This posting will outline a number of options for converting a PowerPoint presentation to DVD using all free software. There is not a single free app that will do this; however there are three “routes” illustrated below that you could take to achieve PowerPoint to DVD →
Automen: a small yet brilliant video converter
Automen is a free GUI for Mencoder that can perform video conversions across multiple formats and encoders. It supports XviD (for AVI encoding), FLV, X264 (MP4 for Ipod/PSP/PS3), WMV, MPEG4, MPEG2, and Huffyuv and is designed to be simple and straightforward for quick video conversion. I →
DVDnextCOPY iTurns Manager: create DRMS free copies of your iTunes songs
DVDnextCOPY iTurns Manager is a free program that can convert iTunes DRMS protected tracks to normal unprotected MP3s. It installs a virtual CD-writer driver and takes advantage of the option to burn tracks to CD in iTunes in order to capture and re-encode protected audio files →
Mp3splt-gtk: powerful MP3 and OGG file splitting utility
Mp3splt-gtk is a free multi-platform tool that can split large MP3 or OGG files without re-encoding. It offers a number of different ways to do this, including autodetecting silences, using a a local CDDB or CUE file, and downloading album and track length info from freedb.org →
Debut Video Capture: video-record screen activity and/or capture video from external devices
Debut Video Capture is a free video recording software that can capture video and audio from any USB device, and can also record anything that is displayed on-screen such as a video that is playing or a user’s visible on-screen activity. Supports a wide variety of →
Four Mini Reviews: SimplyZip, DP MediaInfo, IndexMaker, and UPXG
this posting will provide a number of mini-reviews for freeware programs written by the amazing Dirk Paehl: SimplyZip, DP MediaInfo, IndexMaker, and UPXG. I received an email from reader Christ T (CT) which had insightful things to say about a number of freeware titles written by →
BitRipper: convert DVDs to AVI or Mpeg with a single click
BitRipper is an integrated DVD ripping and conversion program that provides AVI or Mpeg creation from DVDs in a single step. I’ve been making terrific conversions of DVDs into video files using all freeware tools for a long time, my programs of choice in this regard being →
Convert videos to flash FLV and SWF with “Flash This!”
Flash this! is a small, free tool that can convert video files to flash (both FLV and SWF).
This program is a frontend to FFMpeg, the transcoding engine behind the majority of freeware video conversion programs. Here are some notes on this one:
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Extract audio and video files from FLVs with FLV Extract
FLV Extract is a free program that can save video and audio files from FLV files in their original formats without decompressing or re-compressing.
Shrink DVDs down to size with Amok DVD Shrinker
Amok DVD Shrinker is a free program that can compress decrypted DVDs to smaller, user-defined disk sizes without any noticeable reduction in quality. It is designed to enable the copying of commercial DVDs stored on nonstandard media in order to fit them on a standard 4.7 gig →
“Internet Video Converter” provides powerful, portable video conversion for a wide range of formats
Internet Video Converter is a free program that performs video conversions (including FLV and SWF formats), downloads from a wide range of video sharing sites, and can also play/view a wide range of formats. IVC is a GUI frontend for a number of free tools and →
DivXMachine Shell Integrated
DivXMachine Shell Integrated (DMSI for short) is a free program that can convert images, audio files and videos across multiple formats straight from the Windows Explorer context menu. Two things that make this program unique (a) all operations are done straight from the context menu; it →
