Audio/Video
Absolute MP3 Recorder - record PC sound
directly to MP3 file
AnalogX - 30 different DirectX utilities &
plug-ins for audio files (7/1/04)
ASIO4ALL - Universal ASIO Driver For WDM Audio
(6/13/04)
auCDtect - audio CD authenticity detector (4/22/05)
Tau
Analyzer - audio CD authenticity detector - updated version of Aucdtect
(4/22/05)
Audacity - wav sound file editor, audio recorder... (
AVIcodec - multiple info on
movies, particularly video & audio codecs (11/12/04)
BumpUp.exe - small useful
filtering/edit tool for audio recordings (5/21/04)
Cdex - CD ripping &
converting...
CDisplay Sequential Image Viewer - Windows image
viewer for JPEG, PNG & GIF formats (8/11/04)
dBpowerAMP
Audio Player - complete audio player (2/18/04)
dBpowerAMP
Music Converter - Swiss army knife of audio (2/18/04)
Digital Sound Planet/Quartz Audio
Master - audio recording software (5/21/04)
Etree
Wiki - award-winning leader in lossless digital audio distribution
(7/1/04)
EvilLyrics - view the lyrics of song that's playing, automatic
search (7/1/04)
Exact
Audio Copy - new audio grabber for CD-ROM drives
FLAC - audiophile
lossless encoder
foobar2000 - excellent free useful “audiophile” audio
player..
foobar2000 plugins - R1CH's foobar2000
Plugins, Winamp API Emulator (6/13/04)
iTunes - digital jukebox for Mac & Windows
(7/1/04)
jetAudio Basic - jukebox, burner, recorder, many
features (6/11/04)
KRISTAL Audio Engine - audio recording
software (5/21/04)
LAME - open-source LPGL
MP3 encoder
Media Player Classic - non-bloat
replacement for Windows Media Player
MediaMonkey - free versatile
music manager
Monkey's
Audio - lossless compression
MPEG Home Page - Official site for MPEG-2, MPEG-4,
MP3... lossy compressed formats (7/18/04)
MPEG.ORG - home page of the Moving Picture Experts
Group (MPEG) (7/18/04)
mp3DirectCut - a small tool for editing MPEG
audio directly
MP3Trim - clean up & improve your MP3
collection (7/1/04)
MusicBrainz - community music
metadatabase & comprehensive music information site (6/17/05)
Nero DriveSpeed w/ASPI manager - control DVD-ROM
speed (2/3/2004)
Nullsoft
Winamp - excellent versatile free audio utility (3 popular plugins
below)
ASIO plugin
CDReader plugin
Monkey's Audio plugin
Kernel Streaming output plugin for
Winamp2 - info & help @ Hydrogen Audio Discussion Forum (11/11/04)
Kernel Streaming output plugin for Winamp2 - direct download
link (11/11/04)
Quintessential Player - free full
featured audio utility
Shockwave Player Download Center - the standard for
viewing rich media Web content (7/1/04)
Shorten - (SHN) lossless audio encoder (3/21/04)
System Tray Audio Card Switcher - switch default
audio device via click on system tray icon (11/3/05)
Trader's Little Helper - for converting
& trading lossless compressed audio files (5/30/06)
VLC
media player - the cross-platform media player and streaming server
(6/24/04)
Windows Media 9 HDTV Encoding Guide - Windows Media 9
HDTV Encoding Guide @ AVS Forum
Windows Media Encoder 9 - take advantage of
Windows Media 9 Series
Windows Media Player - excellent popular
free audio/HD video player
WMSnoop - free WMV frame-by-frame anaylsis tool
(4/27/05)
Zoom Player - simple audio/video player, but gives Power
Users all the tools & interfaces
ZynAddSubFX - opensource software synthesizer capable
of making a countless number of instruments (8/20/04)
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HTPC setup...
