With StaxRip you can easily convert your DVD's, DVB captures and many more formats into MPEG-4 with codecs like x264, XviD and DivX. As a open source application StaxRip is completely free.
VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.
GCstar is a free, open-source application made to help users manage their personal collections of films, books, games and much more. Compatible with Linux, Windows and Mac operating systems.
VirtualDub is a video capture/processing utility for 32-bit Windows platforms (95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP), 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 fo