BEST- freeware multifunctional media converter

 Format Factory

 Format Factory is an excellent conversion tool for anyone that converts between video, audio and images on a regular basis.

Format Factory is a multifunctional media converter, offering the following useful functions:

* Convert multiple video formats to MP4/3GP/MPG/AVI/WMV/FLV/SWF.
* Convert multiple audio formats to MP3/WMA/AMR/OGG/AAC/WAV.
* Convert multiple images formats to JPG/BMP/PNG/TIF/ICO/GIF/TGA.
* Rip DVD to video file.

* Rip Music CD to audio file.
* MP4 files support iPod/iPhone/PSP/BlackBerry format.
* Supports RMVB, Watermark, AV Mux.

Main Format Factory's Features:

1. Support converting all popular video, audio, and graphic formats to others.
2. Repair damaged video and audio files.
3. Reduce Multimedia file size.
4. Support iphone and ipod multimedia file formats.
5. Picture converting supports Zoom, Rotate/Flip, and tags.
6. DVD and CD Ripper.
7. Multi-language support (56 languages)

Softonic Review

Format Factory is a free, fully-featured, converter that enables you to convert audio, video, and even images, between the most popular formats. These includeWMV, AVI, MPG, MP3, WMA, AAC, JPG, PNG, GIF, and many more. Better still, Format Factory supports media formats used by most major portable devices, including PSP and iPhone.

Format Factory is very easy to use, although it does have rather an unintuitive interface. The file browser doesn't appear until you select the target format, which is a bit weird but as long as you know this first it's no problem. You can select individual files to convert, or complete folders, and also tweak some basic conversion settings.

Format Factory isn't particularly original but what makes it really useful is that it handles images as well as audio and video. Most converters like this only handle audio and video, and adding images to the mix gives it an edge, especially considering it's free. I also like the Audio Joiner in Format Factory, which allows you to take two separate clips, join them together and then convert them. It would have been nice to have had preset profiles for mobile conversions but you can't have it all in a free app sometimes.

Format Factory is an excellent conversion tool for anyone that converts between video, audio and images on a regular basis.