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Lifehacker published an article about this limited-time free download offer from WinX.

I've always preferred using freeware + open source software over the less-than-ideal venues of getting programs and it has always been more rewarding to do so. A great example is using CDBurnerXP which proved to be far superior than the usual off-the-tiangge Nero. However, promos like these posted below are too good to pass on.

WinX DVD Author Promo Link
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WinX DVD Ripper Promo Link

WinX DVD Author (and Ripper) Available for Free for a Limited Time, Regularly $29

WinX DVD Author


Windows only: WinX DVD Author is a shareware application that converts and burns most popular video formats directly to DVD, and it's available for free during the month of October.

Specifically, WinX DVD Author supports loads of video formats from the common to the more obscure, including AVI, ASF, WMV, MPEG, MP4, MOV, RM, RMVB, XviD, DivX, H.264, OGG, QT, FLV, and more. The app supports customizing your own DVD title and chapter menus with background images, music, title text, and more, supports trimming videos, and can burn to both 16:9 HD widescreen or 4:3 standard def.

We've already featured a couple of different tools that will allow you to burn nearly any video file to a playable DVD, but WinX DVD Author seems like a great tool to add to that list.

Meanwhile, the same company's DVD Ripping application, WinX DVD Ripper Platinum is also free this month (normally $25). Like DVD Author, Ripper supports tons of supported source DVDs and outputs to quite a few formats.

WinX DVD Ripper


WinX DVD Author would normally set you back $30, Ripper $25, but both are free downloads during October, Windows only. (They even support Windows 7 32- and 64-bit).