Fantastic bit of software - does what it says on the tin (DVD _> Flash conversion).

Only glaring problem is the lack of wide screen & higher resolution formats, so it's not that useful for ripping DVDs for use on my Xperia X1, which supports 800x480 resolution.

If you don't need this feature though, it's great - if they add a better range of resolutions in the future, I may purchase this, as it works wonderfully!

Good to Download! Easy to rip and convert!

Bob #42 : you neglect to say what kind of user you are operating as. Are you a Standard (Limited) User when you do the things you speak of? Or are you acting as a [shudder] Administrator? This is vital information for advice on usage if we are going to disabuse people from running their machines as admins. Just imagine anyone running their u/*nix computer as Root. It would be laughable in that community.

The message also needs to be gotten through to developers who sit there writing and testing their programs as admins all day; they might not even have a Standard (Limited) User account..! They need to be disabused, too.

As for "the files in the compressed folder by simpily double clicking on it" (I assume you mean the compressed file) - that's wrought with difficulties: using a temporary view inside a compressed package can really screw things up. It's best to extract the files to, say, an Install folder, and then use them in a natural (unpackaged) state.

HTH

I have the same problem that #15, Redrik, had; when I try to extract, for each file in the zip folder that the extract process comes across, it indicates that the file is password protected and that a password is needed...Why??? If your going to do this, give us the password(s) so that we can extract the files.

If anybody else has this problem, I worked around the problem by creating a new regular (non-zipped) folder with the same name as the zipped folder (although, you can name it anything you want), but without the ".zip" extenision, of course; and then I just dragged the zipped files from the zipped folder into the new regular folder, thereby copying the extracted form of each file into the new folder...and I was never asked for a password when I did it this way.

I have Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Version 2002, Service Pack 2...just in case anybody is wondering.

I currently use HandBrake, a DVD to MP4/AVI converter, which is great for putting DVDs on your PSP/iPod/whatever, but a program like this one is great for getting those movies onto your blog/myspace/website for wiewing...being able to add some effects is pretty useful too...

aw, man, all is good, the pgm, the reg. The FLV, SWF, Flash player 10...well, I don't know, these flash pgms kill me...all keep telling me I don't have Fl10 installed (as if). I even moved it into every pgm folder, copied it X times. No go. The install even asked me a wierd question, real personal and caring-friendly like: DO YOU PROMISE TO INSTALL FLASH PLAYER 10? I clicked YES. This is a wierd show, almost as entertaining as "Coast." FF, Adobe, MS keep showing F10 is installed...I can copy and move it, all some 10 separate installs.

I notice the sign-in macro didn't work tonight...Ashcraft's does...can anyone help with the Flash player 10? What good are all the Flash pgms to me, and I can't get in a Flash? iam serious!

REGISTERED is already done when you activated On Register said in the headline "DVD to Flash Converter has been Registered." Otherwise it will say how many days to use this software, if that show, then try to copy activate in where the Wondershare directory on yout system , then click activate, make sure you close DVD to Flash Converter window before Activate.

Fantastic, i downloaded then installed with no problems.
Usually i dont post here. this time i had to because i
Cannot think of better software to post on. and i was very
Keane to do so. the interface is abit confusing but once
You get used to it you should not have a problem
Once you figure it out. It did take me a while to
Understand what to do but i got there in the end...

10/10

Awesome program 5 star, 3 thumbs up 10 outta 10!!! I had so many movies that i didn't have a program or a digital copy for, and now I have something!!!

I wrote a comment early that went through and showed that it was number 37: I could veiw it on this computer but when I closed out and came back it wasn't there.

I have a question: how come my comments are only able to be viewed on this computer on the blog and not on my other computer? Are my comments really being published or is this a site where everyone just thinks that their comments are being added?

Have I any problem in my eyes or the quality of the generated flv file is very poor?
I have tried it with 2 DVD's and result was not good.
During motion scenes the corresponding flv presents noises in the image, with a kind of lines appearing.
I have tried it just with normal quality.

Clicking on register shows blank spaces for e-mail and activation code but if. you look at the top it says it is already registered. I sure that is a specific thing for GOTD

to #3 sucringing:

You wrote "if only it could help to generate the html code for the output to be uploaded to the blog or website."

