4k Video to MP3: Easily Extract Audio From Video Files In MP3 Format For Windows, Mac & Linux

4k Video to MP3 is an application that can convert videos to the most widely used audio format MP3, which is supported by almost all types of audio devices. Through this program, you can extract the audio of any video clips on your computer in a few clicks. The simple operation of this software allows people with even no experience in this type of activity can enjoy it without complications. If you want to get just the audio from videos stored on your PC, 4k Video to MP3 is a useful and efficient alternative. During our test, 4k Video to MP3 Converter has proven to be a functional tool, running all processes performed flawlessly. One of the highlights of this program is its simple interface, organized and intuitive features that promote interaction easily. In addition, the program had a low consumption of computer resources, increasing the requirement of the processor and RAM in a maximum of 4%. The application performance met our expectations. More to read.

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Panther: A Full-Featured Audio/Video Converter Tool With Batch Bit-Rate Converter [Windows & Linux]

Panther is a free audio and video converter that lets you change a media file (Video Clip/Sound Track) from one format to any other as the program is compatible with almost all types of format. Moreover, the application also provides a tool called Reduce the size of Music file that enables the reduction of the size occupied by a music file without losing its original quality. Although the interface of Panther is just a plain simple window, the items are well organized and easy to use. Although comparing with other media converter tool we have previously shared, the conversion process of the application is a bit slower but it had no problems during the execution of processes and after the conversion, we got a good quality output. Panther works with both audio files and video in a satisfactory manner, performing all processes controlled by you and presenting quality results. However, the program will be even better and complete if it could also provide a tool to reduce the size of movies, as well as it provides this function for music. Panther offers advanced options for those who prefer to customize more the result of the process, allowing you to change the characteristics of the file that simply are not available. Rightfully so, the program can be used both by people who do not have much experience with audio and video converters and also by professionals.

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Enjoy All Types Of Audio & Video File With Open-Source Multimedia Player Called UMPlayer [Windows, Mac & Linux]

UMPlayer is an open source multimedia player to play all types of audio and video files aiming to provide a full multimedia experience. It is a brilliant and freeware cross-platform tool that is available for Windows, Mac and Linux. It does it’s job very well, since with it you can open any media files from your computer and besides it has easy access to streaming videos and online radio sources. Anyone looking for a versatile media player that is powerful and also simple and lightweight, UMPlayer is easily one of the best choice for him. Besides playing with no problem most of the audio and video formats today, the program has a number of options that allow you to adjust its operation from preferences for utmost satisfaction. What disappoints the program is only the lack of a pre-configured list of radio and online television. With this, you will need to search for addresses and configure them manually if you want to access some kind of streaming content. The result is the reproduction of content without any kind of locking with a number of features that make online experience even better. Undoubtedly, UMPlayer is one of the best multimedia players available today and nobody will be disappointed when using it.

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Sigil Is A User-Friendly EPUB Editor For eBook Readers Works On Windows, Linux & Mac

With the overgrowing popularity of eBook readers, the future surly aims to bring much more mobility when carrying out books and notes and as well as allows you to spend less to get the same information as the electronic waiver spending on printing and distribution. For those who have recently entered to this new world and trying to find out an easy way to edit or convert books to digital formats compatible with eBook readers, Sigil might be of great help. Those who owns a eBook reader should pay attention to Sigil, which shows a good option when creating or editing EPUB files, one of the most popular formats used by these devices. Because of the user friendly interface comparing with similar types of programs the same category, Sigil allows anyone to use it easily. More to read.

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View/Organize Images Effectively & Make Simple Adjustment Using XnView

XnView is a combination of powerful picture browser and basic tools for editing images. Using this tool, you can browse and view your photos, organize them into categories, look for details on any photo and do simple adjustments to make them look better. XnView is an excellent program to view and organize multimedia files. Moreover, its compatibility is extremely large, encompassing many different file formats. It brings very diverse options for you to organize. categorize and sort your images easily. Although image editing is not a very strong point for XnView, it brings only basic adjustments. Therefore, the program is basically for those looking for a good image organizer and viewer that can replace Windows’ default photo viewer. To edit a bit more advanced, you can use any of our previously featured PixBuilder, FotoSketcher or SharpShot. But as of a image viewer tool, XnView allows to you add several binary and grey-scale effect which is almost similar to my favorite retro vintage effect. You can also cut, crop, adjust hue/brightness, remove red eye, rotate image or even perform lossless JPEG tranformation with this tool. More to read.

