Free And Open Source Softwarez

Format Factory 2.10

2009-10-18T07:38:00.006+07:00

With so many different file formats out there, an effective file conversion tool is an essential these days.

FormatFactory is a free, fully-featured, converter that enables you to convert audio, video, and even images, between the most popular formats. These include WMV, AVI, MPG, MP3, WMA, AAC, JPG, PNG, GIF, and many more. Better still, FormatFactory supports media formats used by most major portable devices, including PSP and iPhone.

FormatFactory is very easy to use, although it does have rather an unintuitive interface. The file browser doesn't appear until you select the target format, which is a bit weird but as long as you know this first it's no problem. You can select individual files to convert, or complete folders, and also tweak some basic conversion settings.

FormatFactory isn't particularly original but what makes it really useful is that it handles images as well as audio and video. Most converters like this only handle audio and video, and adding images to the mix gives it an edge, especially considering it's free. I also like the Audio Joiner, which allows you to take two separate clips, join them together and then convert them. It would have been nice to have had preset profiles for mobile conversions but you can't have it all in a free app sometimes.

FormatFactory is an excellent conversion tool for anyone that converts between video, audio and images on a regular basis.

Languages:
English, Chinese Simp, Chinese Trad, Russian

Format Factory supports the following formats:
Audio: MP3, OGG, WMA, M4A and WAV.
Image: JPG, BMP, PNG, TIF and ICO
Video: MP4, AVI, 3GP, MPG and FLV

Recent changes in Format Factory:
Added "All to RMVB"
Added "Audio Joiner"
Added "AviSynth" to support AVS script and SSA effect.
Fixed bugs of missing MP3,WMA tag info.
Fixed bugs of MOV convertion.
Fixed problem of selecting MKV audio stream.
Added new 2 language files.
Fixed error H264 level of IPod,Zune Mobile Device.
OS requirements for Format Factory:
OS: WinNT/XP/2003/Vista/7

License:Free
Added:July 11, 2008
Updated:August 20, 2009
Publisher:Website
File size:23.8 MB

Download: http://www.formatoz.com/download.html

Free WMA to MP3 Converter

2009-03-05T20:42:00.004+06:00

Free WMA to MP3 Converter can convert Windows Media files to MP3 files which can be played in MP3 Players. All Windows Media formats (*.wma, *.wmv, *.asf) are supported. The program is a freeware and does not contain any form of malware, including but not limited to: spyware, viruses, trojans and backdoors.

Key Features:

It's clean and free, without any adware or spyware.

It's stable and fast.

Easy-to-use wizard-like user interface helps you setup converting process easily.

It uses up-to-date and high quality libraries.

ID3 Tag can be derived from the input files automatically.

Batch Processing is supported, it can process an unlimited number of files at one time.

Detailed HTML help file is included.

The installing and uninstalling process is very easy.

More Info & Download: http://www.wma-mp3.org

Free Download Manager

2009-03-04T18:14:00.001+06:00

What is Free Download Manager? It is a powerful, easy-to-use and absolutely free download accelerator and manager. Moreover, FDM is 100% safe, open-source software distributed under GPL license.

Increase your download speed and resume broken downloads
FDM accelerates downloads by splitting files into sections and then downloading them simultaneously. As a result download speed increases up to 600%, or even more! FDM can also resume broken downloads so you needn`t start downloading from the beginning after casual interruption.

HTTP/FTP/BitTorrent support
FDM lets you download files and whole web sites from any remote server via HTTP, HTTPS and FTP.
You can also download files using BitTorrent protocol.

Flash video download
Download video from video sites, such as Youtube, Google Video, etc. The video can then be saved in native .flv format or converted to one of more popular video formats.

Enjoy easy file sharing
A built-in Upload Manager lets you upload your files easily to share them with other people. Upload manager can be easily integrated with your system (Windows Explorer, Internet Explorer, Outlook Express).

