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Free .mbox to .eml Email Converter: Aid4Mail MBOX Converter
Create Medley with Drum Machine: Hydrogen
Free Online Image Editing with PicMonkey
Fix Out-of-Sync Audio with csSimple Audio-Video Timing Adjustment
Download VLC Player For Android
Free Audio Editor with Wave and Spectral Display: KISS Wave MP3 Editor
Chrome Extension to Receive Facebook Chat Notification on Browser
5 Free Bike Racing Games For Android
Free Online Collaboration Service: Dropmark
Organize Your Multimedia Collections with myCollections

Free .mbox to .eml Email Converter: Aid4Mail MBOX Converter

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 06:30 PM PDT

Aid4Mail MBOX Converter is a free email format converter which you can use in order to convert emails saved in the famous .mbox format, used by Outlook and Outlook Express. Messages can be converted to yet another famous format, the .eml format, which is readable to alternative email clients, like Mozilla’s Thunderbird or SeaMonkey Mail. Aid4Mail is free, those who are looking for more email formats to convert from and to, there is also a paid version of the application, where you get support for over 40 different email formats and applications.

What you see on the image above is the first step in the email conversion process, where you need to select what kind of formats you’d like to convert. Like you can see, there’s a few other formats, next to the standard mbox format which you can select for conversion inside Aid4Mail MBOX Converter. Other available email formats and clients for which messages can be converted with Aid4Mail are:

SeaMonkey Mail
Eudora (.mbx and .toc)
Netscape Messenger
Thunderbird (.eml, .msf)
Outlook and Outlook Express (.mbox)

Aid4Mail can convert individual messages or you can open up entire folders with messages where all of them will be imported automatically. It’s also possible to convert entire mailboxes, which is why when you choose Thunderbird for conversion, you can see that the .msf format can be opened.

How to convert .mbox to .eml with the help of Aid4Mail

To start the conversion process, all that you need to do would be click on the Choose Source File tab, which can be seen on the image above. On the left select the type of programs that you want to convert from, if you’re converting a standard Outlook mailbox, select Standard mbox under the Generic mail formats section and then in the window on the right, select either Add Files, if you want to convert individual inbox files, or select Add Folder if for example you would like to select all the files from a certain directory, including the sub-directories.

When you’re done selecting emails that you want to convert, click Next, which will lead you to the next tab, the Set Target Options tab. Here you’ll need to select in which formats you’d like to convert the messages, and also the locations where the messages will be saved.

As you can see on the image above, we have selected the .eml format for conversion, there’s also .txt, and a couple of others. Last steps would be clicking Next once again to land on the last tab, the Start Conversion tab, where you’ll be able to, get this, start converting the source emails into the selected destination format :).

You can also check out how to convert documents to PDF using your email.

Conclusion

Wizard that comes with Aid4Mail MBOX Converter really makes things a lot easy and you can start converting messages easily with just a couple of mouse clicks. Select the emails or entire inbox files that you want to convert, click start and see all of your messages converted, all of this for free, download Aid4Mail and convert your mbox email format very quickly.

Free .mbox to .eml Email Converter: Aid4Mail MBOX Converter was originally published at I Love Free Software

Create Medley with Drum Machine: Hydrogen

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT

Hydrogen is a free drum machine with amazing tools and techniques. Playing around with the software that helps you to create music sounds fun isn’t it? With Hydrogen around it really makes it fun to use this drum machine where you might not be a skilled drummer to use it. The interface of the software looks really cool and easy to use where a simple music fan could play amazing beats. The moment you open the program for the first time you might wonder and relate the looks of it to the frames you were so accustomed to in your old Windows 98 machine. Moreover you would be proved wrong about the software being developed on the Windows platform as it actually is built on a QT3 GI. The best part is that it utilises very little system resources to perform the task it’s meant for. Even a system as old as the Pentium II with decent hardware fittings is enough to make this software run. Usually it takes around 5 MB of the system’s RAM.

Using the Hydrogen Drum Machine:

Well let me tell you, the first time I had a look of the window it seemed to me a big wall of options which had almost everything on it. For the beginners it is surely a tough task to locate and think what each of the options is meant for. The usual Interface presents you with three Windows which is the place you would work for most of the time you use the software. They are:

Pattern Editor
Song Editor
Mixer

Moreover on occasion you may be required to use the option of the cool Instrument Editor which surely comes with hosts of options. Before actually getting into each of the frames and discussing them in detail understanding the main toolbar is pretty important. It presents the main controls of the software which includes the playback button; a button which lets you set the thing you wish to play, and a button that lets you set the BPM that sets the beat line. The slow songs which you love could be anywhere around the 30BPM mark whereas the nasty ones could be set at 500 BPM.

