IrfanView (pronounced earfanview) is a nice little (>10MB) application for graphic viewing, movie & audio playback, etc. It also has some image manipulation capabilities. Honestly, it would take too much space to list its features here. Best to check out the website.

This program has become my graphic viewer of choice. It's fast, covers an extensive amount of file formats, and has a lot of neat features. Plus, it is not at all system heavy. The only requirement is that the computer is a Windows system.

While I mainly use it for viewing my graphics, it has a few other nice features I thought I should mention here. There are many plugins available for the program, all downloadable from the site, including features to playback Quicktime and Real file formats. This was a big sell for me, because I really don't like programs that bug you to purchase it, not to mention the system hogs that they can be.

However, I should note, that these plugins are the main reason that this application didn't get a five. They're very finicky, and will occasionally not work. I've ran into problems with Quicktime Livefeeds, and Real streams. Nonetheless, it tends to playback a captured stream/feed flawlessly.

Check out the site for a lot more information on its capabilities.

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