WampServer for Windows. Install Apache, PHP5, MySQL easily.

WampServer is a windows web dvelopment environment. WampServer installs Apache, MySql and PHP5 on your windows system and comes with a service manager as a tray icon. It allows an easy managing of server creation for web application with Apache2, PHP and MySql databases.

WampServer is an easy to use software with high functioning.

It includes

♦ managing of your Apache and MySql services.

♦ switching between online or offline mode, which gives access to everyone or just the local host.

♦ Install and switches between different releases of Apache, MySql and PHP.

♦ Managing of your server settings.

♦ Accessing your logs.

♦ Creating alias.

You can install other releases by downloading them from their site. They will then appear in the WampServer menu and you will be able to switch between them.

Using WampServer

♦ The "www" directory is created automatically.

♦ Create a sub directory in the "www" directory and put your PHP files there.

♦ Click on the localhost link in the WampServer menu and you are done.

Download

You can download WampServer from its website: http://www.wampserver.com/en/

It is available for 32/64 bits along with different versions of the Apache, MySql and PHP.

The add-ons are also available to download for Apache, PHP and MySql. Download and install them then activate the versions through the tray menu. The tray icon will turn green and you are done.

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Handbrake : Free and open source best Video Converter

Handbrake is an open source free Video Converter that converts from common multimedia files including un protected DVDs or Blu Ray sources to a large number of output formats. Its a cross platform available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS x .


Outputs:

File Containers: MP4(M4V) and MKV
Video Encoders: H.264(x264), MPEG-4 and MPEG-2 (libav), or Theora(libtheora)
Audio Encoders: AAC, CoreAudio AAC/HE-AAC (OS X Only), MP3, Flac, AC3, or Vorbis.
Audio Passthru: AC-3, DTS, DTS-HD, AAC and MP3 tracks


Misc features:

• Title / Chapter selection
• Queue up multiple encodes: Allowing user to queue up more than one encode.
• Chapter Markers
• Subtitles (VobSub, Closed Captions CEA-608, SSA, SRT)
• Constant Quality or Average Bitrate Video Encoding
• Support for VFR, CFR and VFR
• Video Filters: Deinterlacing, Decomb, Detelecine, Deblock, Grayscale, Cropping and scaling
• Live Video Preivew
• Built-in presets for common devices

Basic Features of an Open Source Software: 

• Free. Free to use, distribute, copy, modify. No need to pay a Rupee to anyone. 
• Source Code availability. Source code is available to modify, recompile, and distribute. 
• Free patches.

It can be download from its website http://handbrake.fr/downloads.php.

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