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Winamp has always prided itself on being free and it has a steady, loyal following as a result. Version 5 is sure to please its current users, and to win it some converts.
It looks good with a completely new interface, and comes with fairly comprehensive file support. Audio support includes CDA, MIDI, MP1/2/3/4, AAC, OGG, WAV, AIF, WMA and more.
Support for video is added in version 5.52, and currently this stretches to MPG, M2V, AVI and ASF formats.
The popular iTunes has been one of the best audio players on the market. However, its vast music store now gives holders of the video iPod the opportunity to preview and download music videos, TV programmes and now full movies, all at very reasonable prices.
If you want to share your music, iTunes will look for other copies running across a network and you can then listen to other people's music. An Internet radio option is available for broadband users.
VLC (initially VideoLAN Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats, including MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, MP3, and OGG, as well as for DVDs, VCDs and various streaming protocols.
It also can be used as a server for unicast or multicast streams in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network. Version 0.8.6 adds, amongst other things, MacIntel support, improvements in the Audio CD playback (CDDB), and a a new AJAX HTTP interface. There are also Mac and Linux versions available.
This is the portable version which enables you to take your music and videos along with you, as well as something to play them on.
RealPlayer is the behemoth of the media player arena. It's been around a long time and has a wide range of features and functionality.
The player's file support is huge and it can cope with practically anything you throw at it, both in terms of video and audio. It also has its own proprietary RealAudio Lossless format for encoding audio without any loss of quality.
Like iTunes, RealPlayer comes with a digital music store built-in, but the options in terms of number of songs and the artists available are not as impressive.
As you would expect, CD burning is integrated and includes all the usual features such as normalisation of track volumes, crossfades and the removal of gaps between tracks.
You can also generate analog recordings from external sources, such as your own voice (via a microphone) and your old record or tape collection.
And you can transfer audio directly onto your portable MP3 player thanks to the built-in support for numerous devices including Palm, Nomad Zen and the iPod.
RealPlayer 11 supports the option to download video to your computer, amongst other new features.
* Improved performance delivers faster scans NEW * One click access to expert support NEW * Works quietly in the background. NEW * Network mapping provides a view of your home network. NEW * Detects and removes spyware and viruses * Blocks spyware and worms automatically * Anti-virus protection for email and instant messaging * Prevents virus-infected emails from spreading * Rootkit detection finds and removes hidden threats * Includes protection updates and new product features as available throughout the renewable service period
The word 'free' often equates to an inferior product but, in this case, there is no doubt that this is a professional product.
Split into three sections and a Control Centre, AVG Anti-Virus protects against viruses in a number of key areas. The Resident Shield works in the background and checks all files and file types (including floppy disk, CD content etc.) for viruses, whilst the Email Scanner works with Microsoft Exchange and Outlook.
AVG Free now comes with a link scanner. It checks search results from sites such as Google to make sure there are no malicious scripts and displays an icon to show the threat level. Active protection against malicious scripts is only available in the paid for version of AVG; the free version does no more than warn.
The Boot-up Scanner operates at start-up, and checks the most important areas of a PC before you begin to use it. Every aspect of AVG's virus protection can be configured using the Control Centre, which allows you to modify a number of program settings and to schedule scans, among other things.
When installing there's an option to create a rescue disk for use should any of your key system files become infected. All crucial areas and files on a PC are backed up, and can be restored from this disk.
Note the review above was for the older free v7.x edition. The download here is for the brand new major v8 release, along with an improved user-interface, anti-virus and anti-spyware protection and much more.
