Useful Software
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Playback
Media Player Classic
Advantages
- Claims to be spyware free
- Good with CCCP Codec
GOM Player
Advantages
- Self-contained codec
- Handles soft subs
- Handles multiple audio channels
Disadvantages
- Adware
Potplayer
Advantages
- Not VLC
Mplayer Extended
Advantages
- Works on Mac
VLC Player
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html
Advantages
- Plays most things
- Can play both video and subtitles simultaneously if both the video file and the srt file share the same filename together.
Disadvantages
- Mac users using the latest patch tend to experience freezing and losing control in some occasions. [1]
Mplayer / GNOME MPlayer
https://mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html
Advantages
- Works on Linux
Codecs
Used to playback videos.
CCCP Project
Good with Media Player Classic.
K-Lite Codec Pack
Advantages
- Simpler than CCCP?
Cole2k Media Codec Pack
Xvid
Torrent Software
Used to download from our Torrent Tracker using peer-to-peer connection.
Note that all torrent programs can check the integrity of the file.
Tixati
Advantages
- Ad-free
qBittorrent
Advantages
- Provides the same features as uTorrent.
uTorrent
Advantages
- Has most features needed for torrenting.
- Can be used to create torrents for the tracker
Disadvantages
- Ads (Apparently you can disable the ads on uTorrent)
- Effective on August 1, 2019[2] , all Mac OS Catalina users are required to use uTorrent Web. Any Mac users using previous OS versions can still use both either uTorrent Classic or uTorrent Web. Only OS Catalina or newer versions no longer support the use of uTorrent Classic.
Transmission
Advantages
- Works on Linux
Checking File Integrity
Rapid CRC
http://rapidcrc.sourceforge.net/
Just drop our files into the program. If it's complete, it's all green. If it's not, your file is broken, and needs to be fixed with a torrent or something.
Video Conversion
Handbrake
Advantages
- Works on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
Disadvantages
- When you play a rendered file on TV via connecting a USB, you will experience lose control if you attempt to navigate rewind or fast forward with your TV controller.
Creating Subtitles
Aegisub
Downloading from IRC
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