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Free Downloads

Here you will find a collection of freeware programs in the area of digital video.

If you want to recommend freeware not available in this list, please send us an email.

Capturing

The following tools can capture DV-AVI's through Firewire and record back to tape.

Application Description  
DVApp Supports Type-1 and Type-2, includes Device Control Microsoft*
DVIO Very basic utility Michael Carr
WinDV Supports Type-1 and Types-2, includes scene detection Mourek
STOIK Capturer Versatile, also supports analog input Stoik
Captureflux Another very versatile capture program. Also allows overlay of date and time code on the video. Paul Glagla

Conversion

Application Description Publisher
DV Converter Converts DV-AVI type 1 to type 2 Ulead
Canopus DV File Converter Converts Canopus DV-AVI files to MS DV-AVI files Canopus
Smartvid Converts AVI files to MOV Intel*

Codecs

Application Description Publisher
Canopus DV codec Software DV codec to play DV-AVI's captured with Canopus hardware Canopus
Panasonic DV codec DirectShow DV codec Panasonic*
HUFFYUV Codec Very good lossless codec Ben Rudiak-Gould
AC3Filter Codec for AC3 sound Xvalex

Editing

Application Description  
VirtualDUB The famous freeware vide editing program Avery Lee
VirtualDUB-MPEG2 This version also reads MPEG-2 streams and can also be used to open VOB-files FCChandler
Camel MPEG Joiner Joining MPEG-1 and -2 files without re-encoding Camel
VCD Cut Pro Playing, cutting, joining and conversion Jiaio
MPEG2Schnitt Cutting MPEG2 files without re-encoding Martin Dienert

Encoding

Application Description Publisher
TMPGEnc The encoder of choice for many, the freeware version with a 30 days limitation for MPEG-2 encoding Hiroyuki Hori
AVI2VCD Encoding to VCD compliant MPEG-1 J. Schlichther
bbMPEG Encodes to MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 Beyeler

Analysis Tools

Application Description Publisher
DVdate Displays various information about AVI files, can also create scene detection files (scn format) Paul Glagla
Gspot Displays all thinkable information about AVI files Headbands
AVIcodec Displays required codec to play a file Pilippe Duby

Various Utilities

Application Description Publisher
Dvdatecode Extracts timecode from DV files to various formats Stefan
DVSubmaker Extracts timecode from DV files and place it in a subtitle file Mike Laba

 

* Either the Publisher no longer supports the application or their site no longer exists

 
Last Update: November 12-2006
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