14 DAY TRIAL // The technological evolution and the constant improvement of software applications have led to the appearance of a very large number of audio formats. There's no secret that various gadget producers began personalizing their products by finding original format extensions. The solution? A variety of specialized conversion programs for every type and extension.
MP3 Converter is one of them. It's a fast, easy-to-use and powerful audio conversion tool. MP3 Converter will help you convert RM, RMVB, WMV, AVI, MPEG, MOV, QT to MP3, WAV, AVI, WMA and OGG as quickly as you say "cheese". Even if it doesn't bring anything new, apart from other audio conversion software, MP3 Converter distinguishes itself through its applications speed and its handy options that confer it a real utility for your personal use.
The looks
Although it doesn't have a very modern design with his classic rectangular window appearance, the interface of this Mp3 Converter is pleasantly-looking, combining a simple and easy to use Graphic User Interface and an amount of buttons/options that you can access and tweak. Its display buttons allow you to access the main functions of the program. And even if they are big (maybe a little too big), the buttons remain simple, extremely intuitive and aligned in a logical order, in terms of their utility. As said before, Mp3 Converter has an easy-to-use interface, giving the user the possibility of easily viewing all the major options. The main screen dimensions are default; Mp3 Converter doesn't support full screen mode nor system tray minimization. Mp3 Converter has also its own player that opens in a separate window, but which has progress, volume and balance bars and offering info about the file's total playing time, the end time and the elapse time, all very easy to use.
The works
If the design is not its strongest point, Mp3 Converter compensates by means of functionality. It's a very easy-to-install software that converts the most popular formats: MP3, WAV, WMA, AVI (audio only), MPEG and OGG in both ways. For each format, Mp3 Converter presents details regarding the sound quality such as channels, compressor, sample rate and bit rate. The conversion rate is quick and the quality parameters are direct proportional with the selected options. A minute of your track is being processed in about 1 second. The Preview enables you to play, pause, stop the selected media file. You can set start position (seconds) and end position (seconds), or also set full duration for converting. Also, as a very ingenious option, you can set the convert selection and cut the need part from full media file. With this Mp 3 Converter you can add a media file or more at the same time including MPG, ASF, AVI, VOB, RM, RMVB, MP3 and WAV. It's as easy as it looks. The same goes with the conversion process, you can process as many files as you want, even though it takes a little bit longer. And that's not everything this program can do. Mp3 Converter also has a very attractive function, the Edit ID3Tag, a tag for storing mp3 music info. The user can easily add, remove and save information about the selected file properties like the title, artist, album, year, gender, track number and comments.
To be able to use at full capacity the converter's options and formats, Mp3 Converter proposes you a Download button in the main menu, which offers links to sites from where you can download all the codecs needed for some formats (like OGG) or other useful converters.
A plus for Mp3 Converter is that it displays the conversion duration, as not many converters do that.
For this price ($25.98) maybe you could buy an audio converter with a more modern interface, but as for the work it does, Mp3 converter deserves the money.
The good
MP3 Converter is fast and converts formats in both ways. It has a very simple graphic interface and anyone could easily learn how to use it.
The bad
Mp3 Converter doesn't have well-defined presets and that's why one must be careful when selecting the right options before converting a file.
The truth
It doesn't have any special features comparing to other audio conversion programs, but once you have installed it, you can dispose of an easy-to-use and useful tool.
Here are some snapshots of the application in action:
