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[Audio Editor] [Audio Editor: MP3] [Audio Converter] [Audio: Ripper-Converter] [Audio: Ripper-Editor] [Audio Normalizer ] [Audio Tool: MP3] [Audio Player] [Player/Recorder: Streaming Media] [Screen Capture: Video] [AV Properties] [Multimedia Player] [Organizer: Movies]Audio Editor
Audacity
Company: --
Author: Dominic Mazzoni
(Donationware) (free) (open source: GNU GPL)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/audacity/
Windows OS: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
Other OS: Macintosh OS 9/X; Linux; Unix
Languages: English and many other languages
Description: Audacity is a free audio editor. You can record sounds, play sounds, import and export WAV, AIFF, Ogg Vorbis, and MP3 files, and more. Use it to edit your sounds using Cut, Copy and Paste (with unlimited Undo), mix tracks together, or apply effects to your recordings. It also has a built-in amplitude envelope editor, a customizable spectrogram mode and a frequency analysis window for audio analysis applications. Built-in effects include Echo, Change Tempo, and Noise Removal, and it also supports VST and LADSPA plug-in effects. NOTES: You must download the LAME MP3 Encoder Library for Audacity to create MP3 files. http://mitiok.free.fr/
Home page:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Project Page:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/audacity/
download page:
v 1.2.6 (2006-11-15)
[ audacity-win-1.2.6.exe (2176 KB) Windows]
[ audacity-win-1.2.6.zip (3080 KB) Windows]
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=6235
Buzzy's review:
http://www.buzzys.net/audacity.html
(desc. rev.: 2007-01-14) desc.link ACF participants notes and review comments
PL2007-CD files: audacity-win-1.2.6.exe audacity-win-1.2.6.zip
Audio Editor: MP3
mp3DirectCut
Company: mpesch3's mp3 tools
Author: Martin Pesch
(Donationware) (free)
http://www.mpesch3.de/
Windows OS: Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista NOTES: No installation required; no registry entries. Requires MP3 ACM system codec (present in XP/Vista) or mpglib.dll
Other OS: Linux NOTES: Requires Wine.
Languages: English; German
Description: mp3DirectCut is a small tool for editing mpeg audio directly. You can remove parts, change the volume, split files or copy regions to new files. All without the need to decompress your mp3 into pcm/wav. This saves work, encoding time and disk space. And there is no quality loss through any re-compressions. Trim your CD grabbings or directly to mp3 recorded vinyls or tapes. Cut favorite songs from long mp3 radio or live recordings. Make multiple cuts and fades. mp3DirectCut is very fast and gives you extensive control over your mp3s: Several prelisten functions; MP3 visualisation and VU meter; Easy navigation; Fading, volume setting, normalizing; Pause detection; Direct recording of MP3 (ACM and Lame encoder supported); Layer 2 support; ID3v1.1 support; Cue Sheet support
Home page; download:
v 2.07 (2007-11-06)
[ mp3DC207.exe (180 KB) ]
http://www.mpesch3.de/
(desc. rev.: 2008-01-04) desc.link ACF participants notes and review comments
PL2007-CD files: mp3DC204.exe
Audio Converter
LAME (compiled)
Company: --
Author: Dmitry Kutsanov (aka mitiok)
(Freeware) (open source: GNU LGPL)
http://mitiok.maresweb.org/
Windows OS: Windows
Other OS: Linux; Unix
Languages: English
Description: LAME originally stood for LAME Ain't an Mp3 Encoder. LAME is the source code for a fully LGPL'd MP3 encoder. LAME is an educational tool to be used for learning about MP3 encoding. The goal of the LAME project is to improve the psycho acoustics, quality and speed of MP3 encoding.
