Video Converter Professional

Note: This software solution is no longer available for purchase but users can still download it from Softpedia and use it with its specific limitations.

Video Converter Professional is an application that you can use to turn video files into 3GP, MP4, AVI, WMV, MPEG, MOV, RM and SWF. But it can also extract the audio stream and save it to AAC, AC3, WAV and other formats.

The interface of the program is plain and easy to work with. Video clips can be imported into the file queue by using either the file browser or "drag and drop" method. Processing multiple items at the same time is possible.

In the list you can check out the source path of each entry. Once the output directory and format have been established, you can proceed with the conversion task with the default settings.

If you are an advanced user, then you are probably interested in configuring audio and video settings when it comes to the bit rate, sample rate, channel mode, size, frame rate and aspect ratio. Settings can be saved to an existing profile but they cannot be restored to default.

During the encoding procedure, you can set Video Converter Professional to turn off the computer or to delete the source files after conversion.

The video encoding program requires a low-to-moderate amount of system resources to finish a task briefly. It has a good response time and includes a help file. No errors have popped up during our testing and Video Converter Professional did not freeze or crash. However, you cannot specify the thread priority or minimize the program to the system tray. Plus, the output videos have a poor image and sound quality. No recent updates have been made.