Freeware Utilities

Video, DVDs Freeware Utilities

Backup a DVD

DVD BACKUP XPRESS - FREE DVD BACKUP SOFTWARE. Powerful and FREE DVD Backup Tool with Multi-Language Support. Make perfect-quality backup copies of all your DVD movies.
Backup a DVD: DVD Backup Xpress

Capture screen activity into a movie

AviScreen is an application for capturing screen activity in the form of AVI video or bitmap images. Beside the usual options defining the capture area, AviScreen has a unique feature called "follow the cursor". Using this mode you can produce a video or image of relatively small dimensions while covering all mouse activity over the whole screen area.
Capture screen activity into a movie: AviScreen Classic

Convert DVD to DIVx

THE tool for XviD / DivX conversion.
Convert DVD to DIVx: AutoGK

Copy a DVD

First free and open source dvd shrinker.
Copy a DVD: Shrinkto5

Copy/shrink a DVD to the hard drive

Shrink your DVDs to fit DVDR!
Copy/shrink a DVD to the hard drive: DVD Shrink

Create AVI files

Create AVI files instantly! Just add Bitmaps or icons and that's all! You can also now modify the scale/rate of your AVIs Free! For Windows 9x/NT/2000.
Create AVI files: AVI Creator

Edit an avi file

AviTricks is a non-linear, non-destructive AVI video editor with real-time preview. It makes cutting and joining footage easy and includes a wide range of built-in adjustable effects that can be used separately or in combination. (Effects include dissolves, mirror image, sepia, iris effects, fades, TV-shop and many more.) Besides the preview screen, the video you are working on is also represented clearly and graphically on a timeline and a tree-structure. Both of these fields are active and easy to work.
Edit an avi file: AviTricks Video Editor Classic

Identify missing codecs for playing avi file

GSpot is a free utility which identifies the codec required to play an AVI file and supplies other information as well.
Identify missing codecs for playing avi file: GSpot Codec Information Appliance

Join two mpg files

CombiMovie is freeware which can combine two or more mpg/mpeg files into a single continuous mpg file. It works very fast, almost as fast as copying the files itself! Suitable for digital camera or internet movies.
Join two mpg files: CombiMovie

Play Quicktime movies without Apple software

Split/join avil files

AviSplit is an application for cutting and rejoining AVI/DivX files. Avisplit can split a large AVI file into more convenient pieces (you set the size), rejoin those pieces or extract a clip with a specified starting and ending point. Whether pieces or a clip, Avisplit output can be viewed in any standard player, and when the pieces are recombined, the result is exactly the same as the original.
Split/join avil files: AviSplit Classic