Audacity
A 32-bit, multi-channel audio editor which can record & play sounds, import & export WAV, AIFF & MP3 files, edit sound files, mix tracks, and apply effects; features built-in effects, supports VST plug-in effects, and more. Requires Windows 98 or later.
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2.34MB
KraMixer DJ Software
Professional quality DJ software suitable for clubs, parties, etc; features auto/manual BPM counters, variable frequency range, sound FX/EQ, headphone cueing, 5 channel sampler, and more. Requires 1024x780 screen, 300MHz CPU, sound card (DirectX 8.1 advisable).
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2.24MB
Jackson
Sequencer-style mixing for the digital DJ that does not copy traditional mixers; song structure can be changed, automatically beat-matches tracks, built in recorder, filters & effects, integrated BeatMapper, midi interface, and more. Requires WinXP or later.
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4.73MB
KRISTAL Audio Engine
A multi-track recorder, audio sequencer & mixer for recording, mixing & mastering digital audio; features 16 audio tracks, 32 bit floating point audio engine, 3-band parametric EQ, and more. Requires Win98 or later with 1024x768 screen, plus an
ASIO audio driver.
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3.51MB
MODPlug Tracker
Create studio-quality music without the need for expensive musical equipment; save directly to MP3, keep in its own MODule format, save as a WAV file to burn to CD, or export to Midi format. Requires minimum Pentium 133 & 800x600 screen resolution.
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2.67MB
Quartz AudioMaster Freeware v4.6.0026b
A multitrack recorder, editor & MIDI sequencer suite; features 4 stereo audio tracks, 16 MIDI tracks, effect plug-ins, per-track EQ, Aux buses, Video sync, Score, GM/GS/XG & “Piano roll” editors, etc.
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2.80MB
PCDJ PHAT (formerly ‘PC DJ’)
Jukebox player with dual MP3 digital mixing capabilities, featuring dual volume & pitch control, cross-fading, play list creation and editing, integrated search, auto-play, shuffle-play, CD ripping, etc. Requires Windows Media Player, DirectX 7, Sound Card, PII 233MHz and 32MB RAM.
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2.59MB
AV MP3 Player Morpher
An all-in-one audio morphing studio for digital music and movie editing; features support for most audio formats, 25 beats, 64 effects, CD ripper, and more. Requires Windows 98 or later, 1GHz CPU, 250MB RAM, full duplex sound card & free on-line registration.
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6.32MB
WavePad
A simple-to-use sound editor that can create & edit audio recordings, with support for WAV (multiple codecs), MP3, VOX, GSM, Real Audio, AU, AIF, etc formats; features over 20 effects, supports sample rates from 6kHz to 96kHz, CD ripper, CD burner, and more.
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420kB
RockN MP3
An audio recorder & editor that supports WAV, MP3, OGG & CDA formats; features 26 sound effects (incl fade in/fade out, amplify, vibrato & delay), cut/copy/paste audio, record over existing sounds (ie voice over music), and more. Requires Win98 or later.
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15.1MB
Video DVD Maker
A DVD authoring tool to create DVDs in 3 clicks; it can capture from any video device (DV camera, Web camera, TV tuner, etc) or import from any video file (AVI, DIVX, MPG, WMV, ASF, MOV, etc), and burn to any CD/DVD medium. Requires Windows XP or later.
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2.03MB
BSPlayer
A skinnable multimedia player that supports AVI, MPG, ASF, WMV, WAV, MP3, etc formats, and that specializes in video & DivX playback; features playlist support, frame capture, and more. Note: this program is only free for non-commercial use.
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2.50MB
Movies To DVD
A video converter to convert & burn videos to DVD; features support for most video formats, burns to DVD media or saves as ISO image file, choice of NTSC or PAL, optional widescreen format (4:3 or 16:9), variable bitrate, and more. Requires WinXP or later.
