With the development of Video equipments, more and more people select mobile, iPod or PSP to watch movies or some videos. However, most of videos downloaded from internet that their formats are FLV and RMVB which can not be played on those equipments. Therefore we need convert them to MP4, AVI or some other formats. Currently, there are a huge number of video converters in the market which make consumer feel confused on them. Here we pick some hot converters for you to have a comparison. Hope it will help you.
Here is the list of converters:
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Software Name
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Version
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Language
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Size
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License
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5.1.26
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Multi-Language
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15.32MB
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Shareware
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6.2
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English
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50.23MB
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Shareware
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5.1
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Multi-Language
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15.32MB
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Shareware
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4.2.0.56
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English
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18.03MB
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Shareware
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3.0.1
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Multi-Language
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15.91MB
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Shareware
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Installation
From the list we can see that most of these converters’ sizes are below 20MB. Only AVS Video Converter is a little big which is 50.23MB. If your language is English, you need not to worry about the language of these software. If you are not an English user, ImTOO Video Converter, Xilisoft Video Converter and Any Video Converter support Multi-Language.
Interface
The interfaces of those Converters are quite similar with each other except AVS Video Converter.
Xilisoft Video Converter
AVS Video Converter
ImTOO Video Converter
Wondershare Video Converter
Any Video Converter
From the screenshots we can notice that AVS Video Converter’s interface is much smaller than the others. That is because the other converter put a pre-view on the interface. From the interface we can see that AVS Video Converter looks like much easier to use than the others.
Formats Support
Here is the list of formats supporting for these Video Converters.
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Supported Input Files
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WMV (windows media video)
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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AVI
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Xvid
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Divx
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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MPEG (1 & 2)
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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MOV (QuickTime)
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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VOB (DVD file)
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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DAT (SVCD/ VCD)
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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RM (RealMedia)
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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MP4 (MPEG-4)
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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FLV (Flash)
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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3GP (cell phones)
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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IFO
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No
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Yes
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No
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No
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No
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HD
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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DVD in drive
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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CD in drive
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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More
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Output Files
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WMV
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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AVI
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Xvid
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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DiVX
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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No
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MPEG (1 & 2)
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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MP4
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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MOV
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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VOB (DVD)
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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IFO (DVD)
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No
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Yes
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No
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No
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No
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RM
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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FLV
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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3GP
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Specific Selections for Media Players
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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More
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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From the list we can know that XiliSoft, AVS and ImTOO support the most of video formats. Any Video Converter and Wondershare Video Converter support some popular video formats but less than them.
Converting Speed
Testing Environment
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CPU
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Intel E4500 2.2GHz,2.19GHz
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MEM
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2GB
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Graphics Card
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nVIDIA GeForce 8300GS 521MB
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HardDisk
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150GB
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System
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Window XP SP2
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To make fair, we use these converters to convert the same video and convert to the same format with same parameter.
Test File: AVI, 60MB
Target File: iPod MP4, 320*240, Frame Rate 29.97 Bit Rate 640, Audio Bitrate 128kbps, Sample Rate 44100Hz
Time using
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Converters
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Time
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1 Minute
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1 Minute 7 seconds
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51 seconds
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49 Seconds
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About 1 Minute( No display)
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Features：
Adding Subtitle
After the testing, we found that XiliSoft Video Converter Ultimate supports the best of adding subtitle. You can add your subtitle file by only some easy clicks.
Any Video Converter Pro also supports the functions of adding subtitle. But it is a little inconvenient to add a subtitle. You can not add subtitle directly before you put the subtitle file with the video file at a same folder.
Wondershare Video Converter supports the adding subtitle function, however, maybe the reason that we use an unregistered version, therefore we can not add a subtitle to the video.
ImTOO Video Converter Standard do not support to add a subtitle to the video, but we found that the Ultimate version support it. AVS Video Converter do not support this function.
Image Function
All of these five Video Converters support the snapshot function. That is not a special function. But not all of them support to convert images to a video. Xilisoft Video Converter and ImTOO Video Converter can do it!
DVD Ripping
Xilisoft Video Converter and ImTOO Video Converter support any DVD files.
AVS Video Converter supports DVD ifo files and it also supports burning DVDs.
Any Video Converter supports DVD-VR files and Wondershare Video Converter supports Unprotected VOB files.
Therefore if you have requirements on DVD, you may choose one of them to fulfill your needs.
Merge and clip video
Most of these converters support merging and clipping videos except ImTOO Video Converter Standard. ( ImTOO Video Converter Ultimate supports.)
Xilisoft Video Converter
Wondershare Video Converter
Any Video Converter
AVS Video Converter
Batch Converting
All of these converters support batch converting function. However there are some differences. Xilisoft and ImTOO Video Converter support to convert several videos at a same time. The other converters only can convert videos one by one.
Cpu Controlling
Xilisoft and ImTOO Video Converter support to convert video with only one core of CPU. ( Your CPU should be Duo-Core CPU or a higher version).
Converting Effect
Here we take some screenshots from those converted videos and the original video to compare the effect of these videos.
Original Video
Xilisoft Video Converter
AVS Video Converter
ImTOO Video Converter
Wondershare Video Converter
Any Video Converter
From the screenshots we can see that most Converters have a wonderful converting effect on the video. ImTOO Video Converter does the best in these converters. Only Wondershare’s video is not good as the others, however its converting speed is the fastest one. So that is you like a speed one and do not mind the effect very much, this could be your choice.
Conclusion
From the above comparison, we can see that the size of Xilisoft and ImTOO are the smallest in these software, which could be downloaded in a short time. And they support multi-languages and the most formats input and output. Wondershare Video Converter has the fastest converting speed but its video effect is not quite good but as well. AVS and Any Video Converter are also very good converters. They represent a professional performance in this comparison. Therefore which your favorite one? You choose.
