Multimedia applications
MEDIA PLAYERS
VLC - (freeware) plays many types of media files and streamed media. It can create media streams and save media files in different formats and quality than the original file.
Flip4Mac - (freeware) WMV codec for QuickTime - With the Windows Media® Components for QuickTime by Flip4Mac, you can play Windows Media files (.wma and .wmv) in QuickTime Player and view Windows Media content on the Internet using a web browser.
Real One Player - (freeware) allows you to view RealNetwork’s streaming media over the Internet on Mac OS X
MPlayer OS X - (freeware) is binary distribution of MPlayer (The Movie Player for Linux) and comes with native GUI in MacOSX. It can play almost all 3ivx, DivX 3,4,5 and other codecs files in the window or fullscreen mode.
MacVCD X - ($19.95 USD) discover the easy way to play VCD, SVCD* and almost everything else with this easy to use video media player software for Mac OS X. Play VCD, SVCD*, AVI*, DivX*, MPEG, video, Quicktime movies and more with MacVCD X.
Xine - (freeware) is a multimedia player for Mac OS X. It is based upon the stable and mature xine multimedia playback engine. It is designed to be a free replacement for QuickTime Player and DVD Player.
CD/DVD WRITING
Popcorn - ($49.99 USD) helps you easily make high quality copies of your DVD movies. Powerful compression technology gives you the flexibility to copy even the largest movies to a single DVD disc.
Toast - ($79.99 USD) is the best way to save, share and enjoy a lifetime of digital music, movies and photos on CD and DVD. Burn large files across multiple discs. Compress and copy DVD movies.
SimplyBurns - (freeware) is a Mac OS X application with a GUI, which allows the user to burn CD / DVD media.
DVD2oneX - (€ 39.99 EU) With DVD2one you can make movie-only and full disk copies for personal use on a single DVD-Recordable.
LiquidCD - (freeware) is a CD/DVD recording application wich allow you to burn custom hybrid discs or cue/bin files
CD/DVD RIPPING
Handbrake -(freeware) is a GPL’d multiplatform, multithreaded DVD to MPEG-4 ripper/converter.
DVD2pod - (freeware) based upon HandBrake, DVD2Pod is the easiest way to rip your DVDs into an iPod compatible format. Best of all, DVD2Pod is free and open source! See the included Read Me for more information.
Update: DVD2pod has been discontinued as of January 2007, however it can be downloaded here.
iPod RIPPING
iPodDisk - (freeware) is designed to make it easy and intuitive to copy music off iPod; it enables you to do so within the Finder, or whatever application that can read files.
Senuti - (freeware) is enabling you to to music from your iPod back to your computer.
PodWorks - ($8.00 USD) it allows you to copy songs from any Mac iPod to any Mac running OS X 10.2 or higher (including Panther).
SOUND RECORDING
Audacity - (freeware) is open source software for recording and editing sounds
Most popular applications for Mac OS X
- Browsers - Email - Bloggers
- Instant Messengers - IRC
- Usenet - News/RSS
- File sharing - FTP
- Productivity applications
