FormatFactory
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 FormatFactory 5.13 in Windows 10 | |
| Original author(s) | Chen Jun Hao[1] |
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| Developer(s) | Free Time |
| Initial release | 1 March 2008 |
| Stable release | 5.17.0.0
/ 01 April 2023 |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Size | 101 MB |
| Available in | 66 languages[2] |
| Type | Transcoder |
| License | ad-supported freeware[3] |
| Website | www |
FormatFactory is an ad-supported freeware multimedia converter that can convert video, audio, and picture files. It is also capable of ripping DVDs and CDs to other file formats, as well as creating .iso images. It can also join multiple video files into one. FormatFactory supports the following formats:
| Video formats | Audio formats | Picture formats |
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| 3GP (.3gp) MPEG-1 (.mpg) Matroska (.mkv) Flash Video (.flv) SWF (.swf) MPEG-4 Part 14 (.mp4) Audio Video Interleave (.avi) Windows Media Video (.wmv) RealMedia Variable Bitrate (.rmvb) VOB (Video Object) (DVD file) (.vob) QuickTime File Format (QTFF) (.mov) |
MP3
Ogg
Wave Sound (.wav)
Adaptive Multi-Rate (.amr)
Windows Media Audio (.wma)
Advanced Audio Coding (.aac)
MIDI (.mid) |
.JPG .PNG .ICO .BMP .GIF .tif |
Criticism
[edit]On June 22, 2009, Format Factory was hanged on the FFmpeg's hall of shame.[4]
An issue tracker post claims that Format Factory violates the FFmpeg license.[5]
See also
[edit]- Comparison of video converters
- Comparison of DVD ripper software
- List of audio conversion software
- List of video editing software
References
[edit]- ^ FormatFactory v4.6.1.0, 4 November 2010, About dialog box
- ^ "Languages". Format Factory – Free media file format converter. pcfreetime.com (Official web site). Archived from the original on 14 April 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
- ^ "FormatFactory". Softpedia. SoftNews. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
- ^ "Hall of Shame". ffmpeg.org. Archived from the original on 22 June 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
- ^ "Issue 1214: Format Factory license violation". FFMpeg issue tracker. ffmpeg.org. 22 June 2009. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2010.