Using the Pattern Editor

You can modify a pattern which is actually been played by the addition or removal of specific instruments used to play the music. You may even modify the intensity at which each instrument gets played. You can also select the size of each pattern by pressing the next button which supports the value from 1 to 32 where each unit is made up of two beats. It also presents the option of setting the resolution for those patterns with the use of two different systems that measure it.

In the Song Editor

Here in the song editor you have to select different patterns that have been created and combine them with the ones you are playing at a specific moment. This is the thing that separates the Pattern Editor and the Song Editor. With the buttons present in this window you could create new patterns while moving them up or down and then switching between the draw and the select mode.

Check out how to create music online.

Playing with the Mixer of this free drum machine

When you are using the mixer in the drum machine you have an option to tune global or the single volume in the drumkit. You get three effect options near global volume slider namely:

Swing which shifts some specific notes either back or forward
Time modification of the notes
Humanize effect which randomizes the velocity

Using the Instrument Editor

Here within the Instrument Editor you have the first tab wherein you can adjust:

Attack
Decay
Sustain
Release
Cutoff
Resonance

You may even add one random pitch to your music. The pitch added usually has a big impact on a song being created and with this addition of random pitch you can add a twist to a song easily. The second tab presents you with 16 layers of aiff, wav, flac, and au. With all these tweaks and additions you would surely be surprised with the amazing sound that comes out of your speakers.

Also try out free software to play drums on PC.

Download Hydrogen free!

Create Medley with Drum Machine: Hydrogen was originally published at I Love Free Software

Free Online Image Editing with PicMonkey

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 03:30 PM PDT

PicMonkey is a free online image editing service where you can upload your own photos edit or decorate them in several different ways, with several different effects and then save them on your computer. This is perfect for all those who are on the go, or for all those who do not have access to a computer with image editing software installed. If you’re on the run most of the time, then you’ll probably have a laptop, with PicMonkey you don’t have to have photo editing software installed, it will do all the basic operations like:

Crop
Rotate
Exposure
Colors
Sharpen
Resize

and for each one of these there are dozen more cool image effect that you can add to your photos with the help of PicMonkey. Let’s see how exactly can this free online image editing service help you out, because there are a lot of situations where you might need a quick image editing tool, best of all, PicMonkey offers more than just basic editing, a lot more.

Similar Software: 5 Free Software to Retouch Photo.

Free online photo editing with PicMonkey

Image above is the PicMonkey web page where you can see on the left that next to image editing PicMonkey also offers collage making tool, where you can for example convert your vacation photos into a beautiful collage, but photo editing is really what makes this free online image editing service great, mainly because that’s where you get to create amazing Photoshop like effects in just a few clicks.

Here we have an image opened and enhanced with PicMonkey. To open an image for editing inside PicMonkey, click on the Edit Image button on the main website. Wait for the image to upload and then the editor which you can see on the image above will show up. List of tools that we mentioned in the beginning is just a small part of what PicMonkey has to offer. In the square on the left side, there are 7 different image editing tool groups:

Basic edits – tools from here are listed above
Effects – can be seen on the second image
Touch up – last minute image improvements
Text – add text to images
Overlays – add overlays effects
Frame – for adding several different frame types
Textures – improve photos with various different textures

Create collages online for free with PicMonkey

You can start creating collages by clicking on the Create Collage button, which is right below the Edit Image button. Default PicMonkey gallery will open:

You can of course change that and open up your own images. They will then become available in the gallery on the left, and you will be able to drag and drop them on the collage making area to the right. After you’ve added images you can adjust them additionally so that they display the parts that you want in the collage. After you are done, in the upper part of the window select Save and export the collage, or if you were editing an image, save the image to your computer and you’re done. For now all the PicMonkey tools are free, but once it’s out of beta, some of them will require paid subscription. We said only some, there will still be free ones available, so make sure to give PicMonkey a try.

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Free Online Image Editing with PicMonkey was originally published at I Love Free Software

Fix Out-of-Sync Audio with csSimple Audio-Video Timing Adjustment

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 02:00 PM PDT

csSimple Audio-Video Timing Adjustment is a free video software that helps you adjust the audio positioning in any video. It also helps you to fix out-of-sync audio in a video. csSimple can also be used for improving your video stream. If you are facing issues with the audio content in your video then this can be the perfect free audio sync adjuster to re-sync the audio, moreover being free makes it a great product to suit all your editing requirements. You can synchronize the audio track with the video stream using this free video software.

