VideoMach is a powerful audio/video builder and converter. Use it to construct video clips from still images, enhance your recorded material or convert video, audio and image files between popular media formats.

VideoMach features:

• Suports popular video and image formats (mpeg, avi, divx, flc, jpeg, png, tif, gif, bmp and more)
• Reads and writes standard Linux and UN*X image formats (xpm, pnm, sgi, ras and more)
• Supports most popular audio formats (mp3, mp2, ogg, wav, ac3)
• Imports the output of high-speed imagers and time-lapse cameras (bayer, cine)
• World's fastest image sequence detection, more than 50,000 images per second
• Professional-quality MPEG, AVI and Bayer readers, video is decoded at highest quality unlike in most media players
• Fastest software MPEG encoder, more then 120 frames per second
• Can read or write very large MPEG files, up to million terabytes
• Creates industry standard VideoCD MPEGs by NTSC and PAL / SECAM video specs
• Connects to both Video For Windows (VFW) and DirectShow (DS) interfaces ensuring support for vaste number of AVI codecs / subformats
• Easy to navigate but powerful AVI output video / audio codecs selection dialog
• Integrated media player
• Fast, compact and reliable installer with built-in anti-virus check

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Sometimes I prefer watching movies and TV series on the computer rather than doing it on the couch. The image quality in my PC monitor is better and I can handle more formats than just DVD.

Of course, I need a good video player in order to enjoy my favorite movies at their most, and my choice is no other than BSPlayer. This great video player features anything you need to watch movies or any other kind of video on your PC. It supports all popular video formats (and audio as well, in case you were wondering) and though its basic interface is not really the nicest one I've seen, you can easily customize it with skins.

BSPlayer supports video subtitles, takes screenshots of movie currently playing, lets you create bookmarks and chapters to move along videos more easily and has also support for plug-ins. I especially liked the way you can control playback, either by using keyboard shortcuts or simply your mouse: one click to stop the video, two clicks to go full screen, mouse wheel to raise or low the volume…

The only thing I didn't like was the fact that, being a free version, you're obliged to install an adware element on your PC that displays ads from time to time while you're browsing the way. It's a safe app that doesn't compromise your privacy, but still it's not my cup of tea. I guess it's just the price you have to pay for having such a great video player for free.

BSPlayer lets you enjoy your favorite movies on the PC with a wide range of features (subtitles, screenshots, bookmarks and more) provided you're willing to accept some ads on your desktop.

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Far from being just office workhorses, computers are also thought of as complete entertainment systems that you can use to chat with friends, play videogames or watch movies. Regarding this last option, there's a wide range of DVD players out there, but we'll focus our attention on one of them: Power DVD.

The program's installation process is very quick. It includes Google Toolbar as an add-on but you can decline its installation if you're not interested. Once launched, you gain access to its main interface which, to be honest, is not especially nice: a close-up of a girl wearing weird sunglasses is not the kind of thing you expect to see on the screen when opening a DVD player. It would look much better with some abstract design or just the program logo instead. Anyway, configuration settings allow you to customize this interface with skins but there are no skins included. At least you can change the color scheme by clicking on the display.

Power DVD is generally very easy to use. All the buttons on the player panel have tooltips to give you hints about their usage. Also, most of their functions can be performed with the mouse or the keyboard (using the hotkey displayed in the tooltip). When playing a movie in full screen mode, the panel hides automatically and shows only if you move the mouse. Still, you can access all the program's functions through a comprehensive context menu by right-clicking anywhere on the image.

As for the playing functions, the movie flows very smoothly even when you move the window around or play it in full screen mode. Sound can be configured in different ways, depending on your hardware means (from headphones to an 8-speaker surround system) in order to obtain the best possible sound quality. During our tests, we also found some interesting tools: one offers the possibility to change playing speed and therefore obtain slow or fast motion images; another one lets you take snapshots of your favourite scenes in the movie, according to the settings in Configuration – Player – Advanced - Snapshot; and finally a tool called "Say it again" with which you can repeat certain dialogues over and over again. This may be useful for foreign language students or movie fans who like to learn certain script lines by heart.

Power DVD is then a perfect solution for your all DVD playing needs. It may seem quite simple at first sight but after all, you don't need much more apart from "play" and "pause" to happily watch a movie on your PC. And in case you want to know more about the program and their developers, have a look at our interview with Dr. Jau Huang, Cyberlink's founder.

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There's nothing more annoying than downloading or ripping a film and then reaslising you don't have th right codecs to play it.