Do you mean you want to show a streaming video on your site/blog? Please explain more and I'm sure someone else here can help you find out what you want to know.

Good to Download! Easy to rip and convert! Thanks GAOTD! :)

Thanks GAOTD, But I installed & uninstalled this program 3 times And it will not let me "unzip" anything & I cannot register it!! I gave up..

I cannot get theactivation to work & I am VERY disappointed! Previous GAOTD offers from WonderShare has inspired me to purchase several products as my previous comments on those pages will attest. XP SP2 IE...I tried all the ways mentioned. Never have I had trouble with a GAOTD install before now.;-(

does this thing allow me to rip DVD movies to my pc so I can make a backup copy of my purchased DVD's. I'm sick of buying movies and then within a week or so they begin to skip or stall.

When I tried to add a wma movie to convert a message popped up saying "invalid." For me this program was a non-starter and I'm not impressed.

This worked for me! I have had zero success working with video, in any format!

However, with this product, I put a standard movie DVD in the drive, used the preview feature to choose which file to use, and hit START.

The total result was less than 1GB, and plays in Firefox! By using a flash drive to move the file to my Netbook, I'm all set and good to go!

@Spacepixie: you're fine, you did register.
When there is no pop up and no word UNREGISTERED in the caption it's OK.
The things I called confusing @19 is just the way it functions here.
Not normal, but no problem.
In fact the register button show a window and it does say that you are registered. Just read all the text, only the fields are empty.
There is no s/n in the registry. It is a bit more complex and less easy to find (CLSID). Don't bother, you're fine.

Installed and thanks!

I had recently "ripped" a dvd to my drive which created a directory full of vob, bup, and ifo files which mean nothing to me, so I had no idea how to view the dvd. I installed this Wondershare DVD Converter, pointed it to the directory containing and clicked the Start button. It started creating separate flv files for different segments of the dvd. I noticed the checkbox, "merge into one file." I clicked that and clicked Start again and it did a great job! The output was a little dark, but there are probably settings to adjust that. I also have various family video's that I want to put online. This is a great tool! I can't tell if the activation worked for sure, because I still have a register button with blank fields, so I'm hoping it is registered. Thanks!

On my Vista HP it installed and activated fine as administrator each time. However I also get nothing about it being registered in the help about fields which is unusual and the register button is blank also unusual. The program does not say unregistered and opens normally. I checked using regedit.exe and there is no registratio entry though there is no reminder to register or pop ups or 30 day trial either. Is it registered. Christ alone knows as mu PC doesn't.

Looks a brilliant piece of software, hope you can get dvd ripper platinum soon though. This will be good for recording tv then ripping the dvd for youtube.

Why should I need to convert a DVD to a flash or flv? Can anyone tell me what are the advantages that I may get with the conversion?

In addition to my previous comment,
computer gets standstill for few seconds, just after installation, before and after clicking 'Finish' button. I mean, the Taskbar, Start menu and Quick launch don't work during that period.

NOT Registered, indeed. Click Help (Top Right) > Help Content > Getting Started > Registration > And you will see only "30 days left". Tried several ways but could not see any Reg.file, only Setup.exe and Activation.exe (WindowsXP SP3). Any idea!

DVD is just a format. You can record anything (including your home movies) to DVD format so you shouldn't assume it can only be used for piracy purposes. FYI MP3 and bittorrent are also technologies and have legitimate uses.

Same with a pair of scissors and a knife! ;-)

The software says "Unregistered" in the title bar if it's not registered. If it doesn't say "Unregistered" in the title bar when you run the program, it's been successfully activated.

@Robert-16:
The registered product will read from the windowcaption (top):
"Wondershare DVD to Flash Converter"

The unregistered product will add "Unregistered" to that. You will get a popup screen reminding you to register when you start up aswell.

Confusing:
"Help, about" will only give info about the converter, but unusual nothing about registration.
The "Register"-button will not be removed after registration. After pressing it, no info will be shown.

It does not mention Vista - but Ashraf and others managed to get this working Vista - as administrator - or not - does it mess up other files ( register) when you do install it, or is it really vista compatible?