Installing csSimple Audio-Video Timing Adjustment

To install this free software you need to go here and click on the download button which initiates the download. A zip file gets downloaded in your downloads folder which needs to be unzipped to proceed with the installation on your computer. Run the setup process and install it in your desired location after which you are ready to use this free audio sync adjuster. If you are looking for a video player that supports audio video adjustment, you can try FreeSmith Video Player, QuickPlay and VLC.

Interface of csSimple Audio-Video Timing Adjustment

cssSimple Audi-Video Timing Adjustment comes with a very user friendly navigation and a simple interface. All the tabs and menus are present on the main window of the software. It does not come with a very stylish menu options but covers all the features in a simple yet compact window.

Using csSimple Audio-Video Timing Adjustment

To start using the software you need to select a source from the ”select source menu”. Once you click on menu you can select the file or the folder that you want to adjust. The main thing while making the adjustment is to decide the amount of changes required in the seconds or minutes box to bring the video and audio in proper sync. You just need to enter a specific number in the seconds and milliseconds box and the audio will be played accordingly. If the audio starts before the video then you can enter a positive number and make the audio come later. In case the audio is being played late then you can enter a negative number and the audio will be played sooner than its original timing.

After you make a change and want to save the adjustment, you need to click on ”save to” option and save the video in your preferred location. You can even play the video through the menu ”open file” and see the change you have made. If you are not satisfied by the adjustment then you can again edit it in the software. After you make the adjustments you can see the progress rate in the timing and progress rate area.

There is another tab named ”options”. It is a drop down menu and helps in making changes in the software, which could also be used for displaying all your messages from the software. If you want to play a sound when the adjustment is finished then select the option "play sound when finished" and if you want to close the software by the help of escape key then select the option "close program with escape key." There are some useful options in the ”options” tab that can help you enhance the features in the software and make adjustments as per your choice. Overall, cssSimple Audio-Video Timing Adjustment is very simple while being used where you would get familiar with its functionality much faster than any other software in its league.

Fix Out-of-Sync Audio with csSimple Audio-Video Timing Adjustment was originally published at I Love Free Software

Download VLC Player For Android

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 12:30 PM PDT

The popular VLC Player is now available for Android too. You can now download VLC absolutely free from Google Play Store. VLC Player for Android is in Beta version right now.

With VLC player for Android, you can play media files which includes video and audio files on Android. VLC Player app is an official Android app from VLC developers. The interface of the player provided on Android looks same as PC version of VLC Player.

On launching the player on Android, it automatically imports all the video and audio files which you can play in VLC player. You have to wait for a while after launching the player, as it takes some time to import the media files when they are many in numbers.

VLC Player for Android has easy to use options. You can easily change the size of the video which suits or fits the best on your Android screen.

Also, the player has a lock button at the left bottom of the player. Clicking on that should lock all the controls of VLC Player. But when I tried to lock the controls, it didn't work. On tapping the lock button, the player shows the control locked message, but actually when I tested, I found the control remains unlocked. Hopefully, the issue may be fixed in the final version of the upcoming VLC Player.

Apart from this, the player supports almost all video and audio formats. The player even has a smart search button which can be useful in case of long list of media files on your Android.

Features Of VLC Player For Android:

Plays almost all types of media files which include video and audio files.
Play video files in both portrait and landscape mode.
Limited controls which include play/pause and next/previous.
Lock controls with lock button (currently not working).
Adjust the video size of your choice which include fit horizontal, fit vertical, fill, 16:9, 4:3, center, and best fit.
Smart search button to search for video and audio files.
Auto-rotation to portrait and landscape mode.
Stream video and audio files from web network.
Set Android widget of VLC Player on your Android home screen.
Official VLC Payer.

You can also check VLC Direct app to stream media files between computer and Android.

Install VLC Player On Android:

Click here to download VLC Player Beta app for Android. You can also scan the QR Code below and then download the player app on your Android. VLC Player for Android is a nice launch by VLC developers which gives a new way to play and enjoy media files on your Android phone.

I really liked VLC media player when I installed it on my Android phone. But for some unknown reason, few selective videos were not working properly when I played them on Android VLC Player. It might be a temporary issue or might be because the player is in Beta version right now. I played the same videos in MX video player for Android, and the videos worked fine. You can check out VLC Player on your Android phone too and then if you find some issue, then let the developers know about the issue.

