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The  computer applications listed here are free to use. Some programs may have restrictions.  Before using any software on a corporate or business computer check the usage restrictions of the product and check your company policy.  All of the software listed here is free for home use.

Audio/Video

   VLC

• VLC media player 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, VCDs, and various streaming protocols
• Link: http://www.videolan.org/mirror-geo.php?file=vlc/0.9.4/win32/vlc-0.9.4-win32.exe  Direct Download

• Media Player Classic looks like the old Windows Media Player v6.4, but that's where the similarity ends.  Under the hood, this program packs a lot of features, including codecs for viewing DVD discs, MPEG1, MPEG2, and MPEG 4 video files, MP3 and Ogg files.  MPC can also use the QuickTime and the RealPlayer architectures (if installed on the computer) to play their native files. 
• Download Link:  http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=205650 
  

• ffdshow:  http://www.free-codecs.com/download/FFDShow.htm
• Real Alternative:  http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternative.htm
• QuickTime Alternative: http://www.free-codecs.com/download/QuickTime_Alternative.htm
• WinAmp Alternative: http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/Winamp-Alternative-Download-23376.html

   Audacity 

• Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. It is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems.  Direct downloads
• Link: http://sourceforge.net/project/downloading.php?group_id=6235&filename=audacity-win-1.2.6.exe
• Audacity plugins  http://sourceforge.net/project/downloading.php?group_id=6235&filename=LADSPA_plugins-win-0.4.15.exe
• Lame MP3 plugin for Audacity  http://lame.buanzo.com.ar/