CatGrab - Quickly Download and Archive Your Camera Photos and Videos
Posted by: Barry Cleave in Freeware, tags: Archive, Backup, Digital Photo, Freeware, Independant Review, Programs, Software, Utilities, Video, Vista, Windows, Windows XPWhat’s This All About?
CatGrab is a handy program to download your photos and videos from a USB connected camera or from a Flashcard reader. CatGrab automatically renames your files and places them in separate folders for photos and videos on your desktop. This review is for the “small” or Freeware edition which has restricted options and a “nag” screen, however for a simple and quick method of downloading it is quite acceptable. Personally I use Picasa which is also free and provides more options.
Why Would You Want It?
Most cameras come with some proprietary software which will do the job of getting photos/videos from the camera to your PC. If you have more than 1 camera you may need to load more than one program and there may also be conflicts. CatGrab provides a simple and quick solution to this. It also separates photos from videos and provides renaming based on the date the photos were taken. Also it will not download duplicates.
(Note - Static addresses can be assigned if required. This is relatively easy for LAN addresses but will probably involve additional costs with an ISP for your WAN)
What Does It Do - The Essentials?
Summary:
- Downloads photos and videos to a PC/Laptop
- Renames files based on original date and time
- Separates Photos from Videos
Pros: What’s Good?
Features & Benefits
- Freeware (small version)
- Very Simple to Use
- Mac & Linux versions
- Good Help Manual (pdf)
Cons:What’s Not So Good?
- Won’t delete photos from camera/flashcard (freeware version)
- Not portable
More About What it Does in Detail:
Go to Page 2 for details and screenshots
Go to Page 3 for ProReviewer Summary
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Popularity: 27% [?]
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August 19th, 2008 at 9:10 am - Edit
Hi,
I know this is a bit of a cheek and off topic but I cannot find the information I am looking for.
I am technophobic, so as you can imagine this site scares the **** out off me. The problem I am having is that I want to post video to my site, but I have not got a clue how to go about it, so I was wondering if you could point me in the right diredtion.
All the best - and thanks
August 19th, 2008 at 12:50 pm - Edit
I see you are using Wordpress for your site. Essentially the easy way to do this is by using Youtube to host the video and then pasting the “Embed”code into your Wordpress Page using the HTML editior tab (not the Visual Tab) in the Write Post page.
The “Embed” code is to the right of the video on Youtube in a text box starting
August 20th, 2008 at 10:01 pm - Edit
I also use Picasa, but this sounds really good as well, especially since the free version does have several benefits.
Thanks Barry,
JR
October 26th, 2008 at 5:18 pm - Edit
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