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Focus On Task Using Adobe Air Based Time Management Application Called Focus Booster

Focus Booster is an application designed to mark time intervals with break support, the technology that works on almost all platform as developed with Adobe AIR, very simple and easy to handle. Focus Booster is a beautiful and simple alternative for those who need to measure the time and set fixed time for a task to be done, after all has a tool that supports editable and pauses. In addition, the program offers extra features such as the ticking of the clock, the feature  of sounding an alarm on each scheduled interval, reduce the size of the bar that marks the time and still keep it overlapped with other windows open on your desktop. Not only the variety of resources, the program exudes modernity in its look, something characteristic of applications developed with Adobe AIR. Continue to read more.

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Edit Image With Easy To Use Paint Alternative Tool Called HeliosPaint For Windows, Mac & Linux

If you were following our blog quite regularly then you must have noted that we shared a handsome number of freeware image editor and photo tools already. Although each and every one of then has different plus-point, one of the biggest downside of our previously featured PixBuilder, FotoSketcher, Fotosizer or SharpShot is they are not cross-platform. Means they do not support multiple OS. From that view, today we are featuring another photo editor tool called HeliosPaint which could be a worthy alternative to Windows’s Paint and works on Windows, Mac and Linux. HeliosPaint provides basic tools and simple effects as well as some common adjustments such as brightness, contrast and sharpness. Another plus-point of this application is it’s portable that means you need not to install it anywhere, simply run it. It has an interface similar to the Window’s default photo editor Paint – The only difference is it has much more tools then paint. You can create a new image or edit an existing one using this. The program has support for various formats such as BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG, PSD, TGA, TIF and many others. More to read.

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Edit & Enhance Images Easily With SharpShot Free For Windows, Mac And Linux [Featured]

The most widely used photo editor is Adobe Photoshop (Paid) or GIMP (Free). But if you are just an armature photo editor who used to edit photo to amaze their friends ore just for fun, then surly Photoshop and GIMP will be a hideously complex tool for you. Although if you are a professional, then those two undoubtedly the best choice available. But nowadays, the number of armature photo editor is huge and so many easy tools are coming providing limited but only useful features. SharpShot is a one of those tools. This is a really easy to use, functional, featured cross-platformed and portable photo editor tool that works on all three major OS Windows, Mac and Linux. Sharpshot is a simple graphics editor, focused on basic modifications and minor fixes. So do not expect to see as much features as in Paint.NET or PhotoScape, for example. However, this application provides important tools in a simple User Interface which definitely makes this tool worth of trying.

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Create Slideshow From Images And Videos With Effects And Music Using IMGDissolver For Windows & Linux

IMGDissolver is an open source freeware program to create slideshows from your photos and videos. The application is also able to export the created slideshow as video files of different formats, including ISO images so you can burn and watch the slideshow from DVD. It is also able to convert videos, cut/trim specific parts and capture an image as well. In addition, you can apply different effects like Grey scale, Sepia, Sharpness and more others to your image. IMGDissolver allows you to put subtitles with customizable fonts on the top, center or bottom of the screen. Another thing is you can also add background music to your slideshow or presentation from any music file. You can also record narration in the same format. IMGDissolver can be run in Windows and Linux Operating System. More to read.

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[APP][1.6+] Ubuntu Installer – Testers wanted

I have working on a project in the form of an app, which guides you through the installation of Ubuntu within android via chroot. It includes a ubuntu 10.10 image I have been working on which includes lots of program to allow users to develop program/scripts etc within Ubuntu on there phone/tablet.
However I have I have yet to get much testing on this device and would like more feedback from users!
Please post your device/kernel/rom along with what did and didn’t work, so I can draw up what I need to change in the next release of the app/ubuntu build.
Website
http://zpwebsites.com/android-app/ub…guide/devices/
Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCqzs8yQTM8
App Download

