MPlayer Portable

File size: 4.9MB (download), 7.1MB (installed)
License: Free / Open Source (GPL)
System Requirements: Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista

MPlayer Portable is the popular MPlayer media player packaged as a portable app, so you can take your video files along with everything you need to play them on the go. You can place it on your USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive or a CD and use it on any computer, without leaving any personal information behind. readmore

K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 4.6.2

License: Freeware
Size: 19.5 MB
Requires: Win 2K/03/XP/Vista

K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs and related tools. Codecs are needed for encoding and decoding audio and video files. This Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your movie files. You should be able to play all the popular movie formats and even some rare formats.

The K-Lite Codec Pack has a couple of major advantages compared to other codec packs: It it always very up-to-date with the latest versions of the codecs; It is very user-friendly and the installation is fully customizable, meaning that you can install only those components that you really want; It has been very well tested, so that the package doesn't contain any conflicting codecs; It is a very complete package, containing everything you need to play your movies; and has different packages.

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AnyDVD & AnyDVD HD 6.4.6.5 Beta

AnyDVD is a driver, which descrambles DVD-Movies automatically in the background. This DVD appears unprotected and region code free for all applications and the Windows operating system as well. With AnyDVD's help copy tools like CloneDVD, Pinnacle Instant Copy, InterVideo DVD-Copy, etc. are able to copy CSS protected Movies. You can remove the RPC region code, thereby making the movie region free and viewable on any DVD player and with any DVD player software. With the help of AnyDVD you can watch movies with non matching region codes with every DVD Player Software you like!

AnyDVD is capable of removing unwanted movie features, including subtitles and prohibition messages such as copyright and FBI warnings. It also allows you to launch an external application whenever you insert or remove a disc, or prevent 'PC-friendly'software from automatically launching when you insert a video DVD. AnyDVD decrypts not just DVDs: AnyDVD allows you also to play, copy and rip protected Audio CDs!

Decryption is not all that AnyDVD offers. You can control the drive speed of your DVD drive, allowing you to reduce the noise level when watching movies on your PC. You can even adjust the display frequency of your monitor for both NTSC and PAL displays.

AnyDVD & AnyDVD HD 6.4.6.5 Beta
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VideoCacheView v1.15

After watching a video in a Web site, you may want to save the video file into your local disk for playing it offline in the future. If the video file is stored in your browser's cache, this utility can help you to extract the video file from the cache and save it for watching it in the future.



It automatically scans the entire cache of Internet Explorer and Mozilla-based Web browsers (Including Firefox) and finds all video files that are currently stored in it. It allows you to easily copy the cached video files into another folder for playing/watching them in the future.
If you have a movie player that is configured to play flv files, it also allows you to play the video directly from your browser's cache.

videocacheview.zip
videocacheview_setup.exe (with uninstall support)
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HoverDesk

HoverDesk is a complete and powerful desktop replacement.
It adds versatility to your existing Windows desktop and lets you customize your interface according to your needs and tastes.

With HoverDesk you can:
Access all your programs, files, system commands and web sites, by using a custom interface that you can create, or download from hundreds of themes available on the web.


HoverDesk expands the Windows environment by adding novel ways to launch your applications, keep track of running tasks, display system information, display time / date with world time zone features, play media files and more.

features:
Unlimited Flexibility
Configurable Pop-Up Menus
Access System Commands
Integrated Clock with GMT zones
Integrated Recycle Bin
Integrated System Meters
Animated GIF Effects
Virtual Windows Manager
Optional Audio Media Player
Optional Command Line Utility
Wallpaper Coordination
Easy to Configure (drag & drop)
Over 200 Themes available

HoverDesk 2.50
HoverDesk Themes
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Foobar2000

Foobar2000 is an advanced audio player for the Windows platform. Some of the basic features include full unicode support, ReplayGain support and native support for several popular audio formats.



features:

• Audio formats supported natively: MP1, MP2, MP3, MP4, MPC, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC / Ogg FLAC, WavPack, WAV, AIFF, AU, SND, CDDA, WMA.
• More audio formats supported through optional components, official or third-party.
• Full unicode support.
• Customizable user interface layout (new in version 0.9.5).
• Advanced tagging capabilities.
• Support for ripping Audio CDs as well as transcoding all supported audio formats using the Converter component.
• ReplayGain support - both playback and calculation.
• Customizable keyboard shortcuts.
• Open component architecture allowing third-party developers to extend functionality of the player.

foobar2000_0.9.5.5.exe - 2.72MB
System requirements
Optional components
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BitComet 1.03

BitComet is a BitTorrent/HTTP/FTP download management software.

