darktanis
11-17-2006, 20:34 PM
Media Players
My favorite media player (and the one I use) is FOOBAR2000
http://www.foobar2000.org/foobar2000_0.9.4.1.exe
http://www.free-codecs.com/QuickTime_Alternative_download.htm- No need to download and install "QuickTime", use this instead. Much smaller application.
http://www.free-codecs.com/Real_Alternative_download.htm
Don't ever install "real one player", just use this instead.
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/guliverkli/mpc2kxp6489.zip?download
Slim down hacked version of old Media Player. Has pretty much all codecs - can play anything.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ VideoLan is a perfect DVD/Divx media player. Much like PowerDVD.
http://www.cowonamerica.com/products/jetaudio/ -Play most all types of media files with internet broadcasting and a nice alarm clock.
Cd Burning
http://www.cdburnerxp.se/download.htm-Just like it sounds, burning program for Windows. Free
http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm- Small program to burn images of CD's. Once installed, right click an .ISO's or a ROM drive and "create CD image".
http://www.deepburner.com/?r=download- A full featured Burning app for CD's, DVD's and ISO's. Much like Nero only totally ~~Free
http://sourceforge.net/projects/cdexos/- A free tool allows you to Rip you CD's into MP3's.
Codecs:
Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/): Audio/sound mixer, that is of course FREE.
MP3DirectCut (http://mpesch3.de1.cc/mp3dc.html): Fast and extensive audio editor and recorder for compressed mp3. No need to recompress.
SLD codec pack (http://www.codec-download.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownload&cid=16): All Dvix, Xvid etc. codecs combined in one install. Great for using Windows Media Player for these file types.
K-Lite (http://home.hccnet.nl/h.edskes/finalbuilds.htm): KL is a large "all-in-one" codec pack.
Bink Rad Video (http://www.radgametools.com/bnkdown.htm): Perfect tool to rip movie's into an executable player. End-users don't need special codecs to use.
VCDgear (http://www.vcdgear.com/): Designed to extract MPEG streams from CD images, convert VCD files to MPEG, correct MPEG errors and more.
StaxRip (http://www.planetdvb.net/staxrip/): Easily convert your DVD's, DVB or DV captures or almost any other source format.
Dr. Divx 2.0 (http://expandinglimits.com/drdivx/node/7): Unofficially the Official DivX encoding tool to create DivX media files for playback on DivX hardware and software players.
MediaCoder (http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/download.htm): Audio/video batch transcoder. Capable of transcoding among different audio/video formats with many extras.
EphPod (http://www.ephpod.com/): Manage your iPod music and more. Drag and drop music back and forth.
Video Editing/Ripping
Pivot (http://www.freewarefiles.com/programs.php?ProgramID=9580&categoryid=3&subcategoryid=32): Make stick figure animations!. This is cool.
AutoGK (http://www.autogk.me.uk/): Video compression and converting. Divx, Xvid and DVD support. (Like "Dr. Divx" as for understanding).
Wink (http://www.debugmode.com/wink/): Make flash tutorials for websites or software "how-to's". 'Teach mom how to use OpenOffice by watching.'
Anim8or (http://www.anim8or.com/main/http://www.ramsinks.com): A free "Maya" program. Very tight software that lets you make your own "Toy Story".
Blender (http://www.blender.org/index.php): A free GNU 3D manipulation tool. Make movies and effects. Tutorials (http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro#Beginner_Tutorials).
Avid (http://www.avid.com/freedv/): Perfect for students, DV camera owners, video enthusiasts or anyone exploring video editing.
Zwei-Stein (http://www.thugsatbay.com/zweistein/http://www.ramsinks.com): A non-linear, non-destructive video compositing and editing system which offers many advanced features.
DAZ|Studio: (http://www.daz3d.com/program/studio/1_0index.php)3D figure posing and animation software package. Think Nvidia "Dawn" creation. (like).
ABC VideoRoll (http://www.freewarefiles.com/programs.php?categoryid=6&subcategoryid=74&ProgramID=453): Easy to use, free video editing. Company no longer exists and some experience bugs with it. Seems ok.
WAX (http://www.debugmode.com/wax/): High performance and flexible video compositing and special effects software. Look at there other free software too!
VirtualDub (http://www.virtualdub.org/index): Great for capturing and editing your .AVI movies and converting to Divx. Many more features.
ZS4 (http://www.zs4.net/news-zs4-video-editing-software-release-0956): Combine a variety of media types (currently photos, videos and audio files) into one (or more) output file(s).
Movica (http://vani.bhargav.googlepages.com/movica): a graphical user interface to edit .mpg and .wmv.
Doom9 (http://www.doom9.org/) and Videohelp (http://www.videohelp.com/): Both are great sites to get any other software/help you may need for video encoding.
