K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 5.4.0 (Windows, Freeware, 23.1MB) [alt DL] is a collection of codecs and DirectShow filters. It contains everything you need to play all your audio and video files. Changes: Updated Media Player Classic Home Cinema to version 1.3.1330.0 Added version 1.2.1008 of MPC-HC as alternative for those who have problems with the newer versions Updated ffdshow to revision 3126 Added preferred filter tweaker for Windows 7 Updated MediaInfo Lite to version 0.7.24 Options to install secondary decoders: DivX H.264 decoder, Monogram AAC decoder, Gabest AVI splitter Secondary decoders are disabled by default and can be activated with the Codec Tweak Tool Fixed settings issue when user chose to store MPC settings in an INI file Moved Media Player Classic DXVA options to a separate page so that people notice it better The DXVA H.264 decoder is now disabled by default to prevent people with a buggy graphics driver to get playback trouble Minor changes IceRocket Tags: k-lite, codec pack, directshow, filter, windows freeware

Winyl 1.7 (Windows, Freeware, 1.96MB) [alt DL] is a new music player for windows with media library support. This is full skinnable, small size and minimal use of system resources. It offers great new ways to organize and enjoy all your music. Changes: Proxy support 32 bit sound processing (improves the quality of the equalizer) Visual effects (buttons and cover fade) Advanced settings for popup window Bugs fixes and other minor changes I’m currently trying this out, and I like it! Scans your selected audio folders really fast. IceRocket Tags: winyl, music, audio, player, windows freeware

K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 5.30 (Windows, Freeware, 22.5MB) [alt DL] is a collection of DirectShow filters, VFW/ACM codecs, and tools. Codecs and DirectShow filters are needed for encoding and decoding audio and video formats. Changes: Updated Media Player Classic Home Cinema to version 1.3.1311.0 Updated Cyberlink MPEG-2 decoder to version 8.4.0.923 Updated MediaInfo Lite to version 0.7.23 Updated Codec Tweak Tool to version 4.0.0 Added file association options for: The KMPlayer Moved speaker configuration to a separate page in the installer Moved thumbnail options to a separate page in the installer For 64-bit systems the thumbnail options have been moved to the 64-bit K-Lite Codec Pack Added option to use the DC-Bass Source filter for decoding .m4a files Minor changes and fixes IceRocket Tags: k-lite, klite, codec pack, directshow, windows freeware

iTunes 9.0.1 (Windows, Freeware, 88.8MB) [alt DL] organizes and plays all your digital music and video. Changes: Fixes: Resolves issues browsing the iTunes Store. Addresses a performance issue where iTunes may become unresponsive. Fixes a problem where iTunes may unexpectedly quit. Fixes a problem syncing Podcasts in playlists to iPod or iPhone. Fixes a problem sorting albums with multiple discs. Addresses an issue with the Zoom button not switching to Mini Player. Improves application syncing for iPod touch and iPhone. Genius is now automatically updated to show Genius Mixes. New features and improvements: An improved look and feel, including a new Column Browser for easily browsing your artists or albums, movies, TV shows, and more. iTunes Store has a brand new look, with improved navigation for quick and easy exploration. iTunes LP and iTunes Extras create unique experiences that feature exclusive interviews, videos, photos, and more — available with select album and movie purchases on the iTunes Store. Home Sharing helps you manage your family's iTunes collection between computers in your home. iTunes can automatically transfer new purchases, or you can choose just the items you want. Genius Mixes are created for you by iTunes and play songs from your library that go great together. iPod and iPhone syncing now allows you to organize your iPhone and iPod touch home screens directly in iTunes. Syncing is now also more flexible, allowing you to sync individual artists, genres, or TV show and Podcast episodes. iTunes U items are now organized into their own section in your iTunes library. Sync with iPod nano (5th generation), iPod classic (Fall 2009), and iPod touch (Fall 2009). iTunes 9 also includes many other improvements, such as HE-AAC encoding and playback, more flexibility with Smart Playlists rules, simpler organization of your media files inside an iTunes Media folder, and more. IceRocket Tags: apple, itunes, windows freeware

iTunes 9.0.0 (Windows, Freeware, 88.8MB) [alt DL] is a free application for Mac and PC. It plays all your digital music and video. It syncs content to your iPod, iPhone, and Apple TV. Changes: Features a new design of the whole product and its iTunes Store using WebKit. New features: Cleaner UI, Genius Mixes, Home Sharing, iTunes LPs. Usual negative comments/aspects to this nice app is its large download size. For managing audio files, this is the one I would recommend. And for no-fuss “just need some music” playback on a Windows-based computer, I suggest something simple like Evil Player. And if you own an iPod or iPhone, don’t ask, just download. ;-) IceRocket Tags: apple, itunes, windows freeware

