Free Audio Video Tools

Shotcut Portable is a free, open source video editor that can be run portably from a USB flash drive without installation. It is designed for users who need a powerful yet flexible video editing solution that supports modern video formats, resolutions, and codecs. Unlike many lightweight editors, Shotcut provides professional grade features while remaining accessible to beginners.

Because it runs entirely offline and does not rely on cloud services or subscriptions, it is an excellent choice for portable video editing on the go.

VideoCacheView is a free portable video utility developed by NirSoft. It allows you to extract, save, and play videos stored in your web browser cache after you've watched them online. Instead of streaming the same video again, you can use this tool to copy it directly from your cache and watch it offline at any time.

HandBrake: A powerful, free and portable open source video transcoder that allows you to convert video files from nearly any format to modern, widely supported codecs. Whether you're converting mov to mp4 format, compressing large videos, ripping DVDs, or optimizing media for playback on different devices, this video conversion tool provides a flexible and reliable solution, all standalone and for free.

Instagiffer is a Free Animated GIF Maker that allows users to create personalized GIFs with captions from a variety of video formats, game streams, and images. The software supports importing videos from YouTube, Vimeo, or local files, and can be stored and run directly from a USB flash drive. This makes it ideal for creating GIFs on the go, whether at home, work, or while traveling.

Text to Speech Converter via SAPI is a free, portable utility created by kyrathaba of Kyrathasoft. It allows users to convert text from .txt files into audio using Microsoft's Speech Application Programming Interface (SAPI). This makes it a practical tool for producing auditory versions of written content, whether for accessibility, workflow optimization, or personal use.

PSP Converter is a free video to MP4 conversion tool created by Media Converters. It allows you to quickly convert standard video files or DVDs into the PlayStation compatible MP4 format. Once converted, the MP4 files can be transferred and played on Sony PlayStation devices including PS Vita, PSP handheld consoles, PS3, PS4, and even PS5 with backward compatibility.

Album Printer is a Freeware Portable tool created by Skwire. It can be used to create a list of all of the songs listed in a music directory, and or from individual songs that are dragged and dropped into the interface. It uses the artist and album audio file tags for each song. Additional features include; Export to CSV file, customizable artist and album delimiter, supports reading tags from mp3, ogg, flac, wv, mpc, ape, wma, mp4, and m4a audio formats.

Album Art Downloader XUI is a free, open source portable tool that helps you find, update, and download high quality album cover art for your music library. Instead of manually searching for images online, this utility pulls artwork from multiple popular album art sources, allowing you to quickly improve the appearance and organization of your digital music collection.

VideoCalc is a Free Portable Video Bitrate Calculator created by Abelhadigital. It can be used to figure out which video bitrate you should use when encoding a movie to DVD, SVCD, or DivX to make it fit on a specified cd/dvd or other disc. It might also be used to calculate how much space will remain on the disc for other files, and can get the length of a movie directly from the file.

GSpot is a free audio and video codec checker created by Steve Greenberg. The tool helps you identify which codec is required to play a specific media file and whether that codec is already installed on your system. Instead of guessing why a file won't play, you can simply drag and drop the media into the utility to see a detailed breakdown of its encoding format and playback requirements.

MP3 Quality Modifier is a free audio utility created by Kevin Schneider. This lightweight bitrate converter tool is especially useful for reducing the size of your MP3 collection while maintaining good sound quality and preserving ID3 tags. It allows you to adjust the bitrate and frequency of your MP3 files, making it possible to save storage space on your computer, portable drive, or music player.

Installed Codec is a free utility developed by NirSoft. This portable tool allows you to view detailed information about all the codec drivers and DirectShow filters currently installed on a Windows system. It also gives you the option to enable or disable codecs and filters, making it a handy troubleshooting and system management utility.

MediaInfo is a free, open-source utility designed to display detailed technical and tag information about audio and video files. It's a powerful tool for identifying file formats, checking codec details, and diagnosing playback issues. In addition to providing metadata, it can also help locate missing codecs or recommend compatible media players for files that won't play correctly.

