4Free Video Converter is a video conversion app that's able to handle bunches of formats for all types of devices.
Video converters - there's more of them on the market that almost any other type of software, but very few of them impress. How does 4Free Video Converter hold up against accepted leaders, like
Format Factory and GOM Video Converter? Well, in short, 4Free Video Converter is good, but not great, like a good many of its contemporaries.
For a start, 4Free Video Converter is ugly. Really ugly. Whoever decided that sludge green made a good interface color was wrong - and there's no option to change it! That said, the color doesn't impact on the usability, so it's pretty easy to load videos up, decide where to save them, and pick the format you want to convert to.
The good thing about picking a format is that 4Free Video Converter has all of the options nicely arranged by both format and device compatibility, which makes it easier to choose. It also allows you to customize formats for your own specifications, but this feature seemed buggy, didn't always work, and wouldn't let us save any presets for future use.
On the upside, 4Free Video Converter does allow you to convert batches of videos, but it doesn't have an automatic shutdown feature, so you'll have to wait until they're finished before you go to bed. Also bear in mind that although it's called "4Free" Video Converter, this is a limited "freemium" app, and so some of the features you can see on the interface are not actually available.
4Free Video Converter - it's good, but not great, and misses all the nice touches that make the perfect conversion app.
4Free Video Converter supports the following formats
Video Format: AVI, MPEG, WMV, MP4, FLV, MKV, H.264/MPEG-4, DivX, XviD, MOV, M4V, VOB, ASF, 3GP, 3G2, SWF, H.261, H.264, DV, DIF, MJPG, MJPEG, DVR-MS, NUT, QT, YUV, DAT, MPV, NSV
AVCHD Video (*.mts, *.m2ts), H.264/MPEG-4 AVC (*.mp4), MPEG2 HD Video (*.mpg; *.mpeg), MPEG-4 TS HD Video (*.ts), MPEG-2 TS HD Video (*.ts), Quick Time HD Video (*.mov), WMV HD Video (*.xwmv), Audio-Video Interleaved HD Video (*.avi)
Audio Format: MP3, WMA, AAC, WAV, CDA, OGG, FLAC, APE, CUE, M4A, RA, RAM, AC3, MP2, AIFF, AU, MPA, SUN AU Format
Review last updated: 14/06/12
Pros
Good selection of formats
Basic editing features
Pause conversions
Cons
Inexcusably ugly interface
A little buggy
Some features not available in this version
"Convert video to my new iPhone 5"
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usability10
Stability10
Installation10
Functionality10
Appearance10
Really love 4Free Video Converter.I just got the new iPhone 5 and want to convert some YouTube videos to enjoy on iPhone 5 when I'm on holiday. 4Free Video Converter is really perfect, it can convert videos for iPhone 5 supported video and audio formats quickly.
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