Format Factory – freeware multifunctional media converter

 Format Factory is a multi-functional media converter, offering the following useful functions:

* Convert multiple video formats to MP4/3GP/MPG/AVI/WMV/FLV/SWF.
* Convert multiple audio formats to MP3/WMA/AMR/OGG/AAC/WAV.
* Convert multiple images formats to JPG/BMP/PNG/TIF/ICO/GIF/TGA.
* Rip DVD to video file.

* Rip Music CD to audio file.
* MP4 files support iPod/iPhone/PSP/BlackBerry format.
* Supports RMVB, Watermark, AV Mux.

Main Format Factory's Features:

1. Support converting all popular video, audio, and graphic formats to others.
2. Repair damaged video and audio files.
3. Reduce Multimedia file size.
4. Support iphone and ipod multimedia file formats.
5. Picture converting supports Zoom, Rotate/Flip, and tags.
6. DVD and CD Ripper.
7. Multi-language support (56 languages)

Softonic Review

Format Factory is a free, fully-featured, converter that enables you to convert audio, video, and even images, between the most popular formats. These include WMV, AVI, MPG, MP3, WMA, AAC, JPG, PNG, GIF, and many more. Better still, Format Factory supports media formats used by most major portable devices, including PSP and iPhone.

Format Factory is very easy to use, although it does have rather an unintuitive interface. The file browser doesn't appear until you select the target format, which is a bit weird but as long as you know this first it's no problem. You can select individual files to convert, or complete folders, and also tweak some basic conversion settings.

Format Factory isn't particularly original but what makes it really useful is that it handles images as well as audio and video. Most converters like this only handle audio and video, and adding images to the mix gives it an edge, especially considering it's free. I also like the Audio Joiner in Format Factory, which allows you to take two separate clips, join them together and then convert them. It would have been nice to have had preset profiles for mobile conversions but you can't have it all in a free app sometimes.

Format Factory is an excellent conversion tool for anyone that converts between video, audio and images on a regular basis.

OS requirements: All Windows OS

Developers’ website: http://www.formatoz.com/

Direct Download: http://www.pcfreetime.com/download/FFSetup3.2.1.0.exe

Multi-functional Media Downloader and Editor - aTube Catcher

What is aTube Catcher?

aTube Catcher is a simple freeware application for personal, private and non-commercial purposes, allowing to download videos from multiple popular video sharing sites like YouTube, XTube, Pornotube, Dailymotion, MySpace, Google, Yahoo, etc. and export to many formats (MPG, AVI, MP4, 3GP, 3G2, WMV, PSP, MOV, FLV) with the quality that you choose. For your convenience, the utility also provides templates to encode your videos to standard formats as DVD, VCD, IPOD, PSP, etc.

Software supports "Authentication" option in YouTube, so you can download private videos (of course, if you have proper authorization), or videos with adult content.

How it works?

aTube Catcher (aTC ) is a small web browser, it enters to a Website, interprets the content and when it finds one video instead of download and playback (like all the other web browsers), it just downloads in the directory that you have previously selected after that, it converts your video to the format requested.

Do you have FLV files on your disk (downloaded with other tools for example) or videos in other formats waiting to be converted to 3GP, 3G2, MPEG1, 2, 3, 4, DVD, VCD, IPOD, WMV, XVID, AVI, etc? You do not need to convert one by one anymore. Just copy all the paths to a simple text file and open the file with aTC, it will process and recode all that files automatically.

To protect copyright holders, aTube Catcher doesn't support secure/ciphered protocols (including RTMPE) and it doesn't has support to decode/decrypt protected content by any DRM security measure.

The utility comes with a Flash video (FLV) player and a new tool called Smart Media Hunter that allows you to download your favorite comic and fun videos from a hundred sites, including TV commercials, and all completely safe and free.

So, not only you can export the videos from YouTube, XTube, Pornotube, Dailymotion, MySpace, Stage6, Google, etc, also you can convert/recode any video or FLV (downloaded from other site or with other software) to the mentioned formats. YouTube Catcher also can download and encode any FLV if you provide him with the direct link.