• Free App
• Paid App

Boot Script
ubuntu.sh(V5) Full Image
This image is 1.5GB to download, once extracted 3.5GB, and include alot of programs like openoffice, thunderbird, firefox and over programs for ‘developing’ – Also allows you to switch between the LXDE and Gnome desktops, and you can define screen size on boot!
ubuntuV5-image.zip
Lightweight Image – This is yet to be included in an app, will be included in the next release (aka 2.0  ), so get it now before anyone else!
This image is just under 500MB to download, once extracted 2.5GB, and include only programs needed (LXDE desktop, web browser, + other basic programs) also allows you to define screen size on boot
ubuntuV5-sm-image.zip
I also want to build up a small group of testers who I can email with new images and scripts, these will include all future distros that I do. If you are interested in joining this test group please PM me or send a email to zac@zpwebsites.com
The only requirement is that your willing to test and send feedback along with screen shoots etc where required, it would also be good if your willing to try different roms and kernels for your device!
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Other Guides
Like this guide? want to try something different? then check out my other guides for different distro’s
Backtrack – This is a distro that is based around security testing, it also includes the Gnome desktop environment and a range of other programs.
Updates
29/01/12
*New V5 small image, featuring fixed Java, even more lightweight (now around 1.2GB free) and user can set screen size on boot
*PAID New Build guide which shows you how to build your own Ubuntu images
*Brand new UI To make the whole thing more useable
*PAID new ‘one click boot’ feature to allow quick booting from either the widget or inside the app
*PAID new widget to activate the one click boot
*PAID app install guide changed in light of ‘one click boot’
*Fixed keyboard mapping of random letters in Gnome
18/01/12
*Large ubuntu image now allows user to set screen size on boot!
*Large Ubuntu image now lets you select between LXDE and Gnome desktops
*Large Ubuntu image has been recompiled to fix the likes of Java (note some of the above changes will be included in the small image in the future)
*FAQ section updated with more answers to questions I have been getting
*Install guide updated in light of the new large image
06/01/12
*PAID app file downloads now use new fast FTP server and support direct downloading (click the button to download a image and it starts to download right away)
*New boot script which has fixed problems with it not booting on alot of devices, and fixed problem which some people getting a grey screen when loading UI
*Boot script now downloaded in zip file to fix problems with downloading script
*Both apps fixed to support low resolutions
*Both apps cleaned up
28/12/11
*PAID app now supports 960×540 ‘qHD’ resolution
*ALL Ubuntu lightweight images cleaned up even more saved another 300MB of space
*ALL Ubuntu images updated with all new updates
*ALL Ubuntu images now in .zip format to fix problems with some peoples devices failing to extract the .rar files
*Boot script updated, once booted now terminal acts like a command line interface for Ubuntu, and some boot problems now fixed
*Image and boot script now downloadable separately to allow easier updating
19/12/11
New ‘lighter’ ubuntu image options for all resolutions already supported
15/12/11
New ubuntu images with all updates up to 15/11/11
FREE app ubuntu image resized to fit 800×480 resolution
PAID app ubuntu images now includes 4 images for 800×480, 854×480, 1024×600 and 1280×800 resolutions

Working Devices

Here is a table of working devices:
(if your device is not on the list all it means is no one has reported it working, it may well still work!, the roms and kernels are simply a list one known working, other roms/kernels may well work but these are known to work)

Device Name	ROM	Kernel	Notes
Acer Iconia A500	TegraOwners ICS v96	Thor v3.9r15
Asus Eee Pad Transformer	krakd	razzle dazzle	N/A
Atrix 4G	Cyanogenmod	faux123′s kernel	N/A
Archos 101 Internet Tablet	UrukDroid	UrukDroid	N/A
Dell Streak Mini 5	DSC	DSC	N/A
Galaxy Player 4.0	Stock 2.3.5	Stock	N/A
HTC HD2	MIUI	MIUI	N/A
HTC Desire	Ginger Villain 3.3	Ginger Villain 3.3	N/A
HTC Desire HD	Icy-smoke	RCMIX3D-V11.1	N/A
HTC Desire S	Most Roms	Any other than stock	N/A
HTC Droid Incredible 2	Sabotage Sense v1.2	drelisdees #21	N/A
HTC EVO 3D	Stock	Stock	N/A
HTC Flyer WiFi 16GB	LeeDroid honeycomb	LeeDroid honeycomb	N/A
HTC Glacier	Absolution	tdj darkside 12 cm	N/A
HTC Inspire 4g	Cyanogenmod 7	Cyanogenmod 7	N/A
HTC Sensation XE	RCMix3.5 v7.1	2.6.35.13-gc35910f	N/A
HTC Thunderbolt	Liquid Gingerbread v 3.2	Liquid Gingerbread v 3.2	N/A
Kindle Fire	Stock	Stock	N/A
Samsung Captivate	Cyanogenmod 7	Cyanogenmod 7	N/A
Samsung Continuum SCH-I400	EC07-Clean-Froyo 2.2.2	Imnuts Hacked Stock	N/A
Samsung Galaxy Note (GT-N7000)	Stock 2.3.5	Stock	N/A
Samsung Galaxy Nexus	AOKP build 21	Franco kernel #15	N/A
Samsung Galaxy Tab P1000 GSM	Overcome 4.1.0	Overcome 4.0.0	N/A
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1v	Android 4.0.3	Android 4.0.3	N/A
Samsung Nexus S	Cyanogenmod 7	Cyanogenmod 7	N/A
Samsung Vibrant	ICS	ICS	N/A
Sony Tablet S	Stock	Stock	N/A
Motorola Photon 4G	Jokercomplete V1	MoPhoACTV Initiative	N/A
Transformer Prime	Stock	Stock	N/A
Xperia Neo	NEO SE.TWEAKED	Inteks Kernel Clean OC	N/A

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Install Ubuntu 10.10 in Android Platform and Run Os inside it

