Adapter is a free video converter for Mac & PC. It converts avi, saves flash .flv, crops video and more! It even works with audio and image files so you can convert wav to mp3 and transform jpg files! This tiny freeware program lets you quickly and easily change any file type to any other file type.

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Macsome Audio Editor: as a powerful audio editor freeware, it supports easily and quickly editing MP3 or AAC on Mac OS X. With Macsome AudioEditor, you can quickly cut and trim audio, as well as split files. It works with compressed MP3 and AAC formats to edit without the quality loss caused by other editors. Get perfect quality audio when editing natively in the MP3, AAC formats. You can also use it to make Ringtons for iPhone, or any other phone which support MP3 or AAC file as its ringtone. And you can also use it to remove any unwanted part or ads from audio files. You can add ID Tags for the audio file you saved to disk. ID Tags including Song Name, Artist, Album Name, etc. The most of all , it is a freeware, free to use software, free to upgrade.

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Soundflower is a Mac OS X (10.2 and later) system extension that allows applications to pass audio to other applications. Soundflower is easy to use, it simply presents itself as an audio device, allowing any audio application to send and receive audio with no other support needed. Soundflower is free, open-source, and runs on Mac Intel and PPC computers.

Example: To send audio from iTunes to Max/MSP, open the System Preferences and select Soundflower (2ch) as the device for sound output inside the Sound panel. Then, inside Max/MSP’s DSP Status Window, select Core Soundflower (2ch) as the input device. All output of iTunes should now be sent to Max/MSP’s adc~ object.

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Camtasia Studio has long been the best solution for recording and editing screencasts. It is a wonderful tool for creating tutorials, among other things, by recording the activity on a computer screen. Camtasia users have long thumbed their noses at Mac users, as it has only been available for the Windows platform. Until now.

The folks at Techsmith, makers of Camtasia, have let it slip they are going to release a Mac version on August 25. I am one of the lucky folks who have been beta testing Camtasia for Mac for weeks and all I can tell you (due to NDA) is: get it. As soon as it’s available. It is a superb method to record screens and the editor makes it a breeze to pretty things up.

(Via jkOnTheRun.)

VideoK a new innovative video Player for Mac Users implementing a new breakthrough technology that will enable you to optimize space without losing out on performance.

This unique easy to use player will allow you to convert any video file to the new codec JPDMovie (JPDM independent pre-filter to H.264) enhancing your picture definition saving up to 30% on memory space (on the actual H264 standard).

Video Format: Mov and m4v QuickTime compatible (JPDM, independent pre-filter to H.264). JPDM vs. Lossy video format: 30% reduction with improved image quality.

Features:

• Drag and Drop
• QuickLook
• Growl support
• Sparkle updater
• And a new component for QuickTime

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Minitube is a native YouTube client. With it you can watch YouTube videos in a new way: you type a keyword, Minitube gives you an endless video stream. Minitube does not require the Flash Player.

Minitube is in its early stages. It currently has a lot of bugs and still lacks many features I planned for it. That said, it partially works. Try it, report your experience in the comments and spread the word.

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Analysts are sometimes way off the mark with predictions, but that doesn’t mean that can’t invent ideas we’d actually really like to see implemented—in this case, Gene Munster’s speculation about an app store for the Apple TV.

We need to specify one thing before we start: This is not a rumor. There is absolutely no information to back up this idea, there have been no leaks on the subject, and there’s no reason to believe Apple is working on anything of the sort. It’s an idea based purely on speculation. That being said, we think it’s a smart idea, totally within the realm of possibility, and something we’d really like to see.

Given Apple’s massive success with the iPhone and iPod touch App Store, it makes sense that maybe Apple would try to implement something similar for the underdog in their lineup, the Apple TV. While Windows Media Center has developed quickly into one of the best pieces of software Microsoft’s ever created, and Boxee and XBMC have pushed the limits of user-created media centers, the Apple TV has languished with behind-the-times software and features, seemingly ignored by Apple themselves. With Boxee, it’s a great device, but how many people really know Boxee exists, let alone how to install it? The Apple TV has a ton of mainstream potential, and an app store might be just the way to achieve it.

An app store could deliver loads of new features to the Apple TV, from games to news to other digital video services (like Hulu), and could really exploit the under-used combination of Apple TV and iPhone. It’d be the best of both worlds, with the flexibility of Boxee and the security of the iPhone. Think about it: You could use the acceleromter in the iPhone to control a racing game displayed on your TV through the Apple TV, stream media across the world, or even just use your home theater system for truly epic fart apps.

And this could make media streamers (or home theater PCs, whatever) the mainstream devices they really should be: Despite Windows Media Center’s slick interface and ease of use, mainstream users barely even know it exists. XBMC, with its Linux base, requires users to hunt for apps, just like cell phones pre-App Store. Apple could really capitalize on the possibilities and relative lack of use of HTPCs and media streamers, and they’d barely have to do anything themselves!

Especially given Microsoft’s big push toward what they call the ‘three screen’ strategy (computer, mobile device, television) with the Zune HD and new Xbox 360 features, it really seems like the time for Apple to jump into the ring too.

Remember, there’s no reason to think an Apple TV app store is in the works. But on the other hand, we really hope it is. [via All Things D]

(Via Gizmodo.)

Not to be outdone by the Nintendo press conference earlier today, Sony announced that it was making its portable console, the PSP, more girl-friendly. The company introduced a new Tybee Island Hannah Montana-branded version of the portable device.

The company also touched on a number of’ family friendly games for the device, including Petz and Rock Band Unplugged.

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Sunset Over the Clouds: “

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I was on a plane when saw the sunset: there was a layer of clouds below the plane and still some over it, so the flaring red was just in between and the sky up above stayed blue

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