[SonicFan]

Originally Posted by RainOnMe

Mplayer/ffmpe/vlc don't count, as their competitors are also free. I will hesitantly agree with you on Handbrake, however I would have you look at iRip (google it) which I personally prefer. Amarok is not in competition to a paid app. However, I will presume you're comparing it to iTunes. iTunes has a nicer design, more features, iTunes Store (the killer feature) and full iPod/iPhone/iPad syncing. Digikam.. i have never used, but I'm not quite sure it can beat Photoshop/Lightroom/iPhoto/Aperture.

No, it can't compete with photoshop but the latter is professional software really which I discounted. I suppose it comes down to a matter of taste, I find iTunes to be too heavy and prefer CD format as I rip music to flac wherever possible.

iRip doesn't seem too bad but I'm unsure of it's flexibility, it looks like it can only manage an mp4 container, presumably with aac sound but idk which video. It would be the dimensions that would get me, ripping to anything less than 720 is foolish if you want a copy on the computer