Or worse, the codecs that you have are corrupt and don't playback properly. If you've found yourself in this situation then m5Studio Codec is a neat little package which brings together most of the most important codecs you'll need. m5Studio Codec includes all the major codecs you'll need to make sure that you'll never have problems playing a film again.

Among the codecs included in m5Studio Codec are DivX or XviD, Ogg Vorbis or Cinepak or AC3 plus some some lesser known ones such as CoreAVC and Fraunhoffer IIS. Installation is simply a matter of double clicking EXE file and you've got a few configuration controls to control exactly how you want the codecs to perform.

m5Studio Codec is a useful codec package that will be able to playback most of the major formats that you can download or rip films to.

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ImTOO Ripper Pack Platinum is a handy pack of utilities to rip, encode and make the most out of your CD and DVD collection.

The pack consists of super ripping and converting tools, namely ImTOO DVD Ripper Platinum, ImTOO DVD Creator, ImTOO MPEG Encoder, ImTOO Audio Encoder and ImTOO CD Ripper. When installing the suite, you can select which ones you want to have on your system and which ones should be left out. However I missed having some kind of common launcher to access them all.

Some of the tools included in the pack seem to be quite easy to use, while some others look a bit more technical and require a bit of knowledge. In any case, whether you need to encode a file, rip a CD or convert audio from one format to another, you'll find the tool you're looking for.

ImTOO Ripper Pack Platinum includes a collection of five ripping and encoding tools, both for audio and video.

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MediaCoder has set itself as a software referent for video conversions and now is offering the same functionality and capabilities for portable devices.

After releasing a PSP and iPod Touch versions, we've been presented with MediaCoder for Mobile Phone, a new MediaCoder edition that has been especially developed to convert video files to mobile formats such as MPEG-4, 3GP and AVI. While the format selection is not that wide in itself, it should be more than enough to fit most mobile phones nowadays.

The program features three possible interface configurations (Simple, Normal and Expert) from which we recommend the first one, as you don't really need to tweak all the program's settings and it's clearly the easiest to use.

Available formats and codecs can be selected via a drop-down menu: this means you can select them manually, but there are no profiles ready to be used. A standard mobile phone image lets you get an idea of how the video will look like on your device. Sadly there's only one to choose from.

MediaCoder for Mobile Phone converts your favorite videos to mobile compatible formats in an easy, fast and efficient way, so you can carry them anywhere with you.

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While Apple is slowly rolling out their highly coveted iPhone across Europe, many developers have started to create software apps to be used specifically with today's most fashionable mobile phone.

MediaCoder iPhone iPod Touch Edition is one of those tools, a video converter that enables you to adapt your favorite movies, shows and video clips to the video formats used both in the iPhone and the iPod Touch. This app is in fact a simplified version of the original MediaCoder that has been adapted to these two new video platforms.

The program features a highly detailed interface that displays all the necessary information for each conversion, including an iPhone-like preview window. In fact, it's so complete that it may feel a bit overwhelming for first-time users.

The confusion still goes on – and even grows – when opening the program's exhaustive configuration menu. But once the initial shock is gone, MediaCoder iPhone iPod Touch turns out to be an excellent conversion tool that works really fast and obtains excellent results.

MediaCoder iPhone iPod Touch is pretty much everything you need to convert and transfer videos to your iPhone or iPod Touch. Just take your time to learn how to use it.

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Cliprex DS DVD Player is a free Windows DVD video player software program built on the advanced Directx 9.0 technologies for playing DVD, any movie DIVX, XVID, MPEG, WMV, ASF, Video CD, Super Video CD and any other videofile you have the codec installed for. This free DVD software player supports aspect ratios 4:3, 16:9 and more. The DVD menu contains a chapterlist which makes navigation through the DVD a piece of cake!

With this full-featured free dvd and video player you have the possibility to create huge playlists and take advantage of the nice options the playlist offers like saving your playlist to load at a later time, or publish your playlist to a html website! This version of Cliprex DS DVD Player is free for viewing DVD videos and other videos on a home PC or notebook computer. The package also contains free DVD decoders, mpeg-2 audio/video and divx codecs.

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The Advanced Codec Pack is mainly for use by encoders, it features a large number of codec's/filters and also some additional tools. The package will enable you to playback and encode most major formats currently available.

Installation of the package is made easy for users through the informative menu's.
Options that may cause problems have a warning in the description pane, the installer will also unselect options that my cause conflicts.