BitComet is a BitTorrent/HTTP/FTP download management software, which is powerful, fast, very easy-to-use, and completely free. It contains many advanced features for BitTorrent download and extends its leading BitTorrent technology to HTTP/FTP to accelerate downloading up to 5 - 10 times faster, or more.



features:
BitTorrent Download - fast and powerful
Preview while Downloading: Preview of MP3, rmvb, wmv, and qt is available during downloading process.
Intelligent Connection Optimization: Configuration is automatically set to match your connection type.
NAT Traversal: Users behind NAT can now connect with each other by UDP.
Auto Config ICF (Internet Connection Firewall) and ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) in Windows XP
Auto Config UPNP port mapping in router (UPnP support is required in router, Windows XP is required).
Option of Disabling and Setting Priority of Files in any torrent: Files can be disabled, so they are not downloaded, or set to higher or lower priority, allowing you to select which files finish first.

HTTP/FTP Download - Innovative P2P Technology
Ability of Multi-Mirror download: Mirror servers are automatically found for the file being downloaded. Data from these servers are downloaded at the same time to increase download speed 300% or more.
Support for Unicode: Multi-language web pages and encoded URLs can be correctly handled.
Quick Resume: Stopped download tasks can be resumed from where they left off from both HTTP and FTP servers.

Download Management - Customization Available
Global and Per-Task Speed Limit, for Both Upload and Download.
Bandwidth Scheduler
Custom-built Categories Management.

bitcomet_setup_brothersoft.exe - 5.48MB
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4Media MP4 Converter for Mac 3.2.50.0801

It can convert video and audio files and support iPod, PSP, Apple TV etc.

4Media MP4 Converter for Mac can converter almost all popular video and audio files like AVI, MPEG, 3GP, MOV, MP4, WAV, WMA, M4A, AAC, MP3, MP2, 3G2, AC3 to MP4 video and audio formats directly like MP4, AVI, M4A, AAC and MP3. It can also extract audio from video and play them on MP4 players. MP4 Converter for Mac supports many fashionable devices as iPod, iPod touch, iPhone, PSP, Apple TV, Archos, iRiver, Creative Zen, PS3, etc. It features versatile functions and various settings.



features:

1. It supports numerous players and plentiful conversion formats.
2. It provides super fast conversion speed by supporting Multithreading and batch conversion and Intel Core 2 CPU.
3. It provides several optimized profiles for iPod, Apple TV, Zune, PSP, PS3 etc with different quality which can be used directly without any further settings.
4. It supports trim function for video and audio clip.
5. It provides both default settings and professional settings for different users.
6. It supports snapshot in preview process.
7. Newly added profile for iPhone and iPod touch.

trial version of 4Media MP4 Converter for Mac - 23.42MB
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Zoom Player Standard 5.02

Highly Customizable, Feature Rich Media Player
Zoom Player is a Highly Customizable, Feature Rich Media Player.