System requirements:
In order to use FDM, you must have one of the following operating systems installed on your computer:

Microsoft Windows 9x/ME/2000/2003/XP/Vista (32bit versions only)

Free download manager is now open source software released under GNU GPL.

More Info & Download: http://freedownloadmanager.org

ClamWin Free Antivirus 0.94.1

2009-03-02T02:13:00.000+06:00

ClamWin is a Free Antivirus program for Microsoft Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003 and Vista.

ClamWin Free Antivirus comes with an easy installer and open source code. You may download and use it absolutely free of charge. It features:
High detection rates for viruses and spyware;
Scanning Scheduler;
Automatic downloads of regularly updated Virus Database.
Standalone virus scanner and right-click menu integration to Microsoft Windows Explorer;
Addin to Microsoft Outlook to remove virus-infected attachments automatically.
The latest version of Clamwin Free Antivirus is 0.94.1
Please note that ClamWin Free Antivirus does not include an on-access real-time scanner. You need to manually scan a file in order to detect a virus or spyware.
ClamWin Free Antivirus is based on ClamAV engine and uses GNU General Public License by the Free Software Foundation, and is free (as in freedom) software. To find out more about GNU GPL, please visit the following link: Philosophy of the GNU Project - Free Software Foundation.

More Info & Download: http://www.clamwin.com

Handbrake [DVD to MPEG-4 ripper/converter.]

2009-03-02T02:02:00.000+06:00

HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows.

Screenshots

Supported sources:
Any DVD-like source: VIDEO_TS folder, DVD image or real DVD (unencrypted--protection methods including CSS are not supported internally and must be handled externally with third-party software and libraries), and some .VOB and .TS files
Most any multimedia file it can get libavformat to read and libavcodec to decode.

Outputs:
File format: MP4, MKV, AVI or OGM
Video: MPEG-4, H.264, or Theora (1 or 2 passes or constant quantizer/rate encoding)
Audio: AAC, MP3, Vorbis or AC-3 pass-through (supports encoding of several audio tracks)

Misc features:
Chapter selection
Basic subtitle support (burned into the picture)
Integrated bitrate calculator
Picture deinterlacing, cropping and scaling
Grayscale encoding..

More Info & Download: http://handbrake.fr

Audacity® is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds.

2009-03-02T01:35:00.000+06:00

The Free, Cross-Platform Sound Editor

Audacity® is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. It is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems. Learn more about Audacity... Also check our Wiki and Forum for more information.

The latest release of Audacity is 1.3.7 (Beta). Because it is a work in progress and does not yet come with complete documentation or translations into foreign languages, it is recommended for more advanced users. See New Features in 1.3 for more information about the 1.3.x Beta series.

For all users, Audacity 1.2.6 is a stable release, complete and fully documented. You can have Audacity 1.2.6 and 1.3.7 installed on the same machine.

More Info & Download:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net

Download K-Lite Mega Codec

2009-03-02T01:20:00.000+06:00

K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs and related tools. The K-Lite Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your movie files.

With the K-Lite Codec Pack you should be able to play all the popular movie formats and even some rare formats. This package is mainly for power users and people who do their own encodings.

Features of K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 2.25 :