"to turn your favorite DVD movies into smaller, easily distributable Flash file in SWF and FLV formats"

Pardon me, but aren't we talking about DVD piracy here? I can understand making a backup for oneself, but "easily distributable"? Funny thing for this site to offer.

Hmmmm.... I'm a bit unsure if this is actually registered now or not, also. Tried it both ways - running the Activate program with the main program open, and did it again with the program closed, as Wshare-fan suggested. The registration panel in the program remains barren, neither a username nor an activation code filled in. I'm wondering if *ANYBODY* has found those fields to be filled in after supposedly activating the program. Anyone??? (Oh... WinXP here, so not an issue of running Vista under improper credentials...)

I'm with Ashraf on this one. Great program, but not sure how many home users would really want to convert to Flash. Better to go with formatfactory that gives more output options.

I found comment #5 from the software vendor essential. It's the first time I've been caught out on registration, only to find I've done it right and the software really is registered. It even says so on the "Register" pop up. What tricked me is that it looks unregistered until you read the words. I feel a bit stupid. How about you?

One other issue. I couldn't unzip as it asked for a password. As usual, unzipping is not necessary. I just installed and activated with no problem other than my confusion.

Is is any good? Don't know yet but it's probably well worth the money.

Valid ISO files I have tried were not accepted as valid. Extracted IFO files from them were also considered invalid. These ISO files were made using "ImTOO DivX to DVD Converter," has anybody any ideas?

@Wendy-#9:
I guess you are from Wondershare ("download our program again"). Welcome and I'm sure people are very greatfull that you are here with us.

The reg.file you are talking about is protected by the people of GAotD with a wrapper to make sure people can only use it today (all part of the deal).

In the downloaded zip-file is no reg-file but in stead an activate.exe file (I'm sure it contains the reg.file you were talking about). I don't want to be outsmarting about that but I am quite sure people will look for reg.files they won't find if this was not made more clear.

My advise will be a bit different, because of the activate.exe.
Install the setup.exe and after installation is completed close it completely.
Then run the activate.exe. This will do. Vista-users might need to do all (setup and activate) of this as a administrator (both "logged in" and "run as"..)

NB: there is also a readme-file included in the zip-download. Always read this and in case you don't trust my advise, do trust the readme-file.

Easy to follow help file and simple to use software. Took a one minute sequence I needed from a feature movie on DVD. Converted to FLV and playback of picture and audio is excellent. No problems to run and fast and effective with result.

Converting DVD to Flash I use this DVD to Flash Converter.
Really works great! Thanks for giveayayotheday!

Answer to comment 5 about registration:
After download our program here, you can see two files: a setup .exe file and a reg file, right? Please install the program, launch it, then click the reg file when the registration window pop up.
You can also click "Help" and choose "Register" to open the register window, then click the reg file and it will register the program automatically.
If you can't find the reg file or the reg file takes no effect, maybe the file is damaged, please download our program again.

#1 Wilky Designs,

Where did you get the features list? It seems like you posted the features list of a different program. Your #4, #6, #8 and #9 features are not in Wondershare DVD to Flash Converter. At least I can't find them.

The Good
*Nice clean interface.
*Easy to use.
*Can convert a DVD from an actual disc, a "DVD folder", an ISO file or via an IFO file.
*Good conversion speed.
*Allows you to do some video editing, such as crop, trim, add watermark, add effect, etc.
*Supports batch processing.
*Supports drag + drop.
*You are merge videos together.
*Fairly extensive customization of SWF exports (player, credits, watermarks).
*Has a "shutdown computer after conversion" feature.
*At the highest possible settings, the output quality to input quality is almost 1:1.

The Bad
* Drag + drop only supports for ISOs and IFOs.
* No watermark for FLV output.
* Would have been nice to be able to rip DVDs into formats other than Flash.
* No "keep default/same resolution" or "proper" DVD resolution selections (by default).

Registration and installation
Went fine. I am not sure if you have to run Activate.exe as Administrator on Vista (like you had to with other Wondershare product) so if it does not register properly, go back and run it as Admin. Also note that the "Register" button will still show even though the product is registered.

