VLC Media Player is a free, open-source player that plays almost any video or audio file on Windows without extra codecs.

Screenpresso is the screen capture and recording tool that pairs a proper annotation editor with GPU-accelerated 4K video, in a free edition with an optional Pro upgrade.

Kodi is a free, open-source media center for Windows, Mac and Linux that organises your movies, TV shows and music into a browsable library with cover art.

VLC for Android is VideoLAN's free, ad-free video and music player that opens almost any file without extra codecs.

MPC-BE is a lightweight Windows media player with its own built-in decoders, so most video formats play without extra codecs installed.

OBS Studio for Mac delivers professional live streaming and recording capabilities to Apple users.

Subtitle Edit is a versatile tool for creating, editing, and syncing subtitles for all media types.

Emby is a media server platform designed to help you organize, manage, and stream your media collection efficiently.

Tests every channel in an M3U or Xtream playlist, flags the dead, geoblocked and DRM ones, and exports a clean list with them removed.

QontrolPanel is the leading open-source audio device switcher, replacing Microsoft's slow Sound settings menu with one-click input and output switching directly from the system tray.

DaVinci Resolve is the free suite that edits, grades, composites and mixes in one place, with no watermark and no export limit.

SVT-AV1 sits in Video Codecs as the open-source AV1 encoder that most free Windows converters call on when you choose AV1 output.