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Killer OSX Native Apps (Video)
Cheap-o-Scope
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Developer: Home Page
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License: Freeware
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Cheap-o-Scope is a small utility that will convert Quicktime movies into Adobe Filmstrip files and also convert Adobe Filmstrip files back into Quicktime movies. Adobe Filmstrip files are recognized by Photoshop and probably other image editing files (it's just a sequence of raw RGB image data). Adobe Premiere will also import them, but if you're using iMovie, you'll need to convert. Filmstrip is a good format for doing rotoscoping and animation work if you don't have the money for a separate rotoscoping product. [more]
Codec 3ivx D4
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Developer: Home Page
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License: Freeware
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3ivx Delta 4 Codec, based on the latest MPEG-4 specifications, is the most advanced video compression technology for Mac OS. The D4 release delivers high quality encoding and decoding facilities inside all QuickTime compatible applications. Macintosh versions of the 3ivx codec inherit all the strengths of the D4 Core. This includes the high quality, interoperability and features such as Data Rate Tracking. Install by copying uncompressed OSX component into /Library/Quicktime [more]
DVD2oneX
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Developer: Home Page
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License: Shareware
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With this tool you can make movie-only and full disk copies for personal use on a single DVD-Recordable. Removes the multiple sound tracks, subtitles, and other junk that you don't need, to allow most movies to fit on a single DVDR disk. NB. This does not copy encrypted DVD. [more]
DVDBackup
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Developer: Home Page
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License: Freeware
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DVDBackup is intended to let you exercise your "fair use" rights under copyright law to either "time-shift" or "space-shift" DVD content which you may have purchased legitimately. An example of time-shifting would be to temporarily store the data from a DVD you rented so as to watch it at a later time after you have returned the disc (and avoided late fees!). An example of space-shifting would be to copy one or more DVD discs to your laptop hard drive so as to watch them while on a long airplane flight. A final usage of DVDBackup would be to allow you to modify or excerpt sections of DVD video and audio to create your own movies. [more]
DVDimager
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Developer: Home Page
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License: Freeware
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DVD Imager can be used to make a burnable DVD video image file from a DVD video disk that you have made using iDVD or other means. Mac OS X 10.2 is required. Just drop any VIDEO_TS folder onto its icon, click Create, and choose the location where you want the image saved. Destination should be on a local volume. DVD Imager will prompt you to name the image volume, then it will create the disk image and quit. If you have a DVD burner, you should then be able to create a new DVD disk from the image you made with DVD Imager using the Burn Image command in Disk Copy. DVD Imager doesn't have the ability to defeat commercial DVD video copy protection methods. DVD Imager is an Apple script Studio GUI wrapper for Jorg Schilling's mkisofs binary executable. [more]
FFusion
Alternative open source DivX Codec. Can play MS-MPEG4v1, MS-MPEG4v2, DivX 3.11 alpha, DivX 4 (aka OpenDivX), DivX 5, 3ivx (Delta 4 and later) and XVID. Based on ffmpeg libavcodec 0.4.6. Install by copying uncompressed component into /Library/Quicktime [more]
HandBrake
Very easy to use MPEG2 to AVI/MPEG4 video stream converter [more]
OSex
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Developer: Home Page
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License: Freeware
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VOB file backup tool, can also make VIDEO_TS burnable images, able to combine multiple VOBs without the need to re-encode [more]
RealOne
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Developer: Home Page
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License: Freeware
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Player for Real multimedia net streams. [more]
VCD Builder
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Developer: Home Page
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License: Freeware
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VCD Builder is a free program for Mac OS X for creating VCD and SVCD disc images from pictures and MPEG movies. The disc images can then be burned onto a CD-R using Toast or "Missing Media Burner". [more]
VLC (initially VideoLAN Client) 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 (all region on RPC1/2 drives), VCDs, and 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.
I have been using this player for quite a while now under Linux with zero problems, and under OSX all my tests have shown it to be about as good as it gets for Video players. To learn more about this player, read my in depth review. Highly recommended. [more]
Vidi
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Developer: Home Page
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License: Freeware
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Vidi is an application that lets you view and record video on your Mac using any FireWire DV device. When used with a Formac Studio DV, Studio DV/TV or StudioTVR device, Vidi lets you select the input source, change TV channels and adjust picture settings. Vidi includes a control palette for changing channels and adjusting picture settings when the Studio DV/TV is being used with other applications, such as QuickTime Broadcaster or iMovie. Vidi can record in the background, but you can also use Vidi to watch video at full size and full frame rate as it is being recorded. You can use Vidi to schedule recordings in advance. Vidi will perform the recordings at the scheduled times, as long as you're not logged out. [more]
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