* mpTrim can trim MP3s - removing silent or unwanted parts.
* mpTrim can adjust the volume of MP3s. Volume change can be manual or automatic (volume normalization).
* mpTrim can fade-in/out MP3s (to fix abrupt beginning/ending).
* mpTrim can clean-up MP3s and recover wasted disk space.
* 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.

mpTrim is free - no evaluation period or time limit. Download it here.
mpTrim is available in many languages, see the localization page.
mpTrim works with Win98/Me/NT4/2K/XP/Vista.

WavTrim is an automatic WAV file cleaner. WavTrim is useful:

1. When you extract a track from an Audio-CD (CD ripping).
2. Before making MP3s (MP3 encoding).
3. Before making Audio-CDs (CD burning).

WavTrim is easy to use. Just select the file(s) you want to clean, and WavTrim does its magic in a few seconds

Kristal Audio Engine is a powerful multi-track recorder, audio sequencer and mixer - ideal for anyone wanting to get started with recording, mixing and mastering digital audio.

It is designed as a modular system. The main application provides a mixing console, while the audio sequencer, live audio input and so on are loaded as separate Plug-Ins.

Key Features:16 audio tracks - 32 Bit floating point audio engine - 44.1 to 192 kHz sample rate - Downmix to 16/24/32 Bit audio files
3-band parametric EQ & 2 VST insert slots per channel - 3 VST master effect slots - ASIO low latency audio driver support
4 KRISTAL Plug-In slots - Load/Save KRISTAL project files - Supported file formats: WAVE, AIFF, FLAC, OGG Vorbis

Like all media editing programs, Kristal requires a modern fast PC. Don't even think about using it with a sub 1Ghz machine

Wavosaur Free Audio Editor

Wavosaur is a free sound editor, audio editor, wav editor software for editing, processing and recording sounds, wav and mp3 files. Wavosaur has all the features to edit audio (cut, copy, paste, etc.) produce music loops, analyze, record, batch convert.
Wavosaur supports VST plugins, ASIO driver, multichannel wav files, real time effect processing.
The program has no installer and doesn't write in the registry. Use it as a free mp3 editor, for mastering, sound design. The Wavosaur freeware audio editor works on Windows 98, Windows XP and Windows Vista.
Go to the features page for an overview of the software

Wavosaur weighs in at a total uncompressed file size of 491K, making it ideal for a USB drive.

Exact Audio Copy is a so called audio grabber for audio CDs using standard CD and DVD-ROM drives. The main differences between EAC and most other audio grabbers are: It is free (for non-commercial purposes)
It works with a technology, which reads audio CDs almost perfectly. If there are any errors that can’t be corrected, it will tell you on which time position the (possible) distortion occurred, so you could easily control it with e.g. the media player

With other audio grabbers you usually need to listen to every grabbed wave because they only do jitter correction. Scratched CDs read on CD-ROM drives often produce distortions. But listening to every extracted audio track is a waste of time. Exact Audio Copy conquer these problems by making use of several technologies like multi-reading with verify and AccurateRip.

GFD for DVDauthor was written primarily to get captured television broadcasts comfortably into a DVD conform format.

Naturally you can use the program also for MPG videos of other origins, however no typical functions for copying DVDs (e.g. ripp, transcode...) are contained. To burn the final DVD use your favorite burning program, or simply that one, that was included with the DVD burner. GFD provides only the necessary VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folders (as well as the VOB and IFO files). These can be burned with any DVD - burn program (UDF - ISO format). Problems with stand alone DVD players have occurred very rarely so far, however I can't give you a warranty. Since version 0.82 it is possible to burn also from GFD itself if Nero (version 5.5 or higher) is installed. Since version 0.99.2 also Imgburn is supported.

DVDAuthorgui is a basic win32 frontend for the DVDAuthor project.

DVD Flick aims to be a simple but at the same time powerful DVD Authoring tool.

