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Free Download Manager
• www.freedownloadmanager.org
Program Type: Download Manager
This program allows you to download video from sites such as You Tube and Google Video; it increases download speeds and it has an upload manager. The program is open source.
Platform: Windows
Free Studio Manager
• www.dvdvideosoft.com
Program Type: Video Converter
This is a great tool that includes:
YouTube to iPod and PSP Converter
Video Dub
Audio Dub
Video to Flash Converter
YouTube to MP3 Converter
DVD Decrypter
3GP Video Converter
Video Flip and Rotate
YouTube Download
YouTube Uploader
Video to iPod and PSP Converter
Video to iPhone Converter
Video to MP3 Converter
Video to JPG Converter
YouTube to iPhone Converte
Studio Manager
Extract images from video and convert to jpg
All of the above are free tools. Program is easy to install and run.
Platform: Windows, Mac
AVS DVD Player
• www.dvdvideosoft.com
Program Type: Universal DVD player
Also from DVDVideoSoft.com, this is a free universal player that supports the following file types: *.ifo, *.vob, *.avi, *.divx, *.div, *.mp4, *.m4v, *.mpeg, *.mpg, *.dat, *.m1v, *.m2v, *.mpe, *.dvr-ms, *.vro, *.3gp, *.3g2, *.3gpp, *.3gp2, *.wmv, *.asf, *.mov, *.qt, *.rm, *.rmvb, *.dv, *.dif, *.flv, *.mkv, *.ogm.
Platform: Windows, Mac
VideoLAN VLC Media Player
• www.videolan.org
Program Type: Media Player
We like this program very much as often it will play files that other players will not. VLC supports a large number of multimedia formats for most platforms. See website for full details.
WavePad
www.nch.com.au/wavepad
Program Type: Audio Editing
Fully featured sound editor for windows that allows you to edit audio files and add effects such as echo and amplification if you want. Supports MP3 and may other file formats.
This software is free because, as the developers NCH freely admit, they hope you will upgrade to their bigger and better masters edition!
Fair Use
www.fairusewizard.com
Program Type: DVD to DivX Converter
Create movies or backup your DVDs on your computer and convert them to DivX to play on your standalone player.
iTunes
www.apple.com/itunes
Program Type: Music Player
iTunes software is a fairly large download - 21MB. During installation, iTunes will offer to find and import your current music collection. Plus you can also play videos.
Avid
www.avid.com/freedv/
Program Type: DV Editing
Avid Free DV is standalone software which includes basic video and audio editing capabilities.
Platforms: Windows, Macintosh OS X
SolveigMM AVI Trimmer
www.solveigmm.com
Program Type: Free Video Editor
Small and fairly easy to use - tutorials on the website if you are not sure how to do what you want.
Features
Platforms: Windows dBpowerAMP Music Converter (dMC)
www.dbpoweramp.com
Program Type: CD Ripper
Digitally Rip Audio CDs and compress to a multitude of audio formats plus convert between formats.
Platform: Windows
Juice
• http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net
Program Type: Podcast Manager
Juice's primary purpose is to manage podcasts. It has a built-in directory with thousands of listed podcast feeds. You can listen to scheduled podcasts when ever you like. What it does is it downloads updated podcasts automatically so you can listen when you like. Juice is accessible for blind and visually impaired users (windows version only) plus it is completely free.
Platforms: Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux
Real Player
http://uk.real.com/player
Program Type: Video Player, Music Player
The free version of Real Player allows you to download videos from the web and add to your playlist. You can also listen to hundreds on radio stations online (just click Music) including all BBC stations. You can of course use to listen to video and audio clips on your own computer and burn
Platforms: Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
Yahoo! Music Jukebox
• http://music.yahoo.com
Program Type: Music Player
Play, rip and burn MP3s and CDs. It also has access to Launchcast Radio which, in addition to featuring dozens of radion stations, allows you to customise your own station! You can even ban all those irritating songs!
You can get the free player here (or you can buy the Yahoo! Music Jukebox Plus which has various add ons).
Platforms: Windows
Daemon Tools
• www.daemon-tools.cc
Program Type: A virtual cd/dvd-rom optical storage media emulator
A what??? Basically it creates a virtual "image" on your computer (that's the virtual cd/dvd) and by doing so it will open the following types of file:
cue/bin, iso, ccd (CloneCD), bwt (Blindwrite), mds (Media Descriptor File), cdi (Discjuggler), nrg (Nero), pdi (Instant CD/DVD), b5t (BlindWrite 5), isz (Compressed ISO images)
Also useful if you want to create a backup of any of your original CDs or DVDs.
I have to say I was very pleased with this application when I was able to open a file all other zip programs resisted! To use, simply right click on the system tray icon, let your mouse hover where it says Virtual CD/DVD-ROM, do some more hovering over Device 0: and then choose Mount image. A window will open up that allows you to navigate to the file you need to open. Click open. To access the help files, just right click the system tray icon; alternatively use the online forums.
Please note that this program is free only for non commercial purposes.
Platform: Windows
Video DVD Maker Free
http://protectedsoft.com
Program Type: DVD Maker
This is one of the free offerings (See also Final Free Burner) from Protectedsoft software, a commercial company offering a range of media software. It has the following features:
Capture video from any video device (DV camera, web camera, TV tuner, etc.)
Import any video file (AVI, DIVX, XVID, MP4, MPG, WMV, ASF, MOV, etc.)
Burn to any type of media (CD R/RW, DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD DL, etc.)
DVD Video, Video CD, Super Video CD
Intuitive user interface
100% freeware - no adware or spyware
Platform: Windows
Final Burner Free
http://protectedsoft.com
This is one of the free offerings (See also Video DVD Maker Free) from Protectedsoft software, a commercial company offering a range of media software. It has the following features:
Burn Data CD/DVD (CD R/RW, DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD DL, HD-DVD, Blu-Ray, etc.)
Autorun menu designer
Burn Audio CD (Import *.wav; *.mp3; *.ogg; *.mid; *.wma; *.aac; *.mp4; *.m4a; *.xm; *.mod; *.s3m; *.it; *.mtm; *.mo3 audio files.)
Burn Video DVD (Import AVI, DIVX, XVID, MP4, MPG, WMV, ASF, MOV, etc. Capture from Web cam, TV tuner, DV, etc.)
Burn ISO images
AudioCd Ripper
100% freeware - no adware or spyware
Platform: Windows
Imgburn
www.imgburn.com
Program Type: CD/DVD/HD DVD/Blu-ray Burner
This freeware program has the following modes:
• Read - Read a disc to an image file
• Build - Create an image file from files on your computer or network - or you can write the files directly to a disc
• Write - Write an image file to a disc
• Verify - Check a disc is 100% readable. Optionally, you can also have ImgBurn compare it against a given image file to ensure the actual data is correct
• Discovery - Put your drive / media to the test! Used in combination with DVDInfoPro, you can check the quality of the burns your drive is producing
Platform: Windows, Linux
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