My favorite media player (and the one I use) is FOOBAR2000
http://www.foobar2000.org/foobar2000_0.9.4.1.exe
http://www.free-codecs.com/QuickTime_Alternative_download.htm- No need to download and install "QuickTime", use this instead. Much smaller application.
http://www.free-codecs.com/Real_Alternative_download.htm
Don't ever install "real one player", just use this instead.
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/guliverkli/mpc2kxp6489.zip?download
Slim down hacked version of old Media Player. Has pretty much all codecs - can play anything.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ VideoLan is a perfect DVD/Divx media player. Much like PowerDVD.
http://www.cowonamerica.com/products/jetaudio/ -Play most all types of media files with internet broadcasting and a nice alarm clock.
Cd Burning
http://www.cdburnerxp.se/download.htm-Just like it sounds, burning program for Windows. Free
http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm- Small program to burn images of CD's. Once installed, right click an .ISO's or a ROM drive and "create CD image".
http://www.deepburner.com/?r=download- A full featured Burning app for CD's, DVD's and ISO's. Much like Nero only totally ~~Free
http://sourceforge.net/projects/cdexos/- A free tool allows you to Rip you CD's into MP3's.
Codecs:
Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/): Audio/sound mixer, that is of course FREE.
MP3DirectCut (http://mpesch3.de1.cc/mp3dc.html): Fast and extensive audio editor and recorder for compressed mp3. No need to recompress.
SLD codec pack (http://www.codec-download.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownload&cid=16): All Dvix, Xvid etc. codecs combined in one install. Great for using Windows Media Player for these file types.
K-Lite (http://home.hccnet.nl/h.edskes/finalbuilds.htm): KL is a large "all-in-one" codec pack.
Bink Rad Video (http://www.radgametools.com/bnkdown.htm): Perfect tool to rip movie's into an executable player. End-users don't need special codecs to use.
VCDgear (http://www.vcdgear.com/): Designed to extract MPEG streams from CD images, convert VCD files to MPEG, correct MPEG errors and more.
StaxRip (http://www.planetdvb.net/staxrip/): Easily convert your DVD's, DVB or DV captures or almost any other source format.
Dr. Divx 2.0 (http://expandinglimits.com/drdivx/node/7): Unofficially the Official DivX encoding tool to create DivX media files for playback on DivX hardware and software players.
MediaCoder (http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/download.htm): Audio/video batch transcoder. Capable of transcoding among different audio/video formats with many extras.
EphPod (http://www.ephpod.com/): Manage your iPod music and more. Drag and drop music back and forth.
Video Editing/Ripping
Pivot (http://www.freewarefiles.com/programs.php?ProgramID=9580&categoryid=3&subcategoryid=32): Make stick figure animations!. This is cool.
AutoGK (http://www.autogk.me.uk/): Video compression and converting. Divx, Xvid and DVD support. (Like "Dr. Divx" as for understanding).
Wink (http://www.debugmode.com/wink/): Make flash tutorials for websites or software "how-to's". 'Teach mom how to use OpenOffice by watching.'
Anim8or (http://www.anim8or.com/main/http://www.ramsinks.com): A free "Maya" program. Very tight software that lets you make your own "Toy Story".
Blender (http://www.blender.org/index.php): A free GNU 3D manipulation tool. Make movies and effects. Tutorials (http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro#Beginner_Tutorials).
Avid (http://www.avid.com/freedv/): Perfect for students, DV camera owners, video enthusiasts or anyone exploring video editing.
Zwei-Stein (http://www.thugsatbay.com/zweistein/http://www.ramsinks.com): A non-linear, non-destructive video compositing and editing system which offers many advanced features.
DAZ|Studio: (http://www.daz3d.com/program/studio/1_0index.php)3D figure posing and animation software package. Think Nvidia "Dawn" creation. (like).
ABC VideoRoll (http://www.freewarefiles.com/programs.php?categoryid=6&subcategoryid=74&ProgramID=453): Easy to use, free video editing. Company no longer exists and some experience bugs with it. Seems ok.
WAX (http://www.debugmode.com/wax/): High performance and flexible video compositing and special effects software. Look at there other free software too!
VirtualDub (http://www.virtualdub.org/index): Great for capturing and editing your .AVI movies and converting to Divx. Many more features.
ZS4 (http://www.zs4.net/news-zs4-video-editing-software-release-0956): Combine a variety of media types (currently photos, videos and audio files) into one (or more) output file(s).
Movica (http://vani.bhargav.googlepages.com/movica): a graphical user interface to edit .mpg and .wmv.
Doom9 (http://www.doom9.org/) and Videohelp (http://www.videohelp.com/): Both are great sites to get any other software/help you may need for video encoding.