Designed to be simple at first glance while being remarkably dynamic and flexible when used to its fullest potential.



features:

• Light-Weight and doesn't take over your system.
• Works with most windows operating systems from NT4 to XP and beyond.
• Per-File setting, including Video Colors, Chaptering & Scene Cuts.
• Fully dynamically skinned (includes two minimalistic skins for less screen clatter).
• User Defined Context Menus and Keyboard files.
• Designed for control through Remote devices including Remote Control, Mouse and Keyboard.
• Extensive Aspect Ratio Controls.
• Extensive Video Positioning Support for Projection and Overscan adjustments.
• Video Blanking.
• Support for all DirectShow filters, including Subtitles and 10-Band EQ.
• Auto CD Playback
• Advanced Timeline Navigation.
• Advanced STB-Style Displays and Navigators.
• Advanced Mouse Controls including multiple mousewheel functions.
• LCD Communication API.
• Multi-Monitor friendly.
• Fully controlled through the Command Line interface.
• Smart Control Bar interface for easy Fullscreen controls.
• Vastly customizable, nearly every aspect of the player can be changed.
• Support for Advanced video codecs (DivX/XviD/MPEG4).
• Support for the OGM/OGG format, including Chaptering, Multiple Audio and Subtitle tracks.
• Fast Forward & Rewind with all formats as long as your CPU can handle the load.

Zoom_Player_Standard_4417.exe - 1.45MB
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The Codecs 5.0 - 9x/ME/2000/XP (English)

All in one codecs package

The Codecs is the most completed, powerful and reliable compilation package of various audio and video codecs.
It contains the best and newest codecs that are needed for playing most movies (Divx, VCD, SVCD etc.).

Advantages:

• There are two versions of The Codecs.
Full package and Lite package.
• Both of them have less files but good functionality if you compare with the other codec packages.
• You can copy Lite codecs pack to a single 1.44 diskette.
• They are designed to solve the most common codec and installation problems.
• Very simple and easier install/uninstall method.
• Minimal and effective disk usage.

Codecs and filters are included in The Codecs:

• Divx (6) Free: 6.0.0.1571
• DivX ;-) MPEG-4 Video (Fast&Low): 4.1.0.3920
• XviD Koepi's build: 1.2
• ffdshow filter: 28/08/2006
• Intel I.263 Video Driver: 2.55.1.14
• AC3Filter (Audio): 1.0.9.a
• MPEG Layer-3 Audio Codec: 1.2.0.63
• InterVideo Audio Decoder: 1.0.0.1
• Moonlight Odio Dekoda: 1.2.3.0
• Ogg Vorbis Filter: 0.9.9.5
• MM Stream Switcher: 0.9.9.0
• Huffyuv lossless video codec: 2.2.0.1

Codecs and filters are included in The Codecs Lite:

• Nic's XviD Codec 1.1.0 b2 build: 04/06/2005
• ffdshow filter: 23/05/2003
• AC3Filter (Audio): 0.7.0.b
• DivX ;-) MPEG-4 Audio: 4.1.0.3920
• MPEG Layer-3 Audio Codec: 1.2.0.63
• MM Stream Switcher: 0.9.7.0
• Ogg Vorbis Filter: 0.9.9.6
• Huffyuv lossless video codec: 2.2.0.1

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Autorun 1.2.5.0 - 9x/ME/2000/XP

Quick Divx Starter

Autorun is a FREE utility that scans its directory (or CD), and executes predefined commands when you press Player(s) buttons

When Autorun executed

• It scans directory or CD where it is.
• It checks VPlayer.exe or bplay.exe, if they are exist, the play buttons are enabled.
• If the folder or CD contains any picture file (acceptable formats are JPG, GIF or BMP), Autorun uses it as film poster.
• If the folder or CD contains any text file (acceptable file extensions are TXT, SUB or SRT) that has the same name with divx file, the Autorun accept it as a subtitle file.
• If the folder or CD contains the file any text file (the file extension must be "NFO"), Autorun uses it as title release information and it enables Show Info button. Otherwise this button is not visible.
• If the folder or CD contains VPlayer or BSPlayer, it enables its play buttons.
• If VPlayer button is enabled, you can press VPlayer button and it runs VPlayer with predefined parameters (full screen, auto pan etc.). If you add a section in Vplayer.ini as:
[QuickDivxStarter]
Param=/F /A /P55
Vplayer uses these values as a parameter.
• If BPlayer button is enabled, you can press BPlayer button and it runs BPlayer with predefined parameters (full screen, auto pan etc.). If the folder or CD contains the file bplay.ini, Autorun uses it as parameter file.
• The configuration file (called autorun.ini) is read from where Autorun.exe is located if it exists when Autorun starts up.
If you add a section in autorun.ini as:
[Options]
Language=French
Autorun uses these values as a language directive.
Or alternatively you can set the language from the (called About box (the selection is written in registry).

