if you ever have this one again,that would be great..i missed it yesterday

To those who have a problem with Aiseesoft being "Chinese" Software:

I get the concern. I really do. After all, it seems that it's almost always all over whatever news sites that you're reading are on and on and on about China being involved in some sort of "cyberattack" on both corporate and personal computers in the US utilizing (if memory serves) some sort of "fake software" as a Trojan- or insert the last UL you've heard here....

HOWEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BEFORE you start freaking out over a company or a piece of software, please CHECK IT OUT FIRST!!!

Names like Aiseesoft and Iobit are pretty much as well known in programs as Sony and Samsung are well known for hardware. They just make decent products period and have for about as long as many can even remember- and certainly longer then your urban legend of choice dates to. End of statement. End of story.

As a result, you will receive a great deal of flack for comments about they're "not being trustworthy" or whatever simply because they're from China with the same amount of bemused humor and utter disgust that you would get for trying to claim that General Motors is out to nuke Rhode Island simply because GM's from Detroit and you haven't heard of "this 'Military Engine guy'" as yet.

Now, that doesn't make this- or any of their converters the "Absolute Bestest Ever Made Forever and Ever and Ever!"... But, that being said, this company makes really solid and decent converters that are easy enough for even a computer ditz like me to use without worries.

Their UIs are easy to read and follow, the results always work very well without any strange issues and they do just what they say it will do with even the added bonus of one or two very simple to use bells- like, cropping a screen so you're not looking at black bars at the top and bottom of your phone or cutting out those 15 minutes of titles at the end of the movie you may not care about so it'll make the file smaller without damaging the quality or clarity of the picture... (For some of them at anyrate, don't know about this one just yet, I haven't had a chance to check everything).

So. To you having difficulties with "this here strange company:"

Take two, they really are quite small and I promise that they WILL help because I've had tons of this company's software over the years- some I loved, some I liked, some I just couldn't seem to really need much, and even some that easily became my absolute "workhorse," go-to programs for these types of things to the point that this is indeed one of the very few names that I will grab automatically and give a chance just because of that and that alone.

(But, then again, if you really are THAT paranoid, then you probably think-... well, I honestly couldn't eve begin to imagine what it is you think so whatever... Peace be with you.)

My $0.02.

Thanks

And, thank you Aiseesoft and GAOTD.

Unable to install on Win 8. After downloading (several times), extracting ...it runs the setup program; goes on to check in w/GAOTD ...then results in an error "Failed to Launch the Program."

Unable to install.

Hi guys,
i have a MPEG-TS video file of AVC (Advanced Video Codec) format, copied from my TV set top box. When played it shows random scrambled video with some recognizable audio. It appears encrypted somehow. Is there any converter software out there that can make it playable cleanly on my pc? It plays well only on the set top box - that is, not scrambled.
thanks,
Ray

Hey Jimbo (#56)!

As far as I know, it means a limited time to download and install.....I've downloaded numerous pieces of software from GAOTD and have never had any disable or restrict itself. Hope this helps!

A question for Aiseesoft: Since we have asked for GOTD software to be released with automatic updates removed, and I cannot find a check box to to uncheck, Will this software try to auto update, ruining the GOTD status?

@#33! No, don't keep the previous version. Install over it!

IMPORTANT WARNING! You will LOSE BOTH REGISTRATIONS if you keep the previous version and try to start that previous version after installation and registration of the new version in a different folder! - Best way to avoid this trap is to install the new version in the same folder.

I don't know why my earlier post that this software is uninstallable on Windows 8 Pro was suppressed. Now I can also report that the same Giveaway of the Day "Failed to launch the program." error window pops up trying to activate this software on either/both Windows 8 Pro and Windows 7 Home Premium.

Format Factory works well on both and is free.

Aiseesoft has so many similar products. As many others asked, and didn't get any answer from the company I will ask the same question.
What is the difference between:

http://www.aiseesoft.com/total-video-converter.html
and
http://www.aiseesoft.com/total-media-converter.html

This is a really great piece of software with a lot of features and a terrific GUI. Aside from the looks and features, this is one of my favorite video converters. While the field is saturated with all kinds of video converters Aiseesoft is one of the few that actually does a great job while keeping the file size pretty close to the original. I recommend to anybody this giveaway. Take it because I don't see too many good giveaways, of lately, here.