? Player:
- Media Player Classic [version 6.4.9.0+ SVN build 2007-03-25]
? ffdshow:
- ffdshow [rev. 1320]
- extra plugins
- ffdshow VFW interface
? DirectShow video filters:
- XviD [version 1.1.2]
- DivX [version 6.6.1.4]
- CoreAVC [version 1.3.0.0]
- On2 VP6 [version 6.4.2.0]
- On2 VP7 [version 7.0.10.0]
- MPEG-1 / MPEG-2 (Cyberlink) [version 6.0.0.3402]
- MPEG-1 / MPEG-2 (Gabest) [version 1.0.0.3+]
? VFW video codecs:
- XviD [version 1.1.2]
- DivX Pro [version 6.6.1.4]
- x264 [revision 606]
- On2 VP6 [version 6.4.2.0]
- On2 VP7 [version 7.0.10.0]
- Intel Indeo [version 4.51.16.2]
- Intel Indeo [version 5.2562.15.54]
- Intel I.263 [version 2.55.1.16]
- Huffyuv [version 2.1.1 CCE Patch 0.2.5]
- I420 (Helix) [version 1.2]
- YV12 (Helix) [version 1.2]
? Real Alternative:
- RealMedia codecs [version 6.0.12.1741]
- RealMedia plugin for Internet Explorer
- RealMedia plugin for Firefox/Mozilla/Netscape/Opera
- RealMedia DirectShow splitter [version 1.0.1.2]
? DirectShow audio filters:
- MP3 (Fraunhofer) [version 1.9.0.311]
- AC3/DTS/LPCM (AC3Filter) [version 1.45b]
- MP1/MP2 (MainConcept) [version 1.0.0.78]
- Vorbis (CoreVorbis) [version 1.1.0.79]
- AAC (CoreAAC) [version 1.2.0.575]
- MusePack (RadLight) [version 1.0.0.4]
- WavPack (CoreWavPack) [version 1.1.0]
- OptimFROG (RadLight) [version 1.0.0.1]
- DC-Bass Source [version 1.0.0.0]
? ACM audio codecs:
- MP3 (Fraunhofer) [version 3.4.0.0]
- MP3 (LAME) [version 3.97]
- AC3Filter.ACM [version 0.4b]
- Vorbis [version 0.0.3.6]
- DivX Wink Audio [version 4.2.0.0]
? DirectShow source filters:
- AVI splitter (Gabest) [version 1.0.0.7+]
- AVI splitter (Haali Media Splitter) [version 1.7.189.11]
- MP4 splitter (Haali Media Splitter) [version 1.7.189.11]
- MP4 splitter (Gabest) [version 1.0.0.3+]
- Matroska splitter (Haali Media Splitter) [version 1.7.189.11]
- Matroska splitter (Gabest) [version 1.0.2.9+]
- Ogg splitter (Haali Media Splitter) [version 1.7.189.11]
- Ogg splitter (Gabest) [version 1.0.0.0+]
- FLV splitter (Gabest) [version 1.0.0.2]
- MPEG PS/TS splitter (Gabest) [version 1.0.0.3+]
- MPEG PS/TS splitter (Haali Media Splitter) [version 1.7.189.11]
- CDDA Reader (Gabest) [version 1.0.0.1]
- CDXA Reader (Gabest) [version 1.0.0.1]
- AC3/DTS Source (AC3File) [version 0.5b]
? DirectShow subtitle filter:
- DirectVobSub (a.k.a. VSFilter) [version 2.37 + fixes]
? Tools:
- GSpot Codec Information Appliance [version 2.70a]
- VobSubStrip [version 0.11]
- GraphEdit [build 041201]
- AVI Fixed [version 2.0b1]
- FourCC Changer
- Bitrate Calculator

Download K-Lite Mega Codec

Free Flv to AVI Converter 1.2

2009-03-02T01:18:00.000+06:00

Free Flv to AVI Converter 1.2

Pazera Free FLV to AVI Converter is the freeware application which convert Flash Video files (FLV, SWF) into AVI or MPG (MPEG-1, MPEG-2).

FLV files are not supported by Windows Media Player and other popular media players. To display FLV video you need to convert that file into more reliable format, such as AVI or MPG. The application allows you to set many parameters used by encoder: audio and video codec, audio and video bitrate, fps, sampling frequency, resolution and other.

The Pazera Free FLV to AVI Converter interface is a very simple and user-friendly. To convert flash video files, just drag & drop them into main window and click CONVERT button.

The most important features of the Pazera Free FLV to AVI Converter:

Conversion FLV and SWF to AVI or MPG.
Supported video codecs: XviD, DivX 3, H.264, WMV, MPEG4-FFmpeg, S-Mpeg 4 v. 2, Motion JPEG (MJPEG).

