VLC media player (VideoLAN) - the cross-platform media player and streaming server

VLC media player (VideoLAN) 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.

VLC media player (VideoLAN) features:
* It is a free cross-platform media player
* It supports a large number of multimedia formats, without the need for additional codecs
* It can also be used as a streaming server, with extended features (video on demand, on the fly transcoding, …)

Developer: VideoLAN
License: Freeware
OS: Windows All
Size: 9.3 MB
Download VideoLAN - VLC media player 0.8.6f link

CyberLink PowerDVD 8 is The No.1 Movie Experience on the PC now delivers New Dimensions in Movie Entertainment.

CyberLink PowerDVD delivers award-winning playback quality for movies on the PC.

* High-definition movie content  -  The best video quality out there, with support for video formats like AVCHD and Blu-ray Discs.
* Advanced video technologies - See the beauty in each shot of every scene with TrueTheater™ Technology.
* Home theater audio - Enjoy movies on the PC as if you are right at the cinema, with support for Dolby, DTS, and other home theater technologies.
* Smart DVD utilities - Save battery power on your notebook (See-it-All), move language subtitles (Read-it-Clearly), and auto loop a section of dialog (Say-it-Again), with PowerDVD’s award winning DVD controls.

CyberLink PowerDVD lets you create new stories based on existing movies, or simply express your creativity and opinions in unconventional ways.

CyberLink PowerDVD helps you build a library of movie facts and figures, combining personal notes and disc information. Sync your movie collection to your MoovieLive account.

CyberLink PowerDVD gets you connected with other users via MoovieLive.com. You can see global ratings for the movies you watch, access information about the movies other people are watching too.

Developer: CyberLink Corp.
License: Shareware
OS: Windows All
Size: 113.4 MB
Download PowerDVD 8.0 link

Orbit Downloader, leader of download manager revolution, is devoted to new generation web (web2.0) downloading, such as video/music/files from Myspace, YouTube, Imeem, Pandora, Rapidshare. And to make general downloading easier and faster.

Main Features Detail

* Download social music, social video and streaming media
* Extreme download acceleration.
* Super Light: micro-sized and resource-friendly
* Support RapidShare download.
* Support IE, Firefox, Maxthon, Opera.
* Support Metalink download.
* Support HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, MMS, RTSP and RTMP protocols.
* Support Proxy server configuration.
* Support download pasue and resume.
* General download management.

Developer: OrbitDownloader.com
License: Freeware
OS: Windows All
Size: 2.0 MB
Download Orbit Downloader 2.6.5 link

Registry Clean Expert scans the Windows registry and finds incorrect or obsolete information in the registry. By fixing these obsolete information in Windows registry, your system will run faster and error free. The backup/restore function of the tool let you backup your whole Windows Registry so you can use it to restore the registry to the current status in case you encounter some system failure.

Besides above, the startup and BHO organizer feature let you manage your startup and IE BHO items with ease, and you can control the programs started with Windows and IE more handy with this feature!

In short, Registry Clean Expert help you get rid of the bloat in Windows registry and achieve a cleaner, faster system.

Feature highlights include:
* Scan Windows registry and find incorrect or obsolete information in the registry.
* Fix the obsolete information in Windows registry with this Registry Cleaner and boost your Windows performance.
* Make backups for Windows Registry.
* Restore Windows Registry from previous backup.
* Manage the programs started when Windows starts up with the Startup Organizer.
* Manage the IE BHOs with BHO organizer.
* Remove Spyware, Adware and Trojan hidden in your startup items and BHOs.
* Registry Compact and Registry Defrag.
* Built-in Tracks Eraser for privacy protection.
* A user-friendly interface makes it easy for anyone to use Registry Clean Expert.

Developer: iExpert Software
License: Shareware
OS: Windows All
Size: 2.4 MB
Download Registry Clean Expert 4.60 link

DAEMON Tools Lite is a lightweight and powerful application for CD/DVD emulation. It allows running games from backup copies as if the original disc were inserted.
In order to run backup copies you need to create appropriate image files of your original cd/dvd discs with a software creating such appropriate images (e.g. DAEMON Tools Pro ).