Keep up the great work, Aiseesoft, on the development of your software.

hello, I am curious, what is the maximum bitrate that this software can convert files to DVD format to ? 10,000 ? higher ?

thanks !

M. :)

Installed for 'Current User' on Win7_x64_HP System. My System 'Downloads' folder has now disappeared! Can anyone please help? Thank you.

@Paul (#7): You have have noticed something that is a dubious trademark of Aiseesoft (and a sad commentary on GOTD for allowing it).
Do a search back for ANY software by Aiseesoft and you'll see that the vote count is ridiculously inflated. Despite complaints that make it through moderation, these products are the only ones you'll see regularly breaking the 1,000 upvote mark. Even wildly popular (and far more reputable) software doesn't score that high. There are also many obviously shill comments planted. Every. Single. Time.

Why anyone would do business with these people is beyond me. Because of their deceptive practices and untrustworthiness, I will never bother trying this company's software, much less buying it.

What does "but it will be free for our visitors as a time-limited offer" mean? A limited time to download and install or a limited time to use this software before it disables or restricts itself?

Installed fine, it appears to indeed be an improvement on the last version that I used and respected.

However, somebody tell the company, winners don't cheat, and cheaters don't win. I hate to say it, but the biggest negative about this software is knowing that the company consistently lies by pumping the votes and fudging "customer testomonials" and awards. It undermines any confidence that we are otherwise being treated fairly in doing business with them.

Notice to people who are afraid of tool bars being downloaded with any [free] software.

Install ToolWiz TimeFreeze and energize it just before installing any software. If you don't like the results just tell TimeFreeze to NOT save the changes when you put TimeFreeze to sleep again.

I had the previous GOTD from Aiseesoft and was happy with it, but after recovering from a disc fail I could not re-install it because it was out of date. So I was pleased to see this version offered.

Installed and registered easily on my XP desktop, and then I took two parts of a video from an event and merged the two WMV sections to produce a single MPEG output file. It gave me an output filename 'Merge' rather than asking me what I wanted it called, and although a minor nuisance to rename it afterwards it is not a big deal, just something that might be added to a wish list for a future version.

The combined length was 20 minutes of video, and the conversion took just over 5 minutes, and I was happy with that. So a keeper for me.

Conversion speed is very fast and video quality is also very good..But I couldnt add SRT subtitle to the videos no matter what I tried..The box to add subtitle has been greyed out..Can anyone help me out on this??

@mike #44.

Thanks for your thoughts.

It is rather a shame that Intel Quicksync isn't used by more software.

I use it a lot in my video editing with Powerdirector and MediaExpresso and have found that it's performance is superb and Intel really should push it as it could make such a difference to many a laptop that will have an Intel GPU.

I have Total Media Converter Platinum 6.3.8: should I download today's GAOD?

Aiseesoft converters are very good and this one is no exception, my only issue with Aiseesoft is that it will re-encode split and joined section which results in lower quality.
as an alternative, which much easier to use (and free) check http://www.freemake.com/free_video_converter/ just make sure to choose custom install and un-check all additions. Freemake will let you downloading youtube videos as well. although it has less tweaks under the hood, in coparison with today's giveaway.

If I am not mistaken, today's version unlike Aiseesoft Total Media Converter, which was givven here before, lacks BD support so if you have installed Total Media Converter and need the BD support, install this version without uninstalling the previous one.

Very good freeware alternative:

Iwisoft Free Video Converter
http://www.iwisoft.com/videoconverter/

Upon startup Zemana Antilogger Issues a warning that this program is trying to access my webcam. I may uninstall.

Super giveaway! This is one of the best video converters around and I have been waiting for this for months! What's more,this is the very latest version. Thanks Aiseesoft and GOTD and very big thumb up!

I had version 6.3.26 already on my Vista Home Prem., X64. I just ran this Install ... and Registered with the info provided and automatically replaced my Old version and Registered fine this 7.1.8 version. Opened and closed several times ... No GLitches.

Thanks GOTD & Aiseesoft!:)

Test report: I installed it in a separate folder from Aiseesoft Total Media Converter Platinum 6.3.8 and tested them both for performance on the same video conversion. The new Total Video Converter version was about 15% faster.