3DChipset - ATi Radeon BIOS Flash Programs &
Utilities
AC3Filter - DirectShow filter for AC3
decoding/real-time encoding (6/25/04)
AC3Filter - new improved
release candidate (6/25/04)
AC3Filter - link that will self update w/each new
AC3Filter release (7/18/04)
Ant Movie Catalog - manage your
collection of CD/DVD movies (1/31/04)
AntennaWeb.org - antenna setup & resource site
AVI_IO - for supported video cards, capturing
w/scheduling solution (6/14/04)
AVI_IO - WDM Video Capture Driver for XP (6/14/04)
AVS Forum Search Page - search forum(s),
normal search (3/1/2004)
AVS Home Theater Computer - HTPC meta FAQ
thread (6/20/04)
AVS Home Theater Computer Forum - thats THIS forum!
Beyond Remote Client and Server - view remote
computers, transfer files/clipboard, chat, & power on... (
Bobyte
Software - freeware AVI splitter & combining utilities (3/11/05)
BootXP - Windows boot
screens
Chameleon - HTPC front-end framework with a very
customizable interface (7/7/04)
CheckHD - CheckHD tells you
all about high definition (HD) at your house (3/1/05)
CTpvr
& CTtv - free PVR for Hauppauge PVR 250/350 TV tuner cards (7/7/04)
Dead Pixel Buddy - program for testing LCD screens
for dead pixels (6/7/05)
Digital Theater Interface - HTPC user
interface (2/8/04)
DirectShow Filter Manager - utility to help
list, sort, find, add or remove DirectShow filters (7/21/05)
Filmerit - freeware application for cleaning and
managing DirectShow filters (7/21/05)
RadLight Filter Manager - open-source tool
allows you to change merit of DirectShow filters (7/21/05)
DirecTV - Control your
DirecTV® satellite receiver with your computer
Dscaler - very useful,
versatile free video scaler
DVArchive - Virtual Replay TV
for your PC
DVD Profiler - catalog DVD collection
DVHSTool - read/write HDTV transport
Streams to/from a D-VHS VCR
FCCHandler VirtualDub-MPEG2 - handles MPEG2
content
ffdshow - DirectShow decoding filter for
decompressing DIVX & XVID movies
ffdshow - Free-Codecs.com alternate download site
(6/23/04)
ffdshow - softpedia.com
alternate download site (6/23/04)
Ffdshow FAQ - AVS Forum ffdshow
FAQ thread
Freevo - home theater PC platform based on Linux
GB-PVR - fully featured
Personal Video Recorder (5/3/2004)
GotTV
PVR - all in one PVR for TV, movies, music, photos... (
GSpot - audio/video codec
information appliance (1/26/05)
HDD - Intel Application Accelerator - support for hard
drives >137 Gigabytes, <= Intel 860 (5/23/04)
HDD - Maxtor Big Drive Enabler - support for hard
drives >137 Gigabytes, > Intel 860 (5/23/04)
HDTV Card Buyer's Guide - AVS Forum thread
(V2.5 -updated on 4/11/04) (6/19/04)
HIP from ByRemote - Human Interface
Programmer - simple & versatile minimal screen keyboard remote (9/29/04)
HTPCnews.com - HTPC news,
reviews, gaming, guides... (
HDTVtoMPEG2 - AVS thread on
HDTV to MPEG2 file conversion (10/5/04)
HDTVtoMPEG2 - download - HDTV to MPEG2
file conversion application (10/5/04)
HDTVtoMPEG2 description-download - (5/21/05)
How to record via 1394/Firewire to
WindowsXP - AVS Forum thread - 2 download links below (10/5/04)
CapDVHS zip file - capture software for 1394/Firewire
to Windows XP download (10/5/04)
HT core driver zip file - device driver for
1394/Firewire to Windows XP download (10/5/04)
iuVCR - universal video recording program
(2/8/04)
Karnis' Custom Resolution Guide for
PowerStrip - AVS Forum thread for 1080i HDTV-HTPC-POWERSTRIP-RADEON
LCD Master - LCD/VFD screen
manager (pay version Girder required) (2/10/04)
Media
