Top 10 Free Video Rippers, Encoders, and Converters

[FastTadpole]

Lots of good stuff mentioned with it's share of duds but overall a great reference, check the comments section as well for a few gems. I haven't tried even 20% of these freeware apps. Post this thread for reviews.

http://lifehacker.com/software/lifehacke...316478.php

My favorite freeware encoding apps are AutoGK + TMPGEnc + VirtualDub (DVD Ripping / encoding for perfect 2 pass XVid AVIs). TagScanner is a great ID3 tag editor (mp3s). Audacity for editing and clipping audio (mp3+). For Burning DVDs I just purchased an easy to use great one ConvertXtoDVD 3, not too much in the customizable DVD menus though (templated) but if you find a decent freebie or even a reasonably priced one let us know!

I have yet to find a really good freeware YouTube / Online Video and audio stream ripper, but DownloadHelper will do for now. I have yet to find a jackknife video conversion tool for wmv / mp4 >> AVI/XVid, preferably batch. If the task is ripping mp3 or clips from video sources only I use VLC or KMPlayer and they work just fine but only in real time.

[Hans Olo]

I use Audacity too.
I also recommend ffmpeg and mencoder, all free encoding software.
Avidemux as a video editing and converter tool.
Easytag for tagging.

[icosaface]

Thanks for the link FT. I use ConvertXtoDVD too.

[datars]

(01-31-2010 05:51 PM)FastTadpole Wrote:  Lots of good stuff mentioned with it's share of duds but overall a great reference, check the comments section as well for a few gems. I haven't tried even 20% of these freeware apps. Post this thread for reviews.

http://lifehacker.com/software/lifehacke...316478.php

My favorite freeware encoding apps are AutoGK + TMPGEnc + VirtualDub (DVD Ripping / encoding for perfect 2 pass XVid AVIs). TagScanner is a great ID3 tag editor (mp3s). Audacity for editing and clipping audio (mp3+). For Burning DVDs I just purchased an easy to use great one ConvertXtoDVD 3, not too much in the customizable DVD menus though (templated) but if you find a decent freebie or even a reasonably priced one let us know!

I have yet to find a really good freeware YouTube / Online Video and audio stream ripper, but DownloadHelper will do for now. I have yet to find a jackknife video conversion tool for wmv / mp4 >> AVI/XVid, preferably batch. If the task is ripping mp3 or clips from video sources only I use VLC or KMPlayer and they work just fine but only in real time.

When I use AutoGK, I have the latest DivXs installed, giving me very (HQ) encode on my DVD-Rips, but you'll need DVD Decrypter to make this happen. AutoGK uses the log-file that DVD Decrypter makes.

DVD Decrypter download
http://www.dvddecrypter.org.uk

AutoGK Tutorial En
http://www.autogk.me.uk/modules.php?name=TutorialEN

Cowon JetAudio v8.0.4.1000 Plus.VX Powerful Audio/Video play & conversion tools and more
http://netload.in/dateiNZfjMZ1GnZ.htm
or
http://hotfile.com/dl/25995417/740fb0c/C...d.rar.html
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JetAudio v8.0.4 [Free & Trial], powerful audio/video play & conversion
http://dn2.cowon.com/JetAudioInc/jetAudi..._BASIC.exe

ConvertXtoDVD v4.0.9.322a
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HD9RFYKI


My key F7GSP2SF7586FZ55ID8P DivX 7 Pro

DivX 7.2.2
http://download.divx.com/divx/DivXInstaller.exe

[expt]

I needed to convert it to wmv. I downloaded a converter but every five seconds afterward, my video footage would pop-up on the video screen saying that i used an unactivated program.So many video file formats, so many hand held video players, so many on line video sites, and so little time.