DAEMON Tools Lite is a virtual DVD-ROM emulator based on a SCSI miniport driver. It emulates maximum 4 DVD-ROM drives and works with CD/DVD images created by many burning programs. It is great on notebooks without a physical CD-/DVD-ROM drive or to save akku power and speed up CD/DVD access. In opposite to other CD-/DVD-ROM emulators DAEMON Tools Lite doesn’t use a proprietary container format. The advantage is that you can can burn the images you’re using with DAEMON Tools Lite right away or just test an image before burning it to see if it was created correctly. DAEMON Tools Lite works with most image formats. Moreover it has a special feature to make physical (burned) backups of your CD / DVD images when it is possible. It supports MDS format (MDF/MDS-Files) and RMPS-Media! It’s also great if you want save Power on your Notebook.

DAEMON Tools Lite supports the following image types:

* b5t (BlindWrite images)
* b6t (BlindWrite images)
* bwt (BlindRead images)
* ccd (CloneCD images)
* cdi (DiscJuggler images)
* cue (Cue sheets)
* iso (Standard ISO images)
* mds (Media Descriptor Files)
* nrg (Nero images)
* pdi (Instant CD/DVD images)
* isz (Compressed ISO images)

Developer: DT Software
License: Freeware
OS: Windows All
Size: 3.5 MB
Download Daemon Tools Lite 4.12.3 link

ImgBurn is a lightweight CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application that everyone should have in their toolkit!

It has several ‘Modes’, each one for performing a different task:
* Read - Read a disc to an image file
* Build - Create an image file from files on your computer or network - or you can write the files directly to a disc
* Write - Write an image file to a disc
* Verify - Check a disc is 100% readable. Optionally, you can also have ImgBurn compare it against a given image file to ensure the actual data is correct
* Discovery - Put your drive / media to the test! Used in combination with DVDInfoPro, you can check the quality of the burns your drive is producing

ImgBurn supports a wide range of image file formats - including BIN, DI, DVD, GI, IMG, ISO, MDS, NRG and PDI.

It supports Unicode folder/file names, so you shouldn’t run in to any problems if you’re using an international character set.

ImgBurn supports all the Windows OS’s - Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 2000, XP, 2003 and Vista (including all the 64-bit versions). If you use Wine, it should also run on Linux and other x86-based Unixes.

It’s a very flexible application with several advanced features that are often lacking in other tools, especially when it comes to burning DVD Video discs. It supports all the latest drives without the need for updates (including booktype / bitsetting / advanced settings on many of the major ones - i.e. BenQ, LiteOn, LG, NEC, Plextor, Samsung, Sony).

There is an image queue system for when you’re burning several images (which you can automatically share between multiple drives if you have more than one) and an easy-to-use layer break selection screen for double layer DVD Video jobs. The Automatic Write Speed feature allows you store your favourite burn speed settings on a per ‘Media ID’ basis, right down to a drive by drive level. Data captured during the burn (write speed, buffer levels etc) can be displayed / analysed using DVDInfoPro.

Whilst ImgBurn is designed to work perfectly straight out of the box, advanced users will appreciate just how configurable it is.

Developer: LIGHTNING UK!
License: Freeware
OS: Windows All
Size: 1.8 MB
Download ImgBurn 2.4.1.0 link

FrostWire is a program like very popular LimeWire PRO Gnutella/Bittorrent client.

FrostWire features:
* Completely Free & Open Source
* Firewall-to-firewall transfers
* Turbo-Charged Download Speeds
* Absolutely NO Spyware or Adware
* Connects to more sources
* Creative Commons license support
* Max. speed network connections
* Junk Result Filters
* Community Chat Rooms
* iTunes Integration
* BitTorrent Support
* Proxy Support

Developer: FrostWire, LLC
License: Freeware
OS: Windows All
Size: 7.3 MB
Download FrostWire 4.13.5 link

Keeping your software and drivers current helps keep your PC running smoothly, but locating and matching the right updates for your machine can be frustrating and time-consuming. With VersionTracker Pro, you don’t need an IT department. VersionTracker Pro scans your hardware AND software to determine the right updates for your drivers and applications.

