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Other => General Topics => Topic started by: Bellzemos on February 04, 2011, 01:27:02 AM
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Hello!
I'm looking for some good new and simple-to-use software (free if possible, or at least not too expensive).
I need a good clean light program to burn CD-R, DVD-R and DVD+R media. Is there anything good apart from CDBurnerXP?
I also need something in vein of the VirtualDub but much simpler, with less functionality (I just need to copy, cut, paste and shrink the videos from uncompressed to compressed video format). I also need something like Any DVD Converter to convert DVDs to AVI etc. I don't like the Any DVD Converter program, so I'm looking for something else.
Please tell me what do you use for such things or what do you suggest.
Thank you very much! :)
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To convert DvD to AVI or any other format you wish, I use Format Factory. It's free and amazing. It gives you all the codecs you need to encode in whatever format you prefer and it also enables you to play practically any file in Windows Media Player. It also does audio and video conversions and can do all that you say you want.
For burning CD's and DvD's, I use the free version of Ashampoo Burning Studio. It can burn any kind of disc including Blu-Ray and even has a built in labeler that is capable of burning Lightscribe labels. It can make multi session discs too which most of the other free burning apps can not. It's very user friendly but has enough options to let you do pretty much whatever you want.
Format Factory is easy to find and download but the free version of Ashampoo isn't. Bob3160 posted the latest giveaway of the free version and I just tried it and was able to download the program from http://www.ashampoo.com/en/usd/lpa/christmasgift?c=XMAS-2010 .
Registering it should be simple from within the app after you install it. Ashampoo sends the license key in an email. From what I understand, everybody gets the same serial number so if you have any problems, message me and I'll give you what they sent me.
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You can get a much newer version of Ashampoo's Burning Studio
It was posted here:
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=64346.msg544154#msg544154 (http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=64346.msg544154#msg544154)
Enjoy, it's a great program. You might even be tempted to buy the latest version
even though you really don't need it. :)
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Yes the link Bob gave is a newer version and actually the version I have. I tested it on the other machine here and it downloads, installs and registers perfectly. It does give the same product key to everyone too.
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Yes the link Bob gave is a newer version and actually the version I have. I tested it on the other machine here and it downloads, installs and registers perfectly. It does give the same product key to everyone too.
Did you have a doubt ??? ;D ;D
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Did you have a doubt
If you look for it on Google it says all the promos are over except for one from a magazine in Germany that makes you go through a convoluted process to get it and register it, all in German too. I tested your link to make sure it still worked and it does. I just didn't want to recommend something that proved to be unavailable.
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I use ImgBurn http://www.imgburn.com/ a very popular freeware application for burning.
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I use ImgBurn http://www.imgburn.com/ a very popular freeware application for burning.
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I use ImgBurn http://www.imgburn.com/ a very popular freeware application for burning.
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+1 if you want a light and excellent burn quality program, imgburn is it :)
Also have a look at dvd fab http://forum.dvdfab.com/for decrypting and burning to, can set it up to automatically use imgburn for the burning side of thing's.
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I also have ImgBurn but only because it came bundled with DvD Flick. It's a good app but it can't create multi session data discs. It also is not as user friendly as Ashampoo. To me ImgBurn is good at what it's name implies, creating and burning disc images, it's not as full featured in other areas.
DvDFab is not a free program. It's kind of pricey in fact.
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I also have ImgBurn but only because it came bundled with DvD Flick. It's a good app but it can't create multi session data discs. It also is not as user friendly as Ashampoo. To me ImgBurn is good at what it's name implies, creating and burning disc images, it's not as full featured in other areas.
DvDFab is not a free program. It's kind of pricey in fact.
There is a free version of dvdfab, you only get the full or main movie decrypt and copy for dvd though and the new decryption code's dont come as often as they would in paid.
The full version is rather pricey but you get what you pay for.
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I just didn't want to recommend something that proved to be unavailable.
