Command Line Utilities and Sys Software for Windows

Movica
$0 - Rajat Bhargav

Editing AVI files is easily done through VirtualDub but for .wmv and .mpg files the tools are less easily available. Two very good command line tools are available for editing these files viz.

AsfBin - Very well done editor for Windows media files
MpgTx - A tool being developed largely for POSIX apps.
FLVtool - Metadata updater and flv movie editor

All these applications are freely available for download for non-commercial use.

Movica is a graphical user interface that uses these fine programs to edit movie files. A great deal of emphasis has been placed on keyboard shortcuts to make the job of editing easier. In addition if you have RealProducer 11 Basic, you can edit .rm movies using Movica as well.

Briefly what you can do is -

- Select or delete multiple portions from a video file.
- Copy, paste and fine tune the selections.
- Join multiple files together
- Split movies into smaller ones
- Keep editlists that let you play selected parts of the movie without editing

Though initially meant for video files, support for audio files has been added. You can edit, join and split .wma and .mp3 files.

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XP Utilities Lite
$17.95 - Pingram Marketing

Every day you have to perform various operations on your computer, modify and tweak you system for your convenience. If you're not quite satisfied with your Windows XP Professional or Windows XP Home Edition, if every now and then you feel the urge to tweak it a bit, then XP Utilities Lite is the solution to your problem. With its intuitive user-friendly interface and a powerful set of tools it will help you have all necessary functions at your fingertips and control your system with just a few mouse clicks. XP Utilities Lite includes the selected features of Advanced XP Tweak, put together in a handy set for your everyday use. At any time you can easily upgrade to Advanced XP Tweak, containing even more tweaks and features for the easiest and safest way of getting the most out of your PC.

XP Utilities Lite is an easy and safe way to fine-tune your Windows XP and Internet Explorer. It allows you to optimize your system the way you want, whether you need to quickly access the Windows built-in command line administration tools, add or remove some program, delete the Cookies or use the Startup or DLL Manager. The program can run minimized, hiding in the system tray until you need it, it can also show the warning messages, to make it more convenient

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Tri Text Tools
$5 - Intelligence Services

Tri Text Tools (TTT's). TTT's operate in MS-DOS command line mode to perform Text Examination and Translation tasks that would daunt even the most experienced "Windows" operators. Few WINDOWS programs have been discovered by us that offer TEXT access into entire file systems achieved by TTT's. Programs should also work fine in MS-DOS emulated systems such as IBM-AIX, Windows NT & Apple Mac. These programs are NLX, HEAD and STRINGS. NLX can change text files ordinarily used for UNIX or Apple MAC into MS-DOS usable ones. STRINGS rips sequences of text characters out of binary files so You can see their innards. HEAD gives You more! Of the front, middle or end of files. TTT's can process up to SEVERAL HUNDRED medium size files PER MINUTE on an average PC. In the case of NLX edit, backups can automatically be made to preserve original content of files. NLX handles text files of UNIX or MAC format and automatically converts their new-line sequences over to IBM-PC format in a safe and controlled manner. STRINGS can extract text from non-text files, to optionally include white-space so that the easily read portions of the files can be easily viewed. HEAD is our version of a famous UNIX utility can show certain amounts of lines at the front, middle or end of files with the added bonus that empty lines can optionally be excluded from display. Any of these utilities can be invoked from batch files to simply and automatically perform routine tasks. Each tool has many options that can be used to alter its operation such as recursive descent through a file system, multiple drive specification, data logging, display of spaces and tabs as dots and diamonds and extension of potential command-line arguments beyond the shell maximum via command-line argument files. Tri Text Tools is a Maximum Delivery software suite at NO cost to Non-Profit and Non-Government Users. If these tools are used by the government or business organisations, then these parties must contact us for conditional permission (Ethical) to purchase and use the tools.

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Diff Commander
$29 - Nikeware

I've been using a large number of file synchronization tools. From the very
first DOS command-line utilities to powerful plug-ins in modern file shells,
such as FAR or TotalCommander. They all are based on the same simple
principle. You give them two folders to compare and they return to you a
list of files that differ. The modern tools have a better interface. They
allow you to visually select folders on file panels and highlight
differences visually. Normally, they also allow you to select a few options
to tune-up the comparison. Usually, options are just file attributes to
compare. That's all that they can do for you. And I was thinking,
erroneously, that it's a perfect solution and that there is nothing more
that could be done. Then I learned about Diff Commander...

Diff Commander brings a brand new level of flexibility and usability into
folder comparison and file synchronization. How is it different from all I
have seen before? At first, it introduces its own, very specialized
interface. Files and folders are shown on two panes as a tree. The program
supports compressed archives that are shown as normal folders. File
comparison was never so visually attractive before. You can also compare
folders recursively. Differences are colorfully highlighted on both panes.
The program allows you to tune-up the comparison by providing numerous
settings. You can filter files by masks, skip hidden and system files, turn
on and off recursion, and much more...

But the main enhancement is the ability to define synchronization rules.
The program alerts you of each file that differs and that needs to be copied
or moved according to the rules. You can synchronize all files at once or
one by one.

All settings are stored in Profiles. You can have different settings for
different projects. The program also can be used for batch comparisons. It
reads folder names from a text file and does comparison/synchronization
automatically.

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Image Converter .EXE 3 Scripting Edition
$0 - SoftTech InterCorp

Whether through the command line or using the built in graphical scripting interface, Image Converter .EXE 3 Scripting edition is a photo professionals dream come true. A complete image editor, effects processor and photo converter all in a batch supporting scripting interface. Seamlessly convert thousands of images for your website, database or archive using the scripting interface or harness the powerful command line support and integrate it into your software utilities or database modules. Whatever the need, Image Converter .EXE 3 Scripting Edition can help you achieve your goal.

Image Converter .EXE 3 Scripting Edition supports writing to the following formats: JPG, GIF, PIC, TIF, BMP, DCX, DIB, JIF, PBM, PCX, PGM, PNG, PPM, TGA and WPG. Supported effects which can be processed in batch mode include: Adjust HSL, Adjust RGB, Blend, Brightness, Buttonize, Color Depth, Contrast, Crop, Draw Text, Motion Blur, Mosaic, Perspective, Pinch, Posterize, Resample, Resize, Ripple, Rotate, Sharpen, Soften, Solarize, Swirl, Auto Contrast, Blur, Diffuse, Dilate, Emboss, Equalize, Erode, Flip, Median, Mirror, Negate, Outline, Replace Colors, Colorize, Merge.

Add copyrights to your images. Generate web safe thumbnails of your images. Auto-Contrast thousands of images at once. Automatically crop off unwanted black and white borders. Dynamically resize your photos for use in e-mail; documents and websites.

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OstroSoft Internet Tools
$29 - OstroSoft

Award-winning integrated set of network (Internet) utilities.
Contains scan wizard, port and domain scanners, connection, host, service mail and html watchers,
ping, traceroute, netstat, ns lookup, ftp, whois, ph, finger and many more...
All utilities are highly configurable and can work simultaneously.
Easy-to use interface, detailed output, reporting and logging capabilities, command-line arguments support, context-sensitive help.

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