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Freemake Video Converter is an application mainly for converting video files to other formats, but offers other converting and downloading features as well.
This application is a worthwhile download. The layout is very simple, making it easy to understand how to use it. Freemake offers a row of media buttons at the top and bottom of the window, which are labeled clearly and are simple to use. It is very easy to navigate the various steps required to convert videos and audio as well as download videos and audio from the Internet. The waiting time varies from one conversion job to the next, depending on the size and type. Converting a t3-minute audio file to MP3 can be done in less than a minute, while converting a 15-minute video to WMV can take over an hour and a half.
The program's Help pages are very good. The tutorials come with a short video as well as images which are very easy to understand. There seem to be a lot of hidden gems in this converter as well, such as a few editing features for videos and the ability to add subtitles to your videos when you rip them from your DVDs. You can also convert photos and have plenty of conversion options.
Freemake Video Converter - Convert video between 250+ video formats and 100+ devices - Download Video Previews:Publisher's Description
From Freemake:
Freemake Video Converter is an video tool that converts virtually any video file : H.264, AVI, MP4, MKV, WMV, MPG, 3GP, SWF, FLV, TOD, AVCHD, MOV, QT, TS, MTS, OGG, WebM and more. Freemake Video Converter allows downloading and converting YouTube, Facebook, or Vimeo videos by a quick copy/paste of video URL. Freemake Video Converter rips and re-encodes DVD's to any number of formats, including MPEG2, MP4, WMV, MKV, AVI, and SWF. It has a number of presets that allow you to encode a movie for any number of devices, from an iPhone to PS3 and Android devices. Freemake Video Converter allows quickly creating photo slideshows and uploading them or MP3 to YouTube. Due to the advanced preset editor, you can customize conversion parameters and create your own presets. The program takes advantage of NVIDIA's Cuda and DirectX Video Acceleration technologies to route the encoding work to graphics cards thus delivering more efficient conversion.
What's new in this version: main bug fixes
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3.5 starsout of 15 votes
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"You get to raise worms & horses (Trojans...)"
Version: Freemake Video Converter 3.0.2.12
Pros
The comments on Cnet
Cons
Installs by default 'End Animal Cruelty' toolbar and that's only the beginning of the cruelty you experience by a variety of pests such as worms and Trojans
Summary
I got all exited by what I read here, while installing I wished this may put an end to incompatibility of videos from my various recording phones & compact/video cameras however....
It also swapped my default search engine (for typing a search term in the address bar) from Google to Bing. Even the restoring to a previous restore point haven't reversed this.
I was surprised to see my browser shut down but thought it's just a resource-intensive installation... OK. As the program launchd it relaunched the browser too and.... I had another toolbar full of emoticons and game links. OK, let's remove it, I thought.
Start>Programs>Freemake>Uninstall.... a popup window alerts that an unknown program wants to access your computer ??? Never seen this on removal before... OK, let's try it differently
I go to Control Panel> Add/Remove Programs> We-Care (the 'End Animal Cruelty' toolbar)> Uninstall... A popup 'The uninstaller for this program can not be accessed'... Hmmm... If they don't provide their own uninstaller, lets try another way.
I go to CCleaner application>Tools>Uninstall.... same popup.
Now, with installing with no consent and making impossible to remove I was ready to remove the Video Converter application as well... something just feels wrong about this Freebee.
I ended up restoring my computer (Safe mode> Repair your computer > Restore...)to an earlier date.
Yet even after rebooting post-restoration the computer froze so hard even the courser stalled for long minutes untill I shutdwn by the power button and relaunched in Safe Mode with Networking, in which I now write this report.
Stay away... I wasted an hour as a pro user, could mean much more downtime and resource guzzling pest running in the background for beginners.
Updated on Aug 8, 2012 -
"Very simple with a clean design"
Version: Freemake Video Converter 3.0.2.12
Pros
It's easy to use and free. It does exactly what the description says.
Cons
None so far.
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"It did what is said it would. Good program."