Total Media Converter (as opposed to Total Video Converter) also handles DVDs in addition to video files and folders.

The UI doesn't look significantly different to me, and it doesn't appear to offer any significant improvements there.

XMedia Recode: Portable and full Install:

http://www.xmedia-recode.de/index.html

You just cannot beat this one.
Portable:
http://www.xmedia-recode.de/download/XMediaRecode3172.zip

Just go to http://www.freewarefiles.com and search for video converters. THE VERY BEST OF THEM ARE THERE, along with a rating, links, and other very important info. I ONLY download software from that site because they scan everything to be sure it is clean BEFORE you download it. Personally, I love XMediaRecode, but there are so many others that are good, like listed right here:
http://www.freewarefiles.com/results.php?categoryid=6&subcategoryid=227&action=sort&sort=rating&currentorder=DESC

Downloaded and installed without a glitch on win XP, win7 and win8 computers.
Thank you giveawayoftheday!

Great video conversion toolkit, a must-have for me. I hope the new version doesn't break anything.

But regarding "you can manually customize the output resolution to match input resolution", no you can't always - it only allows you to select from a limited number of output resolutions. That's why everyone keeps asking for this feature.

I'm sure this is a fine app, but I think Video to Video converter was an even better find. I love the fact that you can just download and unzip a file and run it from anywhere. I wish more apps were portable like this.

Vey good product but, as always occurred for any other Aiseesoft program given away here for free in the past, this GAOTD got very high ratings in a blink of an eye.

DON'T LIKE TO BE CHEATED, guys ==> LOL!!

Just tell me what kind of things this GAOTD (worth 40$) can do that the following FREE & PORTABLE APPS cannot:

http://www.videotovideo.org
http://www.softpedia.com/get/PORTABLE-SOFTWARE/Multimedia/Video/Portable-XMedia-Recode.shtml
http://www.cuda-soft.com/video-converter/index.htm

40$?? LOL!

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Had this one before and loved it, but i finally upgraded from Vista to Windows 7, reformatted the computer, and, of course, lost my converter. Was just looking for a new one and this popped up today!!!! Thanks so much! You timing is perfect!!!!

Noted that on cancelling a conversion, the partly complete output file remained. My personal view is programs should tidy up, and not require you to find a folder and delete a useless file, or at least inform you that it's there and open the folder so you can choose.

Noted 'Are you sure to exit?' - ungrammatical, but believed correct by most Chinese students. (Nothing racist, I've taught 100s of Chinese!)

Suggest 'Do you really want to exit?' 'Are you sure you want to exit?'
- or just 'Really exit?' for short.

Similarly 'Are you sure to cancel?' (Cancelling conversion).

#31
Perhaps you neglected unpacking the zip file in a folder before starting setup.exe as told in the readme.

Aiseesoft is known for disabling their software after a certain, rather short, period of time if you fail to uncheck the box for automatic updates. Unfortunately this newer version doesn’t provide you with this option. Therefore, I suggest that you keep the older version which allows you to uncheck the automatic updates, and that you install this newer version in a separate folder.

Regards

I used the GOTD "Aiseesoft Total Video Converter Platinum 7.1.8" to edit a short personal MPEG movie into multiple clips that then were converted into one in the process (I chose DVD format MPEG2 as output format) .
Initially the program had a hiccup and kept saying 77% and wouldn't proceed and took a rather long time to cancel when I chose to cancel process , after it finally cancelled I tried changing bitrate from 6000 (which I think that original were in) to 3000 and I then clicked process again and it did the job without problems , I tried multiple times.
I don't know if it is available in the program already but I missed a "process without format conversion" option to allow me to use the program solely for editing / trimming....
Also I would like the possibility to chose startmenu folder at program installation to avoid startmenu clutter.....

Recently, I cannot install gaotd freeware anymore.

After clicking the setup.exe, it always shows up "Failed to launch the program".

Does anyone have a solution for solving this problem?

Sincerely, thanks.

What's the difference between this and Aisesoft Total Media Converter Platinum? Since looks like both can handle audio and video files, i really don't know.

p.s on a side note, it is not an hidden eye, it's a ladybug if you look more closely.

