Convert Video Files with AVS Video Converter

Disclaimer: This is a paid review ordered by AVS. Even though the company has paid for the review, our views are still our own and we are allowed to be negative if we want to! Besides, somebody has to pay the bills around here for the wild Make Use Of parties. Beer and girls don’t come cheap these days!

Now that I have a new shiny 580GB computer, I am starting to back up my DVD’s on the PC. Not that I am planning to share them online in any way (God forbid!) but instead the DVD’s are getting a little worn from over-use and a backup copy is always a good idea. But you need a good conversion program to ensure you have the best possible quality while watching Angelina Jolie in Tomb Raider. AVS Video Converter is one of those programs you should consider if you are planning to back up your video files.

But we should first point out that AVS Video Converter is not free. However if you decide to buy it, you will get free access to all the other software on their website. So we figured it was a worthwhile deal to profile them on Make Use Of.

So let’s take a look at some of the features that AVS Video Converter offers. A complete overview is available here but let’s briefly look at what I think are the best features.

• You can first of all convert DVD disks to digital computer files in formats such as “avi”, “mp4″ (the iPod format), MPEG, MOV (Apple), Windows Media Player, Real Player and Shockwave Flash. You can see the different options in the screenshot above. It’s as simple as pointing AVS to the DVD in your computer DVD drive, specifying a folder where the converted digital file needs to go, choosing your file format then pressing the convert button. Easy.

• Next, you can turn computer digital video files into DVD’s. Perhaps you have downloaded the contents of your camcorder to your computer? You can use AVS Video Converter to make DVD’s which you can play on the television. You can even make DVD menus!

• Make flash / Real / WMV videos for your website.

• Save the audio stream as an audio file (maybe to make your own audio book?) and save single frames as image files.

• Enhance your movies! Convert video & delete unwanted parts. Split and join video files. Rotate, add titles and credits, apply more than 50 audio and video effects to your movies. This is the part that got my girlfriend’s father really interested (he is a big fan of amateur film-making and movie special effects).

On the whole I found the program extremely easy to use and it produced efficient and high quality results. The price may be a little on the steep side but I still think that if you are involved a great deal in editing / producing video, or if you want to backup an extensive DVD collection then AVS Video Converter is worth a very serious look. And most importantly, by purchasing AVS Video Converter you automatically get access to almost 30 other video /audio tools.

For simpler free video conversion possibilities, here are a few links that you might want to consider :

• 18 Online Tools to Edit, Mix and Enhance your Videos
• Top Online File Converters (Video, Audio, Images, Docs, Archives)
• 18 Free Ways To Download Any Video off the Internet
• Movavi: Free Online Video Converter
• FullPix: Free Video Encoding Software
• Media-Convert

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