Home Page; download:
v 3.97 (2006-09-24)
[ lame-3.97.zip (425 KB)]
http://mitiok.maresweb.org/
Project Page: Lame source code
http://sourceforge.net/projects/lame/
(desc. rev.: 2007-10-30) desc.link ACF participants notes and review comments
PL2007-CD files: lame-3.97.zip
Audio: Ripper-Converter
CDex
Company: CDex
Author: Albert Faber
(Donationware) (free) (open source: GNU GPL)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/cdexos/
Windows OS: Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
Languages: English
Description: CDex is a tool to do all sorts of things audio related. Mainly focused on ripping and converting, things like turning your home Compact Disc collection into an mp3 collection on your hard drive become extremely easy. CDex Feature List: Easy to use interface. Media File Player. Create PLS and M3U playlist files. Advanced jitter correction. Support for many file formats/audio encoders (WAV, MP3, OGG, VQF, APE, etc). Support for ID3 V1 and V2 tags. Support for normalization of audio files. Support for transcoding of compressed audio files. Support for CDDB. Support for recording from the analog input line. NOTES: There are several newer beta versions listed in the last link. Users report that the CDRIP.DLL file in version 1.51 may be defective - a copy of that file from v 1.50 or earlier may be used as a replacement
Home page:
http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/
Project Page:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/cdexos/
download page:
v 1.51 (2003-09-09)
[ cdex_151.exe (1953 KB)]
[ cdex_151.zip (1878 KB)]
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=567
(desc. rev.: 2006-10-28) desc.link ACF participants notes and review comments
PL2007-CD files: cdex_151.exe cdex_151.zip
dBpowerAMP Music Converter (dMC) (v 10.1)
Company: Illustrate
Author: --
(Freeware) LFW (v 10.1) last version with free mp3 encoder
http://www.dbpoweramp.com/bin/dMC-r10.exe
Windows OS: Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
Other OS: Linux (using Wine)
Languages: English
Description: Often called a Swiss army knife of Audio, dMC is able to: Rip digitally sound from Audio CDs and store in a multitude of formats, dMC is the Fastest CD Ripper and now AccurateRip Compatible. Convert from one format to another, just about every audio type is supported: mp3, mp4, Windows Media Audio (wma), Ogg Vorbis, AAC, Monkeys Audio, FLAC and many others [Codec downloads], whilst preserving ID Tags. Volume Normalize audio files, Windows Explorer Integration - right click Convert To & popup useful information on audio files (such as bitrate, length). ID tag editing [Power Pack Option], Record from LPs or anything [optional Auxiliary Input install],
Direct download:
v 10.1 (2004-01)
[ dMC-r10.exe (1484 KB)]
http://www.dbpoweramp.com/bin/dMC-r10.exe
Home page (Liteware; bundled with Trialware):
http://www.dbpoweramp.com
(desc. rev.: 2006-10-28) desc.link ACF participants notes and review comments
PL2007-CD files: dMC-r10.exe
Audio: Ripper-Editor
Exact Audio Copy (EAC)
Company: Exact Audio Copy
Author: Andre Wiethoff
(Betaware) (Donationware) (Requestware) (free for personal use/ non-commercial uses)
http://www.exactaudiocopy.org/
Windows OS: Windows
Languages: English; language packs for other languages
Description: EAC is a new audio grabber for CD-ROM drives. Features: Both SCSI and ATAPI CD-ROM drives are supported. Hidden sector synchronization (jitter correction). Support of external encoders for automatic compression after extraction. Batch compression and decompression of/to WAV files. Automatic detection of drive features, sample Offsets for drives with no accurate streams. Filename editing with CDDB database. Record and Loop Record functions for recording from LP, radio, etc. Automatic rename of MP3 files according to their ID3 tag. Small WAV editor with functions for delete, trim, normalize, pad, glitch removal, pop detection, interpolation of ranges, noise reduction, fade in/out, undo and more. NOTES: If you encounter problems with v 0.99 prebeta 3 you should step back to v 0.85b4 or 0.9pb11 or 0.95pb5
Home page:
http://www.exactaudiocopy.org/
download page:
v 0.99 prebeta 3 (2007-08-17)
[ eac-0.99pb3.exe (2372 KB) includes CDRDAO and Flac packages]
http://www.exactaudiocopy.org/eac6.html
(desc. rev.: 2008-01-03) desc.link ACF participants notes and review comments
PL2007-CD files: eac-0.95b4.exe eac-0.95b4.zip eac-0.95b4-cdrdao.exe eac-0.95b4-cdrdao.zip
Audio Normalizer
MP3Gain
Company: MP3Gain Team
Author: --
(Donationware) (free) (open source: Library or LGPL)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mp3gain/
Windows OS: Windows NOTES: Requires Microsoft Visual Basic run-time files
Other OS: Macintosh; Linux
Languages: English and many other languages
Description: MP3Gain analyzes and adjusts mp3 files so that they have the same volume. MP3Gain does not just do peak normalization, as many normalizers do. Instead, it does some statistical analysis to determine how loud the file actually sounds to the human ear. Also, the changes MP3Gain makes are completely lossless. There is no quality lost in the change because the program adjusts the mp3 file directly, without decoding and re-encoding. NOTES: The VB run-time files only need to be installed on a computer once, so they might already be in your Windows folder.
