Codecs

Contains most codecs + tools and BS-player

• KazaaLite Codec Pack 2.27 ( full, standard, basic )

Tools:

• Ripping DVDs:DVD decrypter
• Encoding:FlaskMPEG
• Editing:VirtualDub

More codecs and tools:

• Doom9.net - The definitive DVD backup resource

Converting WMV to AVI:

Can be fairly complicated if you follow this kind of stuff. A straightforward method:

• convert wmv to mpeg with the freeware version of TPMGEnc
• convert mpeg to xvid of divx with VirtualDub