Any Video Converter Pro Reviewer's Comments
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Introducing “TopTenREVEIWS Silver Award” winning video converter software, a simple program that does exactly what it is designed to do and does it well. Any Video Converter Professional isn’t the largest or most comprehensive video converter software we evaluated, but what it lacked in features and output selections it made up for in simplicity and efficiency.
Anyone with a PC, iPod or Windows based media device could benefit from Any Video Converter Professional. Its main purpose is to convert videos downloaded on your computer to compatible formats for your MP3 or portable media player. Any Video Converter Pro also includes a simple tool to import videos directly from YouTube.
It was a close race between the #1 product, AVS Video Tools, and Any Video Converter Pro. Although Any Video Converter Pro is slightly easier to use and the YouTube download tool is great, the software’s minimal selection of output options kept it out of the top spot.
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Input Files:
Any Video Converter Pro includes one of the most comprehensive lists of input files we reviewed and is one of the few products we evaluated that received a perfect score in this category. You can convert almost any video file imaginable including WMV (Windows Media Video), AVI (with Xvid and DivX codecs) MPEG 1 and 2, MOV (QuickTime), MP4 (iPod and PSP), RM (RealMedia) and more.
Any Video Converter Professional is also one of the few applications that had absolutely no problem converting FLV (Flash Videos) that were already downloaded to our hard drive or imported directly from a YouTube URL.
Although we gave Any Video Converter a full score for its input files, we are disappointed that it is unable to convert audio files.Output Files:
Any Video Converter’s output files is its double edge sword. Although it doesn’t offer a wide variety of output options it includes all the basics associated with most popular media players, specifically iPod and Zune.
It also includes options for AVI with Xvid or MPEG codecs and WMV with Windows Media 8 and 9 codecs. Additionally, you can adjust your video size to fit your whole computer screen, or a 2.5 inch media player screen.
Since there are no media players that will exclusively play MOV, RM or VOB files, these options were excluded as outputs. Additionally, you cannot adjust your video output size when you select to convert to iPod. Because the software does not output to MOV QuickTime and you are limited in adjusting the video dimensions on the MP4 selection, we would not suggest this software to Mac users.Features:
One of our favorite features included with Any Video Converter is the YouTube import tool. You simply find a video that you like on YouTube or Google video, copy the URL and paste it into Any Video Converter’s application. Within moments you have some of the funniest videos on the Internet formated for your portable player.
With the help of third-party decrypter, you can copy files directly off your DVDs; however, Any Video Converter is unable to combine all the files to one large movie file on your media player. Therefore, you would be watching movies in sections or chapters. We would only suggest converting short clips or specific scenes.
Some output selections you can customize more than others specifically WMV and AVI. With each video file you select to convert, Any Video Converter allows you to adjust start and stop times, video and audio codecs, video and audio bitrates, sample rate and framerate. However, unlike some of our other products, Any Video Converter doesn’t have the ability to edit or adjust your video’s brightness or contrast.
Some features we would like to see Any Video Converter add in future versions include editing tools and the ability to merge multiple files into one large file.Ease of Use:
We had no problems using Any Video Converter. All of your output options are clearly labeled in the upper right-hand corner and when you import files it will only display those that are compatible.
The interface is intuitive, all of your previous conversions are filtered and saved in specific folders located on the left side of the screen, those conversions are also filed into specific default folders in your “Documents” section on your computer.
What we really like about Any Video Converter is all the features and options you really need are located directly on screen. All advanced features are located in the lower right-hand side of the screen and are easily adjusted using drop down boxes.Help and Support:
Any Video Converter includes an in-program help manual, a short tutorial guide online and email support. Although there wasn’t anything extremely impressive about Any Video Converter’s help, most of our questions were answered using the help manual and our emails were answered in about a day. In the future, we would like to see a more comprehensive help section located online including FAQs and supplemental help manual.
Summary:
Any Video Converter is a powerful little program that achieves what it sets out to do: convert several different file types into formats compatible with your favorite media players. And although it doesn’t play audio files, for the price, novice users can’t go wrong.
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