3ivx is an MPEG-4 toolkit that supports MPEG-4 Video, MPEG-4 Audio and the MP4 file format. 3ivx allows video and audio to be compressed to a fraction of its original size while maintaining high image quality.

Anime Studio (former called Moho) is a 2D vector-based cartoon animation application. Moho provides the complete set of tools you need to create an animated cartoon, from drawing and coloring to keyframe animation, multi-layer compositing and final rendering of QuickTime and AVI movie files.

Audacity is a free audio editor. You can record sounds, play sounds, import and export WAV, AIFF, Ogg Vorbis, and MP3 files, and more. Use it to edit your sounds using Cut, Copy and Paste (with unlimited Undo), mix tracks together, or apply effects to your recordings.

Avidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks. Tasks can be automated using projects, job queue and powerful scripting capabilities. It supports most video formats like DVD, VOB, AVI, DivX, XviD, WMV, MPG, MP4, AVI, MOV, MKV, DV, FLV.

BabyaTV is a easy to use but powerful audio/video capture application that saves to QuickTime format (.mov)-which is ideal for use in iMovie, iDVD, websites or other projects.

BitVice produces high-end MPEG2 videos, suitable for DVD products, commercial spots or wherever you need an MPEG2 video.

Capty MPEG Edit EX is a precise MPEG2 Frame by Frame Video and Sound Track Editing with Dolby Digital Support. Trim in frames as well as in GOPs. Save multiple ranges into separate files. Write edited files in QuickTime format. Write in MPEG elementary stream format. Combine multiple files into one MPEG-2 file.

Cinematize is a DVD extraction tool you can use to easily extract a clip or segment off of any DVD, even a complex one, and save it in a format compatible with standard movie and audio editing software. Save audio and video tracks separately, or together as MPEG-2 or QuickTime movie files.

Discreet combustion offers the creative tools, speed and interactivity that professionals need and artists crave. Paint, animation, editing and 3D compositing are combined in an integrated environment based on Discreet’s legendary user interface.

D-Subtitler is a little software which let you extract subtitles of your DVD and put it in a .srt file. To use D-Subtitler, you have to rip your DVD in your hard drive. You can rip it in VIDEO_TS folder or in a big .vob file. Open the result of the rip with D-Subtitler, choose the subtitle track to extract and click on the green button.

D-Vision is a Cocoa front-end to mencoder that can encode Divx 3, 4, Xvid and h264. Includes tools that can split and join .avi files, as well as join .vob files.

D-Volution is a little software based on ffmpeg and Quicktime API which can encode .mov and .dv files in Divx/Xvid or h264. You can create .avi or .mp4 files.

DiVA is a video re-encoder for Mac OS X 10.2 or later designed for converting between MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 video sources into MPEG-4 video. It utilizes special features in the 3ivx video codec to allow for high speed and high quality.

DivFix is a program designed to repair broken AVI file streams by rebuilding index part of file. This is very useful when trying to preview movies which has no index part, like some files are currently downloading from ed2k or bittorent networks. DivFix++ is complete rewrite of “DivFix” program due it’s bugs and low performance.

DVD Media Inspector is a DVD media identifier program for Mac OS X. It retrieves the DVD+-R/W media code/ manufacturer id. DVD Media Inspector page translated to english here.

DVD2oneX is a tool where you can make movie-only and full disk copies for personal use on a single DVD-Recordable.

DVDAfterEdit is a professional application designed to augment and expand the capabilities of your existing DVD authoring system. Its unique feature-set offers a wealth of functionality at all levels of authoring complexity, from entry-level right up to Scenarist Pro and beyond.

DVDRemaster is an utility for Mac OS X to recompress large DVDs so that they fit on standard DVD5. DVDRemaster can work in two modes. It can either preserve all tracks or work in “Movie Only” mode where everything but the main feature is discarded. Advanced users will appreciate the Pro version, which lets you choose exactly which video and audio tracks you want to cop. FairMount(included in DVDremaster) is a tool that allows decryption of DVD content on the fly for a convenient access.

ffmpegX is a Mac OS X graphic user interface designed to easily operate more than 20 powerful Unix open-source video and audio processing tools including ffmpeg the “hyper fast video and audio encoder. iPod, PSP profiles.

