
* Fixed [Playlist / Search] Removing tracks from playlists incorrectly updates play order
* Fixed [Playlist / Search] AutoPlaylist with Nested Playlists fail to load
* Fixed [Playlist / Search] Searchbar does not search Encoder and some others fields after Optimize DB action
* Fixed [Playlist / Search] Using Basic Search INS key opens Add Criteria Dialog
* Fixed [Playlist / Search] Searchbar: cannot search by Disk # in foreign languages
* Fixed [Podcasts] Podcast unsubscription/deletion fails to delete podcasts (regression)
* Fixed [Properties / Auto-Tools] Auto-tag window comes to front on track change
* Fixed [Synchronization] iPod Nano 5G FW 1.0.2 doesn’t sync correctly
* Fixed [Synchronization] Some devices no longer recognized while MM running
* Fixed [Synchronization] Last time played field from iPod Nano 5G is always in UTC time
* Fixed [Synchronization] Playlist options: ’subdirectory for each playlist type’ option is ignored
* Fixed [Synchronization] Crash related to Sync configuration dialog
* Fixed [Synchronization] Configure device dialog can freeze MediaMonkey on non-skinned version (regression)
* Fixed [Synchronization] iPod Synchronization: Lyrics sometimes truncated when updating already existing track in iPod
* Fixed [Synchronization] Some devices aren’t registered by MM when using d_USBMass plug-in
* Fixed [Synchronization] AV on refresh device database
* Fixed [Synchronization] Device icon in toolbar doesn’t update at startup
* Fixed [Tracklist] My Computer: selecting alternate album art causes initial image to appear removed
* Fixed [Tracklist] Sort order is lost when clicking ‘hyperlinks’

Download MediaMonkey 3.2.0.1294

Download QuickTime Alternative 3.0.1 – 17.85MB (Freeware)

QuickTime Alternative 3.0.1 Information

QuickTime Alternative is a trimmed-down version of QuickTime that contains only the essential components needed for playing QuickTime content that is embedded in webpages.

Advantages of QuickTime Alternative are:

* Quick and easy install
* Ability to make an unattended installation
* No background processes
* No unwanted stuff and other nonsense
* Smaller size than Apple QuickTime

It comes bundled with Media Player Classic – a freeware media player that supports both QuickTime Alternative and Real Alternative.

QuickTime Alternative 3.0.1 Change Log
* Added detection of Seamonkey 2.0 plugin directory
* Fixed PATH adjustment issue during uninstall
* If you currently have version 3.0.0 installed, then do NOT uninstall it, but just upgrade it with this version

Download QuickTime Alternative 3.0.1

Download iTunes 9.0.2 (32-bit) – 88.91MB (Freeware)

iTunes 9.0.2 (32-bit) Information
iTunes is a free application for Mac and PC. It plays all your digital music and video. It syncs content to your iPod, iPhone, and Apple TV. And it’s an entertainment superstore that stays open 24/7.

* Organize your music into playlists
* Edit file information
* Record compact discs
* Copy files to an iPod or other digital audio player
* Purchase music and videos on the Internet through the built-in iTunes store
* Run a visualizer to display graphical effects in time to the music
* Encode music into a number of different audio formats.

This is the 32-bit version

iTunes 9.0.2 (32-bit) Change Log
* iTunes 9.0.2 adds support for Apple TV software version 3.0, adds an option for a dark background for Grid View, and improves support for accessibility. iTunes Store accessibility requires Window-Eyes 7.1.1 or later.

Download iTunes 9.0.2 (32-bit)

DOwnload RealPlayer SP 1.0.2 – 16.42MB (Freeware)

RealPlayer SP 1.0.2 Information

RealPlayer has always enabled you to play RealAudio (*.ra) and RealMedia (*.ram) files.

Now, with RealPlayer, you can:

* Download videos from thousands of Web sites with just one click
* Build your own video library and playlists
* Play all major audio and video formats

RealPlayer for personal use includes audio CD burning capabilities, DVR-style playback buffering, multimedia search, Internet radio, a jukebox-style file library, an embedded web browser (using Microsoft Internet Explorer), and the ability to transfer media to a number of portable devices, including Apple’s iPod, MP3 players, and Windows Media devices.

Since version 11, RealPlayer also includes Flash Video support, DVD, SVCD, VCD burning and video recording (DRM is supported).

RealPlayer SP 1.0.2 Change Log
* .qcp files can now be imported into My Library.
* Fixed an issue where some SMIL presentations did not properly display multimedia elements in Firefox and Google Chrome browsers.
* RealPlayer now consistently comes to the front of the window stack when clicked.
* Scan Disk for Media now ignores the AppData folders on Windows 7, unless the Include system folders option is selected.
* Keyboard shortcuts in the Burn area now affect the Burn list correctly.
* Improved thumbnail generation for .flv files.
* Fixed the display of My Library video thumbnail overlays, and improved their mouse click response.
* Fixed a possible crash caused by attempting to burn video with an incompatible drive connected.

Downlaod RealPlayer SP 1.0.2

DOwnload VLC Media Player 1.0.3 – 17.19MB (Open Source)

VLC Media Player 1.0.3 Information

VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols without external codec or program.

It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.

VLC can play:

* MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 / DivX files from a hard disk, a CD-ROM drive, and so on
* DVDs, VCDs, and Audio CDs
* From satellite cards (DVB-S)
* Several types of network streams: UDP/RTP Unicast, UDP/RTP Multicast, HTTP, RTSP, MMS, etc.
* From acquisition or encoding cards (on GNU/Linux and Windows only)

VLC Media Player 1.0.3 Change Log
Input:
* Fix a crash in mjpeg demuxer

Translations:
* Romanian added

DOwnload VLC Media Player 1.0.3

Download K-Lite Codec Pack 5.30 (Full) 13.43MB (Freeware)

K-Lite Codec Pack 5.30 (Full) Information

The K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of DirectShow filters, VFW/ACM codecs, and tools. Codecs and DirectShow filters are needed for encoding and decoding audio and video formats. The K-Lite Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your audio and movie files.

With the K-Lite Codec Pack you should be able to play all the popular audio and video formats and even several less common formats.

The K-Lite Codec Pack has a couple of major advantages compared to other codec packs:

* It is updated frequently. So it is always up-to-date with the newest and/or best components.
* All components have been carefully selected for specific purposes. It is not just a random bunch of stuff thrown together.
* It is very user-friendly and easy to use.
* The installation is fully customizable, meaning that you are able to install just those components that you really want.
* The customization abilities even go beyond the component level. Some components are able to handle multiple formats. You can specify exactly which components should handle which formats. The pack can thus be fully tweaked to your own specific needs and preferences.
* Uninstallation removes everything that was installed by the pack. Including all registry keys.
* It is extremely easy to make a fully customized unattended installation with the integrated wizard.
* It does not contain any bad, buggy or unstable codecs.

K-Lite Codec Pack 5.30 (Full) Change Log
- Updated Media Player Classic Home Cinema to version 1.3.1311.0
- Updated Cyberlink MPEG-2 decoder to version 8.4.0.923
- Updated MediaInfo Lite to version 0.7.23
- Updated Codec Tweak Tool to version 4.0.0
- Added file association options for: The KMPlayer
- Moved speaker configuration to a separate page in the installer
- Moved thumbnail options to a separate page in the installer
- For 64-bit systems the thumbnail options have been moved to the 64-bit K-Lite Codec Pack
- Added option to use the DC-Bass Source filter for decoding .m4a files
- Minor changes and fixes

Download K-Lite Codec Pack 5.30 (Full)