If you add a section in autorun.ini as:
[Options]
ButtonTitle=Load Codecs
ButtonRun=codecs\DivX511.exe
Autorun uses these values to change Select Player button. The text of Select Player button changes to Load Codecs and then it executes DivX511.exe in the folder codecs if pressed.
Another example:
[Options]
ButtonTitle=All Player
ButtonRun=ALLPlayer.exe
ButtonParam=Guru.avi FULLSCREEN
When Autorun starts, the text of Select Player button is changed to All Player and starts the movie file (for example Guru.avi) as fullscreen mode if you press this button.

If you add a section in autorun.ini as:
[Options]
Picture=DATA\movie_poster.jpg
Autorun uses these values to use (display) as a film poster. Another example:
[Options]
ButtonTitle=Start
ButtonRun=DATA\Vplayer.exe
ButtonParam=Guru.avi /F
Picture=DATA\guru_poster.jpg
When Autorun starts, the text of Select Player button is changed to Start and starts the movie file (for example Guru.avi) as fullscreen mode if you press this button. Also it shows the file DATA\guru_poster.jpg as a film poster.

If you add a section in autorun.ini as:
[Options]
Title=Star Trek VI - The Undiscovered Country
Autorun uses these values to use (display) as the film title which will work with right button menu commands. For example:
[Options]
ButtonTitle=Start
ButtonRun=DATA\Vplayer.exe
ButtonParam=Guru.avi /F
Picture=DATA\guru_poster.jpg
Title=GURU

• Easy! You just put the file onto CD or any folder where movie is placed.
• It is not necessary to describe the autorun and write a movie title there, Autorun get the information from movie filename and it deletes crap words (like DivxSCR, DVL-verified etc.) and shows properly. For instance;
if movie filename is:
Cradle.2.The.Grave.DVDSCR.XViD-DVL.avi
in Autorun screen
Cradle 2 The.Grave is displayed as movie title.
• It has not any DLL or another file(s). It is just a single "EXE" file: Autorun.exe
• No installation necessary.
• Size is acceptable to fit in free space in your movie CD.
• It handles picture, subtitle and info files automatically.
• If you have internet connection, you can simply press movie image (poster) or title and get the movie information from IMDB.

Example of Autorun.ini
[Options]
Language=English

ButtonTitle=Start
ButtonIcon=Data\start.jpg
ButtonRun=Data\Vplayer.exe
ButtonParam=Guru.avi Guru.srt /F /A /P55

ButtonTitle2=All Player
ButtonIcon2=Data\all.gif
ButtonRun2=Data\ALLPlayer.exe
ButtonParam2=Guru.avi FULLSCREEN

ButtonTitle3=Load Codec
ButtonIcon3=Data\a.jpg
ButtonRun3=Data\XviD_Install.exe

Picture=Data\guru_poster.jpg
Info=Data\New Text Document.txt
Title=GURU

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mp4 Player 4.0

Is a freeware that can install codec and play mp4 video files.
BrothersoftEditor/ Free Mp4 Player is a simple player that can find and install correct codec if you don't have on your machine and play mp4 file. It is simple to use and easy to install, It allows you to open and play an mp4 video file within three click.


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Free YouTube Download 2.2.1.3

Publisher's Description
Free YouTube Download. Download videos from YouTube to your computer hard drive with one mouse click. Video from YouTube will be saved as AVI, FLV, MP4 or 3GP file. You´ll be able to play it with any video player on your computer.

Now with batch mode support.
Free YouTube Download 2.2.1.3
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TMPGEnc XPress 4.5.1.254

TMPGEnc converts *.AVI files to MPEG-1, the format which is used in VideoCD. Using a variety of options, you can compress your video file to the highest quality. TMPGEnc enables you to adjust the bitrate, qantize matrix, GOP structure, interlace and many other parameters so that you can create most appropriate movie file for your specific purpose.

