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Hi GAF, am buying a new windows PC for the home after using an iMac for the last 6 years. Also before that had this macbook. Enjoyed my time with apple but my wife is not a fan and the fact that it imposes it's iPhoto or whatever that latest update is over bridge etc has tipped us over the edge.

With that green light I have stealthed in a bit of a beast under the guise of having something to photo edit and do bits and bobs so my gaming needs are covered for a good good while yet.

That being said I say goodbye to Adobe Photoshop CS5 and Bridge I had installed on my Mac.

With that in mind the new PC will be used to manage our photos and vids. So any software suggestions in this genre would be good to know.

I have steam covered.

Any other top tips for virus/ malware protection or anything in general would be appreciated.

Many thanks in advance for your help and looking forward to seeing what's new with window's PC.

 

[Seda]

https://ninite.com/ is a good place to start.

I like 7zip, paint.net, foxit reader, malwarebytes, vlc, several others.

 

[GeoNeo]

For media player go with Media Player Classic & MadVR for best processing VLC is horrible.

Just look for guides.

 

[adamy]

Pretty sure win 10 comes bundled with win defender, which replaces mse

Throw in MalwareBytes (if you feel like it) and you're good to go

 

[Mohonky]

Havent used virus protection on Windows for years.

 

[Dancing Queen]

Winamp

 

[Stevey]

Another vote for Malwarebytes

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

7zip
paint.net (or GIMP for advanced stuff, but it's pretty complex)
foxit reader (PDF)
malwarebytes (malware scanner, update & run it every month, free doesn't have active scanning
Avira (antivirus)
CCCP media package (which is Media Player Classic & a bunch of codecs)
Libreoffice if you don't want to buy a word processor/spreadsheet etc productivity package
Firefox/Chrome with the ublock addon installed and running on any webpages you don't trust

You should get VLC, but as a last resort - it's self contained and doesn't need any external codecs so will often play stuff other media players won't, but UI & quality wise it isn't the best.

 

[Atilac]

Use chrome as a PDF viewer?

 

[hateradio]

https://ninite.com/ is a good place to start.

I like 7zip, paint.net, foxit reader, malwarebytes, vlc, several others.

Doesn't foxit collect a lot of user data? Windows 10 has a built in PDF reader, but Sumatra is a really nice simple alternative.

 

[soco]

Doesn't foxit collect a lot of user data? Windows 10 has a built in PDF reader, but Sumatra is a really nice simple alternative.

The Win10 PDF reader is pretty limited and can be awkward to do some things. Chrome's built-in PDF reader is better. Both fail when it comes to some enhanced PDFs.

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go through some guide to turn off all the reporting crap to microsoft, and if you leave your pc on unattended, disable the automatic reboots.

 

[Cerity]

from past experience foxit has some really bad pooling issues when printing from pdf. I use pdf xchange nowadays.

I'd say malwarebytes, 7zip and web browser of your choice w/ ublock are the only real necessaries IMO.

 

[Any Questions]

Thanks for advice folks. Will take into consideration when comp arrives.

 

[Corpekata]

If you have speakers and headphones you switch between, I recommend Soundswitch. Allows you to switch audio devices easily with a hotkey instead of messing about in the sound settings.

 

[Turin Turambar]

Something like this

 

[hateradio]

Something like this

W10 doesn't need CutePDF, since it has a built-in method to Print PDFs.

Also, you don't need all those runtimes, even if you're a dev.

I would recommend XnViewMP, but you have to download that from the main site for some reason.

 

[jelly]

Media Player Classic Home Cinema.

It's the goat player. Avoid codec packs.

MalwareBytes for the odd scan now and again and just rely on the in built Microsoft Security for day to day.

Irfanview
7zip
Firefox.

Also, just go with the flow and see what you actually need. I like irfanview for editing pictures but the in built one probably works fine for most people to view stuff and do little corrections.

 

[panty]

Media Player Classic Home Cinema. You don't need any codec packs or any of that shit.

7zip.

Foobar2000.

 

[Sesuadra]

is there a software yet that works similar to iFlicks?

 

[jelly]

is there a software yet that works similar to iFlicks?

Metadata-wise, TagScanner has never let me down. Not sure about data look up though, probably is something like that if Kodi does it.

Converting, loads of stuff. Handbrake is one.

 

[Sesuadra]

Metadata-wise, TagScanner has never let me down.

Converting, loads of stuff. Handbrake is one.

Na, I need something for the metadata. I put my blu rays into itunes for convenience. I'll look into tagscanner but it only seems to be for music files?

and sorry for the small hijack >> OP.

 

[notaskwid]

MusicBee for audio.

 

[valkillmore]

MusicBee for audio.

For audio editing or for playback and play lists? I'm using Audacity for the former and haven't yet decided on a solution for the latter.

OP I'm in the same sitch as you. MAC user for six years and I'm now built a PC.

Guys can I also ask what you'd all recommend as a great free video editing software? And is GIMP still the best free Photoshop clone? Cheers

 

[_Ryo_]

Malewarebytes/Avast for Anti virus and Malware.

Mpv for video. Pros: crystal clear video playback. No bullshit. No ugly distortion or lagging or purple fog or blurry playback. Cons: no GUI.

Kodi: Well, for one you can experience and keep track of your media in a great and organized front end. Smart playlists, streaming, and this relates to the above MPV, it allows external players. No Gui? No problem. Kodi fixes that.

MediaElch or Ember Media Manager for TV/Movie metadata scrappers.

Trakt.tv to keep track of watched media.

Pseudo TV to emulate TV stations for your ripped media.


Paint.net for general paint software.

GIMP + GAP and other plugins for advanced photo manipulation. Has a bit of a steep learning curve for those used to Photoshop but if you practice you can do some amazing things with it.
Libreoffice Suite, great alternative to Word.

Music Bee or Media Monkey for music. Lots of features.

Miro or Gpodder for podcasts specifically but Media Monkey and Music Bee both have built in podcast features.

GoG Galaxy + Steam for games.

PPSSPP if you have a PSP and UMD games. PSP games at 1080p 60fps with an actual comfortable controller. It's amazing, and it runs on basically anything.

For the advanced emulation sweetness, Kodi + Roms Collection Browser (or EMUStation for a bit more limited but streamlined experience)+ Retroarch

 

[Peter Ian Staker]

Use chrome as a PDF viewer?

Use anything but Chrome. Chrome is trash.