Download - Audio & Video
AIMP
AIMP - (Freeware)
AIMP is a free audio player with support for large number of formats and playlists. It works with multiple playlists immediately, allows creation of bookmarks and also has a playback queue.
Audacity
Audacity Development Team - (Open Source)
Audacity is a free, easy-to-use audio editor and recorder for Windows. Audacity can record live audio through a microphone or mixer, or digitize recordings from cassette tapes, vinyl records, or minidiscs. With some sound cards, it can also capture streaming audio. Import sound files, edit them, and combine them with other files or new recordings. Export your recordings in several common file formats.
Audiograbber
Audiograbber - (Freeware)
Audiograbber is that grabs digital audio from cd's. It copies the audio digitally-not through the soundcard-which enables you to make perfect copies of the originals. It can even perform a test to see that the copies really are perfect. Audiograbber can also automatically normalize the music, delete silence from the start and/or end of tracks, and send them to a variety or external MP3 encoders, such as Fraunhofers L3enc, or even use some MP3/WMA encoders internally for automatic creation of MP3's. Audiograbber can download and upload disc info from freedb, an Internet compact disc database. You can even record your vinyl LP's or cassette tapes with Audiograbber and make wav's or MP3's of them.
BSplayer
BSpalyer -(Freeware)
BSplayer is an application that plays back all kinds of media files (avi,mpg,asf,wmv,wav,mp3...) and specialises in video and divx playback. Because it does not use much of the CPU processing resources it is suitable for all those who use slightly less capable computers for their multimedia playback. Enjoy the playback of DVD movies of the highest quality.
Codec Pack All-In-1
Microsoft Corporation - (Freeware)
Do you download movies and get confused by all the different formats and codecs? Now you don't need to worry about downloading your movie codecs separately, you can do it all in one go.
Codec Pack All-in-1 includes: DivX : XviD Codec : DivX, XviD - FFDShow : MPEG2 : Subtitles G400 : Subtitles DVobSub (Win9x, Win2k and WinXP) : OGG Vorbis : AC3 : Morgan Multimedia Stream Switcher
dBpowerAMP Music Converter
Illustrate - (Freeware)
Often called a Swiss army knife of Audio, dbpowerAMP is able to:
- Digitally Rip Audio CDs and compress to a multitude of audio formats,
- Convert between audio formats whilst preserving ID Tags. Practically every audio type is supported: mp3, mp4, m4a, Windows Media Audio (WMA), Ogg Vorbis, AAC, Monkeys Audio, FLAC, Apple Lossless (ALAC) and many others from Codec Central,
- Volume Normalize & apply DSP effects [Power Pack Option],
- Windows Explorer Integration: right click >> Convert To, popup info tips (bitrate, length), Explorer Columns,
- ID tag editing [Power Pack Option],
- Record from LPs or anything with Auxiliary Input,
- Fully compatible with Windows XP / 2000, etc,
- CD Ripper boasts Fastest CD Ripping with AccurateRip included,
- Free from nags, popups, hidden spyware or bundleware.
DivX Play
DivX Team - (Freeware)
The DivX Play Bundle gives you everything you need to start watching high-quality DivX videos, including DivX Video-on-Demand movies.
The DivX Player is capable of playing every DivX file ever created, with integrated support for advanced DivX Media Format features and special enhancements for high definition (HD) playback, providing the ideal way to enjoy all your DivX videos.
DivX Play supports the DivX Media Format allowing you to watch DivX videos (including DivX VOD movies) with advanced interactive features on your PC such as video menus, subtitles and alternate audio tracks.
Foobar 2000
foobar2000.org - (Freeware)
Foobar2000 is an advanced audio player for the Windows platform. Some of the basic features include ReplayGain support, low memory footprint and native support for several popular audio formats.
