ImTOO Video Converter Platinum

ImTOO Video Converter Platinum is an intuitive and straightforward application designed to be a simple-to-use yet powerful video and audio converting tool that can convert between almost all multimedia formats and extract pictures from videos. It can also be used to create your own clips from multiple pictures, similar to GIFs. The supported video and audio file formats are MPEG-4, AVI, H.264/AVC, DivX, XviD, RM, FLV, SWF, MOV, 3GP, WMV MP3, AAC, AC3, M4A, WAV and WMA.

It's handy for those who want to convert music or movies to playable types for different popular devices such as iPod, PSP, mobile phones or tablets. The app offers a simple and self-explanatory interface with an item list, a profile panel and other options necessary for the process to run smoothly.

To add records simply browse their location on the computer, they can be movies, songs or images that are loaded along with their title, duration, profile, output size and status. The profile pane lets you rename the item, choose a frame delay for slideshows and size for the other. Plus, the video and audio quality can also be changed to a better one.

A nice addition is the built-in CPU meter that shows how much of the processor's power is being used, together with the long list of supported formats, the destination folder, and the desired output device. Right-clicking on a video brings up the split function, which lets you cut it into multiple segments that are later loaded into the list as individual entries.

It's possible to edit the transitions effects for each picture that are included in the animated clip, from shrink, reveal, expand, inset, slide and fade, and the images moved up and down to arrange them in the desired order. However, there is no option to insert sounds to the slideshow.

Snapshot is another useful feature that comes in handy when you want to capture a certain photo from a movie, which can be accessed from the right corner of the panel. Additional settings can be set, such as the screen capture directory, convert using all cores or custom ones, enable the GPU acceleration, and choose what the action is after the conversion is complete.

ImTOO Video Converter Platinum is a reliable and intuitive utility that helps you convert audio and video files between various formats, split a movie into multiple pieces, as well as create clips using different images and play the records before conversion.