CDBurnerXP Pro
CD/DVD burning solution

CDBurnerXP is a free application to burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs. It also includes the feature to burn and create ISOs, as well as a multilanguage interface. Everyone, even companies, can use it for free. It does not include adware or similar malicious components.

Key Features
burn all kinds of discs
audio-CDs with or without gaps between tracks
burn and create ISO files
data verification after burning process
create bootable discs
multi-language interface
bin/nrg ISO converter, simple cover printing and much more!

Last Updated 11 September 2009
Win 2000/XP/2003/Vista
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Audiograbber

Audiograbber is a beautiful piece of software that grabs digital
audio from cd's. It copies the audio digitally-not through the
soundcard-which enables you to make perfect copies of the
originals.

It can even perform a test to see that the copies
really are perfect. Audiograbber can also automatically normalize
the music, delete silence from the start and/or end of tracks, and
send them to a variety or external MP3 encoders, such as
Fraunhofers L3enc, or even use some MP3/WMA encoders internally
for automatic creation of MP3's.

Audiograbber can download and
upload disc info from freedb, an Internet compact disc database.
You can even record your vinyl LP's or cassette tapes with
Audiograbber and make wav's or MP3's of them. There are a lot more
functions in Audiograbber, but to put it simply: Audiograbber has
the most features one can wish from such a program!
Win 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP
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Burrrn

Burrrn is a little tool for burrrning audio CDs with CD-Text from
various audio files. Supported formats are: wav, mp3, mpc, ogg,
aac, mp4, ape, flac, ofr, wv, tta, m3u, pls and fpl playlists and
cue sheets.

You can also burrrn EAC's noncompliant image + cue
sheets! Burrrn can read all types of tags from all these formats
(including ape tags in mp3). Burrrn uses cdrdao.exe for burrrning.
Win 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP
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dBpowerAMP Music Converter
Convert sound files between several formats

Often called a Swiss army knife of Audio, dMC is able to:

Rip digitally sound from Audio CDs and store in a multitude of
formats, dMC is the Fastest CD Ripper and now AccurateRip
Compatible
Convert from one format to another, just about every audio type is
supported: mp3, mp4, Windows Media Audio (wma), Ogg Vorbis, AAC,
Monkeys Audio, FLAC and many others [Codec downloads], whilst
preserving ID Tags,
Volume Normalize audio files,
Windows Explorer Integration - right click Convert To & popup
useful information on audio files (such as bitrate, length).
ID tag editing [Power Pack Option],
Record from LPs or anything [optional Auxiliary Input install],
Fully compatible with Windows 95/98/ME NT4/2000, Windows XP and
Linux ( using Wine).
100% Free, No nags, popups, hidden spyware or bundleware.

Please note that there is an option to install an mp3 encoder with this application. This part is not free but has a 30 day trial period.

Last Updated 04 September 2009
Win 98/2000/XP
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DivX 7
Enjoy Free High-Quality Video Playback On Your Computer

DivX® 7 for Windows or Mac is a free download that provides everything you need to enjoy high-quality digital videos on your computer, including HD H.264 (.mkv) videos with AAC audio and videos created using all previous versions of DivX technology.

You can also play your DivX files (.divx, .avi) on millions of DivX Certified® devices today. Look for DivX Plus™ HD Certified devices later this year that will support playback of all DivX and DivX Plus files, as well as .mkv (H.264/AAC) videos from the Internet.

Requires: DirectX 9 or better

Last Updated 16 January 2010
Win XP/Vista/7
Mac OS X 10.4 or higher
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Exact Audio Copy

EAC is a new audio grabber for CD-ROM drives. The main differences between most other audio grabbers.

It works with a new technology, reading 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.

Last Updated 22 April 2008
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Audacity


Audacity is a free, easy-to-use audio editor and recorder.
Record live audio.
Convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs.
Edit Ogg Vorbis, MP3, and WAV sound files.
Cut, copy, splice, and mix sounds together.
Change the speed or pitch of a recording.
And more!
The download button is for windows, for Mac or Linux please visit the web site.

Last Updated 22 April 2009
Win 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista/7
Mac
Linux
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Free CD Audio Ripper

You can rip CD audio tracks in MP3, OGG VORBIS, WAV, send CDDB request to get directly album, artist, track's title, free CD Ripper can rip your Audio CD to Bin/Cue, and can burn your Audio Bin/Cue image. Free CD Ripper is easy to use but fast and effective.

- You can rip CD audio tracks in MP3,
- You can rip CD audio tracks in OGG VORBIS,
- You can rip CD audio tracks in WAV,
- Send CDDB request to get directly album, artist, track's title,
- Mp3 tag Edition.

Free CD Ripper can rip your Audio CD to Bin/Cue. And can burn your Audio Bin/Cue image.

Free CD Ripper is easy to use, fast and effective.

No spywares or adwares ! and completely free !

Last Updated 16 January 2010
Win 98/Me/2000/XP
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Spesoft Free CD Ripper

A quality freeware application, aimed at providing easy, stable and fast CD copying to WMA, MP3, WAV, OGG, and FLAC audio formats.

Easy to use - just click 'Rip'.
High Speed Ripping - saves you time.
Excellent output quality - enjoy your digital audio.

