Lightworks |
Video editor, as used by the professionals. |
MeshLab |
Mesh processing system. Ideal for cleaning up your 3D scans and file conversion to your favourite editor format. |
Blender |
Create your own 2D or 3D animations. It can be used to create models for 3D printers. It supports 3D pipeline—modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and motion tracking, even video editing and game creation. |
Developer Tools for UPnP |
Tools for debugging your UPnP environment and components. Doesn't seem to support FLAC format. |
Raspbmc |
Media center running on the Raspberry Pi hardware. Soon to be superseded by OSMC. Based on Kodi, used to be called XBMC.
I use it to get a better UPnP server for my MSS server. Though I'm currently
running ReadyMedia (used to be MiniDLNA) in parallel on the Pi. HTPC Guides has the best instructions to get the latest version of ReadMedia on the Raspberry Pi.
On large music collections finding the best UPnP server is a lot harder than I first thought. To be honest the best I have found so far is MediaMonkey UPnP server.
If only I could run it on a Pi with ARM x86 emulation and WINE I would. Yes I have gone a long way down this path, I'm not sure that is healthy! |
WinFF |
Video converter, GUI version. See Zeranoe FFmpeg for a command line version. Based on ffmeg. |
Zeranoe FFmpeg |
Video converter, command line version. See WinFF for a GUI version. Based on ffmeg. Don't be intimidated by the help. Easiest way to use it is to invoke the ff-prompt.bat then change directory (cd) in the command window to where your videos are and then enter ffmpeg -i InputFilename.Extension OutputFilename.ExtensionYouWant
Example > ffmpeg -i "The Vote_150509.rec" "The Vote_150509.mp4" converts .rec to .mp4. Note the use of "" because the file name has a space. |
EAC |
Exact Audio Copy. Tool to accurately put your CD collection on your hard disc. Uses the AccurateRip database to indicate the rip accuracy.
FLAC in EAC
Here are the instructions to use FLAC in EAC.
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AccurateRip |
Database to check how accurately you have ripped your CD |
ASIO4ALL |
Universal ASIO Driver for WDM audio. Gets the audio out of the PC as fast as possible with the least manipulation. |
FooBar2000 |
Windows audio player with a small footprint, that plays gapless. Most don't you know. Works fine in Ubuntu with WINE.
Ideal for standalone operation on a USB memory stick. The convert function is great for taking FLAC files and converting to mp3 for your phone.
HDCD decoder
Decodes HDCD recordings. Leave the console open to see when it finds an HDCD recording.
iPod/Phone/Touch manager
Lets you put audio outside an iTunes environment on your iDevice. Includes useful iDevice file explorer.
Nero AAC Codec
AAC Codec for on the fly conversion used in the iDevice manager
File Integrity Verify
Checks files for decoding errors. Also checks files against the AccurateRip database.
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MediaMonkey |
Windows audio player if you like it feature rich. Runs in Ubuntu with WINE (later than V1) but takes a very long time to load.
Similar Artists script
Seed it with a track from your collection and it then generates a playlist based on similar artists by querying Last.Fm. Easier to setup than MusicIP Mixer.
MediaMonkey Web Interface
By far the best remote control for MediaMonkey I have tried so far. Works fine with my LG P500 Android phone.
ASIO output plug-in
Used in conjunction with ASIO4ALL gives ASIO output in MediaMonkey. The download is the link in section 4.
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MusicIP Mixer |
MusicIP mixer (under downloads) access your music grouped by how it sounds. The company is now called Amplified Music Services. They say they have no plans to support but I don't remember much before anyway. |
Rhythmbox |
My preferred Linux music player for use with a DAAP server. |
orDrumbox |
Drum machine software. Features include: auto-composition, polyrythmes, unusual arpeggiator, automatic sounds/track matching , custom softsynths, lowfi rendering... |
Picard Tagger |
Use this to identify your raw digital music files and tag them based on their music fingerprint from the MusicBrainz database. |
Harman's How to listen |
If you have a bit of time on your hands then download this and see just how keen your audio listening skills are. |
FLAC |
Lossless music encoder |
mp3tag |
Music tag editor, not just for mp3. It can take your whole library and then you can use the powerful filters to find the holes in the tags. |
Audacity |
Audio file editor. Ideal for transferring your vinyl LPs to your media library. |
VLC |
VLC media player of nearly everything. Especially good if you drag the video files off a DVD onto your hard disc or if you have files in obscure formats like .REC. |
Firefly |
Firefly music server. In this case for the MSS paperback server |
Firefly Client |
Java client for Firefly or any DAAP server such as iTunes |
NextPVR |
PVR software for PC based TV receivers |