K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 5.0.5 (Windows, Freeware, 19.5MB) [alt DL] is a collection of codecs and DirectShow filters. Those components are needed for encoding and decoding various audio and video formats. Changes: Updated ffdshow to revision 3054 Updated AC3Filter to version 1.62b Updated AC3File to version 0.7b Updated FLV splitter to version 1.2.1207.0 Updated Gabest MPEG splitter to version 1.2.1207.0 Updated x264VFW to revision 1195 Updated MediaInfo Lite to version 0.7.20 Added more file association options for audio file types Minor changes IceRocket Tags: k-lite, codec, directshow, windows freeware

VLC Media Player Portable 1.01 (Windows, Open Source, 20MB) is the popular VLC media player packaged as a portable app, so you can take your audio and video files along with everything you need to play them on the go. Changes: updates VLC Media Player to 1.0.1 adds Windows 7 support and has an improved installer. I usually tend to favor portable versions against the original app. That way, my Windows registry is not more screwed up as it is. ;) IceRocket Tags: vlc media player, portable, windows open source

VLC Media Player 1.0.1 (Windows, Open Source, 17.2MB) [alt DL] is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols without external codec or program. Also available for Linux. Changes: Fix wmv/asf issues that caused audio to drop Various fixes for ac3, mp3, dts and stability for wav format Fix seek in RTSP in conformity to RFC 2326 Fix Dailymotion access script Fix crashes in xspf files handler Fix seeking and timing issues in some flv files on Windows version Add extra caching for files on network shares Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ, DZCORE Labs, Algeria And much more enhancements and fixes IceRocket Tags: vlc media player, audio, video, windows open source

Nero Free 9.4.12.3 (Windows, Freeware, 54.5MB) [alt DL] is the easy-to-use yet powerful multimedia suite, gives you the freedom to create, rip, copy, burn, edit, share, and upload online. Changes: "Continue multisession" projects are displayed in the correct size. Volume is correct when using the "Save Tracks" option (MP3 only). IceRocket Tags: nero 9, free, windows freeware

Audacity 1.3.8 Beta (Windows, Open Source, 7.6MB) [alt DL] is a free, easy-to-use audio editor and recorder. Also available for Linux. Changes: VST Effects now display GUI by default Faster Equalization and Noise Removal; improved Truncate Silence and Click Track Chains applied to files now clear temporary data after processing each file Updated Nyquist implementation with support for SAL syntax and improved memory management Plot Spectrum now analyzes up to 237.8 seconds of audio, with separate windows for each project and improved display; new preferences for Spectrograms Contrast Analysis tool now modeless for easier use And much more IceRocket Tags: audacity, audio editor, windows open source

iTunes 8.2.1.6 (Windows, Freeware, 74.4MB) [alt DL] lets you create your own personal digital music library, allowing you to manage and play your music collection with drag-and-drop simplicity. Changes: Provides a number of important bug fixes and addresses an issue with verification of Apple devices. IceRocket Tags: apple, itunes, windows freeware

Evil Player 1.31 (Windows, Freeware, 571KB) [alt DL] is a fast, powerful and flexible media player for Windows. Changes: Updated Bass.dll to version 2.4.3.1 Updated tags.dll to version 0.0.0.15 Added queue songs from search window (Insert key) Added Lithuanian translation Fixed not jumping to the playing song This is what I use for playing audio files on my PC. It is simple, and does not use much resources. IceRocket Tags: evil player, audio, media, windows freeware

K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 5.0.0 (Windows, Freeware, 19.5MB) [alt DL] is a collection of codecs and DirectShow filters. Those components are needed for encoding and decoding various audio and video formats. Changes: Updated ffdshow to revision 3029 Updated Gabest MPEG splitter to version 1.2.1164.0 Updated Codec tweak Tool to version 3.0.0 Updated MediaInfo Lite to version 0.7.18 Support for Unicode filenames has been added to the MediaInfo tool Minor changes IceRocket Tags: k-lite, codec pack, directshow, windows freeware

K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 4.95 (Windows, Freeware, 19.4MB) [alt DL] is a collection of DirectShow filters, VFW/ACM codecs, and tools. Codecs and DirectShow filters are needed for encoding and decoding audio and video formats. Changes: Updated ffdshow to revision 3018 Updated DirectVobSub to version 2.39.5.2 Updated MediaInfo Lite to version 0.7.17 Updated GraphStudio to version 0.3.2.0 Fixed crash with ffmpeg-mt Minor changes Technorati Tags: k-lite, codec pack, mega, video, encode, decode, windows freeware