Includes:

• DivX 6.1 Pro Video Codec
• XviD 1.0.3 Video (Encoder) Codec - Koepi's 20/12/04 Build
• XviD 1.1 Beta 2 Video (Encoder) Codec - Koepi's 04/04/05 Build
• ffdshow Video Codec 20051129 by Milan Cutka
• x264 h.264/AVC VFW Video (Encoder) Codec Revision 385
• Microsoft - Windows Media 9 Video Codec 9.0.1.369
• On2 Technologies VP7 Video (Decoder) Codec 7.0.8
• On2 Technologies VP6 Video Codec 6.4.2
• Huffyuv Lossless Video Codec 2.2.0.1
• Ligos Indeo XP Video Codec 5.2820.15.58
• Intel Indeo Video Codec 4.51.16.2
• Intel Indeo Video Codec 3.24.1.2
• InterVideo Video Filter 7.0.27.130
• InterVideo Audio Filter 7.0.27.130
• CyberLink DVD Video/SP Filter 6.0.0.1006
• CyberLink DTV Video/SP Filter 3.5.0.3629
• CyberLink AC3 Filter 6.0.0.1027
• DScaler MPEG Filter 5.0.0.6
• AC3Filter 1.01a RC5
• DVBPortal HDTV Pump Filter 1.0.7
• RadLight PVA Splitter 1.0.0.0
• DSMyth MythTV Filters 0.4.0.1
• AC3ACM v1.2 by fccHandler – para usar en VirtualDub-MPEG2
• AVI - AC3/DTS Converter + DTS/AC3 Source Filter By Gabest
• AAC Parser Filter 1.1.0 - By Tom Judd
• Core AAC Playback Filter 1.2.0.573
• Core FLAC Playback Filter 0.4.0.464
• Core WavPack Playback Filter 1.0.3
• RadLight APE Playback Filter 1.0.0.4 - for Monkey Audio
• RadLight MPC Playback Filter 1.0.0.4 - for MusePack
• RadLight OFR Playback Filter 1.0.0.1 - for OptimFROG
• RadLight TTA Playback Filter 1.0.0.0 - for True Audio
• Sony ATRAC3 0.98 ACM Codec also known as MDLP2
• DivX ACM Audio Codec también conocido como Windows Media Audio 4.1
• Microsoft - Windows Media Audio 7.0 ACM Audio Codec
• DSP-worx MOD Source Filter 0.60
• DSP-worx MP3 Source Filter 1.30
• Lame MP3 3.97.B2 ACM Codec
• Fraunhofer IIS MP3 1.2.0.63 Professional + 1.9.0.305 Advanced ACM Codec
• Fraunhofer IIS DirectShow filter 1.9.0.311
• Fraunhofer IIS DirectShow filter 1.5.0.50
• Lame 3.97.B2 DirectShow filter

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Imagine being able to watch your favourite films anytime, anywhere on your pocket PC. That's what Plato DVD to Pocket PC Converter allows you to do in a powerful little package which comes bundled with several nice features. What I hate with video converters is having to hang around whilst the often lengthy conversion process completes and I can finally shut down my PC for the night. There's no such problems with Plato DVD to Pocket PC however because you can set it to automatically shutdown once the process is complete.

It's also very simple to use. Once installed, simply click "Add" to as many files as you want for the conversion list. If you want to remove a specific conversion task from schedule list, press "remove" button. If you want to reset the schedule list, press "Clear". You can also set the start and end point of a video to convert by dragging the sliding bar to the appropriate point. After that, you simply set the output Pocket PC AVI video quality and instruct the program where to save the converted file. Once you click convert, a status bar will show you how much is completed.

Prepare to wait a long time though - conversion speed runs at about twice the speed of playback so for a 2 hour film, you're going to wait at least an hour. You may also experience a common error message saying ""Decoder not initiated. Select IFO file first" depending on the encryption of the DVD. This can be fixed by selecting "Use aspi for DVD driver to access DVD driver" from the file menu although it simply can't convert all DVD's.

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Windows Essentials Codec Pack is a collection of video and audio codecs and tools that are required to encode and decode (that is, play) audio and video files. With this pack, according to the developer, you should be able to play 99% of all the movies and music files that you download off the Internet, and stay up to date with the latest codecs through the program's Codec Update Service.

Windows Essentials Codec Pack is free and user-friendly, as you get all the work done with just a couple of clicks. Also, it keeps your computer up to date with the latest codecs and it's 100% spamware / adware / spyware / free.

But more importantly, unlike other codec packs which include several filters and decoders that are capable of decoding the same media format (which usually cause many conflicts and errors) Windows Essentials Codec Pack was especially designed to assign each file type to the most appropriate filter or decoder, which not only reduces the installer size but also eliminates many of the conflicts and errors caused by multiple codecs being used to decode the same file type.

