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Media Player Classic : The all in one Media Player

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Media Player Classic might look like the old Microsoft Windows Media Player 6, but is in fact one of the most used media players around.
At around a megabyte in size, the player is much more compact than VLC or any of the others.
Media Player ClassicLets look at some of the most important and useful features that also make Media Player Classic the player of choice for many.

Make it a default player:
View > Options. Click on Formats and then chose the formats you want the MPC to be the default player.

Fixing Audio Delay:
View > Options Click on Internal Filters > Audio Switchers. Enter a value Audio Shift in milliseconds. Enter a positive value to have a audio delayed or a Negetive Value to have the video delayed.

Boosting Audio:
View > Options Click on Internal Filters > Audio Switchers. Now drag the slider to desired position. This may cause drastic audio if you slide it way too high.

Saving Screenshots:
Pause at your desired frame and then File > Save Image. If you want thumbnails from entire video clip, click on File > Save Thumbnails. Enter a file name and the number of rows and columns you want, click Save. An Image Sheet with the thumbnails and information on the video file will be saved.

Subtitles:
Media Player Classic has supported subtitles for quite a while now. However, there are a few changes to the renderer that need to be done before you can actually view them. Click on View > Options. Choose DirectShow VMR7 or VMR9 (renderless). Click OK and restart Media Player Classic. Now open the movie you want to watch, click on File > Load Subtitle and point to the subtitle file you have. You can customize the way of subtitles are rendered. Go to View > Options > Subtitles > Default Style. Here you can set the subtitles settings such as position, font, color, transparency etc.

Quick Shortcuts:
Play/Pause : Space Bar
Stop : .
Volume Up : Up Arrow
Volume Down : Down Arrow
Full Screen : Alt + Enter
Mute : Ctrl + M
Boss Key : B
Zoom In : Numpad 9 (Page UP)
Zoom Out : Numpad 1 (End)
Increase Width : Numpad 6
Decrease Width : Numpad 4
Increase Height : Numpad 8
Decrease Height : Numpad 2
Center View : Ctrl + Numpad 5

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Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0 : The Big Daddy of Internet Security Suites

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Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0Kaspersky is another one of the many antivirus makers that’s gone the complete Internet Security system way – not a bad thing. It’s known to be a resources hog, so we checked if anything had improved with this edition.
The suite takes care of all your security worries.. files, mail, system network security etc. All the basic controls for the components can be accessed from the main two-pane layout window. Modifying settings means you to go to another window which houses all the settings for the components, and there are plenty of them.
The core antivirus feature is standard and allows you to scan files and folders along with boot sectors, Registry, Memory, startup programs, etc. The Anti-Spam has a nifty training feature that learns by looking at mails in your mailbox through a wizard to provide more accurate spam protection. The firewall monitors for incoming and outgoing threats and notifies you immediately. Any attacks targeted at your computer can be set to have the attacker’s machine blocked for a set period of time.
The firewall also takes care of the blocking of ad banners and pop-ups from websites as well. The parental control is useful is not only stopping access to inappropriate sites, but also in setting limitations on time spent at the computer and on the internet. User accounts on Windows can be set to parent, teenager, Child and by default, all user are set to Child.
Strictness of all the features can be adjusted using a slider. At the same manual changes can be made. This is especially useful for spam filtering, parental control and the firewall. Heuristic scanning is available in most of the modules, but not enabled in all of them by default.
The help file doesn’t carry any screenshots, but the explanation is adequate and easy to understand.
Kaspersky’s Internet Security Suite is a pretty good choice for anyone looking for a complete security solution, its right up there with the best security suite money can buy at the price of $79.95/Year of license. There are no missing features, and everything is implemented well. New users might be a little confused by all the terms and huge list of options, though.

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SpeechVibe : Total vioce control

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SpeechVibe allows complete control over one’s PC using voice commands. You first create a voice profile, which doesn’t take too long-and you can start using SpeechVibe.
SpeechVibe scans the Start Menu, and launching an installed application is straightforward-just say, “Launch (application name)”. There’s something called the Mouse Grid, pictured below. It allows even mouse movements to be controlled by voice. This translucent grid takes up the whole screen and highlights point coordinates. You use the name of the coordinate-such as 3-29, 3-30, and so on-to tell SpeechVibe which action you want performed. So, for example, if your outlook icon is under coordinate 2-23, you say “2-23″ and Outlook will be launched. You can click, move, double-click, right-click, and perform drag and drop operations using the mouse grid. It is so precise, you can even create objects in MS Paint, as we’ve done here. Not that you’d want to paint this way, but it demonstrates the power SpeechVibe brings with it.
Browser and mail client support computers inbuilt; when you say “Go to {Web site}”, SpeechVibe launches the default browser. A window filled with sorted, numbered, and continuously scrolling favorite URLs is superimposed.You then open a Web page by saying “Pick {number}”. SpeechVibe also supports speech-to-text by superposing a “dictate environment.”This allows you to correct mistakes on-the -fly. An example of this is shown below: a speaker said “Tech Freek”, and the word was recognized-and there are several alternatives that you can choose from by saying the appropriate number.
SpeechVibe is not as accurate as expensive voice recognition software, but the features are innovative. These will take some getting used to of course.At just Rs 675, you might want to consider this one if you are in the market for speech recognition software.

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