Video Workshop

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 Workshop is a program that lets you perform several operations on video files, such as conversion and merging.

The interface of the tool is very plain and easy to navigate through. You can import videos via the file browser only, since the "drag and drop" method is not supported (and neither is batch processing).

You can play files, take snapshots, change the video size (e.g. shrink to fit, full screen), adjust the volume and navigate back and forth within the clip.

Moreover, you can cut files by marking their start and end point, join clips, as well as mix files. In "Settings" you can specify the output directory.

You can convert videos to the AVI, MPEG, WMV, RM, MP3 or WAV format, as well as configure audio and video settings regarding the frame rate, codec, channels and others.

Video Workshop takes up a moderate amount of system resources, includes a comprehensive help file with snapshots for beginners and quickly finishes a task. However, the software crashed multiple times during our tests, out of the blue in most cases.

Plus, it didn't accurately play some of our AVI files (conversion was out of the question) and has a slow response time. It seems to have some compatibility problems with Windows 7. We strongly recommend you look for something more powerful than Video Workshop.