40 Free, Open Source SW for Multimedia Pros

Software for Multimedia Professionals

Silex: Silex is used to assemble multimedia content andpublish it online and on the desktop. You are able to pro-duce websites quickly, and directly in the browser. Silex ismaintained by Silex Labs, a non profit organization basedin Paris.

NFI Defraser : Defraser is a forensic analysis applicationthat can be used to detect full and partial multimedia filesin datastreams. It is typically used to find (and restore)complete or partial video files in datastreams (forinstance, unallocated diskspace).

LMMS: LMMS is a free cross-platform music studio whichallows you to produce music with your computer. Thisincludes the creation of melodies and beats, the synthesisand mixing of sounds, and arranging of samples.

Kambi VRML: It is a game engine oriented towardsVRML and X3D. Its main features are: processing andOpenGL rendering of 3D models (in VRML and other for-mats), animation, collision detection, shadows, 3D sound,ray-tracer.

Scorched 3D: Scorched 3D incorporates a lively threedimensional landscape that includes animated jets, navalvessels, water, and even birds, in addition to detailedtanks and projectiles. Other enhancements include LANand internet play and music.

Korax' Heritage: Korax' Heritage is an ongoing project tocreate a new 3D action-RPG engine based on the originalHexen source code (DOOM engine), providing OpenGL /Direct 3D acceleration, new single and multiplayer modes,lots of RPG features, new enemies, spells, etc.

Irrlicht Engine: The Irrlicht Engine is an open sourcehigh performance realtime 3D engine written and usablein C++. It is completely cross-platform, using D3D,OpenGL and its own software renderers.

C# SDL: SDL.NET is a set of object-oriented .NET bind-ings for the SDL gaming library and provides high-levelaccess to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, TTF fonts,various image formats, sound mixing, MPEG-1, and 2Dvideo framebuffer.

fre:ac: Fre:ac is a free audio converter and CD ripper forvarious formats and encoders. It features MP3,MP4/M4A, WMA, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, AAC, and Bonk for-mat support, integrates freedb/CDDB, CDText and ID3v2tagging and is available in several languages.

Jajuk : Jajuk is a Java music organizer providing a fully-featured application to advanced users with large or scat-tered music collections. Jajuk supports WAV, MP3, OGGVorbis, AIFF, AU and SPEEX audio formats. Jajuk is aFree Software published under GPL license.

jMIR: jMIR is intended for use in music informationretrieval research involving the study of music in bothaudio and symbolic formats. The jMIR suite includes soft-ware for performing feature extraction, applying data min-ing algorithms and managing metadata.

phTagr: phTagr is a photo web gallery to organize, enrichand share your photos or videos with your friends orcommunity. Like in Flickr you can enrich your photos withtags, categories, or geolocation. Protect and share youroriginal files with your friends.

CasparCG: Use QuickTime and Flash for all your TVbroadcast, event and digital signage needs! CasparCG isa free and open-source multi-layer Flash and video playout server for broadcast television and display graph-ics in both SD and HD. (Also known as Caspar).

Netjukebox: Netjukebox is a web-based Winamp/httpQmedia jukebox. You can play music and video from anycomputer in your network. You can remotely controlWinamp from any computer in your network or theInternet. It features real-time MP3/OGG streaming fromdifferent audio form.

Tools for the Finance Dept

DES 1.2 : DES (Double-Entry Software) is a professionaland reliable application designed to enable you to keepbetter track of your company's budget. It requires lesspreliminary set-up, account code creation, account group-ing, or sub-ledger account creation. All accounting mod-ules interface with general ledger, giving user real-timeinformation. Accounting Modules include AccountsReceivable, Accounts Payables, General Ledger, etc.

BS1 Enterprise Accounting 2010.1: BS1 EnterpriseAccounting is a multi-currency distribution and accountingsystem. It contains: General Ledger, Accounts Payable,Accounts Receivable, Inventory, Purchase Orders, SalesOrders and Quotes, Sales Analysis, and BankReconciliation. Sales orders may be optionally entered asquotes and printed for customer approval. Whenapproved, the status is changed to On Order. Pickingslips may be printed for the shipping department.

GnuCash 2.3.16: GnuCash is a personal and small-busi-ness financial-accounting software. Designed to be easyto use, yet powerful and flexible, GnuCash allows you totrack bank accounts, stocks, income and expenses. Asquick and intuitive to use as a checkbook register, it isbased on professional accounting principles to ensurebalanced books and accurate reports.

AceMoney 4.9: AceMoney will help you organize and man-age personal finances quickly and easily. It supports all fea-tures required for home or even small-business accountingneeds.

Adaptive Planning Express: An open source solutionthat allows midsized companies and departments of largecorporations to move beyond Excel and automate budget-ing and forecasting.

webERP: An Integrated accounting ERP system. It pro-vides multi-language/currency/inventory locations, fulldouble entry, and SO/AR/PO/AP/GL/Bank/Sales Analysis.BOMs/assemblies/kit-sets. It has flexible pricing. It hasfast PHP created HTML for any browser.

PhreeBooks Accounting: This is an APK (NormalAndroid App) that will install an EXT2 lag fix for you. TheAPK itself can support a number of different lag fixes. Itcurrently has the old OCLF V1 fix, which uses symlinks,and it now also has a new V2 fix which uses bind mounts.

APS Accounting: APS combines multi-currencyclient/server multilingual accounting software and stockcontrol with Point of Sale features and different types oftransactions such as Cost Centers, Journal Entries,Receipt & Payment Vouchers, Printing customizedcheques and wide range of reports and complete StockControl features such as item production, Item Card,Vendor Card, Checking Stock, printing sales invoices (A4,letter, pos and custom invoice), generate barcodesreports, calculated (indirect and direct) tax fields andtransactions reports guaranteed to ensure satisfactionfrom all users of the systems.

KMyMoney: KMyMoney is the personal finance managerfor KDE. It operates similar to Quicken, and supports vari-ous account types, categorization of expenses, multiplecurrencies, online banking support via QIF, OFX andHBCI, budgeting and a rich set of reports.

MTH My Money : MTH My Money is a high quality per-sonal financial software written from ground up to workwith Open Financial Exchange (OFX) data. My Moneysupports most of the US banks downloadable statementsas well files from both Microsoft Money and Quicken. Theusers of this software will enjoy high levels of privacy,data security and encryption. Data files are stored locallyin a SQL compatible database. SQL shell is shipped withthe software.

BillQuick Lite 2010: BillQuick Lite makes time trackingand invoicing automatic. The application includes morethan 400 reports and invoice templates. Enter time in asfew as two keystrokes. The software handles hourly, fixedfee, hourly not to exceed, and recurring contract types.Besides tracking time, BillQuick Lite 2009 also includesproject management features allowing you to track yourjob and engagements accurately.

DsBudget: dsBudget is a personal financial management/ budgeting application. It runs and stores data locally soyou don't have to login or trust someone to look over yourdata. It runs on all major platforms, and supports all inter-national currencies.

iCash: iCash is a software intended to control your per-sonal finances, keeping track of incomes, expenses,credits, debts and bank transactions for you. It is as sim-ple as creating the accounts you need and move moneybetween them. You don't even need to know aboutaccounting or even care about it. Your finances dependlargely on good organization skills that let you knowwhere your money comes from and to where it goes.