Audio Visual / Graphical

Latest revision as of 20:36, 3 March 2010

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[edit] Codecs / Filters

• AC3Filter
• AVIcodec
• DivX
• ffvfw
• LameMP3 (alternate download at Free-Codecs.com)
• Ogg DirectShow Filters (alternate location at Free-Codecs.com)
• Ogg Vorbis
• Stinky's MPEG-2 Codec
• XviD

[edit] Codec Packs

• DefilerPak
• FFDShow (DirectShow decoding filter)
• K-Lite Codec Pack (most of the popular codecs & more)
• XP Codec Pack

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[edit] Conceptualisation Tools

• Freemind (mind mapping - it's eating my brain!)
• Thinkgraph (concept mapping)

[edit] Database

• MusicBrainz
• MySQL

[edit] Dedicated Home Theatre

• Media Portal
• WinMyth (MS Windows frontend for MythTV)

[edit] Editor & Conversion / Compression Tools - Audio Only

• Audacity
• Audiograbber (instructions for using latest codecs at Tom's Audioguides)
• CDex
• Game Audio Player (game formats)
• Kristal Audio Engine
• Lame MP3
• OggDS(Use with Audacity)

[edit] Editor & Conversion / Compression Tools - Audio/Video

• AoA Audio Extractor (audio/video splitter)
• AutoGK
• Avidemux2 (video processing)
• AviScreen Classic (screen capture)
• AviSplit Classic (avi joiner/splitter/cutter)
• AviTricks Classic (avi editing)
• Brennig's (AV & Image processing)
• CombiMovie Classic (mpeg joiner)
• dBPowerAMP
• DScaler (AV capture & processing)
• DVD2SVCD
• DVDShrink
• Gordian Knot (transcoding)
• IFO Editor
• MEncoder (video processing)
• RADTools
• Super © (transcoding)
• SVCD2DVD
• swf >> avi converter (SWF to AVI file conversion tool - requires MS .NET 1.1 Framework)
• TMPGEnc (AVI to MPEG-1 conversion)
• USH AVI2MPEG
• Video DVD Maker
• VirtualDub (video capture/processing)

[edit] Editor & Conversion / Compression Tools - MP3 Specific

• ID3 TagIt
• MP3BookHelper (MP3 tag editing & misc)
• mp3DirectCut
• MP3Gain (MP3 volume levelling)
• MP3 Tag Tools MP3 ID3 tag editor

[edit] Editor & Conversion / Compression Tools - Image Editors

• EasyPeg
• The GIMP (raster-based)
• Image Analyzer
• Inkscape (vector-based)
• IrfanView
• Paint.NET
• Photofiltre
• png2ico (create icons from png images)
• Sodipodi (vector-based)
• TuxPaint
• XnView (forums here)

[edit] Editor & Conversion / Compression Tools - Digital Camera Image Editors

• B/Works (emulate black/white & sepia)
• CleanSkinFX (remove blemishes / alter skin tone)
• ColorCastFX (fix underexposure)
• FilterSIM (simulate various filters)
• Free Digital Camera Enhancer (automatic enhancement)
• HotPixelsEliminator (fix pixellation from long exposure)
• PhotoFiltre (graphics manipulation)
• iTag (geocoding jpegs from Google Earth and tagging title, description and keywords via IPTC)
• PIXResizer

[edit] Media Players

• 1by1
• BSPlayer
• CoolPlayer (Ogg)
• Crystal Player
• DivX Player Lite
• Foobar2000
• Media Player Classic
• MPlayer (CVS builds available here)
• QCD Quintessential Player
• Quick Time Alternative
• Real Player Alternative
• SlowView
• VideoLAN
• VSO Media player
• WinAmp
• XMPlay

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[edit] Media Players - Streaming

• IceCast (A collection of programs & libs for streaming audio)
• SimpleCam

[edit] Musical

• Power Tab Editor (Guitar/bass tablature authoring tool)

[edit] Misc

• Blender (3D modelling, animation, etc...)
• ColorCop (RGB decimal-to-hexadecimal conversion)
• EAGLE (PCB Design)
• Pixel Fixer (may unstick stuck pixels)
• PixelRuler
• SketchUp (Google SketchUp is an easy-to-learn 3D modeling program)

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