Features
- Open component architecture allowing third-party developers to extend functionality of the player
- Audio formats supported "out-of-the-box": WAV, AIFF, VOC, AU, SND, Ogg Vorbis, MPC, MP2, MP3, MPEG-4 AAC
- Audio formats supported through official addons: FLAC, OggFLAC, Monkey's Audio, WavPack, Speex, CDDA, TFMX, SPC, various MOD types; extraction on-the-fly from RAR, 7-ZIP & ZIP archives
- Full Unicode support on Windows NT
- ReplayGain support
- Low memory footprint, efficient handling of really large playlists
- Advanced file info processing capabilities (generic file info box and masstagger)
- Highly customizable playlist display
- Customizable keyboard shortcuts
- Most of standard components are opensourced under BSD license (source included with the SDK)
GOM Player
Gretech - (Freeware)
GOM is a FREE media player with popular audio & video codecs built-in. No need to install codecs separately! Try one of your broken AVI files or one of the files that is being downloaded with GOM.
GOM Player supports most popular codecs (AVI, DAT, MPEG, DivX plus many more) with its own embedded codec system that you won't have to look for appropriate codecs everytime you can't play a certain video format. For those codecs that require a license that cannot be distributed, GOM will automatically lead you to an open-source codec web-site.
i Tunes
Apple Inc. - (Freeware)
iTunes is an audio player for playing and organizing digital music files, and purchasing digital music files in the FairPlay digital rights management format. The iTunes Music Store is the component of iTunes through which users can purchase digital music files from within iTunes.
Users are able to organize their music into playlists, edit file information, record compact discs, copy files to a digital audio player, purchase music on the Internet through its built-in music store, run a visualizer to display graphical effects in time to the music as well as encode music into a number of different audio formats.
iTunes includes the Quicktime Player installer.
JetAudio
COWON America - (Freeware)
JetAudio is integrated multimedia software made up of a single compact rack. Not only does it play various music and video files, it also has features such as CD burning, recording, and conversion to other file formats.
You can create your own Internet broadcast by using JetCast, provided with JetAudio, and you can play all major file formats, including WAV, MP3, MP3Pro, OGG, WMA, MPEG, AVI, WMV, MIDI, RM, and video and audio CD tracks.
Convert among audio file formats, and record analogue audio to various formats, tag editing for MP3, OGG, and WMA files; sound effects including wide, reverb, and x-bass; multi-channel sound output; speed control of audio playback; cross-fading for a smooth transition between two songs; a skinnable user interface; and synchronized lyrics display (karaoke) for MIDI and MP3 files, supports for video conversion for iAUDIO U3, supports .ts, .tp file extension, and includes video format converter to AVI.
Media Player Classic
Sourceforge - (Open Source)
Media Player Classic was designed to look just like Windows Media Player 6.4, but with many additional new features. It has a built in DVD player with real-time zoom, support for AVI subtitles, QuickTime and RealVideo support and built-in MPEG2/SVCD/DVD codec.
MediaMonkey
Ventis Media - (Freeware)
MediaMonkey is a music manager and jukebox for serious music collectors and iPod users. It catalogs your CDs, OGG, WMA, MPC, FLAC, APE, WAV and MP3 audio files. It offers an intelligent tag editor which looks up missing Album Art and track information via Freedb and the web, and an automated file and directory renamer to organize your music library.
It includes a CD ripper, CD/DVD Burner, and audio converter for saving music, and manual or automated playlist editors for creating music mixes. Its player automatically adjusts volume levels so that you don't have continually fiddle with the volume control and supports hundreds of Winamp plug-ins and visualizations; or if you prefer, it can use Winamp as the default player. It also includes portable audio device synchronization that allows you to quickly synch tracks and playlists with iPods and other portable audio devices.
Miro
Participatory Culture Foundation - (Open Source)
Miro (formerly known as Democracy Player) is the free and open source internet TV platform. Play virtually any video-- Quicktime, WMV, MPEG, AVI, XVID, and more. Browse your collection, make playlists, stay organized. Subscribe to any video RSS feed, podcast, or video blog. Explore hundreds of free channels with the built-in Channel Guide.