The freeware program comes with many features, you can find just in commercial applications. You can set the encoding options such as size, framerate, aspect, video codec, fileformat, audio codec, audio sampling, quality, motion search, etc. Now includes Batch file processing, just paste the links in a plain text file, and YouTube Catcher will download all the videos to the specified folder, you will not have to wait one by one anymore.

Additional Features

Among other features, aTube Catcher also can burn in DVD/VCD your videos without use any other third party software. It has a built-in Screen Recorder to capture what you see on your screen, even video chat sessions from Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, DVD movies, Webinars, Online Meetings, etc, or just create video/audio presentations.

The latest software release includes 2 new functions, IE Cache Media Browser and Video Packet Capture, with this new great tools you will be able to download almost any video from internet, completely free and from the easy to use characteristic GUI (Graphical User Interface).

Computer Requirements

* Processor: Any i686 or compatible CPU running Windows 32 bits.

* Operating system: MS Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000, 2003, XP, Vista, Windows7, Windows 64 bits versions supported.

* Memory: The minimum required for your Operating System.

* DirectX 9.0c minimum for Screen Recorder

* Windows Media Player 8 minimum for Screen Recorder

* Latest version of Adobe Flash Player ActiveX (Click here to download from Adobe)

* ASPI Driver for VCD recording, you can install it by clicking on "Install ASPI Driver" on help menu.

* WinpCap 4.0 minimum, for Stream Catcher mode

* For Windows XP, it's recommended to have Service Pack 3

Developers’ website: http://atube-catcher.dsnetwb.com/get-video-software-windows-home/content/banco-datos-Welcome-Home-Page.html

Direct Download: http://files.dsnetwb.com/aTube_Catcher.exe

Portable Freeware Flash Files Converter

FLV files are commonly used in the Internet by YouTube, Google Video and other video services as regular streaming formats. These files formats are not supported by Windows Media Player and some other popular media players. In order to review downloaded videos on your computer you need to convert that file into more common format, such as AVI or MPG.


Pazera Free FLV to AVI Converter is an absolutely free application that converts Flash Video files (FLV, SWF) into AVI or MPG (MPEG-1, MPEG-2).

The utility can be useful for both newbies and experienced users. The program has a number of predefined settings (profiles), that could be used “as is” with no settings changes, specially designed for novice users. While more advanced users can enjoy software advanced capabilities, customizing video and audio encoding parameters: audio and video codec, audio and video bitrate, fps, sampling frequency, resolution, volume and other.

The software is 100% freeware for private and for commercial use with no limitations, watermarks, adware, spyware etc.

One more nice thing is that this application is distributed within a ZIP file and does not require installation. To use it, just extract archive and run flvtoavi.exe file. This program doesn't use system registry and can be run from portable devices. All settings are written to INI file.

Program website: http://www.pazera-software.com/products/flv-to-avi-converter/

Direct Downloading Link (portable version): http://www.pazera-software.com/files/Pazera_Free_FLV_to_AVI_Converter_PORTABLE.zip

VDownloader - Online Video Download Manager and Converter

On the hot market of the online clips finders and download managers, VDownloader from Spain provides a simple and competitive solution. In fact, the site offers to pieces of the portable freeware, available for downloading. One is a regular download manager - actually called VDownloader - offers search and video files capturing and conversion on the fly from the most popular sites as Youtube, Google Video, DailyMotion, MySpace, Veoh, GoFish, Porkolt, Metacafe, Break.com, 123 Video, Bolt VSocial, Lulu TV, Guba, HideBehind, and Dale al Play.

The second - VxDownloader - represents adult version of the download manager, covering the following free porn video sites as PornoTube, Yuvutu, YouPorn, Shufuni, XVideoHost, Pornkolt, PacoPorn, Pornhub.

Each utility is able to:

• Save videos in many formats, including AVI, MPG, iPOD, PSP, 3GP, VCD, SVCD, DVD, FLV and MP3 (audio only).
• Search and find videos in many sites with just one click. Its integrated search engine can search for videos in several sites at the same time.
• Browse videos. Its web browser allows you to visit video sites and download videos directly from the browser.
• Supports batch downloading and clipboard monitoring.
• Does not require installation and can be run from the portable USB Drive. Each download manager occupies just 3.5 MB of disk space.

VDownloader website: http://vdownloader.com/

VxDownloader website: http://vxdownloader.gooofull.net/