Free Alternatives
FormatFactory

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Nice tool, download and install without any problem. But the conversion speed is really solw, It took me 30 minutes to convert a 10 minutes movie clips. which AnyDVD do with only 9 minutes.

This DVD to Flash Converter is very professional and powerful flash conversion tool, with powerful edit function, you can use it convert dvd to flv, asf. Another, I use Aimersoft DVD Ripper, it can also convert dvd to flv, asf, and other formats such as convert DVD to mp4, avi, mov, wmv etc, suitable for many users.

Not a bad software, its conversion speed and conversion quality made me happy we i used it to convert my dvd to FLV.

a matter worthy of note :
It is necessary to install flash palyer 10.0 or above in order to make sure the program successfully operate.

I finished in installation and then it led me to their official website and a form asked me if I order/Registered or later.Of course,I chose 'Order later',then I activated by the stuff included in the zip.Well,I tried to pressed on the button 'Help' and then 'About',I could not see anything about if I've registered with the gift today,yes,it's a bit worry.Then I tried to press on the button button 'Registere',I saw the form which asked me if I register,order now or order later.I'm really confused now and I would appreciate who could help me to solve this problems,thamks a lot.My laptop now runs XP SP2,Bye !

Another conversion program from wondershare after the video converter. compared with the dvd ripper from clone2go which also supports dvd to flv conversion and dvd to swf conversion, this dvd to flash converter offers kinds of customizable effects, a great edge indeed. and

1. the software UI is very attractive and easy to handle.
2. Got a dvd (trim a 2-minute clip) converted. the output satisfied me on the whole.
3. very fashionable player templates...

So I'd cast a vote on it. if only it could help to generate the html code for the output to be uploaded to the blog or website.

Thanks for shaing.

Thank you, GOATD Staff, for giving us the opportunity to acquire a great piece of software at no charge to us. As I know, Wondershare offer an excellent software named Video Converter Platinum last Friday at Giveawayoftheday, and the software receive near 80% positive user rate. I also try the software, I’d like to give two thumbs up for the publisher, it works me really well.

I use Wondershare many product, including this DVD to Flash Converter, I’d like to share my reviews with others:

The Good:
* Can rip protected DVD to flash video (FLV, SWF) formats.
* Easy to use, friendly UI, a few clinks to finish the conversion, don’t need any learn curve.
* Powerful video editing – including video cropping, video trimming, adjust video effect.
* Two preview windows let you compare with original effect to get appropriate video effect.
* Can select output subtitle, audio track for DVD movies, and merge multi DVD chapters into one file.
* The quality of the output file close to the original video.
* The conversion speed seems ok, the speed depend on the input files and your PC Configuration.
* Allow to choose auto-shut down PC after conversion.

The Bad:
* Offer versatile flash template, but it only works when the output format is swf, and the .flv can’t available.
* And the watermark is only available when the output format is the .swf.
* Can’t auto upgrade at giveaway version.
* Can’t convert video to flash, it seems that if you want to convert video to flash, you need another software called video to flash encoder.

Generally speaking, the new version of this software have a great improvement than the last version, and it is worth to download and use. Anyway, it’s free.

Key Features:

* 1. Convert DVD to Flash (FLV,SWF)
Convert DVD to FLV for Youtube, Myspace, Yahoo video and Google video etc.

* 2. DVD option selection
Allow you to select subtitle and language.

* 3. Convert DVD to Flash with no quality loss
An excellent Flash DVD Ripper that can keep the original video quality of your DVD.

* 4. Video effects with real time preview.
Customize your DVD with a wide variety of special effects.

* 5. Flash Video templates
Provide you with built-in player templates of different styles and let you customize your own movie intro and movie end.

* 6. Upload Flash file to FTP
Allow you to upload the converted Flash files to your FTP right after conversion.

* 7. Powerful video settings
Allow you to trim DVD, crop video and adjust video effects.

* 8. Flexible audio processing
Easily erase the original audio track and replace it with a different audio file or your narration as background music.

* 9. Multiple output types
Output your DVD to FLV, SWF (including generate an .html file), exe and even Screensaver.

Hope this helps!