FFusion- an update to Jamby’s alternative DivX codec for QuickTime. It can read MS-MPEG4v1, MS-MPEG4v2, DivX 3.11 alpha, DivX 4, DivX 5, 3ivx (Delta 4 or later) and XVID. Is optimized for all PowerPC and G4.

Forty-two is the definitive tool for MacOS X for converting a DVD into either an avi DivX movie, a folder of ready to burn bin/cues for VCDs and SVCDs or a ready to burn .iso DVD disk image.

HandBrake is a GPL’d multi-platform, heavily multithreaded DVD to MPEG-4 ripper/converter. HandBrake was originally available on the BeOS, but now has been ported over to MacOS X (with GUI) and to GNU/Linux (CLI only) and to Windows (GUI and CLI/Console/Command Line)

iSquint is an iPod video conversion app for Mac OS X. It’s many times faster than QuickTime Pro, works with almost all popular video formats, and it’s infinitely free-er. It’s also really easy. Just drag in your file, and click Start. You can also choose “TV” or “iPod” size, set your quality, or even go all-out by playing in the Advanced drawer. On a 1GHz G4, iSquint can convert most video files to iPod-screen-sized videos in realtime. No longer developed.

iVCD Discover the easy way to author VCD, SVCD, DVD and more with this easy to use MPEG Encoder / Converter and VCD Burner for Mac OS X. Convert from .mov, iMovie, Quicktime movie, mpg, avi, divx, xvid to VCD, SVCD, DVD or generic mpeg and burn in just one step.

Jubler- Tool to edit text-based subtitles. It can be used as an authoring software for new subtitles or as a tool to convert, transform, correct and refine existing subtitles. Requires Mplayer for previewing video and Java runtime.

mAC3dec is a free Mac audio conversion utility. Handles various formats, including .ac3 audio to .aiff audio. Adjustable normalize and dynamic range compression make this a good tool for getting your MPEG or DVD to sound loud! Global option lets you normalize a batch of files without exceeding max level. Adjustable sample rate on output means you can quickly convert .ac3 at 48K to .aiff at 44.1K for burning to audio CD.

MacDVDBitrateParanoia is a DVD Bitrate Viewer for MacOSX, Features: See a graph of combined DVD bitrate, Change the colors of the graph, Choose which title to look at, Save the graphs to TIFF files, Have multiple windows open at once for comparing, Open either off a DVD or a hard drive (anywhere there is a VIDEO_TS folder, really).

MacTheRipper is a freeware DVD ripper for Mac OS X. It is dependent upon the open-sourced GPL libdvdread and libdvdcss libraries.

MainConcept MPEG Encoder Mac - By popular demand, MainConcept has released a Mac version of our popular standalone MPEG Encoder! This exciting new product includes most of the features that have made the Windows version so popular - including ultra-fast, high-quality encoding, two-pass encoding, easy presets, many advanced settings and many more features.

Media Calculator - A video bitrate calculator for DVD, SVCD and Streaming formats.

MovieConverter - MacOsX encoding software for DVD (and DV) managing telecine and interlaced. Convert PAL<->NTSC without jerk, encode iMovieproject whitout loosing half of the information, change your final aspect (crop or pad or none) without loosing interlacing. Batch mode, pause your encoding, output DV to iMovie or FCP, output MPEG2 to MovieGate/Sizzle/ffmpegX or DVDSP, etc

MovieGate creates MiniDVD and DVD with chapter support, slideshow with transitions, animated menu and subtitles. Support for Theme using Quartz Composer compositions.

MPEG StreamClip - You can use MPEG Streamclip to: open most movie formats including MPEG files or transport streams; play them at full screen; edit them with Cut, Copy, Paste, and Trim; set In/Out points and convert them into muxed or demuxed files, or export them to QuickTime, AVI, DV and MPEG-4 files with more than professional quality, so you can easily import them in Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Toast 6 or 7, and use them with many other applications or devices. Requires Quicktime MPEG2 Decoder or Quicktime Alternative 1.81 installed for MPEG2/DVD decoding.

