A software application that enables you to convert MPEG2|MPEG1|DVD|SVCD|VCD to AVI
AVI movie files are both popular and potentially excellent quality for their size.

With the introduction of home DVD players that play DivX AVI’s, their creation and use will only become more popular. avi.NET, along with other AVI conversion programs, require the correct type of VOB file. What we desire is a ready processed VOB file, not a RAW VOB, in other words you need to have used rip.NET or DVD Decrypter in IFO mode and have ripped the correct program chain.

Do not use DVD Decrypter’s ‘Stream Processing’ option !

avi.NET MUST have the XviD Video Codec v1.1 or above and/or the DivX Video Codec v6.0.3 or above
installed prior to using avi.NET. avi.NET requires .NET FRAMEWORK v2.0 to be installed for it to work!!!

avi.NET allows the user to load in a ripped VOB file (remember to have it ripped correctly), select options and convert it to AVI. All AVI’s made using avi.NET are SAP friendly, whether DivX or XviD codec used (both DivX 6 and DivX HE supported). Obviously they’ll play just fine on your PC too. I’ll now go into more detail about the usage and various options in avi.NET.

avi.NET will accept both MPEG1 or MPEG2 files for input, which includes DVD, SVCD and VCD. Upon loading a file, avi.NET will invoke DGIndex (included) to ‘index’ the input file and give us the information needed for us to proceed. When our file has finished indexing you’ll see the movie start to play/preview. Just remember, you’ll hear the audio being played too, it’s just there to make sure you have the correct language selected or if the audio needs changing so don’t worry too much if its out-of-sync.

avi.NET now includes:
mobile.NET which is a stripped down version of avi.NET for PPC’s and Smartphones (320×240).
index.NET which will batch load/save jobs to automate the process on indexing.

Requirements:
.NET Framework
AVISynth v2.5.6a
VobSub v2.23.

An application to convert, edit sync, create movie subtitles
SubMagic is a program used for converting, creating and editing movie subtitles.

SubMagic supports several formats, has a lot of features and functions, is easy to operate and best of all… it’s free!

SubMagic is written in C++ using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and doesn’t need a .NET framework or any other external libraries.

Requirements:

· DirectX 9.0c is needed for video playback.

A light version of MKVmagic that supports various input and output formats
Light version of MkvMagic, aimed to newby (and not so newby) user.

Note - for use NERO AAC you must put your copy of neroAacEnc.exe into exebesweet folder

HOW to update: download full package, then replace automkv.exe with latest version

Here are some key features of “AutoMKV”:

· support input: mpeg/vob/ts, dv2, avs, m1v, m2v
· support output: mkv, mp4, avi
· support codec: xvid ( using Teegedeck profiles), x264 (using Shartooth profile)
· support
audio: nero/winamp/lame/ogg
· support subs: up 2 tracks
· support filter/deinterlace/custom avs
· support custom matrix
· support custom autoresize
· support custom crop and resize
· support 1 / 2 pass encoding with specified bitrate
· support custom x264/xvid profiles
· support job queue
· support for autoloading vob files (just click on first vob to process)
· support ifo parsing
· support custom command line parameters
· support encrusted subtitle
· support command line input file
· support drag&drop input file
· support force itu resize
· support episodic dvd
· support anamorphic encoding
· support to add custom last avs script
· support to save default config
· support command line configuration file
· support conditional 2 pass encoding
· support custom AR

AutoMKV supports the following video sources for input:
· DVD (as IFOs and VOBs on HD or on DVD Drive)
· MPEG-2 (and all its wide family like: VOB/TS/M2V…)
· MPEG-4 (DivX, Xvid, H.264, VC1…)
· WMV
· Anything else that can be played by Windows Media Player

AutoMKV supports the following Video codecs for output:
· XVID
· H.264
· WMV

· AutoMKV supports the following Media Containers:
· Matroska
· MP4
· WMV
· AVI / DIVX

Subtitle Processor is a subtitle editor designed for repairing, translating and creating movie subtitles
Subtitle Processor is a subtitle editor designed for repairing, translating and creating subtitles for any movie the user might choose.

Subtitle Processor has an integrated movie and DVD player for easy synchronization of subtitles with the movie. Many simple and advanced editing functions are also available.