Engine - HTPC front end - audio/video interface (7/7/04)
MediaPortal - PVR & many other useful features
(5/16/04)
Meedio Express - access digital photos & music
using your TV and remote control (11/3/05)
Mimic - HTPC front end -
build complex, flexible user interfaces (7/7/04)
Moonlight-Elecard MPEG2 Player - excellent tool
for viewing, e.g. SVCD streams (6/24/04)
MsDVR
2000 - digital VCR for personal computers (5/3/2004)
Multi-Median - HTPC front end - new standard for
Home Theater PC (7/7/04)
My Movies - remote operated DVD index, free add-on
app for Media Center Edition users (2/1/05)
My
Settop Box - assemble your very own settop box using Linux (7/7/04)
MyHTPC - excellent free
front end software
Got TV (at myHTPC) - can be used as
integrated TV solution for myHTPC system
MythTV - PVR project, one
of best HTPC front ends out there
NetRemote - remote control
for HTPC
Nimo's Codec Pack website - A/V codecs &
DirectShow filters (2/8/04)
Nokia Monitor Test - the best way - by
far - to find stuck or dead LCD pixels (6/7/05)
OpenMC - Open Source Multimedia Center
OpenHTPC - Home Theater PC (HTPC) front-end software
(5/16/04)
PCI Latency Tool - utility to set PCI latency &
possibly improve stutter or FPS (1/26/06)
PowerStrip - advanced, multi-monitor, programmable
hardware support for graphics cards
RadLight Filter Manager - allows you to
change registered merit values of DirectShow filters (12/11/05)
Rage3D - ATI utilities
site (6/18/04)
Rage3D Tweak - custom resolutions for ATI cards
(6/18/04)
ReClock DirectShow Filter - get rid of jerky
playback of AVI and MPEG material (6/24/04)
RefreshForce - permanently fixes the Windows 2000/XP
refresh rate problem (8/14/06)
RefreshLock - enjoy higher display frequencies w/o hassle of
installing special drivers (8/14/06)
RivaTuner - powerful tweaking utility for NVIDIA & ATI
display adapters (4/25/06)
Server
Elements NASLite - a simple dedicated file server using old hardware
(12/5/04)
SME Server - Linux file server: versatile, simple,
secure, cross platform (9/25/04)
Sony DVP-CX777ES RS232 controller - Windows program
for Sony DVP-CX777ES 400-disc DVD player
SuperNudelist - CD/DVD
megachanger for Pronto remote (2/8/04)
Surround Sound formats - surround sound
formats explained with diagrams (7/18/04)
Test Patterns - test pattern apps for setting up a
CRT projector with/PC (6/24/04)
TheaterTek - free demo version of TheaterTek, top
rated DVD player (12/25/05)
TightVNC - HTPC network
remote control
Titan TV - the most
definitive source for what is on TV
TV tuner card drivers - WDM Video Capture Driver for XP
TV-Cards.com - information on TV
tuner cards & PVR software (6/12/04)
Ultr@VNC - HTPC network remote control
VideoLan - video streaming
solution for every OS (2/6/04)
Vidomi - plays TV quality
XviD and DivX™ MPEG4 video (2/8/04)
Virtual VCR - DirectShow video capture application
VirtualDub - video
capture/processing utility (2/8/04)
VobSub - can load subtitles (vobsub, ssa, srt,
sub, ...) into movies being played (6/25/04)
VobSub - Home of VobSub, Media Player Classic
(MPC) & other utilities (7/19/04)
Windows
Media High Definition Video - watch stunning HD movies on your PC
(7/1/04)
WMV HD Playback Tool - analyze your HTPC
for WMVHD file playback & bottlenecks (2/4/06)
Xlobby - excellent free
front end software
XMLTV - utilities to manage TV viewing (2/8/04)
XONE
MEDIA CENTER - HTPC interface front end software (7/7/04)
YXY - aspect ratio for DVD players, like Zoom
Player (2/8/2004)