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TubeMaster++ Review | Free to Download Video & Audio Conversion Software With Additional Video & Music Search

RobM — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:23:45 +0000

TubeMaster++ is software for capturing video files to your computer and converting them to different video or audio formats. It includes a video and music search feature as well.

What is TubeMaster

TubeMaster++, available for PC, Linux and Mac, is a free downloadable video conversion software that includes search engines for video and audio. Goofy name, but an impressive variety of features for a free product.

It can capture multimedia files from your internet browser, or you can drag and import files you want to convert. Files can be saved on your PC or converted to other video or audio formats (such as AVI, MPEG, MP3, MP4, IPod, PSP, etc.)

Giving it a Spin…

I downloaded TubeMaster and gave it a try, and was impressed by how well this worked. The software is built around three primary components: media capture/conversion, video search and MP3 search. The audio/video search features in an of themselves are impressive features.

The media capture allows you to click and drag in media that you’d like to convert, while the video and MP3 search features offer robust search engines for finding video and audio. I was impressed by the speed this software returned results for my queries.

Running Some Video Conversion

I was able to use TubeMaster++ to convert films to different formats, then preview them with TubeMaster++. From my own observation, these all converted without a hitch and played fine for me.

TubeMaster++ can convert a number of files at the same time, and lets you preview the video in a smaller popup window in the application.

Video Searches

The Video Search feature is a decent one, and offers basically a no-frills search engine that can perform a global video search across a number of different sources (e.g. YouTube, DailyMotion, and dozens of others) and presents the results back on the screen.

The video results display the video title, length, category and even the source. Scrolling through the results and making a selection, you can then kick off any video which launches in your default browser.

Music Searching too

The Music Search also works in much the same way as the Video Search, and a few of the searches that I ran brought back a number of results.

Once you’ve found a song that you want, you can select the download option to bring it into the TubeMaster++ tool for conversion.

What Reviews Say About the TubeMaster

Most of the reviews that I found for TubeMaster++ were favorable. Freewaregenius noted some of the positives of this software, including how it can be launched independently wihout having to install itself as an extension of your browser.

CNET’s editors were a little more harsh, pointing out some issues with the interface and application instability. They also noted, and I’d agree, that the documentation/tutorials could have been a little more comprehensive.

TubeMaster++

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Any Video Converter 2.67 Review | Downloadable Conversion Freeware for AVI, MPG, & YouTube Flash Formats

RobM — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:14:57 +0000

Any Video Converter is Freeware that allows you to convert video clips of various format into numerous video output formats.

What Any Video Converter Does

As far as freeware goes, Any Video Converter (AVC) does a decent job of quickly converting video files between different formats. From my own tests the conversion results were satisfactory.

In addition to just conversion, the software can also clip segments and merge or sort them to make new movie clips, in addition to trimming frame sizes of videos.

Install and Getting Started

Download and install when quickly, and one of the nice things about AVC is that, as freeware, I wasn’t bombarded with ads as soon as the application started. In fact, it started right up and I could go right to work selecting a file and converting it.

Having started the app on my desktop, I was impressed that the converter had no problems running even with other apps running on my PC at the same time. I selected a VOB format file and opened this, then selected ‘Convert’.

AVC went to work with the conversion, and after a few minutes had rendered a new conversion of the file. I experimented with different format conversions and each of them seemed fine for me.

The Professional Version

While working with AVC, I learned that if you want to rip DVD movies, or need additional output formats, such as iPod, Zune, PSP, etc, that I would need to upgrade to the Professional Version. But considering that there are many free options, this is fine with me.

AVC can convert video formats such as:

avi
asf
mov
rm
rmvb
flv
mkv
mpg
3gp
m4v
vob

YouTube videos can be imported and converted as well.

Output formats include:

avi
mp4
wmv
swf
flv
mkv
mpeg-1 and mpeg-2
mpg (PAL or NTSC)
mp3
wma
ogg
aac
wave
m4a

Video Example of the Any Video Converter in Action

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Xilisoft DVD Ripper Platinum | Downloadable Audio & Video Converter Software

RobM — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:32:03 +0000

The Xilisoft DVD Ripper Platinum is a quick and easy-to-use DVD converter software. It allows you to easily burn DVDs into some of the most of the popular video and audio formats.

Features of the Xilisoft DVD Ripper

Xilisoft DVD Ripper Platinum includes functions for both DVD Ripping and DVD Audio Ripping. Following are some of the video and audio formats supported:

Video conversion formats include:

AVI
MPEG
WMV
DivX
RM
MOV
MP4
3GP
3G2
Xvid
ASF
etc.,

Audio conversion formats include:

MP3
WAV
WMA
AAC
AC3
M4A
MP2
OGG
etc.

To me this is an impressive number of formats, and covers most all of the formats that I’d have converted for my own use. Another plus is allowing for adjustable output sizes, since these files can get pretty large and take up a good chunk of hard drive space.

Other Additional Features

The Xilisoft DVD Ripper auto-detects the CPU of your PC, so the ripping will be done at the optimal speed. It also supports the auto-splitting of output file into several files, so that it can fit to a CD-R or other device.

Xilisoft DVD Ripper In Action

User Reviews for the Xilisoft DVD Ripper

Softpedia reviews were fairly positive for the Xilisoft Ripper, noting the ease of usage and it’s ability to rip material.

Amazon reviewers were mixed: some praised the Xilisoft Ripper as being worth the price and working as expected, while some cited negatives in terms of how slow it performed, and also noted some poor customer service experiences.

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