Cyberduck is an open source client for FTP and SFTP, and is available for Mac OS X and Windows. It supports secure transfers as well as directory synchronization. The user interacts with the user interface, including file transfer by drag and drop and notifications via Growl. It is also able to open some files in external text editors. Cyberduck includes a bookmark manager and supports Apple’s Keychain and Bonjour networking.
FileZilla is free, cross-platform FTP application software, consisting of FileZilla Client and FileZilla Server. It is available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. It features an easy to use two-sided interface, one side being the local file system and the other being the server. Users can drag and drop files between the two. Filezilla can also save profiles for connections you frequently use.
It supports FTP, SFTP, and FTPS (FTP overSSL/TLS). Support for SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol) is not implemented in FileZilla Server.
VLC media player (commonly known as VLC) is a portable, free and open-source, cross-platform media player and streaming media server written by the VideoLAN project.
VLC media player supports many audio and video compression methods and file formats, including DVD-Video, video CD and streaming protocols. It is able to stream media over computer networks and to transcode multimedia files.
The default distribution of VLC includes a large number of free decoding and encoding libraries, avoiding the need for finding/calibrating proprietary plugins. It also gained distinction as the first player to support playback of encrypted DVDs on Linux and OS X.