Useful Software

This is the full software page of Doom9.net. Don't even bother asking me for tools which aren't listed here. And just because I didn't put a disclaimer here doesn't mean everything before the first link on the main software page doesn't apply here. Especially the no-leeching condition!

Press CRTL-F and enter the name of the tool you're looking for!

Rippacks

These packs contain all the software for the corresponding guides.

Gordian Knot rippack 0.33.1 - contains basic software to do SBC, DivX5 and XviD encoding as described in my guides - contains DVDDecrypter 3.5.1.0, vStrip 0.8f CSS, DGIndex 1.0.12, BeSweet 1.5b29, azidts 0.1, vsfilter, Decomb 5.1.1, fluxsmooth, Convolution3D, Deen, TomsMoComp, AviSynth 2.55, VobSub 2.23, VirtualDubMod 1.5.10.1/2439, Nandub RC2 lumafix ecffix, AviMuxGUI 1.13, chapterXtractor 0.962 and Robot4Rip 0.5.

Gordian Knot Codec Pack 1.9 - audio and video codecs for GKnot encoding if you don't have it already - contains DivX3.11alpha, DivX5.12 Pro trial, XviD Koepi 1.0.3, Huffyuv 0.2.2.1, AC3Filter 0.70b, mpgaudioax, Morgan Stream Switcher and ffdshow alpha 2004-10-12

DVD2SVCD 1.2.2 b3 - contains all you need for DVD2SVCD conversion (exept for CCE SP/TMPG, but here's a CCE demo and a TMPG demo ): vStrip 0.8f, mpeg2dec.dll (one by Dividee and one by trbarry), Avisynth 2.08 & 2.52, BeSweet 1.5b16, IVTC Plugin 2.2 for Avisynth, Decomb 4.05, Madplay 1.5, Pulldown v0.99c, SimpleResize.dll, WinSubMux 0.1.0.1, VCDImager 0.7.12, DVD2AVI 1.76 CLI, bbMPEG 1.24b18 modified.

 

Below you can find a lot of useful software split into the following sections:

Source codes for all Open Source programs on this page can be found on the Source Page.

Audio Tools

AACEnc 2.15 - probably the highest quality AAC encoder
AacMachine 0.51 - GUI for AACEnc, doesn't support mp3 input, framerate changes and silence appending (as 0.3 does) but has no problem with long files. Website
AC3Machine 0.41 - AC3 transcoding program. Website
azidts 0.1 - BeSweet based CLI DTS transcoding utility
Azid 1.9 - probably the best free AC3 decoder out there. Used in most of todays transcoding tools like BeSweet.
BeSplit 0.82 - simple AAC/AC3/WAV/MPx cutter. Website
BeSliced 0.2 - GUI for BeSplit, creates dummy AAC/AC3/WAV/MPx files and can fix corrupt AC3 streams. Website
BeSure 1.2 - direct VOB/AC3 to CD audio (regular, Dolby Digital or DTS CD) conversion. Website
BeSweet 1.5 - Advanced audio transcoding tool. offers one-pass & two-pass Normalization, DRC, Equalization, Sample-Rate-Conversion, Delay Assertion & more. Website
BeSweet GUI 0.7b5 - GUI for BeSweet, azid, lame, WavBooster, ssrc and toolame. Website
DeDynamic 0.2 - real time dynamic range compression Direct Show filter
HeadAC3he 0.23a - smart & fast AC3 -> WAV/MP3/OGG/AC3-WAV transcoding utility (contains SSE dlls. MMX/SSE2 dlls can be downloaded here)
Lame 3.95.1 - best and free MP3 encoder
Morgan stream switcher - allows 2 audio tracks in WMP
OagMachine 0.11 - AC3/WAV/MP2/MP3 -> Ogg Vorbis / AAC converter based on BeSweet. Website
TFM Audio filter - real time playback dynamic range compression
Toolame 0.2k - command line based WAV -> mp2 encoding, can be used as external encoder for TMPG. Website
Toolame GUI - a GUI for toolame
WaveOut fix - allows you to use the SPDIF output easily with AVI/AC3 without using Graphedit
Wbias 0.81 - GUI for BeSplit. Website