MPEG2 Works- This 3 applications bundle will help You to author/ convert Your movies to MPEG2/ MPEG1 DVD/ SVCD/ VCD ready Audio/ Video files. MPEG2/MPEG1 conversions, ReplayTV MPEGs conversion, Mux/Demux/Split/Join, MPEG Info tool, Convert Your VOB’s from PAL > NTSC and NTSC > PAL

MPlayer / Mencoder- MPlayer is a movie player for LINUX (runs on many other Unices, and non-x86 CPUs, like Windows, MAC…). It plays most DVD, VCD, MPEG, VOB, AVI, OGG/OGM, VIVO, ASF/WMA/WMV, QT/MOV/MP4, FLI, RM, NuppelVideo, YUV4MPEG, FILM, RoQ, PVA files. Mencoder is a converter that supports many input video formats. Command line tools but several frontend/GUIs available like SMPlayer available.

myDVDEdit- myDVDEdit is a tool which allows you to understand and modify the content of a DVD, at the deepest level. Add, remove, modify, move any command in the DVD pre/post/cell command tables.

OSEx is a DVD ripper for MacOS X. It uses the DeCSS algorithm to decrypt DVDs to un-encrypted MPEG-2 -format.

Perian is a free, open source QuickTime® component that adds native support for many popular video formats, AVI, FLV, and MKV file formats. Finally a replacement for FFusion for an Intel Mac that just works!

PgcEdit is a DVD IFO and Menu editor designed to allow the modification of the navigation commands and parameters of an already authored DVD structure. PgcEdit is also an excellent tool to learn how a DVD works, with his powerful Trace function. PgcEdit is also the first program able to burn a Double Layer DVD-Video, with an interactive interface including a preview, to select the position of the layer break.

Plex Media Center- Plex bridges the gap between your Mac and your home theater, doing so with a visually appealing user interface that provides instant access to your media. Plex can play a wide range of video, audio and photo formats as well as online streaming audio and video. The real power of Plex is found in its library features: Organize your media into versatile libraries, automatically retrieve metadata from the Internet, and display your libraries using one of the visually stunning skins. Based on XBCM.

QT Sync is a little application for playing Quicktime Movies. You also can correct a possible offset between picture and sound while the movie is playing (”on the fly” syncing).

Quicktime Pro- Quicktime MOV video player. The Pro version also supports: Edit movies with the simplicity of cut, copy, and paste. Create Quicktime, MOV, H264, 3GPP, 3GPP2 and MPEG-4 content. Create slide shows. Import/Export media. Convert MOV to AVI.

REAPER is a powerful Windows application for multitrack recording and editing of audio. It will accept avi, mpg or wmv files & give you a video preview, thus enabling you to mix extra tracks in with your source audio!. You cannot perform any video editing within Reaper, but you can work on the soundtrack. You can edit the existing soundtrack, and/or add create new tracks and media items to be mixed with it.

RevolverHD - Now you can playback your edited high definition movies from iMovie08 on the Playstation3. RevolverHD does two things. Firstly, it converts your iMovie08 movie into AVCHD. AVCHD is the video format used on your AVCHD video camera and Blu-ray player. Next, RevolverHD can burn a Data DVD disk. Note that these are simple DVDs which you can easily burn yourself. These DVDs will not play on Blu-ray players, but will be recognised by the PlayStation3. Support for more Blu-ray devices coming soon!

Roxio Crunch- From site: “Roxio Crunch™ is the essential video converter for your Apple TVTM, iPod®, and iPhoneTM. Take your video in to the living room or the palm of your hands fast and simple. Roxio Crunch is a one-stop shop for all of your video conversion needs. Batch export will make your life even simpler: converted video will be automatically added to iTunes for syncing. Don’t just convert it, Crunch it!”

