Programs and utilities for creating, managing, and editing media files. Ideal for the most anal retentive of digital media hoarders who need to have everything just so.
PicoTorrent is a tiny BitTorrent client for Windows with low memory usage, high performance and a native user interface. No ads, carefully selected features, and a native user interface integrating seamlessly with your desktop.
A super lightweight, barebones torrent client. No fuss, no muss.
JDownloader is a download manager, written in Java, which allows automatic download of groups of files from one-click hosting sites.
A batch downloader for direct downloads, ideal for grabbing files with multiple parts, such as split archives and automatically extracting them once complete.
TeraCopy is a utility software for efficient and reliable file copying. It verifies copied files by comparing their hashes and can skip bad files during the process to avoid terminating the entire transfer.
An alternative to built-in file copying utilities. Really good for copying large amounts of data. Also provides extra tools such as error checking to insure that everything was safely transferred.
Rips DVD and Blu-Ray discs to MKV, preserving all video, audio, chapters, and subtitles without compression, with support for disc decryption and streaming.
Dead simple program for ripping optical media. Copy the contents of your DVD or Bluray disc to 1:1 lossless quality MKV files.
ImgBurn is a lightweight CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application (39 languages) that everyone should have in their toolkit. ImgBurn supports a wide range of image file formats. It can burn Audio CDs from any file type supported via DirectShow / ACM.
Can be used to create ISO files from folders or to make virtual copies of discs. Useful if you have the contents from an optical disc (but not the disc itself) and want to open it in MakeMKV. Also ideal for backing up full copies of the disc while still retaining all the interactive menus and extra contents.
MKVToolnix is a set of tools to create, alter and inspect Matroska files under Linux, other Unices and Windows. They do for Matroska what the OGMtools do for the OGM format and then some. The latest builds now have the ability to create WebM compliant Files.
Ideal for altering MKV files and metadata. Add/remove subtitles, cut out burned in advertisements or "Previously On..." segments, remove unneeded language tracks, and much, much more. Requires no converting so is reasonably fast.
Converts a vast range of audio and video formats, supports batch processing, basic video editing, device presets, unprotected DVDs, and bitrate calculation.
Provides a multitude of different options for converting and remuxing video files. Ideal for losslessly remuxing MP4 files to MKV. Has many built in features for altering video files, including cropping, deinterlacing, resizing and more. Also good for converting audio files.
An open-source multithreaded video transcoder, HandBrake compresses and converts digital media, supporting MP4, MKV formats, and offers hardware-accelerated conversion.
Less feature-packed than XMedia Recode but still useful for converting or compressing video files. Lots of built in profiles. Very easy to use.
VirtualDub is a video capture/processing utility for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows platforms (98/ME/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7), licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). It lacks the editing power of a general-purpose editor such as Adobe Premiere, but is streamlined for fast...
An in-depth video editor with frame by frame accuracy and loads of different filters and compression options. Best used for editing tricky or problematic files.
MediaInfo supplies technical and tag information about a video or audio file. Supports many audio and video formats, with different methods of viewing information.
A useful shell extension for displaying metadata. Good for finding out codecs and other more detailed information. Very helpful for troubleshooting.
Great software for editing subtitle files. Useful for adding subs to your videos and correcting synchronisation issues or spelling errors.
Automatically rename and organize your TV shows and Movies. Also moves them to your Media Library!
A media scraper that scans selected files and renames them for you. Perfect for naming huge batches of TV episodes and movies.
Batch file and folder renaming with meta tag support, RegEx, rule sets, prefix, suffix, case change, extension handling, and Unicode compatibility.
An excellent tool for batch renaming files. Lots of different features and rules make it easy to name your files exactly the way you want.
Edit and organize audio metadata easily with comprehensive support for batch editing and various audio formats. Available free for Windows; macOS version costs $20.
A fully featured audio tagger, great for properly organising your music library. Very easy and intuitive to use.
Exceptional Media Manager for tagging and managing metadata. Ideal for adding artwork and other information to your media files to help keep your library organised.
Open-source media player supporting Linux to iOS, highly customizable with plug-ins, supports 4K and diverse formats, privacy-centric and ad-free.
Excellent, highly customisable media library for all your home theater needs.
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