AVI Editing tools

AviDefreezer - fixes frozen frames
Avifrate1.10 - framerate changer for Avis
AVIMux_GUI 1.16.11 - simple program to multiplex multiple audio tracks and a video track to one AVI. Website
AviUtl 0.98d - includes English patch and English m4c plugin.
AviUtl filter plugins - a couple of untranslated filters
AviUtl jump filter English
Alphatv Avi Editor - adds copyright info to your AVI files
DivFix 1.1 - to fix broken DivX downloads and crashed ripping sessions. NOT for frozen frames!
FourCC changer - allows you to change the fourCC code of your movies
Gspot 2.21 - identifies audio and video codecs in AVIs, displays length, audio and video bitrate
Ogg Cutter - utility to cut Ogg Media streams
OggMux - ogg media stream multiplexing utility
VirtualDub 1.5.10 - latest release. Website
VirtualDub 1.4c-asf - can open ASF files
VirtualDubMod 1.5.10.1 - VirtualDub plus Nandub audio + OGM/MPEG-2/AviSynth support. Website

Calculators

ABRCalc - a bitrate calculator for ABR mp3 files
aspect.zip - command line utility, takes parameters and outputs a list of target resolutions
Bearson's Bitrate Calculator - Bitrate calculator, what else?
DVD-R calculator - to help you calculate the bitrate when using IfoEdit
Framecalc - enter the lenght of the movie and your framerate and you'll get the number of frames
RSC - scalefactor calculator for ReMPEG2. If the program doesn't start install the VB6 runtime package

Codecs

3ivX D4 4.5 - free MPEG-4 codec including AAC encoder, MP4 multiplexer and MP4/AAC playback filters for any media player. Website
DivX 3.11 alpha - it appears to me that some people don't know what CTRL-F is... so learn!!!
DivX 5.2.1 - lastest DivX codec by DivXNetworks. The successor of DivX4.
DivX 5.2.1 Pro - free version with extra features. Trial version - runs out after 6 month. Website
Huffyuv 2.1 - lossless codec, suited for capturing video
XviD 1.0.3 - imho the best MPEG-4 codec out there. Website - Binary download site

Digital TV

Cuttermaran 1.62 - frame accurate MPEG-2 cutting tool. Website
DVD2AVI PVAview 1.0 - special PVA preview version, used by PVACut. Website
MPEG2Cut 1.15 - special version of DVD2AVI to cut MPEG-2 videos. Website
MPEG2Schnitt 0.6l - easy to use tool to cut out commercials from MPEG-2 streams. Website
HDTVtoMPEG2 1.11 - extract video and audio streams from a (multi TV station) transport stream and save them to an MPG file. Website - Website 2
ProjectX 0.81.9.00 - demuxing tool for DVB streams. Website
PVACut 3.50 - PVA cutting tool. Website
PVAStrumento 2.1.0.13 - PVA demuxing tool. Website

Descrambling / Ripping tools

DVD Decrypter 3.5.1.0 - the most versatile ripper out there. Website
OpenDVD plugin for DVD2AVI (requires at least v1.76) - do not use for anything but preview!
SmartRipper 2.41 - another DVD Ripper, offers many neat options that no other ripper has
Vobrator 0.2 - even another rip program, also offers some special features like pcm dts conversion or pcm extraction.
vStrip 0.8f_css - probably the most versatile ripper. Website

Decoders

DGMPGDec - latest version of the tool formerly known as DVD2AVI, fixes the missing frame bugs. Website
DVD2AVI frm - special DVD2AVI version for ScenChap
DVDx 2.2 - all in one DVD -> VCD/SVCD encoder. Website
Xmpeg 5.03 - latest FlaskMpeg derivate. Website

DivX / MPEG-4 Encoders

Mov2Avi - converts Quicktime files to AVI
MPEG4IP utilities - mp4 creator and mpeg-4 video and audio creation utilities (binaries have been created and are distributed independently of the MPEG4IP project)
Nandub 1.0 RC2 - SBC encoding utility
Nandub 1.0 RC2 lumafix - luma calculations work properly in fast recompress mode
StatsReader - shows bitrate distribution graph and can downscale the bitrate curve for XviD
Vidomi 469 - all in one DivX encoding utility. Website

