Tools

Below are a list of the tools you will probably need. Most are basic necessities, but a few are more arcane.

AVISynth	Essential video scripting program.
Decomb	AVISynth filter used to Decimate and IVTC video.
MPEG2Dec	AVISynth filter used to read DVD2AVI D2V project files.
DVD2AVI	Essential MPEG2 reader and server.
HDTVtoMPEG2	Transport stream converter. Moves from .TS to MPEG2 files.
HuffYUV	Lossless video codec for transcoding quickly.
Pulldown	Tool for inserting 2:3 pulldown header in MPEG2/SVCD files.
VFAPI	Tool for general purpose frame-serving.
WinTV-D Tools	Essential tools for poor bastards like myself who are stuck with a WinTV-D.
Azid	AC3 to WAV tool.
BBDMUX	Take AC3 or MPV from a TS file.
BCDMUX	Take AC3 or MPV from a TS file as well, but different method.
Error Counter	Counts and reports errors in an MPEG2 transport stream.
PID Eraser	Erase PIDs from an MPEG2 transport stream.

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