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K-Lite Codec Pack 3.9.8 Beta

K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs and DirectShow filters. Those components are needed for encoding and decoding various audio and video formats. This Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your movie files.

Full supports both playback and encoding. This package is for power users and people who do their own encodings.

K-Lite Codec Pack 3.9.8 Beta

early version
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AACoder Plus

Batch convert your music between 5 major audio formats, including amazing AAC Mp4 audio.

AACoder Plus provides an easy and complete way to convert between most of the popular audio formats. With AACoder Plus users can batch convert music between 5 major audio formats: Wave, Mp3, Mp4 (AAC), WMA, Ogg Vorbis.

Product supports AAC Mp4 file type - probable inheritor of Mp3 due to its crisp, rich, clean audio quality rivaling that of uncompressed CD audio. AAC also has much more efficient compression resulting in smaller file size and very fast encoding. AAC Mp4 audio format is supported by major hardware and software products like iPod and iTunes.

AACoder Plus is very easy to use. Just add the files you want to convert to the list, conveniently listen audio preview of the selected file, select the format you want to use, and then click the convert button. You can easily convert your existing music by adding whole folders and sub folders containing audio files to conversion list. High converting speed and batch conversions result in a simple and boredom-free process. Besides all this, AACoder Plus can even automatically shut down your computer, so you can leave it running while you go out or go to bed! Software performs fast automated conversions due to its advanced encoding technology and lack of intermediary files. readmore

Grab your audio CD in a snap

Product grabs music from audio CDs to 5 major audio formats: AAC, MP3, WMA, OGG and WAV.

Snap 'n Grab has clean, rich,CD audio quality results, multiple CD-drives support, nice-looking interface, full CD audio playback control function and very fast encoding.

You can choose between various bit rate, sample rate and channel settings for every grabbed file. You also can choose one of embeded grabbing speed-quality presets.

Software can convert or resample your existing music between same 5 audio file formats through embeded audio file converter.
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Music transcribing and transposing software

Manipulate audio with this award winning tool that can transcribe, transpose, and alter tempo speeds. Mutate the audio however you like!

Pulse Master is a neat Audio player which supports most of the popular audio formats.
Features include:

• Increasing/decreasing audio tempo (speed) without distorting the pitch.
• Increasing/decreasing audio pitch without changing the tempo.
• Record your changes and encode it to a new file in MP3 format!

The purpose of this software can be either for fun or professional use. Some fun ways to use this MP3 player can be:

• Speeding up your favorite song to get you in a fast paced mood, or slowing down a song to achieve a relaxed atmosphere.
• Play jokes on your friend by distorting a singer's song of whom you don't really like.
• Letting your kids play with "chipmunk" and "bear" voices or let them relax with a tempo-decreased song.

Some suggestions for professional use are:

• Musicians could slow down and/or repeat parts of music which are too fast to be recognized and transcribed correctly.
• Music could be transposed in a different key so that the musician does not have to retune their musical instrument.
• Singers may alter the music's pitch to correspond with their vocal abilities, as well as slow down music to comprehend words and/or pronunciations in different languages.
• Music teachers can show their pupils the real techniques of great musicians by slowing down the music, thus giving them a more accurate interpretation of it.
• Dancers and choreographers may easily adjust music's tempo depending on their skill.
• Could also be used as an adaptable dictation tool for all kinds of typing jobs.

Pulse Master performs all of the changes in real time without the need to create or preprocess existing audio files. Supports playing of audio CDs, MP3 , WAV , Ogg Vorbis and Windows Media Audio formats.