Filters

AC3Filter 0.70b - open source AC3 playback filters with features to rival any commercial competition. Website
Bicubic Direct Show resize filter - allows you to dynamically change the resolution of a movie during playback
Convolution3D
CoreAAC filter - allows AAC playback in any direct show capable media player. Website
D2VSource - d2v playback via DirectShow
Decomb 5.21 - IVTC plugin for Avisynth
DTS / AVI Filters - allows AVI/DTS muxing and playback
Elecard MPEG Video Decoder - allows you to view MPEG2 video
ffdshow - general purpose DivX/XviD decoding filter
Graphedit - THE DirectShow filter manipulation tool. Allows you to control whatever uses DirectShow
KernelDeInt - deinterlacer for purely interlaced material
Moonlight Odia Dekoda - MP2/MP3/AC3 playback filter
Ogg Vorbis Direct Show filter implementation
ReClock 1.4 - gets rid of jerky AVI / MPG playback. Website
SimpleResize filter for avisynth - fast resize filter
STMedian - motion compensated spatial/temporal median filter
Subtitle filter for Ogg media streams
TomsMoComp - motion compensation based deinterlacing filter for Avisynth
Riff CD/XA filter for / XCD
UnDot - removes dots, stray orphan pixels and mosquito noise
UnFilter - soften/sharpen filter for Avisynth
Vaguedenoiser - probably the best grain removal filter for noisy sources
Yet another temporal smoother 1.3

Launchers

Compact Disc Autolauncher 2.1
BSPLauncher - launcher for the BSPlayer
MicroDVD Autorun 1.85 - DivX autolauncher for Micro DVD Player
MDVDGo 1.0 - autolauncher, specially for Micro DVD Player
Mini DivX Launcher - fully automated codec installation and movie launch
Movie.exe 1.23
MovieLauncher Plus 1.11 - the big brother of movie.exe so to speak.
Mpeg4cd 
DivX CD Launcher 1.5

Media Players

BSPlayer 1.0 - Website
DivX Player 2.5 includes DivX5 Pro. Website
GDivX Player Zenith 1.0 - contains Adware. Website
Media Player Classic 6.4.8.2 - just like WMP6.4 except that it has a lot more features. Website
RadLight 3 SE build 4122 - contains Adware. Website
The Core Media Player 4.0 - successor of PowerDivX Next Gen. Website
Zoom Player 4.0 - WMP replacement, optimized for TV output. Website

For more DVD players go to the links section.

MPEG-1/2 Encoders

bbMPEG 1.24b18 - latest beta, free MPEG-1/2 encoder
CCE SP 2.50 - demo version: displays a logo on each encoded file. Website
CCE SP 2.66 - demo version: displays a logo on each encoded file. Website
QuEnc 0.56 - free high quality .AVS to MPEG1/2 encoder based on ffmpeg
Quicktime plugin for TMPG - allows you to convert MOV to MPG/AVI in TMPG
ReMPEG2 1.5.2 - MPEG2 Transcoder
TMPGEnc - note: MPEG-2 support expires after 30 days unless you live in the future ;). Website

Region Free Tools

DriveInfo 2.2 - tells you all about your DVD Drive
DVD Genie 4.10 - can set the region for almost any DVD software player

Subtitles

CCParser 0.05b - parses Close Captioning DVDs
DVD subtitle converter - converts Micro DVD Player files to .sup (IfoEdit) format. Webpage
MaestroSBT - Converts subtitles from SSA scripts to formats readable by DVD Maestro, Scenarist,I-Author and submux. Renders the bitmaps.
S3 Subtitle Converter 0.05b - converts I-author to Scenarist subtitles, tutorial included
Sub2stl - converts MDVDP and SubRip files to the stl format (native Maestro format)
Subadjust 1.56 - adjust subs, split subtitle files and convert subtitle files
SubCreator 1.2 - create and adjust subtitles with online preview
SubRip 1.17.1 - the most uses subtitle ripper. Website
Subripper -> Scenarist Scenarist Coverter 0.1 - converts .srt to .sst
SubSynch 0.2.11 - subtitle synching helper utility
Subtitle Workshop 2.51 - complete subtitle creation, editing and conversion tool supporting 40+ subtitle formats. Webpage
SubToSup - convert VobSub files to sup (IfoEdit DVD authoring format)
SubWizard 1.3.6 - converts srt files to Subtitle creator / StreamWeaver or DVD Fusion format.
VirtualDub subtitle plugin - to add ssa subs to an AVI
VobSub 2.23 - another subtitle plugin for VirtualDub & Avisynth and DS filter for subtitle overlay during playback.
WinSubMux 0.2.0.2 - adds subtitles to an SVCD stream.