Home page:
http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/
Project page:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mp3gain/
download page:
v 1.2.5 (2005-01-08)
[ mp3gain-win-1_2_5.exe (652 KB)]
[ mp3gain-win-1_2_5.zip (735 KB) ]
[ mp3gain-win-full-1_2_5.exe (1932 KB) with VB run-time files]
http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/download.php
Buzzy's review:
http://www.buzzys.net/mp3gain.html
(desc. rev.: 2007-01-14) desc.link ACF participants notes and review comments
PL2007-CD files: mp3gain-win-1_2_5.exe mp3gain-win-1_2_5.zip mp3gain-win-full-1_2_5.exe
Audio Tool: MP3
mpTrim (was mp3Trim)
Company: mp3Trim
Author: Jean Nicolle
(Liteware) (free)
http://www.mptrim.com/
Windows OS: Win98/Me/NT4/2K/XP.
Languages: English and multiple language support with localization files.
Description: mpTrim (was MP3Trim) is a simple and easy to use MP3 editor. It can automatically or manually trim MP3s, removing silent or unwanted parts from beginning or end of songs, fade in/out, and adjust (normalize) volume. mpTrim keeps the music quality intact, no matter how many times you process an MP3, because it works directly in the MP3 format without having to decode/re-encode. That also makes it very fast. (NOTE: Liteware version handles individual songs up to 7 minutes long.)
Home Page; download:
v 2.13 (2007-03-08)
[ mptrim.zip (213 KB)]
http://www.mptrim.com/
(desc. rev.: 2008-01-04) desc.link ACF participants notes and review comments
PL2007-CD files: mptrim.zip
Audio Player
1by1
Company: mpesch3's mp3 tools
Author: Martin Pesch
(Donationware) (free)
http://www.mpesch3.de/
Windows OS: Windows NOTES: No registry entries. Requires MP3 ACM system codec (present in XP/Vista) or mpglib.dll
Languages: English; German
Description: Tired of creating and updating playlists? 1by1 is a small, fast and handy player which is not only small: It provides powerful tools to handle your files and listen to your tracks. Features: Directory Player (needs no playlists); Explorer like file navigation; Full Resume (remembers last played track and position); ACM (MP3) and mpglib (MP3/MP2) support; Winamp input plugin support; Audio dynamics and stereo enhancer; Directory searcher (plays whole drives); Cue sheet support; Playlist support; Favorites.
Home Page:
http://www.mpesch3.de/
download page:
v 1.62 (2007-07-29)
[ 1by1_162.exe (105 KB)]
http://mpesch3.de1.cc/1by1.html
(desc. rev.: 2007-08-17) desc.link ACF participants notes and review comments
PL2007-CD files: 1by1_160.exe
WinAmp Classic
Company: Nullsoft
Author: --
(Freeware)
http://www.winampheaven.net/
Windows OS: Windows
Languages: English; language packs for other languages
Description: Winamp is an audio player for CDs, MP3s and streaming files. It combines extensive functionality with an intuitive interface. Winamp features a versatile playlist editor, a ten band graphic equalizer and built-in pre-amplifier.
download page:
v 2.81 (2002-08-21)
[ winamp281_lite.exe (496 KB)]
[ winamp281_std.exe (1.12 MB)]
[ winamp281_full.exe (1.72 MB)]
http://www.winampheaven.net/
Home Page (later versions):
http://www.winamp.com/
(desc. rev.: 2008-01-08) desc.link ACF participants notes and review comments
PL2007-CD files: n/a
Player/Recorder: Streaming Media
Screamer Radio
Company: Starduck.net
Author: David Zidar
(Donationware) (free)
http://www.screamer-radio.com/
Windows OS: Windows
Languages: English; language packs for other languages
Description: Screamer Radio is a freeware Internet Radio player for Microsoft Windows. There is little reason to listen to commercial FM radio anymore, it is an old medium that provides little choice of music and is saturated with ads. For the last couple of years there has been an alternative, streaming internet radio. An alternative that has been somewhat complicated to use. Screamer Radio attempts to remedy this problem by bringing most of the required steps into a single, easy to use program.