Roxio Popcorn- helps you easily make high quality copies of your DVDs and movies. Powerful Fit-to-DVD™ compression technology fits an entire 9 GB DVD video onto a standard 4.7 GB disc. Back up a full DVD, or create your own Director’s Cut and choose the individual DVD video, audio and languages to copy. Convert your movies to watch on an iPod, PSP, 3GP mobile phone, DivX handheld, and more.

SageTV gives you more features than any standard Personal Video Recorder without subscription fees. It’s also the only PVR solution for the PC with a full-screen Interface for live TV viewing and video (or music) playback on any PC on your network! HDTV Support. DVB-T, DVB-C Support.

SimpleMovieX- The Happy QuickTime Pro Replacement that Does MPEG. Features: Imports and Exports files from many types, Imports also DAT (VideoCD), MPEG-2 is supported( QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Componen required), Exports to MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 formats, Supports additional codecs like DivX or 3ivx, Basic editing covered by Cut, Copy, Paste, Add, Add Scaled and Trim operations, Frame-accurate editing and more.

SlideshowMovie- Render beautiful slideshows with real-time effects packaged in a single self-contained movie file. Render beautiful slideshows packaged in a single self-contained movie file. One-click publishing using .Mac. Automatically generates a Web page embedding yourlideshowMovie ready for publishing. Choose from hundreds of combinations of real-time transitions between images.

SmallDVD is a simple DVD authoring utility for MacOSX that will take ready-encoded MPEG2 files and create a DVD image from them that can be burnt using Disk Utility. It is an AppleScript front-end for dvdauthor and a variety of other existing command line tools.

Submerge- Merge your subtitle file with your movie. Then you can easily watch the subtitled movie on your iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, in iTunes or in Front Row. Make subtitled movies that are playable on your iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, in iTunes or in Front Row. Add subtitles to almost any visual format like mov, avi, mp4 etc. Supports the major subtitle file formats like SubRip (.srt), SubViewer 1 & 2 (.sub) and MicroDVD.

Tele2DVD will help you putting on DVD your mpeg TV recordings made with either iTele or EyeTV; it can requantize your video if its length exceeds the target media size and it can also authoring DVDs with more videos and one menu.

Traverso DAW is a GPL licensed, cross platform multitrack audio recording and editing suite, with an innovative and easy to master User Interface. It’s suited for both the professional and home user, who needs a robust and solid DAW.

ViddyUp! is the easy way to load up your iPod or Apple TV with home movies or content from around the web. Just drag your clips to the ViddyUp! window, tweak a setting or two (if you want), then let ViddyUp! get to work. iPod or Apple TV-friendly versions of each clip show up in a special playlist in iTunes, ready to sync.

VideoSpec is an AppleScript studio app making use of MPlayer, FFmpeg, mpgtx and MediaInfo binaries to display informations on video files.

VisualHub - Easily convert video to DVD, iPod, PSP, TiVo, AVI, WMV, FLV and back again. Convert any file in three steps. Click, drag, click. Fit up to 18 hours of video on one DVD. Play it in any standalone DVD player. Xgrid support. Use the power of every Mac on your network for batch encoding. QuickTime Pro or special plugins not required. VisualHub has been discontinued.

VLC (initially VideoLAN Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, XviD, mp3, ogg, mkv, mp4, flv, mov, wmv…) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also convert and capture video and be used as a server to stream video.

VoltaicHD is a video converter that allows you to edit footage from an AVCHD camera in Movie Maker. VoltaicHD converts your highly compressed AVCHD (.mts) files into the AVI format which Windows Media Player and Microsoft Movie Maker can handle. So what? Well, if you have just bought a new AVCHD camera and want to edit the footage, you are usually stuck with having to fork out for a new editing package.

XBMC is a free software cross-platform media player and media center entertainment hub/jukebox. XBMC is capable of playing back almost all known video, audio and picture formats from a computers harddrive, DVD-ROM drive, a local-network, and the internet. Supports XboX, Mac, Windows(Experimental), Linux.

ZS4 is video editing and compositing software which aims to provide media experts with a facility to combine a variety of media types. ZS4 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.

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