[freeware collection] video, audio converter

Quick Media Converter
http://www.cocoonsoftware.com/

Quick Media Converter is a powerful freeware video converter that handles all current formats such as FLV, AVI, DIVX, XVID, MPEG 1-4, iPod/iPhone, Real Media, and M4A. In addition, this whale of a free video converter allows you to record videos from your DV camera or webcam in the classic AVI format and convert the file to any format you need.

Quick Media Converter has two modes. The Easy Mode gives you quick access to all conversion options available in an all-in-one interface. Once you have your video file or folder loaded, just click the file that you want to convert and select the conversion format that suits you. The Expert Mode is less intuitive but it gives you full control of video conversion options like codec rendering, aspect, bitrate, FPS, audio synchronization, and recording volume.

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Super Video Converter
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multime...ed/SUPER.shtml

Super fits the bill for a simple, no-frills interface that converts videos on the go. Super is actually a shell for different command line conversion scripts. Super handles a large number of video formats like 3GP and 3G2 for mobile phones, ASF, DIVX AVI, MOV, MPEG, flash video, real media, PSP video, and more. Super also handles audio conversion for those who want to extract their videos and rip the audio out for easy listening. Super handles large files quickly, and you can find the settings easily making it convenient for users to set their options and start converting.

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Any Video Converter
http://www.any-video-converter.com/p...or_video_free/

Any Video Converter is perfect for your younger mother/ brothers/sisters who do not want to be bothered with the myriad of options and just want a fast solution that gets the job done while looking good doing it. The converter handles all popular video files with batch-convert and user-defined options. Any Video Converter also has a dumbed-down interface to make video conversion as simple as possible, although it can handle advanced video conversions if you tinker behind the interface and experiment with options.

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MediaCoder
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multime...diaCoder.shtml

Mediacoder is an open source video converter which works on a large variety of formats. New features, conversion options, and conversions formats are constantly being added to support newly-released devices. Mediacoder dubs itself as the “swiss army knife for media transcoding”… simple, quick, and does everything that it is asked. Mediacoder gives straightforward tools that you won’t easily find in other converters like video compression, extracting audio from video files, and repairing corrupted or partially downloaded video files.

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Format Factory
http://www.formatoz.com/

This full-featured converter allows conversion to and from popular formats including video formats for PSP, iPhone, and other video formats. The conversion options are easy to find within the interface and you can even perform batch conversion options for mobile video, pictures, audio, DVD videos, and more.

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Freemake Video Converter
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multime...onverter.shtml

Freemake Video Converter is a handy, easy to use video converter designed to enable you to import videos from different sources, photos, music, DVD and convert them to AVI, MP4, WMV, DVD, 3GP, MP3, YouTube. Convert videos to devices: iPod, iPhone, iPad, PSP, Blackberry, Xbox, Apple TV. Rip and burn DVD.

This tool is equally intended for advanced and inexperienced users due to its ergonomic and friendly interface that will guide you during the whole process. You just have to add input files, choose the output format and click "Convert"! Enjoy speedy and high-quality conversion!

XMedia Recode
http://www.xmedia-recode.de/

XMedia Recode can convert almost all known audio and video formats, including 3GP, 3GPP, 3GPP2, AAC, AC3, AMR, ASF, AVI, AVISynth, DVD, FLAC, FLV, H.261, H.263, H.264, M4A , m1v, M2V, M4V, Matroska (MKV), MMF, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, TS, TRP, MP2, MP3, MP4, MP4V, MOV, OGG, PSP, (S) VCD, SWF , VOB, WAV, WMA and WMV.

XMedia Recode can only convert unprotected DVDs.

XMedia Recode converts: 3GP to AVI, 3GP to FLV, AC3 to MP3, AC3 to WAV, ASF to 3GP, ASF to FLV, ASF to MP4, AVI to FLV, AVI to 3GP, FLAC to MP3, FLAC to WMA, FLV into 3GP, FLV to Mp3, DVD to 3GP, DVD to AC3, DVD to AVI, DVD to MP3, DVD to MP4, DVD to MOV, DVD to SVCD, DVD to VCD, DVD to WMV, OGG to MP3, OGG to WMA, MPEG to AVI, MP2 to MP3, MP4 to FLV, MP4 to AVI, M4P to MP3, MOV to 3GP, MOV to AVI, MOV to FLV, WMA to MP3, WMV to FLV, WAV to MP3

To use the DivX codec, you need to have the DivX codec installed.

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HandBrake (video only)
http://handbrake.fr/

There's an old proverb in the video encoding world: "Speed, size, quality: pick two." It means that you always have to make a trade-off between the time it takes to encode a video, the amount of compression used and the picture quality. Well, HandBrake accepts no compromise. It picks all three.

HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multithreaded, multiplatform DVD to MPEG-4 converter.

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iWisoft Free Video Converter
http://www.easy-video-converter.com/

iWisoft Free Video Converter can fast convert videos between all popular formats like AVI, MPEG, WMV, DivX, XviD, MP4, H.264/AVC, AVCHD, FLV, MKV, RM, MOV, 3GP, and audio MP3, WMA, WAV, RA, M4A, AAC, AC3, OGG. Directly convert video for playback on your PSP, iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, PS3, Xbox, Zune, Creative Zen, Archos and other digital multimedia devices.

The video converter also has powerful video editing functions including crop, trim, merge, adding watermark and special effects. And it's totally free!

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Motion Man Video Conversion
http://blinksolution.com/projects/motion-man/

Motion Man is an award winning, open-source video conversion tool that converts videos between multiple file formats such as AVI, MOV, FLV, MPEG, VOB, WMV, RM, MKV, etc. It is a free software released under the GNU GPL License Version 3. In addition, Motion Man allows the user to burn files directly without the need for any third-party burners.

Motion Man has a simple, easy-to-use interface and an integrated media player with basic playback controls. It also provides useful information at the time of video conversion such as video codec, video resolution, FPS, video bit-rate, audio bit-rate and more.

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Umile Encoder
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multime...-Encoder.shtml

Umile Encoder is a small, easy-to-use application specially designed to offer you a multimedia format conversion program.

The program supports devices like: PSP, PS3, iPod, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Google phones, Blackberry and other digital multimedia devices.

This application offers support for video and audio formats, like MPEG-4, AVI, H.264, DivX, XviD, FLV, MOV, 3GP, WMV, MP3, AAC, AC3. This program provides the user-friendly interface that enables you to convert various file format with ease.

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FFCoder
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multime.../FFCoder.shtml

The FFCoder application was designed to be a .NET based audio / video converter, which is capable of transcoding audio and video files to various formats.

K-Lite Video Conversion Pack
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multime...ion-Pack.shtml

The K-Lite Video Conversion Pack includes the following applications:
Avidemux
ImgBurn
DVDStyler

Avidemux is a very powerful tool for editing video files. It supports almost every type of video file as input. It can do lots of things: cut, remux, convert, etc. It contains its own decoders and encoders for all common audio and video formats, so it does not need any codecs.

ImgBurn is a tool for burning DVDs.

DVDStyler is a basic DVD authoring tool. With this you can create your own video DVD, complete with a custom menu.

Converting an AVI file to DVD:
1) Use Avidemux to convert your file into a DVD compatible format:
MPEG-2 video, AC3 audio, MPEG-PS container format

2) Drag&drop the converted file(s) into DVDStyler and create a custom menu. For example just a simple button to start the movie. Select the "Burn DVD..." option in the menu to generate an ISO file.

3) Burn the resulting ISO file with ImgBurn.

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