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TMPGEnc XPress gives you the freedom to take almost any video file and encode it to your desired file format including DivX 6 AVI, QuickTime, MPEG 4-ISO, H.264, DVD-Video, DVD-VR, HDV camcorder, and much more. This powerful software provides you with functions and features ranging from a simple cut-editor tool to multiple powerful video filtering and effects.

Four Step Encoding

TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress gives you an easier way of encoding with 4 steps: Start, Input, Output, Encode, along with settings template so you don’t waste your time figuring out the spec settings. Now it doesn’t take a video guru to be able to encode video; with the simple user interface, workflow is a lot more enjoyable.

Automatic Scene change detection

Automatically detect scene changes and flag them for reference to make life a little easier while editing.

Subtitle support

The new video generator blends the text into your video, and the new subtitle editor also provides numerous options and settings at your disposal.

Need Filters?

TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress includes 19 unique filters and allows you to apply 30 filters to your video and encode it once.

MP3 input and output

Encode and decode MP3 audio. You can even extract MP3 audio from a DivX video file! Got a DivX music video? Make an MP3 audio file to play on your digital music player!

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The GX::Transcoder is a flexible audio converter software, which is able to convert in a batch mode between a lot of audio formats. Additionally the Transcoder uses plugins to add more functions for transforming and playing audio files.

The GX::Transcoder in it's standard version is able to en- and decode MP1, MP3, MP2, MPC, OGG Vorbis, PCM up to 7.1 Channel, G.721, G.723, G.726, G.729, ADPCM, GSM, VOX, DSP, VQF and RAW files as well as decoding QuickTime MOV and QT files. There are also AddIns available, which extends the Transcoder to handle the formats AAC, M4A, M4P4, LA, LPAC, WMA, TTA, OptimFrog, WavPack, FLAC, rkAudio, Real Audio, Speex, Bonk Audio and Shorten. There are plans to support even more audio formats. The transcoder also contains a video converter. This converter can transcoder between all installed avi codecs, mpeg with dvd, vcd and svs extension and wma video files. The GX::Transcoder can transfer the tags ID3v1, ID3v2, APE v1 and v2, Vorbis Comments, FLAC and WMA Tags.

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Sharemaster is an automated and fully customizable Internet search bot, Web and Usenet mass downloader equipped with conventional image viewer, image browser and set of useful tools, such as text finder, file splitter and duplicate files finder.

AmiPic finds web sites matching your interests and downloads not only pictures, video, mp3 and any other files, but also whole web sites, including huge photo galleries and mp3 archives. Using Amipic Sharemaster you can find and download even hidden World Wide Web sites, not available to browse with IE or other programs.

Screenshot Now you can share files simply by uploading them to a web site where other users of AmiPic can download them later. It is possible even without letting others to know your web site URL address! You can share not only regular files, but also you may encrypt files and hide them inside one another.

For example, you may hide a single file or bunch of files in another file, such as a picture, mp3 audio or mpeg video clip. You do not need to create, keep and transmit any password. Each file has it is own secret password and is decoded on-the-fly while being downloaded from WWW or Usenet. Images and other files containing hidden data are fully functional and are identical to the originals. You may still view the images with any conventional image viewer, listen for music or play video clips in your favorite media player.

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Elecard DVD Player allows you to play DVDs or media files from a directory of files copied from a DVD. It provides high resolution and full quality playback of MPEG-2 and MPEG-1 video streams based on Elecard MPEG2 Video Decoder.

The built-in MS DirectShow decoders enable Elecard DVD Player to plays a number of common multimedia formats. Very stylish and intuitive interface, set of useful features, and competitive price make Elecard DVD Player a decent addition to your collection of applications.

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Wondershare Video to PSP Converter is the world's most powerful video converting software to turn your videos into high quality movies playable on new PSP. The Video to PSP Converter features powerful encode/decode capability, it supports converting almost all popular video formats (AVI, WMV, MOV, MPG, MPEG, RM, RMVB, DAT, ASF, etc) to Sony PlayStation Portable MP4. It's fast and it's easy! Simple and intuitive interface, fast performance, a variety of features and supported media types make Wondershare Video to PSP Converter a most convenient software to create videos on PSP and watch your movies on the go.