I believe I made the recommendation and wouldn't have made it if it wasn't available. :)
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Wow, what a great response, that's only possible on the Avast forum. :) What about a program to edit video (cut, copy, paste and compress), VirutalDub is too much for me. And thank you all very much!
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You'll find some items at:
http://www.fileguru.com/apps/video_editor_increase_brightness_cut_past/freeware (http://www.fileguru.com/apps/video_editor_increase_brightness_cut_past/freeware)
http://video.software.informer.com/download-video-cut-and-paste/ (http://video.software.informer.com/download-video-cut-and-paste/)
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Wow, what a great response, that's only possible on the Avast forum. :) What about a program to edit video (cut, copy, paste and compress), VirutalDub is too much for me. And thank you all very much!
Ali to misliš v stilu Movie Maker?
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Wow, what a great response, that's only possible on the Avast forum. :) What about a program to edit video (cut, copy, paste and compress), VirutalDub is too much for me. And thank you all very much!
Ali to misliš v stilu Movie Maker?
Plus what the heck is a Ponosen uporabnik ???
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Plus what the heck is a Ponosen uporabnik ???
Proud User ;)
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Plus what the heck is a Ponosen uporabnik ???
Proud User ;)
This is the English area of the forum ;)
Request that there should be an area in your language in:
avast!WEBforum | avast! support forums | International zone
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=21.0
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I just didn't want to recommend something that proved to be unavailable.
I believe I made the recommendation and wouldn't have made it if it wasn't available. :)
But Bob, it was a while ago when you posted that (Sept. 26 to be exact) and as I said, a Google search said all the free promos were over. I was just making sure.
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Recimo ja, ampak vseeno nekaj malo resnejšega.
Thank you all for the links and help!
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Recimo ja, ampak vseeno nekaj malo resnejšega.
Thank you all for the links and help!
Lahko probaš te programe:
SonyVegas
Video Edit Magic (podoben kot Movie Maker)
English:
You can try these programs:
SonyVegas
Video Edit Magic
Lep pozdrav :)
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I need a good clean light program to burn CD-R, DVD-R and DVD+R media. Is there anything good apart from CDBurnerXP?
I'm using BurnAware Free (http://www.burnaware.com/burnaware_free.html) it's very good and light and also free ;)
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Thank you all! Hvala! :)
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But Bob, it was a while ago when you posted that (Sept. 26 to be exact) and as I said, a Google search said all the free promos were over. I was just making sure.
But Dch48,
I always recheck my links before I pass them on. :)
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I have a question about Format Factory - can it eliminte the malicious links in a risky file? For example: if I convert a malicious WMV to an AVI file? Is the converted AVI file then absolutely safe to use?
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If you are on Windows 7, I found it actually has a image burner built in now. Works well and there is no need for extra software. Right Click > Burn Disk Image. I'm so used to built in image burning on Mac OS X that this is easily the best feature of windows 7 for me.
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For a simple image burning project, Windows 7 does a good job.
To take an avi file and burn it as a DVD to be played on your DVD player,
Ashampoo burning studio does a much better job. :)
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Thank you for the suggestion! I will have Win7 on my new laptop but on my desktop I have WinXP. I've tried the BurnAware and I like it!
I would need something even simpler than Video Edit Magic for video editing though. Something that just lets you cut, copy, paste and compress - without losing the quality. I don't really like the MS Movie Maker, but Video Edit Magic is too much functionality for what I need.
And oh, can someone answer me the Format Factory question?
Thank you! :)
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I have a question about Format Factory - can it eliminte the malicious links in a risky file? For example: if I convert a malicious WMV to an AVI file? Is the converted AVI file then absolutely safe to use?
I don't think it has any malware removal capability. I use it and have never seen anything that would suggest that it does.
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Thank you for the suggestion! I will have Win7 on my new laptop but on my desktop I have WinXP. I've tried the BurnAware and I like it!
I would need something even simpler than Video Edit Magic for video editing though. Something that just lets you cut, copy, paste and compress - without losing the quality. I don't really like the MS Movie Maker, but Video Edit Magic is too much functionality for what I need.