Download VLC Player For Android was originally published at I Love Free Software

Free Audio Editor with Wave and Spectral Display: KISS Wave MP3 Editor

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 11:00 AM PDT

KISS Wave MP3 Editor is a free audio recorder, editor which you can use to create and manipulate audio tracks. Despite of the fact that there’s only MP3 in the application’s name, you can open a lot of different audio formats with the help of KISS, next to the common audio formats, there’s support for a whole set of audio extensions some of which you’ve probably never heard off before:

VOX files
OggVorbis
ASF
AIF
AU
Audio CDs
M4A and the standard
MP3
WMA
Wav

A total of 19 different audio formats can be opened, played and edited with the help of KISS Wave MP3 Editor and you can also save recorded audio in practically every one of them. KISS audio editor is graphical, with both the Wave and Spectral audio views being available.

As you can see from the image above, there are a lot of different editing options offered with this free audio editor. Drawback of tools offered by KISS Wave Editor would be that they are not all available in the free version, effects for example can be used in full, without any restrictions, but when it comes to using the Tools menu, you won’t be able to use them all and an upgrade to the paid version is needed before you can:

Convert formats
Use the batch transformer
Edit MP3 tags
Use the Wave Crafter Editor

Similar Software: MP3 Editor, MC Audio Recorder, Music Production Software.

Sound editing with KISS Wave MP3 Editor

Opening the audio file that you want to edit would be the first step, you can do that by clicking on File and then Open Common Audio files. Like we said in the introduction, list of formats which can be opened with KISS Wave MP3 Editor is extensive, so you won’t have any problems when it comes to opening audio files.

All the useful tools available in KISS are laid out in the upper menu in two rows named Common Functions and Common Effects. Tools and effects listed in these rows are free, there aren’t any which are unavailable. Basic audio editing manipulations are available:

Audio channel selection
Cut and merge audio files
Delete sequences
Adding effects (amplify, chorus, noise, echo, equalizer, fade, invert, normalize)
Audio filtering

To start editing audio files, you first have to set markers of the song area that you wish to edit, you can do this with the mouse, left click, hold and drag the cursor over the audio wave form. After that reach for the effect, filter or any of the other editing options available in KISS and start making changes:

On the image above, we’re applying an effect to the selected area, notice the red bar filling up at the bottom. You can of course apply effect to the entire audio file, if you so choose, in that case, simply click on Edit >> Select All which will cause the entire audio file to be selected. It’s impossible to review all the different editing functions offered by KISS, if you’re looking for a free audio editor, try KISS MP3 Wave Editor and see if it can help you, we’re sure it will.

Free Audio Editor with Wave and Spectral Display: KISS Wave MP3 Editor was originally published at I Love Free Software

Chrome Extension to Receive Facebook Chat Notification on Browser

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 09:30 AM PDT

Facebook chat notification is a great Chrome extension which displays a pop-up as soon as somebody sends a chat message on Facebook. This works fine if you are away from your browser and thus lets you know as soon as someone pings you.

Installing Facebook chat notification extension

Before installing the Facebook chat notification extension, you need to install the Google Chrome browser. If you already have the browser installed, simply follow the given steps:

Open the chrome webstore on your Chrome browser.

As you can see in the above snapshot, you need to click on 'Add to chrome'.
The following dialog box appears after the previous step. You need to click on 'add'.

The installation process is complete and you can begin using your new Facebook chat notification extension. Once this extension is installed on your browser, you will see an impressive animated icon present on the browser.

Chat notifications

Now let us see how Facebook chat notification works:

Simply click on the Facebook chat notification extension on your browser.
This will open the Facebook website where you will enter your credentials to open the Facebook homepage.
To test this extension, you will have to open some other tab or window. This is because it won't display pop-ups if your Facebook homepage is already opened.
If someone sends you a chat message on Facebook, you can see a popup on your screen.

The Facebook chat notification icon on the top is also changed as you can see in the snapshot below:

Thus, using this Facebook chat notification extension is simple. You can even change the settings to change the location of the pop-up.

Verdict

Overall, Facebook chat notification is impressive as you need not keep your Facebook homepage opened for chat notifications. You can work and chat simultaneously with this. So why not give it a try!

