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by Midas
Sat Feb 03, 2024 10:06 am
Forum: Portable Freeware Discussion
Topic: Sample Rate Conversion (Lame)
Replies: 3
Views: 790

Re: Sample Rate Conversion (Lame)

What toitoy said -- unless you need to play in a device that can only play MP3, that is -- each conversion you're performing (M4A => MP3 => WAV) will in fact degrade your audio quality... Better yet, Yt native M4A/Opus audio formats (which are already losssy, BTW, although the former could also be n...
by Midas
Fri Feb 02, 2024 10:30 am
Forum: Resources & Links
Topic: Binvis.io
Replies: 0
Views: 937

Binvis.io

Binvis.io looked intriguing to me: Binvis lets you visually dissect and analyze binary files. It's the interactive grandchild of a static visualisation tool I published a few years ago. Many of the ideas here are discussed in more detail on my blog. https://binvis.io/#/view/local?modal=about Binvis...
by Midas
Fri Feb 02, 2024 10:17 am
Forum: CLI Submissions
Topic: QEMU (PC emulator)
Replies: 4
Views: 22558

Re: QEMU (PC emulator)

Topic update: QEMU v8.2.0 released 2023-12-24 (release announcment at https://www.qemu.org/2023/12/20/qemu-8-2-0/). While the main site is www.qemu.org, latest Windows installers can be downloaded from https://qemu.weilnetz.de/w64/ and https://qemu.weilnetz.de/x32/ for 64 and 32-bit environments, re...
by Midas
Thu Feb 01, 2024 4:55 am
Forum: CLI Submissions
Topic: eXtreme - Windows Xtree Gold Clone
Replies: 18
Views: 41221

Re: eXtreme - Windows Xtree Gold Clone

https://web.archive.org/web/20201220190817/http://textmode.netne.net/xt64_750.zip Thanks, vevy . 8) xt64_750.exe is flagged by 4 out of 72 minor security vendors on virustotal.com. My main eXtreme v7.5 executable Sigcheck info: x64.exe: Verified: Unsigned Link date: 23:53 2020-10-02 Publisher: n/a ...
by Midas
Wed Jan 31, 2024 4:34 am
Forum: CLI Submissions
Topic: eXtreme - Windows Xtree Gold Clone
Replies: 18
Views: 41221

Re: eXtreme - Windows Xtree Gold Clone

Website is no longer available: The authors have deleted this site.

Last eXtreme v7.5 64-bit ZIP package mirrored to https://mir.cr/XU3TA3JN...

Any other known sources? :|
by Midas
Tue Jan 30, 2024 2:53 am
Forum: Portable Freeware Submission
Topic: Basilisk web browser
Replies: 22
Views: 27211

Re: Basilisk web browser

Yep, that link was in the penultimate paragraph of my post... :| Who could've told after Internet Explorer 's dominance protracted demise that we'd be in the same conundrum regarding Chrome / Chromium derivatives after all these years? https://i.postimg.cc/ncQs53wK/browser-monthly-202212-202312.png ...
by Midas
Mon Jan 29, 2024 10:15 am
Forum: Portable Freeware Submission
Topic: Basilisk web browser
Replies: 22
Views: 27211

Re: Basilisk web browser

Topic update: Basilisk v2023.12.09 released 2023-12-08 (changes at https://www.basilisk-browser.org/releasenotes.shtml). Basilisk is no longer developed by the Pale Moon team. It is now developed by a team of developers independent from the Pale Moon project. [...] Basilisk is intended to be a poten...
by Midas
Fri Jan 26, 2024 10:50 am
Forum: Portable Freeware Submission
Topic: Comodo IceDragon (Web Browser)
Replies: 16
Views: 21024

Re: Comodo IceDragon

Old topic update: Comodo IceDragon was supposedly based on Firefox 's engine but apparently stopped development at v65.0.2.15 released 2023-06-19, according to Softpedia: https://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Browsers/Comodo-IceDragon.shtml There's a Wikipedia entry stating the same: Comodo IceDrag...
by Midas
Fri Jan 26, 2024 10:28 am
Forum: Portable Freeware Submission
Topic: Comodo Dragon (Web Browser)
Replies: 19
Views: 44112

Re: Comodo IceDragon

Old topic update: while trying to find Comodo IceDragon I was redirected to Comodo Dragon without notice, whose last release is v120.0.6099.110 from last December (changelog at https://forums.comodo.com/t/360508; downloads from https://www.comodo.com/home/browsers-toolbars/browser.php ). New Feature...
by Midas
Fri Jan 26, 2024 8:56 am
Forum: Problems & Troubleshooting
Topic: Chromium-Based Browsers - Portability Problem !
Replies: 25
Views: 86027

Re: Chromium-Based Browsers - Portability Problem !

Quick update: Cent Browser v5.0.1002.354 released 2023-05-21 (changelog at https://www.centbrowser.com/history.html).

It appears the project has stalled, a shame really, since they advertised native portable packages... :(
by Midas
Thu Jan 25, 2024 5:05 am
Forum: Portable Freeware Submission
Topic: Vovsoft Tree Notes
Replies: 11
Views: 2386

Re: Vovsoft Tree Notes

I subscribe to Cornflower 's hotkeys and active URLs, too. I can add a couple of other suggestions, from my recurring requisites for text-based editing: Date/time insertion (preferably ISO format or user customized); Case conversion (upper/lower is enough, but other modes are nice); Markdown support...
by Midas
Wed Jan 24, 2024 5:10 am
Forum: Portable Freeware Submission
Topic: cPicture (image file manager)
Replies: 19
Views: 26184

Re: cPicture (image file manager)

Great. Did you check for any registry traces?

Forgot to say that I tested on Windows 10, too. (v10.0.19041.388 by ver CLI command)
by Midas
Wed Jan 24, 2024 5:03 am
Forum: Resources & Links
Topic: Freeware vs Shareware (historic note)
Replies: 2
Views: 1254

Re: Freeware vs Shareware (historic note)

That has also been my general understanding of their difference for the past decades, Andrew . I just thought this previously unbeknownst inception narrative to be rather intriguing... :? BTW for those who like this kind of digging, there's an online archive of Byte magazine up to May 1994 (I still ...
by Midas
Tue Jan 23, 2024 10:25 am
Forum: Chit-Chat
Topic: Windows 7 EOL
Replies: 23
Views: 62071

Re: Windows 7 EOL

Might be useful for someone: Simplix Update Pack 7 . This update pack allows you to update Windows 7 SP1 (x86 x64) and Server 2008 R2 SP1 live operating systems, as well as to integrate the updates in the distribution (Install.wim). It can be installed in any language. Includes all critical, recomme...