Pulse Master comes in 5 versions:

• (US$29.90) Pulse Master Standard version features: unlimited playback and recording duration, loop playback with looping window adjusting controls, modification result recording and encoding to MP3
• (US$39.90) Pulse Master Pro version features: Standard version features, additional sound quality adjusting controls, beats per minute calculator, transpose calculator
• (US$49.90) Pulse Master Pro EQ version features: Pro version features, 17 band equalizer for additional audio enhancement and transformation, fade in and fade out controls, vocal remover
• (US$59.90) Pulse Master Pro WR version features: Pro EQ version features, audio CD writting capability, 3 audio formats audio CD grabber
• (US$69.90) Pulse Master Pro RC version features: Pro WR version features, 3 audio formats sound card recorder with silence detection, music capture from movies and protected audio files

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Ashampoo Burning Studio

New functions and improvements in version 7

Ashampoo Burning Studio 7 keeps the power and simplicity that made version 6 such a runaway success and adds several major new functions, including DVD video burning, modified copies and bootable discs. These are all functions that users of previous versions have asked for and they make a great program even better.

Video DVDs

Turning your video files into DVDs that you can play on any DVD player has never been this easy. You just select the files you want to include on the disc, select your navigation menu format and burn. All common video formats are supported (WMV, AVI, MPEG, ASF etc.), the program converts them automatically.

Building DVD menus is usually complicated and hard work. In Ashampoo Burning Studio 7 you just select your menu style and the program does all the work, generating the menus and navigation elements automatically. You can choose from several cool animated and static menu styles and preview everything before burning your disc.

You can also burn standard DVD files (VIDEO_TS folders containing .VOB, .IFO and .BUP files) – for example for making backups of existing DVDs or for burning DVD files generated with a different authoring program.

Have you ever wished you could pack more video onto a single DVD? Ashampoo Burning Studio 7 allows you to create DVDs with much more than the standard 120 minutes of video – just add all the files you need, the program automatically adjusts the compression and encoding quality to make it fit.

New Functions for Experienced Users

Experienced users can now also build their own bootable discs by importing a boot image. In addition to this you can also choose the file system you want to use for data discs and generate it directly. Supported file system options include ISO 9660 levels 1 and 2, ISO 9660 Windows (Romeo), Joliet and UDF (1.02, 1.5, 2.50, 2.60).

Audio CD Ripping

The audio ripping function now also includes an integrated, MP3 encoder so that you can rip directly to MP3 as well as to WMA or lossless WAV. Album and track names are automatically retrieved from the Internet database on the fly when you insert an audio CD.

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Ashampoo® Movie Shrink & Burn 3

Ashampoo Movie Shrink & Burn 3 resizes and converts your digital movies and video clips to other formats quickly and with very high quality. It can also burn your videos to DVDs, Blu-Ray discs and video CDs that are compatible with the player in your living room. You just select the target device type (DVD Player, Computer, PDA, Internet) and then choose the format you want to use and the maximum file size. Ashampoo Movie Shrink & Burn 3 takes care of everything else for you.

You can convert clips and movies to share them with your friends, to play them on mobile devices and for uploading to YouTube and other video sites. You can also convert non copy-protected DVD videos to other more compact formats and burn your converted videos to DVDs, video CDs and Blu-ray discs.

New Features:

• Fully compatible with Windows Vista™
• Video DVD burning: Create and burn video DVDs
• Video DVD spanning: Automatically split big movies to multiple DVDs for maximum quality without dual-layer discs
• Convert for YouTube: Create high-quality videos for YouTube, Yahoo Video, MySpace TV, Metacafe and DailyMotion
• Data DVDs and Blu-ray: Burn your videos to data DVDs and also to high-format Blu-ray discs if you have one of the new Blu-ray burners
• User interface: Thumbnail image selection for video files, practical new format selection screen for faster operation, many other small improvements and adjustments

Existing Features and Improvements:

• Convert for mobile devices: Convert and compress your videos to compact formats for playing on PDAs and other mobile devices
• DVD player formats: Convert to a variety of formats supported by normal DVD players
• Convert to CD formats: Convert to compact CD based video formats, including Video CDs, Super Video CDs, DivX/Xvid CDs and other formats on regular data CDs
• CD spanning: Automatically split larger movies to multiple CDs if necessary (supported for XVid/DivX AVIs, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, QuickTime, WMV, Video CDs, Super Video CDs and DivX/Xvid CDs)
• Convert video DVDs: You can convert the VOB video files from unencrypted video DVDs to smaller, more compact formats with very high quality

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