Format Factory Convertor
Format Factory is a conversion software that allows you to read and convert any file. The software has been specially designed to convert audio and video files, including MP4, 3GP, MPG, AVI, WMV, FLV, and SWF for video and MP3, WMA, AMR, OGG, AAC, and WAV for audio. FormatFactory is an easy-to-use application that allows you to convert the format of a group of files at once. No matter if they are videos, sounds or images, FormatFactory can deal with all of them. Actually, FormatFactory is a Graphic User Interface for three of the most powerful conversion tools: FFmpeg for video, Mencoder for audio.
| Developer(s) | Chen Jun Hao[1] |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 5.4.5.0 (September 3, 2020; 6 days ago[2]) [±] |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Available in | 66 languages[3] |
| Type | Transcoder |
| License | ad-supportedfreeware[4] |
| Website | www.pcfreetime.com/formatfactory/index.php |
FormatFactory is an ad-supportedfreewaremultimedia 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 together into one. FormatFactory supports the following formats:
| Video formats | Audio formats | Picture formats |
|---|---|---|
| 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) | MP3OggWave Sound (.wav)Adaptive Multi-Rate (.amr)Windows Media Audio (.wma)Advanced Audio Coding (.aac) MIDI (.mid) | .JPG.PNG.ICO.BMP.GIF.TIF |
Criticism[edit]
22 June2009 Format Factory was hanged on the FFmpeg's hall of shame.[5]
Issue tracker post claims that Format Factory violates FFmpeg license.[6]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^FormatFactory v4.6.1.0, 4 November 2010, About dialog box
- ^'Format Factory'. www.pcfreetime.com. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- ^'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. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
- ^'Issue 1214: Format Factory license violation'. FFMpeg issue tracker. ffmpeg.org. 22 June 2009. Retrieved 17 February 2010.