Have you ever played a video that doesn’t quite have the audio in perfect sync? If so you’ll know its really annoying and makes a film or movie virtually unwatchable but thanks to VLC Player, there’s a very easy solution.
VLC Player is unusual in that it allows you to change the position of the audio […]

Don’t you just hate it when you open a movie clip on your Mac and it opens in QuickTime? Although QuickTime X is an improvement in terms of speed and interface on previous versions, it’s still quite slow and fussy about formats. Instead, I use VLC Player to open video files on my Mac because […]

Subtitles is a very simple app that will find - you guessed it - subtitles for your movies. All you need to do is right click on the movie file, choose a language from the incredibly long selection, and click. Your web browser will open up, hopefully displaying a perfect set of subtitles for you […]

If you’re looking for some great video editing software that also happens to be free, look no further. Before you start, however, I have a word of warning. The disappointing thing about free video editors is that there aren’t really any equivalents of Photoscape or Audacity. There is definitely awesome video editing software out […]

If you’re a VLC Media Player fan like me then Lunettes is something you should definitely check out. With doubts circulating about the future development of VLC on Mac, Lunettes has arrived signaling that the future for VLC on Mac is very much alive.
Lunettes (French for spectacles) features a new interface for VLC that opens […]

Windows: When it comes to voice chats on the web, Skype is definitely the way to go. This awesome app - chosen by three Softonic editors as top of the decade - keeps on improving with every new version. The latest one, Skype 4.2 Beta, features call quality indicator, Google Chrome extension, enhanced support for […]

Here are my ten choices for the decade. As well as these, the most important technological developments for me have been the spread of wireless, and mobile internet devices in general. 10 years ago the internet was something stuck to a desk coming out of a big glowing cathode ray tube - today it’s on […]

Choosing the best 10 applications of the past decade is certainly a hard task - especially if you work as a software editor and test hundreds of them every month! But this experience is precisely what helps us identify outstanding programs right on the spot: programs that are more than just simple lines of code […]

So another decade is coming to a close and I think it’s safe to say it’s been the most exciting one ever for downloads. A top ten list of the past decade reads like a “Who’s Who” list of the download scene today. Almost all of the most downloaded apps on Softonic today were released […]

Windows 7 is a fast, stable operating system that already includes high quality software by default. But that doesn’t mean you aren’t allowed to enjoy the advantages of  third-party apps.
Common tasks such as downloading files, chatting with your friends, creating documents or editing photos require tools that you won’t find built into Windows 7. Also, […]

Mac: There’s no doubt that the open source VLC Player is one of the best media players out there. For serious VLC Player fans however, the ability to take your preferences with you wherever go is one thing that hasn’t been possible. That’s all changed with Portable VLC, which is a portable application that allows […]

iPhone: App developers seem to be able to make a game out of anything these days, as you’ll see if you play Waterslide Extreme. The object of the game is to negotiate your way down a series of increasingly perilous flumes, collecting objects along the way. The faster you are and the more things you […]

Windows: VLC is finally fit for a 1.0 release! If you’ve never tried this great little open source media player, there’s no better time than now. If you want to play video or music files and not worry about format, VLC is the best application for the job. With a plethora of media formats […]

A very common problem Mac users have is playing Windows Media Video (WMV) files. When your Mac tries to open WMV files by default in QuickTime, commonly you’ll receive an error message along the lines of “This is not a movie file.” The reason for this is because WMV files use Microsoft proprietary codecs that […]

It’s not officially published on their website yet, but it seems that VLC media player 1.0 RC is about to be released. At least that’s what we can infer from the fact that the news has been leaked across the Internet and the file is already available to download from FileHippo.

While this is not the […]