Favorite Files

1. CUE Splitter
2. MediaCoder
3. Screenshot Captor

Recent Posts

1. 
   Review - CCCP (Combined Community Codec Pack)

   2008-12-29 Beta (Dec 30, 2008)

   Virtual_manPL
   
   You will never see Gabest splitters be included in CCCP. They take more CPU, like to pass all audio tracks to the audio decoder even if you only listen to one of them etc.
   
   Haali Media Splitter is overwhelmingly better than the Gabest splitters.

2. 
   Review - GermaniX Transcoder

   4.0.0.25 Beta (Jun 18, 2007)

   Weaknesses of this transcoder:-
   
   1. Does not transfer ID tags in conversion.
   2. If the filename has exotic filenames such as ~ character or Japanese/Chinese names, this tool will not convert it. A fatal weakness.
   3. Not multithreaded (at least with the MP3 and AAC encoder I have tried).
   
   Weakness no.2 is not a good thing.

3. 
   Review - FastStone Image Viewer

   2.7 Beta 4 (Aug 29, 2006)

   Unfortunately, still can't view images stored in folder with Japanese/Chinese characters.

4. 
   Review - FastStone Image Viewer

   2.6 (Jul 21, 2006)

   @mnadi
   
   I dunno about capturing cos I don't use that feature, but conversion can still be done in this version (2.6).
   
   4 stars because it still cannot navigate properly in folders with UNICODE characters.

5. 
   Review - ATI Catalyst Drivers for Windows XP

   6.5 (May 25, 2006)

   If you need to wait 3-5 minutes just to reboot, something is wrong with your computer. Please use Spybot/Ad-aware/Windows Defender etc. to clean up all the spyware junks that slows your computer start-up.
   
   Maybe your computer need reformatting.

6. Comment - Swedish Standards Vote on OOXML Declared Invalid, SIS to Abstain

   6.5 (Sep 4, 2007 - 8:40 AM)

   The main reason why the vote is invalidated, is because some idiot voted twice in the process. Not because of Microsoft encouraging their partners of voting (legal) or bribing (illegal, but not proven). This article sorely needs of an updated clarification.
   
   edit: Before someone asks why there are no new vote, it is because the deadline is way too near for another vote to be taken again.

7. Comment - Evidence of Microsoft Influencing OOXML Votes in Nordic States

   6.5 (Aug 30, 2007 - 3:45 AM)

   If ISO votes No with comments, it will be Microsoft itself.

8. Comment - Linux Foundation: OOXML is Too Long to Be a Standard

   6.5 (Aug 30, 2007 - 3:33 AM)

   Ok, who actually made the Ecma 376 balloned to 6000+ pages? The culprit is IBM. IBM submitted plenty of comments thus the original 2000+ pages specification expanded nearly 3 times the original size before becoming Ecma 376.
   
   IBM knows that Microsoft responds well to comments, that's why IBM tried hard to make ISO rejects OOXML with NO without comments. Anything less than that and OOXML is good as in.

9. Comment - Evidence of Microsoft Influencing OOXML Votes in Nordic States

   6.5 (Aug 30, 2007 - 3:26 AM)

   What happened in Sweden is not illegal. It has precedents in the past, like Microsoft with C#.
   
   I like the Groklaw link, especially the Sun link. Is this the same Sun who systematically undermine ODF after their Java settlements in 2004?
   
   edit: If ODF standard is really that clear, why even OpenOffice cannot implements it fully? Why is there no full fidelity between OpenOffice and koffice? Is ODF really that easy to implement when open-source software like AbiWord does not want to implement it natively (converters does not count, because Microsoft Office also has it)?

10. Comment - Evidence of Microsoft Influencing OOXML Votes in Nordic States

    6.5 (Aug 30, 2007 - 3:12 AM)

    First thing first, what Microsoft has done it Sweden is not illegal. Immoral maybe, but not illegal. Microsoft does the same thing too with C#, no one complains.