Download and save videos from YouTube, Google Video, Yahoo Video, and other sites. Your computer screen is a high-def display. Watch free HD videos in gorgeous fullscreen. Easily download any BitTorrent file. Fast. Then watch it in the same app. Simple.
QuickTime Player
Apple Inc. - (Freeware)
QuickTime Player from Apple allows the playback of quicktime movies (.mov) and many other formats:
The new QuickTime Player not only delivers startling quality, but it's easier to use than ever. It requires no set up for content that streams over the network. Instead, QuickTime Player automatically determines your system's connection speed and chooses the highest quality stream for the amount of bandwidth you have available. And if you ever lose a connection while watching streaming video, QuickTime Player automatically reconnects. Now, that's convenience.
Quintessential Player
Quinnware - (Freeware)
Quintessential is a multi format audio player with lots of extra features. With its new extended freeform skinning engine and plethora of feature extending plugins Quintessential Player can be whatever you want it to be.
This new version brings you closer to your music then ever before. Stop letting your media player push you around, take control with Quintessential's new and improved arsenal of features.
Most importantly you can take control of your listening experience for FREE. How is this possible you ask? It just is. Don't let the price fool you, there are no Pro versions, cripples, nags or spyware. Quintessential is here to be enjoyed without any catches.
RealPlayer
RealNetworks Inc - (Freeware)
RealPlayer (renamed from RealOne) allows your system to play Real Media files (.ra .ram)
This new version also allows you to buy and download music that plays on more than 100 portable devices, including the iPod.
RealPlayer is a digital-media player for finding and downloading new music, playing and managing audio and video clips, and taking your digital entertainment with you. RealPlayer offers a streamlined interface that allows you to keep your media library close at hand. Keep all your digital-media clips organized in one place; save CD tracks with one click; pause and rewind live streams; transfer music to CDs and portable devices; and enjoy clear, smooth video playback and multichannel, surround-sound support.
Songbird
Pioneers of the Inevitable - (Open Source)
Songbird is a desktop Web player, a digital jukebox and Web browser mash-up. Like Winamp, it supports extensions and skins feathers. Like Firefox, it is built from Mozilla, cross-platform and open source.
- Cross Platform - Windows, Mac, Linux
- 30+ languages
- 64-bit support
- Play as you browse
- Web pages as playlists
VLC Media Player
VideoLAN.org - (Open Source)
VLC (initially VideoLAN Client) 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.
- It is a free cross-platform media player
- It supports a large number of multimedia formats, without the need for additional codecs
- It can also be used as a streaming server, with extended features (video on demand, on the fly transcoding, ...)
WinAMP
Nullsoft - (Freeware)
Nullsoft Winamp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity music and video player for Windows. Winamp supports MP3, CD, WAV and other audio formats, custom appearances called skins, plus audio visualization and audio effect plug-ins. additional features including free-form skins, a new decoder, built-in cross fade, and an advanced Media Library
Windows Media Player
Microsoft Corporation - (Freeware)
Windows Media Player is the all-in-one media player that provides the best experience for discovering, playing, and taking your digital entertainment anywhere--on Windows XP-based PCs and the widest choice of portable devices.
The Player provides faster access to top activities, such as ripping, burning, and syncing. You can also fine-tune the layout, choose from a range of online music and video stores and services, and much more.
Zoom Player
Inmatrix - (Shareware)
Zoom Player is a very fast media player. Prior to Zoom Player, playing media files on the PC was either overly simplistic for the Power User or overly cryptic to the common user. Zoom Player tries to both simplify the playback experience for the common user, while giving the Power Users all the tools and interfaces they may require to manipulate their playback environment to their exact specification.
To that end, Zoom Player employs a slick and simple user interface, combined with easy to access features while at the same time providing advanced control dialogs over every feature imaginable.
Zoom Player was designed from the ground up to load quick, take as little system resources as possible, provide user feedback/direction as appropriate and maintain as much isolation from other applications and system components as not to undermine overall stability.
Zoom Player Standard remains Free for Non-Commercial use.