Any Video Converter – Excellent free product, great interface and very fast. Supports most popular/common formats including; AVI, WMV, ASF, DVR-MS, MS-DVR, MOV, MP4, 3GP, 3G2, M4V, QT, RM, RMVB, FLV, MKV, AVS, M2TS, MPG, VOB, DV, M1V, M2V, DAT, AMV. Will convert to; MP4, MPG, WMV, FLV, AVI, WAV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2. (XP/Vista)
Audacity – Simple, fast audio recorder and editor, including a good set of features. Very versatile. (XP/Vista)
AVIDemux – Avidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks. It supports many file types, including AVI, DVD compatible MPEG files, MP4 and ASF, using a variety of codecs. Tasks can be automated using projects, job queue and powerful scripting. Simple, effective editor/encoder. Nothing fancy but makes simple cropping tasks easy and supports most popular/common formats. (XP/Vista)
HandBrake - Program to convert DVD to mpeg4 and avi. iPod and PS3 and any device that will play mpeg-4, avi, or h.264. (XP/Vista)
MediaCoder – Open source, easy to use converter. Convert to and from many audio and video compression formats and re-multiplex into various container formats in batches. Multi-threading design, support for multiple cores and processors. Full control over the transcoding process. Strong decoding capability for partial or corrupted contents. Simplified UI for popular mobile devices (e.g. PSP, iPhone/iPod). Fully standalone, no dependence on system codecs/splitters Web-based extensions to expand UI and improve user experience. Doesn’t support as many formats as ‘Super’ but the base is being continually expanded. iPod and PSP owners will appreciate the special features for these devices that make usage particularly straight-forward. (XP/Vista 32/64bit)
MediaCoder (Audio Edition) - Is an audio transcoding tool based on MediaCoder which nicely integrates many audio codecs and tools into an all-in-one software. Features include; Support almost all popular audio formats. Converts audio track in video file, audio track of DVD/VCD/CD, network streaming audio. Audio streaming with on-the-fly transcoding. Supports CUE Sheet and M3U playlist. (XP/Vista 32/64bit)
Pepsky Free Audio Converter - Support for a wide range of formats; MP3, WAV, WMA, AAC, AIF, VOC, FLAC, M4A, OGG, AU, FLV, and APE. Includes the ability to create a ‘disk image’ file in BIN, APE and SVD formats. Pepsky has a neat, easy to use interface and conversion speed is very good. Pepsky can rip music also. Unfortunately, when ripping, it does not include track data, necessitating either manual entry or using another dedicated application to add this information. (XP/Vista)
Super – (Simplified Universal Player Encoder & Renderer). Supports so many formats, no need to go searching for additional codecs. If you are looking for a truly universal converter, Super is the one for you. However, the sheer magnitude of Super’s range does render it a tad complicated for the less experienced…one for the enthusiast. (XP/Vista 32bit)