Version: Freemake Video Converter 3.0.2.12
Pros
Easy to get started. No problem setting quality parameters and destination folder, etc.
Cons
None as long as you don't need anything more than a standard converter.
Summary
This is so good, I may upgrade to the paid version.
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"Effective and easy."
Version: Freemake Video Converter 3.0.2.12
Pros
Effective
EasyCons
Browser toolbar
Summary
I downloaded, installed, and converted a 70 MB fla to wmv all in about 5 minutes.
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"Simple and Effective"
Version: Freemake Video Converter 3.0.2.12
Pros
Easy to install and use
Straight forward and effective
Does the job well and quality of conversion is very good.Cons
May have one but have not found one yet
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"A very good application!"
Version: Freemake Video Converter 3.0.2.12
Pros
didn't find any
Cons
- free
- very fast
- converts to all popular formats
- has ready presets for different portable devices, mobile phones etc
- can downloade video from YouTube
- can rip DVDsSummary
A very good application if you need to convert your video files. I liked my experience with freemake since it converted my DVD to MKV really fast and the quality was very high. The program os free and contains no ads what is really important since I don't support any kind of banners.
sorry, there is a mistake in my review
Updated on Aug 1, 2012
the pros should be:
- free
- very fast
- converts to all popular formats
- has ready presets for different portable devices, mobile phones etc
- can downloade video from YouTube
- can rip DVDs
Cons:
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"This program is AWESOME"
Version: Freemake Video Converter 3.0.2.12
Pros
Simple, user-friendly interface
Fast file conversion
Appealing layout
TOTALLY FREE!!!!!!!!!Cons
Took a while to download and install
Wish I'd found it sooner!Summary
My Canon Powershot camera saves all video files as .mov and for a five minute movie the file size is somewhere around 400mb, WAY too big to keep many videos on my computer and they take FOREVER to upload to youtube, and are just generally a complete pain in the ass. I tried about ten movie converters before this, and each one failed MISERABLY. Either the converted video wouldn't play at all, or the picture would start jerking halfway in, or the audio wouldn't sync up to the video. Also, the other programs all had TERRIBLE interfaces, and only a computer expert would know how to work them. All the other programs SUCKED but Freemake is so fast and easy it converted my MOVs to WMV in no time with virtually NO QUALITY LOSS AT ALL. I wish I'd found this a LOT sooner before I'd tried all those other P.O.S. programs.
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"Clean, beautiful, powerfull... THE BEST!"
Version: Freemake Video Converter 3.0.2.12
Pros
an optional toolbar (no problem at all if you opt out)
Cons
numerous!
1) the best tool to rip DVDs;
2) fast video conversion to H.264 codec (thanks to CUDA)
3) direct youtube upload
4) ready presets for mobiles
5) it's free and beautiful, what else?Summary
Clean, beautiful, powerfull... THE BEST!
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"Once the best freeware program around. Now,it's crap."
Version: Freemake Video Converter 3.0.2.12
Pros
It's free, so all I spend is my time --and I still feel like I'm getting ripped off.
Cons
It's a bug-filled nightmare. It crashes regularly. Make a DVD and you can almost count on a patch of it coming out broken up and pixillated.
Summary
There are too many good programs out there for me to waste any more time on this garbage.
I also love the way, when it crashes, it asks you to send an error report and asks you to submit your e-mail if you want to hear back from their experts. Don't bother. You won't hear back and the bug will never get fixed. I cannot stress this strongly enough. Freemake absolutely sucks.
Updated on Jul 6, 2012 -
"Great video converter"
Version: Freemake Video Converter 3.0.2.12
Pros
Freemake Video Converter does just what it says it does with no problems. I was having difficulty burning some video files to DVD - some of them were AVI files that shouldn't have been a problem. Other formats don't work with all video players. One swipe with Freemake is all it takes to play and burn them successfully. It's also great for resizing files to make them more manageable.
Cons
As with any software these days, you always need to be careful not to install any adware, toolbars, or other programs which slow down your system that may be piggybacking on the download.
Summary
Freemake is great for converting and managing all your video files.
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