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Ultra QuickTime Converter is a powerful tool to help you convert QuickTime MOV, QT, MP4, M4V files to AVI, DivX, Xvid, MPEG1, MPEG2, VCD, SVCD, DVD(VOB) files. With the fast and powerful QuickTime video decoder inside, Ultra QuickTime Converter can support almost all MOV, QT, MP4, M4V files, even QuickTime Player has not been installed. The main features include: Batch convert MOV, QT, MP4, M4V files to various format files; NTSC/PAL setting options for DVD, VCD, SVCD exporting; Change the video bitrate, audio bitrate, framerate, image size etc as you like. Very user-friendly interface and easy to use. Very quick in conversion speed and no quality is lost!

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ImTOO MPEG Encoder is an extremely easy to use video and audio formats converter with variable settings and fast converting speed. The software makes the process of converting so many formats a breeze by automating all the tasks and giving you the best quality.

ImTOO MPEG Encoder has built in lots of codecs which enables it to support one of the most comprehensive range of video and audio files including DVD, VCD, AVI, MPEG, GIF, Flash, WMV, WMA, WAV, MP3, MP4, M4A, OGG, AAC, 3GP, etc.

Key features:

Convert AVI to DVD format file (vob file)

ImTOO MPEG Encoder is a avi to DVD conversion software. It supports converting various avi file to DVD format file.

Convert AVI to VCD and SVCD format file

ImTOO MPEG Encoder is not only an avi to DVD converter but can convert avi file to MPEG1 or MPEG2 file which complied with VCD(Video CD) or SVCD (Super Video CD) standard.

Convert MPEG to DVD format file (vob file)

ImTOO MPEG Encoder is a MPEG to DVD converter software. It supports converting MPEG to DVD format file. MPEG1, MPEG2 and MPEG4 (mp4) files are supported.

Convert AVI to MPEG file

You can use ImTOO MPEG Encoder to convert to MPEG (MPEG1, MPEG2) file. A lot of settings you can tweak to achieve best video and audio quality.

WMV converter

ImTOO MPEG Encoder is also a WMV converter which can convert WMV to MPEG, convert WMV to AVI or convert MPEG to WMV, convert AVI to WMV.

Convert MPEG4 file

ImTOO MPEG Encoder is a mpeg4 or mp4 converter. It can convert mp4 to MPEG file, convert mp4 to avi file and convert mp4 to DVD. It's not only a mp4 decoder but a mp4 encoder. It supports convert avi to mp4, mpeg to mp4 and mp3 to mp4, etc. A lot of settings you can tweak to achieve best video and audio quality.

3GP converter

ImTOO MPEG Encoder is an avi to 3gp converter and a mpeg to 3gp converter. The 3gp format files are supported by many mobile devices, such as Nokia mobile phone. You can use ImTOO MPEG Encoder to convert avi to 3gp, to convert mpeg to 3gp and watch the the 3gp files in your Nokia mobile phone. You can also convert 3gp file to avi or mpg file.

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The Elecard MPEG Player is DirectShow compliant software providing high resolution, full quality decoding of MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4 SP/ASP and H.264/AVC streams. With its decoder optimized for the most efficient CPU usage, Elecard MPEG Player 4.0 is a great choice for those who strive for high performance and robustness using low power hardware. Reliable support of a number of common multimedia formats such as AVI, WAV, MP3, MOV, and others greatly benefits all Elecard MPEG Player consumers by bringing all the richness and excitement of HDTV into their homes.

DXVA support in the Elecard MPEG2 Video Decoder significantly decreases CPU usage and provides substantial performance gains.

Elecard MPEG2 Video Decoder incorporated in Player v 4.0 is Windows XP Media Center Edition compatible. Windows XP Media Center Edition compatible.

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PMM - Pocket Movie Master can convert various video to Windows mobile device playable WMV movie files, which could be played by Microsoft Windows Mobile devices, such as Windows Pocket PC, Smartphone or WindowsCE devices.

It is a converter, including convert from Mpeg2, DVD (VOB, mpeg), Mpeg1, VCD (DAT), AVI (AVI), Mpeg4 like 3ivx, Divx, h.264, Real Media file (RM, RMVB, RAM)...­etc, actually it can convert any video file to WMV if the source video can be play with Windows Media Player on your PC. By installing the correct codec or decoder you can convert any future video formats like HD-DVD or Blu-ray.

It can resize the video resolution to mobile size, reduce video and audio bitrate to fit your mobile's CPU, and reduce the result video WMV file size. Change video frame rates. Users can even choose the audio with mono or stereo in the target file which reduce file size, if your Pocket mobile device does not need stereo playback. User can choose any segment of the source file to be converted, clip the only needed parts. Practice or test only a few minutes before converting the whole video is possible.

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