Audials 10 9.0.57913.1300

CNET Editors' review

by: CNET staff on February 11, 2010

Audials One is a smooth audio and video downloading tool that doesn't deliver as much as it advertises, but what it does provide performs well.

The program's interface is intuitive to operate, thanks to its sleek color scheme and organization, and looks like it was designed by a high-dollar programmer. We never needed the Help file since things felt so intuitive. Audials One essentially functions as a search engine that sucks up all free instances of music and video on the Web. Typing in an artist's name or song title showed each result and its source, which were mostly YouTube and MySpace. Saving them as WMVs or MP3s took a little longer than we liked but resulted in high-quality files. However, it's surprising that you can't download entire movies as the product description indicates. One positive surprise was the program's built-in conversion feature, which takes any video or music in your collection and converts its file type effortlessly. Overall, this was a great way to find free music, but not helpful for tracking down free movies.

Audials One has a five-day trial period. Though it didn't fully live up to its expectations, we were pleased with its music-finding functionality and still recommend it.

Publisher's Description

From Audials AG:

Locate, Record, Download, Convert & Enjoy Music, Movies, Videos & Radio Stations. Music Database with 10,000,000 Songs & Internet Radio Recorder with 60,000 Radio Stations Enter the genre, artist, album/sampler name or title & Audials One hooks you up with music legally from Internet radio stations or by searching websites directly. Audials One can also record any audio stream right from your browser & save the files as individually tagged MP3 files. The world's largest radio database. With Audials, a button appears next to videos & films in any browser or stream player giving you recordings with just a click. Simply click the button & Audials automatically saves the video. Audials also records movies from online movie stores, media centers or video streams & saves these files in the desired file format for all of your playback devices automatically. Audials One optimally converts music, audiobooks, videos & movies with preconfigured format profiles for your PC, notebook, Smartphone, Tablet, Netbook, PS3, Xbox & all other portable devices. Audio Formats: WMA, M4P/ M4B, MP3, MP2, WMA, WMA Pro, OGG, AAC, OGG, MPEG-4 AAC, WAV, FLAC, AIFF, AC3, AU. Video Formats: WMV, M4V, MP4(MPEG4), TS, MKV, MPEG, MPG, AVI, MOV, FLV, H.264, XVID, DIVX, 3ivx, DV. No matter where you are or which device you use, Audials hooks you up w/the best entertainment. By using your smartphone or any internet-capable device Audials lets you enjoy your media anywhere straight from the clouds. Internet radio player, play podcasts, playlists, videos or movies. Audials One automatically finishes off recorded or preexisting music files with ID3-tags, album covers & song lyrics, & helps you sort your collection.

What's new in this version: Version 9.0.57913.1300 actualizes database of artists, songs and radios; improves Streaming Recorder; features new converter for TS and MKV files; improves Music TV, Cloud-Manager.