Support Utils

Adobe Premiere Plugin regfix - install this if you want to use commercial Premiere plugins without having Premiere installed
ASPI checker - checks if you have a working ASPI layer on your system
ATI Macrovision remover - removes macrovision from the TV input of your ATI card
Avisynth 2.55 - probably the most powerful video editing tool based on scripting. Website
Avisynth Extension plugin package - Avisynth, AvisynthEx and Link2 in one package
AviFile.reg - run that registry file if you have the FlaskMpeg AVIFileOpen doesn't worked error
AviResetAll - resets all AVI settings for Windows, try that if the above doesn't help
AVISplitCalc 3.42 - calculates split points in your AVIs
BatchCCEWS - automates .avs encoding using CCE. To be used together with DIF4U. Website
BtWinCap Switcher - allows BtWinCap to work properly with DScaler, MoreTV, borgTV, etc
DirectX 8.1 YUV colorspace conversion fix - can help you capture using huffyuv
DoCCE4U - - automates .avs encoding using CCE. To be used together with DIF4U. Website
DoPulldown - GUI'ed version of pulldown.exe
ForceAspi 1.7 - if you get ASPI errors install this
Mode2 CD Maker 1.5a - create Mode 2 CDs that offer more space
dgdecode - mpeg2 decoding plugin for Avisynth (formerly known as mpeg2dec(2/3).dll
Link2 - wrap Avisynth and VirtualDub frameserver files to a real AVI, allowing faster than VFAPI frameserving. Website
QTReader - VFP plugin for TMPG allowing it to read QuickTime files
Robot4Rip 0.4 - Ripping and demuxing tool for DivX creation
ReStream 0.9.0 - changes almost all MPEG-2 header options. Website
Scenchap 1.28 - adds chapter points to a Scenarist project
VFAPI - includes VFAPI Reader Codec and VFAPI Converter

S/VCD Tools

DVDPatcher 1.06 - change various flags in an MPEG2 stream
Pulldown.exe - adds rff/tff flags to a 23.976fps MPEG2 stream.
SVCD2DVDMPG 1.1 - automates the SVCD -> DVD-R procedure. Website
TSCV 0.84b2 - GUI for VCDImager 0.77+ including menu and chapter capabilities. Website
VCDGear 3.50 - needed to make the dat -> mpg conversion
VCDImager 0.7.12 - latest beta
VCDImager GUI - simple GUI to the above
VCDEasy 1.1.5 - advanced VCDImager GUI, allows easy chaptering of VCDs and SVCDs including burning via CDRDAO. Website
VideoServer plugin 0.951 - frameserving into applications that don't support avs, includes full SVCD encoding capabilities

VOB Tools

bbTools 1.9 - good demuxer and mpeg2 analyzer
ChapterXtractor - extracts chapters from an ifo for MDVDP
ChopperXP 2.7 - VOB cutting utility with preview facilities. Website
DVD Shrink 3.2 - extremely fast DVD transcoding utility. Website
DVD Rebuilder 0.69 - one click DVD transcoding tool using CCE/Rejig/QuEnc for video encoding.
DVDFab - Splitting, Stripping and Analyzing DVDs the easy way. Website
DoItFast4U 1.3.0 - re-authoring made easy. Website
DV Tool 0.24 - Swiss army knife for digital video
FileMerger - a general filemerge tool
IfoEdit 0.97 - edit IFO files, create IFO files, stream processing for DVDs, DVD image and burning capabilities included. Website
IfoUpdate 0.78 - merges PGC/Cell structures between .ifo files
ImgTool Classic 0.91.2 - DVD image generator based on mkisofs. Website
ImgTool 1.1.5 - DVD burning program (requires Nero 6.3.0.0 or later installed). Website
MakeItEasy 0.16 - allows you to keep menus and extras when using DVD2One
ReAuthorist 1.0.0 - putting DoItFast4U & DoCCE4U output together to a fully working Scenarist project ready for compilation. Website
VobEdit 0.6 - VOB editing utility, can split, demux, remux and join VOB files. Website
vobSplit 2.6 - used to split VOBs that can still be authored afterwards
Vobtools - various VOB related tools

 

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This document was last updated on December 31, 2004