Videos! There are so many different types that if you are looking for a multipurpose player, then you should be reading this article. If you are looking to compress your file to upload it to YouTube, then again you should be reading this article. If you are looking rip videos from your favourite DVD, then reading this article will be a good idea.

10. VLC media player (Open source/All platforms)

VLC is probably one of the best media players that are available in the market that too for free of cost. VLC cannot be used to convert the videos, which probably why it is in this position. VLC does have an embedded ripper that allows you to rip your favourite DVDs!

9. MediaCoder (Open source/Windows)

If you are a serious converter, then MediaCoder will be right for you. It has a Batch convert audio and video compression formats with are compatible with the open source Media Coder for Windows. It can work with a multifarious formats, including MP3, Ogg Vorbis, AAC, AAC+, AAC+V2, MusePack, WMA, RealAudio, AVI, MPEG/VOB, Matroska, MP4, RealMedia, ASF/WMV, Quicktime, and OGM, to name a few.

8. Avi2Dvd (Freeware/Windows)

This software is tailor made for burning videos on to DVDs. It also has functions which allow you to customize your DVD with menus, chapters, subtitles etc.  It also has an inbuilt feature to make your video files burnable to a DVD. This feature converts Avi/Ogm/Mkv/Wmv/Dvd files to Dvd/Svcd/Vcd format. Avi2Dvd can also produce DVD menus with chapter, audio, and subtitle buttons.

7. Videora Converter (Freeware/Windows only)

Today, a guy has more gadgets than girlfriends. They have an iPod, PSP, Xbox 3, Wii etc. Well, then Videora Converter might be just the solution. This is a set of programs, each specifically designed to convert regular PC video files into a format tailored to your favorite video-playing handheld device. The Videora program consists of iPod Video Converter (for 5th gen iPods), iPod classic Video Converter (for 6th gen classic iPods), iPod nano Video Converter (for 3rd gen iPod nanos), iPod touch Video Converter, iPhone Video Converter, Videora Apple TV Converter, PSP Video 9, Videora Xbox360 Converter, Videora TiVo Converter, and Videora PMP Converter.

6. Any Video Converter (Freeware/Windows only)

Any video converter is an any video converter! Confused? This is a versatile video converter and can convert almost all video formats which include DivX, XviD, MOV, rm, rmvb, MPEG, VOB, DVD, WMV, AVI to MPEG-4 movie format for iPod/PSP or other portable video device, MP4 player or smart phone with Any Video Converter, which also supports user-defined video file formats as the output. It also has function to take bulk orders; batch feature is available.

5. Hey!Watch (webapp)

Hey! Watch is a train stopper. This is a Web application and coverts videos located on your computer desktop as well as clips hosted on video sites. All you need to do is to upload your video to Hey!Watch and then choose to encode it into a wide variety of file formats, like H264, MP4, WMV, DivX, HD Video, Mobile 3GP/MP4, iPod, Archos and PSP. Here is the party pooper-Hey!Watch only allows for 10MB of video uploads per month for free, and if you want more, pay as you use. The real goods show up once you start paying. It has got lots of neat features for video publishers like podcast feed generation and automatic batch processing with options you set once.

4. VidDownloader (webapp)

Here is a one stop solution to download all those online clips: VidDownloader. VidDownloader can download videos from all the big streaming sites (YouTube, Google Video, iFilm, Blip.TV, DailyMotion, etc.), can even convert them for you to a format of your choice and offers them for download.

3. iSquint (Freeware/Mac OS X only)

This is an apple special. It allows you to convert any video file to iPod-sized versions and adds the results to your iTunes library automatically. Moreover iSquint is free, but if you want the real deal then you have to upgrade to VisualHub, for $23. This iSquint upgrade offers more advanced options for serious users.

2. DVD Shrink (Freeware/Windows only)

A DVD is almost 4 gigabytes, while the movie is only about 700MB! If you are trying to delete all those extras, then do it in style with DVD Shrink. First, copy the DVD to your Hard Drive and run DVD Shrink to show its magic. If you have a scratchy DVD then, Download Adam’s one-click AutoHotkey/DVD Shrink utility to rip your DVDs for a memorable movie experience.

1. Handbrake (Open source/Windows, Mac)

When you install this software, it will break your DVDs to your hard drive. This software allows you to back up your DVD’s to digital file, and even convert it in to MPEG-4 using its converter app. You can also rip DVDs for your iPods!