* Faster initial scan gives a quick view of your applications and drivers in need of an update. Purchase to enable downloading, uninstall, and the full Versiontracker Pro feature set.

* VersionTracker Pro monitors all of your installed hardware and software, and alerts you as soon as updates become available.

* VersionTracker Pro brings you reviews, ratings, system compatibility, features, bug fixes, and download links for each update.

* Customize VersionTracker Pro to only show you information on the installed software you care about. Group applications to fit your work style.

Developer: CNET TechTracker
License: Shareware
OS: Windows All
Size: 3.2 MB
Download VersionTracker Pro 4 link

GOM is a FREE media player with popular audio & video codecs built-in. No need to install codecs separately!

GOM Player Features:

Codec Finder
* GOM Player includes many codecs (XviD, DivX, FLV1, AC3, OGG, MP4, H263 and more) so you won’t need to install separate codecs for most videos. For those videos that require a separate codec, GOM Player will find one and direct you to a place where you can download open source version of the codec. That way, you won’t get stuck with unnecessary codecs on your system.

Play Broken AVI Files
* AVI files can’t be played if the index is broken, or the file isn’t completely downloaded. This is because index is located at the end of the file. GOM Player’s patented technology enables users to view files with broken index or that are still being downloaded.

Powerful Subtitle Support
* GOM Player supports SMI, SRT, RT, SUB(with IDX) files for subtitle. You can specify margin, location, size, resolution, font and others. You can also enable shadow, view ASF files with subtitle, karaoke subtitle mode. You can even synchronize subtitle and video if there’s any mismatch.

Convenient Playlist
* GOM Player supports playlist formats such as M3U, PLS, ASX. You can include different media types on a playlist. Also, it also lets you edit playlists for different media types. It’s easy to create and edit your own multimedia playlist with GOM Player.

Support Different Media Types
* Along with different media format such as AVI, MPG, MPEG and DAT, GOM Player also supports streaming Windows media format (WMV, ASF, ASX). You can also watch DVD-quality videos with 5.1 channel audio output.

Screen Capture
* Screen capture allows you to take a screenshot of your video directly from GOM Player. Using the Burst Capture feature, you can take continuous screenshots upto 999 shots.

Advanced Features
* There are other endless number of advanced features. Customize brightness, contrast and saturation. Sharpen and add noise to your video. Try audio equalizer. Repeat a section of your video with our A-B Repeat feature. Fast forward/rewind a few seconds using left/right keys. There are even more for you to discover!

Developer: Gretech
License: Freeware
OS: Windows All
Size: 5.6 MB
Download Gom media player 2.1.9.3754 beta link

YouTube FLV to AVI Suite is a powerful, easiest and fastest FLV to AVI converter, YouTube, Google video, Myspace and a lot of other popular streaming video sites link grabber and power downloader application for grabbing, downloading and converting FLV to AVI movie and video with excellent output quality. Avi files then can be played in Windows Media Player or other standard multimedia player. With integrated advanced MPEG4 encoder, it is faster than other FLV to AVI Converter software.

Features:
* Support ALL types of FLV files including On2 vp6 video FLV, H.263,H.264 video FLV and audio FLVs.
* Support YouTube, Google video, Myspace and a lof of other popular streaming video sites link grabber
* In Enterprise version added a lot of video sites (For children protection sites with adult content are disabled as default.
You can simple activate them with [CTRL key + left mouse click] anywhere in the form.)
* Support power downloader with enhanced download speed. Turbo Download ON switch is automatically set to optimal downloading speed.
(Few videos could be downloaded from some servers without turbo mode.)
* Power downloader supports multithread downloading (up to 10 times faster then other downloaders)
* Support check and test if video was successfully downloaded
* Support download resuming
* Easy-to-use interface
* Output profile is adjustable, you can compress movies to any size and quality you need

Developer: Easiestutils.com
License: Shareware
OS: Windows All
Size: 4,6 MB
Download YouTube FLV to AVI Suite PRO 2.3.9 link