PlayTime is a playback time calculator created by Skwire Empire. It can be used to calculate the total playback time for most movie and music files. Features include a drag and drop interface, total time of all files is calculated on the fly. File size is also displayed, and information is exportable as a CSV file.

XMedia Recode is a Portable Freeware Video and Audio Media Converter created by Sebastian Dörfler. It can be used to convert video formats and convert audio formats from one format type to another. This can be very useful if you want to be able to play your audio and video files on multiple devices like iPod, iPhone, Zune, Samsung, SonyEricsson, Zune, PSP, Blackberry, LG, etc using a media format that those devices support.

TagScanner is a free, portable music management tool created by Sergey Serkov. It allows you to organize, rename, and edit metadata for your entire music collection. With advanced tagging features, online database integration, and even a built-in media player, it is a powerful utility for anyone who wants their music library neat, consistent, and easy to browse.

Shrink Pic is a Free Picture Resizing Tool that allows you to (Shrink Pictures) and Resize Pictures. Most pictures taken with digital cameras are too large in both capacity and image dimensions to send via email or post on a website, blog or forum.

iPodME is a Portable (Media Encoder) that allows you to easily convert video files into an iPod compatible format. You can then bring those favorite videos with you on your iPod. Options include adjustable video resolution and encoding profile. Slower encoding provides better detail. By default, the new video files are exported to the same directory the executable is run from.

AoA Audio Extractor is a Free tool that can be used to extract audio from video files Video to Mp3 for example. It also supports extracting audio from AVI, MPEG, MPG, FLV, MOV, WMV, MP4, DAT video files and saving the extracted audio as MP3, WAV or AC3 files. Other key features include adjustable audio bitrates and audio sample rates and, the ability to select a only a portion of the video for audio extraction.

Movienizer is a portable Movie Organizer. This movie organization software can help you organize and keep track of the downloaded movies. Allowing you to organize movies in your personal Movie Collection. Making them easy to find and play.

Audio Video to EXE Converter is a USB App that allows you to convert Audio and Video files from one format to another. The utility can be used as either a converter or player. In addition, you can create self playing executable files from your audio or video files. Audio to EXE, Video to EXE etc.

Pazera Free Audio Extractor is a portable application that can be used to extract the audio tracks from video files without loss of sound quality. The Audio Extractor can convert the sound files to MP3, AAC, AC3, WMA, FLAC, OGG or WAV format and supports (AVI, FLV, MP4, MPG, MOV, RM, 3GP, WMV, VOB) video formats. Additionally, the Audio Extraction Tool can be used as a supplementary Free Audio Converter.

MP3Tag is as the name implies, a Free Portable Mp3 Tag Editor. The Universal Tag Editor can be used to edit metadata of common audio formats, supporting ID3v1, ID3v2.3, ID3v2.4, iTunes MP4, WMA, Vorbis Comments and APE Tags. Mp3Tag can rename files based on the tag information, replace characters or words in tags and filenames, import/export tag information, create playlists and much more.

1by1 is a tiny, powerful and fast portable audio player that provides a simple and smart environment with which to manage and play tracks from your music collection. It is super simple, it eliminates the need for a database or playlist to play your music.

File Blender is a versatile and portable free media converter. This command line wrapper allows users to effortlessly convert media files across various formats, making it a valuable tool for handling media conversion tasks. Additionally, the free media conversion tool offers the ability to split or join PDF and TIFF files, as well as encrypt and decrypt files for enhanced security. Its lightweight and portable nature make it an essential tool for professionals and casual users alike.

X2X Free Video Flip and Rotate was a free utility designed to help you quickly rotate or flip video clips. Whether your video was recorded sideways on a phone or you need to mirror a clip horizontally or vertically, this tool provides an easy way to correct orientation and save the result as a standard MP4 video that can be played in your favorite media player.

Although the original author appears to have abandoned development, this standalone freeware remains useful for simple video rotation tasks when other tools aren’t available.