bondbill2k2 Posted February 1, 2012 Posted February 1, 2012 Does anyone here use any free software to resize videos as some are getting rather large file sizes! I'd like the ability to do a folder at a time, I would use handbrake but the videos are to be used in powerpoint and handbrake only exports to .mp4 and mkv formats
round2it Posted February 1, 2012 Posted February 1, 2012 anvsoft any video converter free it does batch processing to wmv and other formats you can select the screen size required. Video Converter Freeware - Any Video Converter Free Version - convert video to any formats, avi to MPEG, avi to MP4, flv to MPG
bondbill2k2 Posted February 1, 2012 Author Posted February 1, 2012 Any video converter crashs on around 45% on any video!
jamesreedersmith Posted February 1, 2012 Posted February 1, 2012 Any Video Converter Works perfectly for me on all videos and always has - make sure you have full permissions to the output directory.
RichCowell Posted February 1, 2012 Posted February 1, 2012 I got fed up with the various free ones, they just weren't powerful or reliable enough, so had to splash out on Xilisoft Video Converter - which I'd been using at home for a while... IMO it's the best video converter out there, and well worth the cost... Video Converter: Convert video, AVI MPEG WMV MP4 MKV video converter
round2it Posted February 1, 2012 Posted February 1, 2012 +1 for xilsoft stuff (only thing for me was it was slower than anvsofts)
Dos_Box Posted February 1, 2012 Posted February 1, 2012 Super convertor can do batch jobs: SUPER © - Media File Converter, Media File Encoder, Video Player, Audio Player, Media Player and convert pretty much anything into anything else. I'll save you the trouble of trying to locate the download link though (the software is far better than their web design skills!) and just point you here: http://erightsoft.podzone.net/GetFile.php?SUPERsetup.exe
6Foot2 Posted February 1, 2012 Posted February 1, 2012 Our staff and students use Format Factory: Link: Format Factory It is a portable program and so we are running it from a central server based share at the moment [i will be deploying it to individual workstations at a later date] We have had no complaints since we started using it. 2
bondbill2k2 Posted February 2, 2012 Author Posted February 2, 2012 Our staff and students use Format Factory: Link: Format Factory It is a portable program and so we are running it from a central server based share at the moment [i will be deploying it to individual workstations at a later date] We have had no complaints since we started using it. Great bit of software for all formats videos images audio etc...... Now on network, teachers and students finding it nice and easy too
round2it Posted February 3, 2012 Posted February 3, 2012 Thanks for the heads up on Format Factory it is just what i was after for creating swf files from videos Thanks Given
clint0n Posted March 14, 2012 Posted March 14, 2012 Does anyone know if the anyvideo converter "freeware" licensing allows it to be used in schools or would we require a license/permission?
adhutton Posted March 14, 2012 Posted March 14, 2012 (edited) WinFF does batch jobs and is freeware (I think). We use it all the time - it is good. WinFF - Free Video Converter Andrew PS: It works good on Windows 7 as well. Edited March 14, 2012 by adhutton
tigerstar Posted March 14, 2012 Posted March 14, 2012 I've been using Freemake Video Converter lately - it's fast (it can use GPU acceleration during conversion), supports lots of formats, and can even download and convert from YouTube and other video sites within the program. The only thing to watch out for is that it tries to install some useless "smilies" toolbar and homepage during setup, but you can uncheck that.
3s-gtech Posted March 14, 2012 Posted March 14, 2012 Another vote for Format Factory - I was really impressed with this for an ad-supported piece of software (not intrusive ads!) I used it to convert some .MTS files from our HD camcorders so that Windows DVD Maker could use them, it worked like a charm, and the output options are extremely flexible..
link470 Posted March 15, 2012 Posted March 15, 2012 (edited) I haven't seen it mentioned here yet so I'll toss out what I use! I'm a huge fan of KoyoteSoft's Free HD Converter, and Free Video Converter. Their software is 100% free! I use Free HD Converter for transcoding those AVCHD files that come in .MTS and .M2TS formats off of modern HD consumer cameras that use a highly compressed HD codec for storing the video. Free HD Converter easily makes these something that almost any video editing platform can use. This is how I batch convert all my consumer HD footage and the digital media lab at the high school uses this so they can import their footage into Premiere Pro. I use Free Video Converter for everything else, and this is probably the one you'll want. If you import the videos that you want to convert and then click on one of the videos in the list, it will even tell you the resolution, audio bitrate, frame rate, and a few other useful pieces of info about the source up in the top right so you can correctly match the destination format options below and just change the format. Hope that helps! Edited March 15, 2012 by link470 1
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