Graphic Maniacs » Apps http://graphicmaniacs.com Fri, 18 May 2012 08:21:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Converting video files to WebM format http://graphicmaniacs.com/note/converting-video-files-to-webm-format/ http://graphicmaniacs.com/note/converting-video-files-to-webm-format/#comments Sun, 30 May 2010 22:39:06 +0000 Alex http://graphicmaniacs.com/?p=414 ]]> For Windows users, the easiest way to convert the video will be to download the WebM DirectShow filters and use the makewebm tool inside the package.

To run the encoding process, simply run the makewebm in command line with the input video parameter:
makewebm myvideo.avi

It will start the process of encoding the video for you. If you receive an error about muxing audio or something like that, then probably you don’t have the Vorbis DirectShow filters installed. To do so, navigate to OGG page and download the codecs from their website.

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#1 AVG Free

http://download.cnet.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Free-Edition/3000-2239_4-10320142.html?tag=mncol

Rated 5/5 Stars by CNET, AVG Free is definitely worth looking at.

#2 Microsoft Security Essentials

http://download.cnet.com/Microsoft-Security-Essentials/3000-2239_4-10969260.html?tag=mncol

Remember One Live Care? R.I.P. Microsoft has now released “Security Essentials” which is basically the newer (and FREE) version of its previous anti-virus software. It has a very small footprint and low memory usage. It requires very little to no user interaction to function.

- Stay tuned, more to come.

]]> http://graphicmaniacs.com/note/free-anti-virus-choices-january-2010/feed/ 0 How to search for text within a large number of files http://graphicmaniacs.com/note/how-to-search-for-text-within-a-large-number-of-files/ http://graphicmaniacs.com/note/how-to-search-for-text-within-a-large-number-of-files/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:42:43 +0000 peterv http://graphicmaniacs.com/?p=184 ]]> There are more utilities than a Pentium 2 processor can count to accomplish this task, yet I find myself spending 30-40 minutes finding one that works well, and presents the results in a human-readable form.
The best utility I have come across is called Text Crawler. (FREEWARE)

You can download it at: http://www.digitalvolcano.co.uk/content/textcrawler

Screenshot:

Text Crawler Screenshot

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