Chrome Extension to Receive Facebook Chat Notification on Browser was originally published at I Love Free Software

5 Free Bike Racing Games For Android

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 08:00 AM PDT

Here, are 5 free bike racing games for Android. Playing bike racing games is real fun, be it on computer, or any Android phone. Google Play Store has multiple bike racing games to install and play on Android.

We will discuss about 5 best free bike racing games for Android which include Racing Moto, Racing Moto Superbike, SpeedMoto, and more. You can install any one of them and start playing it on your Android phone. Turn your Android phone into a game station, and have tons of fun with these free bike racing game apps.

Racing Moto:

Racing Moto is a free Android game app to play bike racing game on Android. This Android bike racing game is a simple and easy to play on Android. There aren’t any confusing options on this. Just launch the game, select the bike, and start playing the bike racing game on your Android phone. The main aim of the game is to take the bike to its destination point in minimum time limit. You have to overtake the vehicles running on the road and run the bike at maximum speed you can control. Tilt the phone left or right to change the direction of the bike to left or sight side of the road. You can cross the levels only when your bike reaches at the destination point without any accident and in the given time limit. Also, while selecting the bike, you can only select one bike which is unlocked. To unlock other racer bikes, you need to crack the levels and win the game.

Racing Moto is one of the popular bike racing games in Google Play Store. Also, when I installed this Android bike racing game on my Sony Ericsson Android phone, I really enjoyed it while playing. Apart from all these, you can head to scoreboard of the game to check your scores. Tutorial part in the game helps you to understand how to play the game.

Racing Moto Superbike:

Racing Moto Superbike is a free Android bike racing game for Android. You can easily play a faster bike racing game on your Android. The graphics of Racing Moto Superbike game are great. The game can be easily played on Android. You just have to launch the game and start playing it. Tilt your Android device left to move the bike to left side of the road and right to move the bike to right side. You don't need to accelerate the bike, as all the controls from gear shifting to clutch and accelerator are automatic. You just have to hold your Android phone and control the bike by tilting your Android phone left or right. The game has different laps which you have to crack within a given time period. Apart from this, the game allows you to check the scoreboard and improve your performance accordingly.

Racing Splitter Moto 3D:

Racing Splitter Moto 3D is a free Android racing game to play bike racing on Android. Racing Splitter is similar to Racing Moto game which we discussed earlier. This Android game can be played in an easy way with easy controls. You can control accelerator and direction of the bike while playing the game. To accelerate the bike, just tap and hold anywhere on your device screen. To move the bike to the left, tilt your device to the left side and to move the bike to the right side, tilt your device to the right side. The main aim of the game is to take the bike to its destination point without any accident. The game calculates the scores according to the time you took the bike to the destination point.

Racing Moto Tour:

Racing Moto Tour is a free Android bike racing game that allows you to play bike racing on Android. This Android bike racing game is same as Racing Moto Superbike game. To play the game, you just have to launch it on your Android and start playing it. The game provides automatic acceleration to run the bike. You just have to control the bike movement and win the race. Bike movement is controlled through Android device tilt. Tilt the device left and right to control the movement. The game comes up with multiple laps to crack. Also, before getting started with the game, you can select the track and run the race on the selected track. Racing Moto Tour is truly a nice and fun-loving game which can be even played by kids.

SpeedMoto:

SpeedMoto is a another free bike racing game for Android. SpeedMoto is also similar to Racing Moto and Racing Splitter Moto 3D game as discussed above. You can easily control the game by tilting the device to left and right. The bike racing game also allows you to control the bike accelerator. Tap and hold on the device screen to accelerate the bike. The game provides automatic gear shift which allows you to increase the speed of the bike quickly. The good part of the game is its collection of money coins. Control the bike in such a way to collect maximum coins. Collecting coins increases your game scores. At the end of the bike race, the game tells you the final score. The interface of this bike game is quite nice.

If you find any other good bike racing game for Android, then do let us know in comments below.

You can also check out car racing games for Android reviewed by us. And if you are fond of PC games, you can download need for speed for free on your PC.

5 Free Bike Racing Games For Android was originally published at I Love Free Software

Free Online Collaboration Service: Dropmark

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 06:30 AM PDT

Dropmark is a free cloud powered collaboration web service where individuals and teams alike can come, get together and work on various different projects. Next to the free version of this free online collaboration service there is also a paid version where you receive more disk space for uploading files and documents important for project completion.

