Media Software News: Music & Video Applications Updates

ShanaEncoder: Download versatile video and audio converter

July 29, 2019

ShanaEncoder is a free open-source audio/video encoding program for Windows based on FFmpeg, designed for both beginners and professionals.

How to customize the settings in mpv

July 27, 2019

The free media player mpv is an incredible program despite its simple interface.

How to make sure that AIMP remembers the last playback position

July 25, 2019

The media player AIMP is my favorite application for music and audio playback on Windows.

Paint.net 4.2 is out with a huge list of changes

July 15, 2019

The developer of Paint.

Spotify Lite: Alternative to Spotify on Android discontinued

July 9, 2019

Spotify Lite is a smaller (under 10 MB), faster, and more efficient version of the Spotify app designed for older Android devices (4.

A look at mpv.net, a mpv frontend with Everything integration

July 5, 2019

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VLC Media Player 3.0.7 released: security updates and improvements

June 6, 2019

A new version of the cross-platform multimedia application VLC Media Player hast been released today.

IrfanView 4.53 Image Viewer released

May 20, 2019

IrfanView is one of the most advanced image viewers that is available for Windows.

PCRADIO Internet Radio app that works with low speed Internet

March 5, 2019

Mobile users have several options when it comes to listening to Internet Radio on their devices.

Counterpoint: Why I am keeping my subscription services

February 12, 2019

Recently my colleague, Martin Brinkmann, wrote why he was getting rid of streaming services.

2019: the year I dropped all entertainment subscription plans

February 11, 2019

This is somewhat of a personal story but it is probably one that is of interest to many out there.

A preview of VLC Media Player 4.0

February 6, 2019

VLC Media Player 3.

Amiga Music Tracker and Player in JavaScript

January 31, 2019

BASSOON Tracker is a free web application that gives you full control over an Amiga music tracker and player.

Kodi 18.0 Final has been released

January 29, 2019

Kodi 18.

Changes to Windows Media Center and Player Metadata service

January 27, 2019

Microsoft revealed plans on Friday to turn off the metadata service for certain media product and operating system combinations.

Nuclear is a free Spotify alternative for the desktop

January 17, 2019

Nuclear is a free Electron-based program for desktop operating systems such as Windows, Linux, or Mac OS X to stream music from popular free sources on the Inte

Winamp Community Update Project releases first Winamp Preview

January 3, 2019

WACUP -- the Winamp Community Update Project -- released a preview version of the music player to the public yesterday.

How to block endscreen video recommendations on YouTube

January 3, 2019

Whenever playback of a video on YouTube ends or is about to end, video recommendations may be displayed; these recommendations are based on the viewing history

VLC Media Player 3.0.5 is out

December 27, 2018

VideoLAN released VLC Media Player 3.

Handbrake 1.2.0 video transcoder released

December 24, 2018

Handbrake 1.

Remove Backgrounds from Photos automatically

December 17, 2018

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YouTube removed 7.8 million videos and 224 million comments in Q3 2018

December 14, 2018

Google owned YouTube published the YouTube Community Guidelines Enforcement report for the third quarter of 2018 yesterday.

TV and Movie streaming is heading in the wrong direction

December 10, 2018

Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, HBO Now, YouTube TV, and many others; soon, Disney's entry into the market with its own service while other companies conside

Paint.net 4.1.5 released with performance improvements

December 5, 2018

The developer of the image editor Paint.

YouTube now with free ad-supported blockbuster movies

November 19, 2018

Most YouTube users don't associate the site with blockbuster movies, probably, even though it is possible to rent movies on the site just as it is possible to d

How to download all Flickr Photos

November 6, 2018

SmugMug, the new owner of Flickr, announced plans recently to limit free accounts to 1000 photos or videos on the site instead of the previously used threshold

Flickr limits free version to 1000 photos

November 3, 2018

Flickr announced plans to limit free accounts of the photo community severely in the coming months.

SoundFixer fixes sound issues on YouTube

November 2, 2018

SoundFixer is an extension for the Firefox web browser that attempts to fix sound related issues on YouTube and select other sites with audio.

Radionomy plans to release a completely new Winamp version next year

October 16, 2018

Radionomy, the company that bought the Winamp application, web services, and technology from AOL in 2014, revealed that it is working on a brand new version of

A look at a preview of the music player Dopamine 2.0

October 15, 2018

The developer of the music player Dopamine work on the next major release, Dopamine 2.

Internet Archive releases Winamp Skins Collection

October 4, 2018

The Internet Archive published a huge collection of skins for the media player Winamp the other day which anyone may browse and download.

Winamp 5.8 Beta leak appears on the Web

September 16, 2018

A beta version of the upcoming Winamp 5.

How to enable AV1 support on YouTube

September 13, 2018

AV1 is a new media codec that is being integrated into various web browsers such as Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome at the moment.

fmedia is a lightweight audio player, recorder and converter

September 13, 2018

The cross-platform program fmedia (fast media player) is an audio file player, recorder and converter.

Skype update introduces call recording

September 5, 2018

Users of Microsoft's Skype messaging application for desktop and mobile operating systems can use a new call recording feature that Microsoft built into the app