Posted on : 22-02-2010 | By : tipst3r | In : CD / DVD Authoring, Codecs, Emulation, Linux, Mac OSX, Microsoft Windows, P2P and Filesharing, Software
Loading ...Well here’s the first version of our helpful software list for all of our fans. We assume this list is never complete as new software is always being developed and distributed. If you have any programs you think should be on this list, don’t hesitate to leave a comment at the bottom of this post, or in our forum — and we’ll try and included it in our next revision.
This article does not cover bittorrent clients.
For a list of bittorrent clients we recommend please visit our Clients page.
Must Have Software
Software that you will basically always need if you’re frequently torrenting.
| SOFTWARE | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| WinRAR (For Windows/Linux/Mac OSX Users) | WinRAR is a powerful archive manager. It can backup your data and reduce the size of email attachments, decompress RAR, ZIP and other files downloaded from Internet and create new archives in RAR and ZIP file format. Paid license required. |
| AVG Antivirus | Free Antivirus solution for Home Windows users. AVG provides free automatic updates to home users as well, and is very easy to use and configure. Definitely recommended for anyone without anti-virus software. Home version is free. |
| VLC Media Player (Windows/Linux) | VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player and multimedia framework capable of reading most audio and video formats (MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, DivX, MPEG-1, mp3, ogg, aac … and more.) as well as DVDs, Audio CDs VCDs, and various streaming protocols. Free open source software. |
CD / DVD Authoring
There are many options, naturally we prefer free, open source software, but we will also list some software that has to be paid for in order fully utilize.
| SOFTWARE | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| ImgBurn (Windows) | ImgBurn is a lightweight CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application (34 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. You can use it to build DVD Video discs, HD DVD Video discs and Blu-ray Video discs with ease. Freely distributed software. |
| Nero Burning ROM (Windows/Linux) | Nero Burning ROM, commonly called just Nero, is an optical disc authoring program. As of version 6, the program has been a part of Nero software suite. It features new cutting-edge functionality that makes enjoying digital media content simple. Create, rip, copy, burn, edit, share, and upload online. Whatever you want – music, video, photo, and data – share with family and friends anytime, anywhere. Paid license required. |
| Ashampoo Burning Studio (Windows) | Ashampoo Burning Studio is different. It’s compact, fast and amazingly easy to use. You just choose from a list of tasks and the software guides you through every step. And even though it has all the functions you would expect from a complete burning suite, the entire software takes up less than 85 megabytes on your hard disk. Freely distributed software. |
| CDBurnerXP (Windows) | CDBurnerXP is a free application to burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs. It also includes the feature to burn and create ISOs, as well as a multilanguage interface. Freely distributed software. |
ISO Emulation
Software to help you emulate ISO images from your hard disk instead of burning them!
| SOFTWARE | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| Daemon Tools (Windows) | With DAEMON Tools you can back up your physical CD/DVD/HD DVD/Blu-ray discs into “virtual discs” or so called “disc image” files, which run directly on your hard drive. You can also work with images created by other burning programs! DAEMON Tools supports variety of image types. Use CD/DVD image converter to have one format images in your Image Catalog! Paid license required |
| WinCDEmu (Windows) | WinCDEmu is an open-source software that allows mounting CD/DVD images by clicking at the image files in Windows Explorer. It supports both Windows XP and Vista, is open-source and completely freeware. Version 2.0 supports ISO, CUE, BIN/RAW/IMG file formats as well as SMB network shares. Free open source software. |
| Slysoft Virtual Clonedrive (Windows) | Virtual CloneDrive works and behaves just like a physical CD/DVD drive, however it exists only virtually. Image files generated with CloneDVD or CloneCD can be mounted onto a virtual drive from your hard-disk or from a network drive and used in the same manner as inserting them into a normal CD/DVD drive. Paid license required |
Codec Packs
Codec’s help you play media files that have been encoded, sometimes finding a specific codec can be a pain, so we recommend installing one of these codec packs which should contain all the codecs you’ll ever require.
| CODEC PACK | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| CCCP – Combined Community Codec Pack | The Combined Community Codec Pack is a simple playback pack for Windows with the goal of supporting the majority of video formats in use today. Freely distributed. |
| VLC Media Player | VLC Media player comes packaged with many codecs for playing pretty much all encoded media you’ll come across online. Free open source software. |
| All in one Media Coded Pack | All in One Media Codec Pack includes codecs, splitter and filters for most video and music formats. You will get complete media support for your entertainment needs after installation. Coverage for video formats includes MP4, AVI, MKV, OGM, MPG, MPEG, VOB, FLV, MOV (Quicktime), RM(RealMedia), 3GP, DivX; audio format includes MP3, AC3, AAC, DTS, WAV, FLAC, and Vorbis. Advanced users will find GSpot, Media Player Classic come in handy. Freely distributed software. |
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