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howerson · July 2nd, 2008, 03:58 AM

As the increasing improvement and popularity of DVD technology, some DVD freewares are becoming the substitutes for the expensive commercial softwares. Not only in DVD play, but also in DVD copy, DVD snap, DVD author, even DVD burn, there are some easy-to-use and relatively stable freewares for you to choose.

Following are the 10 freewares in processing DVD which can perform well in DVD copy, DVD rip, DVD play, DVD author and DVD burn.

DVD Copy

1. DVD Shrink

DVD Shrink is a versatile freeware for fitting a DVD-Video disc on a single DVDR disc.

If you want to make backup copies of your DVDs on hard disk, you can use Windows Media Center or another DVD media player to play the DVDs on your PC. The program lets you rip the DVD to your hard disk in a variety of formats, including a lossless one that keeps the image and audio quality intact. You can choose other formats if you want to save hard disk space. And you can also customize the quality on any DVD you rip.
DVD Shrink will preserve all your DVD content, including menus, trailers, subtitles, and so on. If you'd like, though, you can eliminate any of that content as well. Maybe best of all, it's free.

2.E.M. Free DVD Copy

E.M. Free DVD Copy is an easy, effective, handy DVD movie backup and rip software. By using E.M. Easy DVD Copy, you can easily copy DVD to hard disk with a high speed and high quality and rip DVD to all popular video and audio formats such as AVI, MPEG, WMV, DivX, MOV, 3GP, MP3, WAV, WMA, AAC, AC3, M4A, OGG, etc. and you can copy DVD movie to iPod, iPhone, PSP, Zune etc. portable players.

You can also copy or shrink your favorite titles, pgc, chapters, subtitles and audios to hard driver or blank DVD disc. The size of the compressed DVD movie can be decreased to 20% of the original file.

DVD Player

3.MPC

Media Player Classic (MPC) is a compact media player for Microsoft Windows. The user interface of the application mimics that of the old, light-weight Windows Media Player 6.4, but it integrates most options and features found in modern media players.

It has a built-in DVD player with real-time zoom and a built-in MPEG2/SVCD/DVD codec.It supports AVI subtitles, QuickTime and RealVideo(requires QuickTime and/or Real Player) .

It also supports selectable SVCD/CVD subtitles and lots more. The best part of Media Player Classic is the ability to modify the filters when playing your favorite video files.

4．VLC

VLC media player 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 even 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.

July 2nd, 2008, 03:58 AM	#1 (permalink)
howerson Afro Resident Newbie howerson is offline Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 0 Credits: 159	Top 10 Free DVD Software As the increasing improvement and popularity of DVD technology, some DVD freewares are becoming the substitutes for the expensive commercial softwares. Not only in DVD play, but also in DVD copy, DVD snap, DVD author, even DVD burn, there are some easy-to-use and relatively stable freewares for you to choose. Following are the 10 freewares in processing DVD which can perform well in DVD copy, DVD rip, DVD play, DVD author and DVD burn. DVD Copy 1. DVD Shrink DVD Shrink is a versatile freeware for fitting a DVD-Video disc on a single DVDR disc. If you want to make backup copies of your DVDs on hard disk, you can use Windows Media Center or another DVD media player to play the DVDs on your PC. The program lets you rip the DVD to your hard disk in a variety of formats, including a lossless one that keeps the image and audio quality intact. You can choose other formats if you want to save hard disk space. And you can also customize the quality on any DVD you rip. DVD Shrink will preserve all your DVD content, including menus, trailers, subtitles, and so on. If you'd like, though, you can eliminate any of that content as well. Maybe best of all, it's free. 2.E.M. Free DVD Copy E.M. Free DVD Copy is an easy, effective, handy DVD movie backup and rip software. By using E.M. Easy DVD Copy, you can easily copy DVD to hard disk with a high speed and high quality and rip DVD to all popular video and audio formats such as AVI, MPEG, WMV, DivX, MOV, 3GP, MP3, WAV, WMA, AAC, AC3, M4A, OGG, etc. and you can copy DVD movie to iPod, iPhone, PSP, Zune etc. portable players. You can also copy or shrink your favorite titles, pgc, chapters, subtitles and audios to hard driver or blank DVD disc. The size of the compressed DVD movie can be decreased to 20% of the original file. DVD Player 3.MPC Media Player Classic (MPC) is a compact media player for Microsoft Windows. The user interface of the application mimics that of the old, light-weight Windows Media Player 6.4, but it integrates most options and features found in modern media players. It has a built-in DVD player with real-time zoom and a built-in MPEG2/SVCD/DVD codec.It supports AVI subtitles, QuickTime and RealVideo(requires QuickTime and/or Real Player) . It also supports selectable SVCD/CVD subtitles and lots more. The best part of Media Player Classic is the ability to modify the filters when playing your favorite video files. 4．VLC VLC media player 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 even 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.