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Blender is the free open-source 3D suite that covers modeling, animation and rendering, and exports finished video without a separate editor.

Merge, split and retag MKV files on macOS without re-encoding a frame, in a universal build for Intel and Apple Silicon running Ventura or newer.

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

VMware Workstation Pro lets you run Windows, Linux, and other operating systems side by side on a single Windows PC, each in its own safe, isolated virtual machine.

The open-source AAC decoder and encoder pair behind iTunes, YouTube and MP4 audio, now with HE-AAC v1 encoding and a fresh round of decoder security fixes.

The official AOMedia reference encoder for AV1 - the yardstick every other AV1 encoder is measured against, and by some distance the slowest of them.

The standard toolkit for rebuilding MKV files - merge, split, retag and extract tracks losslessly, because it rewrites the container and never the video.

dav1d is VideoLAN's free AV1 decoding library, the engine that gives players and filters their AV1 playback rather than a program you open.

Opus is the codec that beats MP3 and AAC on quality per kilobit, and loses to both on what will actually play it.

dBpoweramp Music Converter is the paid all-rounder of the audio encoders category, pairing a multi-core format converter with an AccurateRip-verified CD ripper.

REAPER is a full-featured digital audio workstation offering professional multitrack recording, VST plugin support, and portable installation in a lightweight package.

VirtualDub2 is the portable, frame-accurate end of the video editors category, built for filtering and re-encoding single files rather than assembling a timeline.

Kdenlive is a free and open-source video editor that's surprisingly powerful for a no-cost program.