It can take a number of video files stored on your computer and turn them into a DVD that will play back on your DVD player, Media Center or Home Cinema Set. You can add additional custom audio tracks as well as subtitles of your choice.
Windows Forest Awards 2007 Copper prize (4th place) - DVD Flick can:

* Burn near any video file to DVD
* Support for over 45 file formats
* Support for over 60 video codecs
* Support for over 40 audio codecs
* Add your own subtitles
* Easy to use interface
* Burn your project to disc after encoding

* Free YouTube to iPod and PSP Converter
* Free Video to Flash Converter
* Free YouTube to MP3 Converter
* Free DVD Decrypter
* Free 3GP Video Converter
* Free Video Flip and Rotate
* Free YouTube Download
* Free YouTube Uploader
* Free Video to iPod and PSP Converter
* Free Video to iPhone Converter
* Free Video to MP3 Converter
* Free Fast MPEG Cut
* Free Video to JPG Converter
* Free YouTube to iPhone Converter

Avi2Dvd is an All In One tool to convert Avi/Ogm/Mkv/Wmv/Dvd to Dvd/Svcd/Vcd in just a few clicks.
Avi2DVD supports multiple audiostreams and up to three textual external subtitles. From the version 0.3.4 and later it can support DV-AVI videos, so it can handle captured avi's from digital videocameras. Avi2dvd can also produce semi professional dvd menus with chapter/audio/subtitles buttons with extreme facility.
For any comments/questions try out our forum. Please use the search function to get an solution for your problem.
Check out our guides to find out the correct use of avi2dvd. Also take a look at the features page to find out what codecs do you need in order to work correctly with avi2dvd.

DVDFab HD Decrypter - 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 also comes with full HD-DVD and Blu-Ray support (Removes AACS).

Free DVD Free DVD removes several protections from a DVD folder on the hard disk.

It removes region code (RC), region code enhancement (RCE), analog copy protection, and user operation prohibitions (UOPs). You can use it to get a free DVD before you burn the DVD folder. It's only 44K.

Windows Movie Maker makes home movies amazingly fun!

With Movie Maker 2.1, you can create, edit, and share your home movies right on your computer. Build your movie with a few simple drag-and-drops. Delete bad shots and include only the best scenes. Then share your movie via the Web, e-mail, or CD. Using third-party software you can even take movies you've made and turn them into DVDs. You can also save your movie back to the video tape in your camera to play back on a TV or on the camera itself.

Hydrogen is an advanced drum machine for GNU/Linux. It's main goal is to bring professional yet simple and intuitive pattern-based drum programming.

* Very user-friendly, modular, fast and intuitive graphical interface based on QT 3.
* Sample-based stereo audio engine, with import of sound samples in .wav, .au and .aiff formats.
* Support of samples in compressed FLAC file.

Sequencer and mixer Features:

* Pattern-based sequencer, with unlimited number of patterns and ability to chain patterns into a song.
* Up to 64 ticks per pattern with individual level per event and variable pattern length.
* 32 instrument tracks with volume, mute, solo, pan capabilities.
* Multi layer support for instruments (up to 16 samples for each instrument).
* Ability to import/export song files.
* Unique human velocity, human time, pitch and swing functions.
* Multiple patterns playing at once.

BonkEnc is a CD ripper, audio encoder and converter for various formats. It can produce MP3, MP4/M4A, Ogg Vorbis, AAC, Bonk and FLAC files

.BonkEnc makes it easy to convert your audio CDs to MP3 or Ogg Vorbis files which you can use in your hardware player or with your favorite audio software. The program supports the CDDB/freedb online CD database and CDText and automatically writes song information to ID3V2 or Vorbis comment tags. BonkEnc is currently available in 29 languages

Burn4free - The new free dvd burning solution!

1. Burn4Free burn data (CD and DVD) and audio from different files types (WAV, FLAC, WavPack, WMA, M3U (mp3 winamp compilation) , MP3, MP2, MP1 OGG and CDA (normal cd audio tracks))
2. Low cost burning : you can burn and dvd copy- backup data - cd with only 2 clicks
3. CD-R/CD-RW/DVD-R/DVD+R/DVD-RW/DVD+RW/DVD-RAM drives (SCSI - IDE/EIDE - USB) are supported
4. Multi languages: many languages are available, choose your favorite
5. Print Compilation, select layout, colors and items to print
6. 4 way to burn your CD/DVD: you can choose the way you prefer to burn a CD/DVD (fly window, right click from explorer, internal add window, derag & drop
7. Burn and save .ISO files
8. DVD dual layer support (check Compatibility menu)
9. Print Compilation
10. Burn MP3 compilation
11. Free online upgrades
12. Easy Interface
13. Easy to use ex: you can store all your movies
14. 1900 + COMPATIBLE RECORDERS

AoA Audio Extractor provides you a handy tool to extract audio/sound or background music from video files.

