I always thought I would never need a video converter software – until last week. I had to convert a DVD (a home video) for my iPod because my laptop with the original files crashed! Two of my friends needed a video converter because they joined an online class and couldn’t access the classwork videos with the software they had on their computers. Then, another friend asked me to recommend a converter since he wanted to upload some files to a video sharing site and had recorded the videos in the wrong format. Since I’m the resident expert for all things online, I was given the honour(!!!) of finding the right kind of software for all of us.
So, I spent a large part of the weekend just downloading all kinds of video converters and testing them out. I was amazed to see the number of converters available online but I ended up uninstalling almost every single one of them. Most of them had really shady websites and I was afraid I would end up installing a virus or malware along with the software. From the 20 odd ones that I decided to install, the user interface (UI) looked really hard to understand and one took an hour to convert the file (which didn’t work very well – not worth the wait at all). (Side Note: If you do choose to download stuff from shady sites, I strongly recommend you install a very good anti-virus/anti-spyware software and if possible, download and try the software on an old laptop).
But, I finally succeeded in this herculean task and found a really good tool – Altysoft Free Video Converter.
Even before I tested it out with any videos, there were three things that set it apart from the loads of junk software available on download sites.
- one, it has a really professional UI – very simple to use and easy to understand. Here’s what it looks like:
- two, it has it’s own website! If you had spent as much time as I did searching for these converters, you would be as happy as I am too to find out you don’t have to go to some sleazy download site to get this software
- three, this was one software which could convert a range of video formats – most of the software I downloaded could do single conversions (WAV to MP3, DVD to MP4 etc) so it was good to see one tool that could do it all
This also came out as my top favourite for all the test videos I converted. It took less time than most and the videos didn’t come out grainy or compressed as they did in some of the other converters.
If you want to try it out too, you can download Altysoft Free Video Converter.
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