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Bincsoft Bitrate Calculator, or BBC, is a program that calculates the bitrate to use when encoding a video file to VCD, SVCD, DivX, XviD, DVD and lots of other formats. (Note that it calculates based on a constant bitrate, and does not do the actual video conversion itself.)

Noise keeps a PC from falling asleep, screensaver from activating, monitor from turning off, etc. by sending keystrokes to an (optionally) hidden window.

FillDisk is a simple utility that fills up a disk with data. This is useful for testing a separate application's behavior when a disk is approaching full capacity or basic free space shredding when you don't have admin access (recommend checking "No OS optimization"). The program starts with 1GB files, then drops to 512MB, 256MB and so on until it completely fills up the disk.

FillDisk has a very simple interface: just enter a folder for the files to be created and press the "Go" button. You can stop the operation at any point in time and the file that is currently being written will close.

BUG (Bytessence Userbar Generator) is a fast and small program that helps you create userbars for use as forum signatures. It was built to simplify the design process so you don't have to use complicated drawing programs and decrease creation time. It offers many image effects and supports 32-bit alpha-blended graphics.

Note: main website offline - linking to archive.org.

Frequency Analyzer performs a Fast Fourier Transform of live sound or an audio file. What this means is that it analyzes sound and visually splits it into its component frequencies using both waveform and spectrogram displays.

DecaffeinatID is a simple little app that acts as an Intrusion Detection System to notify the user whenever fellow users at their local WiFi hotspot / LAN are up to the kind of "reindeer games" that often happen at coffee shops and hacker cons. The program works by watching logs for suspicious activity.

Registry Live Watch is a tool to monitor the activity of a registry key. The tool can run minimized on the system tray (notification area) and monitor a registry key (also sub keys and vlues) for any changes that might occur.

FlvToMp3 is a program which permits you to extract the sound track of an .FLV file without loss of quality. If the FLV file was created using MP3 audio, an MP3 file is generated directly from the .FLV file without re-encoding. It permits you to save the quality of the audio track you extract.

NOTE: does not work with all FLV formats.

IP2 shows your machine's IP addresses on both Wide and Local Area Networks (WAN and LAN). While most tools focus on the local address, this provides the address from the perspective of an "outsider" on the Internet. This is useful in diagnostics, connectivity, and analysis.