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6.83MB
FMaudio (full player)
A feature-rich media player supporting MIDI (using a software synthesizer, not just the onboard MIDI), MP3, streaming MP3, OGG, WAV, MOD, etc; features all basic media player functions, EQ, play list, tuner, plus includes client-side engine & browser plugin.
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7.06MB
RockNAudio v2.7
An audio toolbox offering music file & playlist management; features MP3 & WAV audio player, full featured audio editor & recorder, WAV/MP3 batch file converter, CD player, CD ripper, CD burner, MP3 file splitter, playlist creator (M3U), and more.
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15.0MB
Soritong
A deluxe skinnable MP3 & CD player which supports MP3, CDA & WMA formats plus PLA playlists; features Karaoke mode, graphic equalizer, spectrum analyzer, tag editor, wide-stereo mode, auto-hide, repeat, shuffle, Console mode, Music Manager, etc.
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1.77MB
SCREEN2EXE
Captures what is happening on the Windows' desktop and saves it as a stand-alone EXE file; features high compression rates, records fullscreen or part, audio recording, records mouse cursor, variable recording quality & framerate, and more. Requires WinXP or later.
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425kB
Wavosaur
An audio editor with support for VST-effect plug-ins; features many built-in effects, a fully portable executionable, imports popular file formats, includes analysis tools, can be controlled with a MIDI control surface, and more. Requires Windows XP or later.
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133kB
CamStudio v1.61
Captures what is happening on the Windows' desktop, and what comes from the speakers, and saves it as an interleaved AVI movie file; features recording an area or fullscreen, autopanning, recording from mike, etc. Requires 400 MHz CPU & 64 MB RAM.
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674kB
MP3myMP3 Recorder
Records all audio streaming through the PC's soundcard (Internet radio, CD audio, microphone, etc) and saves to either WAV or MP3 formats; features variable bitrate, recording timer, HDD audio scanner, customizable colors, lots of built-in skins, and more.
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5.77MB
Audio Recorder for FREE
Records the input through the computer's audio card (line-in, mic, etc) and saves it as a WAV, MP3 or WMA music file; features configurable output format settings, optional automatic gain control, voice-active recording, and more. Requires Win98 or later.
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11.4MB
Exsate DV Capture Live
An easy-to-use DV capture program, for encoding to DivX, AVI, WMV in real time, that automatically operates a DV camcorder; features batch capture, scenes detection, capture to multiple files, tape rewind, PC shutdown, and more. Requires WinXP or later with PIII 1GHz CPU, 256MB RAM, IEEE-1394 Firewire, DirectX 9.0 & Windows Media 9.5.
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1.22MB
Quintessential Player
Fully skinnable, CD and general media player (CDDB2/Gracenote compatible) will play CDs, WAVs, MP3s, and the new Ogg Vorbis format and encode WAVs and OGGs; features built in visual effects and is compatible with WinAmp plugins.
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1.96MB
AIMP
A multimedia player that includes a CD ripper, audio recorder & tag editor; features support for a huge number of audio formats, equalizer with built-in effects, supports 5 playlist formats, Internet radio, and more. Requires WinXP or later plus DirectX 8.1.
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2.63MB
DivX Play Bundle
Combines the DivX Player & DivX 6.2 codec that plays all AVI and DivX files containing DivX video & MP3 audio, and enables access to DivX movies; features support for all advanced DivX features. Requires Windows XP or later, 32MB video card & DirectX 9.
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18.4MB
LMMS (Linux MultiMedia Studio)
An alternative to commercial programs, like FL Studio, that produce music on a computer; features Song-Editor, Beat+Bassline-Editor, Piano-Roll, 64 FX channel mixer, full MIDI support, samples, and more. Requires Win98 or later & optional MIDI keyboard.
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15.1MB
Debut
Video capture from Webcam, screen or other capture device (videocam, etc); supports 8 popular video formats, optionally records audio, multiple video & audio encoder settings, adjusts resolution & framerate, and more. Requires Windows 98 or later.
