Superheroes

Projects without which BDHero would not be possible:

CinemaSquid BDInfo: Blu-ray analysis tool
FFmpeg: Cross-platform audio/video converter
MKVToolNix: Cross-platform tool suite for the Matroska media container format (MKV)

Inspiration

Tools that helped guide the features and interface of BDHero:

HandBrake: Cross-platform video transcoder
VidCoder: HandBrake-based video transcoder for Windows
tsMuxeR: Abandoned MPEG Transport Stream and Matroska muxer
MakeMKV: Cross-platform Blu-ray™/DVD to MKV muxer

Databases

Open community-driven databases used by BDHero:

TMDb (API reference): Movie database
TVDB (API reference): TV show database
ChapterDb: Blu-ray and DVD chapter database

Libraries and Frameworks

Projects that make programming more enjoyable:

Ninject: Dependency Injection IoC container
Apache log4net: Logging framework
Newtonsoft Json.NET: JSON serializer/deserializer
RestSharp: Simple REST and HTTP API client
WatTMDb: Wrapper for the TMDb API

Development Tools

The best of the best of the best, sir!

Git: Blazing fast cross-platform distributed version control system (VCS)
Microsoft Visual Studio 2013
JetBrains ReSharper 8: Code inspection, automated code refactoring, blazing fast navigation, and coding assistance
Inno Setup: Fast, free setup builder for Windows
BitRock InstallBuilder 8 Enterprise: Cross-platform installer (free for open source projects!)
7-Zip: Free file archiver with superior compression ratios

FOSS Development Utilities

MediaInfo: Displays detailed technical information about media containers, tracks, and codecs (cross-platform)
MPC-HC: Extremely light-weight open source media player (Windows only)
Process Explorer: Displays detailed technical information about Windows processes
Link Shell Extension: Windows shell extension that provides drag-and-drop symbolic linking (symlink)

Non-Free Development Utilities

RegexBuddy: The best regular expression testing tool on the planet (Windows only)
PowerGREP: Powerful regular expression file search-and-replace tool (Windows only)

Hosting

GitHub: Centralized Git repository with integrated issue tracker
Amazon Web Services: Virtual private servers (VPS), content delivery network (CDN), and domain name system (DNS) authority