Here are some key features of “Subtitle Processor”:

· Merge/ Split subtitles
· Move/ Scale subtitles
· Subtitle transition
· Subtitle resynchronization
· Reformat subtitle lines
· End timestamp corrections

What’s New in This Release:

· - Time mode (frames / time) is now saved in Workspace and/or upon exiting SP
· - New column in Editor subtitles list showing character count for each subtitle’s line
· - Added possibility to hide Scripts toolbar
· - Tab widths in Editor functions panel can be either fixed or variable with scroll buttons (Settings - General - User interface - Editor - Functions panel - Uniform width tabs)
· - Automatic opening of subtitles with similar file name as the movie (movie_filename*.*)
· - can be enabled in Settings
· - Automatic file opening - Search for subtitles when opening movie
· - Hiding Other corrections tab was impossible
· - Missing strings in language files
· - When exiting SP, if subtitles were changed and saving failed, subtitles were lost.

WMP plug-in to automatically resume video files and create bookmarks
Always watching videos with Windows Media Player and have to leave in the middle? Then you need to remember the position of the movie and continue later.

MyVideoBookmarks was designed to be a Windows Media Player (WMP) plug-in that will allow you create bookmarks for a movie.

This free, easy to use plug-in can automatically create bookmarks and continue movies. This way, you don’t have to keep remembering the position of the movie and seek to that position when a movie is interrupted.

Requirements:

· Windows Media Player

Do you want to watch your favorite video in MediaCenter? These components have been tested on Vista Ultimate x64 Edition
Do you want to watch your favorite video in MediaCenter? These components have been tested on Vista Ultimate x64 Edition.

2 versions of Windows Media Player exist in x64 Vista. There is a 32bit version in %ProgramFiles(x86)% and a 64bit version in %ProgramFiles%

Vista Ultimate x64 uses the 32bit player as the system default. The installed components of this release include icons to allow you to change the system’s default player between the 32bit and 64bit Windows Media Player.

Observation to be noted
One other aspect of Vista x64 Windows Media Player(s) needs to be mentioned.
If you associate a particular filetype to open with WMP while the system default is set to use the 64bit player, that filetype will always open the 64bit player when doubleclicked. This occurs even if you change the system default back to using the 32bit player. (and vice-versa)

The 32bit player has better codec support at this time provided by the Vista Codec Package.

On my system, I set the 64bit Player as default and use Media Player Classic (MPC) for files the 64bit player’s can’t handle. Since MediaCenter uses Windows Media Players’ playlist for its own library, I found this to be the best setup.

This release is a fully functional standalone installation which may be included in an unattended environment using the switch -ai and is 100% compatible with the 32bit codecs installed by the Vista Codec Package.

The x64Components package is a fully functional standalone installation that can be included in an unattended environment using the switch -ai.

DVD Decrypter is a free tool which enables you decrypt and copy a DVD to your PC´s hard disk. From there you can choose to watch them with the likes of PowerDVD and WinDVD or you can re-encode them to MPEG1 (VCD) or DivX. Advanced functionality can be found in the DVD Decrypter context menus.

Note: The Publisher of this great piece of software no longer exists. As such, this is the last version for this software.

ratDVD 0.78ratDVD takes a full featured DVD movie and puts it into a highly compressed .ratDVD container format file of about 1.x GB in size - while preserving all the features of the original DVD such as: Full anamorphic picture, seamless branching, multiple video angles, multiple audio channels, subpictures, etc.; Keep movie versions (Directors Cut, Theatrical version, etc.), Alternate story endings, making of, video commentary , cut scenes, etc.; Keep complete menus, navigation and features; Reliable high quality, valid check-summed container.

You can also convert a .ratDVD file back to DVD format, burn it to a DVDR and watch the movie using a regular DVD player. It does not support copy protected media directly but it allows to use decrypted content (e.g. from DVD Decrypter, AnyDVD, etc.).
You can directly play back the .ratDVD file - with all the options the original DVD movie would give you. Just by double clicking without the hassle of having to handle different files or the need to use special programs.

UltraGet Video Downloader allows you to easily download and play FLV (Flash for Video) from YouTube. This YouTube video downloader allows you to easily grab and save any YouTube videos to your local computer. The internal FLV (Flash for Video) video player enables you to easily enjoy the downloaded flash videos.

With UltraGet Video Downloader, you can download YouTube videos directly into your computer and watch these files while you are offline! It makes your videos stream faster and play smoother when you watch these downloaded FLV videos offline.