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Get detailed information on media files right in file/properties with MediaTab

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Krut Computer Recorder

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TubeMaster Plus: download any media file from (almost) any site

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RichFLV: free tool to merge, cut, and manipulate FLV video

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Stream YouTube videos to your desktop-based media player with SVPTube

Ever wanted to watch YouTube inside your favorite desktop-based media player instead of in the browser? Perhaps the latter offers some functionality such as...

CCCP Codec Pack

CCCP (short for Combined Community Codec Pack) is a filter pack designed to enable your applications to play as many media file formats as...

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...

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