Home Page:
http://www.screamer-radio.com/
download page:
v 0.3.8 (2006-02-06)
[ screamer038.exe (733 KB)]
[ screamer038.zip (728 KB)]
http://www.screamer-radio.com/download/
(desc. rev.: 2007-01-14) desc.link ACF participants notes and review comments
PL2007-CD files: n/a
Screen Capture: Video
Wink
Company: --
Author: Satish Kumar
(Freeware)
http://www.debugmode.com/
Windows OS: Windows
Other OS: Various versions of Linux (x86 only)
Languages: English and many other languages
Description: Wink is a Tutorial and Presentation creation software, primarily aimed at creating tutorials on how to use software. Using Wink you can capture screenshots of your software, use images that you already have, type-in explanations for each step, create a navigation sequence complete with buttons, delays, titles etc and create a highly effective tutorial for your users. Output formats: Macromedia Flash, Standalone EXE, PDF, PostScript, HTML or any of the above image formats. Use Flash/html for the web, EXE for distributing to PC users and PDF for printable manuals.
Homepage:
http://www.debugmode.com
download:
v 2.0 build 1050 (2007-10-11)
[ wink20.zip (3161 KB)]
http://www.debugmode.com/wink/download.php
(desc. rev.: 2008-01-07) desc.link ACF participants notes and review comments
PL2007-CD files: wink20.zip
AV Properties
GSpot
Company: --
Author: Steven Greenberg
(Freeware)
http://www.headbands.com/gspot/
Windows OS: Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP NOTES: A no install version is available.
Languages: English
Description: GSpot codec information appliance establishes what video codecs (audio and video) are required to play an AVI file. Determines whether these codecs are installed on your system. Isolates problems associated with these codecs. Simple operation - Basic use: "File > Open", then read results Identifies download induced problems (truncated files, "cooked" files, etc.) Shows framerate, duration, aspect ratio, bitrates, AVI structure info, and more. Displays and allows editing of RIFF info (title, etc); displays "hidden" ASCII info. Drag and Drop and "Send To" support, multi-file (batch) processing support Copy/Paste or text export GSpot information - format is user configurable. Built-in database of 350 video and 150 audio codec types Advanced UI including "dual-mode" and hyperlinked "persistent" tool tips Full support for OGG media files as well as AVI stream formats Identification (only) of non-AVI files (.mpg, .mov, .qt, .rm, .swf, .wmv, .asf, etc.) Supports VFW, ACM, DirectShow and DMO codec types (audio and video)
Home page:
http://www.headbands.com/gspot/
download page:
v 2.70a (2007-02-22)
[ GSpot270a.zip (402 KB)]
http://www.headbands.com/gspot/v26x/index.htm
(desc. rev.: 2007-02-27) desc.link ACF participants notes and review comments
PL2007-CD files: n/a
Multimedia Player
Media Player Classic
Company: --
Author: Gabest; Rob Schultz; J. VICTOR
(Freeware) (open source: GNU GPL)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/Windows OS: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
Languages: English and many other languages
Description: Media Player Classic is the perfect substitute for Windows Media Player. Estetically is identical to version 6.4 and has the same lightness in terms of ram occupation, but it has much more useful functions. Features: With right and left keys it's possible to go forward/backward of one single frame. With ctrl + right/left it's possible to skip one predefinite quantity of frames. With ctrl + up it's possible to change faster the speed of reproduction. It's possible to visualize with media player Quicktime and RealMedia movies (but that programs must be installed). In full screen modality it's possible to show a scroll bar putting the mouse in the lower portion of the screen. In full screen it's possible redimension images and adopt a cinema format or a tv format. It work as a DVD player too. Keys are completely customizable. It can show subtitles.