With AoA Audio Extractor, you can easily extract audio tracks from AVI, MPEG, MPG, FLV (Flash Video), DAT, WMV, MOV, MP4, 3GP video files and save them as MP3, WAV and AC3 formats. It can also be used to save any portion of the audio of a video file.

AoA Audio Extractor's interface smartly resembles a media player. Simply add video files through a traditional browse dialog box. Choosing an output option is as easy as pressing a radio button. The output is limited to the big three in audio: MP3, WAV, and AC3. Bit rates, sample rate, and channels are easily selected from handy pull-down menus.

You can choose your favorite settings once, and then forget about them. Extraction is easy (just hit the Start button), and file conversion is nearly instantaneous.

You won't find all kinds of bells and whistles on this software, and they're not needed. Novices will appreciate how easy it is to use, and advanced users will love how quickly it converts. If you have a need to extract the audio from a video file, this freeware will be a smash hit.

KMPlayer is an excellent video and audio player which can play a large amount of formats such as VCD, DVD, AVI, MPEG-1/2/4, WMV, RealMedia, and QuickTime among others. It handles subtitles and allows you to capture screenshots.

You can set audio and video effects, slow down or increase playback speed, select parts of a video as favorites, and many more. KMPlayer is completely customizable thanks to a wide selection of skins and color schemes, and the configuration options are extensive. KMPlayer is a flexible, free and practical media player.

Video playback is particularly impressive thanks to the range of processing tools available that allow you to sharpen, change picture properties, apply filters and even make video captures from within the program.

BurnAware Free Edition allows you to easily perform the most common disc burning operations.

write to all CD/DVD media types, including Blu-Ray (BD-R/BD-RE); create and burn disc images; write multi-session discs; verify the integrity of files; burn your compilations directly on optical media, without having to wait for hard drive staging first and much more. Its proprietary burning algorithm provides the highest level or fault-tolerance, error-free burning and data integrity.

Write to all CD/DVD media types including Blu-Ray (BD-R/BD-RE)
Write discs from disc images
Write DVDs from DVD-Video files
Write Audio CDs from WAV, MP3, or WMA files
Create disc images
Supports all current hardware interfaces
On-the-fly writing for all image types
Writes Multi-Session to all supported media formats
Auto-verification of written files
Supports unicode for multi-byte languages
Clean, flexible, easy to use interface

ImgBurn is a lightweight CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application that everyone should have in their toolkit!

It has several 'Modes', each one for performing a different task:

Read - Read a disc to an image file
Build - Create an image file from files on your computer or network - or you can write the files directly to a disc
Write - Write an image file to a disc
Verify - Check a disc is 100% readable. Optionally, you can also have ImgBurn compare it against a given image file to ensure the actual data is correct
Discovery - Put your drive / media to the test! Used in combination with DVDInfoPro, you can check the quality of the burns your drive is producing

ImgBurn supports a wide range of image file formats - including BIN, CUE, DI, DVD, GI, IMG, ISO, MDS, NRG and PDI.

It can burn Audio CD's from any file type supported via DirectShow / ACM - including AAC, APE, FLAC, M4A, MP3, MP4, MPC, OGG, PCM, WAV, WMA and WV.

It supports Unicode folder/file names, so you shouldn't run in to any problems if you're using an international character set.

ImgBurn supports all the Windows OS's - Windows 95, 98, Me, NT4, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista and 2008 (including all the 64-bit versions). If you use Wine, it should also run on Linux and other x86-based Unixes.

It's a very flexible application with several advanced features that are often lacking in other tools, especially when it comes to burning DVD Video discs. It supports all the latest drives without the need for updates (including booktype / bitsetting / advanced settings on many of the major ones - i.e. BenQ, LiteOn, LG, NEC, Plextor, Samsung, Sony)