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467kB+
Golden Video VHS to DVD Converter
Converts VHS tapes (or other streaming video) directly to DVD, AVI or MPEG; features image restoration tools, simple Wizard interface, includes DVD burning software, PAL & NTSC, captions, and more. Requires Win98 or later, DirectX 8 & video capture device.
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356kB+
DVD Flick
A video to DVD authoring tool; supports 45+ file formats (3GP, AVI, FLV, MPEG, MP4, DIVX, QT, MOV, RM, WMV, ASF, etc), supports NTSC & PAL, optionally adds subtitles, adds custom audio tracks, creates ISO file, and more. Requires Windows XP or later.
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11.7MB
DVDStyler
An MPEG video to DVD authoring tool that creates professional-looking DVDs; creates NTSC/PAL menus, drag 'n drop, imports background image, places text & images anywhere on the screen, optionally creates ISO file, and more. Requires WinXP or later.
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5.14MB
Sonique v1.95
An audio player capable of handling MP3 files, Microsoft Windows Media files, audio CDs, etc and using a dynamic, windowless interface, complete with a fully animated menu system.
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2.66MB
Shelldrake Developer v2.1
Multimedia authoring/animation program which focuses on the story, on the dialog, on the person-to-person interaction by managing the structure of what has been created. Requires Direct X & a sound card; additional images, lessons, etc from the author’s site.
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2.58MB
TPlayer
A music player and mixer for MP3, WMA, OGG & WAV audio files; features customizable Automix settings, 4 Automix sort options, manual mix & fade-out, dual independent players with real time VU meters, playlist editor, Explorer-like song list, supports multiple sound cards, and more. Requires DirectX & Windows Media Player.
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670kB
MediaMonkey
An organizer & player for music collectors which catalogs CDs, MP3, WMA & OGG audio tracks, rips CDs, converts audio file formats, creates mixes, and supports Winamp plug-ins; features integration with Nero for CD burning, and automatically adjusts volume levels. Requires Win98 or later.
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6.92MB
REAPER v0.999
A tool for recording, arranging, editing, mixing and rendering audio; features powerful editing facilities, routing capabilities, powerful recording options, MIDI support, drag 'n drop, bundled effects & 3rd party plug-in support, and more. Requires Win98 or later.
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1.08MB
MediaCoder Audio Edition
An audio file converter; supports most audio formats, converts audio track in video files, converts audio track of DVDs & CDs, converts network streaming audio, audio streaming with on-the-fly transcoding, supports CUE Sheet, and more. Requires WinXP or later.
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10.5MB
Audio Converter Extractor Max
Converts between MP3, WMA, WAV & OGG audio formats; features batch conversions, reads most audio formats, rips CDs, rips audio from video files (supports WMV, ASF, AVI, MPG, MOV, etc), customizable output quality, and more. Requires Windows 98 or later.
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3.26MB
Media Jukebox
An all-in-one player and organizer for digital music, featuring CD-quality ripping and encoding to MP3 and WMA, powerful file organization that arranges music and video files by group, artist, album, playlist and category, writes audio to CD, listen to live broadcasts of Web radio stations, etc. Requires Win98 or later.
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12.0MB
FormatFactory
A multimedia converter that supports most video, audio & image formats; features repair of damaged video & audio files, support for iPhone & IPod formats, basic image editing, DVD to video file ripper, CD to audio file ripper, and more. Requires WinXP or later.
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21.5MB
SolveigMM AVI Trimmer
A video editor for fast and lossless AVI editing that involves no encoding/decoding processes; can trim multiple portions from a video, supports AVI files larger than 4GB, K frame/GOP accuracy, and more. Requires Windows 98 or later plus DirectX 8.0
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3.36MB
EXPStudio CD Ripper Burner Converter v4.0
An audio suite; features 4 applets (CD ripper, audio file converter, audio file merger & CD burner), supports up to 13 different filetypes, ripper includes CD player & is CDDB aware, burner creates both audio & data CDs, and more. Requires Win98 or later.
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4.68MB
Efficient WMA MP3 Converter
Extracts audio & converts most popular files (MP3, MP2, MP4, AVI, WMA, WMV, FLV, OGG, APE, FLAC, VOB, 3GP, WAV, RealAudio, AAC, AC3, M4A, M4B, MPC, etc), saving the audio to MP3, WMA, OGG, APE, FLAC or WAV formats. Requires Win98 or later.
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5.19MB
ALSong
A Live Lyrics MP3 player that links to over 1,000,000 music lyrics via the Internet (synchronized to the music); features album creator, lyrics editor, optional desktop lyrics bar, 10-band equalizer, playlist window, skins, and more. Requires Windows 98 or later.
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9.42MB
DVD slideshow GUI
Creates slideshows from photos or movies that can be burnt to DVDs; features 72 effects, 15 motion backgrounds, 220 transitions, animates overlapping images, supports PAL/NTSC, adds music/motion backgrounds/borders, and more. Requires WinXP or later.
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19.0MB
CDex
Audio CD extraction (also known as ‘CD ripping’) saves Digital Audio files in WAV or MP3 format; with CDDB facility, convert from WAV to MP3, etc. Be careful of copyright laws!
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1.90MB
Psycle
A modular music editor with a tracker-like interface; features support for VST plugins, support for WAV & .IFF files, 64 tracks pattern editor, 256 sequence positions, over 70 native plugins, Midi-in support, themes support, and more. Requires WinXP or later.
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4.04MB
Notation Player (fromerly "MidiNotate Player")
Finds MIDI files on the Internet, or loads them from the hard drive, & converts them to printable music notation with amazing accuracy; features detects/displays grace notes, trills & tremolos, supports NOT files, and more. Requires Win98 or later, 128MB RAM.
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8.22MB
EXPStudio Audio Editor
A visual multifunctional audio file editor; features easy audio file editing, supports 19 file formats, open/create/save audio files, voice converting, displays waveform, applies special effects & audio filters, insert noise or silence, and more. Requires Win98 or later.
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5.73MB
Any Video Converter (Free Edition)
An all-in-one video converter that effortlessly converts video files between most formats while retaining the highest quality; supports AVI, MOV, Customized WMV, DVD NTSC, DVD PAL, MPEG-I, MPEG-II, MPEG-4, Flash FLV video, WAV, and more. Nagware.
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14.7MB
Avi2Dvd
A suite of tools to convert movie files (AVI, OGM, MKV, WMV & DVD) to DVD, SVCD or VCD; supports multiple audiostreams & up to 3 textual external subtitles, supports DV-AVI videos, produces DVD menus with buttons, and more. Requires WinXP or later.
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23.8MB
@MAX Tray Player
A tray-based skinnable multimedia player designed for listening while you work; features support for WAV, MP3, MID, WMA, MPEG (video), AVI, CDA (audio CDs), etc formats plus playlists (M3U & PLS), opaque player window, huge option list, varied tray position, etc.
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678kB
MediaPortal
A portal for playing DVDs, TV, video, image viewing, playing CDs, digital music and radio; features PVR function (recording, pausing & rewinding live TV), supports plugins, weather info, and more. Requires WinXP or later plus DirectX 9.0c & NET Framework 2.
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26.6MB
vanBasco’s Karaoke Player
Player of Karaoke (KAR) and standard MIDI (MID, MIDI & RMI) files; features include customizable Karaoke window, ability to change tempo, volume, key of song, can mute or play solo individual instruments, piano view displays notes on a big piano keyboard, etc.
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652kB
CDmax
Excellent audio CD player; features access to FreeDB (obtain Artist/Title/Track information about your disc collection), user-defined genre/categories, cue function, minimizes to desktray, track/playlist repeat, alarm/sleep/power off functions, and more.
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704kB
Free Screen Recorder
An easy-to-use screen recording program to capture screen activities & sounds to a standard AVI video file; can record the full screen or a nominated rectangle, has hotkey support, optionally includes the cursor, offers control over audio quality, and more.
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592kB
WinX DVD Ripper
A DVD ripper that rips to video (AVI, WMV, FLV, MOV, MPG & MP4) or MP3 audio; features fast ripping speed, supports NTSC & PAL, supports (S)VCD, screenshot grab, batch ripping, all video/audio parameters adjustable, and more. Requires Win98 or later.
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6.49MB
GOM Player
A multimedia player that includes video & audio codecs. It supports popular formats (AVI, MPEG, DivX, XviD, WMV, etc), plays broken files, plays files that are locked or partially downloaded, playlist, and more. Requires Win98 or later, PIII CPU & DirectX 9.
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4.08MB
VLC media player
A skinnable, highly portable, multimedia player for various audio & video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, FLV, AVI, Raw DV, MP3, OGG, AAC, etc) plus audio CDs, DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. Requires Windows XP or later.
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17.1MB
BonkEnc
A multi-purpose audio CD ripper, encoder and converter that supports MP3, OGG & WAV formats; features CDDB/freedb online CD database support, full control over settings, cuetext support, auto writes song info comment tags, built-in audio player, and more.
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4.14MB
Spectrogram v4.2.7
A dual channel audio spectrum analyzer, saves input as WAV; excellent!
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167kB
Gr8 Player
A multimedia player which supports most common audio file types (MP3, WMA, WAV, MID, etc) & most common video file types (MPG, Divx, WMV, etc); features support for playlists & external Codecs, minimizes to desktray, speed slider, optional fullscreen video, etc.
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474kB
DDClip Free
A non-linear, non-destructive, multitrack, real-time audio & video editor; features processing & mixing up to 4 audio tracks & 1 video track, supports 3 audio formats (11kHz/8bit/mono, 22kHz/8bit & 44kHz/16bit stereo), 10 levels of undo, and more.
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1.90MB
Ashampoo Media Player+
A stylish, skinnable multimedia player that supports over 20 media file formats; features fully integrated CD burner (audio/MP3/data), dynamic playlist functions, 10-band equalizer, integrated image-viewer support, on-line radio support, and more.
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5.04MB
Openworld Presenter Basic
A tool for creating advanced multimedia presentations featuring video, scrolling transcript, slides and hyperlinks using RealMedia streaming format (SMIL); features support for RealMedia (RM) video clips, powerful sychronization, etc. Requires free on-line registration.
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1.92MB
Leawo DVD to AVI Converter
A converter to rip DVD movies to AVI video; features batch conversions, optional conversion of DVD to MP3/WAV/M4A audio formats, merge several DVD files into one, grab pictures from DVD, set one or all DVD angles, and more. Requires WinXP or later.
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10.5MB
SC DVD-Video Maker
Creates DVDs from a huge number of video file formats; supports over 45 file formats, supports over 60 video codecs & 40 audio codecs, add subtitles, burn to ISO file or disk, options for advanced users, and more. Advertiser supported (RelevantKnowledge).
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8.96MB
1by1
A small, fast audio player which can handle a file collection but with no need for playlists or databases; supports MP2 & MP3, plays folder contents directly, remembers last track & position on resume, folder tree file navigation, very small size, and more.
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125kB
maplay 1.2+ v1.81
Superb audio decoder of MID, AU, WAV, AVI, MPEG, SND, MOV, etc files.
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288kB
Reganam Video Player
A video player; features support for the major video formats (AVI, MPEG, QuickTime, MP4, 3GP, FLV, etc), no additional video or sound codecs required, hotkey controls, and more. Advertiser supported, requires Windows ME, XP or later.
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8.72MB
The Godfather v0.44
An MP3 file manager that can handle just about anything; features rename/update ID3 Tags, restructure files on hard disk, create & merge play lists, encode-decode with LAME, export to file, player with 16 band equalizer, find MP3 files on-line, etc.
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1.37MB
Zulu DJ
An audio DJ program for mixing live music and effects; supports most audio file formats, crossfades between two tracks, automatic beat detection, synchronizes between decks, changes pitch in real time, adds cue pointers, and more. Requires Win98 or later.
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267kB