Supported audio codecs: Lame (MP3), MP2, AC3, AAC, WMA.

Generating video files compatible with the MPEG-1 / MPEG-2 standard.

Decoding the most important audio and video codecs used in FLV files: Flash/Sorenson, H.264, MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3), MPEG-2.5 Layer 3, ADPCM, AAC etc.

2-pass encoding which will improve the video qaulity.

Don't need any installation. Just extract ZIP archive and click flvtoavi.exe.

Portability. This program can be run from portable devices.

Supported languages: english, polish.

100% freeware! - for commercial and non-commercial use. No adware, no spyware.

Main window:

Conversion

Download:

http://www.pazera-software.com/products/flv-to-avi-converter

Free RM to MP3 Converter

2009-03-02T01:17:00.000+06:00

Free RM to MP3 Converter can convert Real Media files to MP3 files which can be played in MP3 Players. All Real Media formats (*.rm, *.ra, *.rmvb) are supported. The program is a freeware and does not contain any form of malware, including but not limited to: spyware, viruses, trojans and backdoors.

Key Features:
It's clean and free, without any adware or spyware.
It's stable and fast.
Easy-to-use wizard-like user interface helps you setup converting process easily.
It uses up-to-date and high quality libraries.
ID3 Tag can be derived from the input files automatically.
Batch Processing is supported, it can process an unlimited number of files at one time.
Detailed HTML help file is included.
The installing and uninstalling process is very easy.

Download:

http://www.rm-mp3.org

TestDisk is a powerful free data recovery software!

2009-03-02T01:13:00.000+06:00

TestDisk is OpenSource software and is licensed under the terms of the GNU Public License (GPL).

TestDisk is a powerful free data recovery software! It was primarily designed to help recover lost partitions and/or make non-booting disks bootable again when these symptoms are caused by faulty software, certain types of viruses or human error (such as accidentally deleting a Partition Table). Partition table recovery using TestDisk is really easy.

TestDisk can
>Fix partition table, recover deleted partition
>Recover FAT32 boot sector from its backup
>Rebuild FAT12/FAT16/FAT32 boot sector
>Fix FAT tables
>Rebuild NTFS boot sector
>Recover NTFS boot sector from its backup
>Fix MFT using MFT mirror
>Locate ext2/ext3 Backup SuperBlock
>Undelete files from FAT, NTFS and ext2 filesystem
>Copy files from deleted FAT, NTFS and ext2/ext3 partitions.

TestDisk has features for both novices and experts. For those who know little or nothing about data recovery techniques, TestDisk can be used to collect detailed information about a non-booting drive which can then be sent to a tech for further analysis. Those more familiar with such procedures should find TestDisk a handy tool in performing onsite recovery.

Operating systems
TestDisk can run under
DOS (either real or in a Windows 9x DOS-box),
Windows (NT4, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista),
Linux,
FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD,
SunOS and
MacOS

Source files and precompiled binary executables are available for DOS, Win32, MacOSX and Linux from the download page

Filesystems
TestDisk can find lost partitions for all of these file systems:
BeFS ( BeOS )
BSD disklabel ( FreeBSD/OpenBSD/NetBSD )
CramFS, Compressed File System
DOS/Windows FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32
HFS, HFS+ and HFSX, Hierarchical File System
JFS, IBM's Journaled File System
Linux ext2 and ext3
Linux LUKS encrypted partition
Linux RAID md 0.9/1.0/1.1/1.2
RAID 1: mirroring
RAID 4: striped array with parity device
RAID 5: striped array with distributed parity information
RAID 6: striped array with distributed dual redundancy information
Linux Swap (versions 1 and 2)
LVM and LVM2, Linux Logical Volume Manager
Mac partition map
Novell Storage Services NSS
NTFS ( Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008 )
ReiserFS 3.5, 3.6 and 4
Sun Solaris i386 disklabel
Unix File System UFS and UFS2 (Sun/BSD/...)
XFS, SGI's Journaled File System

More Info & Download this software:

http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk