Players
VLC Video Lan v. 0.8.6i (
www.videolan.org):
VLC (initially VideoLAN Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.
It works on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and more.
File size: 9,50 Mb
BSP Player (
www.bsplayer.org):
BSplayer is a Windows player that plays back all kinds of media files (avi / mpg / asf / wmv / wav / mp3...) and specialises in video and divx playback.
It works on Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP. File size: 9,50 Mb
Recorders
ZD Soft Screen Recorder (
www.zdsoft.com):
ZD Soft Screen recorder is freeware, however, it is as powerful as most of the commercial screen recording software on the market, especially outstanding on the recording speed and the output file quality:
Recording Speed: Our driver-based screen recording technology can record screen activities in an extreme high speed with very low CPU usage. It ensures you get the best screen recording experience unlike the other screen recording software make your computer jerk.
Output File Quality: Our specially designed real-time lossless video compression algorithm can compress screen activity data in a very high compression ratio. In the normal case, a compressed lossless video file is just a little bigger or sometimes smaller than an MPEG-4 encoded lossy video file. (Note: MPEG-4 encoded lossy video file is also supported by ZD Soft Screen recorder).
It works on Windows 2000/XP/2003 or later version. File size: 887 Kb
DVD Ripping and Backup
DVD Shrink v. 3.2.0.15 (
www.dvdshrink.org):
DVD shrink is software to backup DVD discs. You can use this software in conjunction with DVD burning software of your choice, to make a backup copy of any DVD video disc.
It works on Windows 9x/2000/XP. File size: 1,06 Mb
DVDFab Decrypter v. 3.1.8.0 (
www.dvdidle.com):
is a simple version of DVDFab Platinum. It copies entire DVD movie to hard disk, and removes all the protections (CSS, RC, RCE, APS, UOPs and Sony ARccOS) while copying.
It works on all Windows 32bit system. File size: 2,37 MB
Video Editors
VirtualDub v. 1.7.8.28346 (
www.virtualdub.org):
(English language) Virtualdub is a video capture/processing utility for 32-bit Windows platforms (95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP), licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). It lacks the editing power of a general-purpose editor such as Adobe Premiere, but is streamlined for fast linear operations over video. It has batch-processing capabilities for processing large numbers of files and can be extended with third-party video filters. Virtualdub is mainly geared toward processing AVI files, although it can read (not write) MPEG-1 and also handle sets of BMP images.
File size: 1,31 Mb
Utility
Daemon Tools 403 (
www.daemon-tools.cc):
DAEMON Tools is a virtual cd/dvd-rom emulator. It is able to emulate nearly all known copy protections on the market today.
It works on Windows XP, Windows2003, Windows 2000, VISTA) and supports 32 and 64 bit OS version.
New version has an option to install client-side software applications (DAEMON Tools Searchbar and Save Now) that deliver a limited number of behaviorally targeted and contextually relevant coupons, ads and comparative shopping results directly to consumers desktops - without compromising the privacy, security or smooth functioning of peoples computers! No URL hijacking or redirects! In order to support FREE distribution of DAEMON Tools we highly encourage you at least to try out this optional software! (you can remove it anytime later when you wish: via Control Panel-> Add/Remove Programs)
File size: 1,37 MB