Hey users , do you want to enjoy the popular desktop Linux OS Ubuntu on your Android powered mobile device, it can’t get easier than this – the free “Ubuntu Installer”
app from Android Market. The application allows users to install and run “Ubuntu” inside Android – The market application installs an customized
Ubuntu 10.10 image optimized for the ARM processor allowing users to run a full Ubuntu system within android. The great thing is users can make calls,
text, and use other android features without having to reboot their phones

Video Link
The application supports quite-a-lot mobile devices and the list can be found from the supported devices link posted at the end of this post, another
requirements are :
Android must be rooted.
1GHZ processor (recommended)
Android 2.1 or higher
Kernel will loop device support (this is included in most custom ROM’s)
SD card with at least 3.5GB of free space for large image (2.5GB for small image)
Data connection on your device
Ext2 file system support
Key features include:
Two types of Ubuntu image ‘large’ and ‘lightweight’ Both have:
Ability to install a full operating system on your phone
LXDE Desktop (very lightweight)
Working update manager
Working software centre
Ability to access files on your SD card and internal memory from Ubuntu
Ability to set screen size on boot (you no longer have to download a certain image for different screen sizes!)
Large image includes:
1.5GB download, which is 3.5GB once extracted
Ability to boot into either Gnome or LXDE desktops
Lots of apps perfect for ‘developing’ including:
Firefox, Thunderbird, openoffice.org suite, GIMP Image Editor, Emacs Text Editor (geared towards programming), C and C++ build-essential,
Java JDK, Python, TeXlive and TeXmaker LaTeX editor, Transmission BitTorrent Client, eVince PDF Viewer, File Manager, Terminal, Image Viewer,
Leafpad Text Editor, Synaptic Package Manager and Ubuntu Software Center with all repositories enabled (Ubuntu Software Center is pretty and
well organized – but bloated and slow), SSH server, Gnash
Lightweight image includes:
500MB download, which is 2.5GB once extracted
Includes only apps required for everything to work, leaving lots of space for your own programs but having a smaller image
Download Free From Android Market :
Ubuntu Installer
Supported Devices

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How To Dual Boot Ubuntu 11.10 Orinic Ocelot Using USB Pen-Drive Or CD/DVD

The latest final release from the world’s post popular open source Linux Kernel based OS, Ubuntu 11.10 got out almost two months ago and after that release I give you a quick shot over some new and important improvements of that version. Since then I got a lot request to start Linux section in my blog and so I kept searching for a good writer who would like to write one (As I wanted myself suited to Windows only). But those who are capable of giving something here weren’t really free at this moment so I decided to go by myself. So from that point of view today I am ensuring you that you will see a resourceful Linux section in ABC Trick real soon. As this blog is mostly focused to Windows users and I guess also most of visitors I got are also use Windows, so I am trying to improvise you to use Linux and today I am going to show you how to Dual Boot Ubuntu 11.10 with your current operating system safely. I will go through every details and necessary tips including screenshots here. So continue to read more.

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How To Run Ubuntu 11.10 aka Oneiric Ocelot Using VirtualBox [Guide]

Few days ago, the most famous Linux-based Operating System developer Ubuntu released their latest final version of OS 11.10 also know as Oneiric Ocelot for PC. This version came with a huge improvement even it’s mouth watering even for the hardcore Windows or Mac fan. Motivated by it’s great release, I wanted to install this latest version on my PC but before that I decided to give a quick look over this latest release using VirtualBox. For those who aren’t familiar with VirtualBox, VirtualBox is the most reputable options for emulation of operating systems in virtual machines. With it you can run one system inside another, like Ubuntu (or any other Linux distribution) on a Windows PC or Mac, and vice versa. Now I am going to show you exactly how I ran Ubuntu 11.10 AVD so that you can try out this before installing. Follow for the full tutorial.

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How To Install Updated Marlin File Browser In Ubuntu 11.10

If you are looking for an alternate file manager for Linux, Marlin can be a good one. Marlin File Browser is a quite elegant and sleek yet fast GTK3 based file manager with some unique and powerful features. Marlin File Browser has integration with Dropbox and Ubuntu One [Needed additional plug-in], compress and comparison, color labels for folders and as well as files and more. Marlin is available for elementary OS daily PPA and thus it can be installed in Ubuntu.

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Ubuntu 12.04 AKA Precise Pangolin Alpha 1 Released

On this 1st December, the first Alpha version of Ubuntu 12 aka Precise Pangolin has been released. While the final version of Ubuntu 12 is scheduled for April 26th, 2012 – this release came out to give you a small test of what it looks like. While in Alpha, this version is not yet anyway stable or safe for work, it is not recommended to use on an important purpose and also not if the user needs something stable to hang with.

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