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Title: Free Software Guide Description: Read this guide and never have to purchase or pirate another software again - free software that will meet all your computing needs Author/Publisher: DVDGuy Ease of use: Beginners Software Used: AutoGK, DivXLand Media Subtitler, FinalBurner Free, K-Lite Codec Pack, SUPER, The FilmMachine Page Viewed: 99991 times	Printer Friendly Version User Rating: (5 votes) Details / Vote Now User Comments: mrb: Some of this info has been... More / Post Your Comments
Page Select: Page 1: Introduction + Temporary Safety Page 2: Web Browser and Email Client Page 3: Security Page 4: File Transfer, Search and Backup/Recovery Page 5: Office and Productivity Page 6: Photo/Graphics Manipulation Page 7: Multimedia Playback Page 8: Multimedia Creation Page 9: Games + Conclusion

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Page 8 of 9: Multimedia Creation

Multimedia Creation

This section covers creating your own video and audio files, CDs, DVDs. Starting with audio files:

Audacity

URL: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Description: A free audio editor and recorder License: Open Source

CDex

URL: http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/ Description: A personaly favourite, CD ripper and audio encoder License: Open Source

foobar2000

URL: http://www.foobar2000.org/ Description: foobar2k is an advanced audio player, but also includes audio conversion, encoding and tagging support License: Open Source

There are far too many free video file creation/editing tools, I mean this entire website is pretty much dedicated to them, but I'll list here some of the more popular ones (DVD authoring/editing tools not included here):

• VirtualDub - AVI editing, encoding and capturing
• AutoGK - DivX/XviD encoder/converter
• VobSub - subtitle decoder/ripper
• SUPER - convert to/from most video formats
• DivXLand Media Subtitler - create and edit subtitle files
  Advanced Tools:
• MeGUI - more advanced video encoder, designed for H.264 encoding
• x264 - advanced command line H.264 encoder, used by MeGUI and other tools
• AVIsynth - scripting tool needed by almost everything
• YAMB - MP4 mux/demux/tagger

Now on to DVD authoring and editing, again too many to list, but here are some recommended ones:

• DVD Flick - convert your video files to a DVD, also try Avi2Dvd or The FilmMachine
• DVD Rebuilder - DVD backup/re-encoder
  Advanced Tools:
• PgcEdit - advanced DVD IFO editor, also try IfoEdit
• SubtitleCreator - create subtitles for DVDs

You would normally use Nero to burn your CD and DVDs, and Nero being bundled with almost everything these days, it can almost be considered free software. But for truly freeware solutions to CD and DVD burning or imaging, look no further than:

• FinalBurner - burn CD/DVDs, create audio DVDs and more
• Burn4Free or CDBurnerXP Pro or DeepBurner Free - more ways burn CD and DVDs with ease
• ImgBurn - burning and imaging tool, or load your images in DAEMON Tools instead of burning them
• IsoPuzzle - recover damaged data from CD/DVDs
• DVDAuthorGUI - create DVDs with menus
• DVD slideshow GUI - create photo DVD slideshows

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