@7 please enlighten us, what is chinese in their comments? Or are you one of those commenters that think that if anyone sends in a positive comment they must be working for the developer.

never had any problems with this developer, since I lost last giveaway due to a system refresh I am happy it is given away again

Gǎnxiè hé zàijiàn (which seems to mean thanks and goodbye in chinese according to google translate ;) )

Oh, I love this program so much, I nearly soiled myself with glee!

I have used previous versions of this software from here and its the best I've used,of it's kind, but when I need to reformat at a later date, the programme does not register again and is useless unless you pay for a licence, unlike other companies(it does state this in the included notes). Is there a way round this or you just lose the programme after a necessary reformat as it only registers on the specific day of the give-away.

# Jeff ...He did not say any such thing. He commented that the publisher is Chinese and that the documentation reflects that in the choice of words and in the grammatical and spelling mistakes...

Er, actually, Jeff, #7 Paul said no such thing. I suggest you go back and reread the comment. You will find out that that commenter says that two previous comments (by Philip #3 and PhilS #3) speak, er, no, write with a Chinese accent. Well, danged if I can spot a Chinese accent in those two comments (though they aren't in flawless English, there are many non-native-English-speakers who visit and comment here). The conclusion that because the software is made in China, a couple of comments with less-than-perfect English must be Chinese is, well... I rest my case.

Can someone tell me why it is suggested that the "hidden eye" be removed from the upper left corner of the program? With a few minutes checking you might find out that IT IS THE COMPANY LOGO!
Why should a company be told to remove their logo?
TOO much paranoia.
++
I tried converting an HD trailer from one format to another. Same excellent result as always!

#7. I have previous Aiseesoft giveaways and never had any problem with them interfering with anything else.

I use Aiseesoft Blu-ray Ripper several times a month to convert downloaded movies that I get from public domain sites and it works perfectly.

In any case, before I install any software I always create a Restore point so it's no problem to go back to that if the software isn't any good.

Thankyou GAOTD and Aiseesoft, since losing a previous version given away here, when my harddrive died, I have tried a number of other free converters none of which are as good as this product. So was very happy to see an updated version offered today.

Sure the 2D to 3D conversion isn't as great but there are no other products that are actually any better at 2D to 3D conversion either for use domestically.

#7 The country of origin of any software is not particularly relevant, whether the software is fit for purpose is!

As all comments are moderated before they are posted, and I have seen worse than yours recently I think its time, that GAOTD acted to stop racist and borderline racist comments from being allowed to be posted. Myself and others find them offensive.

I highly recommend this software to other GAOTD users, its simple to use and does its job admirably.

So is this better that Aiseesoft Media Converter Ultimate that was given away not so long ago here ? i mean whats the difference ? cheers

Had the older (6.3.8) version, which I thought was great software. Tried to update, but nada. Ripped it out and put this version in w/ no prob on Win7 Ult 64-bit.
How anyone could complain about this program or its coders is beyond me. I'm hardly Mr. Video, but it has worked efficiently everytime with everything I've thrown at it, including 3D.
Thank you again, Aiseesoft & GOTD.

Just because the publisher "guarantees" it's 100% clean does NOT mean that "it does not contain any form of malware, including spyware, viruses, trojans, and backdoors".

If it does actually contain any malware, it would be well-hidden and even if you found it, what good is their "guarantee"? Are you going to sue them? Or send them a bill that they will, of course, pay in full immediately? A guarantee is worth the pixels it's written with and is just as permanent.

I am NOT saying this software has any malware, just that a "guarantee" is worthless. You have to decide for yourself if you're going to try it and you have to make sure you have good anti-malware protection in case it turns out that you guessed wrong.

#17, before you cry racist, you should try to actually read his post. How on earth can you turn his comment into thinking that he wants 1/6th of the world population from accessing the GAOTD site? That's the most amazing leap of imagination I've seen in a long time. He did not say any such thing. He commented that the publisher is Chinese and that the documentation reflects that in the choice of words and in the grammatical and spelling mistakes. Unless you can show that it's written in flawless English, then he's not wrong -- and he doesn't have a "mild case of sinophobia", either.

I despise racists, but before you accuse somebody of being one, be very sure that's what they are. Don't dream up things that they never said or even hinted at. And if you think someone really is racist, say so! Don't use weasel-words like "mild case of sinophobia".