Useful Free Software

A lot of need a simple, reliable CAD tool for 2D/3D modeling of our rooms. Sweet Home 3D is free open source software I found to be a bit cumbersome and quirky, but simple to learn. Sketch Up is also free, and though I've yet to try it, I hear its steep learning curve is worth the effort.

Leonard Caillouet said:

Another free one that I use a lot, but most folks may not, is WinSCP. It is a free FTP client that makes moving files around between servers or between my workstation and a server very easy. It supports SFTP and Putty.

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I use Filezilla it has both client and server versions.

Don't know if this link still works, but this was some nice programs to have in 2013.

http://www.audioholics.com/how-to-shop/best-free-audio-software

There might be newer, updated versions since this was posted so long ago!

The software is free. The gentleman that created it just asks for donations if you are inclined.
http://www.movieposterapp.com/

His application interfaces with a movie database site to draw the movie posters, movie information, movie preview video. The software scales to your tv screen size. You can create a custom poster list like I did by naming a list and then selecting the movies you want on the list, in my case 420 movies in my collection.

The app installs on a PC (windows based I believe). I have a computer in my media closet and a hdmi that runs to the movie poster in my hallway. The computer does not have to be all that fancy. They lists recommended minimum specs on the site.

https://handbrake.fr/

HandBrake is a tool for converting video from nearly any format to a selection of modern, widely supported codecs.

Reasons you’ll love HandBrake:

• Convert video from nearly any format
• Free and Open Source
• Multi-Platform (Windows, Mac and Linux)