Powerful yet easy-to-use software that allows you to extract audio tracks directly from your music CDs to computer files. Just insert your CD and click 'Rip' - it's that easy.
Works on Windows 98, ME, 2000, and XP.

Automatically retrieves album information (for example, artist, genre, and track names) from FreeDB, a music information database on the Internet.

CD Player - Easily play the whole CD, or one click to play or preview any track.

Now features MP3 Volume normalization.

One of the few free applications to rip directly to FLAC format.

Click Here to download (1026KB)
Spyware, adware and virus free.

Requires the Microsoft.net framework.

Last Updated 16 January 2010
Win 98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003
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FreeRIP
Advanced CD to MP3 Converter

FreeRip is a freeware application that lets you save audio CD tracks to Wav or MP3 or Ogg Vorbis audio files. FreeRIP is also an audio file converter since it can convert and encode Wav files to Ogg Vorbis (.ogg) or MP3 (.mp3), and back.

FreeRIP is a CD ripper, this means that it can record digital audio tracks directly from audio CD to files on your hard drive (this process is known as "ripping").

You can save tracks as CD quality WAV files or encode them to Ogg Vorbis or MP3 compressed audio format.
Win 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/Vista/2008 server/7
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CDex
Digital Audio CD Extractor

CDex can extract the data directly (digital) from an Audio CD, which is generally called a CD Ripper or a CDDA utility. The resulting audio file can be a plain WAV file (useful for making compilation audio CDs) or the ripped audio data can be compressed using an audio encoder. Many encoders are supported, to name a few:
Lame MP3 encoder
Internal MP2 encoder
APE lossles audio format
Ogg Vorbis encoder
The Windows MP3 encoder (Fraunhofer MP3 encoder)
NTT VQF encoder
FAAC encoder
Windows WMA8 encoder

In addition, WAV files on the hard drive can be converted to a Compressed Audio File (and visa versa). CDex also supports many audio file tag formats like the ID3V1 and ID3V2 tags, which can be automatically inserted as part of the ripping process.

Feature List
Direct recording of multiple tracks
Read / store album information from/to the cdplayer.ini file
Read / store album information from/to a local and/or remote CD Database (CDDB)
Support CD-Text (if your CD-drive supports it)
Advanced jitter correction (based on the cd-paranoia ripping library)
Indicates track progress and jitter control
Normalization of audio signal
Supports many CD-Drive from many manufacters
Conversion of external WAV files
Support for M3U and PLS play list files
Best of all, it's free (GPL license, source code available)
Serveral languages are supported

Last Updated 22 November 2009
Win 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/Vista/7
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Dark-e.com Ripper 1.2

Dark-e.com Ripper is a free CD ripper for windows.

There is no pro version, no spyware and no banners.
Win 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP
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CD Splash

CD Splash is a very small but powerful application that will help you to create CD splashes. A splash is a window that is shown every time you put your CD into the CDROM unit.

You can customize the splash:
to show your name and face or any other picture you choose
to show your company logo, motto or signature
to show a fortune cookie or disclaimer/legal agreement
you can choose even to play your voice or movie

Which media types are supported?
CD, DVD, flash disks, floppies, virtually any device that can be set to auto-run when you mount it/insert it into the computer

Why use it?
Make your distribution media to look more appealing/professional
Force your users to read the license agreement before using the material
Ask the person who found the device to bring it back to you (this is very useful if you often forget your flash memory stick into user's computer)
Inform the users about who is the owner of the medium or the content contained on that medium.

Features
show a splash every time you insert the CD/DVD into the unit
highly customizable
embedded help system (help as tool tips)
it doesn't need to be installed/uninstalled
it doesn't mess your registry or system with unneeded DLLs
it is really small
it is free

How to install CD Splash on your CD's
Download CD Splash in your computer (this is a portable application so you don't need to install or uninstall it)
Set its properties (picture logo and text to display) by using the INI-Editor
Burn it on the CD together with other material that you may put on that CD
Distribute the CD

Last Updated 16 January 2010
Win 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista
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ZS4 Video Editor

ZS4 Video Editor is video editing and compositing software which aims to provide media experts with a facility to combine a variety of media types (currently photos, videos and audio files) into one (or more) output file(s).

ZS4 Video Editor can be used like an object oriented photo-manipulation program with a timeline: things that can be manipulated in a photo (workshop) program can be manipulated in ZS4 using parameters which alter over time.

ZS4 Video Editor is worth using when...
the final output is a combination of more than 2 media sources rendered simultaneously. (like nine talking heads separately filmed, but later arranged in a 3x3 video wall combination)
every aspect of the compositing process needs to be 'tweened with an adjustable interpolation algorithm, from rotation angles to audio volume and chroma key sensitivity etc...
it becomes necessary to create custom effects and imaging processes by combining any number of effects using a highly flexible and infinitely variable toolbox of imaging "primitives".
the user likes to be limited by their own imagination instead of the software-makers ideas of the "desirable".

The ZS4 design therefore favours...
choice over clarity.
uniqueness over "standard".
chaos over order.
flexibility over simplicity.

Last Updated 16 January 2010
Win 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/Vista/7
Mac
Linux
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BurnCDCC

This utility is used to burn an ISO file to a CD/DVD disc. Many new systems come with a limited CD/DVD software package which lacks the ability to burn .ISO files.
Win 98/Me/NT/2000/XP
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