K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 4.90 (Windows, Freeware, 19.4MB) [alt DL] is a collection of DirectShow filters, VFW/ACM codecs, and tools. Changes: Updated ffdshow to revision 2996 Updated Cyberlink MPEG-2 decoder to version 8.4.0.330 Updated Xvid to version 1.2.2 Updated AC3Filter to version 1.61b Updated AC3File to version 0.6b Updated Gabest Matroska splitter to version 1.2.1160.0 Updated Gabest MP4 splitter to version 1.2.1160.0 Updated Gabest MPEG splitter to version 1.2.1160.0 Updated Gabest Ogg splitter to version 1.2.1160.0 Added DivX 3.11 codec. This is needed by WMP to be able to play certain old files. Other players do not need it. Updated MediaInfo Lite to version 0.7.16 Added the ability to easily change the preferred splitter for TS/M2TS files Minor changes IceRocket Tags: k-lite mega codec pack, windows freeware, directshow

iTunes 8.2.0 (Windows, Freeware, 74.09MB) [alt DL] is a free application for Mac and PC. It plays all your digital music and video. It syncs content to your iPod, iPhone, and Apple TV. Changes: Supports iPhone and iPod touch with the iPhone 3.0 Software Update. Also includes many accessibility improvements and bug fixes. IceRocket Tags: itunes digital music video, windows freeware

K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 4.85 (Windows, Freeware, 19.2MB) [alt DL] is a collection of DirectShow filters, VFW/ACM codecs, and tools. Codecs and DirectShow filters are needed for encoding and decoding audio and video formats. Changes: Updated ffdshow to revision 2954 Updated AC3Filter to version 1.60b Updated x264VFW to revision 1145 Updated MediaInfo Lite to version 0.7.15 Added the ability to easily change the preferred splitter for AVI/MP4/MOV/HDMOV/3GP files Minor changes IceRocket Tags: k-lite mega codec directshow pack, windows freeware

K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 4.80 (Windows, Freeware, 19.4MB) [alt DL] s a collection of codecs, DirectShow filters and tools. Codecs and DirectShow filters are needed for encoding and decoding (playing) audio and video formats. The mega variant has almost the same contents as the full variant, but additionally contains Real Alternative and some extra VFW/ACM codecs. Changes: Updated ffdshow to revision 2925 Fixed a ffdshow threading bug that could make Windows Media Center crash Updated Gabest MPEG splitter to version 1.2.1020.0 Updated MediaInfo Lite to version 0.7.14 Updated Codec Tweak Tool to version 2.5.3 Minor changes and improvements IceRocket: k-lite codec directshow pack real alternative, windows freeware

iTunes 8.1.1 (Windows, Freeware, 69.9MB) [alt DL] is an audio player for playing and organizing digital music files, and purchasing digital music files in the FairPlay digital rights management format. Changes: Supports syncing with iPod shuffle (3rd generation). Allows friends to request songs for iTunes DJ. Adds Genius sidebar for your Movies and TV Shows. Improves performance when downloading iTunes Plus songs. Provides AutoFill for manually managed iPods. Allows CDs to be imported at the same sound quality as iTunes Plus. Includes many accessibility improvements. Allows iTunes U and the iTunes Store to be disabled separately using Parental Controls. adds support for renting HD movies and provides a number of bug fixes, including addressing issues with VoiceOver and syncing with iPhone or iPod touch. IceRocket: apple itunes, windows freeware

K-Lite Codec Pack 4.75 (Full) (Windows, Freeware, 13.6MB) [alt DL] is a collection of codecs, DirectShow filters and tools. Codecs and DirectShow filters are needed for encoding and decoding (playing) audio and video formats. Changes: Updated Media Player Classic Homecinema to version 1.2.1008.0 Updated Media Player Classic to version 6.4.9.1 rev. 99 Updated ffdshow to revision 2819 Added x264 encoding plugin for ffdshow Updated Cyberlink MPEG-2 decoder to version 8.4.0.205 Updated MONOGRAM AAC decoder to version 0.9.6.0 Updated x264VFW to revision 1115 Updated MediaInfo Lite to version 0.7.12 Updated Codec Tweak Tool to version 2.5.1 Minor changes IceRocket: k-lite codec directshow filter, windows freeware