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Originally Posted by John Rogers
For fun, here is what I use to download YouTube videos and make movies out of them.
- 4K Video Downloader: Great little package and get updated couple times a year.
- Bulk Rename Utility: Best little app that allows rename of a whole directory of 25 or so files and will also get rid of Asian characters in file names.
- Use Net Explorer (UE.exe): which I have used for over 20 years to access "Usenet" to get things not readily available elseware.
- AVS Video Editor and associated suite of utilities: Click and copy to make a long (2 to 3 hrs) video of any format you wish. I usually create a MP4 movie out of my downloads.
- WINRAR: Great archive and unpack utility.
- Norton Utilities: This stuff has been keeping my computer(s) safe since that guy was in the liquor ads in Playboy!
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Wow! I haven't used Usenet in probably 20 years. I'll bet I haven't used WinRar in 12-15 years (it is good software, I just haven't needed it in that long. Maybe the fact that you use Usenet, where I remember RAR archiving being more popular is why you still used it.
WOW!!! Norton Utilities, I don't think I've used Norton since the late 80s, or maybe early 90s. Back then it was this sort of thing.
UnErase, recovers erased files
FileFix, repairs damaged files
DiskLook, complete floppy disk displays and maps
SecMod, easy changes to floppy disk sectors
FileHide, interactive hidden file control
BatHide, automatic hidden file control
TimeMark, displays date, time, elapsed time
ScrAtr, sets DOS to work in any colors
Reverse, work in black on white
Clear, clears the screen for clarity
FileSort, keeps floppy disk files by date or name
DiskOpt, speeds floppy disk access
Beep, causes the PC speaker to beep
Print, prints files
Defragmenter
etc....
My list, hmmm. VLC is good, but I only use it if nothing else will play a file.
Handbrake - ripping DVDs to files that will stream from my NAS
Makemkv - ripping BD to file that handbrake can then rip to a file that will stream from my NAS
Not something that most folks would need, but "Secure CRT" - SSH client, telnet client, console client.
Firefox - (I've been using firefox since it was Netscape. I took a break once for a short period when it sucked. I've tried a bunch of the others over the years including a bunch of obscure ones.)
On a Windows box "excalibur" or on a Mac "RPN Anywhere" or "Free 42" - they are all calculators that support RPN.
If you wanted to download Torrents on a MAC, then I might recommend "Transmission"
Wireshark - if you need to take or view packet captures
iTerm - If you're on a MAC this is a terminal app that's better than the built in.