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Nero Burning ROM is probably the best all-in-one CDR / DVDR / Blu-ray application on the market.

Nero combines huge amounts of features in a compact and easy to use package. It handles disc duplicating and pre-mastering with ease, supported by a cover designer and even an audio file editor. The excellent GUI desing keeps all the functions handy and guarantees that simple tasks can be done quickly.

If you have to settle with just one CDR / DVDR / Blu-ray burning software, then Nero would be it.

Download plugins for Nero from Neroplugins.

In case you're not interested to download the full version of Nero, but just want to have some parts of the software, such as the burning part, you can download one of the unofficial Nero "mini builds":

Nero Micro
Nero Lite

If you have questions related to Nero, please visit our unofficial Nero support forums!

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The trial version of Nero requires a serial number to run. Click here to request a serial number.

FFDSHOW is a DirectShow decoding filter for decompressing several video formats, including DivX, XviD, WMV, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 movies.

Filter also supports nowadays decoding of virtually all audio formats used in movies, including AC3, DTS, MP3 and Ogg Vorbis, and several subtitle formats.

The codec also features postprocessing capabilities, support for virtually all MPEG-4 video formats, support for various processor enhancements (such as SSE and MMX), etc. FFDSHOW is released as an open source software under GPL license agreement.

To summarize its main idea, the FFDSHOW consumes way less CPU power than original DivX or XviD codecs, even with maximum post-processing. At the same time the post-processing seems to give excellent quality results and allows more configuring than the original DivX codec. It can even automaticly reduce post-processing if your CPU is getting overloaded. The noise filter adds a kind of a rasterising effect to the picture - might be useful in some cases.

FFDSHOW requires Microsoft Visual C++ to work.

Please note! Certain Antivirus applications may claim that FFDSHOW contains a trojan. However our own tests indicate that this is a False Positive

We also recommend that you read through our guide on how to install and configure FFDSHOW.

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VLC (initially VideoLAN Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.

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SUPER, Simplified Universal Player Encoder & Renderer. A GUI to ffmpeg, mencoder, mplayer, x264, ffmpeg2theora & the theora/vorbis RealProducer plugIn.

If you need a simple, yet very efficient tool to convert (encode) or play any Multimedia file, without reading manuals or spending long hours training, then SUPER is all you need. It is a Multimedia Encoder and a Multimedia Player, easy-to-use with 1 simple click.

SUPER supports a wide variety of input/source file format to play or encode (to & from) without any additional third party software:

Video format: 3gp/3g2 (Nokia, Siemens, Sony Ericsson), asf, avi (DivX, H263, H263+, H264, Xvid, MPEG4, MSmpeg4, etc..), fli, flc, flv (Flash), mpg (MPEG-1 & MPEG-2), mov (H263, H263+, H264, MPEG4, etc..), mp4 (H263, H263+, H264, MPEG4), ogg, qt, rm, str (PlayStation), swf (Flash), viv, vob, wmv

Audio format: ac3, amr, mp2, mp3, mp4, ogg, ra, wma

AviSynth Script Files: avs. ALL Input/source files that fail to encode, will be encoded without error when using AviSynth scripts.

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ImgBurn is a light-weight, free software that can write most types of CD / DVD images and supports all the latest writers (including booktype / bitsetting on many of the major ones - i.e. BenQ, LiteOn, NEC, Plextor, Sony).

You can even use ImgBurn to erase / format your rewritable media!

With the release of ImgBurn v2.0.0.0, "Build" mode has been added allowing you to use ImgBurn to create ISO images from files on your hard drive, or burn them directly to a disc, making ImgBurn even more superb software.

ImgBurn will try its very best to burn your DVD-Video double layer images using the layer break you've specified in the IFO files, but it can also calculate the best place for you, to save you the trouble.

Advanced functionality can be found in context menus that appear when you right click on various bits of the user interface. Can you find them all??!!

Guides:

• How to burn a DVD Folder with ImgBurn
• Burning image files using ImgBurn

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Avi2DVD is a GUI in order to convert with just few clicks an AVI/OGM/MKV/DVD to DVD/SVCD/VCD. Avi2dvd uses only freeware tools and can handle varius freeware enconders (QuEnc/FreeEnc/NuEnc) or CCE. Software supports 1 videostream, 1 audiostream and 3 subtitle streams (in a dvd mode).

mp3DirectCut is a small tool for editing MP3 files directly, without any quality loss to the original file. You can remove parts, change the volume, split files or copy regions to several new files. All without the need to decompress your MP3 into a PCM format. This saves work, encoding time and disk space. And there is no quality loss through any re-compressions!

Trim your CD grabbings or directly to MP3 recorded vinyls or tapes. Cut favourit songs from long MP3 radio or live recordings. Make multiple cuts and fades. mp3DirectCut is very fast and gives you extensive control over your MP3s.

- Several prelisten functions
- MP3 visualisation and VU meter
- Easy navigation
- Fading, volume setting and normalizing
- Records MP3 direct to disk (ACM and Lame encoder supported)
- Layer 2 support
- ID3 Tag support (only v1 editable)
- Supports Cue Sheets