Home page:
http://www.gabest.org/
Project Page:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/
download page:
v 6.4.9.0 (2006-03-20)
[ mpc98me6490.zip (1877 KB) Win 98/ME]
[ mpc2kxp6490.zip (2172 KB) Win 2000/XP]
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=82303
(desc. rev.: 2006-10-30) desc.link ACF participants notes and review comments
PL2007-CD files: mpc98me6490.zip mpc2kxp6490.zip
QuickTime Alternative (v 1.81)
Company: KL Software
Author: --
(Freeware)
http://home.hccnet.nl/h.edskes/mirror.htm
Windows OS: Windows XP/Vista; Windows Server 2003 NOTES: v 1.56 is the last version that supports Windows 98/ME.
Languages: English
Description: QuickTime Alternative will allow you to play QuickTime files (.mov, .qt and other extensions) without having to install QuickTime Player from Apple. It also supports QuickTime content that is embedded in webpages. The very user-friendly installation is fully customizable, which means that you can install only those components that you want. It is highly recommended to uninstall all existing QuickTime related software, like QuickTime Player, before installing. This way your system stays clean and potential problems will be avoided.
Program description:
http://home.hccnet.nl/h.edskes/finalbuilds.htm#quicktimealt
download page:
v 2.2.0 (2007-12-14)
[ quicktimealt220.exe (11999 KB)]
http://home.hccnet.nl/h.edskes/mirror.htm
(desc. rev.: 2008-01-06) desc.link ACF participants notes and review comments
PL2007-CD files: n/a
Real Alternative
Company: KL Software
Author: --
(Freeware)
http://www.codecguide.com/
Windows OS: Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
Languages: English
Description: Real Alternative will allow you to play RealMedia files without having to install RealPlayer or RealOne Player from Real Networks. Supported are: RealAudio (.ra .rpm), RealMedia (.rm .ram .rmvb .rpx .smi .smil), RealText (.rt) and ReadPix (.rp). It also supports RealMedia content that is embedded in webpages. The very user-friendly installation is fully customizable, which means that you can install only those components that you want. It is highly recommended to uninstall all existing Real related software, like RealPlayer or RealOne Player, before installing. This way your system stays clean and potential problems will be avoided.
Home page:
http://www.codecguide.com/
download page:
v 1.75 (2007-12-22)
[ realalt175.exe (5829 KB)]
http://www.codecguide.com/download_real.htm
alternate download page:
http://home.hccnet.nl/h.edskes/mirror.htm
(desc. rev.: 2008-01-06) desc.link ACF participants notes and review comments
PL2007-CD files: n/a
Organizer: Movies
Ant Movie Catalog
Company: --
Author: Antoine Potten
(Donationware) (open source: GNU GPL)
http://www.antp.be/
Windows OS: Windows NOTES: A no install version is available.
Languages: English and many other languages
Description: Ant Movie Catalog is made to manage your collection of movies DVD, CD (VideoCD, DivX, ...) and tapes. Features: * Can store catalog in two file format: its own binary format or XML * Import information from Internet (using scripts) * User-customizable links to do a search on movie websites * Information importation from various media files (audio & video codec, bitrates, resolution, framerate, size) * Scripting technology, using Object Pascal language, allowing to modify catalog: Find & replace, moving field values, ... * Printing, using customizable templates * Export to other formats * Import from other formats * Can store pictures inside catalog or link to external files * Supports PNG, JPEG and GIF * Loans management * Statistics with chart and pies * Can display the list as a tree, where movies are grouped by a specified field COMMENTS: : REGULARLY DO A BACKUP COPY OF YOUR CATALOG FILE (.amc/.xml file), especially before testing a new version.
Home page:
http://www.antp.be/software/moviecatalog/
download page:
v 3.5.1.0 (2007-09-22)
[ amc_install.exe (3617 KB)]
[ amc_full.rar (3442 KB) no install]
http://www.antp.be/software/moviecatalog/download
(desc. rev.: 2007-10-22) desc.link ACF participants notes and review comments
PL2007-CD files: amc_install.exe amc_full.rar
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