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<blockquote data-quote="doveman" data-source="post: 1012888" data-attributes="member: 67412"><p>I'm setting up a system for my brother and I'm trying to ensure he's got all the apps he needs so that he's not tempted to download and install one of these things that installs a load of codecs or whatever and messes things up.</p><p> </p><p>So far I'm looking at</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For general DVD Burning:</p><p>StarBurn Free <a href="http://www.starburnsoftware.com/products/starburn/overview" target="_blank">http://www.starburnsoftware.com/products/starburn/overview</a></p><p>InfraRecorder <a href="http://infrarecorder.org/" target="_blank">http://infrarecorder.org/</a></p><p>BurnAware Free <a href="http://www.burnaware.com/burnaware_free.html" target="_blank">http://www.burnaware.com/burnaware_free.html</a></p><p>AstroBurn Lite <a href="http://www.astroburn.com/products/abLite" target="_blank">http://www.astroburn.com/products/abLite</a></p><p>Ashampoo Burning Studio Free <a href="https://www.ashampoo.com/en/usd/pin/0710/Burning_Software/Ashampoo-Burning-Studio-6" target="_blank">https://www.ashampoo.com/en/usd/pin/0710/Burning_Software/Ashampoo-Burning-Studio-6</a></p><p>CDBurnerXP <a href="http://cdburnerxp.se/en/home" target="_blank">http://cdburnerxp.se/en/home</a></p><p>IMGBurn <a href="http://www.imgburn.com/" target="_blank">http://www.imgburn.com/</a></p><p> </p><p>For video to DVD/authoring:</p><p>DVD Styler <a href="http://www.dvdstyler.org/en/" target="_blank">http://www.dvdstyler.org/en/</a></p><p>DVD Flick <a href="http://www.dvdflick.net/" target="_blank">http://www.dvdflick.net/</a></p><p>Free Video to DVD Converter <a href="http://www.koyotesoft.com/video-software/free-videos-to-dvd.html" target="_blank">http://www.koyotesoft.com/video-software/free-videos-to-dvd.html</a></p><p> </p><p>For general conversion:</p><p>ffmpeg and Winff <a href="http://www.ffmpeg.org/" target="_blank">http://www.ffmpeg.org/</a> <a href="http://winff.org/html_new/" target="_blank">http://winff.org/html_new/</a></p><p>Handbrake (probably a bit confusing for him though!) <a href="http://handbrake.fr/" target="_blank">http://handbrake.fr/</a></p><p> </p><p>For DVD/CD Ripping:</p><p>DVD Shrink <a href="http://www.dvdshrink.org/what_en.php" target="_blank">http://www.dvdshrink.org/what_en.php</a></p><p>Exact Audio Copy <a href="http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/" target="_blank">http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/</a></p><p> </p><p>It would be great if anyone knows which of those are/aren't "safe" in terms of messing up things.</p><p> </p><p>Obviously I'm not planning on installing all of those for him. He's used to Nero, IMGBurn and DVD Shrink. IMGBurn is great but not very user-friendly for burning audio/video to disc, so he only uses that for burning ISOs and Nero for most else, so hopefully one of those apps in the first list will cover all his simple audio/video burning, with the apps in the second list for more advanced/tricky tasks.</p><p> </p><p>He'll also need a youtube downloader. Currently he's using one of these all-in-one suites he downloaded, DVDVideoSoft I think <a href="http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/" target="_blank">http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/</a> , for that and converting/burning audio/video files which Nero doesn't like but god knows what that installs so I don't want to put that on his new system.</p><p> </p><p>In the past I've used a Firefox addon for youtube downloading, which worked well but as he uses IE he'll probably find it a bit annoying have to fire up Firefox every time he sees a video he wants to download.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="doveman, post: 1012888, member: 67412"] I'm setting up a system for my brother and I'm trying to ensure he's got all the apps he needs so that he's not tempted to download and install one of these things that installs a load of codecs or whatever and messes things up. So far I'm looking at For general DVD Burning: StarBurn Free [url]http://www.starburnsoftware.com/products/starburn/overview[/url] InfraRecorder [url]http://infrarecorder.org/[/url] BurnAware Free [url]http://www.burnaware.com/burnaware_free.html[/url] AstroBurn Lite [url]http://www.astroburn.com/products/abLite[/url] Ashampoo Burning Studio Free [url]https://www.ashampoo.com/en/usd/pin/0710/Burning_Software/Ashampoo-Burning-Studio-6[/url] CDBurnerXP [url]http://cdburnerxp.se/en/home[/url] IMGBurn [url]http://www.imgburn.com/[/url] For video to DVD/authoring: DVD Styler [url]http://www.dvdstyler.org/en/[/url] DVD Flick [url]http://www.dvdflick.net/[/url] Free Video to DVD Converter [url]http://www.koyotesoft.com/video-software/free-videos-to-dvd.html[/url] For general conversion: ffmpeg and Winff [url]http://www.ffmpeg.org/[/url] [url]http://winff.org/html_new/[/url] Handbrake (probably a bit confusing for him though!) [url]http://handbrake.fr/[/url] For DVD/CD Ripping: DVD Shrink [url]http://www.dvdshrink.org/what_en.php[/url] Exact Audio Copy [url]http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/[/url] It would be great if anyone knows which of those are/aren't "safe" in terms of messing up things. Obviously I'm not planning on installing all of those for him. He's used to Nero, IMGBurn and DVD Shrink. IMGBurn is great but not very user-friendly for burning audio/video to disc, so he only uses that for burning ISOs and Nero for most else, so hopefully one of those apps in the first list will cover all his simple audio/video burning, with the apps in the second list for more advanced/tricky tasks. He'll also need a youtube downloader. Currently he's using one of these all-in-one suites he downloaded, DVDVideoSoft I think [url]http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/[/url] , for that and converting/burning audio/video files which Nero doesn't like but god knows what that installs so I don't want to put that on his new system. In the past I've used a Firefox addon for youtube downloading, which worked well but as he uses IE he'll probably find it a bit annoying have to fire up Firefox every time he sees a video he wants to download. [/QUOTE]
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