And oh, can someone answer me the Format Factory question?
Thank you! :)
SonyVegas mogoče? SonyVegas maybe?
Lep pozdrav ;)
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I just now received an update to Ashampoo Burning Studio Advanced. It updated to version 9.25 after notifying me that the update was available when I opened the program. I don't know if there is a source for the new version other than updating from within the program.
Also, the application can not create a playable DVD from an AVI. What it can do is create either a VCD (Video CD) or SVCD (Super Video CD) that can only be played in DVD players that support those formats. The quality will not be close to actual DVD quality. It also only works with videos in the MPEG format, not with AVI files at all. If you want to convert an AVI (or any other video file), or a few at the same time, to an actual DVD with the DVD file structure and much better quality, I would use DVD Flick. It's also free and works very well.
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Thank you both!
I will try the Sony Vegas but it's an expenssive program. How is the Movie Maker in Windows 7, any better than the one in Windows XP?
About the File Factroy (or the DVDFab Video Converter for that matter, but FF is free): An AVI file can not contain any malicious code (links that will connect you to malware site when the AVI is opened), but WMV files can contain such code. That's why I don't like WMV files. So, what I'm asking is - if I convert an WMV file to an AVI file the malicous code should get eliminated in the conversion (since AVI files can only contain video & audio and no links/code). Can anyone confirm this?
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About the File Factroy (or the DVDFab Video Converter for that matter, but FF is free): An AVI file can not contain any malicious code (links that will connect you to malware site when the AVI is opened), but WMV files can contain such code. That's why I don't like WMV files. So, what I'm asking is - if I convert an WMV file to an AVI file the malicous code should get eliminated in the conversion (since AVI files can only contain video & audio and no links/code). Can anyone confirm this?
I don't about AVI's not being able to contain code. I have downloaded a couple through uTorrent where Avast! caught the wimad code in the first piece of the file. I told it to clean one of them and it did but then the resulting full file was unplayable. There are AVI's out there that require you to download a codec or even a player to be able to view them and sometimes they will give you nasty malware in the process. There is code in the file that tells you in your media player that you need to get something else to play the file.
I would think that converting a bad WMV to AVI would also result in an unplayable file but since I've never tried it, I don't know. I've never actually seen an infected WMV file.
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What about this one? :)
http://www.codecguide.com/video_conversion_pack.htm (http://www.codecguide.com/video_conversion_pack.htm)
This pack contains the following applications:
- Avidemux [version 2.5.4 (r6714)]
- ImgBurn [version 2.5.2.0]
- DVDStyler [version 1.8.1.0]
Avidemux is a very powerful tool for editing video files. It supports almost every type of video file as input. It can do lots of things: cut, remux, convert, etc. It contains its own decoders and encoders for all common audio and video formats, so it does not need any external codecs.
ImgBurn is a versatile tool for burning DVDs.
DVDStyler is a basic DVD authoring tool. With this you can create your own video DVD, complete with a custom menu.
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Thank you Omid, I already have all the apps that I need now. :)
I don't about AVI's not being able to contain code. I have downloaded a couple through uTorrent where Avast! caught the wimad code in the first piece of the file. I told it to clean one of them and it did but then the resulting full file was unplayable. There are AVI's out there that require you to download a codec or even a player to be able to view them and sometimes they will give you nasty malware in the process. There is code in the file that tells you in your media player that you need to get something else to play the file.
I would think that converting a bad WMV to AVI would also result in an unplayable file but since I've never tried it, I don't know. I've never actually seen an infected WMV file.
As far as I know an AVI file cannot contain malicious code. You probably downloaded an AVI file which was WMV or ASF or something else but had it's extension renamed (WMV -> AVI). I use a free program called MediaInfo to inspect downloaded AVIs if they are really AVIs or renamed/masked files. About converting a bad WMV to AVI you are probably right, it probably wouldn't work then... I'll have to try it. Thank you for help! :)