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Convert audio & video media

One of the great things about the Web is multimedia. You have your choice of literally millions of videos. And music? How many songs are on the Internet? They're uncountable.

There's a downside to this, too. There are a lot of formats for multimedia files. And common media programs, like Windows Media Player or the Real Player, can't handle most of them.

You've probably faced this problem. I certainly have. I've spent more than a little time online, looking for software to play or convert some obscure file format. (And after playing the file, I wonder, "Why did I bother?" But that's a story for another day.)

That's a long way of getting to this week's fun tool-MediaCoder. This is a multimedia Swiss Army Knife. It can convert all sorts of formats into lots of other formats. For instance, it can convert QuickTime files taken with a digital camera. That's a big boon for Windows users.

MediaCoder is under constant development. It's not the easiest program I've tried. So, it might be better for more advanced users. But if you have a file you just can't crack, MediaCoder should do the trick.

Cost: Free
System: Windows XP, Vista and 7, Mac OS X
Download HERE

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