Main focus of Dropmark is on file sharing, and organizing work around people uploading and downloading documents where they complete the tasks assigned to them. Image above is proof of that, as you can see, as soon as you register for a free Dropmark account, you will be greeted with a screen where in order to start working, you’ll have to upload files by dragging and dropping files onto the application browser window where Dropmark is running.

Similar software: HoneyTaak, QikPad, Siasto.

How to collaborate online with Dropmark?

As you can see from the image above, after you register with Dropmark you also receive your own domain name, or should I say a subdomain, where your project will reside and where team members will be able to access it, when you register them. Users can be added by clicking on the gear icon in the right upper corner of the main menu. You can do this even before uploading files, since as you can see the upper menu is available.

This would be the collection settings window, collections are what projects are called in Dropmark, since like we already mentioned everything revolves around file sharing, and these files are stored inside collections. If you make a collection public, when you give somebody the Short link to it, it will be available right away, if it’s not public a login window will appear, where the visitor will have to enter username and password. Notice at the bottom of the settings window, you can add users, that’s where you can add more members to your team so that the collaboration can start.

Once that you have everything setup just the way you want it, collections are made in the upper left corner, you can start uploading files and important documents to your Dropmark account, and you can also create Dropmarks. Dropmarks would be small notes left inside the main work area which the team can use for exchanging quick info, as you can see on the image above. Uploaded images can be showed in slide shows, and presentations are also available.

Conclusion

Dropmark is a great way of how teams can collaborate together, share files and also exchange information with the help of Dropmarks. All of your team members can be added and you can create collections for each one of the users which are added to the Dropmark online collaboration service. A lot of people from all over the world are parts of teams and it can be difficult for team leaders to manage them all and conduct productive collaboration. This is where Dropmark can help out a lot, files can be easily exchanged, and you can also easily view the files which are uploaded. Check it out, it’s free for up to 250MB of disk space used.

Free Online Collaboration Service: Dropmark was originally published at I Love Free Software

Organize Your Multimedia Collections with myCollections

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 05:00 AM PDT

myCollections is a free multimedia file manager that helps you to organize multimedia files in a much easier manner. This free multimedia file organizer has been programmed to help the user to navigate and manage all their multimedia files on their system with ease and from a single place. These multimedia files could be all your movies, music files, games, or even apps which you have on your system. There are some more advanced features which this software comes with which have been discussed below.

Installing this multimedia manager

The installation process is quite simple where you need to open the site of the developers here and click on the download link. Once you do so the zip folder gets downloaded on your system where you need to extract all the files inside. Once you do so you have to click on the myCollections.exe file to launch this free multimedia file manager. It's all you need to do to start using myCollections where you need not install it on your computer. You can also try Data Crow, Helium Music Manager and Jaangle reviewed by us.

Using myCollections

Once launched, you would see a greenish interface which has several options all over. The centre of your screen would seem to be blank whereby the left corner of the main window would have the option to add media or create charts. In order to start using it you need to run the auto scanner which is an automated search which myCollections would perform once you have selected the relevant options. This free multimedia file organizer would scan your hard drive for the related files and folders once you have initiated it with the options on it.

To do that you need to click on the add media option, which opens up a popup on your screen with some options which need to be selected. The options that need to be inserted are as follows:

Media: You need to select the specific media files which you wish to search on your system.
Type: This is a place where you need to search the type or category of file you wish to search. For example if you are searching for Movies, music, books or other things listed in the drop down you need to select the one which you are looking for.
Media Type: Here you need to select the place where you wish to search i.e. your hard drive or the cd in your cd drive or any of the other options listed in the drop down.
Path: Finally you need to browse the path or the drive location where you wish to scan for the type of files you are looking for.
Other options: Below these you need to check or uncheck the places or type of files you wish to ignore in your scan process.

Click on next and the files on your drive would be searched. It takes around 10-15 seconds depending on the number of files you have and you are presented with the new window asking you to enter Parse Name and add the particular section to the program. The moment you click on Add a new processing starts for the entire files that had been found on your drive. It would take another couple of minutes to process depending on the number of files that had been scanned.

After the processing completes you are brought back to the main window where you need to click on the relevant head where the files have been saved to access them. Once you do so, all the files under it would be displayed on the main screen in thumbnail format in the big blank area. You can click on any of the files and move your cursor to the right of the screen which would open up file properties of the particular file.

You can make changes to the location, description, and several other sections for a particular file by double clicking on them. This opens up a new window as shown below.

There are lots of other things which you could do with this program whereby to make changes to your preferences and other settings for the nature in which the myCollections runs could be changed from the options available in the menu bar.

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